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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip%20Sparke

Philip Sparke

Philip Allen Sparke (born 29 December 1951) is an English composer and musician born in London, noted for his concert band and brass band music. His early major works include The Land of the Long White Cloud – "Aotearoa", written for the 1980 Centennial New Zealand Brass Band championship. He subsequently went on to win the EBU New Music for Band Competition three times, including in 1986 with a commission from the BBC called Orient Express. Since May 2000, his music has been published under his own label Anglo Music Press, and distributed by Hal Leonard. Notable achievements 1997 Sudler Prize - Dance Movements 2000 Iles Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians - Services to brass bands 2005 National Band Association/William D. Revelli Memorial Band Composition Contest - Music of the Spheres 2011 BUMA International Brass Award - Contributions to brass music 2016 National Band Association/William D. Revelli Memorial Band Composition Contest - A Colour Symphony 2018 International Award - Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic Works Music for Wind Band and Brass Band 1973/1976 Gaudium 1975 The Prizewinners for Brass-Band 1978/1995 Fantasy for Euphonium 1979/1985 A Concert Prelude 1979 Capriccio (E-flat Cornet Solo) for Brass-Band 1979/1987 The Land of the Long White Cloud "Aotearoa" 1981 A Tameside Overture for Brass-Band 1981 Fanfare, Romance & Finale for Brass-Band 1981 Song and Dance (Cornet Solo) for Brass-Band 1982 Barn Dance & Cowboy Hymn for Brass-Band 1983 Rhythm and Blues for Brass-Band 1984 Aubade (Euphonium Solo) for Brass-Band 1984 Jubilee-Overture 1984 A London Overture for Brass-Band 1984 A Malvern Suite for Brass-Band 1984 Slipstream (Concert-March) 1984/1985 The Year of the Dragon Toccata Interlude Finale 1985 A Celtic Suite for Brass-Band Dawns Werin Suo Gan Men of Harlech 1985 Masquerade (E-flat Horn Solo) for Brass-Band 1985/1987 Music for a Festival Con brio Andantino Vivo 1985 Skyrider (Concert-March) for Brass-Band 1986/1992 Orient Express 1986/1994 Pantomime (Euphonium Solo) 1986 Party Piece (Euphonium Solo) for Brass-Band 1986 Prelude, Toccata & Fugue (Graduation Day) for Brass-Band 1986 Variations on an Enigma for Brass-Band 1987 Flying the Breeze 1987 Mountain Song for Brass-Band 1988 A Swiss Festival Overture 1988 Concertino for Tuba (E-flat Tuba Solo) for Brass-Band 1988 Concerto Grosso (Brass Quartet & Band) for Brass-Band 1988 Endeavour (Australia 1788–1988) a Programmatic Rhapsody for Brass-Band The unknown continent Terra Australis The new challenge 1988 River City Serenade for Brass-Band 1988 Serenade for Toni 1989 Partita for Brass-Band 1989 The sunken village for Fanfare Orchestra 1989 A Tameside Overture 1989 Theatre Music Overture Entr'acte Finale 1989 The Vikings 1989/1990 Two-part Invention (Euphonium Duet) 1990 Cambridge Variations for Brass-Band 1990 Fanfare, Romance, Finale 1990/1992 A Pittsburgh Overture 1990 Sinfonietta Nr. 1 Overture Aria Scherzo 1990 Triptych for Brass-Band 1990 A Yorkshire Overture 1991 Celebration 1991 Concerto for Trumpet or Cornet for Brass-Band 1992 Euphonism (Euphonium Duet) for Brass-Band 1992 Jamaica Farewell 1992/1996 Jubilee-Prelude 1992 Serenade for Horns (E-flat Horn Trio) for Brass-Band 1992 Festival Overture 1992 Mountain Song 1992 Mambo Jumbo 1992 River City Serenade 1992 Sinfonietta Nr. 2 Overture Serenade Finale 1992 Soliloquy (Cornet Solo) for Brass-Band 1993 Processional Overture 1993 Song for Ina (Euphonuim Solo) for Brass-Band 1993 Tijuana Trumpets (Trumpet feature) 1994 Three Miniatures for Brass-Band 1995 Dance Movements Ritmico Molto vivo (for Woodwinds) Lento (for the Brass) Molto ritmico 1995 Euphonium Concerto No 1 for Brass-Band 1996 Fiesta 1996 White Rose Overture 1996 Music for Arosa 1997 Norwegian Rondo 1997 Time to Say Goodbye for Brass-Band 1998 Between the Moon and Mexico for Brass-Band 1998 Diversions – Variations on a Swiss Folk Song "Der Heimetvogel" Theme Variation 1 (Vivo e scherzando) Variation 2 (Subito meno mosso) Variation 3 (Lento espressivo) Variation 4 (Vivace) 1999 Earth, Water, Sun, Wind Symphony for Band Commissioned by the Northern Arizona University Wind Symphony for their Centennial Celebration Earth Water Sun Wind 1999 Hanover Festival Commissioned by the Hanover Wind Symphony for their Fifteenth Anniversary 1999 Lindisfarne Rhapsody (Flute Solo) 1999 Tallis Variations for Brass-Band 1999 Wilten Festival Overture 2000 The Centurion for Brass-Band 2000 Five Festive Fanfares 2000 Navigation Inn (Concert March) 2000 Overture for Woodwinds (woodwind orchestra) 2000 Time Remembered 2000 To a New Dawn 2001 Carol of the Shepherds 2001 Ballad for Benny 2001 Four Norfolk Dances Pulham Prelude Diss Dance Lopham Lament Garboldisham Gigue 2001 Infinity and Beyond... 2001 Invictus (The Unconquered) 2001 A London Intrada 2001 Navigation Inn for Brass-Band 2001 The Prince of Denmark's March 2001 Shalom! (Suite of Israeli Folk Songs) V'ha'ir Shushan & Havdala Hanerot Halalu & Ba'olam Haba Mishenichnas Adar, Ani Purim & Yom Tov Lanu 2001 South Down Pictures for Brass-Band 2001 Sunrise at Angel's Gate 2001 Te Deum Prelude 2001 Time Remembered for Brass-Band 2001 Two Norwegian Folk Tunes 2002 Alladale from Hymn of the Highlands (Flugel, Horn and Baritone Trio) for Brass-Band 2002 Big Sky Ouverture 2002 Mary's Boy Child 2002 Merry-Go-Round 2002 Morning Song – for Horn Quartet and Band 2002 Pathfinders March 2002 Portrait of a City 2002 Sinfonietta No 3 (Rheinfelden Sketches) Promenade Ballad Interlude Scherzo 2002/2003 Suite from "Hymn of the Highlands" Ardross Castle Alladale Dundonnell 2002 Flowerdale from "Hymn of the Highlands" (Soprano Cornet Solo) for Brass-Band 2002 Lairg Muir from "Hymn of the Highlands" (Cornet Solo) for Brass-Band 2002 Strathcarron from "Hymn of the Highlands" (Sword Dance) for Brass-Band 2002 Summer Isles from "Hymn of the Highlands" (Euphonium Solo) for Brass-Band 2002 The White Rose 2003 Aria (Tenor Horn Solo) for Brass-Band 2003 Clarinet Calypso 2003 Clarinet Concerto 2003 A Huntingdon Celebration Commissioned by the Huntingdonshire Concert Band to celebrate their 10th Anniversary 2003 Kaleidoscope – Five Variations on the "Brugg Song" Introduction Theme Variation I Variation II Variation III Variation IV Variation V 2003 Masquerade (A Willisau Celebration) Overture Elegy Interlude Finale 2003 Out of the Darkness, Into the Light 2003 Prelude and Scherzo (Trombone solo) for Brass-Band 2003 Simple Sarabande 2003 Ten Chorale Preludes 2003 Veni Immanuel 2003 Westminster Prelude 2004 Between the two Rivers 2004 Choral and Variations 2004 A Klezmer Karnival 2004 Flying the Breeze 2004 Harlequin (Euphonium Solo) 2004 La Caracolá 2004 Mandalen Landscapes 2004 Manhattan (Trumpet Solo) 2004 Marchissimo 2004 Music of the Spheres for Brass-Band t = 0 – Big Bang The Lonely Planet Asteroids and Shooting Stars Music of the Spheres Harmonia The Unknown 2004/2005 Portrait of a Music 2004 Postcard from Singapore 2004 Summer Scene for Brass-Band 2004 The Bandwagon for Brass-Band 2004 The Four Noble Truths Dukkha Samudaya Nirodha Magga 2005 Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair 2005 Jubilate for Brass-Band 2005 The Painted Desert 2005 The Pioneers 2005 Variants on an English Hymn Tune (Euphonium Solo) 2005 In The Bleak Mid-Winter (Re-arg) 2005 When the Spirit Soars 2006 Valerius Variations 2006 Tuba Concerto 2006 Trombone Concerto 2006 Dances and Alleluias for Brass Band 2006 Parade Of The Clockwork Soldiers' 2007 Albion Heritage for wind ensemble Commissioned by The Association for Music in International Schools (AMIS) for the 2008 International Honor Band. World premier on 15 March 2008 in London, UK, at the AMIS 2008 International Band and Choir Festival. Harmony Music for Brass-Band 2007 Legend of Celobrium commissioned by the Harmonie de Soleuvre, Luxembourg, to celebrate their 100th Anniversary 2007 A Monmouth Overture commissioned for Monmouth School Symphonic Wind band 2007 Tales of the River Wye commissioned for Monmouth School Junior Symphonic Wind Band 2007 Music for Battle Creek for Brass-Band 2007 Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes from Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony 2008 Letter From Home commissioned by the James Madison University Brass Band, Harrisonburg, VA 2008 The Roaring Forties for wind ensemble 2009 Neapolitan Holiday for wind ensemble Commissioned by the Green Hope High School Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble directed by Brian Myers. World premier on 21 May 2009 at the Meymandi Concert Hall in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. 2009 A Winter's Tale'' for concert band Commissioned by the Western Plains Wind Consortium, Daniel Baldwin, Founder and Director. World premiere on 1 December 2009 at the OPSU Centennial Theatre by the Oklahoma Panhandle State University Concert Band, under the direction of Dr. Matthew C. Saunders in Goodwell, Oklahoma, United States. 2010 "Atlantic Odyssey" for concert band Commissioned by the Oakton High School Bands of Vienna, Virginia, United States. World premiere by director Dr. Cheryl Newton at Oakton High School on 12 June 2010 by the Oakton High School Symphonic Band. 2010 "March Celebration" for concert band Commissioned by the Harmonie royale des sapeurs-pompiers d'Athus Bands of Athus, Belgium. World premiere on 23 October 2010 for the 135th anniversary of the Harmonie royale des sapeurs-pompiers d'Athus under the direction of Dr.Jean-Luc Becker at Centre Clemarais by the town's bands. 2011 "Evolution: Five States of Change" for Brass Band 2014 "A Colour Symphony" - Symphony No.3 Commissioned by the "sinfonischen blasorchester wehdel", Thomas Ratzek, conductor, with funds provided by Stiftung Niedersächsischer Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken and Volksbank eG Bremerhaven-Cuxland. They gave the premiere on 22 November 2014 in the Stadttheater Bremerhaven, in the presence of the composer. 2014 Wind Sketches Commissioned by the Tacoma Concert Band from Washington State, USA. Trade Winds Becalmed Riding the Storm 2017 "Festival Prelude 'AD Excel'" Commissioned by the AD Concert Band to celebrate their 40th anniversary, by musical director Dr Trevor Farren. National Championships of Great Britain test pieces A number of Philip Sparke's compositions have been chosen as test pieces in the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain. His pieces have been selected for various sections, both at the area contests and the national finals. References External links Philip Sparke's Homepage 1951 births Living people 20th-century classical composers 20th-century English composers 20th-century British male musicians 21st-century classical composers 21st-century British male musicians English classical composers English male classical composers Alumni of the Royal College of Music Brass band composers Musicians from London

<mask> (born 29 December 1951) is an English composer and musician born in London, noted for his concert band and brass band music. His early major works include The Land of the Long White Cloud – "Aotearoa", written for the 1980 Centennial New Zealand Brass Band championship. He subsequently went on to win the EBU New Music for Band Competition three times, including in 1986 with a commission from the BBC called Orient Express. Since May 2000, his music has been published under his own label Anglo Music Press, and distributed by Hal Leonard. 1 Overture Aria Scherzo 1990 Triptych for Brass-Band 1990 A Yorkshire Overture 1991 Celebration 1991 Concerto for Trumpet or Cornet for Brass-Band 1992 Euphonism (Euphonium Duet) for Brass-Band 1992 Jamaica Farewell 1992/1996 Jubilee-Prelude 1992 Serenade for Horns (E-flat Horn Trio) for Brass-Band 1992 Festival Overture 1992 Mountain Song 1992 Mambo Jumbo 1992 River City Serenade 1992 Sinfonietta Nr. World premier on 15 March 2008 in London, UK, at the AMIS 2008 International Band and Choir Festival. Harmony Music for Brass-Band 2007 Legend of Celobrium commissioned by the Harmonie de Soleuvre, Luxembourg, to celebrate their 100th Anniversary 2007 A Monmouth Overture commissioned for Monmouth School Symphonic Wind band 2007 Tales of the River Wye commissioned for Monmouth School Junior Symphonic Wind Band 2007 Music for Battle Creek for Brass-Band 2007 Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes from Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony 2008 Letter From Home commissioned by the James Madison University Brass Band, Harrisonburg, VA 2008 The Roaring Forties for wind ensemble 2009 Neapolitan Holiday for wind ensemble Commissioned by the Green Hope High School Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble directed by Brian Myers.World premier on 21 May 2009 at the Meymandi Concert Hall in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. 2009 A Winter's Tale'' for concert band Commissioned by the Western Plains Wind Consortium, Daniel Baldwin, Founder and Director. World premiere on 1 December 2009 at the OPSU Centennial Theatre by the Oklahoma Panhandle State University Concert Band, under the direction of Dr. Matthew C. Saunders in Goodwell, Oklahoma, United States. 2010 "Atlantic Odyssey" for concert band Commissioned by the Oakton High School Bands of Vienna, Virginia, United States. World premiere by director Dr. Cheryl Newton at Oakton High School on 12 June 2010 by the Oakton High School Symphonic Band. 2010 "March Celebration" for concert band Commissioned by the Harmonie royale des sapeurs-pompiers d'Athus Bands of Athus, Belgium. World premiere on 23 October 2010 for the 135th anniversary of the Harmonie royale des sapeurs-pompiers d'Athus under the direction of Dr.Jean-Luc Becker at Centre Clemarais by the town's bands.2011 "Evolution: Five States of Change" for Brass Band 2014 "A Colour Symphony" - Symphony No.3 Commissioned by the "sinfonischen blasorchester wehdel", Thomas Ratzek, conductor, with funds provided by Stiftung Niedersächsischer Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken and Volksbank eG Bremerhaven-Cuxland. They gave the premiere on 22 November 2014 in the Stadttheater Bremerhaven, in the presence of the composer. 2014 Wind Sketches Commissioned by the Tacoma Concert Band from Washington State, USA. Trade Winds Becalmed Riding the Storm 2017 "Festival Prelude 'AD Excel'" Commissioned by the AD Concert Band to celebrate their 40th anniversary, by musical director Dr Trevor Farren. National Championships of Great Britain test pieces A number of <mask>'s compositions have been chosen as test pieces in the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain. His pieces have been selected for various sections, both at the area contests and the national finals. References External links <mask>e's Homepage 1951 births Living people 20th-century classical composers 20th-century English composers 20th-century British male musicians 21st-century classical composers 21st-century British male musicians English classical composers English male classical composers Alumni of the Royal College of Music Brass band composers Musicians from London

<mask> was born in London and is noted for his concert band and brass band music. The Land of the Long White Cloud was written for the 1980 New Zealand Brass Band championship. He won the EBU New Music for Band Competition three times, including in 1986 with Orient Express. His music has been distributed by Hal Leonard. A Yorkshire Overture 1990 Triptych for Brass- Band 1992 Euphonism (Euphonium Duet) for Brass- Band 1992 Jamaica Farewell 1992/1996 Jubilee-Prelude 1992Serenade for Horns The AMIS 2008 International Band and Choir Festival has a world premier on 15 March 2008 in London, UK. The 100th anniversary of the Harmonie de Soleuvre, Luxembourg, was celebrated with the creation of the Legend of Celobrium and Tales of the River Wye.The world premiere was held at the Meymandi Concert Hall in Raleigh, North Carolina. Daniel Baldwin is the founder and director of the Western Plains Wind Consortium. The Oklahoma Panhandle State University Concert Band had a world premiere on December 1, 2009. "Atlantic Odyssey" was commissioned by the Oakton High School Bands of Vienna, Virginia. The Oakton High School Symphonic Band performed at the world premiere. The concert band was commissioned by the Athus Bands of Athus, Belgium. There will be a world premiere for the 135th anniversary of theHarmonie Royale des sapeurs-pompiers d'Athus on October 23, 2010 under the direction of Dr.Jean-Luc Becker."Evolution: Five States of Change" for the Brass Band was commissioned by the "sinfonischen blasorchester wehdel". The premiere was given in the presence of the composer. The Tacoma Concert Band is from Washington State, USA. Trade Winds Becalmed Riding the Storm was commissioned by the AD Concert Band to celebrate their 40th anniversary. A number of <mask>'s compositions have been chosen as test pieces in the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain. At the area contests and the national finals, his pieces have been selected. The Royal College of Music Alumni of the 20th-century classical composers.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cy%20Coben

Cy Coben

Seymour "Cy" Coben (4 April 1919 – 26 May 2006) was an American songwriter, whose hits were recorded by bandleaders, country singers, and other artists such as The Beatles, Tommy Cooper and Leonard Nimoy. Biography Early life Coben was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, the youngest son of Harris ("Harry") Cohen and Nettie Brandt Cohen, and was originally named Seymour. His father was a wholesale meat supplier in New York City. Coben learned to play the trumpet and studied at a local music academy. In 1942 he had his first charting song with "My Little Cousin", which Benny Goodman's orchestra and vocalist Peggy Lee took to No. 14. Coben spent the next several years in the Navy, serving in the South Pacific as a pharmacist's mate. On his return in 1946, he resumed his song writing career. He wrote "A Good Woman's Love" for his wife Shirley Nagel, whom he married in 1948. Post-war career In 1947, Coben wrote a novelty song called "(When You See) Those Flying Saucers" which was released as a single by the Buchanan Brothers; his co-author was Charles Randolph Grean, who was working for RCA/Victor. Grean was to become a long-time collaborator of Coben's. In 1949, Coben first visited Nashville and soon became a part of the music business there. In Nashville, Coben wrote for a variety of artists, but was especially associated with Eddy Arnold; he wrote "There's Been a Change in Me" and "I Wanna Play House With You," two No. 1 country hits for Arnold in 1951, and went on to write many other songs for him, often with Charles Grean, who was Arnold's manager - "Eddy's Song", a No. 1 country hit in 1953; "Free Home Demonstration" (No. 4 country) in 1954, and others. Coben and Grean also wrote songs for other artists, such as their version of "Sweet Violets", which charted for Dinah Shore and Jane Turzy in 1951. Coben wrote "Nobody's Child" with Mel Foree; Hank Snow recorded it in 1949. Lonnie Donegan later brought it to the United Kingdom, and the Beatles recorded it during their early days playing in Hamburg, Germany. Coben wrote many novelty songs; one of his biggest novelty hits was "The Old Piano Roll Blues" (1950). He also wrote for Homer and Jethro - "The Billboard Song" became a much-recorded favorite, and "Don't Jump Off the Roof, Dad" was later a hit for British comedian Tommy Cooper. Coben wrote "How to Catch a Man" for country comedian Minnie Pearl and it became one of her standards. In 1977 country-rock band The New Riders of the Purple Sage recorded Coben's "Red Hot Women and Ice Cold Beer," in which Coben drew on his World War II experience in the U.S. Navy to describe what sailors wanted. His old collaborator Charles Grean was Leonard Nimoy's record producer, and Coben wrote several songs for him ("Alien", "The Difference Between Us"). Reception in Europe Coben's humor and sentiment translated well to the European market. Bill Ramsey took Coben's "Souvenirs" to No. 1 in Germany in 1959, and Belgian star Will Tura recorded a number of Coben tunes ("Show Me the Man"/"Waar is de man"; "The Great El Tigre"/"El Bandido"). "Goethe War Gut" charted in Germany for Rudi Carrell in 1978. Later career Comedian Sheb Wooley's 1968 song "Country Music Hall of Fame" (as Hee Haw regular "Ben Colder") envisioned Coben as an Hall of Fame inductee. But Coben was never elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame or the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, according to his friend "Cowboy" Jack Clement, because "the young folks just don't know about him." Coben retired to Atherton, California. He died on May 26, 2006. An obituary was published by the San Francisco Chronicle on June 12, 2006, and included an image of Coben in his later years. Charting hits by Cy Coben "My Little Cousin" (Coben/Happy Lewis/Sam Braverman) - No. 14 hit for Benny Goodman/Peggy Lee in 1942 "There's No Wings On My Angel" (Coben/Arnold/Doug Melsher) - No. 6 Country/Western hit for Eddy Arnold, 1949 "I Love the Guy" (Coben) - No. 10 pop hit for Sarah Vaughan and No. 22 for Fran Warren in 1950 "Old Piano Roll Blues" - in 1950, charted for Hoagy Carmichael and Cass Daley (No. 11); Lawrence Cook (No. 13); Cliff Steward and the San Francisco Boys (No. 18); Eddie Cantor, Lisa Kirk, and the Sammy Kaye Orchestra (No. 25); Jan Garber and His Orchestra (No. 30); and The Jubalaires (No. 25). It also appeared on the soundtrack of the 1951 movie Rich, Young and Pretty "There's Been a Change in Me" (Coben) - No. 1 Country/Western hit for Eddy Arnold, 1951 "I Wanna Play House with You" (Coben) - No. 1 Country/Western hit for Eddy Arnold, 1951 "Meanderin'" (Coben/George Botsford/Charles R. Grean) - No. 28 pop hit for Vaughn Monroe in 1951 "Something Old, Something New" (Coben/Grean) - B side of "I Wanna Play House with You", reached No. 4 for Arnold "Sweet Violets" - arranged by Coben and Grean; No. 3 pop hit for Dinah Shore, 1951; another 1951 version by Jane Turzy reached No. 11 on the Billboard jukebox chart, and Doris Drew took it to No. 22 "Lonely Little Robin" (Coben) - No. 14 jukebox hit for The Pinetoppers in 1951; also No. 25 radio hit for Mindy Carson "Never Been Kissed" (Coben/Grean) - No. 19 pop hit for Freddy Martin in 1951 "Easy on the Eyes" (Coben/Arnold) - No. 1 Country/Western hit for Eddy Arnold, 1952 "Lady's Man" (Cy Coben) - No. 2 Country/Western hit for Hank Snow in 1952 "Older and Bolder" (Cy Coben) - No. 3 Country/Western hit for Eddy Arnold in 1952 "Do I Like It" (Coben) - No. 6 C/W hit for Carl Smith in 1953 "Eddy's Song" (Charlie Grean, Cy Coben) - No. 1 Country/Western hit for Eddy Arnold in 1953 "Free Home Demonstration" (Grean, Coben) - No. 4 Country/Western hit for Eddy Arnold in 1953 "Beware of 'It'" - No. 9 C/W hit for Johnnie & Jack in 1954 "Hep Cat Baby" - No. 7 Country/Western hit for Eddy Arnold in 1954 "That Crazy Mambo Thing" - No. 10 C/W hit for Hank Snow in 1954 "Would You Mind" - No. 3 C/W hit for Hank Snow, 1955 "I Saw Esau" - No. 51 pop hit for The Ames Brothers in 1956 "My Treasure" (Coben/Bill Templeton) - No. 31 pop hit for The Hilltoppers in 1956 "Souvenirs" (Coben) - No. 1 hit in Germany for Bill Ramsey in 1959 "Don't Jump Off the Roof, Dad" - charted in the UK for Tommy Cooper in 1961 "That Greasy Kid Stuff" - reached No. 74 for Janie Grant in 1962 "I'm a Walkin' Advertisement (For the Blues)" - No. 32 Country hit for Norma Jean in 1964 "The Great El Tigre (The Tiger)" (Coben) - No. 32 Country hit for Stu Phillips in 1966 "The Game of Triangles" (Coben) - No. 5 Country hit for Norma Jean, Liz Anderson, and Bobby Bare in 1966 "Burning a Hole in My Mind" (Coben) - No. 5 C/W hit for Connie Smith, 1967 "Chet's Tune" (Coben) - No. 38 country hit by "Some of Chet's Friends" (a tribute to Chet Atkins, who was a friend of Coben) "Nobody's Child" (Coben/Mel Foree)- charted for Hank Williams Jr. (No. 46 Country, 1967), Karen Young (UK No. 6, 1969) "The Name of the Game was Love" (Coben) - No. 16 Country for Hank Snow in 1969 "Johnny's Cash and Charley's Pride" (Coben) - No. 38 C/W for Mac Wiseman in 1969 "A Good Woman's Love" (Coben) - charted for Jerry Reed (No. 12 Country, 1974) "Goethe War Gut" (Cy Coben, Charles Grean, Thomas Woitkewitsch) - charted in Germany for Rudi Carrell in 1978 References American country songwriters American male songwriters Jewish songwriters Musicians from Jersey City, New Jersey 1919 births 2006 deaths 20th-century American musicians Songwriters from New Jersey People from Atherton, California 20th-century American male musicians

Seymour "<mask><mask> (4 April 1919 – 26 May 2006) was an American songwriter, whose hits were recorded by bandleaders, country singers, and other artists such as The Beatles, Tommy Cooper and Leonard Nimoy. Biography Early life <mask> was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, the youngest son of Harris ("Harry") Cohen and Nettie Brandt Cohen, and was originally named Seymour. His father was a wholesale meat supplier in New York City. <mask> learned to play the trumpet and studied at a local music academy. In 1942 he had his first charting song with "My Little Cousin", which Benny Goodman's orchestra and vocalist Peggy Lee took to No. 14. Coben spent the next several years in the Navy, serving in the South Pacific as a pharmacist's mate.On his return in 1946, he resumed his song writing career. He wrote "A Good Woman's Love" for his wife Shirley Nagel, whom he married in 1948. Post-war career In 1947, Coben wrote a novelty song called "(When You See) Those Flying Saucers" which was released as a single by the Buchanan Brothers; his co-author was Charles Randolph Grean, who was working for RCA/Victor. Grean was to become a long-time collaborator of <mask>'s. In 1949, Coben first visited Nashville and soon became a part of the music business there. In Nashville, Coben wrote for a variety of artists, but was especially associated with Eddy Arnold; he wrote "There's Been a Change in Me" and "I Wanna Play House With You," two No. 1 country hits for Arnold in 1951, and went on to write many other songs for him, often with Charles Grean, who was Arnold's manager - "Eddy's Song", a No.1 country hit in 1953; "Free Home Demonstration" (No. 4 country) in 1954, and others. <mask> and Grean also wrote songs for other artists, such as their version of "Sweet Violets", which charted for Dinah Shore and Jane Turzy in 1951. <mask> wrote "Nobody's Child" with Mel Foree; Hank Snow recorded it in 1949. Lonnie Donegan later brought it to the United Kingdom, and the Beatles recorded it during their early days playing in Hamburg, Germany. <mask> wrote many novelty songs; one of his biggest novelty hits was "The Old Piano Roll Blues" (1950). He also wrote for Homer and Jethro - "The Billboard Song" became a much-recorded favorite, and "Don't Jump Off the Roof, Dad" was later a hit for British comedian Tommy Cooper.<mask> wrote "How to Catch a Man" for country comedian Minnie Pearl and it became one of her standards. In 1977 country-rock band The New Riders of the Purple Sage recorded <mask>'s "Red Hot Women and Ice Cold Beer," in which Coben drew on his World War II experience in the U.S. Navy to describe what sailors wanted. His old collaborator Charles Grean was Leonard Nimoy's record producer, and <mask> wrote several songs for him ("Alien", "The Difference Between Us"). Reception in Europe Coben's humor and sentiment translated well to the European market. Bill Ramsey took <mask>'s "Souvenirs" to No. 1 in Germany in 1959, and Belgian star Will Tura recorded a number of Coben tunes ("Show Me the Man"/"Waar is de man"; "The Great El Tigre"/"El Bandido"). "Goethe War Gut" charted in Germany for Rudi Carrell in 1978.Later career Comedian Sheb Wooley's 1968 song "Country Music Hall of Fame" (as Hee Haw regular "Ben Colder") envisioned <mask> as an Hall of Fame inductee. But <mask> was never elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame or the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, according to his friend "Cowboy" Jack Clement, because "the young folks just don't know about him." <mask> retired to Atherton, California. He died on May 26, 2006. An obituary was published by the San Francisco Chronicle on June 12, 2006, and included an image of <mask> in his later years. Charting hits by <mask> "My Little Cousin" (Coben/Happy Lewis/Sam Braverman) - No. 14 hit for Benny Goodman/Peggy Lee in 1942 "There's No Wings On My Angel" (Coben/Arnold/Doug Melsher) - No.6 Country/Western hit for Eddy Arnold, 1949 "I Love the Guy" (Coben) - No. 10 pop hit for Sarah Vaughan and No. 22 for Fran Warren in 1950 "Old Piano Roll Blues" - in 1950, charted for Hoagy Carmichael and Cass Daley (No. 11); Lawrence Cook (No. 13); Cliff Steward and the San Francisco Boys (No. 18); Eddie Cantor, Lisa Kirk, and the Sammy Kaye Orchestra (No. 25); Jan Garber and His Orchestra (No.30); and The Jubalaires (No. 25). It also appeared on the soundtrack of the 1951 movie Rich, Young and Pretty "There's Been a Change in Me" (Coben) - No. 1 Country/Western hit for Eddy Arnold, 1951 "I Wanna Play House with You" (Coben) - No. 1 Country/Western hit for Eddy Arnold, 1951 "Meanderin'" (Coben/George Botsford/Charles R. Grean) - No. 28 pop hit for Vaughn Monroe in 1951 "Something Old, Something New" (Coben/Grean) - B side of "I Wanna Play House with You", reached No. 4 for Arnold "Sweet Violets" - arranged by Coben and Grean; No.3 pop hit for Dinah Shore, 1951; another 1951 version by Jane Turzy reached No. 11 on the Billboard jukebox chart, and Doris Drew took it to No. 22 "Lonely Little Robin" (Coben) - No. 14 jukebox hit for The Pinetoppers in 1951; also No. 25 radio hit for Mindy Carson "Never Been Kissed" (Coben/Grean) - No. 19 pop hit for Freddy Martin in 1951 "Easy on the Eyes" (Coben/Arnold) - No. 1 Country/Western hit for Eddy Arnold, 1952 "Lady's Man" (<mask>) - No.2 Country/Western hit for Hank Snow in 1952 "Older and Bolder" (<mask>) - No. 3 Country/Western hit for Eddy Arnold in 1952 "Do I Like It" (Coben) - No. 6 C/W hit for Carl Smith in 1953 "Eddy's Song" (Charlie Grean, <mask>) - No. 1 Country/Western hit for Eddy Arnold in 1953 "Free Home Demonstration" (Grean, Coben) - No. 4 Country/Western hit for Eddy Arnold in 1953 "Beware of 'It'" - No. 9 C/W hit for Johnnie & Jack in 1954 "Hep Cat Baby" - No. 7 Country/Western hit for Eddy Arnold in 1954 "That Crazy Mambo Thing" - No.10 C/W hit for Hank Snow in 1954 "Would You Mind" - No. 3 C/W hit for Hank Snow, 1955 "I Saw Esau" - No. 51 pop hit for The Ames Brothers in 1956 "My Treasure" (Coben/Bill Templeton) - No. 31 pop hit for The Hilltoppers in 1956 "Souvenirs" (Coben) - No. 1 hit in Germany for Bill Ramsey in 1959 "Don't Jump Off the Roof, Dad" - charted in the UK for Tommy Cooper in 1961 "That Greasy Kid Stuff" - reached No. 74 for Janie Grant in 1962 "I'm a Walkin' Advertisement (For the Blues)" - No. 32 Country hit for Norma Jean in 1964 "The Great El Tigre (The Tiger)" (Coben) - No.32 Country hit for Stu Phillips in 1966 "The Game of Triangles" (Coben) - No. 5 Country hit for Norma Jean, Liz Anderson, and Bobby Bare in 1966 "Burning a Hole in My Mind" (Coben) - No. 5 C/W hit for Connie Smith, 1967 "Chet's Tune" (Coben) - No. 38 country hit by "Some of Chet's Friends" (a tribute to Chet Atkins, who was a friend of Coben) "Nobody's Child" (Coben/Mel Foree)- charted for Hank Williams Jr. (No. 46 Country, 1967), Karen Young (UK No. 6, 1969) "The Name of the Game was Love" (Coben) - No. 16 Country for Hank Snow in 1969 "Johnny's Cash and Charley's Pride" (Coben) - No.38 C/W for Mac Wiseman in 1969 "A Good Woman's Love" (Coben) - charted for Jerry Reed (No. 12 Country, 1974) "Goethe War Gut" (<mask>, Charles Grean, Thomas Woitkewitsch) - charted in Germany for Rudi Carrell in 1978 References American country songwriters American male songwriters Jewish songwriters Musicians from Jersey City, New Jersey 1919 births 2006 deaths 20th-century American musicians Songwriters from New Jersey People from Atherton, California 20th-century American male musicians

The Beatles, Tommy Cooper and Leonard Nimoy were just a few of the artists whose hits were recorded by Seymour "<mask>" <mask>. Coben was the youngest son of Harris Cohen and Nettie Brandt Cohen and was originally named Seymour. His father sold meat in New York City. A local music academy taught Coben how to play the trumpet. He had his first chart-topper with "My Little Cousin" in 1942. There are 14. Coben served in the South Pacific as a pharmacy's mate in the Navy.He resumed his song writing career after his return. He wrote "A Good Woman's Love" for his wife. In 1947, <mask> wrote a novelty song called "(When You See) Those Flying Saucers" which was released as a single by the Buchanan Brothers. Grean was going to work with <mask>. <mask> became involved in the music business in Nashville in 1949. "There's Been a Change in Me" and "I Play House With You" were written by <mask>, who was associated with the artist. One country hit for Arnold in 1951, and went on to write many other songs for him, often with Charles Grean, who was Arnold's manager."Free Home Demonstration" was a country hit in 1953. In 1954, there were 4 countries. <mask> and Grean wrote a song called "Sweet Violets" for Jane Turzy and Dinah Shore. " Nobody's Child" was written by Coben and recorded by Hank Snow. The Beatles recorded it during their early days playing in Germany. One of <mask>'s biggest novelty hits was "The Old Piano Roll Blues". "Don't Jump Off the Roof, Dad" was a hit for Tommy Cooper and was written for Homer and Jethro.<mask> wrote "How to catch a man" for Minnie Pearl and it became one of her standards. <mask>'s "Red Hot Women and Ice Cold Beer" was recorded by The New Riders of the Purple Sage in 1977. Leonard Nimoy's record producer was Charles Grean, and <mask> wrote several songs for him. The European market appreciated Coben's humor and sentiment. <mask>'s "Souvenirs" was taken by Bill Ramsey. Belgian star Will Tura recorded a number of Coben tunes in 1959 in Germany. "Goethe War Gut" was recorded in Germany in 1978.Sheb Wooley wrote a song called "Country Music Hall of Fame" in which he imagined <mask> as a Hall of Fame member. According to his friend "Cowboy" Jack Clement, <mask> was never elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame or the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame because young people don't know about him. <mask> moved to California. He died on May 26, 2006 An image of <mask> was included in an obituary published by the San Francisco Chronicle. <mask>'s "My Little Cousin" is on the chart. "There's No Wings On My Angel" was a hit in 1942."I Love the Guy" was a hit for Eddy Arnold. 10 pop hit for Sarah Vaughan. "Old Piano Roll Blues" was written by Fran Warren in 1950. 11); Lawrence Cook. The San Francisco Boys were led by Cliff Steward. Eddie Cantor, Lisa Kirk, and the Sammy Kaye Orchestra. Jan Garber and his Orchestra.The Jubalaires and 30 are included. 25). 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"Easy on the Eyes" was a pop hit for Freddy Martin. "Lady's Man" was a hit for Eddy Arnold.2 Country/Western hit for Hank Snow in 1952. "Do I Like It" was a hit for Eddy Arnold. "Eddy's Song" was a hit for Carl Smith. "Free Home Demonstration" was a hit for Eddy Arnold. "Beware of 'It'" was a hit for Eddy Arnold. "Hep Cat Baby" was a 9 C/W hit for Johnnie & Jack. "That Crazy Mambo Thing" was a country/Western hit for Eddy Arnold.Hank Snow had a 10 C/W hit in 1954. Hank Snow had a 3 C/W hit in 1955. "My Treasure" was a pop hit for The Ames Brothers. "Souvenirs" was a hit for The Hilltoppers. Bill Ramsey's "Don't Jump Off the Roof, Dad" was a hit in Germany in 1959 and Tommy Cooper's "That Greasy Kid Stuff" was a hit in the UK in 1961. "I'm a Walkin' Advertisement (For the Blues)" was written for Janie Grant. "The Great El Tigre (The Tiger)" was a country hit in 1964."The Game of Triangles" was a country hit in 1966. "Burning a Hole in My Mind" was a country hit for Liz Anderson and Bobby Bare. "Chet's tune" was a hit for Connie Smith. 38 country hit by "Some of Chet's Friends" was a tribute to a friend of <mask>. "Nobody's Child" was a hit for Hank Williams Jr. Karen Young is from 46 Country. The name of the game was love. "Johnny's Cash and Charley's Pride" was for Hank Snow.In 1969 "A Good Woman's Love" was a hit for Jerry Reed. "Goethe War Gut" was recorded in Germany for Rudi Carrell in 1978.

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Stephen Brian Hodge (born 25 October 1962) is an English retired footballer who played as a midfielder. He enjoyed a high-profile club and international career in the 1980s and 1990s. Prior to the 2013–14 season Hodge was appointed development squad coach at Notts County. On 27 October 2013 Hodge was appointed caretaker manager, reverting to his position as development squad coach on 6 November 2013 with the appointment of Shaun Derry as manager. Playing career Nottingham Forest A left-footed midfielder who was comfortable in a central or wide position, Hodge was born in Nottingham and joined his boyhood club Nottingham Forest as an apprentice in 1980; he made his debut against Ipswich Town on the final day of the 1981–82 season. A favourite of Forest's manager Brian Clough, Hodge became a first-team regular the following season as the club tried to build a new young team after the side which won two European Cups began to age and disintegrate. Hodge was a frequent goalscorer from midfield as Forest consolidated their League position but were unable to push for trophies other than a semi-final in the UEFA Cup in 1984, where they lost in controversial circumstances to Anderlecht. In the summer of 1985, Forest surprisingly accepted an offer of £450,000 from Aston Villa and Hodge – whose nickname was Harry – made his move from the East Midlands to the West Midlands. Aston Villa The move to Birmingham did work initially but the team was in decline and once Hodge had received England recognition, it was perceived by the Villa fans that he was not fully committed to the team's cause, typified during a 4–1 home defeat by Norwich City where his intended back pass to Kevin Poole was slotted in by a Norwich player – the boos ringing round the ground signalled the beginning of the end for his Villa career. Hodge was sold to Tottenham in December 1986 for £650,000. Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham manager David Pleat put Hodge wide on the left of a vibrant, attacking five-man midfield which also included England teammates Hoddle and Chris Waddle, Argentinian veteran Osvaldo Ardiles and hardworking ballwinner Paul Allen. Each were expected to contribute goals and assists behind one main centre forward, Clive Allen, and it worked. Hodge scored on his debut on Boxing Day 1986 in a 4–0 thrashing of West Ham United and scored three times more while creating plenty for others as Spurs chased three trophies. Sadly for Hodge, his quest for domestic success eluded him again as Spurs were knocked out by fierce rivals Arsenal in the semi-finals of the League Cup, tailed off in their First Division title charge and came third, and lost a thrilling 1987 FA Cup Final at Wembley against Coventry City, following an outstanding 4–1 semi-final win over Watford in which Hodge scored twice. Return to Forest Clough paid Spurs £550,000 to take Hodge back to Nottingham Forest. The club won the Full Members Cup in 1989 and then reached the League Cup final, with Hodge finally winning a major domestic medal: the 3–1 win over Luton Town at Wembley saw him play a crucial part as it was he, making a foraging run from deep, who was brought down for the penalty which Nigel Clough converted, setting Forest on the road to victory. A week later, however, Hodge was one of the Forest players who had to cope with the horrors of the Hillsborough disaster during the opening minutes of their FA Cup semi-final against Liverpool. He played in the rescheduled game at Old Trafford, which Liverpool won 3–1. The following season, Hodge played as Forest retained the League Cup with a 1–0 win over Oldham Athletic, but by the next year he was struggling to hold down a regular place in the team's midfield after the emergence of teenage Irish phenomenon Roy Keane to partner Garry Parker, who had become the first-choice central midfielder despite being the only one of the three never to play international football. He was only named as a substitute by Clough for the 1991 FA Cup Final against his old club Tottenham Hotspur; he came on as a second-half substitute but Spurs ran out 2–1 winners after extra time. Leeds United In the summer of 1991, Hodge was sold to Leeds United for £900,000 – the highest transfer fee he had commanded. He struggled to win a regular place at Elland Road but did make a significant contribution to the league title winning side of 1991–92, winning a championship medal. In that season he made 23 appearances and scored seven goals; his goal tally included two braces in games against Sheffield United (won 4-3) and Southampton (drew 3-3) and the only goal in a 1-0 win over Liverpool. In 1994 Hodge went on loan to Derby County. Late career He joined Queens Park Rangers for a nominal fee in 1994. Two seasons followed with Hodge playing just 15 times. Next he joined Watford. He played twice for them in the 1995–96 season. An unsuccessful trial at Walsall came in the autumn of 1996, followed by a brief spell playing in Hong Kong. He signed for Division Three side Leyton Orient in March 1998, playing just once before finally retiring from playing at the end of the season. International Though he was only three caps into his international career by the time Bobby Robson announced his squad for the 1986 FIFA World Cup, Hodge was given a place on the plane to Mexico, coming on as a substitute in the first two group games against Portugal and Morocco, which England lost and drew respectively. Making urgent changes for the final group game against Poland, Robson put Hodge in the side and he responded with an outstanding personal display within a crushing team performance. Hodge's superb left wing cross on the run gave Gary Lineker his second goal in a first half hat-trick which eased England's passage to the second round. There they faced Paraguay, and it was a sliding, stretching Hodge who kept in an over-hit cross from Glenn Hoddle, by pushing the ball into the path of Lineker to tap home. Again England were 3–0 victors, with Argentina awaiting ominously in the last eight. Here Hodge would earn his own somewhat dubious place in football history – inadvertently setting up Maradona's 'Hand of God' goal – and ending the game with a highly prized memento, Maradona's No. 10 shirt. The shirt currently resides in The National Football Museum in Manchester. Hodge retained his place in the team as England began their qualification campaign for the 1988 European Championships with victories over Northern Ireland and Yugoslavia, but was not selected for the finals squad. Robson recalled Hodge for the first game after the European Championships – a 1–0 win over Denmark at Wembley – as he had been briefly back on form at club level with Nottingham Forest. He was again cast aside internationally afterwards, but his club form improved dramatically and he found himself regularly called up by Robson as a result, though actual appearances were scarce. He managed to force his way back into the England reckoning with a strong appearance as a substitute against Italy at Wembley, by which time England's place at the 1990 FIFA World Cup was secured. Hodge subsequently played in the final four warm-up matches before the tournament itself. To his delight, Hodge made the final squad but he then suffered an injury and as a consequence was the only outfield England player not to kick a ball during the tournament, even though England reached the semi-finals. He didn't even regain his fitness in time to get on the pitch for the third-place play-off game. Robson quit after the World Cup and Hodge was not selected initially by successor Graham Taylor. Taylor brought Hodge back for a 2–0 win over Cameroon early in 1991 and he was then given his 24th and final cap in a 1–0 win against Turkey in İzmir in a qualifier for the 1992 European Championships. Coaching career Having gained an A coaching licence Hodge worked with Roy McFarland at Chesterfield. He had brief roles at Notts County as development squad manager, and as caretaker manager of the first team. Bibliography In 2010 Hodge released an autobiography entitled, "The Man With Maradona's Shirt". Following Maradona’s death in November 2020, Hodge was subjected to numerous requests from people wishing to buy the shirt he had swapped with Maradona at the end of the World Cup quarter-final in 1986. Hodge said, "It’s not for sale. I am not trying to sell it." Honours Club Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup runner-up: 1987 Nottingham Forest Full Members' Cup winner: 1989 Football League Cup winner: 1989, 1990 FA Cup runner-up: 1991 Leeds United Football League First Division champion: 1991–92 FA Charity Shield winner: 1992 International England U21 UEFA European Under-21 Championship champion: 1984 England FIFA World Cup fourth-place: 1990 Individual Nottingham Forest F.C. Player of the Year: 1982–83 Football League First Division PFA Team of the Year: 1989–90 References Specific General 1962 births Living people Footballers from Nottingham English footballers England under-21 international footballers England B international footballers England international footballers Association football midfielders Nottingham Forest F.C. players Aston Villa F.C. players Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Leeds United F.C. players Derby County F.C. players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players Watford F.C. players Leyton Orient F.C. players English football managers Notts County F.C. managers English Football League players Premier League players 1986 FIFA World Cup players 1990 FIFA World Cup players English Football League managers English autobiographers FA Cup Final players

<mask> (born 25 October 1962) is an English retired footballer who played as a midfielder. He enjoyed a high-profile club and international career in the 1980s and 1990s. Prior to the 2013–14 season <mask> was appointed development squad coach at Notts County. On 27 October 2013 <mask> was appointed caretaker manager, reverting to his position as development squad coach on 6 November 2013 with the appointment of Shaun Derry as manager. Playing career Nottingham Forest A left-footed midfielder who was comfortable in a central or wide position, <mask> was born in Nottingham and joined his boyhood club Nottingham Forest as an apprentice in 1980; he made his debut against Ipswich Town on the final day of the 1981–82 season. A favourite of Forest's manager Brian Clough, <mask> became a first-team regular the following season as the club tried to build a new young team after the side which won two European Cups began to age and disintegrate. <mask> was a frequent goalscorer from midfield as Forest consolidated their League position but were unable to push for trophies other than a semi-final in the UEFA Cup in 1984, where they lost in controversial circumstances to Anderlecht.In the summer of 1985, Forest surprisingly accepted an offer of £450,000 from Aston Villa and <mask> – whose nickname was Harry – made his move from the East Midlands to the West Midlands. Aston Villa The move to Birmingham did work initially but the team was in decline and once <mask> had received England recognition, it was perceived by the Villa fans that he was not fully committed to the team's cause, typified during a 4–1 home defeat by Norwich City where his intended back pass to Kevin Poole was slotted in by a Norwich player – the boos ringing round the ground signalled the beginning of the end for his Villa career. <mask> was sold to Tottenham in December 1986 for £650,000. Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham manager David Pleat put <mask> wide on the left of a vibrant, attacking five-man midfield which also included England teammates Hoddle and Chris Waddle, Argentinian veteran Osvaldo Ardiles and hardworking ballwinner Paul Allen. Each were expected to contribute goals and assists behind one main centre forward, Clive Allen, and it worked. <mask> scored on his debut on Boxing Day 1986 in a 4–0 thrashing of West Ham United and scored three times more while creating plenty for others as Spurs chased three trophies. Sadly for <mask>, his quest for domestic success eluded him again as Spurs were knocked out by fierce rivals Arsenal in the semi-finals of the League Cup, tailed off in their First Division title charge and came third, and lost a thrilling 1987 FA Cup Final at Wembley against Coventry City, following an outstanding 4–1 semi-final win over Watford in which <mask> scored twice.Return to Forest Clough paid Spurs £550,000 to take <mask> back to Nottingham Forest. The club won the Full Members Cup in 1989 and then reached the League Cup final, with <mask> finally winning a major domestic medal: the 3–1 win over Luton Town at Wembley saw him play a crucial part as it was he, making a foraging run from deep, who was brought down for the penalty which Nigel Clough converted, setting Forest on the road to victory. A week later, however, <mask> was one of the Forest players who had to cope with the horrors of the Hillsborough disaster during the opening minutes of their FA Cup semi-final against Liverpool. He played in the rescheduled game at Old Trafford, which Liverpool won 3–1. The following season, <mask> played as Forest retained the League Cup with a 1–0 win over Oldham Athletic, but by the next year he was struggling to hold down a regular place in the team's midfield after the emergence of teenage Irish phenomenon Roy Keane to partner Garry Parker, who had become the first-choice central midfielder despite being the only one of the three never to play international football. He was only named as a substitute by Clough for the 1991 FA Cup Final against his old club Tottenham Hotspur; he came on as a second-half substitute but Spurs ran out 2–1 winners after extra time. Leeds United In the summer of 1991, <mask> was sold to Leeds United for £900,000 – the highest transfer fee he had commanded.He struggled to win a regular place at Elland Road but did make a significant contribution to the league title winning side of 1991–92, winning a championship medal. In that season he made 23 appearances and scored seven goals; his goal tally included two braces in games against Sheffield United (won 4-3) and Southampton (drew 3-3) and the only goal in a 1-0 win over Liverpool. In 1994 <mask> went on loan to Derby County. Late career He joined Queens Park Rangers for a nominal fee in 1994. Two seasons followed with <mask> playing just 15 times. Next he joined Watford. He played twice for them in the 1995–96 season.An unsuccessful trial at Walsall came in the autumn of 1996, followed by a brief spell playing in Hong Kong. He signed for Division Three side Leyton Orient in March 1998, playing just once before finally retiring from playing at the end of the season. International Though he was only three caps into his international career by the time Bobby Robson announced his squad for the 1986 FIFA World Cup, <mask> was given a place on the plane to Mexico, coming on as a substitute in the first two group games against Portugal and Morocco, which England lost and drew respectively. Making urgent changes for the final group game against Poland, Robson put <mask> in the side and he responded with an outstanding personal display within a crushing team performance. <mask>'s superb left wing cross on the run gave Gary Lineker his second goal in a first half hat-trick which eased England's passage to the second round. There they faced Paraguay, and it was a sliding, stretching <mask> who kept in an over-hit cross from Glenn Hoddle, by pushing the ball into the path of Lineker to tap home. Again England were 3–0 victors, with Argentina awaiting ominously in the last eight.Here <mask> would earn his own somewhat dubious place in football history – inadvertently setting up Maradona's 'Hand of God' goal – and ending the game with a highly prized memento, Maradona's No. 10 shirt. The shirt currently resides in The National Football Museum in Manchester. <mask> retained his place in the team as England began their qualification campaign for the 1988 European Championships with victories over Northern Ireland and Yugoslavia, but was not selected for the finals squad. Robson recalled <mask> for the first game after the European Championships – a 1–0 win over Denmark at Wembley – as he had been briefly back on form at club level with Nottingham Forest. He was again cast aside internationally afterwards, but his club form improved dramatically and he found himself regularly called up by Robson as a result, though actual appearances were scarce. He managed to force his way back into the England reckoning with a strong appearance as a substitute against Italy at Wembley, by which time England's place at the 1990 FIFA World Cup was secured.<mask> subsequently played in the final four warm-up matches before the tournament itself. To his delight, <mask> made the final squad but he then suffered an injury and as a consequence was the only outfield England player not to kick a ball during the tournament, even though England reached the semi-finals. He didn't even regain his fitness in time to get on the pitch for the third-place play-off game. Robson quit after the World Cup and <mask> was not selected initially by successor Graham Taylor. Taylor brought <mask> back for a 2–0 win over Cameroon early in 1991 and he was then given his 24th and final cap in a 1–0 win against Turkey in İzmir in a qualifier for the 1992 European Championships. Coaching career Having gained an A coaching licence <mask> worked with Roy McFarland at Chesterfield. He had brief roles at Notts County as development squad manager, and as caretaker manager of the first team.Bibliography In 2010 <mask> released an autobiography entitled, "The Man With Maradona's Shirt". Following Maradona’s death in November 2020, <mask> was subjected to numerous requests from people wishing to buy the shirt he had swapped with Maradona at the end of the World Cup quarter-final in 1986. <mask> said, "It’s not for sale. I am not trying to sell it." Honours Club Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup runner-up: 1987 Nottingham Forest Full Members' Cup winner: 1989 Football League Cup winner: 1989, 1990 FA Cup runner-up: 1991 Leeds United Football League First Division champion: 1991–92 FA Charity Shield winner: 1992 International England U21 UEFA European Under-21 Championship champion: 1984 England FIFA World Cup fourth-place: 1990 Individual Nottingham Forest F.C. Player of the Year: 1982–83 Football League First Division PFA Team of the Year: 1989–90 References Specific General 1962 births Living people Footballers from Nottingham English footballers England under-21 international footballers England B international footballers England international footballers Association football midfielders Nottingham Forest F.C. players Aston Villa F.C.players Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Leeds United F.C. players Derby County F.C. players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players Watford F.C. players Leyton Orient F.C. players English football managers Notts County F.C.managers English Football League players Premier League players 1986 FIFA World Cup players 1990 FIFA World Cup players English Football League managers English autobiographers FA Cup Final players

<mask> was born in 1962 and is a retired footballer. He had a high-profile club and international career in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the development squad coach at the time. The development squad coach reverted to his position as manager on November 6th, after being appointed as the interim manager on October 27th. He made his debut for the club on the final day of the 1981–82 season, after joining as an apprentice, and was a left-footed player who was comfortable in a central or wide position. After the side which won two European Cups began to age and disintegrate, the club tried to build a new young team. Although Forest consolidated their League position, they were unable to win a trophy other than a semi-final in the European competition in 1984 where they lost in controversial circumstances to Anderlecht.In the summer of 1985, Forest surprisingly accepted an offer of almost half a million dollars from Villa and Harry moved from the East Midlands to the West. It was perceived by the Villa fans that he was not fully committed to the team's cause, typified by the back pass he intended during a 5–1 home defeat by Norwich City. In December 1986 he was sold to Spurs for over half a million dollars. England teammates Hoddle and Chris Waddle, as well as Osvaldo Ardiles and Paul Allen, were included in the attacking five-man line up. They were expected to help Clive Allen, the main centre forward, with goals and assists. He scored on his debut on Boxing Day 1986 in a 4–0 victory over West Ham United and scored three times more while creating plenty for others. While Spurs were knocked out of the League Cup in the semi-finals, their First Division title charge came to a halt, and they lost a thrilling FA Cup Final to Coventry City.Return to Forest Clough paid Spurs over half a million dollars to get him back to Forest. The club won the Full Members Cup in 1989 and then reached the League Cup final, with <mask> finally winning a major domestic medal: the 3–1 win over Luton Town at Wembley saw him play a crucial part as it was he, making a run from deep, who was brought down for the One of the Forest players who had to deal with the horrors of the Hillsborough disaster during the opening minutes of their FA Cup semi-final againstLiverpool was <mask>. He played in the rearranged game. By the next year he was struggling to hold down a regular place in the team after the emergence of teenage Irish phenomenon Roy Keane, who had become the team's partner. He came on as a second-half substitute for Spurs in the 1991 FA Cup Final and they ran out 2–1 winners. In the summer of 1991, he commanded the highest transfer fee he had ever commanded.He was not 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 He made 23 appearances and scored seven goals, two of which were braces, including the only goal in a 1-0 win over the Reds. In 1994 he was on loan to Derby County. He joined Queens Park Rangers in 1994. In the next two seasons, he played just 15 times. He joined the team. He played for them twice.After an unsuccessful trial in the autumn of 1996, he played in Hong Kong. He retired from playing at the end of the season after playing just one game for Leyton Orient in 1998. Although he was only three caps into his international career by the time Bobby Robson announced his squad for the 1986 World Cup, he was given a place on the plane to Mexico, coming on as a substitute in the first two group games against Portugal and Morocco, which England lost and drew respectively. Making urgent changes for the final group game against Poland, Robson put <mask> in the side and he responded with an outstanding personal display within a crushing team performance. Gary Lineker's second goal in a first half hat-trick gave England's passage to the second round. It was a sliding, stretching, stretching, stretching, stretching, stretching, stretching, stretching, stretching, stretching, stretching, stretching, stretching, stretching, stretching, stretching, stretching, stretching. England were 3–0 victors, with Argentina waiting in the last eight.He inadvertently set up Maradona's 'Hand of God' goal and ended the game with a highly prized souvenir, Maradona's No. There is a 10 shirt. The National Football Museum in Manchester has the shirt. As England began their qualification campaign for the 1988 European Championships with victories over Northern Ireland and Yugoslavia, he was not selected for the finals squad. After the European Championships, where he played a part in the 1–0 win over Danes at Wembley, Robson recalled him for the first game. He was cast aside internationally again, but his club form improved dramatically and he was called up by Robson as a result, though actual appearances were scarce. By the time he came on as a substitute against Italy at Wembley, England's place at the 1990 World Cup had been secured.The final four warm-up matches were played before the tournament. Even though England reached the semi-finals, the only outfield player not to kick a ball during the tournament was <mask>, who suffered an injury after making the final squad. He didn't recover his fitness in time to play in the third-place game. After the World Cup, Graham Taylor didn't pick <mask> initially. He was given his 24th and final cap in a 1–0 win against Turkey in zmir in the 1992 European Championships after being brought back by Taylor. Having gained an A coaching licence, he worked with Roy McFarland. He was a development squad manager and a first team manager."The Man With Maradona's Shirt" was released in 2010. The death of Diego Maradona in November 2020 led to a lot of requests from people wanting to buy the shirt he wore at the end of the 1986 World Cup. "It is not for sale," he said. I'm not trying to sell it. The FA Cup runner-up is the club that won the Full Members' Cup. Player of the Year: 1982–83 Football League First Division PFA Team of the Year: 1989–90 The players are from Villa F.C.The players are from Spurs. The players are fromLeeds United F.C. The players are from Derby County. The players are from Queens Park Rangers. The players are fromWatford F.C. The players are from Orient F.C. Football managers from England.FA Cup Final players Managers English Football League players

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Kurtis Robert Patterson (born 5 April 1993) is an Australian cricketer who plays for the New South Wales cricket team in the Sheffield Shield, and the Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League. Patterson scored a century on his first-class cricket debut for New South Wales in November 2011, becoming the youngest batsman to score a century in Sheffield Shield cricket. In January 2019, he made his Test debut for Australia against Sri Lanka, becoming the 457th person to play test cricket for Australia. He made a century in just his second test match in Canberra, also against Sri Lanka. He was not selected for the 2019 Ashes series and returned to play domestically in the 2019/2020 season. Early life Kurtis Patterson was born in the Sydney suburb of Hurstville and grew up in Roselands and then Lugarno. He was born into a family with a strong sporting pedigree. His mum Dana played volleyball for Australia and his father Brad played cricket for Northern Districts in Sydney's first grade competition. Patterson went to high school at Christian Brothers in Lewisham. He played much of his junior cricket with St George Cricket Club. Aged 13, he played for St George in the AW Green Shield, which is Sydney's premier cricket competition for under 16's. Playing Green Shield again the following year, he scored a total of 442 runs at an average of 88.40. By the time he was 17, Patterson was playing first grade for St George. At the start of the 2011/2012 season, he scored two centuries in the first 4 rounds, which saw him be selected to make his debut for New South Wales. Domestic career Patterson made his Sheffield Shield debut for New South Wales against Western Australia in November 2011. He made an immediate statement by scoring 157 in the first innings and remaining 6 not out in the second innings as New South Wales won the match by 6 wickets. This performance earned him the player of the match honours. His century in the first innings saw him become the youngest player to score a century in the Sheffield Shield. At the age of 18 years and 206 days he broke the record that was previously held by Barry Shepherd, who scored a century aged 18 years and 241 days in 1955. Despite this initial success, he was not selected to play for New South Wales for the rest of the season. Patterson returned to the New South Wales side during the 2013/2014 season, playing 7 out of 11 games. Throughout the season he scored a total of 403 runs at an average of 31.00. He scored 4 half-centuries during the season, including 52 in the final against Western Australia, which was won by New South Wales. Patterson produced similar statistics during the 2014/2015 season, scoring 372 runs at an average of 28.61. Patterson's break out year came during the 2015/2016 season. Play all but one game, he scored a total of 737 runs at an average of 52.64, which included two centuries and four half-centuries. This made him the highest run-scorer for New South Wales that season and the 6th highest run-scorer in the whole competition. He was then selected for Australia A to play in a 2016 winter series against South Africa A and India A. In two unofficial test matches against South Africa A, Patterson made scores of 74, 6, 92, and 50 not out. This made him the highest scorer in the series among both sides. During this offseason, he also played 6 one day matches for Australia A in a quadrangular series against India A, South Africa A, and Australia's National Performance Squad. His stand-out performance in the series was a score of 115 against India A in a match that Australia A won by 1 run. Still aged just 23 and with a first-class batting average of 42.91, Patterson was now in contention for national selection. Before the start of the 2016/2017 season, former New South Wales and Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin said that Patterson could be in contention to play for Australia that summer. He furthered his case by scoring a century against Queensland in the first round of the 2016/2017 Sheffield Shield season. After this innings, New South Wales coach Trent Johnston said he believed Patterson was ready for test cricket and deserved a chance at international level. However, Patterson was not selected for Australia and played out the rest of the season in the Sheffield Shield. Although he did not score a century for the rest of the season, he still finished the season with 668 runs at an average of 44.53. This was followed by another strong domestic season in 2017/2018 where he scored 672 runs. This marked the second time in three years that Patterson was the highest run-scorer for New South Wales. Despite his consistent run scoring ability, questions began to be asked in the media about his ability to convert his half-centuries into bigger scores. However, in round 5 of the 2018/2019, he made a score of 107 not out against Western Australia, his first Sheffield Shield century since 2016. Between that time, he had scored a total of 14 half-centuries without scoring a century. Domestic One-Day Career Since 2013, Patterson has played for New South Wales in Australia's domestic one-day competition. In his first year playing in the competition, he played 7 out of 8 matches and made 152 runs at an average of 25.33 as New South Wales finished runners up in the competition. He following year he had a slightly improved season, scoring 230 runs at an average of 32.85. He had his most successful season in the 2016 competition when he averaged 49.40. In the final, Patterson scored 77 not out as New South Wales won the title. Just before the start of the 2018 competition, New South Wales captain Peter Nevill broke his thumb, and Patterson was named as the new captain. He had a difficult start as captain as New South Wales lost the first 3 games of the season. He also struggled individually, averaging 23.80 for the season. After being in contention for a Test call-up in the 2017–18 Ashes series, Patterson played every match for New South Wales in the 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup, scoring two fifties and averaging 41.33 runs per innings to be one of the team's top run-scorers for the tournament. During the 2019 season, Patterson was hampered by a quad injury, playing only two matches in the competition. Big Bash career For the inaugural season of the Big Bash League, Australia's franchise Twenty20 competition, Patterson was offered a roster spot by the Sydney Thunder. However, he turned it down to focus on making the New South Wales Sheffield Shield side. In the second season of the Big Bash, Patterson was signed by the Sydney Sixers franchise for the 2012/2013 season. In his first season, he only played one game for the Sixers. The following season, he was signed by cross-town rivals the Sydney Thunder. Patterson was not regularly selected for the Thunder, playing only 9 games in each of the next three seasons. In later seasons of the Big Bash he began to play for games for the Thunder but failed to make a significant impact. In his time at the Thunder, he played a total of 25 matches in 8 seasons with a total of 438 runs and a high score of 48. Just before the start of the 2019/2020 Big Bash season, Patterson signed a 3-year deal with the Perth Scorchers. He missed the opening rounds of the season due to a hamstring injury. He finally made his debut for the Scorchers in January 2020, however, after scoring 38 runs in 3 matches, he was dropped for the remainder of the season due to lack of runs. International career During the 2018/19 season, Patterson was selected to play for a Cricket Australia XI side against the touring Sri Lankans as a warm-up for the test series. Patterson scored unbeaten centuries in both innings, with 157 not out in the first innings and 102 not out in the second innings. He was named the player of the match. Despite this performance against the Sri Lankans, the Australian squad for the test series had already been named the previous week and Patterson had not been included. However the selectors backtracked and he was added to Australia's Test squad for the series against Sri Lanka. He made his Test debut for Australia against Sri Lanka on 24 January 2019. He had his baggy green cap presented to him by Michael Hussey. Batting at number 6, he made 30 off 82 balls in his first test innings before being dismissed LBW. He was not required to bat in the second innings as Australia won by an innings and 40 runs. He also took three catches in the match, including a diving, one-handed catch in the gully to dismiss Dilruwan Perera. He was retained in the side for the second Test match in Canberra. In the second test, he scored a century, the first of his Test career as Australia romped to a huge total, with Joe Burns and Travis Head also scoring centuries. Patterson finished with a score of 114 not out. With Travis Head also scoring his first test century in the same innings, it was the first time since 1989 that two Australian batsmen had made their first test centuries in the same innings. Both his parents and many of his friends were in the crowd when he reached his century. He did not bat in the second innings as Australia beat Sri Lanka by 366 runs, winning the series 2–0. 2019 Australia A tour of England Following the conclusion of the test series, Patterson returned to play for New South Wales in the Sheffield Shield. He finished the competition with a total of 724 runs, making him the 5th highest run-scorer for the season. This meant that Patterson was suddenly in contention for selection in the Australian side due to tour England for the 2019 Ashes series. Patterson was selected for the Australia A team that toured England in the lead up to the Ashes. These matches were considered to be crucial in deciding who would be selected for the Ashes. Before this tour, Patterson had only played 8 weeks of club cricket in England and he struggled to make runs. He scored 4, 32, and 28 for Australia A before scoring 2 and 0 in an intra-squad trial match. Ultimately, Patterson was not selected for the series, with Chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns saying Patterson was desperately unlucky to not be selected. Hohns also said the return of Steve Smith, David Warner, and Cameron Bancroft from their ball-tampering suspensions pushed players like Patterson out of the side. Injury and 2020 season At the start of the 2019/2020 season, Patterson suffered a quadriceps injury playing grade cricket for St George. While he started the Sheffield Shield season for New South Wales, he reinjured his leg while fielding against Tasmania and missed several months of cricket. This injury also meant that Patterson did not have a chance to impress national selectors before the Australia test squad for the summer was named. On his return from injury, Patterson only played 3 matches for New South Wales before the COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of the last round of the season. Patterson stated towards the end of the season that he did not think the injury was affecting his batting. He was also selected for Australia A against England Lions in February 2020. He top-scored with 94 not out in the second innings of the match. 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<mask> (born 5 April 1993) is an Australian cricketer who plays for the New South Wales cricket team in the Sheffield Shield, and the Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League. <mask> scored a century on his first-class cricket debut for New South Wales in November 2011, becoming the youngest batsman to score a century in Sheffield Shield cricket. In January 2019, he made his Test debut for Australia against Sri Lanka, becoming the 457th person to play test cricket for Australia. He made a century in just his second test match in Canberra, also against Sri Lanka. He was not selected for the 2019 Ashes series and returned to play domestically in the 2019/2020 season. Early life <mask> was born in the Sydney suburb of Hurstville and grew up in Roselands and then Lugarno. He was born into a family with a strong sporting pedigree.His mum Dana played volleyball for Australia and his father Brad played cricket for Northern Districts in Sydney's first grade competition. <mask> went to high school at Christian Brothers in Lewisham. He played much of his junior cricket with St George Cricket Club. Aged 13, he played for St George in the AW Green Shield, which is Sydney's premier cricket competition for under 16's. Playing Green Shield again the following year, he scored a total of 442 runs at an average of 88.40. By the time he was 17, <mask> was playing first grade for St George. At the start of the 2011/2012 season, he scored two centuries in the first 4 rounds, which saw him be selected to make his debut for New South Wales.Domestic career <mask> made his Sheffield Shield debut for New South Wales against Western Australia in November 2011. He made an immediate statement by scoring 157 in the first innings and remaining 6 not out in the second innings as New South Wales won the match by 6 wickets. This performance earned him the player of the match honours. His century in the first innings saw him become the youngest player to score a century in the Sheffield Shield. At the age of 18 years and 206 days he broke the record that was previously held by Barry Shepherd, who scored a century aged 18 years and 241 days in 1955. Despite this initial success, he was not selected to play for New South Wales for the rest of the season. <mask> returned to the New South Wales side during the 2013/2014 season, playing 7 out of 11 games.Throughout the season he scored a total of 403 runs at an average of 31.00. He scored 4 half-centuries during the season, including 52 in the final against Western Australia, which was won by New South Wales. <mask> produced similar statistics during the 2014/2015 season, scoring 372 runs at an average of 28.61. <mask>'s break out year came during the 2015/2016 season. Play all but one game, he scored a total of 737 runs at an average of 52.64, which included two centuries and four half-centuries. This made him the highest run-scorer for New South Wales that season and the 6th highest run-scorer in the whole competition. He was then selected for Australia A to play in a 2016 winter series against South Africa A and India A.In two unofficial test matches against South Africa A, <mask> made scores of 74, 6, 92, and 50 not out. This made him the highest scorer in the series among both sides. During this offseason, he also played 6 one day matches for Australia A in a quadrangular series against India A, South Africa A, and Australia's National Performance Squad. His stand-out performance in the series was a score of 115 against India A in a match that Australia A won by 1 run. Still aged just 23 and with a first-class batting average of 42.91, <mask> was now in contention for national selection. Before the start of the 2016/2017 season, former New South Wales and Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin said that <mask> could be in contention to play for Australia that summer. He furthered his case by scoring a century against Queensland in the first round of the 2016/2017 Sheffield Shield season.After this innings, New South Wales coach Trent Johnston said he believed <mask> was ready for test cricket and deserved a chance at international level. However, <mask> was not selected for Australia and played out the rest of the season in the Sheffield Shield. Although he did not score a century for the rest of the season, he still finished the season with 668 runs at an average of 44.53. This was followed by another strong domestic season in 2017/2018 where he scored 672 runs. This marked the second time in three years that <mask> was the highest run-scorer for New South Wales. Despite his consistent run scoring ability, questions began to be asked in the media about his ability to convert his half-centuries into bigger scores. However, in round 5 of the 2018/2019, he made a score of 107 not out against Western Australia, his first Sheffield Shield century since 2016.Between that time, he had scored a total of 14 half-centuries without scoring a century. Domestic One-Day Career Since 2013, <mask> has played for New South Wales in Australia's domestic one-day competition. In his first year playing in the competition, he played 7 out of 8 matches and made 152 runs at an average of 25.33 as New South Wales finished runners up in the competition. He following year he had a slightly improved season, scoring 230 runs at an average of 32.85. He had his most successful season in the 2016 competition when he averaged 49.40. In the final, <mask> scored 77 not out as New South Wales won the title. Just before the start of the 2018 competition, New South Wales captain Peter Nevill broke his thumb, and <mask> was named as the new captain.He had a difficult start as captain as New South Wales lost the first 3 games of the season. He also struggled individually, averaging 23.80 for the season. After being in contention for a Test call-up in the 2017–18 Ashes series, <mask> played every match for New South Wales in the 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup, scoring two fifties and averaging 41.33 runs per innings to be one of the team's top run-scorers for the tournament. During the 2019 season, <mask> was hampered by a quad injury, playing only two matches in the competition. Big Bash career For the inaugural season of the Big Bash League, Australia's franchise Twenty20 competition, <mask> was offered a roster spot by the Sydney Thunder. However, he turned it down to focus on making the New South Wales Sheffield Shield side. In the second season of the Big Bash, <mask> was signed by the Sydney Sixers franchise for the 2012/2013 season.In his first season, he only played one game for the Sixers. The following season, he was signed by cross-town rivals the Sydney Thunder. <mask> was not regularly selected for the Thunder, playing only 9 games in each of the next three seasons. In later seasons of the Big Bash he began to play for games for the Thunder but failed to make a significant impact. In his time at the Thunder, he played a total of 25 matches in 8 seasons with a total of 438 runs and a high score of 48. Just before the start of the 2019/2020 Big Bash season, <mask> signed a 3-year deal with the Perth Scorchers. He missed the opening rounds of the season due to a hamstring injury.He finally made his debut for the Scorchers in January 2020, however, after scoring 38 runs in 3 matches, he was dropped for the remainder of the season due to lack of runs. International career During the 2018/19 season, <mask> was selected to play for a Cricket Australia XI side against the touring Sri Lankans as a warm-up for the test series. <mask> scored unbeaten centuries in both innings, with 157 not out in the first innings and 102 not out in the second innings. He was named the player of the match. Despite this performance against the Sri Lankans, the Australian squad for the test series had already been named the previous week and <mask> had not been included. However the selectors backtracked and he was added to Australia's Test squad for the series against Sri Lanka. He made his Test debut for Australia against Sri Lanka on 24 January 2019.He had his baggy green cap presented to him by Michael Hussey. Batting at number 6, he made 30 off 82 balls in his first test innings before being dismissed LBW. He was not required to bat in the second innings as Australia won by an innings and 40 runs. He also took three catches in the match, including a diving, one-handed catch in the gully to dismiss Dilruwan Perera. He was retained in the side for the second Test match in Canberra. In the second test, he scored a century, the first of his Test career as Australia romped to a huge total, with Joe Burns and Travis Head also scoring centuries. <mask> finished with a score of 114 not out.With Travis Head also scoring his first test century in the same innings, it was the first time since 1989 that two Australian batsmen had made their first test centuries in the same innings. Both his parents and many of his friends were in the crowd when he reached his century. He did not bat in the second innings as Australia beat Sri Lanka by 366 runs, winning the series 2–0. 2019 Australia A tour of England Following the conclusion of the test series, <mask> returned to play for New South Wales in the Sheffield Shield. He finished the competition with a total of 724 runs, making him the 5th highest run-scorer for the season. This meant that <mask> was suddenly in contention for selection in the Australian side due to tour England for the 2019 Ashes series. <mask> was selected for the Australia A team that toured England in the lead up to the Ashes.These matches were considered to be crucial in deciding who would be selected for the Ashes. Before this tour, <mask> had only played 8 weeks of club cricket in England and he struggled to make runs. He scored 4, 32, and 28 for Australia A before scoring 2 and 0 in an intra-squad trial match. Ultimately, <mask> was not selected for the series, with Chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns saying <mask> was desperately unlucky to not be selected. Hohns also said the return of Steve Smith, David Warner, and Cameron Bancroft from their ball-tampering suspensions pushed players like <mask> out of the side. Injury and 2020 season At the start of the 2019/2020 season, <mask> suffered a quadriceps injury playing grade cricket for St George. While he started the Sheffield Shield season for New South Wales, he reinjured his leg while fielding against Tasmania and missed several months of cricket.This injury also meant that <mask> did not have a chance to impress national selectors before the Australia test squad for the summer was named. On his return from injury, <mask> only played 3 matches for New South Wales before the COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of the last round of the season. <mask> stated towards the end of the season that he did not think the injury was affecting his batting. He was also selected for Australia A against England Lions in February 2020. He top-scored with 94 not out in the second innings of the match. References External links 1993 births Living people Australian cricketers Australia Test cricketers Cricketers from Sydney New South Wales cricketers Sydney Sixers cricketers Sydney Thunder cricketers Perth Scorchers cricketers People from New South Wales

An Australian cricketer who plays for the New South Wales cricket team in the Shield and the Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League is named <mask>. On his first-class cricket debut for New South Wales in November 2011, he became the youngest player to score a century in Shield cricket. He became the 457th person to play test cricket for Australia when he made his debut in January. He made a century in his second test match. He returned to play domestically in the 2019/2020 season after not being selected to play in the Australia series. He was born in the suburb of Hurstville and grew up in Roselands and Lugarno. His family had a strong sporting background.His mother Dana played volleyball for Australia and his father Brad played cricket for Northern Districts. At Christian Brothers, <mask> attended high school. He was a member of the St George Cricket Club. He was 13 when he played for St George in the AW Green Shield. He averaged 88.40 runs per year while playing Green Shield. When he was 17 he was playing first grade for St George. He was selected to make his debut for New South Wales after scoring two centuries in the first 4 rounds.He made his debut for New South Wales against Western Australia. He made a statement by scoring 157 in the firstinnings and 6 not out in the secondinnings as New South Wales won the match. He was the player of the match. He was the youngest player to score a century in the Shield. The previous record was held by Barry Shepherd, who scored a century at the age of 18 years and 241 days. He wasn't selected to play for New South Wales for the rest of the season despite his initial success. He played in 7 out of 11 games for the New South Wales side.He scored a total of over 400 runs throughout the season. He scored 52 in the final against Western Australia, which New South Wales won. During the 2014–2018 2014–2018, <mask> scored 372 runs at an average of 28.61 per run. The break out year was during the 2016 season. He averaged 52.64 runs per game and scored two centuries and four half-centuries. He was the highest run-scorer in New South Wales that season and the 6th highest run-scorer in the whole competition. He was selected to play for Australia A in the winter series against South Africa and India.In two unofficial test matches against South Africa A, he made scores of 74, 6, 92, and 50 not out. He was the highest scorer in the series for both sides. He played 6 one day matches for Australia A in a quadrangular series against India A, South Africa A, and Australia's National Performance squad. He scored 115 against India A in a match that Australia A won by 1 run. He had a first-class batting average of 42.91) and was in contention for national selection. Brad Haddin, a former New South Wales and Australian cricketer, said before the start of the season that he could be in contention to play for Australia in the summer. He scored a century in the first round of the Shield season.The New South Wales coach said that he believed <mask> was ready for test cricket and deserved a chance at international level. He played the rest of the season in the Shield despite not being selected for Australia. He finished the season with 668 runs at an average of 44.53, despite not scoring a century for the rest of the season. He scored 662 runs in the domestic season in 2017/2018. This was the second time in three years that <mask> was the highest run-scorer in New South Wales. Despite his consistent run scoring ability, questions began to be asked in the media about his ability to convert his half-centuries into bigger scores. He made a score of 107 not out against Western Australia in round 5 of the season.He hadn't scored a century in 14 half-centuries. In Australia's domestic one-day competition, <mask> has played for New South Wales. In his first year playing in the competition, he played 7 out of 8 matches and made 152 runs at an average of 25.33 as New South Wales finished runners up. He had a slightly improved season in which he scored 230 runs at an average of 32.85. He averaged 49.40 in the 2016 competition. New South Wales won the title as <mask> scored 77 in the final. The New South Wales captain broke his thumb just before the start of the competition and was replaced by <mask>.New South Wales lost the first 3 games of the season. He averaged 23.80 for the season. After being in contention for a Test call-up, <mask> played every match for New South Wales in the JLT One-Day Cup, scoring two fifties and averaging 41.33 runs per innings to be one of the team's top run-scores. A quad injury limited <mask> to two matches in the competition. The Big Bash League is an Australia's franchise Twenty20 competition. He turned it down because he wanted to make the New South Wales Shield side. In the second season of the Big Bash, he was signed by the Sydney Sixers.He only played one game in his first season. He was signed by the cross-town rivals. In each of the next three seasons, <mask> was not selected for the team. He did not make a significant impact in the later seasons of the Big Bash. He played a total of 25 matches in 8 seasons with a total of 438 runs and a high score of 48. Before the start of the Big Bash season, he signed a 3-year deal with the Perth Scorchers. He was hurt in the opening rounds of the season.After scoring 38 runs in 3 matches, he was dropped for the rest of the season due to lack of runs. As a warm-up for the test series, he was selected to play for the Cricket Australia XI against the Sri Lankans. In the first and second days of the game, <mask> scored centuries, with 157 not out in the first and 102 not out in the second. The player of the match was him. The Australian squad for the test series had already been named the previous week, despite the fact that <mask> had not been included. He was added to Australia's Test squad after the selectors backtracked. He made his Test debut for Australia.Michael Hussey presented him with a baggy green cap. He made 30 off 82 balls in his first test, but was dismissed LBW. He wasn't required to bat in the second half of the game as Australia won by 40 runs. He took three catches in the match, including a diving one-handed catch to dismiss Dilruwan. He was in the side for the second Test match. In the second test, he scored a century, the first of his Test career, as Australia romped to a huge total. He had a score of 114 not out.It was the first time since 1989 that two Australians had made their first test centuries in the same frame. His parents and many of his friends were in the crowd when he reached his century. He did not bat in the second half of the game as Australia won the series. A tour of England followed by a return to play for New South Wales in the Shield. He finished the competition with a total of 724 runs, making him the 5th highest run-scorer for the season. This meant that he was in the running for a place in the Australian side for the tour of England in 2019. The Australia A team went to England in the lead up to the Ashes.The matches were important in deciding who would be selected. Before this tour, he had only played 8 weeks of club cricket in England, and he struggled to make runs. He scored 4, 32, and 28 for Australia A in a trial match. The Chairman of the selectors said that <mask> was desperately unlucky to not be selected for the series. The return of Steve Smith, David Warner, and Cameron Bancroft from their ball-tampering suspensions pushed players like <mask> out of the side. At the start of the 2020 season, <mask> was injured playing grade cricket for St George. He injured his leg while playing for New South Wales and missed several months of cricket.Before the Australia test squad for the summer was named, <mask> didn't have a chance to impress the national team. The last round of the season in New South Wales was canceled because of the COVID-19 Pandemic. At the end of the season, he stated that he didn't think the injury was affecting his batting. He was selected for Australia A against England Lions. He scored 94 in the second half of the match. There are links to 1993 births and people from New South Wales.

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Jason Peters

Jason Raynard Peters (born January 22, 1982) is an American football offensive tackle for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Arkansas and signed with the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent in 2004, originally as a tight end. He was later traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2009 and spent the next twelve seasons playing for them before joining the Bears in 2021. College career After starring in both football and basketball at Queen City High School (TX), Peters attended the University of Arkansas and played for the Arkansas Razorbacks football team. Originally recruited as a defensive tackle, he spent his freshman campaign as a reserve defensive lineman. He was then moved to the tight end spot, where he caught four passes for 37 yards as a sophomore. In his junior season, Peters registered 21 catches for 218 yards and four touchdowns, which earned him a second-team All-SEC selection. Professional career 2004 NFL Draft A fairly athletic tight end at more than 320 pounds, Peters was seen as "a clone of former Denver Broncos giant Orson Mobley." Since he registered far more knockdown blocks (61) than catches (21) in his last year in college, Peters spent much time prior to the 2004 NFL Draft working O-line drills, preparing himself to be an offensive tackle for the NFL. He was projected as an early fourth round pick by Sports Illustrated, but eventually went undrafted. Buffalo Bills Peters was picked up by the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted rookie free agent in April 2004. He was cut then re-signed to the Bills' practice squad. He was signed to the active roster on November 12, 2004. Peters made his mark on special teams as a wedge buster on kickoffs and as a blocking tight end, while beginning to learn to play offensive tackle under the tutelage of offensive line coach Jim McNally. In 2006, Peters beat out former Texas star Mike Williams for starting right tackle on the Bills. Peters was rewarded for his play, signing a 5-year, $15 million contract extension with the Bills in the offseason. In 2007, Peters began the season entrenched as the starting right tackle. After Week 7, the Bills reshuffled their offensive line to better protect quarterback J. P. Losman. Peters was moved to left tackle, replacing Mike Gandy who moved inside to left guard. After the 2006 season, Sports Illustrated's Paul Zimmerman debated selecting Peters to his All-Pro team. "I was rooting for the Bills' Jason Peters, whom I would have loved to pick, but he isn't there yet. Very athletic, but not enough of a roughneck." Peters allowed only two sacks in that season and was not called for a holding penalty. In 2007, Peters saw his best years as a pro, and was selected to start at left tackle on the AFC Pro-Bowl team. As offensive line coach Jim McNally put it, "His ability is limitless." He injured his groin in a game against the New York Giants, and was unable to attend the Pro Bowl game. He was the first Bills offensive lineman to make the Pro Bowl since Ruben Brown in 2003. Joe Thomas was selected to replace him in the Pro Bowl. At the beginning of the 2008 offseason Peters was unhappy with his contract and did not report to any of the Bills offseason workouts including the teams' mandatory minicamps. Head Coach Dick Jauron said that he would be fined and would even be taken out of the lineup if he did not show. Peters reportedly wanted a contract between $8 million and $11.5 million per season in a contract extension. On July 25, 2008, the NFL Network's Adam Schefter reported Peters would not report to the Bills' training camp at Saint John Fisher College in Pittsford, N.Y. Schefter also said Peters was willing to sit out the entire season to get a new and improved contract. On August 20, 2008, training camp for the Bills came to an end with Peters being absent for the whole camp and all of the preseason games. On September 5, 2008, Peters ended his holdout and returned to the Buffalo Bills. Peters was fined over $560,000 for missing all of training camp, but if he had missed a regular season game, he would have been fined $191,000 for each game he missed. Peters was selected as the starting left tackle in the Pro Bowl and was a Second-team All-Pro although his 2008 season was subpar and some thought the Pro Bowl selection was dubious. In 2006, he allowed only two sacks and allowed six sacks in 2007. Philadelphia Eagles Peters had been unhappy with his contract and had not been attending the Bills’ offseason activities after staging a holdout in 2008 during training camp. On April 17, 2009, the Buffalo Bills traded Peters to the Philadelphia Eagles and received their first round pick (28th overall, used to select center Eric Wood) and fourth round pick (121st overall, used to select tight end Shawn Nelson) in the 2009 NFL Draft and a conditional sixth round pick in the 2010 NFL Draft (used to select linebacker Danny Batten). On April 17, 2009, the Philadelphia Eagles announced they had signed Peters to a six-year, $60 million contract for him to remain in Philadelphia through 2014. The Eagles opted to void Peters' previous contract he signed with the Bills that had two years remaining. Head coach Andy Reid added, "Jason Peters is the best left tackle in football. He is a powerful and athletic tackle and I have admired his play over the last few years on film." Peters was selected to the 2010 Pro Bowl and 2011 Pro Bowl as a starter and was a 2010 second team All-Pro selection. On March 28, 2012, Peters ruptured his Achilles tendon during an offseason workout. He ruptured it a second time in May 2012 after the equipment he was using to move around his house malfunctioned. He was placed on the active/non-football injury list on July 22, 2012, before the start of training camp. On February 26, 2014, Peters signed a new five-year deal worth $51.3 million with the Eagles. During a game against the Washington Redskins on September 21, 2014, Redskins player Chris Baker tried to take out Eagles Quarterback Nick Foles with a cheap shot. Following the hit, a brawl broke out on the sidelines between both teams. Baker was confronted by Peters, who then took a swing at Baker which resulted in both players getting ejected in the scuffle. On September 27, 2014, Peters was fined $10,000. On June 14, 2017, Peters signed a one-year contract extension with the Eagles through the 2019 season. On October 23, 2017, during Monday Night Football against the Redskins, Peters left the game with an apparent right knee injury. The next night, it was revealed that his right knee had tears to the ACL and MCL, which ended his 2017 season. The Eagles went on to win Super Bowl LII against the New England Patriots 41–33, giving Peters his first Super Bowl ring. On March 11, 2019, the Eagles signed Peters on a one-year contract for the 2019 season. On July 17, 2020, Peters signed another one-year contract with the Eagles. He was set to start at right guard following a season-ending injury to Brandon Brooks, but was moved back to left tackle following a season-ending injury to Andre Dillard. He was given a restructured contract after his move to left tackle on September 10, 2020. He was placed on injured reserve on October 3, 2020 with a foot injury. He was activated on October 31, 2020. He was placed back on injured reserve on December 12, 2020, ending his season. Chicago Bears On August 16, 2021, Peters signed with the Chicago Bears. References External links Chicago Bears bio 1982 births Living people African-American players of American football American Conference Pro Bowl players American football offensive tackles American football tight ends American people of Dutch descent Arkansas Razorbacks football players Buffalo Bills players Chicago Bears players National Conference Pro Bowl players People from Cass County, Texas Philadelphia Eagles players Players of American football from Texas Unconferenced Pro Bowl players 21st-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American people

<mask> (born January 22, 1982) is an American football offensive tackle for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Arkansas and signed with the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent in 2004, originally as a tight end. He was later traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2009 and spent the next twelve seasons playing for them before joining the Bears in 2021. College career After starring in both football and basketball at Queen City High School (TX), <mask> attended the University of Arkansas and played for the Arkansas Razorbacks football team. Originally recruited as a defensive tackle, he spent his freshman campaign as a reserve defensive lineman. He was then moved to the tight end spot, where he caught four passes for 37 yards as a sophomore. In his junior season, <mask> registered 21 catches for 218 yards and four touchdowns, which earned him a second-team All-SEC selection.Professional career 2004 NFL Draft A fairly athletic tight end at more than 320 pounds, <mask> was seen as "a clone of former Denver Broncos giant Orson Mobley." Since he registered far more knockdown blocks (61) than catches (21) in his last year in college, <mask> spent much time prior to the 2004 NFL Draft working O-line drills, preparing himself to be an offensive tackle for the NFL. He was projected as an early fourth round pick by Sports Illustrated, but eventually went undrafted. Buffalo Bills <mask> was picked up by the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted rookie free agent in April 2004. He was cut then re-signed to the Bills' practice squad. He was signed to the active roster on November 12, 2004. <mask> made his mark on special teams as a wedge buster on kickoffs and as a blocking tight end, while beginning to learn to play offensive tackle under the tutelage of offensive line coach Jim McNally.In 2006, <mask> beat out former Texas star Mike Williams for starting right tackle on the Bills. <mask> was rewarded for his play, signing a 5-year, $15 million contract extension with the Bills in the offseason. In 2007, <mask> began the season entrenched as the starting right tackle. After Week 7, the Bills reshuffled their offensive line to better protect quarterback J. P. Losman. <mask> was moved to left tackle, replacing Mike Gandy who moved inside to left guard. After the 2006 season, Sports Illustrated's Paul Zimmerman debated selecting <mask> to his All-Pro team. "I was rooting for the Bills' <mask>, whom I would have loved to pick, but he isn't there yet.Very athletic, but not enough of a roughneck." <mask> allowed only two sacks in that season and was not called for a holding penalty. In 2007, <mask> saw his best years as a pro, and was selected to start at left tackle on the AFC Pro-Bowl team. As offensive line coach Jim McNally put it, "His ability is limitless." He injured his groin in a game against the New York Giants, and was unable to attend the Pro Bowl game. He was the first Bills offensive lineman to make the Pro Bowl since Ruben Brown in 2003. Joe Thomas was selected to replace him in the Pro Bowl.At the beginning of the 2008 offseason <mask> was unhappy with his contract and did not report to any of the Bills offseason workouts including the teams' mandatory minicamps. Head Coach Dick Jauron said that he would be fined and would even be taken out of the lineup if he did not show. <mask> reportedly wanted a contract between $8 million and $11.5 million per season in a contract extension. On July 25, 2008, the NFL Network's Adam Schefter reported <mask> would not report to the Bills' training camp at Saint John Fisher College in Pittsford, N.Y. Schefter also said <mask> was willing to sit out the entire season to get a new and improved contract. On August 20, 2008, training camp for the Bills came to an end with <mask> being absent for the whole camp and all of the preseason games. On September 5, 2008, <mask> ended his holdout and returned to the Buffalo Bills. <mask> was fined over $560,000 for missing all of training camp, but if he had missed a regular season game, he would have been fined $191,000 for each game he missed.<mask> was selected as the starting left tackle in the Pro Bowl and was a Second-team All-Pro although his 2008 season was subpar and some thought the Pro Bowl selection was dubious. In 2006, he allowed only two sacks and allowed six sacks in 2007. Philadelphia Eagles <mask> had been unhappy with his contract and had not been attending the Bills’ offseason activities after staging a holdout in 2008 during training camp. On April 17, 2009, the Buffalo Bills traded <mask> to the Philadelphia Eagles and received their first round pick (28th overall, used to select center Eric Wood) and fourth round pick (121st overall, used to select tight end Shawn Nelson) in the 2009 NFL Draft and a conditional sixth round pick in the 2010 NFL Draft (used to select linebacker Danny Batten). On April 17, 2009, the Philadelphia Eagles announced they had signed <mask> to a six-year, $60 million contract for him to remain in Philadelphia through 2014. The Eagles opted to void <mask>' previous contract he signed with the Bills that had two years remaining. Head coach Andy Reid added, "<mask> is the best left tackle in football.He is a powerful and athletic tackle and I have admired his play over the last few years on film." <mask> was selected to the 2010 Pro Bowl and 2011 Pro Bowl as a starter and was a 2010 second team All-Pro selection. On March 28, 2012, <mask> ruptured his Achilles tendon during an offseason workout. He ruptured it a second time in May 2012 after the equipment he was using to move around his house malfunctioned. He was placed on the active/non-football injury list on July 22, 2012, before the start of training camp. On February 26, 2014, <mask> signed a new five-year deal worth $51.3 million with the Eagles. During a game against the Washington Redskins on September 21, 2014, Redskins player Chris Baker tried to take out Eagles Quarterback Nick Foles with a cheap shot.Following the hit, a brawl broke out on the sidelines between both teams. Baker was confronted by <mask>, who then took a swing at Baker which resulted in both players getting ejected in the scuffle. On September 27, 2014, <mask> was fined $10,000. On June 14, 2017, <mask> signed a one-year contract extension with the Eagles through the 2019 season. On October 23, 2017, during Monday Night Football against the Redskins, <mask> left the game with an apparent right knee injury. The next night, it was revealed that his right knee had tears to the ACL and MCL, which ended his 2017 season. The Eagles went on to win Super Bowl LII against the New England Patriots 41–33, giving <mask> his first Super Bowl ring.On March 11, 2019, the Eagles signed <mask> on a one-year contract for the 2019 season. On July 17, 2020, <mask> signed another one-year contract with the Eagles. He was set to start at right guard following a season-ending injury to Brandon Brooks, but was moved back to left tackle following a season-ending injury to Andre Dillard. He was given a restructured contract after his move to left tackle on September 10, 2020. He was placed on injured reserve on October 3, 2020 with a foot injury. He was activated on October 31, 2020. He was placed back on injured reserve on December 12, 2020, ending his season.Chicago Bears On August 16, 2021, <mask> signed with the Chicago Bears. References External links Chicago Bears bio 1982 births Living people African-American players of American football American Conference Pro Bowl players American football offensive tackles American football tight ends American people of Dutch descent Arkansas Razorbacks football players Buffalo Bills players Chicago Bears players National Conference Pro Bowl players People from Cass County, Texas Philadelphia Eagles players Players of American football from Texas Unconferenced Pro Bowl players 21st-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American people

<mask> is an American football offensive tackle for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He played college football at Arkansas and signed with the Buffalo Bills as a tight end. He spent the next twelve seasons playing for the Eagles before joining the Bears in 2021. After starring in both football and basketball at Queen City High School, <mask> attended the University of Arkansas and played for the Razorbacks football team. He spent his freshman campaign as a reserve defensive lineman. He caught four passes for 37 yards in the tight end spot as a sophomore. In his junior season, <mask> had 21 catches for 218 yards and four touchdown, which earned him a second-team All-SEC selection.A clone of former Denver Broncos giant Orson Mobley, <mask> was seen as a fairly athletic tight end at more than 320 pounds. <mask> spent a lot of time prior to the 2004 NFL Draft working O-line drills, preparing himself to be an offensive tackle, since he registered more knockdown blocks than catches in his last year in college. He was expected to be a fourth round pick by Sports Illustrated. The Buffalo Bills picked up <mask> as a free agent in 2004. He was re-signed to the Bills' practice squad. He was signed to the active roster in 2004. <mask> made his mark on special teams as a wedge buster on kickoffs and as a blocking tight end, while beginning to learn to play offensive tackle under the guidance of offensive line coach Jim McNally.<mask> beat out Williams for the starting right tackle position on the Bills. <mask> signed a 5-year contract extension with the Bills in the off-season. <mask> started the season as the starting right tackle. The Bills changed their offensive line after Week 7. Mike Gandy moved inside to left guard and was replaced by <mask>. <mask> was a topic of debate after the 2006 season. I would have loved to have picked <mask>, but he isn't there yet.Not enough of a roughneck, but very athletic. In that season, <mask> allowed two sacks and was not called for a holding penalty. <mask> was selected to start at left tackle on the Pro-Bowl team in 2007, after seeing his best years as a pro. Jim McNally said that his ability was "limitless." He was unable to attend the Pro Bowl because of an injured groin. The last Bills offensive lineman to make the Pro Bowl was Ruben Brown. Joe Thomas will replace him in the Pro Bowl.<mask> didn't report to the Bills' mandatory minicamps at the beginning of the 2008 season because he was unhappy with his contract. Dick Jauron said that he would be fined and taken out of the lineup if he didn't show. A contract between $8 million and $11.5 million per season was what <mask> wanted. On July 25, 2008, the NFL Network's Adam Schefter reported <mask> would not report to the Bills' training camp at Saint John Fisher College in Pittsford, N.Y. On August 20, 2008, training camp for the Bills came to an end with <mask> being absent for the entire camp and all of the preseason games. On September 5, 2008, <mask> ended his holdout and returned to the Buffalo Bills. If <mask> had missed a regular season game, he would have been fined $191,000 for each missed game.<mask> was selected as the starting left tackle in the Pro Bowl and was a Second-team All-Pro although his 2008 season was subpar and some thought the Pro Bowl selection was dubious. He allowed two sacks in 2006 and six in 2007. <mask> staged a holdout during training camp in 2008 in protest of his contract with the Philadelphia Eagles. On April 17, 2009, the Buffalo Bills traded <mask> to the Philadelphia Eagles for a first round pick and a fourth round pick, as well as a sixth round pick. On April 17, 2009, the Philadelphia Eagles announced they had signed <mask> to a six-year, $60 million contract for him to remain in Philadelphia. <mask>' previous contract with the Bills was voided by the Eagles. <mask> is the best left tackle in football.I have admired his play over the last few years and he is a powerful and athletic tackle. <mask> was selected to the 2010 Pro Bowl and 2011 Pro Bowl as a starter and was a 2010 second team All-Pro selection. On March 28, 2012 <mask> had an injury while working out. He did it again in May 2012 after the equipment he was using to move around his house malfunctioned. He was placed on the active/non- football injury list before the start of training camp. <mask> signed a new five-year deal with the Eagles. Chris Baker tried to take out Nick Foles with a cheap shot during the game against Washington.A fight broke out on the sideline after the hit. Both players were thrown out of the game after <mask> took a swing at Baker. <mask> was fined $10,000. <mask> signed a one-year contract extension with the Eagles. On October 23, 2017, <mask> left the game with an apparent right knee injury. His right knee had tears that ended his season. <mask> got his first Super Bowl ring when the Eagles won Super Bowl LII.<mask> signed a one-year contract with the Eagles on March 11, 2019. <mask> signed a one-year contract with the Eagles on July 17, 2020. He was going to start at right guard, but was moved back to left tackle after an injury to Andre Dillard. He moved to left tackle on September 10, 2020. He was placed on injured reserve because of a foot injury. He was activated on October 31, 2020. On December 12, 2020, he was placed back on injured reserve.On August 16, 2021, <mask> joined the Chicago Bears. Chicago Bears bio 1982 births Living people African-American players of American football American Conference Pro Bowl players American football offensive tackles American football tight ends American people of Dutch descent Arkansas Razorbacks football players Buffalo Bills players Chicago Bears players National Conference Pro Bowl players

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste%20Waldner

Jean-Baptiste Waldner

Jean-Baptiste Waldner (born 30 March 1959) is a French engineer, management consultant and author, known for his contributions in the fields of computer-integrated manufacturing, enterprise architecture, nanoelectronics, nanocomputers and swarm intelligence. Biography Waldner received his engineering degree in mechanical engineering from the Université de technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard in 1983, his Dr Engineer in Electronics in 1986 from the École Supérieure d'Électricité, and his doctoral engineering degree in nuclear science and engineering in 1986 from the Institut National des Sciences et Techniques Nucléaires. In 1986 Waldner started as consultant for the French Information Technology and Services company Bull, where he specialized in Computer Integrated Manufacturing. From 1990 to 1993 he was senior manager at Deloitte, senior partner at Computer Sciences Corporation from 1993 to 1996, Program Director for IT and Shared Services Centers at Carrefour from 1999 to 2001, and co-founded his own management consulting firm Waldner Consulting in 2004. Work Waldner's research interests ranges from Manufacturing Resource, Planning Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Enterprise Architecture, to Nanoelectronics and Nanocomputers. Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP/MRP2) The Manufacturing Resource Planning concept has evolved over the past 30 years from a simple means of calculating materials requirements and components (which does not even take into account the production capacity of the company) - to integrated ERP MRP concepts and software to automated management of the entire company.. During the 1980s the increasing changes of sales forecasts, which resulted in continuous and manual adjustments of the production plan, has in led to the MRP (Material Requirement Planning) model, which was strictly limited to the supply of materials. Eventually this evolved in means for wider production resources management, MRP2 (Manufacturing Resources Planning). Waldner (1992) showed, that MRP and MRP2 are essential principles of Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM). In the planning process of the enterprise they are the essential link between General Planning and execution and control. Thereby MRP2 covers three phases (see image): Production programme Material requirements, Calculation of workload According to Oliveira (2003) the work of Waldner (1992) and others became "an important effort towards the goal of increasing the competitiveness of manufacturing companies through the introduction of automation and wider use of computers." Computer Integrated Manufacturing According to Waldner (1992) Computer Integrated Manufacturing is used to describe the complete automation of a manufacturing plant, with all processes running under computer control and digital information tying them together. There are three major challenges to development of a smoothly operating computer-integrated manufacturing system: Integration of components from different suppliers: When different machines, such as CNC, conveyors and robots, are using different communications protocols (In the case of AGVs, even differing lengths of time for charging the batteries) may cause problems. Data integrity: The higher the degree of automation, the more critical is the integrity of the data used to control the machines. While the computer integrated manufacturing system saves on labor of operating the machines, it requires extra human labor in ensuring that there are proper safeguards for the data signals that are used to control the machines. Process control: Computers may be used to assist the human operators of the manufacturing facility, but there must always be a competent engineer on hand to handle circumstances which could not be foreseen by the designers of the control software. Machado et al. (2000) explained that "control, monitoring and supervision of industrial processes are increasingly demanding a great investment in technological solutions each time more embedded and with real-time capabilities, especially devoted to the interconnect, in an intelligent way, of shop-floor equipment with operational information systems." This gave rise to a new type of so-called Control-based Information System, in which information in factory plants flow between the shopfloor and the upper Computer Integrated Manufacturing systems as Waldner (1992) stated. Nanocomputers and swarm intelligence The author forecasts a fundamental technological disruption in the computer world in the years 2020-25 by considering the physical limit of the miniaturization of the components to the silicon and the fatality of the Moore's law. This phenomenon, combined with the demand for mobility, will transform the landscape of conventional computing bringing about the breakthrough that will enable a vast and heterogeneous network of objects that impose a new vision of the software (i.e. distributed intelligence with lighter/simpler software code at the unit level but introducing much more numerous agents). Computing system will evolve from a centralized or distributed model to swarm intelligence, self-organized systems in which nodes will count in billions. The author notes that a human being interacts with 1000 to 5000 objects in a typical day At maturity, connected devices and Internet of things market could range from a few tens of billions to several trillion units. In 2007, as an early pioneer, Waldner strongly believed that the Internet of Things was poised to deeply transform the supply chain and the logistics industry. Waldner has a predominant interest in human–computer interaction (HCI) and considers that the evolution of computing machines and of the solutions they bring will rely fundamentally on the progress of these interfaces. Publications Waldner has authored several books and articles. Books: CIM, les nouvelles perspectives de la production, Dunod-Bordas, 1990 CIM: Principles of Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, John Wiley & Sons, 1992 . Nano-informatique – Inventer l’ordinateur du XXIème Siècle, Hermès Science, London, 2007 Nanocomputers & Swarm Intelligence, ISTE, London, 2007 References External links Jean-Baptiste Waldner at waldner-consulting.com 1959 births Living people French engineers Enterprise modelling experts

Jean-<mask> (born 30 March 1959) is a French engineer, management consultant and author, known for his contributions in the fields of computer-integrated manufacturing, enterprise architecture, nanoelectronics, nanocomputers and swarm intelligence. Biography Waldner received his engineering degree in mechanical engineering from the Université de technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard in 1983, his Dr Engineer in Electronics in 1986 from the École Supérieure d'Électricité, and his doctoral engineering degree in nuclear science and engineering in 1986 from the Institut National des Sciences et Techniques Nucléaires. In 1986 <mask> started as consultant for the French Information Technology and Services company Bull, where he specialized in Computer Integrated Manufacturing. From 1990 to 1993 he was senior manager at Deloitte, senior partner at Computer Sciences Corporation from 1993 to 1996, Program Director for IT and Shared Services Centers at Carrefour from 1999 to 2001, and co-founded his own management consulting firm Waldner Consulting in 2004. Work Waldner's research interests ranges from Manufacturing Resource, Planning Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Enterprise Architecture, to Nanoelectronics and Nanocomputers. Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP/MRP2) The Manufacturing Resource Planning concept has evolved over the past 30 years from a simple means of calculating materials requirements and components (which does not even take into account the production capacity of the company) - to integrated ERP MRP concepts and software to automated management of the entire company.. During the 1980s the increasing changes of sales forecasts, which resulted in continuous and manual adjustments of the production plan, has in led to the MRP (Material Requirement Planning) model, which was strictly limited to the supply of materials. Eventually this evolved in means for wider production resources management, MRP2 (Manufacturing Resources Planning).<mask> (1992) showed, that MRP and MRP2 are essential principles of Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM). In the planning process of the enterprise they are the essential link between General Planning and execution and control. Thereby MRP2 covers three phases (see image): Production programme Material requirements, Calculation of workload According to Oliveira (2003) the work of <mask> (1992) and others became "an important effort towards the goal of increasing the competitiveness of manufacturing companies through the introduction of automation and wider use of computers." Computer Integrated Manufacturing According to Waldner (1992) Computer Integrated Manufacturing is used to describe the complete automation of a manufacturing plant, with all processes running under computer control and digital information tying them together. There are three major challenges to development of a smoothly operating computer-integrated manufacturing system: Integration of components from different suppliers: When different machines, such as CNC, conveyors and robots, are using different communications protocols (In the case of AGVs, even differing lengths of time for charging the batteries) may cause problems. Data integrity: The higher the degree of automation, the more critical is the integrity of the data used to control the machines. While the computer integrated manufacturing system saves on labor of operating the machines, it requires extra human labor in ensuring that there are proper safeguards for the data signals that are used to control the machines.Process control: Computers may be used to assist the human operators of the manufacturing facility, but there must always be a competent engineer on hand to handle circumstances which could not be foreseen by the designers of the control software. Machado et al. (2000) explained that "control, monitoring and supervision of industrial processes are increasingly demanding a great investment in technological solutions each time more embedded and with real-time capabilities, especially devoted to the interconnect, in an intelligent way, of shop-floor equipment with operational information systems." This gave rise to a new type of so-called Control-based Information System, in which information in factory plants flow between the shopfloor and the upper Computer Integrated Manufacturing systems as <mask> (1992) stated. Nanocomputers and swarm intelligence The author forecasts a fundamental technological disruption in the computer world in the years 2020-25 by considering the physical limit of the miniaturization of the components to the silicon and the fatality of the Moore's law. This phenomenon, combined with the demand for mobility, will transform the landscape of conventional computing bringing about the breakthrough that will enable a vast and heterogeneous network of objects that impose a new vision of the software (i.e. distributed intelligence with lighter/simpler software code at the unit level but introducing much more numerous agents).Computing system will evolve from a centralized or distributed model to swarm intelligence, self-organized systems in which nodes will count in billions. The author notes that a human being interacts with 1000 to 5000 objects in a typical day At maturity, connected devices and Internet of things market could range from a few tens of billions to several trillion units. In 2007, as an early pioneer, Waldner strongly believed that the Internet of Things was poised to deeply transform the supply chain and the logistics industry. Waldner has a predominant interest in human–computer interaction (HCI) and considers that the evolution of computing machines and of the solutions they bring will rely fundamentally on the progress of these interfaces. Publications Waldner has authored several books and articles. Books: CIM, les nouvelles perspectives de la production, Dunod-Bordas, 1990 CIM: Principles of Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, John Wiley & Sons, 1992 . Nano-informatique – Inventer l’ordinateur du XXIème Siècle, Hermès Science, London, 2007 Nanocomputers & Swarm Intelligence, ISTE, London, 2007 References External links Jean-Baptiste Waldner at waldner-consulting.com 1959 births Living people French engineers Enterprise modelling experts

Jean-<mask> was born in 1959 and is a French engineer, management consultant and author. Waldner received his engineering degree in mechanical engineering from the Université de technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard in 1983, his Dr Engineer in Electronics in 1986 from the cole Supérieure d'lectricité, and his PhD in nuclear science and engineering in 1986. Waldner specialized in Computer Integrated Manufacturing as a consultant for the French Information Technology and Services company Bull. From 1993 to 1996 he was senior partner at Computer Sciences Corporation, and from 1999 to 2001 he was the Program Director for IT and Shared Services Centers at Carrefour. Waldner's research interests include manufacturing resource, planning computer integrated manufacturing and enterprise architecture. The Manufacturing Resource Planning concept has evolved over the past 30 years from a simple way of calculating materials requirements and components to an integrated way of calculating the production capacity of the company. This evolved into MRP2 for manufacturing resources planning.MRP and MRP2 are essential principles of Computer Integrated Manufacturing. They are an essential link in the planning process of the enterprise. The work of <mask> (1992) and others became "an important effort towards the goal of increasing the competitiveness of manufacturing companies through the introduction of automation and wider use of computers." Computer Integrated Manufacturing is a description of the complete automation of a manufacturing plant with all processes running under computer control and digital information tying them together. There are three major challenges to development of a smoothly operating computer-integrated manufacturing system. The integrity of the data used to control the machines is more important than the degree of automation. The computer integrated manufacturing system requires extra human labor to make sure there are proper safeguards for the data signals used to control the machines.There must always be a competent engineer on hand to handle circumstances which could not be foreseen by the designers of the control software, even though computers may be used to assist the human operators of the manufacturing facility. Machado et al. Control, monitoring and supervision of industrial processes are increasingly demanding a great investment in technological solutions each time more embedded and with real-time capabilities, especially devoted to the interconnect, in an intelligent way, of shop-floor equipment with operational information systems. According to Waldner (1992), this gave rise to a new type of Control-based Information System, in which information in factory plants flow between the shopfloor and the upper Computer Integrated Manufacturing systems. The author forecasts a fundamental technological disruption in the computer world in the years 2020-25 by considering the physical limit of the miniaturization of the components to the Silicon and the death of the Moore's law. This phenomenon, combined with the demand for mobility, will transform the landscape of conventional computing bringing about the breakthrough that will enable a vast and heterogeneous network of objects that impose a new vision of the software. There is distributed intelligence with lighter/simpler software code at the unit level.The computing system will evolve from a centralized or distributed model to swarm intelligence, self-organized systems. The market for connected devices and Internet of things could range from a few tens of billions to several trillion units, according to the author. As an early pioneer, Waldner believed that the Internet of Things was poised to transform the supply chain. Waldner believes that the evolution of computing machines and of the solutions they bring will rely on the progress of the interface. Waldner has written several books. CIM: Principles of Computer-Integrated Manufacturing was published in 1992. There are External links to Jean-Baptiste Waldner at waldner-consulting.com.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabrizio%20Giovanardi

Fabrizio Giovanardi

Fabrizio Giovanardi (born 14 December 1966 in Sassuolo) is an Italian racing driver. During his career he has won ten touring car titles, including European and British crowns making him the most successful touring car driver worldwide. He has spent the majority of his career racing for Alfa Romeo and Vauxhall. Career Formula Three After winning both the Italian and World Formula C karting titles for 125cc karts in 1986, Giovanardi stepped up to the Italian Formula Three Championship in 1987, driving a Reynard 873 powered by Alfa Romeo for PreMa Racing, where he scored a podium en route to thirteenth position in the championship. He stayed in the series in 1988, where he secured two wins at Vallelunga and Enna-Pergusa and finished third overall in the championship, a point behind runner-up Mauro Martini and two points behind season champion Emanuele Naspetti. He returned to the series in 1990, competing in a single round. Formula 3000 In 1989, Giovanardi switched to International Formula 3000 to compete with First Racing and won the race at Vallelunga. Those were his only points however, as he ended up tenth in the final championship standings; failing to qualify for races at Silverstone, Brands Hatch and Le Mans. He continued in the series in 1990 with First Racing, and again ended up tenth in the championship with a best result of second place at Pau. 1991 was his final season, and finished in a three-way tie for eleventh place. Super Touring Cars Giovanardi dabbled into the Superturismo in the 1991 season, competing in a Peugeot 405. He took five Class S2 victories which set him up for a full campaign in the 1992 season. In his first full season, he was champion in the S2 class taking eight race wins and being crowned champion, his first touring car title. He moved into the main class of the championship with Peugeot in 1993, finishing in the top three overall twice (second in 1993 and third in 1994), and winning five races before moving to Nordauto Engineering Alfa Romeo in 1995. In his début season with Alfa, Giovanardi again finished in third place, beating his team-mate Antonio Tamburini in a tie. He also contested one round of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft at the Norisring, driving an Alfa Romeo 155 for the factory Alfa Corse team. In 1996 he continued to race in Superturismo and he also participated to some rounds of CET always with Nordauto Engineering. He finished fifth in Italy, and one place lower in Spain, taking five wins over the two series. In 1997 he continued in both championship Superturismo and CET driving for the last time Alfa Romeo 155 Ts. He won all four races of CET before that serie was cancelled due to lack of cars and he finished second in Superturismo with five victories behind Naspetti. He got the better of Naspetti in 1998, dominating the Italian championship in the new Alfa Romeo 156 with nine victories and eighteen podium on twenty races. Giovanardi and team-mate Nicola Larini made a guest appearance in the STW at the Norisring, where they both finished outside the top ten placings in both races. He became again Italian champion in 1999, again beating his BMW rival Naspetti in a thrilling last race in Vallelunga; Giovanardi's advantage at the end of the season was only fourteen points after ten rounds. Giovanardi and Larini made a return to the STW at the series' Italian round at Misano, and the Alfa drivers finished 1–2 in the sprint race before both retired in the feature race. The Superturismo was promoted to become the Euro STC in 2000, and again Giovanardi won the title with Nordauto. Consistency was the key to become again champion in the new European Championship Euro STC in 2001, winning just three races and ten podium. Giovanardi also got his first Formula One test as a test driver for Ferrari on February 1 in 2001, replacing the injured Luca Badoer, who crashed heavily several weeks before. He was the official test driver of the team until September of that year, when Badoer healed and returned to his testing duties. European/World Touring Car Championship In 2002, the European Touring Car Championship returned as a complete entity using the Super 2000 regulations. The regulation change did not hinder Giovanardi as he won a touring car title for the fifth successive season, again at the wheel of an Alfa Romeo. However, he switched to a Ravaglia Motorsport-run BMW for the 2003 season, but struggled with the rear-wheel-drive car taking only three podiums en route to ninth in the championship. Unsurprisingly, Giovanardi returned to the wheel of an Alfa in 2004 as part of a four-car team by Autodelta, the new name for Nordauto. Giovanardi took a single victory at Valencia as he finished sixth in the championship, finishing behind team-mate Gabriele Tarquini, the first such occasion of Giovanardi being beaten by a team-mate. With the European series becoming the World Touring Car Championship in 2005 – the first such championship season since 1987 – Giovanardi was part of the Alfa factory outfit, alongside Tarquini, James Thompson and Augusto Farfus, with André Couto joining the quartet at his home round in Macau. Giovanardi took a season-high four victories, as he finished as the highest-placed Alfa Romeo driver in the championship, finishing behind the BMWs of champion Andy Priaulx and Dirk Müller. His final appearance in the series to date came in 2006, when he replaced Pierre-Yves Corthals in Curitiba, Brazil and joined Corthals in Macau for JAS Motorsport; taking a best result of fourth in the opening Macau race. In 2011, Giovanardi won the European Touring Car Cup at the Salzburgring in Austria. He clinched Hartmann Racing's third consecutive European Touring Car Cup, in a Honda Accord. British Touring Car Championship VX Racing/Triple Eight (2006–2010) With Alfa Romeo pulling out of the WTCC, Giovanardi began searching for a replacement ride for the 2006 season. In late 2005 Giovanardi tested a Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch for the Triple Eight BTCC team at Pembrey in Wales. The team duly signed him, and Tom Chilton up to drive for the team in 2006. Gavin Smith would later join the team, making it a three-car Vauxhall effort. It was a testing year for the team and Giovanardi, as he came close to a first win at Donington Park before a final-corner collision with West Surrey Racing's Colin Turkington. Giovanardi led into the chicane before an outbraking move by Turkington put him alongside at the apex. Both cut the chicane after the collision, and Turkington got to the line first, taking his second win of the season. Ultimately, his first win – and Vauxhall's 100th in the British Touring Car Championship – came at Knockhill. Fittingly, he was congratulated on live TV by John Cleland, the man who took Vauxhall's first win. He then secured a second win in the series at Brands Hatch; finishing his first BTCC campaign in fifth position, passing James Thompson by a single point at the final meeting of the season at Silverstone. Giovanardi and Chilton both remained with the team into the 2007 season, driving the team's new Vauxhall Vectra in the championship. The Vectra seemed to suit the driving style of Giovanardi better than his young team-mate, with Giovanardi taking ten wins to Chilton's tally of none. Indeed, Giovanardi was involved in a season-long championship battle with SEAT Sport's Jason Plato, with Plato leading 265-256 into the final round, having not finished outside the top eight positions in the first 27 rounds of the championship. In the first two races at Thruxton, Giovanardi led Plato home and thus Plato held a one-point lead going into the final race. With the top seven places reversed on the grid, Plato started sixth and Giovanardi seventh; but it was the Italian who made the quicker progress through the pack, and with his second place compared to Plato's fourth, Giovanardi claimed his first BTCC title by three points. In 2008, Chilton left for Team Dynamics, and thus Giovanardi was joined by new team-mates Matt Neal (joining from Dynamics) and Tom Onslow-Cole (joining from West Surrey Racing) in a three-car team. Giovanardi was the driver to beat, and sealed the title convincingly at Brands Hatch, with two races to spare; clinching the title with a non-scoring fourteenth position, due to the result of rival Plato (fifth), he could no longer be caught in the title race. Until the first race at Brands, Giovanardi had been on a run of 39 consecutive points finishes which had begun at round 19 of the 2007 season, at Snetterton in late July. He failed to score a top ten finish in the entire round, after failing to start in the second race and finishing eleventh in the final race. His only point came from the fastest lap of the final race. Plato finished third in the championship, as Mat Jackson overhauled his points tally after a good final weekend of the season. Giovanardi and Neal were joined at VX Racing by Andrew Jordan for the 2009 season, which would be the final season of manufacturer effort by Vauxhall. Vauxhall cited the economic downturn as the main reason for pulling out at the end of the season. Giovanardi was once again in the running for the title, alongside Turkington and Plato. Indeed, Giovanardi trailed Turkington by thirteen points heading to the final round of the season, held on the Grand Prix circuit at Brands Hatch. By the final race of the afternoon, a three-way title battle was still the situation, as Turkington had 262 points, Giovanardi 258 and Plato 254 – having won the first two races – with a maximum of seventeen points available. A titanic battle for the lead ensued and was not settled until the final lap of the race. Plato won the race becoming the only second driver to win all three races at a BTCC meeting, with Turkington finishing second to win his first title. Giovanardi finished in fourth position, and thus finished third in the championship standings. Giovanardi struggled to find a top-line drive for the 2010 season, but returned to the BTCC at the 2010 season-opening round at Thruxton. He drove the #888 Vauxhall Vectra for Triple Eight, partnering 2009 Clio Cup UK champion Phil Glew, who made his BTCC début at the meeting. He won the first two races of the season before taking a fifth-place finish in race three to secure a seven-point lead from Jason Plato in the championship. The team had hoped to run Giovanardi for the remainder of the season, but he was replaced by James Nash ahead of the second round at Rockingham due to sponsor Uniq pulling out. Instead, Giovanardi found a temporary home in the Italian-based Superstars Series, driving N.Technology's brand new Porsche Panamera S, and won a race on the car's début at Mugello. Giovanardi claimed three wins in succession at Paul Ricard and Vallelunga enabling him to finish sixth in the series' Italian championship, while he lies fifth in the international points, with one round left. Airwaves Racing (2014) In February 2014, Giovanardi was confirmed as Airwaves Racing's first driver for the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season in a Ford Focus ST Mk.III. Giovanardi struggled to find the sweet spot in the new NGTC machinery and finished 13th overall with a solitary podium at Thruxton. V8 Supercars Giovanardi drove with Marc Hynes in the two main endurance races of the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, the L&H 500 at Phillip Island and the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama. The two drivers were recruited by Triple Eight Race Engineering to pilot the #88 car while regular drivers Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes teamed up in Lowndes' usual #888 car. At Phillip Island, Giovanardi and Hynes finished 17th, a lap down on winners Garth Tander and Mark Skaife and at Bathurst, the pair finished 15th – two laps down on team-mates (and race winners) Lowndes and Whincup. In 2010, Giovanardi will be driving for Britek Motorsport in the Armor All Gold Coast 600, sharing the team's Holden Commodore with Karl Reindler. In 2011, it was announced that Giovanardi would, once again, be driving for Britek Motorsport in the Armor All Gold Coast 600 with Karl Reindler. Italian Touring Car Championship 2017 (Racing Return). Giovanardi returned to Touring Car Racing for the first time in 3 Years for a guest appearance in the Italian Touring Car Championship round at Vallelunga. He qualified 6th but after a poor start dropped back to 10th. Despite not racing in almost three years Giovanardi fought his way back up to 4th in the race. World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) Giovanardi was confirmed as returning to regular touring car racing in 2018 at the wheel of an Alfa Romeo Giulietta in the FIA World Touring Car Cup. Racing record Career summary Complete International Formula 3000 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Complete Italian Touring Car Championship results Complete European Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) † — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. Complete World Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) † — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded just in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap - 1 point awarded all races) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap - 1 point awarded all races) * Season still in progress. Complete V8 Supercar Championship results + Not Eligible for points Complete International Superstars Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Complete World Touring Car Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Personal life Giovanardi is married to Patrizia and has one son, Luca. Away from racing he works for his father's business and has a passion for house renovation and flying light aircraft. References External links 1966 births Living people People from Sassuolo Italian racing drivers British Touring Car Championship drivers British Touring Car Championship Champions World Touring Car Championship drivers Italian Formula Three Championship drivers TC 2000 Championship drivers International Formula 3000 drivers Supercars Championship drivers Superstars Series drivers European Touring Car Championship drivers European Touring Car Cup drivers World Touring Car Cup drivers

<mask> (born 14 December 1966 in Sassuolo) is an Italian racing driver. During his career he has won ten touring car titles, including European and British crowns making him the most successful touring car driver worldwide. He has spent the majority of his career racing for Alfa Romeo and Vauxhall. Career Formula Three After winning both the Italian and World Formula C karting titles for 125cc karts in 1986, <mask> stepped up to the Italian Formula Three Championship in 1987, driving a Reynard 873 powered by Alfa Romeo for PreMa Racing, where he scored a podium en route to thirteenth position in the championship. He stayed in the series in 1988, where he secured two wins at Vallelunga and Enna-Pergusa and finished third overall in the championship, a point behind runner-up Mauro Martini and two points behind season champion Emanuele Naspetti. He returned to the series in 1990, competing in a single round. Formula 3000 In 1989, Giovanardi switched to International Formula 3000 to compete with First Racing and won the race at Vallelunga.Those were his only points however, as he ended up tenth in the final championship standings; failing to qualify for races at Silverstone, Brands Hatch and Le Mans. He continued in the series in 1990 with First Racing, and again ended up tenth in the championship with a best result of second place at Pau. 1991 was his final season, and finished in a three-way tie for eleventh place. Super Touring Cars Giovanardi dabbled into the Superturismo in the 1991 season, competing in a Peugeot 405. He took five Class S2 victories which set him up for a full campaign in the 1992 season. In his first full season, he was champion in the S2 class taking eight race wins and being crowned champion, his first touring car title. He moved into the main class of the championship with Peugeot in 1993, finishing in the top three overall twice (second in 1993 and third in 1994), and winning five races before moving to Nordauto Engineering Alfa Romeo in 1995.In his début season with Alfa, <mask> again finished in third place, beating his team-mate Antonio Tamburini in a tie. He also contested one round of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft at the Norisring, driving an Alfa Romeo 155 for the factory Alfa Corse team. In 1996 he continued to race in Superturismo and he also participated to some rounds of CET always with Nordauto Engineering. He finished fifth in Italy, and one place lower in Spain, taking five wins over the two series. In 1997 he continued in both championship Superturismo and CET driving for the last time Alfa Romeo 155 Ts. He won all four races of CET before that serie was cancelled due to lack of cars and he finished second in Superturismo with five victories behind Naspetti. He got the better of Naspetti in 1998, dominating the Italian championship in the new Alfa Romeo 156 with nine victories and eighteen podium on twenty races.Giovanardi and team-mate Nicola Larini made a guest appearance in the STW at the Norisring, where they both finished outside the top ten placings in both races. He became again Italian champion in 1999, again beating his BMW rival Naspetti in a thrilling last race in Vallelunga; <mask>'s advantage at the end of the season was only fourteen points after ten rounds. <mask> and Larini made a return to the STW at the series' Italian round at Misano, and the Alfa drivers finished 1–2 in the sprint race before both retired in the feature race. The Superturismo was promoted to become the Euro STC in 2000, and again <mask> won the title with Nordauto. Consistency was the key to become again champion in the new European Championship Euro STC in 2001, winning just three races and ten podium. <mask> also got his first Formula One test as a test driver for Ferrari on February 1 in 2001, replacing the injured Luca Badoer, who crashed heavily several weeks before. He was the official test driver of the team until September of that year, when Badoer healed and returned to his testing duties.European/World Touring Car Championship In 2002, the European Touring Car Championship returned as a complete entity using the Super 2000 regulations. The regulation change did not hinder Giovanardi as he won a touring car title for the fifth successive season, again at the wheel of an Alfa Romeo. However, he switched to a Ravaglia Motorsport-run BMW for the 2003 season, but struggled with the rear-wheel-drive car taking only three podiums en route to ninth in the championship. Unsurprisingly, Giovanardi returned to the wheel of an Alfa in 2004 as part of a four-car team by Autodelta, the new name for Nordauto. Giovanardi took a single victory at Valencia as he finished sixth in the championship, finishing behind team-mate Gabriele Tarquini, the first such occasion of Giovanardi being beaten by a team-mate. With the European series becoming the World Touring Car Championship in 2005 – the first such championship season since 1987 – Giovanardi was part of the Alfa factory outfit, alongside Tarquini, James Thompson and Augusto Farfus, with André Couto joining the quartet at his home round in Macau. Giovanardi took a season-high four victories, as he finished as the highest-placed Alfa Romeo driver in the championship, finishing behind the BMWs of champion Andy Priaulx and Dirk Müller.His final appearance in the series to date came in 2006, when he replaced Pierre-Yves Corthals in Curitiba, Brazil and joined Corthals in Macau for JAS Motorsport; taking a best result of fourth in the opening Macau race. In 2011, Giovanardi won the European Touring Car Cup at the Salzburgring in Austria. He clinched Hartmann Racing's third consecutive European Touring Car Cup, in a Honda Accord. British Touring Car Championship VX Racing/Triple Eight (2006–2010) With Alfa Romeo pulling out of the WTCC, Giovanardi began searching for a replacement ride for the 2006 season. In late 2005 Giovanardi tested a Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch for the Triple Eight BTCC team at Pembrey in Wales. The team duly signed him, and Tom Chilton up to drive for the team in 2006. Gavin Smith would later join the team, making it a three-car Vauxhall effort.It was a testing year for the team and Giovanardi, as he came close to a first win at Donington Park before a final-corner collision with West Surrey Racing's Colin Turkington. <mask> led into the chicane before an outbraking move by Turkington put him alongside at the apex. Both cut the chicane after the collision, and Turkington got to the line first, taking his second win of the season. Ultimately, his first win – and Vauxhall's 100th in the British Touring Car Championship – came at Knockhill. Fittingly, he was congratulated on live TV by John Cleland, the man who took Vauxhall's first win. He then secured a second win in the series at Brands Hatch; finishing his first BTCC campaign in fifth position, passing James Thompson by a single point at the final meeting of the season at Silverstone. <mask> and Chilton both remained with the team into the 2007 season, driving the team's new Vauxhall Vectra in the championship.The Vectra seemed to suit the driving style of <mask> better than his young team-mate, with <mask> taking ten wins to Chilton's tally of none. Indeed, <mask> was involved in a season-long championship battle with SEAT Sport's Jason Plato, with Plato leading 265-256 into the final round, having not finished outside the top eight positions in the first 27 rounds of the championship. In the first two races at Thruxton, <mask> led Plato home and thus Plato held a one-point lead going into the final race. With the top seven places reversed on the grid, Plato started sixth and <mask> seventh; but it was the Italian who made the quicker progress through the pack, and with his second place compared to Plato's fourth, <mask> claimed his first BTCC title by three points. In 2008, Chilton left for Team Dynamics, and thus <mask> was joined by new team-mates Matt Neal (joining from Dynamics) and Tom Onslow-Cole (joining from West Surrey Racing) in a three-car team. <mask> was the driver to beat, and sealed the title convincingly at Brands Hatch, with two races to spare; clinching the title with a non-scoring fourteenth position, due to the result of rival Plato (fifth), he could no longer be caught in the title race. Until the first race at Brands, <mask> had been on a run of 39 consecutive points finishes which had begun at round 19 of the 2007 season, at Snetterton in late July.He failed to score a top ten finish in the entire round, after failing to start in the second race and finishing eleventh in the final race. His only point came from the fastest lap of the final race. Plato finished third in the championship, as Mat Jackson overhauled his points tally after a good final weekend of the season. <mask> and Neal were joined at VX Racing by Andrew Jordan for the 2009 season, which would be the final season of manufacturer effort by Vauxhall. Vauxhall cited the economic downturn as the main reason for pulling out at the end of the season. <mask> was once again in the running for the title, alongside Turkington and Plato. Indeed, Giovanardi trailed Turkington by thirteen points heading to the final round of the season, held on the Grand Prix circuit at Brands Hatch.By the final race of the afternoon, a three-way title battle was still the situation, as Turkington had 262 points, <mask> 258 and Plato 254 – having won the first two races – with a maximum of seventeen points available. A titanic battle for the lead ensued and was not settled until the final lap of the race. Plato won the race becoming the only second driver to win all three races at a BTCC meeting, with Turkington finishing second to win his first title. <mask> finished in fourth position, and thus finished third in the championship standings. <mask> struggled to find a top-line drive for the 2010 season, but returned to the BTCC at the 2010 season-opening round at Thruxton. He drove the #888 Vauxhall Vectra for Triple Eight, partnering 2009 Clio Cup UK champion Phil Glew, who made his BTCC début at the meeting. He won the first two races of the season before taking a fifth-place finish in race three to secure a seven-point lead from Jason Plato in the championship.The team had hoped to run <mask> for the remainder of the season, but he was replaced by James Nash ahead of the second round at Rockingham due to sponsor Uniq pulling out. Instead, Giovanardi found a temporary home in the Italian-based Superstars Series, driving N.Technology's brand new Porsche Panamera S, and won a race on the car's début at Mugello. Giovanardi claimed three wins in succession at Paul Ricard and Vallelunga enabling him to finish sixth in the series' Italian championship, while he lies fifth in the international points, with one round left. Airwaves Racing (2014) In February 2014, <mask> was confirmed as Airwaves Racing's first driver for the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season in a Ford Focus ST Mk.III. Giovanardi struggled to find the sweet spot in the new NGTC machinery and finished 13th overall with a solitary podium at Thruxton. V8 Supercars Giovanardi drove with Marc Hynes in the two main endurance races of the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, the L&H 500 at Phillip Island and the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama. The two drivers were recruited by Triple Eight Race Engineering to pilot the #88 car while regular drivers Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes teamed up in Lowndes' usual #888 car.At Phillip Island, <mask> and Hynes finished 17th, a lap down on winners Garth Tander and Mark Skaife and at Bathurst, the pair finished 15th – two laps down on team-mates (and race winners) Lowndes and Whincup. In 2010, <mask> will be driving for Britek Motorsport in the Armor All Gold Coast 600, sharing the team's Holden Commodore with Karl Reindler. In 2011, it was announced that <mask> would, once again, be driving for Britek Motorsport in the Armor All Gold Coast 600 with Karl Reindler. Italian Touring Car Championship 2017 (Racing Return). <mask> returned to Touring Car Racing for the first time in 3 Years for a guest appearance in the Italian Touring Car Championship round at Vallelunga. He qualified 6th but after a poor start dropped back to 10th. Despite not racing in almost three years Giovanardi fought his way back up to 4th in the race.World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) <mask>lietta in the FIA World Touring Car Cup. Racing record Career summary Complete International Formula 3000 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Complete Italian Touring Car Championship results Complete European Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) † — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. Complete World Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) † — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded just in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap - 1 point awarded all races) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap - 1 point awarded all races) * Season still in progress. Complete V8 Supercar Championship results + Not Eligible for points Complete International Superstars Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Complete World Touring Car Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Personal life Giovanardi is married to Patrizia and has one son, Luca. Away from racing he works for his father's business and has a passion for house renovation and flying light aircraft.References External links 1966 births Living people People from Sassuolo Italian racing drivers British Touring Car Championship drivers British Touring Car Championship Champions World Touring Car Championship drivers Italian Formula Three Championship drivers TC 2000 Championship drivers International Formula 3000 drivers Supercars Championship drivers Superstars Series drivers European Touring Car Championship drivers European Touring Car Cup drivers World Touring Car Cup drivers

<mask> was born in 1966 and is an Italian racing driver. He is the most successful touring car driver in the world with ten titles, including European and British crowns. He's spent the majority of his career racing cars. After winning both the Italian and World Formula C karting titles for 125cc karts in 1986, <mask> stepped up to the Italian Formula Three Championship in 1987, where he scored a podium finish. He stayed in the series in 1988, where he secured two wins at Enna-Pergusa and finished third in the championship, a point behind runner-up Mauro Martini and two behind season champion Emanuele Naspetti. He competed in a single round in 1990. <mask> won the race at Vallelunga in 1989 when he switched to International Formula 3000.He didn't qualify for any of the races and ended up tenth in the championship. He had a best result of second place at Pau in 1990 when he was tenth in the championship with First Racing. He finished in a three-way tie for eleventh place in 1991. In the 1991 season, Super Touring Cars Giovanardi competed in the Superturismo. He had a full campaign in the 1992 season after taking five Class S2 victories. In his first full season, he was champion in the S2 class taking eight race wins and being crowned champion, his first touring car title. He moved into the main class of the championship with Peugeot in 1993, finishing in the top three overall twice (second in 1993 and third in 1994), and winning five races.In his first season with Alfa, <mask> finished in third place, beating his teammate Antonio Tamburini in a tie. He drove for the Alfa Corse team in the one round of theDeutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft at the Norisring. In 1996 he continued to race in Superturismo and he also participated in some rounds of CET. He took five wins over the two series in Spain and Italy. He drove for the last time in the Alfa Romeo 155 Ts in 1997. He won all four races ofCET before the serie was canceled due to lack of cars, and he finished second in Superturismo with five victories behind Naspetti. He dominated the Italian championship in the new Alfa Romeo 156 with nine victories and eighteen podiums, beating Naspetti in the process.Both <mask> and Larini finished outside the top ten in the two races they competed in at the Norisring. He won the Italian title for the second year in a row in 1999, beating Naspetti in the last race of the season in Vallelunga. The Alfa drivers retired from the feature race at the Italian round of the series after finishing 1–2 in the sprint race. In 2000, the Superturismo was promoted to become the Euro STC, and again, <mask> won the title. Winning just three races and ten podiums was the key to regaining the European Championship title in 2001. Luca Badoer, who had crashed several weeks before, was replaced by <mask> for the first Formula One test on February 1 2001. He was the official test driver until September of that year, when Badoer came back to his testing duties.The European Touring Car Championship came back as a complete entity in 2002. The regulation change didn't stop <mask> from winning the touring car title for the fifth year in a row. He struggled with his rear-wheel-drive car in the 2003 season, taking only three podiums and finishing ninth in the championship. In 2004, <mask> returned to the wheel of an Alfa as part of a four-car team. At Valencia, where he finished sixth in the championship, Giovanardi was beaten by his team-mate Gabriele Tarquini for the first time in his career. With the European series becoming the World Touring Car Championship in 2005 - the first such championship season since 1987 - <mask> was part of the Alfa factory outfit, alongside Tarquini, James Thompson and Augusto Farfus. Andy Priaulx and Dirk Mller were the BMWs that won the championship, but the highest-ranked Alfa Romeo driver in the season was Giovannivanardi.His final appearance in the series was in 2006 when he replaced Pierre-Yves Corthals in Curitiba, Brazil and finished fourth in the opening Macau race. The European Touring Car Cup was won by <mask>. He won the European Touring Car Cup in a Honda Accord. With Alfa Romeo pulling out of the WTCC, <mask> began searching for a replacement ride for the 2006 season. In 2005 <mask> tested a car for the Triple Eight team at Pembrey in Wales. Tom Chilton drove for the team in 2006 after being signed by the team. Smith joined the team and made it a three-car effort.It was a challenging year for the team and their driver, as he came close to a first win at Donington Park before a final corner collision with Colin Turkington. Before Turkington put him alongside at the apex, <mask> led into the chicane. After the collision, both cut the chicane, and Turkington got to the line first, taking his second win of the season. His first win was at Knockhill. John Cleland was the man who took Vauxhall's first win. He finished his first season in the British Touring Car Championship in fifth position, passing James Thompson by a single point, after securing a second win in the series at Brands Hatch. The team's new car, the Vectra, was driven by <mask> and Chilton in the championship.The Vectra seemed to suit the driving style of <mask> better than his young team-mate. Plato had not finished outside the top eight positions in the first 27 rounds of the championship, but he was involved in a season-long championship battle with <mask>. Plato held a one-point lead going into the final race after winning the first two races. With the top seven places reversed on the grid, Plato started sixth and Giovanardi seventh; but it was the Italian who made the quicker progress through the pack, and with his second place compared to Plato's fourth, <mask> claimed his first BTCC title. In 2008, Matt Neal and Tom Onslow-Cole joined Giovanardi in a three-car team. With two races to spare, <mask> was the driver to beat, and sealed the title at Brands Hatch, with a non- scoring fourteenth position, due to the result of Plato in the title race. Until the first race at Brands, Giovanardi had been on a run of 39 consecutive points finishes which had begun in late July.He failed to score a top ten finish in the entire round after failing to start in the second race and finishing eleventh in the final race. The fastest lap of the final race gave him his only point. Mat Jackson overtook Plato's points tally after a good final weekend of the season. Andrew Jordan joined Giovanardi and Neal at VX Racing in the final season of the manufacturer's effort. The economic downturn was cited as the main reason for pulling out. Turkington and Plato were in the running for the title. The final round of the season was held at the Grand Prix circuit at Brands Hatch.By the final race of the afternoon, a three-way title battle was still going on, as Turkington had 262 points, <mask> 258 and Plato 254, with a maximum of seventeen points available. The battle for the lead lasted until the end of the race. Plato became the second driver to win all three races at a BTCC meeting, while Turkington won his first title. <mask> finished in third place in the championship. After struggling to find a top-line drive for the 2010 season, <mask> returned to the BTCC at the 2010 season- opening round at Thruxton. He drove the #888 Vectra for Triple Eight with Phil Glew, who made his debut at the meeting. He won the first two races of the season and then took a fifth-place finish in the third race to take a seven-point lead over Plato.The team had hoped to run <mask> for the remainder of the season, but he was replaced by James Nash ahead of the second round at Rockingham due to sponsor Uniq pulling out. Instead, he found a temporary home in the Italian-based Superstars Series and won a race on the car's début at Mugello. He finished sixth in the series' Italian championship with three wins in a row, and is fifth in the international points with one round left. In February of last year, Airwaves Racing confirmed that <mask> would be their first driver in the British Touring Car Championship. In the new NGTC machinery, Giovanardi struggled to find the sweet spot and finished 13th overall. The L&H 500 at Phillip Island was one of the main endurance races of the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series. The two drivers were recruited by Triple Eight Race Engineering to pilot the #88 car while regular drivers Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes worked in the same car.At Phillip Island, the pair finished 17th, a lap down on winners Tander and Skaife and two laps down on their team-mates. In the 2010 Armor All Gold Coast 600, <mask> will share the car with Karl Reindler. The Armor All Gold Coast 600 with Karl Reindler was announced in 2011. The Italian Touring Car Championship was held. For the first time in 3 years, <mask> was a guest in the Italian Touring Car Championship round at Vallelunga. A poor start dropped him from 6th to 10th. <mask> fought his way back up to 4th in the race despite not racing in three years.The driver of an Alfa Romeo Giulietta in the World Touring Car Cup will be returning to regular touring car racing next year. The complete International Formula 3000 results include pole position and fastest lap. He did not finish the race, but was classified as having completed over 90 percent of the race distance. The complete British Touring Car Championship results are as follows: pole position - 1 point awarded just in the first race, fastest lap - 1 point awarded all races, and driver lead race for at least one lap - 1 point awarded all races. The results of the V8 Supercar Championship and International Superstars Series are not eligible for points. Personal life Giovanardi is married to Patrizia and has a son, Luca. He works for his father's business and has a passion for flying light aircraft.There are links to 1966 births and people from Sassuolo, Italy.

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Kiril Domuschiev

Kiril Petrov Domuschiev (; born 18 April 1969) is a Bulgarian industrialist, entrepreneur and owner of PFC Ludogorets Razgrad. On 27 January 2012 he was named an honorary citizen of Razgrad, and in 2019 became an honorary citizen of the state of Nebraska, USA. Biography Kiril Petrov Domuschiev was born on 18 April 1969 in the city of Sofia, Bulgaria. He is married and has three children. Kiril Domuschiev completed his secondary education at the 9th French Secondary Language School Alphonse de Lamartine, in Spanish class. Having completing his higher education, he was awarded a master's degree in Industrial Management and Marketing from the Technical University, Sofia. After the changes in 1990 Kiril Domuschiev, together with his brother Georgi Domuschiev, established several companies, manufacturing and trading products such as clothing and footwear. In 1996 he established the privatization fund Napredak Holding AD, through which he acquired shares in a number of companies in Bulgaria, operating in various industrial sectors One of these companies is the bicycles and Forklift truck manufacturer Balkan AD, where the Domuschiev brothers’ mother – Margarita Domuschieva was appointed as Director in the period 1997 – 2009. In 1999 Kiril Domuschiev launched his own pharmaceutical business, establishing Huvepharma EOOD, which in 2000 privatized the then public company Biovet AD – owner of a veterinary products factory in the town of Peshtera, Bulgaria. Over the years Huvepharma EOOD constantly progressed to become a global pharmaceutical company focused on developing, manufacturing and marketing of human and veterinary medicine products. The company now owns production sites located in Bulgaria, the United States, France and Italy. Huvepharma markets its products through its own subsidiaries, Representative offices and Distributors and ranks among the top 10 global companies in the area of veterinary medicine. In 2003 Kiril and Georgi Domuschiev established Advance Properties OOD, each having 50% equity share in the company. Advance Properties is a holding company, through which the Domuschiev brothers make most of their Investments. The leading companies within Advance Properties OOD are doing business mainly in the fields of pharmaceutics, maritime transport, port operations, construction, realties, media, etc. In 2008, as a result of Privatization procedure, Advance Properties OOD, through its subsidiary KG Maritime Shipping AD acquired 70% of the equity of Navigation Maritime Bulgare AD, a ship-owner company with a history of more than 125 years. Advance Properties OOD is the sole owner of BMF Port Burgas EAD – a port operator and concession holder of Terminal Burgas East 2 and Terminal Burgas West The port of Burgas is of strategic importance for Bulgaria and one of the largest ports in the Black Sea region. In 2010 Kiril Domuschiev launched his own football project and began investing in the development of PFC Ludogorets 1945 EAD, in the town of Razgrad, Bulgaria. The team earned promotion to the "A" Professional Football Group of the Bulgarian Football Championship and became Bulgarian football champion for the next nine consecutive seasons: 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20. In the seasons 2014/15 and 2016/17 the team of PFC Ludogorets 1945 EAD played in the group phase of the UEFA Champions League, and in the seasons 2013/14, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20 the team also played in Europa League. In 2011, together with his wife, Kremena Domuschieva, they established the Kremena and Kiril Domuschiev Foundation performing charity services. The Foundation focuses on supporting children's hospitals and specialist institutions for children deprived of parental care and many other diverse activities. During that year Kiril Domuschiev was awarded a Prize for Contribution to the Development of Industry in the competition "Mr. Economics" of the Economics Magazine. In 2012 he was named "Honorary Citizen of Razgrad". In 2016 the Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria Maya Manolova awarded Kiril Domuschiev with the "Good Heart" award for his personal contribution to the "Easter for Everyone" campaign. Kiril Domuschiev is the President of Huvepharma EOOD, Chairman of the Supervisory board of Biovet AD and Chairman of the Supervisory board of Navigation Maritime Bulgare AD, chairman of the board of directors of Huvepharma NV, Belgium, member of the board of directors of Huvepharma Inc., United States. In 2014, for his contribution to the development of the Bulgarian industry, Domuschiev was elected a Chairman of the Management Board of the Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria (CEIBG) – the largest nationally represented employers’ organization in Bulgaria. In March 2017 he was re-elected for a second consecutive term. Kiril Domuschiev started construction of two new production sites of Biovet for veterinary products in Razgrad and Peshtera. The project was funded with Euro 100 million under the Juncker Plan, which is the largest investment under the program to date. The loan was granted by the European Investment Bank. The contract was signed in January 2018 in Sofia by Kiril Domuschiev, EU Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Commissioner Jyrki Katainen and the Minister of Agriculture Rumen Porozhanov, in the presence of President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and the Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. In October 2018, at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Technical University-Sofia, Kiril Domuschiev was elected a member of the Board of Trustees. The Board includes the best graduates of the university, distinguished experts in their field and well-known public figures with an active position and authority in society. The Board is an active partner of the university in the implementation of effective and transparent governance and the provision of quality education. In October 2018, Domuschiev's company Huvepharma received the Business of the Year Award for its contribution to the economic development of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, US. The award was presented at a ceremony by the Mayor of St. Louis in the presence of over 1,250 business guests from St. Louis and the state. In April 2019 Advance Properties acquired Nova Broadcasting Group – the largest media group in Bulgaria. Its portfolio includes 7 television channels, including the leading Bulgarian polythematic channel Nova Television, Nova News radio, print media and the film distribution company LENTA. Nova Broadcasting Group's portfolio also includes numerous digital media and platforms, including the largest Bulgarian online mail service Abv.bg, the leading news portals Nova.bg, Vesti.bg, Dariknews.bg, as well as the sports portal Gong.bg. Nova Broadcasting Group is the largest online market player in the country, reaching about 75% of Internet users in Bulgaria. In January 2021 Advance Media Group successfully sold Nova Broadcasting Group to United Group. Under Advance Media Group, in the period from April 2019 to January 2021 Nova Broadcasting Group proved its leading position as the largest media group and increased its portfolio to 10 television channels, the biggest Bulgarian online platform Netinfo reaching up to 80 % of Bulgarian Internet users monthly, as well as 4 radio stations. On 19 June 2019, Kiril Domuschiev was presented an honorary citizenship of the US state of Nebraska. The recognition is bestowed by the state's government for the investments made and the jobs created by Kiril Domuschiev. The certificate and the gold seal of the state were presented to Kiril Domuschiev by the Secretary of State of Nebraska – Robert Evnen – during his visit to Sofia. Kiril Domuschiev is the largest Bulgarian investor in the state of Nebraska and in the US. He has manufacturing plants in 5 American states, with investments in Missouri, North Carolina, Arkansas and Colorado, in addition to Nebraska. On January 20, 2020, Kiril Domuschiev was awarded with the "Winner’s Wreath" by the Sports Minister Krasen Kralev during a ceremony at the "Champion's Night". "Winner's Wreath" is the highest state honors in sports and is given to individuals with great contribution to Bulgarian sport. In mid March 2020, Domuschiev announced he had tested positive for COVID-19; he recovered towards the end of the month. In November 2021, the leading American magazine Forbes published an article estimating the wealth of Kiril and Georgi Domuschiev at $ 4.2 billion. According to Forbes, the family’s fortune is due to their business in Bulgaria, the United States, Belgium, and other companies they own around the globe. The Domuschievs are the Bulgarians with the largest investments in the United States. References 1969 births Living people Businesspeople from Sofia Bulgarian company founders

<mask> (; born 18 April 1969) is a Bulgarian industrialist, entrepreneur and owner of PFC Ludogorets Razgrad. On 27 January 2012 he was named an honorary citizen of Razgrad, and in 2019 became an honorary citizen of the state of Nebraska, USA. Biography <mask> was born on 18 April 1969 in the city of Sofia, Bulgaria. He is married and has three children. <mask> completed his secondary education at the 9th French Secondary Language School Alphonse de Lamartine, in Spanish class. Having completing his higher education, he was awarded a master's degree in Industrial Management and Marketing from the Technical University, Sofia. After the changes in 1990 <mask>, together with his brother <mask>, established several companies, manufacturing and trading products such as clothing and footwear.In 1996 he established the privatization fund Napredak Holding AD, through which he acquired shares in a number of companies in Bulgaria, operating in various industrial sectors One of these companies is the bicycles and Forklift truck manufacturer Balkan AD, where the <mask> brothers’ mother – Margarita <mask> was appointed as Director in the period 1997 – 2009. In 1999 <mask> <mask> launched his own pharmaceutical business, establishing Huvepharma EOOD, which in 2000 privatized the then public company Biovet AD – owner of a veterinary products factory in the town of Peshtera, Bulgaria. Over the years Huvepharma EOOD constantly progressed to become a global pharmaceutical company focused on developing, manufacturing and marketing of human and veterinary medicine products. The company now owns production sites located in Bulgaria, the United States, France and Italy. Huvepharma markets its products through its own subsidiaries, Representative offices and Distributors and ranks among the top 10 global companies in the area of veterinary medicine. In 2003 <mask> and Georgi <mask> established Advance Properties OOD, each having 50% equity share in the company. Advance Properties is a holding company, through which the <mask> brothers make most of their Investments.The leading companies within Advance Properties OOD are doing business mainly in the fields of pharmaceutics, maritime transport, port operations, construction, realties, media, etc. In 2008, as a result of Privatization procedure, Advance Properties OOD, through its subsidiary KG Maritime Shipping AD acquired 70% of the equity of Navigation Maritime Bulgare AD, a ship-owner company with a history of more than 125 years. Advance Properties OOD is the sole owner of BMF Port Burgas EAD – a port operator and concession holder of Terminal Burgas East 2 and Terminal Burgas West The port of Burgas is of strategic importance for Bulgaria and one of the largest ports in the Black Sea region. In 2010 <mask> <mask> launched his own football project and began investing in the development of PFC Ludogorets 1945 EAD, in the town of Razgrad, Bulgaria. The team earned promotion to the "A" Professional Football Group of the Bulgarian Football Championship and became Bulgarian football champion for the next nine consecutive seasons: 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20. In the seasons 2014/15 and 2016/17 the team of PFC Ludogorets 1945 EAD played in the group phase of the UEFA Champions League, and in the seasons 2013/14, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20 the team also played in Europa League. In 2011, together with his wife, Kremena <mask>, they established the Kremena and Kiril Domuschiev Foundation performing charity services.The Foundation focuses on supporting children's hospitals and specialist institutions for children deprived of parental care and many other diverse activities. During that year <mask> <mask> was awarded a Prize for Contribution to the Development of Industry in the competition "Mr. Economics" of the Economics Magazine. In 2012 he was named "Honorary Citizen of Razgrad". In 2016 the Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria Maya Manolova awarded <mask> <mask> with the "Good Heart" award for his personal contribution to the "Easter for Everyone" campaign. <mask> <mask> is the President of Huvepharma EOOD, Chairman of the Supervisory board of Biovet AD and Chairman of the Supervisory board of Navigation Maritime Bulgare AD, chairman of the board of directors of Huvepharma NV, Belgium, member of the board of directors of Huvepharma Inc., United States. In 2014, for his contribution to the development of the Bulgarian industry, <mask> was elected a Chairman of the Management Board of the Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria (CEIBG) – the largest nationally represented employers’ organization in Bulgaria. In March 2017 he was re-elected for a second consecutive term.<mask> <mask> started construction of two new production sites of Biovet for veterinary products in Razgrad and Peshtera. The project was funded with Euro 100 million under the Juncker Plan, which is the largest investment under the program to date. The loan was granted by the European Investment Bank. The contract was signed in January 2018 in Sofia by <mask> <mask>, EU Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Commissioner Jyrki Katainen and the Minister of Agriculture Rumen Porozhanov, in the presence of President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and the Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. In October 2018, at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Technical University-Sofia, <mask> <mask> was elected a member of the Board of Trustees. The Board includes the best graduates of the university, distinguished experts in their field and well-known public figures with an active position and authority in society. The Board is an active partner of the university in the implementation of effective and transparent governance and the provision of quality education.In October 2018, Domuschiev's company Huvepharma received the Business of the Year Award for its contribution to the economic development of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, US. The award was presented at a ceremony by the Mayor of St. Louis in the presence of over 1,250 business guests from St. Louis and the state. In April 2019 Advance Properties acquired Nova Broadcasting Group – the largest media group in Bulgaria. Its portfolio includes 7 television channels, including the leading Bulgarian polythematic channel Nova Television, Nova News radio, print media and the film distribution company LENTA. Nova Broadcasting Group's portfolio also includes numerous digital media and platforms, including the largest Bulgarian online mail service Abv.bg, the leading news portals Nova.bg, Vesti.bg, Dariknews.bg, as well as the sports portal Gong.bg. Nova Broadcasting Group is the largest online market player in the country, reaching about 75% of Internet users in Bulgaria. In January 2021 Advance Media Group successfully sold Nova Broadcasting Group to United Group.Under Advance Media Group, in the period from April 2019 to January 2021 Nova Broadcasting Group proved its leading position as the largest media group and increased its portfolio to 10 television channels, the biggest Bulgarian online platform Netinfo reaching up to 80 % of Bulgarian Internet users monthly, as well as 4 radio stations. On 19 June 2019, <mask> <mask> was presented an honorary citizenship of the US state of Nebraska. The recognition is bestowed by the state's government for the investments made and the jobs created by <mask> <mask>. The certificate and the gold seal of the state were presented to <mask> <mask> by the Secretary of State of Nebraska – Robert Evnen – during his visit to Sofia. <mask> <mask> is the largest Bulgarian investor in the state of Nebraska and in the US. He has manufacturing plants in 5 American states, with investments in Missouri, North Carolina, Arkansas and Colorado, in addition to Nebraska. On January 20, 2020, <mask> <mask> was awarded with the "Winner’s Wreath" by the Sports Minister Krasen Kralev during a ceremony at the "Champion's Night"."Winner's Wreath" is the highest state honors in sports and is given to individuals with great contribution to Bulgarian sport. In mid March 2020, <mask> announced he had tested positive for COVID-19; he recovered towards the end of the month. In November 2021, the leading American magazine Forbes published an article estimating the wealth of <mask> and Georgi <mask> at $ 4.2 billion. According to Forbes, the family’s fortune is due to their business in Bulgaria, the United States, Belgium, and other companies they own around the globe. The Domuschievs are the Bulgarians with the largest investments in the United States. References 1969 births Living people Businesspeople from Sofia Bulgarian company founders

<mask> was born in 1969 and is an industrialist,entrepreneur and owner of PFC. He became a citizen of the state of Nebraska in 2019. <mask> was born on 18 April 1969 in the city of Sofia, Bulgaria. He has three children. <mask> finished his secondary education at the 9th French Secondary Language School Alphonse de Lamartine. He was awarded a master's degree in Industrial Management and Marketing from the Technical University. <mask> and his brother, <mask>, established several companies after the changes in 1990.In 1996 he established the privatization fund Napredak Holding AD, through which he acquired shares in a number of companies in Bulgaria, operating in various industrial sectors. In 2000 <mask> <mask> privatized the then public company Biovet AD, which was the owner of a veterinary products factory in the town of Peshtera, Bulgaria. Huvepharma EOOD constantly progressed to become a global pharmaceutical company focused on developing, manufacturing and marketing of human and veterinary medicine products. In addition to the United States, France and Italy, the company now owns production sites in Bulgaria. Huvepharma is one of the top 10 global companies in the area of veterinary medicine. <mask> and Georgi <mask> owned 50% of the company. The <mask> brothers make most of their investments in Advance Properties.pharmaceutics, maritime transport, port operations, construction, realties, media, etc. are some of the fields that the leading companies within Advance Properties OOD are doing business in. In 2008, as a result of Privatization procedure, Advance Properties OOD, through its subsidiary, KG Maritime Shipping AD, acquired 70% of the equity of navigation maritime bulgare AD, a ship-owner company with a history of more than 125 years. The port of Burgas is one of the largest in the Black Sea region and is owned by Advance Properties OOD. In 2010 <mask> <mask> launched his own football project and began investing in the development of PFC Ludogorets 1945EAD in the town of Razgrad, Bulgaria. The team was promoted to the "A" Professional Football Group of the Bulgaria Football Championship and won the title for the next nine seasons. In the 2014–2018, the team of PFC Ludogorets 1945EAD played in the 2014–2018, but in the 2014–2018, they played in the 2014–2018, and in the 2014–2018, they played in the 2014–2018, and in the 2014–2018, they played in the 2014–2018. The Kremena and Kiril Domuschiev Foundation was established in 2011.Children's hospitals and specialist institutions for children deprived of parental care are supported by the Foundation. <mask> <mask> received a Prize for Contribution to the Development of Industry in the competition "Mr. Economics" of the Economics Magazine. He was named the "Honorary Citizen of Razgrad". <mask> <mask> received the "Good Heart" award for his contribution to the "Easter for Everyone" campaign. <mask> <mask> is a member of the board of directors of Huvepharma and Chairman of the board of Biovet AD. <mask> was elected Chairman of the Management Board of the Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria (CEIBG) for his contribution to the development of the industry. He was re-elected for a second term in March.Two new production sites of Biovet were started by <mask> <mask>. The project was funded with Euro 100 million, which is the largest investment under the program to date. The European Investment Bank granted the loan. The contract was signed in January by <mask> <mask>, EU Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Commissioner Jyrki Katainen and the Minister of Agriculture Rumen Porozhanov in the presence of the President of the European Commission. <mask> <mask> was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Technical University-Sofia. The Board includes the best graduates of the university, distinguished experts in their field, and well-known public figures with an active position and authority in society. The Board is an active partner in the implementation of transparent governance and the provision of quality education.Huvepharma received the Business of the Year Award for its contribution to the economic development of the City of St. Louis. The Mayor of St. Louis presented the award at the ceremony. Nova Broadcasting Group is the largest media group in Bulgaria. Nova Television, Nova News radio, print media and the film distribution company LENTA are part of its portfolio. The leading news portals Nova.bg, Vesti.bg, Dariknews.bg, as well as the sports portal Gong.bg are part of Nova Broadcasting Group's portfolio. The largest online market player in the country is Nova Broadcasting Group. The Nova Broadcasting Group was sold by Advance Media Group.Nova Broadcasting Group increased its portfolio to 10 television channels, as well as 4 radio stations, in the period from April to January 2021, under the Advance Media Group. <mask> <mask> was given an "honorary citizenship" of the US state of Nebraska. The state's government gives recognition to the investments and jobs created by <mask> <mask>. The gold seal of the state of Nebraska was presented to <mask> <mask> by the Secretary of State of Nebraska. <mask> <mask> is the largest investor in the state of Nebraska. In addition to Nebraska, he has manufacturing plants in Missouri, North Carolina, Arkansas and Colorado. On January 20, 2020, <mask> <mask> was awarded with the "Winner's Wreath" by the Sports Minister Krasen Kralev."Winner's wreath" is the highest state honor in sports and is given to individuals who have contributed to the sport. <mask> tested positive for COVID-19 in March of 2020 but recovered by the end of the month. Forbes estimated the wealth of <mask> and Georgi <mask> at 4.2 billion dollars. According to Forbes, the family's fortune is due to their business in Bulgaria, the United States, Belgium, and other countries. The <mask>s have the largest investments in the United States. Business people from the founders of a company.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir%20George%20Hamilton%2C%201st%20Baronet%2C%20of%20Donalong

Sir George Hamilton, 1st Baronet, of Donalong

Sir George Hamilton, 1st Baronet ( – 1679), born in Scotland, inherited land in Ireland and fought in the Irish Army for the royalists under his brother-in-law James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond during the Confederate Wars and the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. He was father of Antoine Hamilton, author of the Mémoires du comte de Grammont, of Richard Hamilton, Jacobite general, and of Elizabeth, Countess de Gramont, "la belle Hamilton". Birth and origins George was born about 1608, probably in Paisley, Scotland. He was the fourth son of James Hamilton and his wife Marion Boyd. His father had been created 1st Earl of Abercorn by James VI and I in 1606. His paternal grandfather was Claud Hamilton, the 1st Lord of Paisley. George's mother was a daughter of Thomas Boyd, 6th Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock in Scotland. His father had been a Protestant, but his mother, Marion Boyd, was a recusant, who brought him, like all his siblings, up in the Catholic faith. His uncle George of Greenlaw and Roscrea pushed in the same direction. He was one of nine siblings, five brothers and four sisters: Early life George was about 11 years old on 23 March 1618 when his father, the 1st Earl of Abercorn, died. His father had been an undertakers in James VI and I's 1611 Plantation of Ulster and had as such acquired large estates in Ireland, mainly around Strabane in County Tyrone. George's eldest brother, James, succeeded to his father's title of Earl of Abercorn, but the Irish lands were shared among the younger sons according to his father's will. The lion's share, including Strabane, went to George's elder brother Claud. George inherited Donalong, which would later appear in the territorial designation of his baronetcy in 1660. His father had predeceased his paternal grandfather, the 1st Lord Paisley, who died three years later in 1621. George's eldest brother James, the 2nd Earl of Abercorn, inherited at that time the title of Lord Paisley and the Scottish lands of the family. George Hamilton also became the owner of land around Roscrea and Nenagh in northern Munster, probably when his uncle George of Greenlaw and Roscrea died. He also became owner, together with Sir Basil Brooke and Sir George Russell of the Knockaunderrig Silver Mine at Knockanroe in the Silvermine Mountains at the village of Silvermines, south of Nenagh. In 1627 Hamilton succeeded Sir Roger Hope to the command of a company of foot in the Irish Army. Marriage and children In 1629 George Hamilton married Mary Butler, youngest daughter of Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles. Her eldest brother, James, thereby became his brother-in-law, who would become his boss when appointed commander-in-chief of the Irish army. George and Mary had nine children, six sons: James (died 1673), became ranger of Hyde Park and lost a leg in a sea-fight; George (died 1676), killed in French service at the Col de Saverne. Anthony (1646–1720), fought for the Jacobites and wrote the Mémoires du comte de Grammont; Thomas (died 1687), served in the Royal Navy and died in Boston, Massachusetts; Richard (died 1717), fought for the Jacobites and was taken prisoner at the Boyne. John (died 1691), Colonel in the Irish army, comte de Hamilton, was killed in the Battle of Aughrim; —and three daughters: Elizabeth (1641–1708), a famous beauty, married Philibert de Gramont; Lucia (died 1676), married Sir Donough O'Brien in 1674. Margaret, married in July 1674 Mathew Forde of Seaforde County Down and Coolgreany County Wexford. Midlife In 1632 his mother died in Edinburgh. Some time before 1634 he was created a baronet and thus became Sir George, but the territorial designation and the baronetage (country) are unknown. In 1641, at the beginning of the Irish Rebellion, Sir George was, during a visit to England, suspected to support the rebellion as he was Catholic. He was arrested and shortly held at the Tower of London but was soon released on bail. In that same year Phelim O'Neill burned Strabane Castle and sent him Jean Gordon, his brother Claude's widow and her children who had been living in Strabane Castle. On 2 February 1642 the Knockaunderrig Silver Mine, which Sir George operated together with Sir Basil Brooks and Sir William Russell, was attacked by local rebels under the leadership of Hugh O'Kennedy and 32 Protestant English miners seem to have been killed. On 5 June 1646 Owen Roe O'Neil with the Confederate Ulster army defeated the Covenanters under Robert Monro. O'Neill then marched south to Kilkenny as directed by Rinuccini, the papal nuncio. Leinster and Munster was treated as enemy territory and on 17 September 1646, O'Neil attacked and captured Roscrea where Sir George's wife and children lived. The Ulstermen spared his family but put everybody else to the sword. O'Neill then menaced Dublin in November 1646. It seems that Sir George had been with the King in England. In January 1647 he returned to Dublin with a message instructing Ormond to hand Dublin over to the English rather than the Irish. In January 1649 Sir George was appointed receiver-general of the revenues for Ireland succeeding to Lord Roscommon. He was also made a colonel of foot in the Irish army and upheld the Royalist cause against Cromwell. In 1649 he was appointed governor of Nenagh for his brother in law, James Butler, at that time the Marquess of Ormond, leader of the royalists. At the end of 1650 he defended Nenagh Castle against the Parliamentarian army under Henry Ireton, which attacked it on the way from the siege of Limerick back to their winter quarters at Kilkenny. He surrendered the castle on 10 November 1650 after Ireton had menaced to breach its walls with artillery. French exile His Irish lands were confiscated, and in spring 1651 he and his family followed Ormond into French exile. They first went to Caen where Ormond's wife Elizabeth Preston lived since 1648. Ormond introduced him to Charles II's exile court at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. His wife went to Paris where she lived in the convent of the Feuillantines. In 1656 or 1657 Charles sent him, together with Donough MacCarty, 2nd Viscount Muskerry to Madrid on a diplomatic mission. Restoration and death In 1660, after the Restoration, he returned to London and stayed at the court of Charles II at Whitehall. In that same year the king created him Baronet of Donalong and Nenagh for his services to the royal cause. The two places mentioned in the territorial designation of the baronetcy are both in Ireland but quite far from each other. Donalong (also spelled Dunnalong) refers to his lands in County Tyrone, Ulster, whereas Nenagh refers to the town in County Tipperary, Munster of which he had been governor. Although many sources mention the creation of the baronetcy, it seems to have never been carried out entirely. He died in 1679 at the age of 71 or 72 years. He was succeeded by his grandson James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn, who never assumed the title of Baronet but would later succeed to the earldom of Abercorn. Notes, citations, and sources Notes Citations Sources – 1643 to 1660 – 1649 to 1664 (for George Hamilton) – Ab-Adam to Basing – Abercorn – England (for timeline) – Viscounts (for Butler, Viscount Mountgarret) – Viscounts (for Viscount Strabane) – Abercorn to Balmerino – Panmure to Sinclair – 1643 to 1660 and index Further reading – Snippet view The lost Settlement of Dunnalong lost Settlement of Dunnalong Hamilton, George, 1st Baronet Hamilton, George, 1st Baronet Hamilton, George, 1st Baronet English army officers People from County Tyrone People of the Irish Confederate Wars George Hamilton, George, 1st Baronet

<mask>, 1st Baronet ( – 1679), born in Scotland, inherited land in Ireland and fought in the Irish Army for the royalists under his brother-in-law James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond during the Confederate Wars and the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. He was father of Antoine Hamilton, author of the Mémoires du comte de Grammont, of Richard Hamilton, Jacobite general, and of Elizabeth, Countess de Gramont, "la belle Hamilton". Birth and origins <mask> was born about 1608, probably in Paisley, Scotland. He was the fourth son of James Hamilton and his wife Marion Boyd. His father had been created 1st Earl of Abercorn by James VI and I in 1606. His paternal grandfather was Claud Hamilton, the 1st Lord of Paisley. <mask>'s mother was a daughter of Thomas Boyd, 6th Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock in Scotland.His father had been a Protestant, but his mother, Marion Boyd, was a recusant, who brought him, like all his siblings, up in the Catholic faith. His uncle <mask> of Greenlaw and Roscrea pushed in the same direction. He was one of nine siblings, five brothers and four sisters: Early life <mask> was about 11 years old on 23 March 1618 when his father, the 1st Earl of Abercorn, died. His father had been an undertakers in James VI and I's 1611 Plantation of Ulster and had as such acquired large estates in Ireland, mainly around Strabane in County Tyrone. <mask>'s eldest brother, James, succeeded to his father's title of Earl of Abercorn, but the Irish lands were shared among the younger sons according to his father's will. The lion's share, including Strabane, went to <mask>'s elder brother Claud. <mask> inherited Donalong, which would later appear in the territorial designation of his baronetcy in 1660.His father had predeceased his paternal grandfather, the 1st Lord Paisley, who died three years later in 1621. <mask>'s eldest brother James, the 2nd Earl of Abercorn, inherited at that time the title of Lord Paisley and the Scottish lands of the family. <mask> also became the owner of land around Roscrea and Nenagh in northern Munster, probably when his uncle <mask> of Greenlaw and Roscrea died. He also became owner, together with Sir Basil Brooke and Sir <mask> of the Knockaunderrig Silver Mine at Knockanroe in the Silvermine Mountains at the village of Silvermines, south of Nenagh. In 1627 Hamilton succeeded Sir Roger Hope to the command of a company of foot in the Irish Army. Marriage and children In 1629 <mask> married Mary Butler, youngest daughter of Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles. Her eldest brother, James, thereby became his brother-in-law, who would become his boss when appointed commander-in-chief of the Irish army.<mask> and Mary had nine children, six sons: James (died 1673), became ranger of Hyde Park and lost a leg in a sea-fight; <mask> (died 1676), killed in French service at the Col de Saverne. Anthony (1646–1720), fought for the Jacobites and wrote the Mémoires du comte de Grammont; Thomas (died 1687), served in the Royal Navy and died in Boston, Massachusetts; Richard (died 1717), fought for the Jacobites and was taken prisoner at the Boyne. John (died 1691), Colonel in the Irish army, comte de Hamilton, was killed in the Battle of Aughrim; —and three daughters: Elizabeth (1641–1708), a famous beauty, married Philibert de Gramont; Lucia (died 1676), married Sir Donough O'Brien in 1674. Margaret, married in July 1674 Mathew Forde of Seaforde County Down and Coolgreany County Wexford. Midlife In 1632 his mother died in Edinburgh. Some time before 1634 he was created a baronet and thus became Sir <mask>, but the territorial designation and the baronetage (country) are unknown. In 1641, at the beginning of the Irish Rebellion, Sir <mask> was, during a visit to England, suspected to support the rebellion as he was Catholic.He was arrested and shortly held at the Tower of London but was soon released on bail. In that same year Phelim O'Neill burned Strabane Castle and sent him Jean Gordon, his brother Claude's widow and her children who had been living in Strabane Castle. On 2 February 1642 the Knockaunderrig Silver Mine, which Sir <mask> operated together with Sir Basil Brooks and Sir William Russell, was attacked by local rebels under the leadership of Hugh O'Kennedy and 32 Protestant English miners seem to have been killed. On 5 June 1646 Owen Roe O'Neil with the Confederate Ulster army defeated the Covenanters under Robert Monro. O'Neill then marched south to Kilkenny as directed by Rinuccini, the papal nuncio. Leinster and Munster was treated as enemy territory and on 17 September 1646, O'Neil attacked and captured Roscrea where Sir <mask>'s wife and children lived. The Ulstermen spared his family but put everybody else to the sword.O'Neill then menaced Dublin in November 1646. It seems that Sir <mask> had been with the King in England. In January 1647 he returned to Dublin with a message instructing Ormond to hand Dublin over to the English rather than the Irish. In January 1649 Sir <mask> was appointed receiver-general of the revenues for Ireland succeeding to Lord Roscommon. He was also made a colonel of foot in the Irish army and upheld the Royalist cause against Cromwell. In 1649 he was appointed governor of Nenagh for his brother in law, James Butler, at that time the Marquess of Ormond, leader of the royalists. At the end of 1650 he defended Nenagh Castle against the Parliamentarian army under Henry Ireton, which attacked it on the way from the siege of Limerick back to their winter quarters at Kilkenny.He surrendered the castle on 10 November 1650 after Ireton had menaced to breach its walls with artillery. French exile His Irish lands were confiscated, and in spring 1651 he and his family followed Ormond into French exile. They first went to Caen where Ormond's wife Elizabeth Preston lived since 1648. Ormond introduced him to Charles II's exile court at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. His wife went to Paris where she lived in the convent of the Feuillantines. In 1656 or 1657 Charles sent him, together with Donough MacCarty, 2nd Viscount Muskerry to Madrid on a diplomatic mission. Restoration and death In 1660, after the Restoration, he returned to London and stayed at the court of Charles II at Whitehall.In that same year the king created him Baronet of Donalong and Nenagh for his services to the royal cause. The two places mentioned in the territorial designation of the baronetcy are both in Ireland but quite far from each other. Donalong (also spelled Dunnalong) refers to his lands in County Tyrone, Ulster, whereas Nenagh refers to the town in County Tipperary, Munster of which he had been governor. Although many sources mention the creation of the baronetcy, it seems to have never been carried out entirely. He died in 1679 at the age of 71 or 72 years. He was succeeded by his grandson James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn, who never assumed the title of Baronet but would later succeed to the earldom of Abercorn. Notes, citations, and sources Notes Citations Sources – 1643 to 1660 – 1649 to 1664 (for <mask>) – Ab-Adam to Basing – Abercorn – England (for timeline) – Viscounts (for Butler, Viscount Mountgarret) – Viscounts (for Viscount Strabane) – Abercorn to Balmerino – Panmure to Sinclair – 1643 to 1660 and index Further reading – Snippet view The lost Settlement of Dunnalong lost Settlement of Dunnalong Hamilton, <mask>, 1st Baronet Hamilton, <mask>, 1st Baronet Hamilton, <mask>, 1st Baronet English army officers People from County Tyrone People of the Irish Confederate Wars <mask>, <mask>, 1st Baronet

During the Confederate Wars and the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Sir <mask>, 1st Baronet, fought in the Irish Army for the royalists under his brother-in-law James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond. He was the father of Richard Hamilton, Jacobite general, and the author of the Mémoires du comte de Grammont. <mask> was probably born in Scotland. He was the son of James Hamilton and his wife. James VI and I created the 1st Earl of Abercorn in 1606. His paternal grandfather was the 1st Lord of Paisley. <mask>'s mother was a daughter of a 6th Lord.His mother brought him up in the Catholic faith because his father was a Protestant. His uncle <mask> pushed in the same direction. <mask> was 11 years old when his father, the 1st Earl of Abercorn, died. His father was an undertaker in James VI and I's 1611 Plantation of Ulster and had acquired large estates in Ireland. James succeeded to his father's title of Earl of Abercorn, but the Irish lands were shared among the younger sons according to his father's will. The lion's share went to <mask>'s brother. Donalong became the baronetcy of <mask> in 1660.His paternal grandfather, the 1st Lord Paisley, died three years after his father. The title of Lord Paisley and the Scottish lands of the family was given to <mask>'s brother James at that time. When his uncle <mask> of Greenlaw died, <mask> became the owner of the land around Nenagh. He became owner with Sir Basil Brooke and Sir <mask> of the Knockaunderrig Silver Mine at Knockanroe in the Silvermine Mountains. Hamilton took over the command of a company of foot in the Irish Army. <mask> married Mary Butler, daughter of Thomas Thurles. James became her brother-in-law when he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Irish army.James lost a leg in a sea-fight and <mask> was killed in French service at the Col de Saverne. Anthony fought for the Jacobites and wrote the Mémoires du comte de Grammont, Thomas served in the Royal Navy and Richard was taken prisoner. The Colonel in the Irish army, comte de Hamilton, was killed in the Battle of Aughrim, along with three daughters: Elizabeth, Lucia and Philibert de Gramont. Margaret was married to Mathew Forde in July 1674. His mother died in Edinburgh in 1632. He was a baronet before 1634, but the baronetage and territorial designation are unknown. During a visit to England in 1641, Sir <mask> was suspected of supporting the Irish Rebellion because he was a Catholic.He was released on bail after he was arrested at the Tower of London. Jean Gordon, Claude's widow, and her children lived in the castle after it was burned by Phelim O'Neil. Local rebels under the leadership of Hugh O'Kennedy attacked the Knockaunderrig Silver Mine on February 2, 1642, killing 32 Protestant English miners. Robert Monro was the leader of the Covenanters when Owen O'Neil defeated them. The pope's nuncio, Rinuccini, directed O'Neill to march south to Kilkenny. O'Neil captured the home of Sir <mask>'s wife and children after being treated as enemy territory. The family was spared but everyone else was put to the sword.Dublin was menaced in November 1646. Sir <mask> was in England with the King. In January 1647 he sent Ormond a message telling him to hand Dublin over to the English. Sir <mask> was appointed receiver-general of the revenues for Ireland in January 1649. He upheld the Royalist cause against Cromwell and was made a colonel of foot in the Irish army. His brother in law was the leader of the royalists and he was appointed governor of Nenagh in 1649. The Parliamentarian army under Henry Ireton attacked Nenagh Castle at the end of 1650, but he defended it.He surrendered the castle on November 10, 1650, after Ireton tried to break its walls. In the spring of 1651, he and his family followed Ormond into French exile. The first place they went was Caen, where Ormond's wife lived. Ormond introduced him to Charles II's exile court. His wife lived in the convent of the Feuillantines in Paris. Charles sent him and Donough MacCarty to Madrid on a diplomatic mission. After the Restoration, he returned to London and stayed at the court of Charles II.The king created Baronet of Donalong and Nenagh for his services to the royal cause. The two places mentioned in the territorial designation of the baronetcy are not very far from each other. Nenagh refers to the town in County Tipperary that he had been governor of. The creation of the baronetcy seems to have never been done completely. He died at the age of 71 or 72 years. James Hamilton, the 6th Earl of Abercorn, succeeded his grandfather as Baronet but later succeeded to the earldom. Ab-Adam to Basing, for <mask>, is one of the sources.

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You Young

You Young (Hangul: 유영; born May 27, 2004) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2020 Four Continents silver medalist, a three-time Grand Prix bronze medalist, a three-time Challenger series medalist, and a five-time South Korean national champion (2016, 2018–2020, 2022). On the junior level, she is the 2020 Youth Olympic champion, the 2018 JGP Slovakia bronze medalist, and the 2019 Winter Children of Asia International Sports Games champion. You is the youngest ever national champion of South Korea at age 11, surpassing the previous record set by Yuna Kim who won at age 12 in 2003. She is also the first Korean woman to successfully land a triple Axel in international competition, and the first Korean woman to win the gold medal at the Winter Youth Olympics. She currently holds the fourth highest technical element score in the short program (45.54 at the 2019 Skate Canada) and the ninth highest technical element score in the free skate (79.94 at the 2020 Four Continents). She remains the first and only female skater to have had landed the triple Axel at the Youth Olympics. Competing in the 2022 Beijing Olympics, You placed 6th overall. As of 17th February 2022, You is the 4th highest ranked women's singles skater in world by the International Skating Union. Personal life You Young is the third child and only daughter of her father, You Il-jin, who runs a business in Indonesia, and mother, Lee Sook-hee. She moved to Indonesia at the age of two because of her father's business, and spent her youth in Singapore. She enrolled into Bukit Timah primary school and attended school for a year before she returned to South Korea. Career Early career You Young began skating after watching Yuna Kim's victory at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Though maintaining South Korean nationality, she was raised in Singapore and trained under various coaches and competed in the Singapore National Figure Skating Championships from 2011 to 2013. One of her coaches was Singapore-based Zhang Wei, a former Chinese national ice dancer who won gold with partner Wang Rui at the 1999 Asian Winter Games, who she trained with for a six-month period in 2012. Zhang said her talent was evident even then and told TODAY: "She's not the most talented athlete I've coached. But her jumps, explosive energy, flexibility and coordination were very good then, and it is very rare that you get all these qualities in one athlete, particularly at that age." He is confident that You has what it takes to become a future world and Olympic champion. On his advice, You returned to South Korea with her mother in March 2013 to further her development as the training environment is better. 2015–2016 season: National title In January 2016, You Young won the gold medal at the 2016 South Korean Figure Skating Championships, becoming the youngest ever national champion of South Korea at age 11, surpassing the previous record set by Yuna Kim who won at age 12 in 2003. In March, You won the gold medal at novice level of the Cup of Tyrol. 2016–2017 season In November 2016, You won the silver medal at novice level of the Tallinn Trophy behind Alena Kanysheva of Russia. In January 2017, she finished fifth at the 2017 South Korean Figure Skating Championships mainly because of a fall in the short program. 2017–2018 season: Junior international debut You debuted on the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in September 2018, placing fourth at JGP Croatia in Zagreb. In October, she placed fifth at JGP Italy in Egna. In January 2018, she won the gold medal at the 2018 South Korean Figure Skating Championships, earning her second national title. In March, You finished ninth at the 2018 World Junior Championships. 2018–2019 season: Third national title In August 2018, You began competing on the JGP series, winning the bronze medal at JGP Slovakia in Bratislava, behind Russians Anna Shcherbakova and Anna Tarusina. It is currently her first and only JGP medal. She then placed fourth at JGP Canada in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. After earning her third national title, You was assigned to the 2019 World Junior Championships. In February 2019, she won gold at the 2019 Bavarian Open and the 2019 Winter Children of Asia ISG. After a poor short program at Junior Worlds that left her in eleventh place, You rose to sixth place overall with a stronger free skate. 2019–2020 season: Senior international debut You opened her season at the 2019 Philadelphia Summer International, where she won the gold medal. You debuted on the Challenger series, winning the bronze medal at the 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy behind Russians Anna Shcherbakova and Elizaveta Tuktamysheva after she placed second in the short program and third in the free program. At this competition, she scored over 70 points in the short program, 130 points in the free skate, and 200 points overall for the first time in an ISU-sanctioned competition. One week later, You won the silver medal at another Challenger, the 2019 CS U.S. Classic, winning the free skate by scoring over 140 points for the first time. During this period, it was reported that You made a coaching change, with Mie Hamada becoming her primary coach along with Tammy Gambill. Making her senior Grand Prix debut at the 2019 Skate Canada International, You successfully landed a ratified triple Axel in the short program to place second behind new training mate Rika Kihira of Japan with a new personal best score (78.22). She noted that this was a moment she had been working toward for three years. In the free skate, she fell on another triple Axel attempt and placed fourth in the segment. Overall, her total score of 217.49 was enough for the bronze medal, after Alexandra Trusova and Kihira. You's success at Skate Canada led to her being given a second Grand Prix assignment, the 2019 Cup of China, where she placed fourth after mistakes in both programs. You entered the 2020 South Korean Championships as the defending champion and, given her success on the international circuit, was favored to repeat her title. After placing first in both segments, she won the gold medal ahead of Lee Hae-in and Kim Ye-lim. She was assigned to the Korean teams for the 2020 World Championships along with Kim, and the 2020 Four Continents Championships with Kim and Lim Eun-soo. Two weeks later, at the 2020 Youth Olympics in Lausanne, she placed first in the short program, a little less than 2 points ahead of Ksenia Sinitsyna of Russia. Because of different requirements for competitions at the junior level, she did not attempt a triple Axel in the short program. She then won the free skate by over 12 points and won the title overall, landing eight clean triples in the free skate for the first time including a triple Axel and two triple Lutz combinations. By doing so, she ended Russia's winning streak in girls' singles at the Winter Youth Olympics, which included previous champions Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (2012) and Polina Tsurskaya (2016). You returned to the senior level for the 2020 Four Continents Championships in February. She placed third in the short program behind Rika Kihira and Bradie Tennell after a mistake on her triple Axel and an unclear edge call on her triple flip. In the free skate, she delivered a strong performance to place second in the segment with a new personal best score (149.68). She landed all jumps cleanly with the exception of one underrotation on her triple flip. Her combined total (223.23) was also a personal best, and she moved up to narrowly take the silver medal behind Kihira (232.34) and ahead of Tennell (222.97). This competition was the first time she landed all twelve triple jumps possible under the Zayak rule. She expressed satisfaction with her performance overall, for landing the triple Axel, and for overcoming the pressure of performing for a home crowd, remarking that she became the first Korean skater to medal at Four Continents since Olympic Champion Yuna Kim won the event in 2009. She was assigned to make her senior World Championship debut in Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. 2020–2021 season With the pandemic continuing to affect international travel, the ISU opted to assign the Grand Prix based primarily on geographic location. You was initially without a Grand Prix assignment, but was subsequently added to the 2020 NHK Trophy roster once it was clear she could travel to Japan. She was the lone non-Japanese entrant at the NHK Trophy and the only South Korean skater to compete on the Grand Prix that season. Generally considered one of the frontrunners at the event, she had a poor showing in the short program, falling twice and underrotating three of her four triple jumps, as a result of which she placed twelfth of twelve skaters in the segment. She called it "a really weird performance" and attributed it to a failure of nerves. You placed fifth in the free skate, landing the triple Axel this time, and rose to seventh place overall. In February, You competed at the 2021 South Korean Championships. She placed narrowly first in the short program despite underrotation calls, but fell twice in the free skate, including on her triple Axel attempt, and dropped to fourth place overall. As a result, she was not named to Korea's team for the 2021 World Championships. 2021–2022 season: Beijing Olympics You began the season at the Skating Club of Boston's Cranberry Cup event, where she won the silver medal, 30 points behind champion Alysa Liu. She next went on the Challenger series to compete at the 2021 CS Autumn Classic International, where she was considered by many to be the gold medal favourite, but ultimately took silver behind surprise winner Marilena Kitromilis of Cyprus. She did not land a clean triple Axel at either event. Beginning the Grand Prix at the 2021 Skate America, You placed fifth in the short program after falling on her triple Axel attempt. She landed her opening triple Axel in the free skate, albeit deemed a quarter short on rotation, and placed second in that segment despite a few other minor jump issues. She finished with the bronze medal overall, 0.34 behind silver medalist Daria Usacheva. At her second event, the 2021 NHK Trophy, You failed to land her triple Axel in either segment, but still placed third in the short program and second in the free skate to take her second bronze medal of the Grand Prix season. Speaking afterward she said that her goal for the season was "to just get to nationals with no injuries and take care of my body and if I will do well, make it to the Olympics."  You entered the 2022 South Korean Championships as the title favourite, and placed first in both segments to win the gold medal. Her margin over silver medalist Kim Ye-lim was 13.85 points. She and Kim were named to the South Korean Olympic team, and sent to compete at the 2022 Four Continents Championships alongside bronze medalist Lee Hae-in. You struggled at the event in Tallinn, botching the triple Axel attempt in both segments and finishing sixth overall, behind both Lee and Kim. Competing at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, You started the women's event sixth in the short program, having her triple Axel downgraded and receiving an edge call on her flip. In her view "things were not perfectly done, but I think overall it's good." You placed fourth in the free skate despite underrotating her triple Axel, but remained in sixth overall. Skating technique You landed her first successful triple Axel jump in competition at the 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy in Italy during the ISU Challenger Series. She is known to land difficult jump combinations. As of the 2019–2020 season, she actively competes with the triple Axel jump, the triple Lutz-triple toeloop combination, the triple Lutz-Euler-triple Salchow sequence, and the double Axel-triple toeloop combination jumps. Programs Competitive highlights GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix Detailed results Senior level Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. Personal best highlighted in bold. Junior level Personal best highlighted in bold. Awards and recognition References External links 2004 births Living people South Korean female single skaters Figure skaters at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics Figure skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters of South Korea Youth Olympic gold medalists for South Korea Four Continents Figure Skating Championships medalists

<mask> (Hangul: 유영; born May 27, 2004) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2020 Four Continents silver medalist, a three-time Grand Prix bronze medalist, a three-time Challenger series medalist, and a five-time South Korean national champion (2016, 2018–2020, 2022). On the junior level, she is the 2020 Youth Olympic champion, the 2018 JGP Slovakia bronze medalist, and the 2019 Winter Children of Asia International Sports Games champion. <mask> is the youngest ever national champion of South Korea at age 11, surpassing the previous record set by Yuna Kim who won at age 12 in 2003. She is also the first Korean woman to successfully land a triple Axel in international competition, and the first Korean woman to win the gold medal at the Winter Youth Olympics. She currently holds the fourth highest technical element score in the short program (45.54 at the 2019 Skate Canada) and the ninth highest technical element score in the free skate (79.94 at the 2020 Four Continents). She remains the first and only female skater to have had landed the triple Axel at the Youth Olympics.Competing in the 2022 Beijing Olympics, <mask> placed 6th overall. As of 17th February 2022, <mask> is the 4th highest ranked women's singles skater in world by the International Skating Union. Personal life <mask> is the third child and only daughter of her father, <mask>-jin, who runs a business in Indonesia, and mother, Lee Sook-hee. She moved to Indonesia at the age of two because of her father's business, and spent her youth in Singapore. She enrolled into Bukit Timah primary school and attended school for a year before she returned to South Korea. Career Early career <mask> began skating after watching Yuna Kim's victory at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Though maintaining South Korean nationality, she was raised in Singapore and trained under various coaches and competed in the Singapore National Figure Skating Championships from 2011 to 2013.One of her coaches was Singapore-based Zhang Wei, a former Chinese national ice dancer who won gold with partner Wang Rui at the 1999 Asian Winter Games, who she trained with for a six-month period in 2012. Zhang said her talent was evident even then and told TODAY: "She's not the most talented athlete I've coached. But her jumps, explosive energy, flexibility and coordination were very good then, and it is very rare that you get all these qualities in one athlete, particularly at that age." He is confident that <mask> has what it takes to become a future world and Olympic champion. On his advice, <mask> returned to South Korea with her mother in March 2013 to further her development as the training environment is better. 2015–2016 season: National title In January 2016, <mask> won the gold medal at the 2016 South Korean Figure Skating Championships, becoming the youngest ever national champion of South Korea at age 11, surpassing the previous record set by Yuna Kim who won at age 12 in 2003. In March, <mask> won the gold medal at novice level of the Cup of Tyrol.2016–2017 season In November 2016, <mask> won the silver medal at novice level of the Tallinn Trophy behind Alena Kanysheva of Russia. In January 2017, she finished fifth at the 2017 South Korean Figure Skating Championships mainly because of a fall in the short program. 2017–2018 season: Junior international debut <mask> debuted on the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in September 2018, placing fourth at JGP Croatia in Zagreb. In October, she placed fifth at JGP Italy in Egna. In January 2018, she won the gold medal at the 2018 South Korean Figure Skating Championships, earning her second national title. In March, <mask> finished ninth at the 2018 World Junior Championships. 2018–2019 season: Third national title In August 2018, <mask> began competing on the JGP series, winning the bronze medal at JGP Slovakia in Bratislava, behind Russians Anna Shcherbakova and Anna Tarusina.It is currently her first and only JGP medal. She then placed fourth at JGP Canada in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. After earning her third national title, <mask> was assigned to the 2019 World Junior Championships. In February 2019, she won gold at the 2019 Bavarian Open and the 2019 Winter Children of Asia ISG. After a poor short program at Junior Worlds that left her in eleventh place, <mask> rose to sixth place overall with a stronger free skate. 2019–2020 season: Senior international debut <mask> opened her season at the 2019 Philadelphia Summer International, where she won the gold medal. <mask> debuted on the Challenger series, winning the bronze medal at the 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy behind Russians Anna Shcherbakova and Elizaveta Tuktamysheva after she placed second in the short program and third in the free program.At this competition, she scored over 70 points in the short program, 130 points in the free skate, and 200 points overall for the first time in an ISU-sanctioned competition. One week later, <mask> won the silver medal at another Challenger, the 2019 CS U.S. Classic, winning the free skate by scoring over 140 points for the first time. During this period, it was reported that <mask> made a coaching change, with Mie Hamada becoming her primary coach along with Tammy Gambill. Making her senior Grand Prix debut at the 2019 Skate Canada International, <mask> successfully landed a ratified triple Axel in the short program to place second behind new training mate Rika Kihira of Japan with a new personal best score (78.22). She noted that this was a moment she had been working toward for three years. In the free skate, she fell on another triple Axel attempt and placed fourth in the segment. Overall, her total score of 217.49 was enough for the bronze medal, after Alexandra Trusova and Kihira.<mask>'s success at Skate Canada led to her being given a second Grand Prix assignment, the 2019 Cup of China, where she placed fourth after mistakes in both programs. <mask> entered the 2020 South Korean Championships as the defending champion and, given her success on the international circuit, was favored to repeat her title. After placing first in both segments, she won the gold medal ahead of Lee Hae-in and Kim Ye-lim. She was assigned to the Korean teams for the 2020 World Championships along with Kim, and the 2020 Four Continents Championships with Kim and Lim Eun-soo. Two weeks later, at the 2020 Youth Olympics in Lausanne, she placed first in the short program, a little less than 2 points ahead of Ksenia Sinitsyna of Russia. Because of different requirements for competitions at the junior level, she did not attempt a triple Axel in the short program. She then won the free skate by over 12 points and won the title overall, landing eight clean triples in the free skate for the first time including a triple Axel and two triple Lutz combinations.By doing so, she ended Russia's winning streak in girls' singles at the Winter Youth Olympics, which included previous champions Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (2012) and Polina Tsurskaya (2016). You returned to the senior level for the 2020 Four Continents Championships in February. She placed third in the short program behind Rika Kihira and Bradie Tennell after a mistake on her triple Axel and an unclear edge call on her triple flip. In the free skate, she delivered a strong performance to place second in the segment with a new personal best score (149.68). She landed all jumps cleanly with the exception of one underrotation on her triple flip. Her combined total (223.23) was also a personal best, and she moved up to narrowly take the silver medal behind Kihira (232.34) and ahead of Tennell (222.97). This competition was the first time she landed all twelve triple jumps possible under the Zayak rule.She expressed satisfaction with her performance overall, for landing the triple Axel, and for overcoming the pressure of performing for a home crowd, remarking that she became the first Korean skater to medal at Four Continents since Olympic Champion Yuna Kim won the event in 2009. She was assigned to make her senior World Championship debut in Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. 2020–2021 season With the pandemic continuing to affect international travel, the ISU opted to assign the Grand Prix based primarily on geographic location. You was initially without a Grand Prix assignment, but was subsequently added to the 2020 NHK Trophy roster once it was clear she could travel to Japan. She was the lone non-Japanese entrant at the NHK Trophy and the only South Korean skater to compete on the Grand Prix that season. Generally considered one of the frontrunners at the event, she had a poor showing in the short program, falling twice and underrotating three of her four triple jumps, as a result of which she placed twelfth of twelve skaters in the segment. She called it "a really weird performance" and attributed it to a failure of nerves.<mask> placed fifth in the free skate, landing the triple Axel this time, and rose to seventh place overall. In February, <mask> competed at the 2021 South Korean Championships. She placed narrowly first in the short program despite underrotation calls, but fell twice in the free skate, including on her triple Axel attempt, and dropped to fourth place overall. As a result, she was not named to Korea's team for the 2021 World Championships. 2021–2022 season: Beijing Olympics You began the season at the Skating Club of Boston's Cranberry Cup event, where she won the silver medal, 30 points behind champion Alysa Liu. She next went on the Challenger series to compete at the 2021 CS Autumn Classic International, where she was considered by many to be the gold medal favourite, but ultimately took silver behind surprise winner Marilena Kitromilis of Cyprus. She did not land a clean triple Axel at either event.Beginning the Grand Prix at the 2021 Skate America, <mask> placed fifth in the short program after falling on her triple Axel attempt. She landed her opening triple Axel in the free skate, albeit deemed a quarter short on rotation, and placed second in that segment despite a few other minor jump issues. She finished with the bronze medal overall, 0.34 behind silver medalist Daria Usacheva. At her second event, the 2021 NHK Trophy, <mask> failed to land her triple Axel in either segment, but still placed third in the short program and second in the free skate to take her second bronze medal of the Grand Prix season. Speaking afterward she said that her goal for the season was "to just get to nationals with no injuries and take care of my body and if I will do well, make it to the Olympics." <mask> entered the 2022 South Korean Championships as the title favourite, and placed first in both segments to win the gold medal. Her margin over silver medalist Kim Ye-lim was 13.85 points.She and Kim were named to the South Korean Olympic team, and sent to compete at the 2022 Four Continents Championships alongside bronze medalist Lee Hae-in. <mask> struggled at the event in Tallinn, botching the triple Axel attempt in both segments and finishing sixth overall, behind both Lee and Kim. Competing at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, <mask> started the women's event sixth in the short program, having her triple Axel downgraded and receiving an edge call on her flip. In her view "things were not perfectly done, but I think overall it's good." You placed fourth in the free skate despite underrotating her triple Axel, but remained in sixth overall. Skating technique You landed her first successful triple Axel jump in competition at the 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy in Italy during the ISU Challenger Series. She is known to land difficult jump combinations.As of the 2019–2020 season, she actively competes with the triple Axel jump, the triple Lutz-triple toeloop combination, the triple Lutz-Euler-triple Salchow sequence, and the double Axel-triple toeloop combination jumps. Programs Competitive highlights GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix Detailed results Senior level Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. Personal best highlighted in bold. Junior level Personal best highlighted in bold. Awards and recognition References External links 2004 births Living people South Korean female single skaters Figure skaters at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics Figure skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters of South Korea Youth Olympic gold medalists for South Korea Four Continents Figure Skating Championships medalists

<mask> is a South Korean figure skater. She is a three-time Grand Prix bronze medalist, a three-time Challenger series medalist, and a five-time South Korean national champion. She is the Winter Children of Asia International Sports Games champion and the 2020 Youth Olympic champion. The previous record for the youngest national champion in South Korea was set in 2003 by Yuna Kim who was 12. She is the first Korean woman to win a gold medal at the Winter Youth Olympics and the first to land a triple ax in international competition. She holds the fourth highest technical element score in the short program and the ninth highest technical element score in the free skate. She was the first female skater to land the triple Axel at the Youth Olympics.<mask> placed 6th in the Beijing Olympics. The 4th highest ranked women's singles skater in the world is you. <mask> is the third child and only daughter of her father, <mask>-jin, who runs a business in Indonesia, and mother, Lee Sook-hee. She spent her youth in Singapore and moved to Indonesia at the age of two. She attended Bukit Timah primary school for a year before returning to South Korea. <mask> began skating after watching Kim win the gold medal. She competed in the Singapore National Figure Skating Championships after being raised in Singapore and trained under various coaches.A former Chinese national ice dancer who won a gold medal at the 1999 Asian Winter Games is one of her coaches. She's not the most talented athlete I've coached, according to Zhang. It is very rare that you get all these qualities in one athlete at that age. He believes that you have what it takes to become a world and Olympic champion. You returned to South Korea with her mother in March of last year to further her development as the training environment is better. <mask> became the youngest ever national champion of South Korea when she won the gold medal at the 2016 South Korean Figure Skating Championships at the age of 11. You won the gold medal at the novice level of the Cup of Tyrol.You won the silver medal at novice level of the Tallinn Trophy in November of 2016 behind Alena Kanysheva of Russia. She finished fifth at the South Korean Figure Skating Championships because of a fall in the short program. <mask> made his international debut at the Junior Grand Prix in Croatia in September, placing fourth. She placed fifth at JGP Italy. She won the gold medal at the South Korean Figure Skating Championships in January. You finished ninth at the World Junior Championships. You won a bronze medal at the J GP Slovakia in August of last year, behind Russians Anna Shcherbakova and Anna Tarusina.It is her first medal. She placed fourth at J GP Canada. <mask> was assigned to the World Junior Championships after earning her third national title. She won gold at the Winter Children of Asia ISG in February. After a poor short program at Junior Worlds that left her in eleventh place, you rose to sixth place overall with a stronger free skate. She won the gold medal at the Philadelphia Summer International in her senior international debut. After placing second in the short program and third in the free program, you won a bronze medal for your debut on the Challenger series.She scored over 70 points in the short program, 130 points in the free skate, and 200 points overall for the first time in an ISU-sanctioned competition. You won the free skate at the Challenger, scoring over 140 points for the first time, to win the silver medal. You made a coaching change, with Mie and Tammy Gambill becoming her primary coaches. Making her senior Grand Prix debut at the Skate Canada International, <mask> landed a triple ax in the short program to place second behind Rika Kihira of Japan with a new personal best score. She said that she had been working towards this moment for three years. She placed fourth in the segment after falling on a triple attempt in the free skate. Her total score of 217.49 was enough for the bronze medal.<mask>'s success at Skate Canada led to her being given a second Grand Prix assignment, the Cup of China, where she placed fourth after mistakes in both programs. <mask> entered the 2020 South Korean Championships as the defending champion and were expected to repeat her title because of her success on the international circuit. She won the gold medal after placing first in both segments. She was assigned to the Korean teams for the World Championships in 2020 and the Four Continents Championships in 2020. She placed first in the short program at the 2020 Youth Olympics in Lausanne, a little less than 2 points ahead of Ksenia Sinitsyna of Russia. She did not attempt a triple Axel because of the different requirements at the junior level. She landed eight clean triples in the free skate for the first time in her career and won the title overall.She ended Russia's winning streak in girls' singles at the Winter Youth Olympics by beating 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 You went back to the senior level in February for the Four Continents Championships. She was third in the short program behind Rika Kihira and Bradie Tennell after a mistake on her triple flip and an unclear edge call. She placed second in the segment with a new personal best score in the free skate. She landed all her jumps cleanly, except for one under rotation on her triple flip. Her combined total was a personal best and she moved up to take the silver medal behind Kihira and ahead of Tennell. She landed all twelve triple jumps for the first time.She said that she became the first Korean skater to medal at Four Continents since Olympic champion Yuna Kim won the event in 2009, and that she was satisfied with her performance overall, for landing the triple Axel, and for overcoming the pressure of performing for a home crowd. The cancellation of her senior World Championship debut in Montreal was due to the coronaviruses. The ISU decided to assign the Grand Prix based on location as the Pandemic continues to affect international travel. She was added to the 2020 NHK Trophy roster once it was clear that she could travel to Japan. She was the sole non-Japanese entrant at the NHK Trophy and the only South Korean skater to compete on the Grand Prix that season. She had a poor showing in the short program, falling twice and underrotating three of her four triple jumps, as a result of which she placed twelfth of twelve skaters in the segment. She attributed the performance to a failure of nerves.<mask> placed fifth in the free skate, landing the triple Axel, and rose to seventh place overall. <mask> competed at the South Korean Championships in February. She fell twice in the free skate, including on her triple Axel attempt, and dropped to fourth place, despite placing narrowly first in the short program. She wasn't named to Korea's team for the World Championships in 2021. She won the silver medal at the Skating Club of Boston's Cranberry Cup event and was 30 points behind the champion. She was considered the favorite to win the gold medal at the Autumn Classic International, but lost to a surprise winner. She did not land a triple ax.<mask> placed fifth in the short program at the Grand Prix after falling on her triple Axel attempt. She landed her opening triple Axel in the free skate, despite being a quarter short on rotation, and placed second in that segment despite a few other minor jump issues. She finished with a bronze medal. <mask> placed third in the short program and second in the free skate to take her second bronze medal of the Grand Prix season at the NHK Trophy. She said that her goal for the season was to get to nationals with no injuries and take care of her body and if she does well, make it to the Olympics. You entered the South Korean Championships as the favorite and won the gold medal. Her margin was over Kim Ye-lim.She was named to the South Korean Olympic team along with Kim, who was a bronze medal winner. <mask> finished sixth overall, behind both Lee and Kim, after botching the triple Axel attempt in both segments. After receiving an edge call on her flip, <mask> started the women's event sixth in the short program. She thinks things were not perfect, but overall it's good. You placed fourth in the free skate despite underrotating her triple Axel. <mask> landed her first successful triple Axel jump in competition at the ISU Challenger Series in Italy. Difficult jump combinations are what she is known for.She competes with the triple toeloop, triple toeloop, triple toeloop, and double toeloop jumps. Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships can be found in the programs Competitive highlights GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; J GP: Junior Grand Prix. Personal best highlighted in bold. The personal best is highlighted in bold. There are links to External links for awards and recognition.

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Ritchie Blackmore

Richard Hugh Blackmore (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist and songwriter. He was a founding member of Deep Purple in 1968, playing jam-style hard rock music that mixed guitar riffs and organ sounds. He is prolific in creating guitar riffs and classically influenced solos. During his solo career, Blackmore established the heavy metal band Rainbow, which fused baroque music influences and elements of hard rock. Rainbow steadily moved to catchy pop-style mainstream rock. He later formed the traditional folk rock project Blackmore's Night along with his now wife Candice Night, transitioning to vocalist-centred sounds. As a member of Deep Purple, Blackmore was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2016. He is cited by publications such as Guitar World and Rolling Stone as one of the greatest and most influential guitar players of all time. Early life Blackmore was born at Allendale Nursing Home in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, as second son to Lewis J. Blackmore and Violet (née Short). His father was born in Cardiff and his paternal grandfather was born in Swansea, Wales. The family moved to Heston, Middlesex, when Blackmore was two. He was 11 when he was given his first guitar by his father on certain conditions, including learning how to play properly, so he took classical guitar lessons for one year. In an interview with Sounds magazine in 1979, Blackmore said that he started the guitar because he wanted to be like British musician Tommy Steele, who used to just jump around and play. Blackmore loathed school and hated his teachers. While at school, Blackmore participated in sports including the javelin. He left school at age 15 and started work as an apprentice radio mechanic at nearby Heathrow Airport. He took electric guitar lessons from session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan. Career 1960s In 1960 he began to work as a session player for Joe Meek's music productions, and performed in several bands. He was initially a member of the instrumental band the Outlaws, who played in both studio recordings and live concerts. Otherwise, in mainly studio recordings, he backed singer Glenda Collins, German-born pop singer Heinz (playing on his top ten hit "Just Like Eddie", "Beating Of My Heart"), and others. Thereafter, in mainly live concerts, he backed horror-themed singer Screaming Lord Sutch, beat singer Neil Christian, and others. Blackmore joined a band-to-be called Roundabout in late 1967 after receiving an invitation from Chris Curtis. Curtis originated the concept of the band, but would be forced out before the band fully formed. After the line-up for Roundabout was complete in April 1968, Blackmore is credited with suggesting the new name Deep Purple, as it was his grandmother's favorite song. Deep Purple's early sound leaned on psychedelic and progressive rock, but also included cover versions of 1960s pop songs. This "Mark One" line-up featuring singer Rod Evans and bass player Nick Simper lasted until mid-1969 and produced three studio albums. During this period, organist Jon Lord appeared to be the leader of the band, and wrote much of their original material. 1970s The first studio album from Purple's second line-up, In Rock (1970), signalled a transition in the band's sound from progressive rock to hard rock, with Blackmore and Lord having heard King Crimson's debut album. This "Mark Two" line-up featuring rock singer Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover lasted until mid-1973, producing four studio albums (two of which reached No. 1 in the UK), and two live albums. During this period, the band's songs primarily came out of their jam sessions, so songwriting credits were shared by the five members. Blackmore later stated, "I didn't give a damn about song construction. I just wanted to make as much noise and play as fast and as loud as possible." Famous guitarist Steve Vai was more complimentary about Blackmore's role in developing song ideas : "He was able to bring blues to rock playing unlike anybody else." The third Deep Purple line-up featured David Coverdale on vocals and Glenn Hughes on bass and vocals. Songwriting was now more fragmented, as opposed to the band compositions from the Mark Two era. This "Mark Three" line-up lasted until mid-1975 and produced two studio albums. Blackmore quit the band to front a new group, Rainbow. In 1974, Blackmore took cello lessons from Hugh McDowell (of ELO). Blackmore later stated that when playing a different musical instrument, he found it refreshing because there is a sense of adventure not knowing exactly what chord he's playing or what key he is in. Blackmore originally planned to make a solo album, but instead in 1975 formed his own band, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, later shortened to Rainbow. Featuring vocalist Ronnie James Dio and his blues rock backing band Elf as studio musicians, this first line-up never performed live. The band's debut album, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, was released in 1975. Rainbow was originally thought to be a one-off collaboration, but endured as an ongoing band project with a series of album releases and tours. Rainbow's music was partly inspired by elements of medieval and baroque music since Blackmore started to play cello for musical composition. During this period, Blackmore wrote a crucial part of Dio's basic melodies, particularly on their debut album. Shortly after the first album was recorded, Blackmore recruited new backing musicians to record the second album Rising (1976), and the following live album, On Stage (1977). Rising was originally billed as "Blackmore's Rainbow" in the US. After the next studio album's release and supporting tour in 1978, Dio left Rainbow due to "creative differences" with Blackmore, who desired to move in a more commercial sounding direction. Blackmore continued with Rainbow, and in 1979 the band released a new album titled Down To Earth, which featured R&B singer Graham Bonnet. During song composition, Bonnet says that he wrote his vocal melodies based upon the lyrics of bassist Roger Glover. The album marked the commercialisation of the band's sound and contained their first smash hit with the single "Since You Been Gone" (penned by Russ Ballard). 1980s The next Rainbow album, Difficult to Cure (1981), introduced melodic vocalist Joe Lynn Turner. The instrumental title track from this album was an arrangement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with additional music. Blackmore once said, "I found the blues too limiting, and classical was too disciplined. I was always stuck in a musical no man's land." The album marked the further commercialisation of the band's sound with Blackmore describing at the time a liking for the AOR band, Foreigner. The music was consciously radio-targeted in a more AOR style, resulting in some degree of alienation with many of Rainbow's earlier fans. Rainbow's next studio album was Straight Between the Eyes (1982) and included the hit single "Stone Cold". It would be followed by the album Bent Out of Shape (1983), which featured the single "Street of Dreams". In 1983, Rainbow was also nominated for a Grammy Award for the Blackmore-penned instrumental ballad track "Anybody There". Rainbow disbanded in 1984. A then-final Rainbow album, Finyl Vinyl, was patched together from live tracks and the B-sides of various singles. In 1984, Blackmore joined a reunion of the former Deep Purple "Mark Two" line-up and recorded new material. This reunion line-up lasted until 1989, producing two studio albums and one live album. Although the reunion's first album Perfect Strangers (1984) saw chart success, the second studio album The House of Blue Light (1987) displayed a sound that was closer to Rainbow's music and did not sell as well. The album's musical style differed from the traditional Purple sound due to Blackmore's Rainbow background, which distinguished him from the other members. 1990s The next Deep Purple line-up recorded one album titled Slaves and Masters (1990), which featured former Rainbow vocalist Joe Lynn Turner. During song composition, Turner wrote his vocal melodies. Subsequently, the "Mark Two" line-up reunited for a second time in late 1992 and produced one studio album, The Battle Rages On.... Overall, the traditional Deep Purple sound returned. During the follow-up promotional tour, Blackmore quit the band for good in November 1993. Prominent guitarist Joe Satriani was brought in to complete the remaining tour dates. Blackmore reformed Rainbow with new members in 1994. This Rainbow line-up, featuring hard rock singer Doogie White, lasted until 1997 and produced one album titled Stranger in Us All in 1995. It was originally intended to be a solo album but due to the record company pressures the record was billed as Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. Though Doogie White wasn't as distinctive as previous Rainbow singers, the album had a sound dissimilar to any Rainbow of old. This was Rainbow's eighth studio album, made after a gap of 12 years since Bent out of Shape, and is regarded as Blackmore's last hard rock album. A world tour including South America followed. Rainbow was disbanded once again after playing its final concert in 1997. Blackmore later said, "I didn't want to tour very much." Over the years Rainbow went through many personnel changes with no two studio albums featuring the same line-up: Blackmore was the sole constant band member. Rainbow achieved modest success; the band's worldwide sales are estimated at more than 28 million album copies, including 4 million copies sold in the US. In 1997 Blackmore, with his girlfriend Candice Night as vocalist, formed the traditional folk rock duo Blackmore's Night. From about 1995, they were already working on their debut album Shadow of the Moon (1997). Blackmore once portrayed their artistic characteristics as "Mike Oldfield plus Enya". Blackmore mostly used acoustic guitar, to back Night's delicate vocal melodies, which he wrote. Night said, "When he sings, he sings only for me, in private". As a result, his musical approach shifted to vocalist-centered sounds. They recorded a mixture of original and cover materials. The band's musical style is inspired by medieval music and it blended with Night's lyrics about love's themes. The second release, entitled Under a Violet Moon (1999) continued in the same folk-rock style, with Night's vocals remaining a prominent feature of the band's style. The title track's lyrics were partly written by Blackmore. "Violet" was his mother's first name and "Moon" was his grandmother's surname. 2000s–present In subsequent albums, particularly Fires at Midnight (2001) which featured the Bob Dylan cover "The Times They Are a Changin'", there was occasionally an increased incorporation of electric guitar into the music, whilst maintaining a folk rock direction. A live album, Past Times with Good Company was released in 2002. After the next studio album's release, an official compilation album Beyond the Sunset: The Romantic Collection was released in 2004, featuring music from the four studio albums. A Christmas-themed holiday album, Winter Carols was released in 2006. Through numerous personnel changes, the backing musicians have totalled 26 persons. Blackmore sometimes played drums in recording studio. They choose to avoid typical rock concert tours, instead limiting their appearances to small intimate venues. In 2011, Night said, "We have actually turned down a lot of (touring) opportunities." Blackmore continued to write her vocal melodies. They have released eleven studio albums, with the latest one being Nature's Light in 2021. A re-formed Rainbow performed three European concerts in June 2016. The concert setlists included both Rainbow and Deep Purple material. The band featured metal singer Ronnie Romero, keyboardist Jens Johansson and bassist Bob Nouveau. Equipment During the 1960s, Blackmore played a Gibson ES-335 but from 1970 he mainly played a Fender Stratocaster until he formed Blackmore's Night in 1997. The middle pick-up on his Stratocaster is screwed down and not used. Blackmore occasionally used a Fender Telecaster Thinline during recording sessions. He is also one of the first rock guitarists to use a "scalloped" fretboard which has a "U" shape between the frets. In his soloing, Blackmore combines blues scales and phrasing with dominant minor scales and ideas from European classical music. While playing he would often put the pick in his mouth, playing with his fingers. He occasionally uses the diatonic scale, with rapidly changing tonality. In the 1970s, Blackmore used a number of different Stratocasters; one of his main guitars was an Olympic white 1974 model with a rosewood fingerboard that was scalloped. Blackmore added a strap lock to the headstock of this guitar as a conversation piece to annoy and confuse people. His amplifiers were originally 200-Watt Marshall Major stacks which were modified by Marshall with an additional output-stage (generated approximately 27 dB) to make them sound more like Blackmore's favourite Vox AC30 amp cranked to full volume. Since 1994, he has used ENGL tube-amps. Effects he used from 1970 to 1997, besides his usual tape echo, included a Hornby Skewes treble booster in the early days. Around late-1973, he experimented with an EMS Synthi Hi Fli guitar synthesizer. He sometimes used a wah-wah pedal and a variable control treble-booster for sustain, and Moog Taurus bass pedals were used in solo parts during concerts. He also had a modified Aiwa TP-1011 tape machine built to supply echo and delay effects; the tape deck was also used as a pre-amp. Other effects that Blackmore used were a Uni-Vibe, a Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face and an Octave Divider. In the mid-1980s he experimented with Roland guitar synthesizers. A Roland GR-700 was seen on stage as late as 1995–96, later replaced with the GR-50. Blackmore has experimented with many different pick-ups in his Strats. In the early Rainbow era, they were still stock Fenders, later Dawk installed over wound, dipped, Fender pick-ups. He has also used Schecter F-500-Ts, Velvet Hammer "Red Rhodes", DiMarzio "HS-2", OBL "Black Label", Bill Lawrence L-450, XL-250 (bridge), L-250 (neck). In his signature stratocaster Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Flat SSL-4's are used to emulate the Schecter F500ts and since the early 90s, he has used Lace Sensor (Gold) "noiseless" pick-ups. Musical influences and tastes Blackmore credits fellow guitarist Eric Clapton's music with helping him develop his own style of vibrato around 1968 or 1969. In 1979, Blackmore said: "I like popular music. I like ABBA very much. But there's so much stigma like, 'you can't do this because you're a heavy band', and I think that's rubbish. You should do what you want ... I think classical music is very good for the soul. A lot of people go 'ah well, classical music is for old fogies' but I was exactly the same. At 16 I didn't want to know about classical music: I'd had it rammed down my throat. But now I feel an obligation to tell the kids 'look, just give classical music a chance' ... the guitar frustrates me a lot because I'm not good enough to play it sometimes so I get mad and throw a moody. Sometimes I feel that what I'm doing is not right, in the sense that the whole rock and roll business has become a farce, like Billy Smart, Jr. Circus, and the only music that ever moves me is very disciplined classical music, which I can't play. But there's a reason I've made money. It's because I believe in what I'm doing, in that I do it my way—I play for myself first, then secondly the audience—I try to put as much as I can in it for them. Lastly I play for musicians and the band, and for critics not at all." Personal life In May 1964, Blackmore married Margit Volkmar (b. 1945) from Germany. They lived in Hamburg during the late 1960s. Their son, Jürgen (b. 1964), played guitar in the touring tribute band Over the Rainbow. Following their divorce, Blackmore married Bärbel, a former dancer from Germany, in September 1969 until their divorce in early 1970s. As a result, he is a fluent German speaker. For tax-reasons, he moved to the US in 1974. Initially he lived in Oxnard, California, with opera singer Shoshana Feinstein for one year. She provided backing vocals on two songs in Rainbow's first album. During this period, he listened to early European classical music and light music a lot, for about three-quarters of his private time. Blackmore once said, "It's hard to relate that to rock. I listen very carefully to the patterns that Bach plays. I like direct, dramatic music." After having an affair with another woman, Christine, Blackmore met Amy Rothman in 1978, and moved to Connecticut. He married Rothman in 1981, but they divorced in 1983. Following the marriage's conclusion, he began a relationship with Tammi Williams. In early 1984 Blackmore met Williams in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where she was working as a hotel employee. In the same year, he purchased his first car, having learned to drive at 39 years of age. Blackmore and then-fashion model Candice Night began living together in 1991. They moved to her native Long Island in 1993. Having been engaged for nearly fifteen years, the couple married in 2008. Night said, "he's making me younger and I'm aging him rapidly." Their daughter Autumn was born on 27 May 2010, and their son Rory on 7 February 2012. Blackmore is a heavy drinker, and watches German-language television on his satellite dish when he is at home. He has several German friends and a collection of about 2,000 CDs of Renaissance music. Legacy Readers of Guitar World voted two of Blackmore's guitar solos (both recorded with Deep Purple) among the 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of all time. ("Highway Star" ranked 19th, and "Lazy" ranked 74th.) On 8 April 2016, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of original members of Deep Purple; however, he did not attend the ceremony. In 1993, Musicologist Robert Walser defined him as "the most important musician of the emerging metal/classical fusion". He is also credited as a precursor of the so-called "guitar shredders" that emerged in the mid-1980s. Blackmore has been an influence on various guitarists such as Fredrik Åkesson, Brett Garsed, Janick Gers, Paul Gilbert, Craig Goldy, Scott Henderson, Dave Meniketti, Randy Rhoads, Michael Romeo, Wolf Hoffmann, Lita Ford, Brian May, and Yngwie Malmsteen. He was portrayed by Mathew Baynton in the 2009 film Telstar. Discography Session recordings (1960–1968) 1963 The Outlaws – "The Return of the Outlaws" b/w "Texan Spiritual" (Single) 1963 The Outlaws – "That Set The Wild West Free b/w "Hobo"" (Single) 1963 The Outlaws – "Law And Order" b/w "Doo Dah Day" (Single) 1963 Michael Cox – "Don't You Break My Heart" b/w "Hark Is That A Cannon I Hear" (Single) 1963 Michael Cox – "Gee What A Party" b/w "Say That Again" (Single) 1963 Glenda Collins – "I Feel So Good" (the B-side of single) 1963 Glenda Collins – "If You Gotta Pick A Baby" b/w "In The First place" (Single) 1963 Heinz – "Dreams Do Come True" b/w "Been Invited to a Party" (Single) 1963 Heinz – "Just Like Eddie" b/w "Don't You Knock at My Door" (Single) 1963 Heinz – Tribute To Eddie ("Tribute To Eddie"; "Hush – A- Bye – Baby"; "Summertime Blues"; "Come on And Dance"; "20 Flight Rock"; "I Remember") 1963 Heinz – Heinz (EP: "I Get Up In The Morning"; "Talkin' Like A Man"; "That Lucky Old Sun"; "Lonely River") 1963 Heinz – "Country Boy" b/w "Long Tall Jack" (Single) 1963 Heinz – Live It Up (EP: "Live It Up"; "Don't You Understand"; "When Your Loving Goes Wrong") 1963 Houston Wells – "Only The Heartaches" (Single) 1963 Dave Adams – "Like A Bird Without Feathers" (the B-side of single) 1963 Dave Adams – "You Made Me Cry" (the B-side of single) 1963 Jenny Moss – "Hobbies" b/w "Big Boy" (Single) 1963 Geoff Goddard – "Sky Men" b/w "Walk With Me My Angel" (Single) 1963 Pamela Blue – "My Friend Bobby" b/w "Hey There Stranger" (Single) 1963 Gunilla Thorne – "Go on Then" (the B-side of single) 1963 Joe Meek Orchestra – "The Kennedy March" (Single) 1964 The Outlaws – "Keep A Knockin'" b/w "Shake With Me" (Single) 1964 The Outlaws – "The Bike Beat Part 1" b/w "The Bike Beat Part 2" (Single) 1964 Glenda Collins – "Baby It Hurts" b/w "Nice Wasn't It" (Single) 1964 Glenda Collins – "Lollipop" b/w "Evrybody's Got To Fall in Love" (Single) 1964 The Sharades – "Boy Trouble" (the B-side of single) 1964 Andy Cavell – "Tell The Truth" (Single) 1964 Davy Kaye – "A Fool Such As I" (Single) 1964 Houston Wells – "Galway Bay" b/w "Living Alone" (Single) 1964 Houston Wells & The Marksmen – Ramona (EP: "Ramona"; "Girl Down The Street"; "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now"; "Nobody's Child") 1964 Heinz – "You Were There" b/w "No Matter What They Say" (Single) 1964 Heinz – "Please Little Girl" b/w "For Lovin' Me This Way" (Single) 1964 Heinz – "Questions I Can't Answer" b/w "The Beating Of My Heart" (Single) 1964 Valerie Masters – "Christmas Calling" b/w "He Didn't Fool Me" (Single) 1965 The Outlaws – "Only For You" (the B-side of single) 1965 Michael Cox – Michael Cox in Sweden (EP: "I've Been Thinking"; "Is This Lonesome Old House") 1965 Glenda Collins – "Johnny Loves Me" b/w "Paradise For Two" (Single) 1965 Glenda Collins – "Thou Shalt Not Steal" b/w "Been Invited To A Party" (Single) 1965 Heinz – "Digging My Potatoes" b/w "She Ain't Coming Back" (Single) 1965 Heinz – "Don't Think Twice It's All Right" b/w "Big Fat Spider" (Single) 1965 Heinz – "End Of The World" b/w "You Make Me Feel So Good" (Single) 1965 Heinz – "Heart Full Of Sorrow" b/w "Don't Worry Baby" (Single) 1965 Screaming Lord Sutch – "The Train Kept A Rollin'" b/w "Honey Hush" (Single) 1965 Richie Blackmore Orchestra – "Getaway" b/w "Little Brown Jag" (Single) 1965 The Tornados – "Early Bird" b/w "Stomping Through The Rye" (Single) 1965 Jess Conrad – "It Can Happen To You" (the B-side of single) 1965 The Lancasters – "Satan's Holiday" b/w "Earthshaker" (Single) 1965 The Sessions – "Let Me In" b/w "Bouncing Bass" (Single) 1966 Heinz – "Movin' In" b/w "I'm Not A Bad Guy" (Single) 1966 Ronnie Jones – "My Only Souvenir" b/w "Satisfy My Soul" (Single) 1966 Soul Brothers – "Goodbye Babe, Goodbye" (Single) 1968 Neil Christian & The Crusaders – "My Baby Left Me" b/w "Yakkety Yak" (Single) 1968 Boz – "I Shall Be Released" b/w "Down in the Flood" (Single) 1968 Sundragon – "Five White Horses" (Single) 1968 Sundragon – Green Tambourine ("I Want To Be A Rock'n'roll Star", "Peacock Dress", "Love Minus Zero") 1968 Anan – "Madena" b/w "Standing Still" (Single) Previously unreleased outtakes 1963 Chad Carson – "A Fool in Love"; "Jesse James" 1963 Dave Adams – "It Feels Funny, It Feels Good"; "You Just Can't Do It on Your Own"; "Clean, Clean, Clean"; "The Birds and the Bees"; "Don't Put All Your Eggs in One Basket"; "Oh What A Party"; "Let Me In"; "They're All Up To It"; "Signs And Posters"; "Out Behind The Barn"; "There's Something at the Bottom of the Garden"; "The Bathroom" 1963 Gene Vincent & The Outlaws – "Dance to the Bop"; "High Blood Pressure"; "Baby Blue", "Blue Jean Bop"; "Lotta Lovin'"; "Crazy Beat"; "Rip It Up"; "Frankie & Johnny"; "Another Saturday Night"; "I'm Gonna Catch Me A Rat"; "Long Tall Sally" (Those songs were recorded live) 1963 Jenny Moss – "Please Let It Happen To Me"; "My Boy Comes Marching Home" 1964 Kim Roberts – "Love Can't Wait"; "Mr. Right" 1964 Houston Wells – "We'll Remember You" 1965 The Outlaws – "As Long As I Live" (recorded live) 1965 Glenda Collins – "Sing C' Est La Vie"; "Run To Me"; "Self Portrait" Compilations 1989 Ritchie Blackmore – Rock Profile Vol. 1 1991 Ritchie Blackmore – Rock Profile Vol. 2 1991 The Derek Lawrence Sessions Take 1 1992 The Derek Lawrence Sessions Take 3 1994 Heinz – Dreams Do Come True – The 45's Collection 1994 Ritchie Blackmore – Take It! Sessions 63/68 1995 It's Hard To Believe It: The Amazing World Of Joe Meek 1998 Ritchie Blackmore – Anthology Vol.1 1998 Ritchie Blackmore – Anthology Vol.2 2002 Joe Meek – The Alchemist of Pop: Home Made Hits and Rarities 1959–66 2005 Ritchie Blackmore – Getaway – Groups & Sessions 2008 Houston Wells – Then & Now: From Joe Meek To New Zealand Select guest appearances Green Bullfrog (1972) – a one-off session hosted by producer Derek Lawrence, recorded between February and May 1970, and featuring Big Jim Sullivan, Albert Lee and Ritchie Blackmore Screaming Lord Sutch & Heavy Friends – Hands of Jack the Ripper (1972) – recorded live in London in 1970, a one-off concert featuring musicians who had previously worked with Sutch Randy, Pie & Family – Hurry to the City"/"Looking with Eyes of Love (1973) – Blackmore featured on the A-side of the single Adam Faith – I Survive (1974) – Blackmore plays intro on the title track Jack Green – Humanesque (1980) – Blackmore plays on "I Call, No Answer" Rock Aid Armenia (1990) – Blackmore is featured as one of the guest soloists on the 1990 rendition of "Smoke on the Water", re-recorded to raise money to help those affected by the 1988 Armenian earthquake Laurent Voulzy – Caché Derrière (1992) – Blackmore plays solo on "Guitare héraut" Twang! A Tribute To Hank Marvin & The Shadows (1996) – Blackmore plays on "Apache" Sweet – All Right Now (1996) – recorded live in 1976, Blackmore plays on "All Right Now" Pat Boone – In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy (1997) – Blackmore plays on a cover of "Smoke On The Water" along with Dweezil Zappa Geyers Schwarzer Haufen – Live '99 (1999) – Blackmore plays on "Göttliche Devise", a bonus track off the album Geyers Schwarzer Haufen – Historock Lästerzungen (2004) – Blackmore plays on "God's Gospel" William Shatner – Seeking Major Tom (2011) – Blackmore and Candice Night guest on a cover of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" William Shatner – The Blues (2020) - Blackmore and Candice Night guest on a cover of B. B. King's "The Thrill Is Gone" References Further reading External links The Official Blackmore's Night website 1945 births Living people English rock guitarists English heavy metal guitarists New-age guitarists English folk guitarists English male guitarists English songwriters English people of Welsh descent Rainbow (rock band) members Blackmore's Night members The Outlaws (band) members Deep Purple members People from Weston-super-Mare English expatriates in the United States English session musicians Lead guitarists Slide guitarists English expatriates in Germany British mandolinists Hurdy-gurdy players Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages members 20th-century British guitarists 21st-century British guitarists Blues rock musicians

<mask> (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist and songwriter. He was a founding member of Deep Purple in 1968, playing jam-style hard rock music that mixed guitar riffs and organ sounds. He is prolific in creating guitar riffs and classically influenced solos. During his solo career, <mask> established the heavy metal band Rainbow, which fused baroque music influences and elements of hard rock. Rainbow steadily moved to catchy pop-style mainstream rock. He later formed the traditional folk rock project <mask>'s Night along with his now wife Candice Night, transitioning to vocalist-centred sounds. As a member of Deep Purple, <mask> was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2016.He is cited by publications such as Guitar World and Rolling Stone as one of the greatest and most influential guitar players of all time. Early life <mask> was born at Allendale Nursing Home in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, as second son to Lewis J<mask> and Violet (née Short). His father was born in Cardiff and his paternal grandfather was born in Swansea, Wales. The family moved to Heston, Middlesex, when <mask> was two. He was 11 when he was given his first guitar by his father on certain conditions, including learning how to play properly, so he took classical guitar lessons for one year. In an interview with Sounds magazine in 1979, <mask> said that he started the guitar because he wanted to be like British musician Tommy Steele, who used to just jump around and play. Blackmore loathed school and hated his teachers.While at school, <mask> participated in sports including the javelin. He left school at age 15 and started work as an apprentice radio mechanic at nearby Heathrow Airport. He took electric guitar lessons from session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan. Career 1960s In 1960 he began to work as a session player for Joe Meek's music productions, and performed in several bands. He was initially a member of the instrumental band the Outlaws, who played in both studio recordings and live concerts. Otherwise, in mainly studio recordings, he backed singer Glenda Collins, German-born pop singer Heinz (playing on his top ten hit "Just Like Eddie", "Beating Of My Heart"), and others. Thereafter, in mainly live concerts, he backed horror-themed singer Screaming Lord Sutch, beat singer Neil Christian, and others.<mask> joined a band-to-be called Roundabout in late 1967 after receiving an invitation from Chris Curtis. Curtis originated the concept of the band, but would be forced out before the band fully formed. After the line-up for Roundabout was complete in April 1968, <mask> is credited with suggesting the new name Deep Purple, as it was his grandmother's favorite song. Deep Purple's early sound leaned on psychedelic and progressive rock, but also included cover versions of 1960s pop songs. This "Mark One" line-up featuring singer Rod Evans and bass player Nick Simper lasted until mid-1969 and produced three studio albums. During this period, organist Jon Lord appeared to be the leader of the band, and wrote much of their original material. 1970s The first studio album from Purple's second line-up, In Rock (1970), signalled a transition in the band's sound from progressive rock to hard rock, with <mask> and Lord having heard King Crimson's debut album.This "Mark Two" line-up featuring rock singer Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover lasted until mid-1973, producing four studio albums (two of which reached No. 1 in the UK), and two live albums. During this period, the band's songs primarily came out of their jam sessions, so songwriting credits were shared by the five members. <mask> later stated, "I didn't give a damn about song construction. I just wanted to make as much noise and play as fast and as loud as possible." Famous guitarist Steve Vai was more complimentary about <mask>'s role in developing song ideas : "He was able to bring blues to rock playing unlike anybody else." The third Deep Purple line-up featured David Coverdale on vocals and Glenn Hughes on bass and vocals.Songwriting was now more fragmented, as opposed to the band compositions from the Mark Two era. This "Mark Three" line-up lasted until mid-1975 and produced two studio albums. <mask> quit the band to front a new group, Rainbow. In 1974, <mask> took cello lessons from Hugh McDowell (of ELO). <mask> later stated that when playing a different musical instrument, he found it refreshing because there is a sense of adventure not knowing exactly what chord he's playing or what key he is in. <mask> originally planned to make a solo album, but instead in 1975 formed his own band, <mask>'s Rainbow, later shortened to Rainbow. Featuring vocalist Ronnie James Dio and his blues rock backing band Elf as studio musicians, this first line-up never performed live.The band's debut album, <mask>'s Rainbow, was released in 1975. Rainbow was originally thought to be a one-off collaboration, but endured as an ongoing band project with a series of album releases and tours. Rainbow's music was partly inspired by elements of medieval and baroque music since <mask> started to play cello for musical composition. During this period, <mask> wrote a crucial part of Dio's basic melodies, particularly on their debut album. Shortly after the first album was recorded, <mask> recruited new backing musicians to record the second album Rising (1976), and the following live album, On Stage (1977). Rising was originally billed as "Blackmore's Rainbow" in the US. After the next studio album's release and supporting tour in 1978, Dio left Rainbow due to "creative differences" with <mask>, who desired to move in a more commercial sounding direction.<mask> continued with Rainbow, and in 1979 the band released a new album titled Down To Earth, which featured R&B singer Graham Bonnet. During song composition, Bonnet says that he wrote his vocal melodies based upon the lyrics of bassist Roger Glover. The album marked the commercialisation of the band's sound and contained their first smash hit with the single "Since You Been Gone" (penned by Russ Ballard). 1980s The next Rainbow album, Difficult to Cure (1981), introduced melodic vocalist Joe Lynn Turner. The instrumental title track from this album was an arrangement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with additional music. <mask> once said, "I found the blues too limiting, and classical was too disciplined. I was always stuck in a musical no man's land."The album marked the further commercialisation of the band's sound with <mask> describing at the time a liking for the AOR band, Foreigner. The music was consciously radio-targeted in a more AOR style, resulting in some degree of alienation with many of Rainbow's earlier fans. Rainbow's next studio album was Straight Between the Eyes (1982) and included the hit single "Stone Cold". It would be followed by the album Bent Out of Shape (1983), which featured the single "Street of Dreams". In 1983, Rainbow was also nominated for a Grammy Award for the Blackmore-penned instrumental ballad track "Anybody There". Rainbow disbanded in 1984. A then-final Rainbow album, Finyl Vinyl, was patched together from live tracks and the B-sides of various singles.In 1984, <mask> joined a reunion of the former Deep Purple "Mark Two" line-up and recorded new material. This reunion line-up lasted until 1989, producing two studio albums and one live album. Although the reunion's first album Perfect Strangers (1984) saw chart success, the second studio album The House of Blue Light (1987) displayed a sound that was closer to Rainbow's music and did not sell as well. The album's musical style differed from the traditional Purple sound due to <mask>'s Rainbow background, which distinguished him from the other members. 1990s The next Deep Purple line-up recorded one album titled Slaves and Masters (1990), which featured former Rainbow vocalist Joe Lynn Turner. During song composition, Turner wrote his vocal melodies. Subsequently, the "Mark Two" line-up reunited for a second time in late 1992 and produced one studio album, The Battle Rages On....Overall, the traditional Deep Purple sound returned. During the follow-up promotional tour, <mask> quit the band for good in November 1993. Prominent guitarist Joe Satriani was brought in to complete the remaining tour dates. <mask> reformed Rainbow with new members in 1994. This Rainbow line-up, featuring hard rock singer Doogie White, lasted until 1997 and produced one album titled Stranger in Us All in 1995. It was originally intended to be a solo album but due to the record company pressures the record was billed as <mask>'s Rainbow. Though Doogie White wasn't as distinctive as previous Rainbow singers, the album had a sound dissimilar to any Rainbow of old.This was Rainbow's eighth studio album, made after a gap of 12 years since Bent out of Shape, and is regarded as <mask>'s last hard rock album. A world tour including South America followed. Rainbow was disbanded once again after playing its final concert in 1997. <mask> later said, "I didn't want to tour very much." Over the years Rainbow went through many personnel changes with no two studio albums featuring the same line-up: <mask> was the sole constant band member. Rainbow achieved modest success; the band's worldwide sales are estimated at more than 28 million album copies, including 4 million copies sold in the US. In 1997 <mask>, with his girlfriend Candice Night as vocalist, formed the traditional folk rock duo <mask>'s Night.From about 1995, they were already working on their debut album Shadow of the Moon (1997). <mask> once portrayed their artistic characteristics as "Mike Oldfield plus Enya". <mask> mostly used acoustic guitar, to back Night's delicate vocal melodies, which he wrote. Night said, "When he sings, he sings only for me, in private". As a result, his musical approach shifted to vocalist-centered sounds. They recorded a mixture of original and cover materials. The band's musical style is inspired by medieval music and it blended with Night's lyrics about love's themes.The second release, entitled Under a Violet Moon (1999) continued in the same folk-rock style, with Night's vocals remaining a prominent feature of the band's style. The title track's lyrics were partly written by <mask>. "Violet" was his mother's first name and "Moon" was his grandmother's surname. 2000s–present In subsequent albums, particularly Fires at Midnight (2001) which featured the Bob Dylan cover "The Times They Are a Changin'", there was occasionally an increased incorporation of electric guitar into the music, whilst maintaining a folk rock direction. A live album, Past Times with Good Company was released in 2002. After the next studio album's release, an official compilation album Beyond the Sunset: The Romantic Collection was released in 2004, featuring music from the four studio albums. A Christmas-themed holiday album, Winter Carols was released in 2006.Through numerous personnel changes, the backing musicians have totalled 26 persons. <mask> sometimes played drums in recording studio. They choose to avoid typical rock concert tours, instead limiting their appearances to small intimate venues. In 2011, Night said, "We have actually turned down a lot of (touring) opportunities." <mask> continued to write her vocal melodies. They have released eleven studio albums, with the latest one being Nature's Light in 2021. A re-formed Rainbow performed three European concerts in June 2016.The concert setlists included both Rainbow and Deep Purple material. The band featured metal singer Ronnie Romero, keyboardist Jens Johansson and bassist Bob Nouveau. Equipment During the 1960s, <mask> played a Gibson ES-335 but from 1970 he mainly played a Fender Stratocaster until he formed Blackmore's Night in 1997. The middle pick-up on his Stratocaster is screwed down and not used. <mask> occasionally used a Fender Telecaster Thinline during recording sessions. He is also one of the first rock guitarists to use a "scalloped" fretboard which has a "U" shape between the frets. In his soloing, <mask> combines blues scales and phrasing with dominant minor scales and ideas from European classical music.While playing he would often put the pick in his mouth, playing with his fingers. He occasionally uses the diatonic scale, with rapidly changing tonality. In the 1970s, <mask> used a number of different Stratocasters; one of his main guitars was an Olympic white 1974 model with a rosewood fingerboard that was scalloped. <mask> added a strap lock to the headstock of this guitar as a conversation piece to annoy and confuse people. His amplifiers were originally 200-Watt Marshall Major stacks which were modified by Marshall with an additional output-stage (generated approximately 27 dB) to make them sound more like <mask>'s favourite Vox AC30 amp cranked to full volume. Since 1994, he has used ENGL tube-amps. Effects he used from 1970 to 1997, besides his usual tape echo, included a Hornby Skewes treble booster in the early days.Around late-1973, he experimented with an EMS Synthi Hi Fli guitar synthesizer. He sometimes used a wah-wah pedal and a variable control treble-booster for sustain, and Moog Taurus bass pedals were used in solo parts during concerts. He also had a modified Aiwa TP-1011 tape machine built to supply echo and delay effects; the tape deck was also used as a pre-amp. Other effects that <mask> used were a Uni-Vibe, a Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face and an Octave Divider. In the mid-1980s he experimented with Roland guitar synthesizers. A Roland GR-700 was seen on stage as late as 1995–96, later replaced with the GR-50. <mask> has experimented with many different pick-ups in his Strats.In the early Rainbow era, they were still stock Fenders, later Dawk installed over wound, dipped, Fender pick-ups. He has also used Schecter F-500-Ts, Velvet Hammer "Red Rhodes", DiMarzio "HS-2", OBL "Black Label", Bill Lawrence L-450, XL-250 (bridge), L-250 (neck). In his signature stratocaster Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Flat SSL-4's are used to emulate the Schecter F500ts and since the early 90s, he has used Lace Sensor (Gold) "noiseless" pick-ups. Musical influences and tastes <mask> credits fellow guitarist Eric Clapton's music with helping him develop his own style of vibrato around 1968 or 1969. In 1979, <mask> said: "I like popular music. I like ABBA very much. But there's so much stigma like, 'you can't do this because you're a heavy band', and I think that's rubbish.You should do what you want ... I think classical music is very good for the soul. A lot of people go 'ah well, classical music is for old fogies' but I was exactly the same. At 16 I didn't want to know about classical music: I'd had it rammed down my throat. But now I feel an obligation to tell the kids 'look, just give classical music a chance' ... the guitar frustrates me a lot because I'm not good enough to play it sometimes so I get mad and throw a moody. Sometimes I feel that what I'm doing is not right, in the sense that the whole rock and roll business has become a farce, like Billy Smart, Jr. Circus, and the only music that ever moves me is very disciplined classical music, which I can't play.But there's a reason I've made money. It's because I believe in what I'm doing, in that I do it my way—I play for myself first, then secondly the audience—I try to put as much as I can in it for them. Lastly I play for musicians and the band, and for critics not at all." Personal life In May 1964, Blackmore married Margit Volkmar (b. 1945) from Germany. They lived in Hamburg during the late 1960s. Their son, Jürgen (b.1964), played guitar in the touring tribute band Over the Rainbow. Following their divorce, <mask> married Bärbel, a former dancer from Germany, in September 1969 until their divorce in early 1970s. As a result, he is a fluent German speaker. For tax-reasons, he moved to the US in 1974. Initially he lived in Oxnard, California, with opera singer Shoshana Feinstein for one year. She provided backing vocals on two songs in Rainbow's first album. During this period, he listened to early European classical music and light music a lot, for about three-quarters of his private time.<mask> once said, "It's hard to relate that to rock. I listen very carefully to the patterns that Bach plays. I like direct, dramatic music." After having an affair with another woman, Christine, <mask> met Amy Rothman in 1978, and moved to Connecticut. He married Rothman in 1981, but they divorced in 1983. Following the marriage's conclusion, he began a relationship with Tammi Williams. In early 1984 <mask> met Williams in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where she was working as a hotel employee.In the same year, he purchased his first car, having learned to drive at 39 years of age. <mask> and then-fashion model Candice Night began living together in 1991. They moved to her native Long Island in 1993. Having been engaged for nearly fifteen years, the couple married in 2008. Night said, "he's making me younger and I'm aging him rapidly." Their daughter Autumn was born on 27 May 2010, and their son Rory on 7 February 2012. <mask> is a heavy drinker, and watches German-language television on his satellite dish when he is at home.He has several German friends and a collection of about 2,000 CDs of Renaissance music. Legacy Readers of Guitar World voted two of <mask>'s guitar solos (both recorded with Deep Purple) among the 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of all time. ("Highway Star" ranked 19th, and "Lazy" ranked 74th.) On 8 April 2016, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of original members of Deep Purple; however, he did not attend the ceremony. In 1993, Musicologist Robert Walser defined him as "the most important musician of the emerging metal/classical fusion". He is also credited as a precursor of the so-called "guitar shredders" that emerged in the mid-1980s. <mask> has been an influence on various guitarists such as Fredrik Åkesson, Brett Garsed, Janick Gers, Paul Gilbert, Craig Goldy, Scott Henderson, Dave Meniketti, Randy Rhoads, Michael Romeo, Wolf Hoffmann, Lita Ford, Brian May, and Yngwie Malmsteen.He was portrayed by Mathew Baynton in the 2009 film Telstar. Right" 1964 Houston Wells – "We'll Remember You" 1965 The Outlaws – "As Long As I Live" (recorded live) 1965 Glenda Collins – "Sing C' Est La Vie"; "Run To Me"; "Self Portrait" Compilations 1989 <mask> – Rock Profile Vol. 1 1991 <mask> – Rock Profile Vol. 2 1991 The Derek Lawrence Sessions Take 1 1992 The Derek Lawrence Sessions Take 3 1994 Heinz – Dreams Do Come True – The 45's Collection 1994 <mask> – Take It! A Tribute To Hank Marvin & The Shadows (1996) <mask> plays on "Apache" Sweet – All Right Now (1996) – recorded live in 1976, <mask> plays on "All Right Now" Pat Boone – In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy (1997) <mask> plays on a cover of "Smoke On The Water" along with Dweezil Zappa Geyers Schwarzer Haufen – Live '99 (1999) <mask> plays on "Göttliche Devise", a bonus track off the album Geyers Schwarzer Haufen – Historock Lästerzungen (2004) – <mask> plays on "God's Gospel" William Shatner – Seeking Major Tom (2011) <mask> and Candice Night guest on a cover of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" William Shatner – The Blues (2020) - <mask> and Candice Night guest on a cover of B. B. King's "The Thrill Is Gone" References Further reading External links The Official Blackmore's Night website 1945 births Living people English rock guitarists English heavy metal guitarists New-age guitarists English folk guitarists English male guitarists English songwriters English people of Welsh descent Rainbow (rock band) members Blackmore's Night members The Outlaws (band) members Deep Purple members People from Weston-super-Mare English expatriates in the United States English session musicians Lead guitarists Slide guitarists English expatriates in Germany British mandolinists Hurdy-gurdy players Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages members 20th-century British guitarists 21st-century British guitarists Blues rock musicians

<mask> is an English musician. He was a founding member of Deep Purple, a band that played a mixture of jam-style hard rock and organ sounds. He creates a lot of guitar riffs and classically influenced solo. <mask> founded the heavy metal band Rainbow, which fused baroque music influences and elements of hard rock. Rainbow became a pop-style mainstream rock. He formed the traditional folk rock project <mask>'s Night with his wife. <mask> was a member of Deep Purple when he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.He is cited in publications such as Guitar World and Rolling Stone as one of the greatest and most influential guitar players of all time. <mask> was the second son to Lewis J<mask> and Violet. His father and grandfather were both born in Wales. <mask> was two when the family moved to Heston. He took classical guitar lessons for a year after his father gave him his first guitar. <mask> told Sounds magazine in 1979 that he started the guitar because he wanted to be like Tommy Steele. Blackmore hated his teachers.Blackmore was involved in sports at school. He started working as a radio mechanic at the airport at the age of 15. Big Jim Sullivan taught him how to play the electric guitar. He began his career in 1960 as a session player for Joe Meek's music productions. He was a member of the band that played live and in the studio. He backed singer Glenda Collins, German-born pop singer Heinz, and others in studio recordings. He supported singer Screaming Lord Sutch, beat singer Neil Christian, and others.<mask> joined the band after receiving an invitation. The band would be forced out before it was fully formed. After the line-up for Roundabout was complete in April 1968, <mask> is credited with suggesting the new name Deep Purple, as it was his grandmother's favorite song. There were cover versions of 1960s pop songs in Deep Purple's early sound. Three studio albums were produced by the "Mark One" line-up of Rod Evans and Nick Simper. Jon Lord wrote a lot of the band's original material during this period. The first studio album from Purple's second line-up, In Rock, signaled a transition in the band's sound from progressive rock to hard rock, with <mask> and Lord having heard King Crimson's debut album.Ian Gillan and Roger Glover were part of the "Mark Two" line-up, which produced four studio albums. There are two live albums in the UK. The band's songs mostly came out of their jam sessions, so the five members shared the songwriting credits. <mask> said that he didn't give a damn about song construction. I wanted to make noise and play fast. Steve Vai said that <mask> was able to bring blues to rock playing. David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes played bass and vocals in the third Deep Purple line-up.The band compositions from the Mark Two era were more fragmented. The "Mark Three" line-up produced two studio albums. <mask> quit the band to front a new group. <mask> took cello lessons in 1974. <mask> said that playing a different musical instrument gave him a sense of adventure because he didn't know what key he was in. <mask> originally planned to make a solo album, but in 1975 formed his own band, Rainbow. This first line-up was never performed live.The band's debut album was released in 1975. Rainbow was thought to be a one-off collaboration, but continued as an ongoing band project with a series of album releases and tours. <mask> started playing cello for musical composition and inspired elements of medieval and baroque music in Rainbow's music. <mask> wrote a crucial part of the basic melody on their debut album. After the first album was recorded, <mask> recruited new backing musicians to record the second and third albums. It was originally called "Blackmore's Rainbow" in the US. <mask> wanted to move in a more commercial sounding direction and left Rainbow after the next studio album's release in 1978.In 1979 the band released a new album called Down To Earth, which featured R&B singer Graham Bonnet. According to Bonnet, he wrote his vocal melody based on the bassist's lyrics. The band's first hit was " Since You Been Gone", written by Russ Ballard, which marked the commercialisation of the band's sound. Difficult to Cure introduced melodic vocalist Joe Lynn Turner. The title track of the album was an arrangement of Beethoven's Ninth symphony. <mask> once said that the blues and classical were too disciplined. I was stuck in a musical land.The album marked the further commercialisation of the band's sound with <mask> describing at the time a liking for the AOR band, Foreigner. The music was radio-targeted in a more AOR style, which resulted in some degree of alienating with many of Rainbow's earlier fans. Straight Between the Eyes was the next studio album by Rainbow. The single "Street of Dreams" was featured on the album Bent Out of Shape. The Blackmore-penned instrumental song "Anybody There" was nominated for a gramophone award in 1983. The Rainbow ceased to exist in 1984. The B-sides of various singles were used to patch together the final Rainbow album, Finyl Vinyl.<mask> joined a reunion of the former Deep Purple "Mark Two" line-up and recorded new material. The reunion line-up produced two studio albums and one live album. The House of Blue Light was the second studio album of the reunion and it did not sell as well as the first. <mask>'s Rainbow background made him different from the other members of the band. The next Deep Purple album was titled Slaves and Masters and featured former Rainbow vocalist Joe Lynn Turner. Turner wrote his vocal melody during the song composition. The Battle Rages On was a studio album produced by the "Mark Two" line-up.The traditional Deep Purple sound came back. <mask> quit the band in November 1993. Joe Satriani was brought in to finish the tour. <mask> reformed Rainbow in 1994. The Rainbow line-up, featuring Doogie White, lasted until 1997 and produced one album. Due to the pressures of the record company, it was changed to <mask>'s Rainbow. The sound of Doogie White's album was very different to that of previous Rainbow singers.<mask>'s last hard rock album is considered to be Rainbow's eighth studio album. South America was included in a world tour. The band played its final concert in 1997. <mask> said he didn't want to tour very much. <mask> was the sole constant member of the band, which went through many personnel changes over the years. The band's worldwide sales are estimated at more than 28 million album copies, with 4 million copies sold in the US. The traditional folk rock duo <mask>'s Night was formed in 1997 by <mask> and his girlfriend.Shadow of the Moon was their debut album. <mask> used to portray their artistic characteristics as "Mike Oldfield plus Enya". <mask> used acoustic guitar to back Night's vocal melody. Night said that when he sings, he only sings for him. His approach shifted to vocalist-centered sounds. There was a mixture of original and cover materials recorded. Night's lyrics about love's themes were incorporated into the band's musical style.Night's vocals remain a prominent feature of the band's style, despite the fact that the second release continued in the same folk-rock style. <mask> wrote the lyrics to the title track. His mother's first name was "Violet" and his grandmother's was "Moon". In Fires at Midnight (2001), which featured the Bob Dylan cover "The Times They Are a Changin'", there was occasionally an increased inclusion of electric guitar into the music, whilst maintaining a folk rock direction. Past Times with Good Company was a live album. The album Beyond the Sunset: The Romantic Collection was released in 2004, featuring music from the four studio albums. Winter Carols was released in 2006The backing musicians have changed many times. <mask> used to play drums in the studio. They limit their appearances to small intimate venues, avoiding typical rock concert tours. Night said in 2011 that they had turned down a lot of tour opportunities. <mask> continued to write. Nature's Light is the 11th studio album they have released. There were three European concerts performed by a re-formed Rainbow.Both Deep Purple and Rainbow material were included in the concert setlists. The band had a metal singer, a keyboardist, and a bassist. During the 1960s and 1970s, <mask> played a variety of instruments, but from 1970 to 1997 he only played a guitar. The pick-up is not being used. <mask> occasionally used a guitar. He is one of the first rock guitarists to use a "scalloped" fretboard which has a "U" shape between the frets. In his soloing, <mask> combines blues scales and phrasing with ideas from European classical music.He would play with his fingers and put the pick in his mouth. He occasionally uses the diatonic scale. One of <mask>'s main guitars was an Olympic white 1974 model with a rosewood fingerboard. <mask> added a strap lock to the guitar's headstock as a conversation piece to annoy and confuse people. His amplifier were originally 200-Watt Marshall Major stacks which were modified by Marshall with an additional output-stage to make them sound more like <mask>'s favourite amplifier. He's used ENGL tube-amps since 1994. He used effects from 1970 to 1997 that included a Hornby Skewes booster.He was experimenting with a guitar synthesizer. During concerts, he used a wah-wah pedal and a variable control treble-booster for sustain. echo and delay effects were supplied by a modified Aiwa TP-1011 tape machine and the tape deck was used as a pre-amp. Blackmore used effects such as a Uni-Vibe, a Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face and an Octave Divider. He was experimenting with guitar synthesizer in the 1980's. The GR-700 was seen on stage in 1995 and was replaced by the GR-50. <mask> has had many different pick-ups in his car.They were still stock Fenders in the early Rainbow era. He has also used Bill Lawrence L-450, Velvet Hammer "Red Rhodes", DiMarzio "HS-2" and OBL "Black Label". Since the early 90s, Seymour Duncan has used a "noiseless" pick-up called the Lace Sensor. Eric Clapton's music helped <mask> develop his own style of vibrato around 1968 or 1969. <mask> said in 1979 that he liked popular music. I like ABBA a lot. There's a lot of stigma about 'you can't do this because you're a heavy band'.You should do what you want. Classical music is good for the soul. I was the same as a lot of people who said classical music is for old fogies. I didn't want to know about classical music when I was 16. I feel an obligation to tell the kids 'look, just give classical music a chance' because the guitar frustrates me a lot. I feel like the rock and roll business has become a farce, like Billy Smart, Jr., because I feel that what I'm doing is not right. Classical music, which I can't play, is the only music that moves me.There's a reason I've made money. It's because I believe in what I'm doing, I play for myself first, then the audience, and I try to put as much as I can in it for them. I play for musicians and the band, but not for critics. <mask> married Margit Volkmar in 1964. From Germany in 1945. They lived in Germany in the late 1960s. Jrgen was their son.He was a member of the touring tribute band Over the Rainbow. In 1969 <mask> married Brbel, a former dancer from Germany, after their divorce. He is proficient in German. He moved to the US for tax reasons. He and Shoshana Feinstein lived in California for a year. In Rainbow's first album, she provided backing vocals. For about three-quarters of his private time, he listened to classical and light music.It's hard to relate that to rock. I keep an eye on the patterns that Bach plays. I like dramatic music. <mask> moved to Connecticut after having an affair with another woman. He was married to Rothman in 1981 but they divorced in 1983. He began a relationship with Tammi Williams after the marriage ended. <mask> met Williams in Tennessee in 1984 while she was working as a hotel employee.He bought his first car at 39 years of age. <mask> and Night lived together in 1991. They moved to Long Island in 1993. The couple got married in 2008. Night said that he's making him younger and he's aging him quickly. Autumn was born on May 27, 2010, andRory was born on February 7, 2012 When <mask> is at home, he watches German-language television on his satellite dish.There is a collection of about 2,000 CDs of Renaissance music in his possession. Two of <mask>'s guitar solo were voted among the 100 greatest guitar solo of all time by Legacy Readers of Guitar World. Highway Star was ranked 19th and "Lazy" was ranked 74th. He was one of the original members of Deep Purple but did not attend the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony. Robert Walser said in 1993 that he was the most important musician of the emerging metal/classical fusion. He is believed to be a progenitor of the guitar shredders that emerged in the 1980s. <mask> has been an influence on many guitarists.He was portrayed by Mathew Baynton. The Outlaws recorded "As Long As I Live" in 1965, Glenda Collins recorded "Run To Me" in 1965, and <mask> recorded "Self Portrait" in 1989. Rock Profile Vol. 1 was written by <mask>. The Derek Lawrence sessions took 1 in 1992 and 3 in 1994. <mask> plays on a song by Hank Marvin and The Shadows. B. The Official Blackmore's Night website 1945 births Living people English rock guitarists English heavy metal guitarists New-age guitarists English folk guitarists English male guitarists English songwriters English people of Welsh descent

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Martin Richard Asher is an American lawyer and former recording company executive. He is currently an affiliate professor of music business and an advisor to the undergraduate commercial music program at Florida Atlantic University. Biography Dick Asher became widely known to the general public through Frederic Dannen's 1990 book Hit Men: Power Brokers And Fast Money Inside The Music Business, which chronicled Asher's music industry career, particularly focussing on his tenure as Deputy President of Columbia Records between 1979 and 1983, his corporate and personal battles with controversial label president Walter Yetnikoff, and Asher's attempts in the early 1980s to expose and defeat the growing influence of a cabal of independent record promotion agents known as "The Network". A veteran of the United States Marine Corps, Asher received degrees from Tufts University and Cornell Law School before beginning his working life as a corporate lawyer. His music industry career began in the mid-1960s when he was appointed as Vice President of Business Affairs for the CBS (now Sony Music) group of record labels, which included the Columbia and Epic Records labels. One of his first major duties at CBS was a 1966 meeting with Bob Dylan in Woodstock, New York, shortly after Dylan's legendary motorcycle accident, to negotiate the renewal of Dylan's Columbia recording contract. Asher rapidly gained a reputation for his honesty, integrity, loyalty, thoroughness and able business administration. In 1970 he was appointed Vice President of Capitol Reocrds' east coast division, but the move was not a successful one for Asher (Dannen described it as "a disaster") and in 1971 Asher gratefully accepted Columbia president Clive Davis's offer to return to CBS. In 1972 he was sent to London to take over Columbia's loss-making UK division, which he soon returned to profit, and he was subsequently promoted to become the head of CBS' entire overseas recording operation. In 1979 the music industry experienced a major and rapid downturn in sales, and the CBS labels suffering a serious drop in profits. To deal with this crisis, then CBS Chief Operating Officer John Backe created the new position of Deputy President of Columbia Records and appointed Asher to the role, where he implemented a stringent but effective (although very unpopular) round of cost-cutting, during which he was obliged to retrench hundreds of CBS staff. One area of expenditure that soon became a matter of particular concern to Asher was the large and rising cost of payments to independent promotion agents, and Asher calculated that this little-known facet of the company's operation was by then costing CBS alone around $10 million annually. For most of their history, music publishers and record labels had long used "song pluggers", freelance promotions agents who were hired on a casual basis to promote and sell new sheet music - and later, new record releases - to department and music stores, and radio station program directors. For many years this had been a relatively low-cost operation, but through the late 1960s and early 1970s, the combination of increasing competition between record labels, the enormous increase in the volume of new records, and the development of the restrictive Top 40 radio programming format meant that by the mid-1970s record labels were finding it increasingly difficult to get new releases placed into radio station playlists by their house marketing staff, and the American labels began to rely more and more heavily on a small group of powerful and influential independent promoters. As he investigated Columbia's expenditures during 1979, Asher quickly realised that the cost of paying these "indies" (independent promotion agents) had skyrocketed - when he took over the CBS UK operation in 1972, an "indie" might only charge around $100 per week, but by 1980 it was estimated that the major labels were paying $100,000-$200,000 or more per record to hire these agents to promote their products to radio, and it was calculated that, industry-wide, the practice was by then costing at least $50 million annually. He also discovered that a group of the top independent American agents had organised themselves into a loose association known as "The Network", and that this group now had a virtual stranglehold over this crucial area of record company promotions. In late 1979 Asher decided to test the power of The Network by deliberately not paying their agents to promote the new Pink Floyd single "Another Brick in the Wall" to radio stations in Los Angeles. The results dramatically validated his concerns - despite the fact that the group was the talk of the town at the time, performing sell-out concerts and garnering rave reviews, not one of the major L.A. radio stations would add the single to their playlist - but once the company resumed payments, the single quickly entered the Top 40, and in February 1980 its parent LP The Wall went to #1 on the Billboard album chart, where it remained for the next four months. For several reasons Asher was determined to stop the practice of paying these "indies", but his crusade was strongly opposed by his boss, Columbia's volatile President, Walter Yetnikoff, who personally disliked Asher and disagreed with many of his this business decisions. Yetnikoff strenuously defended the use of the "indies" as being essential to the company's business. Asher however was now greatly concerned about the wider ramifications of this practice - he realised that "The Network" was, in effect, an industry-wide extortion racket whose real power lay in its ability to prevent records from getting to radio, and he also suspected that its leaders may have had links to organised crime. Asher feared that this could precipitate another major scandal, on the scale of 1950s payola debacle, which destroyed the career of top DJ Alan Freed. Asher knew that there were instances of apparent fraud, in which the Network agents were charging large sums for the placement of records that in fact were never even played on radio, and that the use of "indies" could be construed as bribery. He also feared that these practices could have disastrous consequences for his company, because if it was found that the CBS labels had been involved in any criminal activity, the Federal Communications Commission had the power to suspend or even revoke the all-important broadcast licences held by Columbia's parent, CBS Inc. which operated the CBS television and radio networks. In 1981, with concern across the industry growing, and after negotiations between the major labels, CBS and Warner Communications agreed to a joint boycott on payments to The Network, but it fizzled out after only a few weeks, and the labels soon returned to paying the Network. Asher later found that one of his own labels, Epic, had been evading the boycott almost from the beginning, by hiding payments to The Network as "tour promotions" and other costs. By early 1983 Asher's financial efforts at CBS were reaping rewards, and the company posted its biggest quarterly profit since the late '70s, but in mid-April he was called to a meeting with Yetnikoff, who told him that CBS Music's new CEO Thomas Wyman "had problems" with him. Shocked and puzzled, Asher began to question Yetnikoff about the claim, but at this point the obviously uncomfortable Yetnikoff abruptly got up, left the room and (as Asher soon discovered) he immediately went home. Yetnikoff then deliberately avoided Asher for days. Asher eventually contacted Wyman and arranged a meeting, where Wyman told him that it was in fact Yetnikoff who "had problems" with Asher. Asher then searched the building trying to find Yetnikoff to discuss and hopefully resolve the issue, but he later found out that Yetnikoff had been deliberately hiding in another executive's office so that Asher could not find him. The following Friday Asher came to work to discover that his regularly scheduled weekly staff meeting had been cancelled, and that he had been ordered to come to Yetnikoff's office. There Asher was confronted by Yetnikoff and Wyman, who presented and demanded that Asher sign a one-line press statement announcing that he had left CBS. A stunned Asher refused to sign, despite repeated demands by Yetnikoff and Wyman, and he then insisted on seeing his lawyer. Asher realised he was being fired, but after consulting his lawyer, he realised that it would be pointless to fight the company and he acquiesced to his dismissal. Asher then spent almost a year "in the wilderness", during which time he found it almost impossible to find work, and was shunned by former colleagues, but in 1984, in a surprise move, he was brought in to act as a senior consultant on the proposed merger between the Warner and Polygram music groups. Ultimately Federal Trade Commission refused to approve the merger, but Asher had by then been appointed as a senior VIce-President at Warner Communications, and in October 1985 he was headhunted to become the new President and Chief Executive of Polygram Records Inc. References Dannen, Frederic, Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside The Music Business, Vintage Books, 1991 () Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American lawyers American chief executives

<mask> is an American lawyer and former recording company executive. He is currently an affiliate professor of music business and an advisor to the undergraduate commercial music program at Florida Atlantic University. Biography <mask> became widely known to the general public through Frederic Dannen's 1990 book Hit Men: Power Brokers And Fast Money Inside The Music Business, which chronicled <mask>'s music industry career, particularly focussing on his tenure as Deputy President of Columbia Records between 1979 and 1983, his corporate and personal battles with controversial label president Walter Yetnikoff, and <mask>'s attempts in the early 1980s to expose and defeat the growing influence of a cabal of independent record promotion agents known as "The Network". A veteran of the United States Marine Corps, <mask> received degrees from Tufts University and Cornell Law School before beginning his working life as a corporate lawyer. His music industry career began in the mid-1960s when he was appointed as Vice President of Business Affairs for the CBS (now Sony Music) group of record labels, which included the Columbia and Epic Records labels. One of his first major duties at CBS was a 1966 meeting with Bob Dylan in Woodstock, New York, shortly after Dylan's legendary motorcycle accident, to negotiate the renewal of Dylan's Columbia recording contract. <mask> rapidly gained a reputation for his honesty, integrity, loyalty, thoroughness and able business administration.In 1970 he was appointed Vice President of Capitol Reocrds' east coast division, but the move was not a successful one for <mask> (Dannen described it as "a disaster") and in 1971 <mask> gratefully accepted Columbia president Clive Davis's offer to return to CBS. In 1972 he was sent to London to take over Columbia's loss-making UK division, which he soon returned to profit, and he was subsequently promoted to become the head of CBS' entire overseas recording operation. In 1979 the music industry experienced a major and rapid downturn in sales, and the CBS labels suffering a serious drop in profits. To deal with this crisis, then CBS Chief Operating Officer John Backe created the new position of Deputy President of Columbia Records and appointed <mask> to the role, where he implemented a stringent but effective (although very unpopular) round of cost-cutting, during which he was obliged to retrench hundreds of CBS staff. One area of expenditure that soon became a matter of particular concern to <mask> was the large and rising cost of payments to independent promotion agents, and <mask> calculated that this little-known facet of the company's operation was by then costing CBS alone around $10 million annually. For most of their history, music publishers and record labels had long used "song pluggers", freelance promotions agents who were hired on a casual basis to promote and sell new sheet music - and later, new record releases - to department and music stores, and radio station program directors. For many years this had been a relatively low-cost operation, but through the late 1960s and early 1970s, the combination of increasing competition between record labels, the enormous increase in the volume of new records, and the development of the restrictive Top 40 radio programming format meant that by the mid-1970s record labels were finding it increasingly difficult to get new releases placed into radio station playlists by their house marketing staff, and the American labels began to rely more and more heavily on a small group of powerful and influential independent promoters.As he investigated Columbia's expenditures during 1979, <mask> quickly realised that the cost of paying these "indies" (independent promotion agents) had skyrocketed - when he took over the CBS UK operation in 1972, an "indie" might only charge around $100 per week, but by 1980 it was estimated that the major labels were paying $100,000-$200,000 or more per record to hire these agents to promote their products to radio, and it was calculated that, industry-wide, the practice was by then costing at least $50 million annually. He also discovered that a group of the top independent American agents had organised themselves into a loose association known as "The Network", and that this group now had a virtual stranglehold over this crucial area of record company promotions. In late 1979 <mask> decided to test the power of The Network by deliberately not paying their agents to promote the new Pink Floyd single "Another Brick in the Wall" to radio stations in Los Angeles. The results dramatically validated his concerns - despite the fact that the group was the talk of the town at the time, performing sell-out concerts and garnering rave reviews, not one of the major L.A. radio stations would add the single to their playlist - but once the company resumed payments, the single quickly entered the Top 40, and in February 1980 its parent LP The Wall went to #1 on the Billboard album chart, where it remained for the next four months. For several reasons <mask> was determined to stop the practice of paying these "indies", but his crusade was strongly opposed by his boss, Columbia's volatile President, Walter Yetnikoff, who personally disliked <mask> and disagreed with many of his this business decisions. Yetnikoff strenuously defended the use of the "indies" as being essential to the company's business. <mask> however was now greatly concerned about the wider ramifications of this practice - he realised that "The Network" was, in effect, an industry-wide extortion racket whose real power lay in its ability to prevent records from getting to radio, and he also suspected that its leaders may have had links to organised crime.<mask> feared that this could precipitate another major scandal, on the scale of 1950s payola debacle, which destroyed the career of top DJ Alan Freed. <mask> knew that there were instances of apparent fraud, in which the Network agents were charging large sums for the placement of records that in fact were never even played on radio, and that the use of "indies" could be construed as bribery. He also feared that these practices could have disastrous consequences for his company, because if it was found that the CBS labels had been involved in any criminal activity, the Federal Communications Commission had the power to suspend or even revoke the all-important broadcast licences held by Columbia's parent, CBS Inc. which operated the CBS television and radio networks. In 1981, with concern across the industry growing, and after negotiations between the major labels, CBS and Warner Communications agreed to a joint boycott on payments to The Network, but it fizzled out after only a few weeks, and the labels soon returned to paying the Network. <mask> later found that one of his own labels, Epic, had been evading the boycott almost from the beginning, by hiding payments to The Network as "tour promotions" and other costs. By early 1983 <mask>'s financial efforts at CBS were reaping rewards, and the company posted its biggest quarterly profit since the late '70s, but in mid-April he was called to a meeting with Yetnikoff, who told him that CBS Music's new CEO Thomas Wyman "had problems" with him. Shocked and puzzled, <mask> began to question Yetnikoff about the claim, but at this point the obviously uncomfortable Yetnikoff abruptly got up, left the room and (as <mask> soon discovered) he immediately went home.Yetnikoff then deliberately avoided <mask> for days. <mask> eventually contacted Wyman and arranged a meeting, where Wyman told him that it was in fact Yetnikoff who "had problems" with <mask>. <mask> then searched the building trying to find Yetnikoff to discuss and hopefully resolve the issue, but he later found out that Yetnikoff had been deliberately hiding in another executive's office so that <mask> could not find him. The following Friday <mask> came to work to discover that his regularly scheduled weekly staff meeting had been cancelled, and that he had been ordered to come to Yetnikoff's office. There <mask> was confronted by Yetnikoff and Wyman, who presented and demanded that <mask> sign a one-line press statement announcing that he had left CBS. A stunned <mask> refused to sign, despite repeated demands by Yetnikoff and Wyman, and he then insisted on seeing his lawyer. <mask> realised he was being fired, but after consulting his lawyer, he realised that it would be pointless to fight the company and he acquiesced to his dismissal.<mask> then spent almost a year "in the wilderness", during which time he found it almost impossible to find work, and was shunned by former colleagues, but in 1984, in a surprise move, he was brought in to act as a senior consultant on the proposed merger between the Warner and Polygram music groups. Ultimately Federal Trade Commission refused to approve the merger, but <mask> had by then been appointed as a senior VIce-President at Warner Communications, and in October 1985 he was headhunted to become the new President and Chief Executive of Polygram Records Inc. References Dannen, Frederic, Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside The Music Business, Vintage Books, 1991 () Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American lawyers American chief executives

An American lawyer and former recording company executive is <mask>. He is an advisor to the undergraduate commercial music program at Florida Atlantic University. Frederic Dannen's 1990 book Hit Men: Power Brokers And Fast Money Inside The Music Business, which chronicled <mask>'s music industry career, was widely known to the general public. <mask> was 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 His music industry career began in the 1960's when he was appointed as Vice President of Business Affairs for the CBS (now Sony Music) group of record labels. A meeting with Bob Dylan in Woodstock, New York, shortly after Dylan's motorcycle accident, was one of his first major duties at CBS. Asher quickly gained a reputation for his honesty, integrity, loyalty, thoroughness and able business administration.<mask> accepted Columbia president Clive Davis's offer to return to CBS after he was appointed Vice President of Capitol Reocrds' east coast division. In 1972 he was sent to London to take over Columbia's loss-making UK division, which he soon returned to profit, and later became the head of CBS' entire overseas recording operation. The music industry experienced a major and rapid downturn in sales in 1979 and the CBS labels suffered a serious drop in profits. In order to deal with the crisis, CBS Chief Operating Officer John Backe created a new position of deputy president of Columbia Records and appointed <mask> to the role, where he implemented a round of cost-cutting, which he was obliged to retrench hundreds of employees. One area of expenditure that soon became a matter of particular concern to <mask> was the large and rising cost of payments to independent promotion agents, and <mask> calculated that this little-known facet of the company's operation was by then costing CBS alone around $10 million annually. For most of their history, music publishers and record labels used "song pluggers", who were hired on a casual basis to promote and sell new sheet music - and later, new record releases - to department and music stores. By the late 1960s and early 1970s, the combination of increasing competition between record labels, the enormous increase in the volume of new records, and the development of the restrictive Top 40 radio programming format meant that this had been a relatively low-cost operation for many years.When <mask> took over the CBS UK operation in 1972, it was estimated that an "indie" would charge around $100 per week, but by 1980 it was estimated to be closer to $300 per week. He discovered that a group of the top independent American agents had formed a loose association known as "The Network", and that this group had a virtual stranglehold over the area of record company promotions. <mask> decided to test the power of The Network by not paying their agents to promote the new Pink Floyd single "Another Brick in the Wall" to radio stations in Los Angeles. Despite the fact that the group was the talk of the town at the time, performing sell-out concerts and getting rave reviews, not one of the major L.A. radio stations would play the single. For several reasons <mask> was determined to stop the practice of paying these "indies", but his crusade was strongly opposed by his boss, Columbia's volatile President, Walter Yetnikoff, who personally disliked <mask> and disagreed with many of his business decisions. The use of the "indies" was defended by Yetnikoff. <mask> realized that "The Network" was an industry-wide extortion racket whose real power lay in its ability to prevent records from getting to radio, and he suspected that its leaders may have had links to it.The 1950s payola debacle destroyed the career of top DJ Alan Freed, and <mask> feared that this could happen again. There were instances of apparent fraud, in which the Network agents were charging large sums for the placement of records that were never played on radio, and that the use of "indies" could be construed as bribe. Columbia's parent company, CBS Inc., had the power to suspend or even revocation of broadcast licences if the Federal Communications Commission found that the CBS labels had been involved in criminal activity. After negotiations between the major labels, CBS and Warner Communications agreed to a joint boycott on payments to The Network, but it dissipated after only a few weeks, and the labels soon returned to paying the Network. <mask> discovered that one of his own labels, Epic, had been evading the boycott by hiding payments to The Network as "tour promotions" and other costs. By early 1983 <mask>'s financial efforts at CBS were reaping rewards, and the company posted its biggest quarterly profit since the late '70s, but in mid-April he was called to a meeting with Yetnikoff, who told him that CBS Music's new CEO Thomas Wyman had problems Yetnikoff left the room and immediately went home after <mask> questioned him about the claim.Yetnikoff avoided <mask> for a while. Wyman told <mask> that Yetnikoff had problems with him. Yetnikoff hid in another executive's office so that <mask> couldn't find him as he searched for him. <mask> was told to come to Yetnikoff's office after he came to work the following Friday. <mask> was confronted by Yetnikoff and Wyman, who demanded that he sign a one-line press statement announcing that he had left CBS. <mask> refused to sign despite repeated demands by Yetnikoff and Wyman, and then insisted on seeing his lawyer. After consulting his lawyer, <mask> agreed to his dismissal because it would be pointless to fight the company.In 1984 <mask> was brought in to act as a senior consultant on the proposed merger between the Warner and Polygram after he spent almost a year in the wilderness. <mask> became the new President and Chief Executive of Polygram Records in October 1985 after the Federal Trade Commission refused to approve the merger.

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René Rivera

René Rivera (born July 31, 1983) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball catcher who is a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Minnesota Twins, San Diego Padres, Tampa Bay Rays, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Angels, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, and Washington Nationals. Professional career Seattle Mariners Rivera was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the second round (49th overall) of the 2001 Major League Baseball Draft as a 17-year-old. He was chosen as a compensation pick from the Texas Rangers for the signing of Alex Rodriguez. Rivera played most of the 2004 season with the High-A California League Inland Empire 66ers but played with both the Triple-A and Major League clubs in September. He made his Major League debut September 22, , playing in two games for the Mariners that season as a late-inning replacement. Rivera began 2005 with the Double-A San Antonio Missions. He was promoted to the Mariners on May 15, but optioned back to San Antonio on May 20 without appearing in a game. He was again promoted to the Mariners on May 30 when starting catcher Miguel Olivo was sent down to Triple-A. On May 31, Rivera had his first Major League start and base hit, going 3 for 5 at the plate. Rivera shared catching duties with Pat Borders in June and was optioned back to San Antonio when Olivo returned. He played with the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers in August and returned to the Mariners in September. In 2005, he had 12 starts at catcher and 19 hits in 48 at-bats at the Major League level. Rivera was one of the final players cut from the roster in 2006 spring training and began the year at Triple-A. He was back with the Mariners by mid-April and served as a back-up to Kenji Johjima for the remainder of the season, batting .152 in 99 at-bats over 35 games. During the off-season, the Mariners weighed the benefits of allowing the young catcher to develop his hitting in the minor leagues against his providing limited offense in a back-up role in the Majors. In , Rivera played for the Mariners Double-A affiliate, the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx, batting .214 in 91 games. He was granted free agency in November. Los Angeles Dodgers On November 22, 2007, Rivera signed a minor league contract that included an invitation to spring training with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers assigned him to Double-A Jacksonville to begin the season. While at Jacksonville, Rivera began playing some first base, along with catcher, and was promoted to Triple-A Las Vegas on June 3. He hit .250 across both levels and was granted free agency at the end of the season. New York Mets Rivera signed with the New York Mets in November 2008. He spent the 2009 season with the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, appearing in 63 games at catcher and 3 at third base. He hit .234 with 9 home runs. Camden Riversharks Rivera began the 2010 season with the independent Camden Riversharks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. In 22 games with Camden, Rivera batted .280/.337/.610 with 7 home runs and 19 RBI. New York Yankees The New York Yankees signed Rivera on May 20, 2010, to a minor league contract. He was initially assigned to the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees and was later moved to the Double-A Trenton Thunder. Minnesota Twins On December 17, 2010, Rivera signed a minor league contract with the Minnesota Twins. His contract was purchased by the Twins on May 5, 2011. He was brought up from Triple-A to provide back-up to Drew Butera, who was the Twins' primary catcher with Joe Mauer on the disabled list. He went back to Triple-A in early July, but rejoined the team on August 28 when Mauer was sitting out. He finished the year with the Twins, hitting .144 in 104 at-bats over 45 games on the season. Rivera was granted free agency at the end of the 2011 season, but re-signed with the Twins on a minor league deal and an invitation to spring training. Rivera stayed with the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings for the full 2012 season, batting .226 in 95 games. Rivera was displeased with the Twins when he was passed over and they called up catcher Chris Herrmann from Double-A to add depth in September. San Diego Padres Rivera was signed to a minor league contract by the San Diego Padres on December 12, 2012. He was recalled from the Triple-A Tucson Padres on July 7, 2013, to replace Yasmani Grandal, who was placed on the disabled list. He was hitting .343 with Tucson at the time of his recall. He remained the backup to Nick Hundley for the rest of the season. In 23 games for San Diego, he hit .254/.268/.328 with 7 RBI and 4 runs. The Padres opened 2014 carrying three catchers, and Rivera was selected as the Opening Day catcher. Rivera became the personal catcher for Andrew Cashner during the season and picked up more starts once Nick Hundley was traded in late May. He finished the year with the majority of starts at catcher for the Padres with 85. On August 27, Rivera hit a game-winning single in the 10th inning after hitting a game-tying home run in the 9th inning, becoming the first Padres player since Adrián González in 2010 to have tying and winning RBIs in the same game. On the year, Rivera batted .252 with 11 home runs in 294 at-bats over a total of 103 games. Tampa Bay Rays On December 19, 2014, the Padres traded Rivera, Jake Bauers, and Burch Smith to the Tampa Bay Rays in a three-team trade that saw the Rays trade Wil Myers, Jose Castillo and Ryan Hanigan to the Padres, the Padres trade Joe Ross and a player to be named later to the Washington Nationals, and Washington trade Steven Souza and Travis Ott to Tampa Bay. In 2015, he was mainly used as the personal catcher for Chris Archer. Rivera finished the 2015 season hitting .178 with 5 home runs and 26 RBIs. Rivera was released by the Rays on March 30, 2016. New York Mets (second stint) On April 5, 2016, Rivera signed a minor league deal with the New York Mets. He was called up to the major league team on April 26, 2016, when Travis d'Arnaud was placed on the disabled list. He started for the Mets in their Wild Card game against the San Francisco Giants, going 1 for 3 and throwing out Denard Span. Throughout the season he was Noah Syndergaard and Seth Lugo's personal catcher. Rivera appeared in 65 games for New York, posting a .222/.291/.341 slash line with 6 home runs and 26 RBI. On December 3, 2016, Rivera and the Mets avoided salary arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $1.75 million contract. Chicago Cubs On August 19, 2017, the Chicago Cubs claimed Rivera off waivers. He was added to the 25-man roster and was the starting catcher for the Cubs the following day against the Toronto Blue Jays. In 20 games with Chicago, Rivera slashed .341/.408/.591 with 2 home runs and 12 RBI. Los Angeles Angels On January 9, 2018, Rivera signed with the Los Angeles Angels. In 30 games with the Angels, Rivera logged a .244/.287/.439 slash line with 4 home runs and 11 RBI. Atlanta Braves Rivera was claimed off waivers by the Atlanta Braves on August 29, 2018. Rivera appeared in 3 games for Atlanta, and went 0-for-4 with 3 strikeouts. San Francisco Giants On February 8, 2019, he signed a minor league deal with the San Francisco Giants. Rivera was released on March 23, 2019. New York Mets (third stint) On March 25, 2019, Rivera signed a minor league deal with the New York Mets. He was assigned to the Triple-A Syracuse Mets. On August 24, the Mets selected Rivera's contract. In 9 games with the Mets, Rivera went 4-for-17 with 1 home run and 3 RBI. On January 21, 2020, Rivera re-signed with the Mets on a minor league deal. On July 19, 2020, Rivera was selected to the Mets' 40-man roster. Rivera only appeared in 2 games for the Mets before undergoing season ending surgery to remove a bone spur from his left elbow. Cleveland Indians On April 14, 2021, Rivera signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians organization. The Indians selected Rivera's contract on May 5. Rivera slashed .236/.300/.400 with 2 home runs and 9 RBI in 21 games before he was designated for assignment on July 3. He was released by the Indians on July 8. Washington Nationals On July 16, 2021, Rivera signed a major league contract with the Washington Nationals. He made his Nationals debut at starting catcher the same evening in a game against the San Diego Padres. In 4 games for the Nationals, Rivera hit .214 with 0 home runs and 0 RBI's. On August 14, Rivera was released by the Nationals. Accomplishments 2004 California League Mid-Season All-Star team 2002 Northwest League Post-season All-Star team MVP of the 2001 Excellence Tournament held in Puerto Rico Personal life Rivera is married to Mariel Perez, daughter of Eddie 'La Bala' Pérez, a founding member of El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico. She gave birth to twins in September, 2013. References External links 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Bayamón, Puerto Rico Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico Major League Baseball catchers Seattle Mariners players Minnesota Twins players San Diego Padres players Tampa Bay Rays players New York Mets players Chicago Cubs players Los Angeles Angels players Atlanta Braves players Cleveland Indians players Washington Nationals players Arizona League Mariners players Everett AquaSox players Wisconsin Timber Rattlers players Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino players Tacoma Rainiers players San Antonio Missions players West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx players Jacksonville Suns players Las Vegas 51s players Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees players Trenton Thunder players Camden Riversharks players Rochester Red Wings players Tucson Padres players Gigantes de Carolina players Tigres del Licey players Puerto Rican expatriate baseball players in the Dominican Republic Lobos de Arecibo players Senadores de San Juan players Indios de Mayagüez players Leones de Ponce players 2017 World Baseball Classic players Syracuse Mets players Twitch (service) streamers

<mask> (born July 31, 1983) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball catcher who is a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Minnesota Twins, San Diego Padres, Tampa Bay Rays, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Angels, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, and Washington Nationals. Professional career Seattle Mariners <mask> was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the second round (49th overall) of the 2001 Major League Baseball Draft as a 17-year-old. He was chosen as a compensation pick from the Texas Rangers for the signing of Alex Rodriguez. <mask> played most of the 2004 season with the High-A California League Inland Empire 66ers but played with both the Triple-A and Major League clubs in September. He made his Major League debut September 22, , playing in two games for the Mariners that season as a late-inning replacement. <mask> began 2005 with the Double-A San Antonio Missions.He was promoted to the Mariners on May 15, but optioned back to San Antonio on May 20 without appearing in a game. He was again promoted to the Mariners on May 30 when starting catcher Miguel Olivo was sent down to Triple-A. On May 31, <mask> had his first Major League start and base hit, going 3 for 5 at the plate. <mask> shared catching duties with Pat Borders in June and was optioned back to San Antonio when Olivo returned. He played with the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers in August and returned to the Mariners in September. In 2005, he had 12 starts at catcher and 19 hits in 48 at-bats at the Major League level. <mask> was one of the final players cut from the roster in 2006 spring training and began the year at Triple-A.He was back with the Mariners by mid-April and served as a back-up to Kenji Johjima for the remainder of the season, batting .152 in 99 at-bats over 35 games. During the off-season, the Mariners weighed the benefits of allowing the young catcher to develop his hitting in the minor leagues against his providing limited offense in a back-up role in the Majors. In , <mask> played for the Mariners Double-A affiliate, the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx, batting .214 in 91 games. He was granted free agency in November. Los Angeles Dodgers On November 22, 2007, <mask> signed a minor league contract that included an invitation to spring training with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers assigned him to Double-A Jacksonville to begin the season. While at Jacksonville, <mask> began playing some first base, along with catcher, and was promoted to Triple-A Las Vegas on June 3.He hit .250 across both levels and was granted free agency at the end of the season. New York Mets <mask> signed with the New York Mets in November 2008. He spent the 2009 season with the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, appearing in 63 games at catcher and 3 at third base. He hit .234 with 9 home runs. Camden Riversharks <mask> began the 2010 season with the independent Camden Riversharks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. In 22 games with Camden, <mask> batted .280/.337/.610 with 7 home runs and 19 RBI. New York Yankees The New York Yankees signed <mask> on May 20, 2010, to a minor league contract.He was initially assigned to the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees and was later moved to the Double-A Trenton Thunder. Minnesota Twins On December 17, 2010, <mask> signed a minor league contract with the Minnesota Twins. His contract was purchased by the Twins on May 5, 2011. He was brought up from Triple-A to provide back-up to Drew Butera, who was the Twins' primary catcher with Joe Mauer on the disabled list. He went back to Triple-A in early July, but rejoined the team on August 28 when Mauer was sitting out. He finished the year with the Twins, hitting .144 in 104 at-bats over 45 games on the season. <mask> was granted free agency at the end of the 2011 season, but re-signed with the Twins on a minor league deal and an invitation to spring training.<mask> stayed with the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings for the full 2012 season, batting .226 in 95 games. <mask> was displeased with the Twins when he was passed over and they called up catcher Chris Herrmann from Double-A to add depth in September. San Diego Padres <mask> was signed to a minor league contract by the San Diego Padres on December 12, 2012. He was recalled from the Triple-A Tucson Padres on July 7, 2013, to replace Yasmani Grandal, who was placed on the disabled list. He was hitting .343 with Tucson at the time of his recall. He remained the backup to Nick Hundley for the rest of the season. In 23 games for San Diego, he hit .254/.268/.328 with 7 RBI and 4 runs.The Padres opened 2014 carrying three catchers, and <mask> was selected as the Opening Day catcher. <mask> became the personal catcher for Andrew Cashner during the season and picked up more starts once Nick Hundley was traded in late May. He finished the year with the majority of starts at catcher for the Padres with 85. On August 27, <mask> hit a game-winning single in the 10th inning after hitting a game-tying home run in the 9th inning, becoming the first Padres player since Adrián González in 2010 to have tying and winning RBIs in the same game. On the year, <mask> batted .252 with 11 home runs in 294 at-bats over a total of 103 games. Tampa Bay Rays On December 19, 2014, the Padres traded <mask>, Jake Bauers, and Burch Smith to the Tampa Bay Rays in a three-team trade that saw the Rays trade Wil Myers, Jose Castillo and Ryan Hanigan to the Padres, the Padres trade Joe Ross and a player to be named later to the Washington Nationals, and Washington trade Steven Souza and Travis Ott to Tampa Bay. In 2015, he was mainly used as the personal catcher for Chris Archer.<mask> finished the 2015 season hitting .178 with 5 home runs and 26 RBIs. <mask> was released by the Rays on March 30, 2016. New York Mets (second stint) On April 5, 2016, <mask> signed a minor league deal with the New York Mets. He was called up to the major league team on April 26, 2016, when Travis d'Arnaud was placed on the disabled list. He started for the Mets in their Wild Card game against the San Francisco Giants, going 1 for 3 and throwing out Denard Span. Throughout the season he was Noah Syndergaard and Seth Lugo's personal catcher. <mask> appeared in 65 games for New York, posting a .222/.291/.341 slash line with 6 home runs and 26 RBI.On December 3, 2016, <mask> and the Mets avoided salary arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $1.75 million contract. Chicago Cubs On August 19, 2017, the Chicago Cubs claimed <mask> off waivers. He was added to the 25-man roster and was the starting catcher for the Cubs the following day against the Toronto Blue Jays. In 20 games with Chicago, <mask> slashed .341/.408/.591 with 2 home runs and 12 RBI. Los Angeles Angels On January 9, 2018, <mask> signed with the Los Angeles Angels. In 30 games with the Angels, <mask> logged a .244/.287/.439 slash line with 4 home runs and 11 RBI. Atlanta Braves <mask> was claimed off waivers by the Atlanta Braves on August 29, 2018.<mask> appeared in 3 games for Atlanta, and went 0-for-4 with 3 strikeouts. San Francisco Giants On February 8, 2019, he signed a minor league deal with the San Francisco Giants. <mask> was released on March 23, 2019. New York Mets (third stint) On March 25, 2019, <mask> signed a minor league deal with the New York Mets. He was assigned to the Triple-A Syracuse Mets. On August 24, the Mets selected <mask>'s contract. In 9 games with the Mets, <mask> went 4-for-17 with 1 home run and 3 RBI.On January 21, 2020, <mask> re-signed with the Mets on a minor league deal. On July 19, 2020, <mask> was selected to the Mets' 40-man roster. <mask> only appeared in 2 games for the Mets before undergoing season ending surgery to remove a bone spur from his left elbow. Cleveland Indians On April 14, 2021, <mask> signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians organization. The Indians selected <mask>'s contract on May 5. <mask> slashed .236/.300/.400 with 2 home runs and 9 RBI in 21 games before he was designated for assignment on July 3. He was released by the Indians on July 8.Washington Nationals On July 16, 2021, <mask> signed a major league contract with the Washington Nationals. He made his Nationals debut at starting catcher the same evening in a game against the San Diego Padres. In 4 games for the Nationals, <mask> hit .214 with 0 home runs and 0 RBI's. On August 14, <mask> was released by the Nationals. Accomplishments 2004 California League Mid-Season All-Star team 2002 Northwest League Post-season All-Star team MVP of the 2001 Excellence Tournament held in Puerto Rico Personal life <mask> is married to Mariel Perez, daughter of Eddie 'La Bala' Pérez, a founding member of El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico. She gave birth to twins in September, 2013. References External links 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Bayamón, Puerto Rico Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico Major League Baseball catchers Seattle Mariners players Minnesota Twins players San Diego Padres players Tampa Bay Rays players New York Mets players Chicago Cubs players Los Angeles Angels players Atlanta Braves players Cleveland Indians players Washington Nationals players Arizona League Mariners players Everett AquaSox players Wisconsin Timber Rattlers players Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino players Tacoma Rainiers players San Antonio Missions players West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx players Jacksonville Suns players Las Vegas 51s players Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees players Trenton Thunder players Camden Riversharks players Rochester Red Wings players Tucson Padres players Gigantes de Carolina players Tigres del Licey players Puerto Rican expatriate baseball players in the Dominican Republic Lobos de Arecibo players Senadores de San Juan players Indios de Mayagüez players Leones de Ponce players 2017 World Baseball Classic players Syracuse Mets players Twitch (service) streamers

<mask> is a Puerto Rican professional baseball catcher who is a free agent. He played in the Major League Baseball for the Seattle Mariners, Minnesota Twins, San Diego Padres, the New York Mets, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Angels, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, and Washington Nationals. <mask> was drafted by the SeattleMariners in the second round of the 2001 Major League Baseball Draft at the age of 17. He was selected as a compensation pick by the Texas Rangers for the signing of Alex Rodriguez. <mask> played for both the Triple-A and Major League clubs in September of 2004, but only with the Inland Empire 66ers. He played in two games for the SeattleMariners as a late-inning replacement in his Major League debut. The Double-A San Antonio Missions was started by <mask>.He was optioned back to San Antonio on May 20 after being promoted to the Mariners on May 15. The starting catcher was sent down to Triple-A when he was promoted. On May 31, <mask> had his first Major League start and base hit, going 3 for 5 at the plate. <mask> was optioned back to San Antonio after sharing catching duties with Pat Borders. In August he played for the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers and in September he played for the SeattleMariners. He was 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 <mask> began the year at Triple-A after being cut from the roster in spring training.He served as a back-up to Kenji Johjima for the rest of the season, batting.152 in 99 at-bats. The benefits of allowing the young catcher to develop his hitting in the minor league against his providing limited offense in a back-up role in the Majors were considered during the off-season. <mask> played for the West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx in the Double-A, batting.214 in 91 games. He had free agency in November. On November 22, 2007, <mask> signed a minor league contract that included an invitation to spring training with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was assigned to Double-A Jacksonville by the Dodgers. <mask> was promoted to Triple-A Las Vegas on June 3 after playing first base and catcher at Jacksonville.He was granted free agency at the end of the season after hitting.250 across both levels. <mask> signed with the New York Mets. He played in 63 games at catcher and 3 at third base for the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons in 2009. He hit 9 home runs. The Camden Riversharks opened the 2010 season with a game against <mask>. <mask> had 7 home runs and 19 runs scored in 22 games with Camden. <mask> was signed to a minor league contract by the New York Yankees.He was assigned to the Yankees' Triple-A team and then moved to the Double-A team. <mask> signed a minor league contract with the Minnesota Twins. The Twins bought his contract on May 5, 2011. Drew Butera was the Twins' primary catcher and was on the disabled list. He went back to Triple-A in July, but rejoined the team in August when Joe Mauer was out. He hit.144 in 104 at-bats over 45 games for the Twins. <mask> was granted free agency at the end of the 2011 season, but re-signed with the Twins on a minor league deal and an invitation to spring training.<mask> spent the entire 2012 season with the Red Wings, batting.224 in 95 games. The Twins called up Chris Herrmann from Double-A to add depth in September after <mask> was passed over. The San Diego Padres signed <mask> to a minor league contract. He was recalled from Tucson to replace Grandal, who was placed on the disabled list. At the time of his recall, he was hitting.343 with Tucson. He was the backup for the rest of the season. In 23 games for San Diego, he had 7 runs and a.254 batting average.<mask> was the opening day catcher for the Padres. <mask> became the personal catcher for Andrew Cashner during the season and picked up more starts after he was traded. He finished the year with 85 starts at catcher for the Padres. <mask> became the first Padres player since 2010 to have tying and winning runs in the same game when he hit a game-winning single in the 10th. <mask> was 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 The Padres traded <mask>, Jake Bauers, and Burch Smith to the Rays in a three-team deal that also saw the Padres trade Joe Ross and a player to be named. He was the personal catcher for Chris Archer in 2015.Rivera was 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 The Rays released Rivera on March 30, 2016 Rivera signed a minor league deal with the New York Mets. He was called up to the major league team on April 26, 2016 when d'Arnaud was placed on the disabled list. He started for the Mets in their Wild Card game against the San Francisco Giants, going 1 for 3 and throwing out Denard Span. He was the personal catcher for Noah Syndergaard. Rivera had a slash line of.289/.341 in 65 games for New York.<mask> and the Mets avoided salary arbitration by agreeing to a one-year contract. <mask> was claimed by the Chicago Cubs. He was the starting catcher for the Cubs the day after he was added to the 25-man roster. <mask> slashed.341/.408/.591 in 20 games with Chicago. On January 9, <mask> joined the Los Angeles Angels. In 30 games with the Angels, <mask> had a.243/.289/.490 slash line with 4 home runs and 11RBI. The Atlanta Braves claimed <mask> off waivers.<mask> went 0-for-4 with 3 strikeouts in 3 games for Atlanta. He signed a minor league deal with the San Francisco Giants. On March 23, <mask> was released. <mask> signed a minor league deal with the New York Mets. He was assigned to the Mets' Triple-A team. <mask>'s contract was selected by the Mets. In 9 games with the Mets, <mask> went 4-for-18 with 1 home run and 3 runs.On January 21, 2020, <mask> re-signed with the Mets. <mask> was selected to the Mets' 40-man roster. <mask> had surgery to remove a bone spur from his left elbow after only 2 games for the Mets. <mask> signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians. <mask>'s contract was selected by the Indians. <mask> slashed.236/.300/.400 with 2 home runs and 9RBI in 21 games before he was designated for assignment. The Indians released him on July 8.On July 16, 2021, <mask> signed a major league contract with the Washington Nationals. He made his Nationals debut at catcher in a game against the San Diego Padres. <mask> had a.214 batting average in 4 games for the Nationals. <mask> was released by the Nationals. <mask> is married to Mariel Perez, daughter of Eddie 'La Bala' Pérez, a founding member of El Gran Combo de. She gave birth to twins. Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico include the Minnesota Twins, San Diego Padres, and New York Mets.

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Althea McNish

Althea McNish (15 May 1924 – 16 April 2020) was a British textile designer of Trinidadian origin who has been called the first British designer of African descent to earn an international reputation. Born in Trinidad, McNish moved to Britain in the 1950s. She was associated with the Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM) in the 1960s, participating in CAM's exhibitions and seminars and helping to promote Caribbean arts to a British public. Her work is represented in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Whitworth Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture and the Cooper-Hewitt (Smithsonian Design Museum), among other places. McNish was a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers. She was married to the jewellery designer John Weiss (21 June 1933 – 9 November 2018). Following McNish’s death in 2020, The McNish Trust assumed copyright proprietorship of her work. Background Althea Marjorie McNish was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, around 1933. Her father, the writer Joseph Claude McNish, was descended from the Merikin settlers in Trinidad. She painted as a child, helped with her mother's dressmaking business by doing sketches, was a junior member of the Trinidad Arts Society and had her first exhibition at the age of 16. Her influences included local artists Sybil Atteck, Amy Leong Pang and Boscoe Holder, and European modernists such as Vincent van Gogh. In 1951 McNish moved with her mother to London, England, to join her father there. She already had a place to study at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in Bedford Square but instead took courses at the London School of Printing and Graphic Arts, the Central School of Arts and Crafts and the Royal College of Art. In her final year at the London School of Printing and Graphic Arts, she became interested in textiles with the encouragement of Eduardo Paolozzi, and chose printed textiles as her subject of study on progressing to the Royal College of Art, where her talent was recognised by Hugh Casson. On graduating, she immediately won a commission from Arthur Stewart-Liberty, head of the Liberty department store, sending her the same day by taxi to Zika Ascher, who commissioned her to design a collection for Dior. Successfully designing for such prestigious clients, McNish was the first Caribbean woman to achieve prominence in this field. In 1966, McNish designed fabrics for the official wardrobe of Elizabeth II's during the Queen's visit to Trinidad. She took part in the art exhibitions of the Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM) held in 1967, May 1968 and January 1971, exhibiting textiles as well as "plastic panels in laminate". For the Caribbean edition of the BBC TV magazine programme Full House, produced by John La Rose and transmitted on 3 February 1973, she brought together the work of CAM visual artists as a studio setting for CAM writers, musicians and film-makers. More recently, her work — represented by three printed textiles from early in her career: Golden Harvest, Pomegranate and Fresco — was featured in the exhibition RCA Black: Past, Present & Future (31 August–6 September 2011), organised by the Royal College of Art in collaboration with the African and African-Caribbean Design Diaspora (AACDD) to celebrate art and design by African and African-Caribbean graduates. In 1969 she married John Weiss, architect, jeweller and historian, and worked in partnership with him from 1971. They were in conversation with John La Rose on 2 February 1999 as part of the "Life Experience With Britain" series held at New Beacon Books (other participants included Dennis Bovell, Gus John, Rev. Wilfred Wood, Aggrey Burke, Yvonne Brewster, and Alexis Rennie). At the time of Weiss's death in 2018, Jake Leith, former president of the Chartered Society of Designers, said: "John and Althea were great ambassadors for the UK Fashion and Textile Design Sector." Notable designs Most of McNish's designs are based on nature though some use abstract themes, occasionally geometric. One of her first designs to go into production, Golden Harvest in 1957, was a screen print on cotton satin, later manufactured by Hull Traders (for whom she also created eight other patterns), the design being based on an Essex wheatfield but using tropical colours. A number of her early designs including Tropic, a dress fabric printed on silk and produced by Zika Ascher in 1959, and Gilia, a cotton furnishing fabric featuring tropical foliage in green and gold, produced by Hull Traders in 1961, are in the textile collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Also in 1959, for a commission by the Design Research Unit for the new SS Oriana, which was launched in November 1959 and was the last of the Orient Steam Navigation Company's ocean liners, she produced murals for two restaurants, Rayflower and Pineapples and pomegranates, laminated into Warerite plastic panels, a line later pursued by Perstorp Group. The 1960 modernisation of the interior of the Port of Spain General Hospital, Trinidad, by the architects Devereux and Davies, included murals by McNish. In 1997, reviewing the exhibition Transforming the Crown: African, Asian and Caribbean Artists in Britain, 1966–1996, in which McNish participated at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, with other CAM artists, The New York Times reported that she "produces abstract, geometric fabric designs inspired by African motifs". In 2018 McNish was named in Architectural Digest as one of "Five Female Designers Who Changed History" (alongside Maija Isola, Norma Merrick Sklarek, Muriel Cooper, and Denise Scott Brown). McNish featured in the 2018 BBC Four documentary film Whoever Heard of a Black Artist? Britain's Hidden Art History, in which Brenda Emmanus followed Sonia Boyce and a team she led in preparing an exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery, focusing on artists of African and Asian descent who have played a part in shaping the history of British art. Selected exhibitions Solo exhibitions 2003: Althea McNish: My World of Colour: the international work and inspirations of a Black British Trinidadian textile designer. Ohio University, Athens, USA. 1997: Althea McNish. Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London. 1982: Althea McNish. People's Gallery, London. 1958: Althea McNish. Woodstock Gallery, London. Group exhibitions 2019: Get Up, Stand Up Now. Somerset House, London. 2011: RCA Black. Royal College of Art, London. 2007: Trade and Empire: Remembering Slavery. Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester, Manchester. 1998: Six into One: Artists from the Caribbean. Morley Gallery, London. 1997: Trinidad and Tobago Through the Eye of the Artist: From Cazabon to the New Millennium 1813–2000. Commonwealth Institute, London. Exhibition in celebration of the 35th anniversary of independence of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. 1997: Transforming the Crown: African, Asian & Caribbean Artists in Britain, 1966–1996. Caribbean Cultural Center, Studio Museum in Harlem, and Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York. 1996: Caribbean Connection 2: Island Pulse. Islington Arts Factory, London. 1986: Make or Break. Henry Moore Gallery, London. 1982: Commonwealth Festival Exhibition. Brisbane, Australia. 1981: INDIGO '81 International Exhibition. Indigo, Lille, France. 1978: The Way We Live Now. Victoria & Albert Museum, London. 1978: Afro-Caribbean Art. Artists Market, London, organised by Drum Arts Centre. 1975: Caribbean Women Artists Exhibition. Olympia International Arts Centre, Kingston, Jamaica. 1971: Caribbean Artists in England. Commonwealth Institute, London. 1968: Caribbean Artists Movement. Digby Stuart College, House of Commons of the United Kingdom and London School of Economics, London. 1967: Caribbean Artists Movement. Theatre Royal, Stratford. 1961: Paintings by Trinidad and Tobago Artists. Commonwealth Institute, London. Awards and accolades 1976: Chaconia Medal (Gold), Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, "for long and meritorious service to art and design" 1988: Scarlet Ibis Award, Trinidad and Tobago High Commission, London 2006: Honorary Doctor of Fine Art, University of Trinidad and Tobago 2008: Journalist Angela Cobbinah described her as "immediately influential, helping to establish new furnishing trends as well as inspire more adventurous fashion designers further down the line like Zandra Rhodes." 2012: Jubilee Gala Award for Achievement in the Arts at the UK High Commission of Trinidad and Tobago, celebrating the 50th anniversary of independence. References Further reading Roxy Harris and Sarah White (eds), Building Britannia: Life Experience With Britain: Dennis Bovell, Athea McNish, Gus John, Rev. Wilfred Wood, Aggrey Burke, Yvonne Brewster, Alexis Rennie, New Beacon Books, 2009, . Christine Checinska (2009), "Althea McNish and the British-African Diaspora", Chapter 3 in Anne Massey, Alex Seago (eds), Pop Art and Design, Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 73–81. Christine Checinska (March 2018), "Christine Checinska in Conversation with Althea McNish and John Weiss", Textile, Volume 16, Issue 2: Aesthetics of Blackness? Cloth, Culture and the African Diasporas, 16:2, 186–199. DOI: 10.1080/14759756.2018.1432183. External links "Althea Marjorie McNISH" at Debrett's People of Today. "Dr. Althea McNish in conversation with John Weiss". Stuart Hall Library, InIVA, 2015. "Audio recordings of Althea McNish in conversation with John Weiss", InIVA, 5 May 2015. "Designer Desire: Althea McNish", H is for Home Harbinger, 18 August 2018. Angela Cobbinah, "Althea: the original material girl", Camden New Journal, 20 June 2019. Libby Sellers, "Althea McNish", Maharam. 1924 births 2020 deaths 20th-century British women artists Black British artists British people of Trinidad and Tobago descent British textile designers Caribbean Artists Movement people People from Port of Spain Recipients of the Chaconia Medal Afro–Trinidadians and Tobagonians Trinidad and Tobago emigrants to the United Kingdom Trinidad and Tobago people of American descent Trinidad and Tobago women artists Trinidad and Tobago artists

<mask> (15 May 1924 – 16 April 2020) was a British textile designer of Trinidadian origin who has been called the first British designer of African descent to earn an international reputation. Born in Trinidad, McNish moved to Britain in the 1950s. She was associated with the Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM) in the 1960s, participating in CAM's exhibitions and seminars and helping to promote Caribbean arts to a British public. Her work is represented in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Whitworth Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture and the Cooper-Hewitt (Smithsonian Design Museum), among other places. McNish was a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers. She was married to the jewellery designer John Weiss (21 June 1933 – 9 November 2018). Following McNish’s death in 2020, The McNish Trust assumed copyright proprietorship of her work.Background <mask> <mask> was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, around 1933. Her father, the writer Joseph Claude <mask>, was descended from the Merikin settlers in Trinidad. She painted as a child, helped with her mother's dressmaking business by doing sketches, was a junior member of the Trinidad Arts Society and had her first exhibition at the age of 16. Her influences included local artists Sybil Atteck, Amy Leong Pang and Boscoe Holder, and European modernists such as Vincent van Gogh. In 1951 McNish moved with her mother to London, England, to join her father there. She already had a place to study at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in Bedford Square but instead took courses at the London School of Printing and Graphic Arts, the Central School of Arts and Crafts and the Royal College of Art. In her final year at the London School of Printing and Graphic Arts, she became interested in textiles with the encouragement of Eduardo Paolozzi, and chose printed textiles as her subject of study on progressing to the Royal College of Art, where her talent was recognised by Hugh Casson.On graduating, she immediately won a commission from Arthur Stewart-Liberty, head of the Liberty department store, sending her the same day by taxi to Zika Ascher, who commissioned her to design a collection for Dior. Successfully designing for such prestigious clients, <mask> was the first Caribbean woman to achieve prominence in this field. In 1966, McNish designed fabrics for the official wardrobe of Elizabeth II's during the Queen's visit to Trinidad. She took part in the art exhibitions of the Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM) held in 1967, May 1968 and January 1971, exhibiting textiles as well as "plastic panels in laminate". For the Caribbean edition of the BBC TV magazine programme Full House, produced by John La Rose and transmitted on 3 February 1973, she brought together the work of CAM visual artists as a studio setting for CAM writers, musicians and film-makers. More recently, her work — represented by three printed textiles from early in her career: Golden Harvest, Pomegranate and Fresco — was featured in the exhibition RCA Black: Past, Present & Future (31 August–6 September 2011), organised by the Royal College of Art in collaboration with the African and African-Caribbean Design Diaspora (AACDD) to celebrate art and design by African and African-Caribbean graduates. In 1969 she married John Weiss, architect, jeweller and historian, and worked in partnership with him from 1971.They were in conversation with John La Rose on 2 February 1999 as part of the "Life Experience With Britain" series held at New Beacon Books (other participants included Dennis Bovell, Gus John, Rev. Wilfred Wood, Aggrey Burke, Yvonne Brewster, and Alexis Rennie). At the time of Weiss's death in 2018, Jake Leith, former president of the Chartered Society of Designers, said: "John and <mask> were great ambassadors for the UK Fashion and Textile Design Sector." Notable designs Most of McNish's designs are based on nature though some use abstract themes, occasionally geometric. One of her first designs to go into production, Golden Harvest in 1957, was a screen print on cotton satin, later manufactured by Hull Traders (for whom she also created eight other patterns), the design being based on an Essex wheatfield but using tropical colours. A number of her early designs including Tropic, a dress fabric printed on silk and produced by Zika Ascher in 1959, and Gilia, a cotton furnishing fabric featuring tropical foliage in green and gold, produced by Hull Traders in 1961, are in the textile collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Also in 1959, for a commission by the Design Research Unit for the new SS Oriana, which was launched in November 1959 and was the last of the Orient Steam Navigation Company's ocean liners, she produced murals for two restaurants, Rayflower and Pineapples and pomegranates, laminated into Warerite plastic panels, a line later pursued by Perstorp Group.The 1960 modernisation of the interior of the Port of Spain General Hospital, Trinidad, by the architects Devereux and Davies, included murals by McNish. In 1997, reviewing the exhibition Transforming the Crown: African, Asian and Caribbean Artists in Britain, 1966–1996, in which McNish participated at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, with other CAM artists, The New York Times reported that she "produces abstract, geometric fabric designs inspired by African motifs". In 2018 McNish was named in Architectural Digest as one of "Five Female Designers Who Changed History" (alongside Maija Isola, Norma Merrick Sklarek, Muriel Cooper, and Denise Scott Brown). McNish featured in the 2018 BBC Four documentary film Whoever Heard of a Black Artist? Britain's Hidden Art History, in which Brenda Emmanus followed Sonia Boyce and a team she led in preparing an exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery, focusing on artists of African and Asian descent who have played a part in shaping the history of British art. Selected exhibitions Solo exhibitions 2003: <mask> <mask>: My World of Colour: the international work and inspirations of a Black British Trinidadian textile designer. Ohio University, Athens, USA.1997: <mask> <mask>. Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London. 1982: <mask> <mask>. People's Gallery, London. 1958: <mask> <mask>. Woodstock Gallery, London. Group exhibitions 2019: Get Up, Stand Up Now.Somerset House, London. 2011: RCA Black. Royal College of Art, London. 2007: Trade and Empire: Remembering Slavery. Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester, Manchester. 1998: Six into One: Artists from the Caribbean. Morley Gallery, London.1997: Trinidad and Tobago Through the Eye of the Artist: From Cazabon to the New Millennium 1813–2000. Commonwealth Institute, London. Exhibition in celebration of the 35th anniversary of independence of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. 1997: Transforming the Crown: African, Asian & Caribbean Artists in Britain, 1966–1996. Caribbean Cultural Center, Studio Museum in Harlem, and Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York. 1996: Caribbean Connection 2: Island Pulse. Islington Arts Factory, London.1986: Make or Break. Henry Moore Gallery, London. 1982: Commonwealth Festival Exhibition. Brisbane, Australia. 1981: INDIGO '81 International Exhibition. Indigo, Lille, France. 1978: The Way We Live Now.Victoria & Albert Museum, London. 1978: Afro-Caribbean Art. Artists Market, London, organised by Drum Arts Centre. 1975: Caribbean Women Artists Exhibition. Olympia International Arts Centre, Kingston, Jamaica. 1971: Caribbean Artists in England. Commonwealth Institute, London.1968: Caribbean Artists Movement. Digby Stuart College, House of Commons of the United Kingdom and London School of Economics, London. 1967: Caribbean Artists Movement. Theatre Royal, Stratford. 1961: Paintings by Trinidad and Tobago Artists. Commonwealth Institute, London. Awards and accolades 1976: Chaconia Medal (Gold), Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, "for long and meritorious service to art and design" 1988: Scarlet Ibis Award, Trinidad and Tobago High Commission, London 2006: Honorary Doctor of Fine Art, University of Trinidad and Tobago 2008: Journalist Angela Cobbinah described her as "immediately influential, helping to establish new furnishing trends as well as inspire more adventurous fashion designers further down the line like Zandra Rhodes."2012: Jubilee Gala Award for Achievement in the Arts at the UK High Commission of Trinidad and Tobago, celebrating the 50th anniversary of independence. References Further reading Roxy Harris and Sarah White (eds), Building Britannia: Life Experience With Britain: Dennis Bovell, Athea <mask>, Gus John, Rev. Wilfred Wood, Aggrey Burke, Yvonne Brewster, Alexis Rennie, New Beacon Books, 2009, . Christine Checinska (2009), "<mask> <mask> and the British-African Diaspora", Chapter 3 in Anne Massey, Alex Seago (eds), Pop Art and Design, Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 73–81. Christine Checinska (March 2018), "Christine Checinska in Conversation with <mask> <mask> and John Weiss", Textile, Volume 16, Issue 2: Aesthetics of Blackness? Cloth, Culture and the African Diasporas, 16:2, 186–199.DOI: 10.1080/14759756.2018.1432183. External links "<mask> Marjorie McNISH" at Debrett's People of Today. "Dr. <mask> <mask> in conversation with John Weiss". Stuart Hall Library, InIVA, 2015. "Audio recordings of <mask> <mask> in conversation with John Weiss", InIVA, 5 May 2015. "Designer Desire: <mask> <mask>", H is for Home Harbinger, 18 August 2018. Angela Cobbinah, "Althea: the original material girl", Camden New Journal, 20 June 2019.Libby Sellers, "<mask> McNish", Maharam. 1924 births 2020 deaths 20th-century British women artists Black British artists British people of Trinidad and Tobago descent British textile designers Caribbean Artists Movement people People from Port of Spain Recipients of the Chaconia Medal Afro–Trinidadians and Tobagonians Trinidad and Tobago emigrants to the United Kingdom Trinidad and Tobago people of American descent Trinidad and Tobago women artists Trinidad and Tobago artists

<mask> was a British textile designer of Trinidadian origin who has been called the first British designer of African descent to earn an international reputation. <mask> moved to Britain in the 1950s. She was involved with the Caribbean Artists Movement in the 1960s, helping to promote Caribbean arts to a British public. Her work can be found in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture, and the Smithsonian Design Museum. <mask> was a member of the society. She was married to John Weiss in June 1933. The McNish Trust took over her work after her death in 2020.<mask> <mask> was born in Trinidad in 1933. She was descended from the writer Joseph Claude <mask>. She was a junior member of the Trinidad Arts Society and had her first exhibition at the age of 16. Her influences included local and European artists. <mask> joined her father in London, England, in 1951. She took courses at the London School of Printing and Graphic Arts, the Central School of Arts and Crafts, and the Royal College of Art instead of studying at the Architectural Association School of Architecture. In her final year at the London School of Printing and Graphic Arts, she became interested in textiles with the encouragement of Eduardo Paolozzi, who encouraged her to study printed textiles at the Royal College of Art.She was commissioned to design a collection for Dior by Arthur Stewart-Liberty, the head of the Liberty department store, after graduating. McNish was the first Caribbean woman to achieve prominence in this field. During the Queen's visit to Trinidad in 1966, McNish designed fabrics for the official wardrobe. The art exhibitions of the Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM) held in May 1968 and January 1971 featured textiles as well as "plastic panels in laminate". She brought together the work of CAM visual artists as a studio setting for CAM writers, musicians and film-makers in the Caribbean edition of Full House. Her work was represented by three printed textiles from early in her career in the exhibition "RCA Black: Past, Present & Future", organised by the Royal College of Art in collaboration with the African and African-. From 1971 to 1969 she worked in partnership with John Weiss.They had a conversation with John La Rose on February 2, 1999 as part of the "Life Experience With Britain" series. They are: Aggrey Burke, Yvonne Brewster, and Alexis Rennie. Jake Leith, the former president of the Chartered Society of Designers, said at the time of Weiss's death that John and Althea were great ambassadors for the UK Fashion and Textile Design Sector. Most of <mask>'s designs are based on nature. One of her first designs to go into production, Golden Harvest in 1957, was a screen print on cotton satin, later manufactured by Hull Traders, the design being based on an Essex wheatfield but using tropical colors. Tropic, a dress fabric printed on silk and produced by Zika Ascher in 1959, and Gilia, a cotton fabric featuring tropical foliage in green and gold, are both in the textile collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum. In 1959 she was commissioned by the Design Research Unit to create murals for two restaurants, Rayflower and Pineapples, which were laminated into Warerite.<mask>'s murals were included in the 1960 modernisation of the interior of the Port of Spain General Hospital. In 1997, reviewing the exhibition Transforming the Crown: African, Asian and Caribbean Artists in Britain, 1966–1996, in which <mask> participated at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, with other CAM artists, The New York Times reported that she "produces abstract, geometric fabric designs McNish was named in Architectural Digest as one of five female designers who changed history. <mask> was in the film Whoever Heard of a Black Artist? Artists of African and Asian descent who have played a part in shaping the history of British art are the focus of Britain's Hidden Art History. <mask> <mask>: My World of Colour is the international work and inspiration of a Black British Trinidadian textile designer. Ohio University is located in Athens, USA.<mask> <mask> was born in 1997. The Royal College of Art is in London. <mask> <mask> was born in 1982. The People's Gallery is in London. <mask> <mask> was born in 1958. The Woodstock Gallery is in London. Group exhibitions in 2019.The house is in London. In 2011. The Royal College of Art is in London. The Trade and Empire: Remembering Slavery was published in 2007. The University of Manchester has an art gallery. Artists from the Caribbean. The gallery is in London.The Eye of the Artist: From Cazabon to the New Millennium was published in 1997. The Commonwealth Institute is in London. The 35th anniversary of independence of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago was celebrated with an exhibition. Transforming the Crown: African, Asian and Caribbean Artists in Britain was published in 1997. The Caribbean Cultural Center is in New York. Caribbean Connection 2 was released in 1996. The Arts Factory is in London.Make or break. The Henry Moore Gallery is in London. The Commonwealth Festival exhibition was held in 1982. There is a city in Australia. The international exhibition was held in 1981 Lille, France. The way we live now.The Victoria & Albert Museum is in London. Afro-Caribbean art was created in 1978. The Artists Market is organised by the Drum Arts Centre. The Caribbean Women Artists exhibition was held in 1975. The International Arts Centre is in Kingston, Jamaica. Caribbean Artists in England in 1971 The Commonwealth Institute is in London.The Caribbean Artists movement was started in 1968. The House of Commons of the United Kingdom and the London School of Economics are in London. The Caribbean Artists movement of 1967. The Theatre Royal is in Stratford. Trinidad and Tobago Artists created paintings in 1961. The Commonwealth Institute is in London. The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago has a gold medal for long and meritorious service to art and design.The 50th anniversary of independence was celebrated with the Jubilee Gala Award for Achievement in the Arts. Building Britannia: Life Experience With Britain was written by Dennis Bovell and Athea <mask>. Wood, Aggrey Burke, Yvonne Brewster, and Rennie are authors. "<mask> <mask> and the British-African Diaspora" was written by Christine Checinska. 73–1. Christine Checinska spoke with <mask> <mask> and John Weiss about Aesthetics of Blackness. There is Cloth, Culture and the African Diasporas.The DOI is 10.1080/14759756. "Althea Marjorie McNISH" can be found at Debrett's People of Today. In conversation with John Weiss, Dr. <mask> <mask> was mentioned. InIVA, 2015, Stuart Hall Library. Audio recordings of <mask> <mask> talking to John Weiss. "Designer Desire: <mask> <mask>" will be aired on August 18th. The Camden New Journal published "Althea: the original material girl"."Althea McNish" is written by Libby Sellers. The 20th-century British women artists Black British artists British people of Trinidad and Tobago descent and people from Port of Spain were recipients of the Chaconia medal.

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William Tucker (settler)

William Tucker (c. 16 May 1784 – December 1817) was a British convict, a sealer, a trader in human heads, an Otago settler, and New Zealand’s first art dealer. Tucker is the man who stole a preserved Māori head and started the retail trade in them. A document discovered in 2003 revealed his activities had no bearing on the war in the south and shows he was the first New Zealand art dealer, initially trading in human heads and secondarily in pounamu a variety of Nephrite jade. Background and childhood offence He was baptised on 16 May 1784 at Portsea, Portsmouth, England, the son of Timothy and Elizabeth Tucker, people of humble rank. In 1798 Tucker and Thomas Butler shoplifted goods worth more than five shillings from a ‘Taylor’ William Wilday or Wildey, and were convicted and sentenced to death. They were then reprieved and sentenced to seven years’ transportation to New South Wales. They left Portsmouth on on 20 December 1798. The voyage was one of the worst in the history of transportation. ‘Jail Fever’ (typhus) raged through the ship, which lost 95 convicts before arriving at Sydney on 26 July 1799. It is not known where Tucker was assigned. Year of escape, flight and recapture In January 1803, he and Anthony Rawson stowed away on Atlas, visiting China before reaching Deal in England on 13 December 1803. The stowaways were captured and sent under escort to Portsmouth to return to New South Wales on Experiment — many other returnees were hanged. They arrived back in Sydney on 24 June 1804. Emigration to New Zealand In March 1805, shortly after his term expired, Tucker was advertised as shipping out on Governor King for the coast of New Zealand. She was one of the ships of Lord, Kable and Underwood, a group formed by Simeon Lord, Henry Kable, and James Underwood to exploit the sealing grounds at the Antipodes Islands to the south and east of New Zealand's South Island. She probably landed men at Dusky Sound on the South Island's south west coast. Tucker was probably later at the Antipodes Islands. There were virtually no Europeans living ashore in New Zealand and Māori still lived much as they had for centuries. Maori society was tribal and based on the maintenance of honour, war being recurrent and often fought to get revenge, or 'utu', for an insult. The Māori had developed tattooing and moko to a greater extent than any other society and high born males wore full facial adornment unique to the individual. Some Māori preserved the heads of enemies and loved ones. These relics had interested the first European visitors, as had their carved jade ornaments. Tucker may have left Sydney for England in 1807 in Sydney Cove whose command was taken over by Daniel Cooper en route. If so, he would have returned to New South Wales either in her, or Unity, Cooper's next command. In April 1809, he was advertised to leave Sydney in the Pegasus. Instead, he left on Brothers, a ship chartered by Robert Campbell and probably intended for the Solander Islands in Foveaux Strait, between New Zealand's South Island and Stewart Island. In early November, he was one of eleven men landed at the ‘Isle of Wight’ and ‘Ragged Rock’ on what is now the Dunedin coast on the South Island's southeast coast. When Captain Mason returned to Port Daniel, now called Otago Harbour, on 3 May 1810, he found only Tucker and Daniel Wilson. Tucker was sent to look for the missing men first on the Isle of Wight and then to ‘Ragged Point’, apparently the headland on Stewart Island at the western entrance to Foveaux Strait. It was probably then he stole a preserved Māori head, whose owners, discovering the loss, pursued the departing sealers. When they failed to find the missing men, Tucker rejoined Brothers at Otago Harbour and returned with her to Sydney on 14 July 1810. Later that year, at Otago Harbour, a Māori chief's theft of a red shirt and knife from a man who disembarked from Sydney Cove started a rolling feud which soon took the lives of some of Brothers’ missing men and soured Māori/Pākehā relations in the south. It was called The Sealers' War, also 'The War of the Shirt’, and continued until 1823. Start of trade with Australia Tucker left Sydney again on Aurora, on 19 September 1810 for the newly discovered Macquarie Island far to the south of New Zealand. At Campbell Island in early November, the location of Macquarie was obtained by bribing one of Campbell and Co's men. Aurora landed a gang at Macquarie that would have included Tucker. She left, returned, and brought her gang back to Sydney on 19 May 1811. It was presumably shortly after this that Tucker offered the Māori head for sale, inaugurating their retail trade and earning him the condemnation of ‘Candor’ in the Sydney Gazette, which called him ‘a wild fellow’ and a 'villain'. He then spent time ashore, where, by August 1812, he was a labourer living with old shipmates in poor lodgings in Phillips Street. On 21 August he and Edward Williams stole a woman's fancy silk cloak, for which they were convicted in November, sentenced to a year's hard labour, and sent to Newcastle. By October–November 1814, he had left New South Wales, perhaps for Tasmania. In 1815, he returned to Otago, perhaps in Governor Bligh, and took up residence at Whareakeake, later called Murdering Beach, a little to the north of Otago Heads. There he built a house and lived for a time with a Māori woman, keeping goats and sheep. There were no children. The site has long been known for its large quantities of worked greenstone, called pounamu in Māori, a variety of Nephrite jade. This took the form of adzes worked with iron tools into pendants, or hei-tiki. Archaeologists have identified these as being produced for a European export trade. An 1819 editorial in the Sydney Gazette described the trade, saying it was carried on by ‘groupes of sealers’. It seems clear this was part of Tucker's enterprise. Māori called him ‘Taka’ adapting his surname, also ‘Wioree’, perhaps from the diminutive of his first name ‘Willy’. More formally and inaccurately, he was also styled ‘Captain Tucker’. Final voyage He left, went to Hobart and returned on Sophia with Captain James Kelly, bringing other European settlers, according to Māori sources. The Sophia anchored in Otago Harbour on 11 December 1817. ‘Taka’ was welcomed by Māori of the harbourside settlement, but unknown to the visitors, the chief Korako, father of Te Matenga Taiaroa, refused to ferry across Māori from the north, Whareakeake, who had come to see Tucker and receive presents. When Kelly, Tucker, and five others took a longboat to Whareakeake a few days later, they were at first welcomed. But while Tucker was absent in his house, the Māori attacked the others. Veto Viole and John Griffiths were killed, but Kelly escaped back to the longboat, as did Tucker. He lingered in the surf, calling on Māori not to hurt Wioree, but was speared and knocked down. He called ‘Captain Kelly for God’s sake don’t leave me,’ before being killed. Kelly saw him ‘cut limb from limb and carried away by the savages!’ Tucker's killer was Riri, acting on chief Te Matahaere's orders. Taiaroa allegedly killed the others. All the dead were eaten. A Māori source gave the immediate cause as dissatisfaction at not having the first opportunity to receive Tucker's gifts, but it was also said it was an unhappy consequence of the theft of the shirt in 1810 and its owner's savage reaction. This dramatic death was reported in Australian newspapers. Epilogue Returning to his ship in the harbour, Kelly took revenge, by his account killing some Māori, destroying canoes, and firing ‘the beautiful City of Otago’, a harbourside settlement, probably on Te Rauone beach near modern Otakou. Tucker has been remembered for stealing the head and inaugurating the controversial trade. It was banned in New South Wales in 1831, but continued anyway. Ten were sold by a single Māori vendor later in the 1830s, apparently at Otago. The theft inspired Shena Mackay's 1993 novel Dunedin reflecting his role as a minor legend. However, the Creed manuscript, written by the Reverend Charles Creed in the 1840s recording the information of two Maori informants and discovered in 2003, shows Tucker in a new light. His theft was not responsible for the war in the south; he was generally liked by Māori and welcomed as a settler. In fact, he was the first European to settle in what is now the city of Dunedin, as distinct from sojourning, jumping ship or being held as a captive. While his inauguration of the trade in heads has been condemned even by his own countrymen, since that time his fostering of the trade in tiki has revealed him as an enterprising art dealer, in fact New Zealand's first. See also List of convicts transported to Australia References Beattie, James Herries, Traditional Lifeways of the Southern Maori University of Otago Press in association with Otago Museum, Dunedin, 1994 (1995). Beattie, James Herries, 'Traditions and Legends Collected from the Natives of Murihiku (Southland, New Zealand)' in Journal of the Polynesian Society Vol. XXVII, 115, September 1920, part XII. Buck, Sir Peter, The Coming of the Maori, Whitcombe and Tombs, 1949, (1974). Clune, Frank, Bound for Botany Bay, Narrative of a Voyage in 1798 Aboard the Death Ship Hillsborough, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1964. De Blosseville, Jules, 'Essai sur les Moeurs et les Coutumes des habitans de la Partie Meridionale de Tavai-Poenammou', in Nouvelles Annales des Voyages, de la Geographie et de l'Histoire, Tome XXIX, M.M.J.B. Eyries et Malte-Brun, Paris, 1826, pp. 161-172. Hamel, Jill, The Archaeology of Otago, Department of Conservation, Wellington, 2001. Mackay, Shena, Dunedin, Moyer Bell, Wakefield, Rhode Island, 1993. McNab, Robert, Murihiku, Whitcombe & Tombs, Wellington, 1909. Skinner, H.D., The Maori Hei-Tiki, second edition, Otago Museum, Dunedin, 1966. 1784 births 1817 deaths Convicts transported to Australia Settlers of Otago Sealers

<mask> (c. 16 May 1784 – December 1817) was a British convict, a sealer, a trader in human heads, an Otago settler, and New Zealand’s first art dealer. <mask> is the man who stole a preserved Māori head and started the retail trade in them. A document discovered in 2003 revealed his activities had no bearing on the war in the south and shows he was the first New Zealand art dealer, initially trading in human heads and secondarily in pounamu a variety of Nephrite jade. Background and childhood offence He was baptised on 16 May 1784 at Portsea, Portsmouth, England, the son of Timothy and <mask>, people of humble rank. In 1798 <mask> and Thomas Butler shoplifted goods worth more than five shillings from a ‘Taylor’ <mask> or Wildey, and were convicted and sentenced to death. They were then reprieved and sentenced to seven years’ transportation to New South Wales. They left Portsmouth on on 20 December 1798.The voyage was one of the worst in the history of transportation. ‘Jail Fever’ (typhus) raged through the ship, which lost 95 convicts before arriving at Sydney on 26 July 1799. It is not known where <mask> was assigned. Year of escape, flight and recapture In January 1803, he and Anthony Rawson stowed away on Atlas, visiting China before reaching Deal in England on 13 December 1803. The stowaways were captured and sent under escort to Portsmouth to return to New South Wales on Experiment — many other returnees were hanged. They arrived back in Sydney on 24 June 1804. Emigration to New Zealand In March 1805, shortly after his term expired, <mask> was advertised as shipping out on Governor King for the coast of New Zealand.She was one of the ships of Lord, Kable and Underwood, a group formed by Simeon Lord, Henry Kable, and James Underwood to exploit the sealing grounds at the Antipodes Islands to the south and east of New Zealand's South Island. She probably landed men at Dusky Sound on the South Island's south west coast. <mask> was probably later at the Antipodes Islands. There were virtually no Europeans living ashore in New Zealand and Māori still lived much as they had for centuries. Maori society was tribal and based on the maintenance of honour, war being recurrent and often fought to get revenge, or 'utu', for an insult. The Māori had developed tattooing and moko to a greater extent than any other society and high born males wore full facial adornment unique to the individual. Some Māori preserved the heads of enemies and loved ones.These relics had interested the first European visitors, as had their carved jade ornaments. <mask> may have left Sydney for England in 1807 in Sydney Cove whose command was taken over by Daniel Cooper en route. If so, he would have returned to New South Wales either in her, or Unity, Cooper's next command. In April 1809, he was advertised to leave Sydney in the Pegasus. Instead, he left on Brothers, a ship chartered by Robert Campbell and probably intended for the Solander Islands in Foveaux Strait, between New Zealand's South Island and Stewart Island. In early November, he was one of eleven men landed at the ‘Isle of Wight’ and ‘Ragged Rock’ on what is now the Dunedin coast on the South Island's southeast coast. When Captain Mason returned to Port Daniel, now called Otago Harbour, on 3 May 1810, he found only <mask> and Daniel Wilson.<mask> was sent to look for the missing men first on the Isle of Wight and then to ‘Ragged Point’, apparently the headland on Stewart Island at the western entrance to Foveaux Strait. It was probably then he stole a preserved Māori head, whose owners, discovering the loss, pursued the departing sealers. When they failed to find the missing men, <mask> rejoined Brothers at Otago Harbour and returned with her to Sydney on 14 July 1810. Later that year, at Otago Harbour, a Māori chief's theft of a red shirt and knife from a man who disembarked from Sydney Cove started a rolling feud which soon took the lives of some of Brothers’ missing men and soured Māori/Pākehā relations in the south. It was called The Sealers' War, also 'The War of the Shirt’, and continued until 1823. Start of trade with Australia <mask> left Sydney again on Aurora, on 19 September 1810 for the newly discovered Macquarie Island far to the south of New Zealand. At Campbell Island in early November, the location of Macquarie was obtained by bribing one of Campbell and Co's men.Aurora landed a gang at Macquarie that would have included <mask>. She left, returned, and brought her gang back to Sydney on 19 May 1811. It was presumably shortly after this that <mask> offered the Māori head for sale, inaugurating their retail trade and earning him the condemnation of ‘Candor’ in the Sydney Gazette, which called him ‘a wild fellow’ and a 'villain'. He then spent time ashore, where, by August 1812, he was a labourer living with old shipmates in poor lodgings in Phillips Street. On 21 August he and <mask> stole a woman's fancy silk cloak, for which they were convicted in November, sentenced to a year's hard labour, and sent to Newcastle. By October–November 1814, he had left New South Wales, perhaps for Tasmania. In 1815, he returned to Otago, perhaps in Governor Bligh, and took up residence at Whareakeake, later called Murdering Beach, a little to the north of Otago Heads.There he built a house and lived for a time with a Māori woman, keeping goats and sheep. There were no children. The site has long been known for its large quantities of worked greenstone, called pounamu in Māori, a variety of Nephrite jade. This took the form of adzes worked with iron tools into pendants, or hei-tiki. Archaeologists have identified these as being produced for a European export trade. An 1819 editorial in the Sydney Gazette described the trade, saying it was carried on by ‘groupes of sealers’. It seems clear this was part of <mask>'s enterprise.Māori called him ‘Taka’ adapting his surname, also ‘Wioree’, perhaps from the diminutive of his first name ‘Willy’. More formally and inaccurately, he was also styled ‘<mask>’. Final voyage He left, went to Hobart and returned on Sophia with Captain James Kelly, bringing other European settlers, according to Māori sources. The Sophia anchored in Otago Harbour on 11 December 1817. ‘Taka’ was welcomed by Māori of the harbourside settlement, but unknown to the visitors, the chief Korako, father of Te Matenga Taiaroa, refused to ferry across Māori from the north, Whareakeake, who had come to see <mask> and receive presents. When Kelly, <mask>, and five others took a longboat to Whareakeake a few days later, they were at first welcomed. But while <mask> was absent in his house, the Māori attacked the others.Veto Viole and John Griffiths were killed, but Kelly escaped back to the longboat, as did <mask>. He lingered in the surf, calling on Māori not to hurt Wioree, but was speared and knocked down. He called ‘Captain Kelly for God’s sake don’t leave me,’ before being killed. Kelly saw him ‘cut limb from limb and carried away by the savages!’ <mask>'s killer was Riri, acting on chief Te Matahaere's orders. Taiaroa allegedly killed the others. All the dead were eaten. A Māori source gave the immediate cause as dissatisfaction at not having the first opportunity to receive <mask>'s gifts, but it was also said it was an unhappy consequence of the theft of the shirt in 1810 and its owner's savage reaction.This dramatic death was reported in Australian newspapers. Epilogue Returning to his ship in the harbour, Kelly took revenge, by his account killing some Māori, destroying canoes, and firing ‘the beautiful City of Otago’, a harbourside settlement, probably on Te Rauone beach near modern Otakou. <mask> has been remembered for stealing the head and inaugurating the controversial trade. It was banned in New South Wales in 1831, but continued anyway. Ten were sold by a single Māori vendor later in the 1830s, apparently at Otago. The theft inspired Shena Mackay's 1993 novel Dunedin reflecting his role as a minor legend. However, the Creed manuscript, written by the Reverend Charles Creed in the 1840s recording the information of two Maori informants and discovered in 2003, shows <mask> in a new light.His theft was not responsible for the war in the south; he was generally liked by Māori and welcomed as a settler. In fact, he was the first European to settle in what is now the city of Dunedin, as distinct from sojourning, jumping ship or being held as a captive. While his inauguration of the trade in heads has been condemned even by his own countrymen, since that time his fostering of the trade in tiki has revealed him as an enterprising art dealer, in fact New Zealand's first. See also List of convicts transported to Australia References Beattie, James Herries, Traditional Lifeways of the Southern Maori University of Otago Press in association with Otago Museum, Dunedin, 1994 (1995). Beattie, James Herries, 'Traditions and Legends Collected from the Natives of Murihiku (Southland, New Zealand)' in Journal of the Polynesian Society Vol. XXVII, 115, September 1920, part XII. Buck, Sir Peter, The Coming of the Maori, Whitcombe and Tombs, 1949, (1974).Clune, Frank, Bound for Botany Bay, Narrative of a Voyage in 1798 Aboard the Death Ship Hillsborough, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1964. De Blosseville, Jules, 'Essai sur les Moeurs et les Coutumes des habitans de la Partie Meridionale de Tavai-Poenammou', in Nouvelles Annales des Voyages, de la Geographie et de l'Histoire, Tome XXIX, M.M.J.B. Eyries et Malte-Brun, Paris, 1826, pp. 161-172. Hamel, Jill, The Archaeology of Otago, Department of Conservation, Wellington, 2001. Mackay, Shena, Dunedin, Moyer Bell, Wakefield, Rhode Island, 1993. McNab, Robert, Murihiku, Whitcombe & Tombs, Wellington, 1909.Skinner, H.D., The Maori Hei-Tiki, second edition, Otago Museum, Dunedin, 1966. 1784 births 1817 deaths Convicts transported to Australia Settlers of Otago Sealers

<mask> was a British convict, a trader in human heads, and New Zealand's first art dealer. <mask> stole a Mori head and started the retail trade in it. A document discovered in 2003 shows that he was the first New Zealand art dealer and that he traded in human heads and a variety of jade. He was the son of Timothy and <mask>, people of humble rank, and was christened on 16 May 1784. <mask> and Thomas were sentenced to death for stealing goods worth more than five shillings from <mask> or Wildey. They were sentenced to seven years of transportation to New South Wales. They left on December 20th 1798.The voyage was one of the worst in the history of transportation. The ship lost 95 convicts before arriving in Australia. <mask> is not known where he was assigned. He and Anthony Rawson escaped on Atlas and traveled to China before reaching Deal in England. Many returnees were hanged after they were captured and sent back to New South Wales on the experiment. They returned to Australia on June 24th, 1804. After his term expired, <mask> was advertised as shipping out on Governor King for the coast of New Zealand.She was a part of the group of ships formed by Lord, Kable and Underwood to exploit the sealing grounds at the Antipodes Islands to the south and east of New Zealand's South Island. The South Island's south west coast is where she probably landed the men. <mask> was at the Antipodes Islands. Europeans didn't live in New Zealand and Mori didn't live in Europe. War was recurrent and often fought to get revenge, or 'utu', for an insult, and was based on the maintenance of honour. The Mori had developed tattooing and moko to a greater extent than any other society, and high born males wore full facial adornment unique to the individual. The heads of enemies and loved ones were preserved by some Mori.The carved jade ornaments were of interest to the first European visitors. <mask> may have left for England in 1807 when Daniel Cooper took over. If that was the case, he would have returned to New South Wales. He was told to leave in April of 1809. He left on Brothers, a ship that was probably intended for the Solander Islands in Foveaux Strait between New Zealand's South Island and Stewart Island. He was one of eleven men who landed at the "Isle of Wight" and "Ragged Rock" on the southeast coast of the South Island. <mask> and Daniel Wilson were found by Captain Mason when he returned to Port Daniel.The headland on Stewart Island at the western entrance to Foveaux Strait was where <mask> was sent to look for the missing men. The owners of the preserved Mori head discovered the loss and pursued the departing sealers. <mask> went back to Brothers at Otago Harbour with her after they failed to find the missing men. Later that year, a Mori chief's theft of a red shirt and knife from a man who disembarked from Sydney Cove started a rolling feud which soon took the lives of some of Brothers' missing men and soured Mori/Pkeh relations. The War of the Shirt was also called The Sealers' War. <mask> left Australia on Aurora on 19 September 1810 for the newly discovered Macquarie Island, which was to the south of New Zealand. A bribe was paid to one of Campbell and Co's men to get the location of Macquarie.<mask> would have been part of the gang that Aurora landed. She brought her group back to Australia on May 19th, 1811. <mask> offered the Mori head for sale, inaugurating their retail trade, and earning him the condemnation of "Candor" in the Sydney Gazette, which called him a "wild fellow" and a "villain". In August 1812, he was a labourer living with old shipmates in poor lodgings onPhillips Street. He and <mask> were sentenced to a year's hard labour after stealing a woman's fancy silk cloak. He left New South Wales by the fall of 1814. Murdering Beach, a little to the north of Otago Heads, was where he took up residence in 1814.He lived there with a Mori woman and kept goats and sheep. There weren't any children. The site has long been known for its large quantities of worked greenstone, called pounamu in Mori, a variety of Nephrite jade. The pendants were worked with iron tools. These are being produced for an export trade. The trade was described in an 1819 editorial. This appears to be part of <mask>'s enterprise.He was called 'Taka' adapting his name from his first name 'Willy'. He was styled as <mask>. According to Mori sources, he left and returned to Sophia with Captain James Kelly and other European settlers. On December 11, 1817, the Sophia anchored in the harbour. <mask> was welcomed by Mori of the harbourside settlement, but unknown to the visitors, the chief Korako refused to ferry across Mori from the north. When Kelly, <mask>, and five others took a longboat to Whareakeake, they were welcomed at first. <mask> was not in his house when the Mori attacked the others.Kelly and <mask> escaped back to the longboat after Veto and John were killed. He was speared and knocked down while he was in the surf. Before he was killed, he called Captain Kelly for God's sake. <mask>'s killer was Riri, who was acting on chief Te Matahaere's orders. Taiaroa is accused of killing the others. The dead were eaten. A Mori source said that there was unhappiness at not having the first chance to receive <mask>'s gifts, but also that it was an unhappy consequence of the theft of the shirt in 1810.The death was reported in Australian newspapers. Kelly returned to his ship in the harbour and took revenge by killing some Mori, destroying canoes, and firing at the beautiful City of Otago, a harbourside settlement. <mask> stole the head and inaugurating the controversial trade. It was banned in New South Wales in the 19th century. A single Mori vendor sold ten of them later in the 1830s. The theft inspired Shena Mackay to write a novel about him. The Creed manuscript, written by the Reverend Charles Creed in the 1840s, shows <mask> in a different light.The war in the south was not caused by his theft, he was welcomed as a settler and liked by Mori. He was the first European to settle in what is now the city of Dunedin, unlike sojourning, jumping ship or being held as a captive. While his inauguration of the trade in heads has been condemned by his own countrymen, since that time his fostering of the trade in tiki has revealed him to be New Zealand's first art dealer. There is a list of convicts transported to Australia. James Herries wrote 'Traditions and Legends Collected from the Natives of Murihiku (Southland, New Zealand)' in the Journal of the Polynesian Society Vol. September 1920, part XII. The Coming of the Maori, Whitcombe and Tombs was written by Sir Peter Buck.The narrative of a voyage in 1798 Aboard the Death ship was written by Frank Clune. Jules said "Essai sur Les Moeurs et Les Coutumes des habitans de la Partie Meridionale de Tavai-Poenammou". Eyries et Malte-Brun, Paris, pp. 161-172. The Archaeology of Otago was published in 2001. Moyer Bell was from Rhode Island. In 1909, Robert, Murihiku, and Whitcombe & Tombs were located in Wellington.The second edition of The Maori Hei-Tiki was published in 1966. The convicts were transported to Australia.

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Jeffrey LeVasseur (born August 27, 1961), known as Jeffrey Steele, is an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with recording his own material, Steele has become a prolific Nashville songwriter, having co-written more than 60 hit songs for such artists as Montgomery Gentry, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, LeAnn Rimes, Rascal Flatts, Billy Ray Cyrus, and others. Between 1990 and 1996, Steele was the lead singer and bass guitarist in the country music band Boy Howdy, which recorded two albums and an EP on Curb Records, in addition to charting seven singles on the Billboard country music charts. After Boy Howdy disbanded, Steele embarked on a solo career, recording seven studio albums (one of which was not released). He also charted four singles as a solo artist, with the highest-peaking ("Somethin' in the Water") reaching No. 33 on the country charts in 2001. Biography Jeffrey LeVasseur was born in Burbank, California to a musical family. His mother was a singer, and his father had aspirations to become a country music songwriter. He first gained his own interest in music at age eight, when he sang Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World" at a church function. This rendition earned him a standing ovation, so he sang the song an additional seven times. Later, he shifted his focus to songwriting. By age 17, he was performing with local groups, and playing keyboards at various gigs on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. In 1987, after the death of his father, LeVasseur changed his last name to Steele as a tribute to his father, who processed steel for a living. Boy Howdy In 1990, Steele and three other California musicians – Hugh Wright, along with brothers Cary and Larry Park – formed the band Boy Howdy, in which he served as lead vocalist and bass guitarist. Jeffrey Steele wrote a song, 'When Johnny Comes Marching Home' about the returning veterans from the Gulf war, Curb signed Boy Howdy but made them change their group name to 'New Frontier' they went to appear on 'Nashville Now' hosted by Ralph Emery who liked the band name Boy Howdy this helped convince Curb records to let them keep the Boy Howdy name. The war ended so soon that the single was never released. Boy Howdy signed to Curb Records in 1992, recording three albums and an EP for the label, in addition to charting seven singles on the country music charts. While in Boy Howdy, Steele was named Best Bassist and Best Male Vocalist by the California Country Music Association. As the band's primary songwriter, he also earned BMI awards for co-writing their highest-charting singles, "She'd Give Anything" and "They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore". Solo career and success as songwriter Steele re-located to Nashville, Tennessee in 1994, two years before Boy Howdy disbanded. In 1996, he released three solo singles, as well as a self-titled solo album which was never shipped. Steele was eventually signed to a songwriting contract, however, and he began writing singles for other artists. Among his first hits as a songwriter were "If You Love Somebody" by Kevin Sharp, "Unbelievable" by Diamond Rio, and "Big Deal" by LeAnn Rimes, all three of which earned him additional BMI awards. He also sang backing vocals on Sharp's first two albums. In 2001, Steele was signed to his second solo recording contract, this time with Monument Records. His solo debut album, Somethin' in the Water, was issued late that year. In addition to producing the album, Steele wrote or co-wrote every song on it. The album's title cut reached a peak of No. 33 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, becoming Steele's only Top 40 hit as a solo artist. Meanwhile, he continued to write songs for other artists, with Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Trace Adkins, and Montgomery Gentry all recording songs he had co-written. Steele earned his first Number One song with Tim McGraw's "The Cowboy in Me" in 2002. In addition, Rascal Flatts reached Number One on the country charts in late 2002 with "These Days", their first Number One single. Steele also continued to record studio albums even while writing hits for other artists; his albums Gold, Platinum, Chrome and Steele and You Gotta Start Somewhere were both released in 2003, the same year that he was named Songwriter of the Year by both BMI and the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI). 2004 saw the release of his fourth studio album, Outlaw, on the Lofton Creek Records label. By 2005, more than sixty of his songs had become chart hits for other artists; that same year, he received a second Songwriter of the Year award from the NSAI. His most successful single as a songwriter is "What Hurts the Most", co-written with English songwriter Steve Robson. The song was a Number One single on both the Hot Country Songs and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts for Rascal Flatts in 2006, and was also a chart single for Cascada in 2007. Another one of Steele's compositions, Steve Holy's Number One single "Brand New Girlfriend", earned him yet another BMI award in 2006, as well as the Rascal Flatts hit "My Wish" just as Steele released his album, Hell on Wheels. "What Hurts the Most" would later earn him the Songwriter of the Year and Song of the Year awards from BMI, as well as the Songwriter of the Year award from MusicRow magazine. Steele has since released two other albums, his second greatest hits record "Gold, Platinum, No Chrome, and More Steele" was released in 2007 and his country classics tribute album "Countrypolitan" which was released in 2008. Steele also produced Keith Anderson's two studio albums: 2005's Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll and 2008's C'mon!, as well as Montgomery Gentry's 2004 album You Do Your Thing and 2006 album Some People Change In 2016 "Chasing Down a Good Time" Steele co-wrote with Anthony Smith by Randy Houser. In April 2008, Steele joined Jewel and John Rich of Big & Rich as judges on the talent show Nashville Star. Steele has also guest hosted for Bob Kingsley twice on the radio show Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40, a weekly radio countdown show based on the Mediabase country charts: for the weeks of September 13–14, 2008 and October 3–4, 2009. In September 2008, The Country Music Hall of Fame honored Steele as a Poet & Prophet in the Hall of Fame's quarterly series. In 1996, he was nominated for Best Country Instrumental Performance at the Grammy Awards. In 2006, he was nominated for Best Country Song at the Grammy Awards. In 2014, he was nominated for Best Country Song at the Grammy Awards. Steele signed a deal with Best Buy to release 3 of his albums November 18, 2008: "Hell On Wheels", "Gold, Platinum, No Chrome, and More Steele: Greatest Hits Vol. II", and "Countrypolitan" Steele also co-wrote the song "I Thought I Lost You" with Miley Cyrus for the 2008 Disney animated film Bolt, which Cyrus sings as a duet with John Travolta. Discography Albums Singles Notes A^ "My Greatest Love" peaked at number 90 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. Music videos Songs written by Jeffrey Steele References External links Official site Radio Interview with Jeffrey Steele 1961 births American country bass guitarists American country singer-songwriters Living people Musicians from Burbank, California Monument Records artists Lofton Creek Records artists Singer-songwriters from California Guitarists from California American male bass guitarists 20th-century American bass guitarists Country musicians from California 20th-century American male musicians American male singer-songwriters

<mask> (born August 27, 1961), known as <mask>, is an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with recording his own material, <mask> has become a prolific Nashville songwriter, having co-written more than 60 hit songs for such artists as Montgomery Gentry, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, LeAnn Rimes, Rascal Flatts, Billy Ray Cyrus, and others. Between 1990 and 1996, <mask> was the lead singer and bass guitarist in the country music band Boy Howdy, which recorded two albums and an EP on Curb Records, in addition to charting seven singles on the Billboard country music charts. After Boy Howdy disbanded, <mask> embarked on a solo career, recording seven studio albums (one of which was not released). He also charted four singles as a solo artist, with the highest-peaking ("Somethin' in the Water") reaching No. 33 on the country charts in 2001. Biography <mask> was born in Burbank, California to a musical family.His mother was a singer, and his father had aspirations to become a country music songwriter. He first gained his own interest in music at age eight, when he sang Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World" at a church function. This rendition earned him a standing ovation, so he sang the song an additional seven times. Later, he shifted his focus to songwriting. By age 17, he was performing with local groups, and playing keyboards at various gigs on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. In 1987, after the death of his father, LeVasseur changed his last name to <mask> as a tribute to his father, who processed steel for a living. Boy Howdy In 1990, <mask> and three other California musicians – Hugh Wright, along with brothers Cary and Larry Park – formed the band Boy Howdy, in which he served as lead vocalist and bass guitarist.<mask> wrote a song, 'When Johnny Comes Marching Home' about the returning veterans from the Gulf war, Curb signed Boy Howdy but made them change their group name to 'New Frontier' they went to appear on 'Nashville Now' hosted by Ralph Emery who liked the band name Boy Howdy this helped convince Curb records to let them keep the Boy Howdy name. The war ended so soon that the single was never released. Boy Howdy signed to Curb Records in 1992, recording three albums and an EP for the label, in addition to charting seven singles on the country music charts. While in Boy Howdy, <mask> was named Best Bassist and Best Male Vocalist by the California Country Music Association. As the band's primary songwriter, he also earned BMI awards for co-writing their highest-charting singles, "She'd Give Anything" and "They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore". Solo career and success as songwriter <mask> re-located to Nashville, Tennessee in 1994, two years before Boy Howdy disbanded. In 1996, he released three solo singles, as well as a self-titled solo album which was never shipped.<mask> was eventually signed to a songwriting contract, however, and he began writing singles for other artists. Among his first hits as a songwriter were "If You Love Somebody" by Kevin Sharp, "Unbelievable" by Diamond Rio, and "Big Deal" by LeAnn Rimes, all three of which earned him additional BMI awards. He also sang backing vocals on Sharp's first two albums. In 2001, <mask> was signed to his second solo recording contract, this time with Monument Records. His solo debut album, Somethin' in the Water, was issued late that year. In addition to producing the album, <mask> wrote or co-wrote every song on it. The album's title cut reached a peak of No.33 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, becoming <mask>'s only Top 40 hit as a solo artist. Meanwhile, he continued to write songs for other artists, with Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Trace Adkins, and Montgomery Gentry all recording songs he had co-written. <mask> earned his first Number One song with Tim McGraw's "The Cowboy in Me" in 2002. In addition, Rascal Flatts reached Number One on the country charts in late 2002 with "These Days", their first Number One single. <mask> also continued to record studio albums even while writing hits for other artists; his albums Gold, Platinum, Chrome and Steele and You Gotta Start Somewhere were both released in 2003, the same year that he was named Songwriter of the Year by both BMI and the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI). 2004 saw the release of his fourth studio album, Outlaw, on the Lofton Creek Records label. By 2005, more than sixty of his songs had become chart hits for other artists; that same year, he received a second Songwriter of the Year award from the NSAI.His most successful single as a songwriter is "What Hurts the Most", co-written with English songwriter Steve Robson. The song was a Number One single on both the Hot Country Songs and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts for Rascal Flatts in 2006, and was also a chart single for Cascada in 2007. Another one of <mask>'s compositions, Steve Holy's Number One single "Brand New Girlfriend", earned him yet another BMI award in 2006, as well as the Rascal Flatts hit "My Wish" just as <mask> released his album, Hell on Wheels. "What Hurts the Most" would later earn him the Songwriter of the Year and Song of the Year awards from BMI, as well as the Songwriter of the Year award from MusicRow magazine. <mask> has since released two other albums, his second greatest hits record "Gold, Platinum, No Chrome, and More Steele" was released in 2007 and his country classics tribute album "Countrypolitan" which was released in 2008. <mask> also produced Keith Anderson's two studio albums: 2005's Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll and 2008's C'mon!, as well as Montgomery Gentry's 2004 album You Do Your Thing and 2006 album Some People Change In 2016 "Chasing Down a Good Time" <mask> co-wrote with Anthony Smith by Randy Houser. In April 2008, <mask> joined Jewel and John Rich of Big & Rich as judges on the talent show Nashville Star.<mask> has also guest hosted for Bob Kingsley twice on the radio show Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40, a weekly radio countdown show based on the Mediabase country charts: for the weeks of September 13–14, 2008 and October 3–4, 2009. In September 2008, The Country Music Hall of Fame honored <mask> as a Poet & Prophet in the Hall of Fame's quarterly series. In 1996, he was nominated for Best Country Instrumental Performance at the Grammy Awards. In 2006, he was nominated for Best Country Song at the Grammy Awards. In 2014, he was nominated for Best Country Song at the Grammy Awards. <mask> signed a deal with Best Buy to release 3 of his albums November 18, 2008: "Hell On Wheels", "Gold, Platinum, No Chrome, and More Steele: Greatest Hits Vol. II", and "Countrypolitan" <mask> also co-wrote the song "I Thought I Lost You" with Miley Cyrus for the 2008 Disney animated film Bolt, which Cyrus sings as a duet with John Travolta.Discography Albums Singles Notes A^ "My Greatest Love" peaked at number 90 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. Music videos Songs written by <mask> References External links Official site Radio Interview with <mask> 1961 births American country bass guitarists American country singer-songwriters Living people Musicians from Burbank, California Monument Records artists Lofton Creek Records artists Singer-songwriters from California Guitarists from California American male bass guitarists 20th-century American bass guitarists Country musicians from California 20th-century American male musicians American male singer-songwriters

<mask>, also known as <mask>, is an American country music singer. <mask> has co-written more than 60 hit songs for artists such as Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, LeAnn Rimes, and others. <mask> was the lead singer and bass guitarist in the country music band Boy Howdy, which recorded two albums and an album on Curb Records, as well as seven singles on the country music charts. <mask> recorded seven studio albums, one of which was not released. The highest-peaking single was "Somethin' in the Water". 33 was on the country charts in 2001. <mask> was born in Burbank, California to a musical family.His father wanted to become a country music writer. At age eight, he became interested in music when he sang Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World" at a church function. He sang the song an additional seven times after getting a standing ovation for his rendition. He shifted his focus to writing. He was performing with local groups and playing keyboards on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles when he was 17 years old. After the death of his father, LeVasseur changed his last name to <mask> to honor him. The band Boy Howdy was formed in 1990 by <mask>, Hugh Wright, and brothers Cary and Larry Park.When Johnny Comes Marching Home is a song written by <mask> about the returning veterans from the Gulf war, Curb signed Boy Howdy but made them change their group name to 'New Frontier' because they liked the band name Boy. The single was never released after the war ended. Curb Records signed Boy Howdy in 1992 and he went on to have seven singles on the country music charts. <mask> was named Best Male Vocalist and Best Bassist by the California Country Music Association. The band's highest-charting singles, "She'd Give Anything" and "They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore", were co-written by him. Two years before Boy Howdy dissolved, <mask> relocated to Nashville, Tennessee. He released three solo singles and a self-titled solo album in 1996.<mask> began writing singles for other artists after signing a songwriting contract. His first hits were "If You Love Somebody" by Kevin Sharp, "Unbelievable" by Diamond Rio, and "Big Deal" by LeAnn Rimes. On Sharp's first two albums, he sang backing vocals. <mask>'s second solo recording contract was with Monument Records. Somethin' in the Water was his solo debut. <mask> wrote or co- wrote every song on the album. The title cut of the album reached a peak.<mask>'s only Top 40 hit as a solo artist was 33 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. He continued to write songs for other artists as well as co-writing some of them. "The Cowboy in Me" was <mask>'s first Number One song. The first Number One single by the band was "These days", their first single. His albums Gold, Platinum, Chrome and <mask> were both released in 2003 the same year that he was named Songwriter of the Year by the Nashville Songwriters Association International. His fourth studio album was released on the Lofton Creek Records label. By 2005, more than sixty of his songs had become chart hits for other artists."What Hurts the Most" is his most successful single to date. The song was a Number One single on both the Hot Country Songs and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts in 2006 for Rascal Flatts. Steve Holy's Number One single "Brand New Girlfriend" was one of <mask> Flatts hit "My Wish", just as <mask> released his album, Hell on Wheels. His song "What Hurts the Most" earned him a number of awards, including the Songwriter of the Year and Song of the Year from MusicRow magazine. <mask>'s second greatest hits record "Gold, Platinum, No Chrome, and More Steele" was released in 2007, and his country classics tribute album "Countrypolitan" was released in 2008. <mask> produced several albums, including 2005's Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll and 2008's C'mon!, as well as 2004's You Do Your Thing and 2006's Some People Change. <mask> was a judge on the talent show Nashville Star.<mask> was a guest host on Country Top 40 for two weeks in September of 2008 and October of 2009. <mask> was honored as a Poet and Prophet by the Country Music Hall of Fame. He was nominated for an award in 1996. He was nominated for a Best Country Song award. He was nominated for a Best Country Song award. <mask> signed a deal with Best Buy to release 3 of his albums. <mask> co- wrote the song "I Thought I Lost You" with Cyrus for the 2008 Disney animated film Bolt, which Cyrus sings as a duet with John Travolta."My greatest love" peaked at number 90 on the country tracks chart in Canada. Songs written by <mask> can be found on the official site Radio Interview with <mask>.

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Reinhold Kubik

Reinhold Kubik (born 22 March 1942, Vienna) is an Austrian musicologist, pianist and conductor. Biography From 1966 to 1974, Kubik worked as a repetiteur, coach, and Kapellmeister at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf and Duisburg. From 1974 to 1980, Kubik did research for a PhD on Handel's Rinaldo at Erlangen. He has also been a pianist, composer, choir director and lecturer. Kubik was editor-in-chief of Hänssler Verlag and has worked at Universal Edition Wien. He taught at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, in Nuremberg, Karlsruhe, London, and at Yale University. Kubik is married to the Baroque scholar, singer and dance pedagogue Margit Legler. Legler and Kubik have jointly written about and presented productions related to Baroque music, dance, and theatre. IGMG tenure From 1993 to 2012, Kubik was editor-in-chief of the Critical Complete Edition of the Works of Gustav Mahler and vice president of the Internationale Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft (IGMG; International Gustav Mahler Society). Several controversial episodes ensued over editions of Mahler's Symphony No. 1 and Symphony No. 6 issued during his tenure. Symphony No. 1 In the IGMG edition of the Symphony No. 1 edited by Sander Wilkens (1992, revised 1995), Wilkens had stated that the 3rd-movement double bass solo was instead meant for the full unison double bass section of the orchestra to perform, rather than by a solo double bass player, in contraindication to past published manuscripts and performance traditions. This statement occasioned criticism for Wilkens' inaccurate reading of the manuscripts, to the point where Kubik later repudiated Wilkens' misreading of the double bass solo: "However, assigning the new edition of the First Symphony to Sander Wilkens unfortunately proved to be a mistake. His confused arguments in support of the claim that the famous double bass solo at the beginning of the third movement was a solo for the whole group rather than for a single player contradicted the sources and surviving reports of performances under Mahler’s direction, and exposed the Critical Edition to ridicule from all Mahler researchers" Symphony No. 6 With respect to the Symphony No. 6, Kubik presided over the 2010 edition published by the IGMG, which featured the inner movements in the order Andante-Scherzo. Kubik had earlier declared in print in 2004: "As the current Chief Editor of the Complete Critical Edition, I declare the official position of the institution I represent is that the correct order of the middle movements of Mahler's Sixth Symphony is Andante-Scherzo." This statement has received criticism for multiple reasons, which include: (a) its blanket dismissal of the original score with the Scherzo/Andante order, (b) its expression of a personal preference without documentary evidence and based on subjective animus related to the Alma Problem, (c) for imposing an advance bias instead of presenting objectively, without preconceived bias, the two options of Scherzo/Andante and Andante/Scherzo. Mahler scholar and biographer Henry-Louis de la Grange has written about Kubik's judgment: "The fact that the initial order had the composer's stamp of approval for two whole years prior to the premiere argues for further performances in that form... It is far more likely ten years after Mahler's death and with a much clearer perspective on his life and career, Alma would have sought to be faithful to his artistic intentions. Thus, her telegram of 1919 still remains a strong argument today in favour of Mahler's original order...it is stretching the bounds of both language and reason to describe [Andante-Scherzo] as the "only correct" one. Mahler's Sixth Symphony, like many other compositions in the repertory, will always remain a "dual-version" work, but few of the others have attracted quite as much controversy." Music writer David Hurwitz has likewise written on Kubik's subjective bias towards a single choice, instead of granting performers latitude to make their own choice without advance bias: "...the responsible thing to do in revisiting the need for a new Critical Edition would be to set out all of the arguments on each side, and then take no position. Let the performers decide, and admit frankly that if the criterion for making a decision regarding the correct order of the inner movements must be what Mahler himself ultimately wanted, then no final answer is possible. This is the only honest approach, and it would be no different than what many of the better Critical Editions do — consider for example Philip Gossett’s editions of Rossini and Verdi operas, which attempt to present all significant, legitimate variant readings to the performer as long as they originate with the composer (or have his express sanction)... "The danger in making the sort of dubious claims to definitiveness that we find in the current edition lies not just in the fact that to do so is simply bad scholarship; it also fails to take into account the practical reality that many busy performers today likely will accept these specious arguments without qualms. "It falls to a Critical Edition, then, to encourage interpreters to come to a work without preconceptions, and to offer a clean text alongside a fair assessment of the various interpretive options that the composer left open to posterity." Hurwitz also notes Kubik's dismissal of the existence of the original version in the pronouncement: "...scholars rightly often give particular weight to a composer’s original conception, especially if it can be shown that later alterations resulted from extraneous or non‐musical considerations and circumstances. This is arguably the case here. It explains why Kubik’s preface contains repeated, and to be frank strikingly defensive, assertions concerning the definitiveness of Mahler’s intentions in placing the Andante second. 'Mahler never played the symphony any other way,' they remind us, over and over, as if the sheer weight of irrelevant historical detail that they have accumulated concerning the three performances that Mahler actually conducted will enhance its value and make us forget the simple truth regarding the work's actual performance history. Accordingly, not a word of the rhetorical smokescreen that Kubik works so hard to erect makes the slightest impact on the fact that there are very strong reasons for preferring Mahler's original movement order on purely formal grounds. Accordingly, it pays to consider the issue from this perspective as well, even if Kubik and his team will not because it's an argument they cannot win (and they probably know it)." Publications Helmut Brenner, Reinhold Kubik: Mahlers Menschen. Freunde und Weggefährten. Residenz-Verlag, St. Pölten/Salzburg/Wien 2014, . Händels Rinaldo. Geschichte, Werk, Wirkung. Hänssler, Neuhausen-Stuttgart 1982, . References External links Reinhold Kubik beim Residenz Verlag Bach Cantatas biography page on Reinhold Kubik 1942 births Living people Musicians from Vienna Austrian musicologists 20th-century musicologists 21st-century musicologists

<mask> (born 22 March 1942, Vienna) is an Austrian musicologist, pianist and conductor. Biography From 1966 to 1974, Kubik worked as a repetiteur, coach, and Kapellmeister at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf and Duisburg. From 1974 to 1980, Kubik did research for a PhD on Handel's Rinaldo at Erlangen. He has also been a pianist, composer, choir director and lecturer. <mask> was editor-in-chief of Hänssler Verlag and has worked at Universal Edition Wien. He taught at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, in Nuremberg, Karlsruhe, London, and at Yale University. Kubik is married to the Baroque scholar, singer and dance pedagogue Margit Legler.Legler and <mask> have jointly written about and presented productions related to Baroque music, dance, and theatre. IGMG tenure From 1993 to 2012, <mask> was editor-in-chief of the Critical Complete Edition of the Works of Gustav Mahler and vice president of the Internationale Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft (IGMG; International Gustav Mahler Society). Several controversial episodes ensued over editions of Mahler's Symphony No. 1 and Symphony No. 6 issued during his tenure. Symphony No. 1 In the IGMG edition of the Symphony No.1 edited by Sander Wilkens (1992, revised 1995), Wilkens had stated that the 3rd-movement double bass solo was instead meant for the full unison double bass section of the orchestra to perform, rather than by a solo double bass player, in contraindication to past published manuscripts and performance traditions. This statement occasioned criticism for Wilkens' inaccurate reading of the manuscripts, to the point where <mask> later repudiated Wilkens' misreading of the double bass solo: "However, assigning the new edition of the First Symphony to Sander Wilkens unfortunately proved to be a mistake. His confused arguments in support of the claim that the famous double bass solo at the beginning of the third movement was a solo for the whole group rather than for a single player contradicted the sources and surviving reports of performances under Mahler’s direction, and exposed the Critical Edition to ridicule from all Mahler researchers" Symphony No. 6 With respect to the Symphony No. 6, Kubik presided over the 2010 edition published by the IGMG, which featured the inner movements in the order Andante-Scherzo. Kubik had earlier declared in print in 2004: "As the current Chief Editor of the Complete Critical Edition, I declare the official position of the institution I represent is that the correct order of the middle movements of Mahler's Sixth Symphony is Andante-Scherzo." This statement has received criticism for multiple reasons, which include: (a) its blanket dismissal of the original score with the Scherzo/Andante order, (b) its expression of a personal preference without documentary evidence and based on subjective animus related to the Alma Problem, (c) for imposing an advance bias instead of presenting objectively, without preconceived bias, the two options of Scherzo/Andante and Andante/Scherzo.Mahler scholar and biographer Henry-Louis de la Grange has written about <mask>'s judgment: "The fact that the initial order had the composer's stamp of approval for two whole years prior to the premiere argues for further performances in that form... It is far more likely ten years after Mahler's death and with a much clearer perspective on his life and career, Alma would have sought to be faithful to his artistic intentions. Thus, her telegram of 1919 still remains a strong argument today in favour of Mahler's original order...it is stretching the bounds of both language and reason to describe [Andante-Scherzo] as the "only correct" one. Mahler's Sixth Symphony, like many other compositions in the repertory, will always remain a "dual-version" work, but few of the others have attracted quite as much controversy." Music writer David Hurwitz has likewise written on Kubik's subjective bias towards a single choice, instead of granting performers latitude to make their own choice without advance bias: "...the responsible thing to do in revisiting the need for a new Critical Edition would be to set out all of the arguments on each side, and then take no position. Let the performers decide, and admit frankly that if the criterion for making a decision regarding the correct order of the inner movements must be what Mahler himself ultimately wanted, then no final answer is possible. This is the only honest approach, and it would be no different than what many of the better Critical Editions do — consider for example Philip Gossett’s editions of Rossini and Verdi operas, which attempt to present all significant, legitimate variant readings to the performer as long as they originate with the composer (or have his express sanction)... "The danger in making the sort of dubious claims to definitiveness that we find in the current edition lies not just in the fact that to do so is simply bad scholarship; it also fails to take into account the practical reality that many busy performers today likely will accept these specious arguments without qualms."It falls to a Critical Edition, then, to encourage interpreters to come to a work without preconceptions, and to offer a clean text alongside a fair assessment of the various interpretive options that the composer left open to posterity." Hurwitz also notes <mask>'s dismissal of the existence of the original version in the pronouncement: "...scholars rightly often give particular weight to a composer’s original conception, especially if it can be shown that later alterations resulted from extraneous or non‐musical considerations and circumstances. This is arguably the case here. It explains why <mask>’s preface contains repeated, and to be frank strikingly defensive, assertions concerning the definitiveness of Mahler’s intentions in placing the Andante second. 'Mahler never played the symphony any other way,' they remind us, over and over, as if the sheer weight of irrelevant historical detail that they have accumulated concerning the three performances that Mahler actually conducted will enhance its value and make us forget the simple truth regarding the work's actual performance history. Accordingly, not a word of the rhetorical smokescreen that Kubik works so hard to erect makes the slightest impact on the fact that there are very strong reasons for preferring Mahler's original movement order on purely formal grounds. Accordingly, it pays to consider the issue from this perspective as well, even if <mask> and his team will not because it's an argument they cannot win (and they probably know it)."Publications Helmut Brenner, <mask> <mask>: Mahlers Menschen. Freunde und Weggefährten. Residenz-Verlag, St. Pölten/Salzburg/Wien 2014, . Händels Rinaldo. Geschichte, Werk, Wirkung. Hänssler, Neuhausen-Stuttgart 1982, . References External links <mask> <mask> beim Residenz Verlag Bach Cantatas biography page on <mask> <mask> 1942 births Living people Musicians from Vienna Austrian musicologists 20th-century musicologists 21st-century musicologists

He is an Austrian musicologist, pianist and conductor. TheDeutsche Oper am Rhein in Dsseldorf and Duisburg had a repetiteur, coach and Kapellmeister. From 1974 to 1980, he did research for a PhD on Handel's Rinaldo. He is a composer, choir director, lecturer and pianist. He was editor-in-chief of Hnssler Verlag. He taught at a number of universities, including the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Margit Legler is a Baroque scholar, singer and dance pedagogue.They have written about and presented productions related to Baroque music, dance, and theatre. He was editor-in-chief of the Critical Complete Edition of the Works of Gustav Mahler from 1993 to 2012 and vice president of the Internationale Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft. There were several controversial episodes over the editions of the symphony. The symphony is 1 and the symphony is 2. 6 were issued during his tenure. There is a symphony. The symphony is in the IGMG edition.The 3rd-movement double bass solo was intended for the full unison double bass section of the orchestra to perform, rather than by a solo double bass player, according to the edited version. It was a mistake to assign the new edition of the First Symphony to Sander Wilkens, as this statement occasioned criticism for his inaccurate reading of the manuscripts. His confused arguments in support of the claim that the famous double bass solo at the beginning of the third movement was a solo for the whole group rather than for a single player exposed the Critical Edition to ridicule. 6 with respect to the symphony The 2010 edition of the IGMG featured the inner movements in the order Andante-Scherzo. In 2004, the current Chief Editor of the Complete Critical Edition declared that the correct order of the middle movements of the symphony was Andante-Scherzo. The statement has received criticism due to its blanket dismissal of the original score with the Scherzo/Andante order, as well as its expression of a personal preference without documentary evidence.Henry-Louis de la Grange wrote about the fact that the initial order had the composer's stamp of approval for two years prior to the premiere. It is more likely thatAlma would have been faithful to his artistic intentions if he had a better idea of his life and career. The telegram of 1919 is still a strong argument in favor of the original order. Few of the other works in the repertory have attracted as much controversy as the Sixth symphony. Music writer David Hurwitz has written on the subjective bias towards a single choice, instead of granting performers latitude to make their own choice without advance bias. If the criterion for making a decision regarding the correct order of the inner movements must be what Mahler wanted, then no final answer is possible. This is the only honest approach, and it would be no different than what many of the better Critical Editions do, which attempt to present all significant, legitimate variant readings to the performer as long as they originate with the composer.To encourage interpreters to come to a work without preconceptions and to offer a clean text alongside a fair assessment of the various interpretive options that the composer left open to posterity, it falls to a Critical Edition. If it can be shown that later alterations resulted from extraneous or non musical considerations and circumstances, scholars often give particular weight to a composer's original conception. This could be the case here. It explains why the Andante was placed second, and why the Andante was not placed first. The sheer weight of irrelevant historical detail that they have accumulated concerning the three performances that Mahler actually conducted will enhance its value and make us forget the simple truth regarding the work's actual performance. The fact that there are very strong reasons for preferring the original movement order on purely formal grounds is not affected by a word of the rhetorical smokescreen that Kubik works so hard to erect. It's important to consider the issue from this perspective, even if the team won't because it's an argument they can't win.There are publications by Helmut Brenner and <mask> <mask>. Weggefhrten ist Freunde und Weggefhrten. St. Plten/Salzburg/Wien is a publisher. Hndels Rinaldo. The word "wirkung" is derived from the German word for "en" and the word "woe" is derived from the German word for "woe". Hnssler was from Neuhausen-Stuttgart. There are links to External links on the biography page.

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Taika Waititi

Taika David Cohen (born 16 August 1975), known professionally as Taika Waititi , is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor, and comedian. He is a recipient of an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Grammy Award, and has received two nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards. His feature films Boy (2010) and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) have each been the top-grossing New Zealand film. Waititi's 2003 short film Two Cars, One Night earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film. He co-wrote, co-directed and starred in the horror comedy film What We Do in the Shadows (2014) with Jemaine Clement, which was adapted into a television series of the same name (2019–present). The series has been nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. His most recent directing credits include the superhero film Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and the black comedy film Jojo Rabbit (2019), the latter of which he also wrote and starred in as an imaginary version of Adolf Hitler. Jojo Rabbit received six Academy Award nominations and won for Best Adapted Screenplay. Waititi also earned a Grammy Award for producing the film's soundtrack. In addition to directing an episode of the television series The Mandalorian (2019–present), he also voices the character IG-11, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance. Early life Taika David Cohen was born on 16 August 1975 in Raukokore in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island, and grew up in both the East Coast and the Aro Valley of Wellington. His father was an artist of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui descent, whilst his mother, Robin Cohen, is a schoolteacher. Waititi stated that his mother's family were Russian Jews "mixed with a bit of Irish" and other European ancestry, while his father's side was "Māori and a little bit of French Canadian". Waititi describes himself as a "Polynesian Jew", although he has stated that he never grew up in an "actively practising Jewish household". Waititi's parents split up when he was around five, and he was raised primarily by his mother. He attended Onslow College, then studied theatre at Victoria University of Wellington where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1997. He originally used his mother's surname, Cohen, for his work in film and writing, and his father's, Waititi, for visual arts endeavours. Following the success of his first short film, he continued to use Waititi professionally. Career Early career While a student at Victoria University, Waititi was part of the five-member ensemble So You're a Man, which toured New Zealand and Australia with some success. He was half of the comedy duo The Humourbeasts alongside Jemaine Clement, which received New Zealand's highest comedy accolade, the Billy T Award, in 1999. Among a variety of artistic interests, Waititi began making comical short films for New Zealand's annual 48-hour film contest. His short film Two Cars, One Night (2003) earned him an Academy Award nomination in 2005. At the awards ceremony, he famously feigned falling asleep as the nominations were being read. His first feature film, a romantic comedy called Eagle vs Shark, was released in U.S. theatres for limited distribution in 2007. It stars Waititi's then-real-life partner, Loren Horsley. That year, Waititi wrote and directed one episode of the TV show Flight of the Conchords and directed another. His second feature, Boy, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2010, and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. Waititi also took one of the main roles, as the ex-con father who returns to his family. On its release in New Zealand, Boy received enthusiastic reviews and was successful at the local box office, eclipsing several records. Following the film's success, Waititi hoped its signature track, "Poi E", would get to #1 (for the second time) on the New Zealand charts. It reached #3, but became #1 on iTunes. In 2011, Waititi directed New Zealand TV series Super City starring Madeleine Sami, who plays five characters living in one city. That year, Waititi portrayed Thomas Kalmaku in the superhero film Green Lantern. 2013–2019: Recognition In 2013, Waititi co-wrote, co-directed and acted in the vampire comedy mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows with Clement. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2014. Waititi and Clement played members of a group of vampires who live in an appropriately gothic house in modern-day Wellington. A television adaptation of the film was commissioned in May 2018, with Waititi as an executive producer and director. The series of the same name premiered on FX in March 2019; its second season received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series. Waititi's fourth feature, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. When it was released in New Zealand, the comedy adventure broke Waititi's own record for a New Zealand film in its opening weekend. Based on a book by Barry Crump, it centres on a young boy (played by Julian Dennison) and a grumpy man (played by Sam Neill) on the run in the forest. Waititi wrote the initial screenplay for the 2016 Disney film Moana, which focused on gender and family. Those elements were passed over in favour of what became the final story. In 2017, Waititi won the award for New Zealander of the Year, but was unable to receive it in person due to work commitments. That year, he directed his first major studio film, Marvel Studios's Thor: Ragnarok, which was released in October. He also portrayed Korg, a Kronan, via motion capture in the film. He had previously directed a short film series for Marvel called Team Thor, chronicling the lives of Thor and his roommate, Darryl Jacobson. Thor: Ragnarok earned critical praise and was successful at the box office. Waititi was later consulted by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely on Thor's storylines for Avengers: Infinity War, to maintain the character's consistency in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In 2019, Waititi wrote and directed Jojo Rabbit, based on the book Caging Skies by Christine Leunens, the 1940s-set story of a child in the Hitler Youth whose mother is secretly hiding a Jewish girl in their home. Waititi plays Adolf Hitler as the boy's imaginary friend. Waititi received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. He won the latter, making him the first person of Māori descent to win an Academy Award in a screenplay category, and the first indigenous person to be nominated for and win Best Adapted Screenplay. In 2021 he won the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media as a producer of the Jojo Rabbit soundtrack. In October 2018, Lucasfilm announced that Waititi would be one of the directors of the Star Wars live-action streaming series The Mandalorian, which tells the story of a lone Mandalorian gunfighter in the period between the events of Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. The series premiered on 12 November 2019; Waititi also voices a droid bounty hunter named IG-11 in the series. He directed the series' first-season finale, "Chapter 8: Redemption". His voiceover work earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance in 2020. 2020–present: Recent career In 2020, Waititi narrated a charity reading of James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. He portrayed Ratcatcher in the DC superhero film The Suicide Squad, released in August 2021 to positive reviews. Also in August, Waititi portrayed Antwan Hovachelik, the antagonist of the action comedy film Free Guy. Waititi co-created the comedy series Reservation Dogs, which chronicles the lives of a group of indigenous Oklahoma teens, and comprises a main cast, directors, producers, and writers of indigenous peoples. It premiered on FX to positive reviews. Waititi is executive producing and starring as Blackbeard in the HBO Max comedy series Our Flag Means Death. It is scheduled to release in March 2022. He wrote and directed the superhero film Thor: Love and Thunder, a sequel to Thor: Ragnarok. Principal photography finished in June 2021; it is scheduled for a July 2022 release. Waititi is set to direct a feature film adaptation of the documentary Next Goal Wins and a live-action film adaptation of Akira. He is slated to co-write a sequel to What We Do in the Shadows, titled We're Wolves, and direct and co-write a live-action Star Wars film. Waititi is attached to write, direct and executive produce two animated series for Netflix based on Roald Dahl's children's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its sequel, one adapting the novels and the other focused on the novel's Oompa Loompa characters. He is set to executive produce and direct the Showtime limited series The Auteur. He is slated to write and direct a film based on Flash Gordon for 20th Century Studios. In November 2021, it was announced that Waititi would adapt The Incal into a feature film. Personal life Waititi married New Zealand film producer Chelsea Winstanley in 2011. They have two daughters. He and Winstanley separated in 2018. Since 2021, Waititi has been in a relationship with British singer Rita Ora. Waititi incorporates his Māori heritage into his projects, such as by including "Indigenous attachments" and conducting a Welcome to Country ceremony during the start of filming. He is an executive producer of the New Zealand films The Breaker Upperers (2018), Baby Done (2020), and Night Raiders (2021), all directed by Māori or indigenous filmmakers. Filmography Feature film Executive producer The Breaker Upperers (2018) Baby Done (2020) Night Raiders (2021) Short films Acting roles Other works Television Acting roles Music videos "Ladies of the World", Flight of the Conchords (2007) "Mutha'uckas", Flight of the Conchords (2007) "Leggy Blonde", Flight of the Conchords (2007) "Shanks’ Pony", Age Pryor (2007) "Bright Grey", The Phoenix Foundation (2007) "My Imminent Demise", Luke Buda (2008) "40 Years", The Phoenix Foundation (2009) "World Gone Sour (The Lost Kids)", Method Man (2011) “My Sweet Lord”, George Harrison (2021) Commercials Waititi has also been a prolific commercial director. He directed Air New Zealand's "The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made" featuring Peter Jackson and Elijah Wood as they go through where The Lord of the Rings films were shot. The commercial went viral amassing over 19 million views on YouTube. Waititi directed Tesco's "Borg," which features a comical Thor-esque character shopping in the supermarket; he went on to direct Marvel Studios' Thor: Ragnarok years later. "Friends Reunited", Friends Reunited (2008) "Moussaka Rap", Pot Noodle (2008) "I Wish (That Girls Were More Like Pot Noodles)", Pot Noodle (2008) "Back with no Appetite", Pot Noodle (2008) "World Gone Sour (The Lost Kids)", Sour Patch Kids (2011) "Simply The Best", Cadbury Dairy Milk (2011) "Gold", Wispa (2011) "Superbowl Brotherhood of Man", NBC (2012) "Pure", Steinlager (2012) "New Girl", Old Navy (2012) "Why Choose?", Old Navy (2012) "Bee Bots!", Old Navy (2012) "Australia Day", Lambnesia (2013) "State Of The -Ation", Samsung (2013) "MIDWULS", Optimum Cable (2013) "Borg" Tesco (2013) "Pierce Brosnan", Sky Ireland (2013) "Blazed", New Zealand Transport Agency (2013) "#HELLOBEER", Carlton (2013) "The Kids Party", Nimble (2014) "The Gas Bill", Nimble (2014) "The Phone Bill", Nimble (2014) "Laura", Stop Before You Start (2014) "Toa", Stop Before You Start (2014) "Tori", Stop Before You Start (2014) "Jackson", Stop Before You Start (2014) "Destiny", Stop Before You Start (2014) "The Most Epic Safety Video Ever", Air New Zealand (2014) "Watch It Over and Over", Nova Energy (2014) "Tinnyvision", New Zealand Transport Agency (2014) "Choose Your Trebor - Confessions", Trebor Mints (2015) "Broadband Made Simple", 2degrees (2015) "Gorgeous Greta", Crazy Domains (2015) "Kev of All Trades", Crazy Domains (2015) "Stuff Your Loved Ones", Crazy Domains (2015) "Taika's Appeal", New Zealand Human Rights Commission (2017) "Locker room", DirecTV (2018) "Talk to the Land", Old Spice (2018) "Stay Cool", Old Spice (2018) "Voice of Racism", New Zealand Human Rights Commission (2020) "Coca-Cola Christmas Commercial", Coca-Cola (2020) "Xbox Series X – Lucid Odyssey", Xbox (2020) Frequent collaborators Reception Critical response Box office performance Accolades Waititi has received various awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Writers Guild of America Award, and nominations for the Golden Globe Awards and Primetime Emmy Awards among others. In 2005, Waititi received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for the short film Two Cars, One Night (2004). In 2019, he released the comedy-drama film Jojo Rabbit, which was met with critical acclaim and earned him the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture, the Golden Globe Award for Best Musical or Comedy Film and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film. For the soundtrack of the film, he won the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media. Since 2019, he has written and produced the television series What We Do in the Shadows, based on the 2014 film of the same name, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series. In the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours, Waititi was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to film. References External links 1975 births 21st-century New Zealand writers 21st-century New Zealand male actors 21st-century screenwriters Audiobook narrators Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award winners Best Adapted Screenplay BAFTA Award winners Best Screenplay AACTA International Award winners English-language film directors Fantasy film directors Grammy Award winners Horror film directors Indigenous filmmakers in New Zealand Jewish film people Jewish writers Living people Male motion capture actors New Zealand comedians New Zealand film directors New Zealand Jews New Zealand male comedians New Zealand male Māori actors New Zealand male voice actors New Zealand people of Canadian descent New Zealand people of French descent New Zealand people of Irish descent New Zealand people of Russian-Jewish descent New Zealand screenwriters Male screenwriters Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit People educated at Onslow College People from the Bay of Plenty Region Science fiction fans Science fiction film directors Te Whānau-ā-Apanui Victoria University of Wellington alumni

<mask> (born 16 August 1975), known professionally as <mask> , is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor, and comedian. He is a recipient of an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Grammy Award, and has received two nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards. His feature films Boy (2010) and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) have each been the top-grossing New Zealand film. <mask>'s 2003 short film Two Cars, One Night earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film. He co-wrote, co-directed and starred in the horror comedy film What We Do in the Shadows (2014) with Jemaine Clement, which was adapted into a television series of the same name (2019–present). The series has been nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. His most recent directing credits include the superhero film Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and the black comedy film Jojo Rabbit (2019), the latter of which he also wrote and starred in as an imaginary version of Adolf Hitler.Jojo Rabbit received six Academy Award nominations and won for Best Adapted Screenplay. Waititi also earned a Grammy Award for producing the film's soundtrack. In addition to directing an episode of the television series The Mandalorian (2019–present), he also voices the character IG-11, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance. Early life <mask> David Cohen was born on 16 August 1975 in Raukokore in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island, and grew up in both the East Coast and the Aro Valley of Wellington. His father was an artist of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui descent, whilst his mother, Robin Cohen, is a schoolteacher. Waititi stated that his mother's family were Russian Jews "mixed with a bit of Irish" and other European ancestry, while his father's side was "Māori and a little bit of French Canadian". Waititi describes himself as a "Polynesian Jew", although he has stated that he never grew up in an "actively practising Jewish household".Waititi's parents split up when he was around five, and he was raised primarily by his mother. He attended Onslow College, then studied theatre at Victoria University of Wellington where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1997. He originally used his mother's surname, Cohen, for his work in film and writing, and his father's, Waititi, for visual arts endeavours. Following the success of his first short film, he continued to use Waititi professionally. Career Early career While a student at Victoria University, Waititi was part of the five-member ensemble So You're a Man, which toured New Zealand and Australia with some success. He was half of the comedy duo The Humourbeasts alongside Jemaine Clement, which received New Zealand's highest comedy accolade, the Billy T Award, in 1999. Among a variety of artistic interests, Waititi began making comical short films for New Zealand's annual 48-hour film contest.His short film Two Cars, One Night (2003) earned him an Academy Award nomination in 2005. At the awards ceremony, he famously feigned falling asleep as the nominations were being read. His first feature film, a romantic comedy called Eagle vs Shark, was released in U.S. theatres for limited distribution in 2007. It stars Waititi's then-real-life partner, Loren Horsley. That year, <mask> wrote and directed one episode of the TV show Flight of the Conchords and directed another. His second feature, Boy, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2010, and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. <mask> also took one of the main roles, as the ex-con father who returns to his family.On its release in New Zealand, Boy received enthusiastic reviews and was successful at the local box office, eclipsing several records. Following the film's success, Waititi hoped its signature track, "Poi E", would get to #1 (for the second time) on the New Zealand charts. It reached #3, but became #1 on iTunes. In 2011, Waititi directed New Zealand TV series Super City starring Madeleine Sami, who plays five characters living in one city. That year, Waititi portrayed Thomas Kalmaku in the superhero film Green Lantern. 2013–2019: Recognition In 2013, <mask> co-wrote, co-directed and acted in the vampire comedy mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows with Clement. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2014.<mask> and Clement played members of a group of vampires who live in an appropriately gothic house in modern-day Wellington. A television adaptation of the film was commissioned in May 2018, with Waititi as an executive producer and director. The series of the same name premiered on FX in March 2019; its second season received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series. Waititi's fourth feature, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. When it was released in New Zealand, the comedy adventure broke Waititi's own record for a New Zealand film in its opening weekend. Based on a book by Barry Crump, it centres on a young boy (played by Julian Dennison) and a grumpy man (played by Sam Neill) on the run in the forest. Waititi wrote the initial screenplay for the 2016 Disney film Moana, which focused on gender and family.Those elements were passed over in favour of what became the final story. In 2017, <mask> won the award for New Zealander of the Year, but was unable to receive it in person due to work commitments. That year, he directed his first major studio film, Marvel Studios's Thor: Ragnarok, which was released in October. He also portrayed Korg, a Kronan, via motion capture in the film. He had previously directed a short film series for Marvel called Team Thor, chronicling the lives of Thor and his roommate, Darryl Jacobson. Thor: Ragnarok earned critical praise and was successful at the box office. <mask> was later consulted by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely on Thor's storylines for Avengers: Infinity War, to maintain the character's consistency in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.In 2019, Waititi wrote and directed Jojo Rabbit, based on the book Caging Skies by Christine Leunens, the 1940s-set story of a child in the Hitler Youth whose mother is secretly hiding a Jewish girl in their home. <mask> plays Adolf Hitler as the boy's imaginary friend. Waititi received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. He won the latter, making him the first person of Māori descent to win an Academy Award in a screenplay category, and the first indigenous person to be nominated for and win Best Adapted Screenplay. In 2021 he won the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media as a producer of the Jojo Rabbit soundtrack. In October 2018, Lucasfilm announced that <mask> would be one of the directors of the Star Wars live-action streaming series The Mandalorian, which tells the story of a lone Mandalorian gunfighter in the period between the events of Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. The series premiered on 12 November 2019; Waititi also voices a droid bounty hunter named IG-11 in the series.He directed the series' first-season finale, "Chapter 8: Redemption". His voiceover work earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance in 2020. 2020–present: Recent career In 2020, Waititi narrated a charity reading of James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. He portrayed Ratcatcher in the DC superhero film The Suicide Squad, released in August 2021 to positive reviews. Also in August, Waititi portrayed Antwan Hovachelik, the antagonist of the action comedy film Free Guy. Waititi co-created the comedy series Reservation Dogs, which chronicles the lives of a group of indigenous Oklahoma teens, and comprises a main cast, directors, producers, and writers of indigenous peoples. It premiered on FX to positive reviews.<mask> is executive producing and starring as Blackbeard in the HBO Max comedy series Our Flag Means Death. It is scheduled to release in March 2022. He wrote and directed the superhero film Thor: Love and Thunder, a sequel to Thor: Ragnarok. Principal photography finished in June 2021; it is scheduled for a July 2022 release. <mask> is set to direct a feature film adaptation of the documentary Next Goal Wins and a live-action film adaptation of Akira. He is slated to co-write a sequel to What We Do in the Shadows, titled We're Wolves, and direct and co-write a live-action Star Wars film. <mask> is attached to write, direct and executive produce two animated series for Netflix based on Roald Dahl's children's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its sequel, one adapting the novels and the other focused on the novel's Oompa Loompa characters.He is set to executive produce and direct the Showtime limited series The Auteur. He is slated to write and direct a film based on Flash Gordon for 20th Century Studios. In November 2021, it was announced that Waititi would adapt The Incal into a feature film. Personal life <mask> married New Zealand film producer Chelsea Winstanley in 2011. They have two daughters. He and Winstanley separated in 2018. Since 2021, Waititi has been in a relationship with British singer Rita Ora.Waititi incorporates his Māori heritage into his projects, such as by including "Indigenous attachments" and conducting a Welcome to Country ceremony during the start of filming. He is an executive producer of the New Zealand films The Breaker Upperers (2018), Baby Done (2020), and Night Raiders (2021), all directed by Māori or indigenous filmmakers. Filmography Feature film Executive producer The Breaker Upperers (2018) Baby Done (2020) Night Raiders (2021) Short films Acting roles Other works Television Acting roles Music videos "Ladies of the World", Flight of the Conchords (2007) "Mutha'uckas", Flight of the Conchords (2007) "Leggy Blonde", Flight of the Conchords (2007) "Shanks’ Pony", Age Pryor (2007) "Bright Grey", The Phoenix Foundation (2007) "My Imminent Demise", Luke Buda (2008) "40 Years", The Phoenix Foundation (2009) "World Gone Sour (The Lost Kids)", Method Man (2011) “My Sweet Lord”, George Harrison (2021) Commercials <mask> has also been a prolific commercial director. He directed Air New Zealand's "The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made" featuring Peter Jackson and Elijah Wood as they go through where The Lord of the Rings films were shot. The commercial went viral amassing over 19 million views on YouTube. <mask> directed Tesco's "Borg," which features a comical Thor-esque character shopping in the supermarket; he went on to direct Marvel Studios' Thor: Ragnarok years later. "Friends Reunited", Friends Reunited (2008) "Moussaka Rap", Pot Noodle (2008) "I Wish (That Girls Were More Like Pot Noodles)", Pot Noodle (2008) "Back with no Appetite", Pot Noodle (2008) "World Gone Sour (The Lost Kids)", Sour Patch Kids (2011) "Simply The Best", Cadbury Dairy Milk (2011) "Gold", Wispa (2011) "Superbowl Brotherhood of Man", NBC (2012) "Pure", Steinlager (2012) "New Girl", Old Navy (2012) "Why Choose?", Old Navy (2012) "Bee Bots! In 2005, Waititi received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for the short film Two Cars, One Night (2004). In 2019, he released the comedy-drama film Jojo Rabbit, which was met with critical acclaim and earned him the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture, the Golden Globe Award for Best Musical or Comedy Film and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film. For the soundtrack of the film, he won the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media. Since 2019, he has written and produced the television series What We Do in the Shadows, based on the 2014 film of the same name, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series. In the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours, Waititi was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to film. References External links 1975 births 21st-century New Zealand writers 21st-century New Zealand male actors 21st-century screenwriters Audiobook narrators Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award winners Best Adapted Screenplay BAFTA Award winners Best Screenplay AACTA International Award winners English-language film directors Fantasy film directors Grammy Award winners Horror film directors Indigenous filmmakers in New Zealand Jewish film people Jewish writers Living people Male motion capture actors New Zealand comedians New Zealand film directors New Zealand Jews New Zealand male comedians New Zealand male Māori actors New Zealand male voice actors New Zealand people of Canadian descent New Zealand people of French descent New Zealand people of Irish descent New Zealand people of Russian-Jewish descent New Zealand screenwriters Male screenwriters Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit People educated at Onslow College People from the Bay of Plenty Region Science fiction fans Science fiction film directors Te Whānau-ā-Apanui Victoria University of Wellington alumni

<mask> is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor, and comedian. He has received a number of awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and aGrammy Award. Boy was the top-grossing New Zealand film in 2010. The short film Two Cars, One Night was nominated for an Academy Award. He co-wrote, co-directed and starred in the horror comedy film What We Do in the Shadows with Jemaine Clement, which was adapted into a television series of the same name. The series was nominated for an award. His most recent directing credits include the superhero film THOR: GRAVA and the black comedy film JOCKEY ROCKET, both of which he wrote and starred in as an imaginary version of Hitler.The Best Adapted Screenplay award was won by Jojo Rabbit. The film's soundtrack was produced by Waititi. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for his portrayal of IG-11 in an episode of The Mandalorian. <mask> David Cohen was born on August 16, 1975, in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island, and grew up in both the East Coast and the Aro Valley of Wellington. His father was an artist and his mother a teacher. Waititi stated that his mother's family were Russian Jews mixed with a bit of Irish and other European ancestry, while his father's side was Mori and a little bit of French Canadian. Waititi claims to be a polynesian Jew, but he never grew up in a Jewish household.When Waititi was five, his parents split up and he was raised by his mother. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Victoria University of Wellington in 1997. He used his mother's name, Cohen, for his work in film and writing, and his father's name, Waititi, for visual arts work. He continued to use Waititi after the success of his first film. Waititi was part of the five-member ensemble So You're a Man, which toured New Zealand and Australia with some success. The Billy T Award, New Zealand's highest comedy accolade, was won by Jemaine Clement and half of the comedy duo The Humourbeasts. Waititi began making comical short films for New Zealand's annual 48-hour film contest.Two Cars, One Night was nominated for an Academy Award. He pretended to fall asleep as the nominations were read at the awards ceremony. The romantic comedy Eagle vs Shark was released in the U.S. in 2007. It stars <mask>'s real-life partner. <mask> wrote and directed one episode of the TV show Flight of the Conchords. Boy was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. One of the main roles was taken by <mask>, as the ex-con father who returns to his family.Boy was successful at the local box office in New Zealand after receiving enthusiastic reviews. Waititi was hoping "Poi E" would get to #1 on the New Zealand charts for the second time. It went from #3 to #1 on iTunes. The New Zealand TV series Super City was directed by Waititi. Waititi played Thomas Kalmaku in Green Lantern. Waititi co-wrote, co-directed and acted in What We Do in the Shadows with Clement. The film was shown at the festival.The vampire group lived in a gothic house in Wellington and were played by Waititi and Clement. Waititi was an executive producer and director of the television adaptation of the film. The second season of the series was nominated for an Outstanding Comedy Series award. Hunt for the Wilderpeople was the fourth feature from Waititi. The comedy adventure broke Waititi's own record for a New Zealand film in its opening weekend. A young boy and a grumpy man are on the run in the forest. The initial script for the Disney film was written by Waititi and focused on gender and family.The final story was the result of those elements being passed over. <mask> was unable to receive the New Zealander of the Year award in person due to work commitments. He directed his first major studio film, which was released in October. He portrayed Korg in motion capture. He directed a short film series about the lives of his roommate and roommate's friend, called Team THOR. It was a success at the box office. <mask> was consulted by Christopher and Stephen McFeely to maintain the character's consistency in the movie.The book Caging Skies by Christine Leunens is a 1940s-set story of a child in the Hitler Youth whose mother is secretly hiding a Jewish girl. <mask> is playing a boy's imaginary friend. <mask> received two Academy Award nominations. He was the first Mori to win an Academy Award in a screenplay category and the first indigenous person to win a Best Adapted Screenplay award. He won the gramophone award for best soundtrack for visual media in 2021. Lucasfilm announced in October that <mask> would be one of the directors of the Star Wars live-action streaming series The Mandalorian, which tells the story of a lone Mandalorian gunfighter in the period between the events of Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. <mask> voices a bounty hunter in the series.The series' first-season finale was directed by him. He was nominated for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance in 2020. Waititi narrated a charity reading of James and the Giant Peach in 2020. The Suicide Squad, a DC superhero film, was released in August of 2021. Waititi played the antagonist of Free Guy in August. Waititi co-created the comedy series Reservation Dogs, which chronicles the lives of a group of indigenous Oklahoma teens, and comprises a main cast, directors, producers, and writers of indigenous peoples. It received positive reviews when it was on the air.<mask> is an executive producer and star of Our Flag Means Death. March 22nd is when it is scheduled to release. He directed and wrote the sequel to the superhero film. The release of principal photography is scheduled for July 2022. Next Goal Wins and a live-action film adaptation of Akira will be directed by <mask>. He is going to co-write a sequel to What We Do in the Shadows and direct a live-action Star Wars film. <mask> is attached to write, direct and executive produce two animated series for Netflix based on the novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its sequel, one adapting the novels and the other focusing on the novel's characters.He will direct and produce the limited series The Auteur. He is going to write and direct a film about Flash Gordon. <mask> was going to adapt The Incal into a feature film. <mask> married a New Zealand film producer. They have two children. He and Winstanley separated. Waititi is in a relationship with Rita Ora.Waititi incorporated his Mori heritage into his projects by including "Indigenous attachment" and conducting a Welcome to Country ceremony during the start of filming. The Breaker Upperers, Baby Done, and Night Raiders are all directed by Mori or indigenous filmmakers. The Breaker Upperers is a feature film executive producer and Night Raiders is a short film. The Lord of the Rings films were shot in the same location as Air New Zealand's "The most epic safety video ever made." The commercial had over 19 million views. <mask> directed the comedy "Borg," which featured a comical character shopping in the supermarket, and went on to direct the movie "Thor: Ragnarok." "Moussaka Rap", "I wish (That Girls Were More Like Pot Noodles)", Pot Noodle, and "World Gone Sour (The Lost Kids)".Old Navy had a show called "Bee Bots! The short film Two Cars, One Night was nominated for an Academy Award in 2005. He received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Musical or Comedy Film for his film, which was released in 2019. He won an award for the soundtrack of the film. He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series for his television series What We Do in the Shadows, based on the film of the same name. <mask> was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to film. 21st-century New Zealand writers 21st-century New Zealand male actors 21st-century screenwriters

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Rodica Ojog-Brașoveanu (28 August 1939 – 2 December 2002) was a Romanian writer. She was dubbed the "Agatha Christie of Romania", her works consisting mainly of detective novels and short stories. Biography Daughter of Ana and Victor Ojog, Rodica Ojog-Brașoveanu was born into a family of wealthy intellectuals. Her mother was a teacher, while her father was a lawyer and member of the Liberal Party. Enrolled at the age of six at the "Le Maison du Français" school, Ojog-Brașoveanu revealed a taste and remarkable talent for the French language, to which she will remain deeply attached for the rest of her life. She started her secondary education in 1948 at the "Domnița Ileana" High School (now known as the Mihai Eminescu National College), and upon graduating went on to study Law at the University of Bucharest. However, in 1956, she was expelled and arrested on a political basis, accused of supporting the anti-communist revolt in Budapest. She would only be readmitted in 1962, following a year of unqualified work in a factory. In 1963, she married actor Cosma Brașoveanu and resumed her Law studies, this time in Iași, which she finally finished in 1967, at the University of Bucharest. From 1968, she began working as a lawyer. Ojog-Brașoveanu died in 2002, as a result of severe lung problems. Works Her novels After her debut in 1969 with a television scenario, Ojog-Brașoveanu started writing on her husband's demands. Her first detective novel, Moartea semnează indescifrabil (Death Has an Indecipherable Signature), was published in 1971 at the Albatros Publishing House. Following the success of this novel, Ojog-Brașoveanu decided to quit her job as a lawyer and dedicate herself completely to writing. Her works are much appreciated for their humor, irony and atypical characters, and in particular, her fine and amusing descriptions of the Romanian society (regardless of the time of action), as well as the alert pace of her narrative. None of her novels have been translated into other languages. Famous characters Ojog-Brașoveanu's most well-known character is undoubtedly Melania Lupu, a mischievous old lady, half-detective half-criminal, to whom the author gives an unusual confidant – her cat, Mirciulică. Her other well-known character is Minerva Tutovan, a former math teacher turned commissioner, particularly rigorous in her investigations and with a remarkable talent for disguises. She has her dog Spiridon as a companion, but works especially with the young inspector Dobrescu, who is also one of her former students. Influences Ojog-Brașoveanu's favourite authors include Edgard Wallace, Georges Simenon, Karl May, and among Romanian ones, Theodor Constantin and Haralamb Zinca. Critics dubbed her the "Agatha Christie of Romania", with the British novelist being one of her most obvious sources of inspiration for her books. In addition, like the British author, Ojog-Brasoveanu was able to live on just her writings throughout her life, her novels selling in tremendous numbers. Bibliography Detective Novels 1971 – Moartea semnează indescifrabil (Death Has an Indecipherable Signature) 1971 – Enigmă la mansardă (Enigma in the Attic) 1973 – Cocoșatul are alibi (The Hatchback has an Alibi) 1977 – Anchetă în infern (Investigation in the Inferno) 1981 – Ștafeta, reissued in 1999 under the title O bombă pentru revelion (A Bomb for New Year's Eve) 1983 – Întâlnire la „Elizeu", reissued in 2004 under the title Întâlnire la Élysée (Meeting at Élysée) 1985 – Apel din necunoscut (Call from the Unknown) 1991 – Crimă prin mica publicitate (Crime through Classified Advertising) 1992 – Coșmar (Nightmare) 1994 – Cutia cu nasturi (The Box of Buttons) 1998 – Poveste imorală (Immoral Story) 1998 – Un blestem cu domiciliul stabil (A Curse with a Stable Address) 1999 – Telefonul din bikini (Telephone from the Bikini) 2001 – Răzbunarea sluților (Revenge of the Disfigured) 2002 – Necunoscuta din congelator (The Unknown Body in the Freezer) Minerva Tutovan Series 1972 – Spionaj la mănăstire (Espionage at the Monastery) 1973 – Omul de la capătul firului (The Man at the End of the Line) 1974 – Minerva se dezlănțuie (Minerva goes wild) 1974 – Plan diabolic (Diabolical Plan) 1977 – Panică la căsuța cu zorele, reissued in 1999 under the title Stilet cu șampanie (Champagne Stiletto) 1982 – Nopți albe pentru Minerva (Sleepless Nights for Minerva) 1986 – Violeta din safe (The Violet from the Safe) Melania Lupu Series 1975 – Cianură pentru un surâs (Cyanide for a Grin) 1975 – Bună seara, Melania! (Good evening, Melania!) 1979 – 320 de pisici negre (320 Black Cats) 1984 – Anonima de miercuri (The Wednesday Anonymous) 1990 – Melania și misterul din parc, reissued in 2004 as Dispariția statuii din parc (The Disappearance of the Park Statue) 1992 – O crimă à la Liz Taylor, reissued in 2000 as O toaletă à la Liz Taylor (Grooming à la Liz Taylor) Historical novels 1978 – Al cincilea as (The Fifth Ace) 1983 – Întâlnire la „Elizeu", reissued in 2004 under the title Întâlnire la Élysée (Meeting at Élysée) 1990 – A înflorit liliacul (The Lilac has Blossomed) 1990 – Să nu ne uităm la ceas (Let's Not Check the Time) Logothete Andronic Series 1976 – Agentul secret al lui Altîn-Bey (The Secret Agent of Altin-Bey) 1978 – Logofătul de taină (The Secret Logothete) 1980 – Ochii jupâniței (The Eyes of the Noble's Lady) 1981 – Letopisețul de argint (The Silver Chronices) 1988 – Vulturul dincolo de Cornul Lunii (The Eagle Beyond the Horn of the Moon) Short story collections 2000 – Grasă și proastă (Fat and Dumb) 2000 – Bărbații sunt niște porci (Men are Pigs) Theatre plays 1984 – Cursa de Viena (The Journey to Vienna) Scenarios and TV adaptations 1969 – Crima din Cișmigiu (Murder in Cișmigiu) 1981 – Șantaj (Blackmail), screening of the novel Omul de la capătul firului 1984 – A doua variantă (The Second Option) 1995–1996 – Douăsprezece (Twelve), twelve scenarios 1996 – Enigma (The Enigma) 1998 – Poveste imorală (Immoral Story), series based on the novel of the same name See also List of crime writers List of mystery writers List of Romanian writers References 1939 births 2002 deaths Romanian science fiction writers Romanian crime fiction writers Writers from Bucharest University of Bucharest alumni Romanian lawyers ro:Fișier:Rodica Ojog-Braşoveanu.jpg

<mask> (28 August 1939 – 2 December 2002) was a Romanian writer. She was dubbed the "Agatha Christie of Romania", her works consisting mainly of detective novels and short stories. Biography Daughter of Ana and Victor Ojog, Rodica Ojog-Brașoveanu was born into a family of wealthy intellectuals. Her mother was a teacher, while her father was a lawyer and member of the Liberal Party. Enrolled at the age of six at the "Le Maison du Français" school, Ojog-Brașoveanu revealed a taste and remarkable talent for the French language, to which she will remain deeply attached for the rest of her life. She started her secondary education in 1948 at the "Domnița Ileana" High School (now known as the Mihai Eminescu National College), and upon graduating went on to study Law at the University of Bucharest. However, in 1956, she was expelled and arrested on a political basis, accused of supporting the anti-communist revolt in Budapest.She would only be readmitted in 1962, following a year of unqualified work in a factory. In 1963, she married actor Cosma Brașoveanu and resumed her Law studies, this time in Iași, which she finally finished in 1967, at the University of Bucharest. From 1968, she began working as a lawyer. Ojog-Brașoveanu died in 2002, as a result of severe lung problems. Works Her novels After her debut in 1969 with a television scenario, Ojog-Brașoveanu started writing on her husband's demands. Her first detective novel, Moartea semnează indescifrabil (Death Has an Indecipherable Signature), was published in 1971 at the Albatros Publishing House. Following the success of this novel, Ojog-Brașoveanu decided to quit her job as a lawyer and dedicate herself completely to writing.Her works are much appreciated for their humor, irony and atypical characters, and in particular, her fine and amusing descriptions of the Romanian society (regardless of the time of action), as well as the alert pace of her narrative. None of her novels have been translated into other languages. Famous characters Ojog-Brașoveanu's most well-known character is undoubtedly Melania Lupu, a mischievous old lady, half-detective half-criminal, to whom the author gives an unusual confidant – her cat, Mirciulică. Her other well-known character is Minerva Tutovan, a former math teacher turned commissioner, particularly rigorous in her investigations and with a remarkable talent for disguises. She has her dog Spiridon as a companion, but works especially with the young inspector Dobrescu, who is also one of her former students. Influences Ojog-Brașoveanu's favourite authors include Edgard Wallace, Georges Simenon, Karl May, and among Romanian ones, Theodor Constantin and Haralamb Zinca. Critics dubbed her the "Agatha Christie of Romania", with the British novelist being one of her most obvious sources of inspiration for her books.In addition, like the British author, Ojog-Brasoveanu was able to live on just her writings throughout her life, her novels selling in tremendous numbers. (Good evening, Melania!)

<mask> was a writer. She was known as the "Agatha Christie of Romania" for her detective novels and short stories. <mask> was the daughter of Ana and Victor Ojog. Her father was a member of the Liberal Party while her mother was a teacher. Enrolled at the age of six at the "Le Maison du Franais" school, Ojog-Braoveanu revealed a taste and remarkable talent for the French language, to which she will remain deeply attached for the rest of her life. After graduating from the "Domnia Ileana" High School in 1948, she went on to study Law at the University of Bucharest. She was arrested and expelled for supporting the anti-communist revolt in Hungary.She was readmitted in 1962 after a year of unqualified work. She resumed her Law studies in Iai, which she finished in 1967, after marrying actor Cosma Braoveanu. She began working as a lawyer in 1968. The cause of Ojog-Braoveanu's death was lung problems. After her debut in 1969 with a television scenario, she began writing on her husband's demands. Her first detective novel was published in 1971 at the Albatros Publishing House. After the success of this novel, Ojog-Braoveanu decided to quit her job as a lawyer and devote herself to writing.Her works are appreciated for their humor, irony and atypical characters, and in particular, her fine and amusing descriptions of the Romanian society, as well as the alert pace of her narrative. Her novels have not been translated into other languages. One of the most well-known characters in Ojog-Braoveanu's books is the mischievous old lady, half-criminal, and her cat, Mirciulic. Her other well-known character is Minerva Tutovan, a former math teacher turned commissioner with a remarkable talent for disguises. She works with the young inspector Dobrescu, who is one of her former students, because she has her dog as a companion. Theodor and Haralamb Zinca are two of Ojog-Braoveanu's favourite authors. The British novelist was one of the most obvious sources of inspiration for her books.Like the British author, Ojog-Brasoveanu was able to live on her writings throughout her life. Good evening, Mrs.

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Billy Childish

Billy Childish (born Steven John Hamper, 1 December 1959) is an English painter, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist. Since the late 1970s, Childish has been prolific in creating music, writing and visual art. He has led and played in bands including the Pop Rivets, Thee Milkshakes, Thee Headcoats, and the Musicians of the British Empire, primarily working in the genres of garage rock, punk and surf and releasing more than 100 albums. He is a consistent advocate for amateurism and free emotional expression. Childish co-founded the Stuckism art movement with Charles Thomson in 1999, which he left in 2001. Since then a new evaluation of Childish's standing in the art world has been under way, culminating with the publication of a critical study of Childish's working practice by the artist and writer Neal Brown, with an introduction by Peter Doig, which describes Childish as "one of the most outstanding, and often misunderstood, figures on the British art scene". He is a visiting lecturer at Rochester Independent College. In July 2014 Childish was awarded an honorary Doctor of Arts Degree from the University of Kent. He is known for his explicit and prolific work – he has detailed his love life and childhood sexual abuse, notably in his early poetry and the novels My Fault (1996), Notebooks of a Naked Youth (1997), Sex Crimes of the Futcher (2004) – The Idiocy of Idears (2007), and in several of his songs, notably in the instrumental "Paedophile" (1992) (featuring a photograph of the man who sexually abused him on the front cover) and "Every Bit of Me" (1993). From 1981 until 1985 Childish had a relationship with artist Tracey Emin. Thirty years after Childish's first musical releases with Thee Milkshakes and Thee Mighty Caesars, a crop of lo-fi, surf rock and punk groups with psychedelic subtexts has surfaced referencing the aesthetic established by Childish in both their band names and in various aspects of their sonic aesthetic: Thee Oh Sees, Thee Open Sex, Thee Tsunamis, Thee Dang Dangs and many others. Background Billy Childish was born, lives and works in Chatham, Kent, England. He has described his father, John Hamper, as a "complex, sociopathic narcissist": Hamper was jailed during Childish's teenage years for drug smuggling. Although he had an early and close association with many of the artists who became known as "YBA" artists he has resolutely asserted his independent status. He was sexually abused when he was aged nine by a male family friend: "We were on holiday. I had to share a bed with him. It happened for several nights, then I refused to go near him. I didn't tell anyone". He left secondary school at 16, an undiagnosed dyslexic. Refused an interview at the local art college, he entered Chatham Dockyard, Kent, as an apprentice stonemason. During the next six months (the artist’s only prolonged period of conventional employment), he produced some 600 drawings in "the tea huts of hell". On the basis of this work he was accepted into Saint Martin's School of Art, where he was friends with the artist Peter Doig, to study painting. However, his acceptance was short-lived and he was expelled in 1982 before completing the course. He then lived on the dole for 15 years. In 2006 Childish turned down the offer to appear on Channel 4's Celebrity Big Brother. Childish has practised yoga and meditation since the early 1990s. Painting As a prospective student lacking the necessary entry qualifications, Childish was accepted into art school four times on the strength of his paintings and drawings. He did a foundation year at Medway College of Design (now the University for the Creative Arts) in 1977–78, and was then accepted onto the painting department of Saint Martin's School of Art in 1978, before quitting a month later. He was re-accepted at St Martins in 1980, but was expelled in 1982 for refusing to paint in the art school and other unruly behaviour. At Saint Martin's, Childish became friends with Peter Doig with whom he shared an appreciation of Munch, Van Gogh and blues music. Doig later co-curated Childish's first London show at the Cubit Street Gallery. In the early/mid 1980s Childish was a "major influence" on the artist Tracey Emin, whom he met after his expulsion from Saint Martin's when she was a fashion student at Medway College of Design. Childish has been cited as the influence for Emin's later confessional art. Childish has exhibited extensively since the 1980s, and was featured in the British Art Show in 2000. In 2010, a major exhibition of Childish's paintings, writing and music was held at The ICA London, with a concurrent painting show running at White Columns Gallery in New York. In October 2012, alongside Art Below, Childish presented his work at the exhibition 'Art Below Regents Park' in Regent's Park Tube station to coincide with Frieze Art Fair, one of the most important international contemporary art fairs that takes place each October in London. The British Art Resistance In 2008 Childish formed the "non organisation" The British Art Resistance, and held an exhibition under the title Hero of The British Art Resistance at The Aquarium L-13 gallery in London: A collection of paintings, books, records, pamphlets, poems, prints, letters, film, photographs made in 2008. Music Childish made records of punk, garage, rock and roll, blues, folk, classical/experimental, spoken word and nursery rhymes. In a letter to Childish, the musician Ivor Cutler said of Childish: "You are perhaps too subtle and sophisticated for the mass market." Childish's groups include TV21, later known as the Pop Rivets (1977–1980), sometimes spelled the Pop Rivits, with Bruce Brand, Romas Foord (replaced by Russell 'Big Russ' Wilkins) and Russell 'Little Russ' Lax. He later formed a garage rock inspired band called Thee Milkshakes (1980–1984) with Mickey Hampshire, Thee Mighty Caesars (1985–1989), The Delmonas then Thee Headcoats (1989–1999). In 2000 he formed Wild Billy Childish & The Friends of the Buff Medways Fanciers Association (2000–2006), named after a type of poultry bred in his home town. The Buff Medways, or The Buffs, as they were sometimes affectionately known, split in 2006, and Wild Billy Childish & the Musicians of the British Empire were born, recording a song about one of Childish's heroes George Mallory titled "Bottomless Pit." In early 2007, Childish formed The Vermin Poets with former Fire Dept singer and guitarist Neil Palmer and A-Lines guitarist and singer Julie Hamper, his wife. Thee Headcoats began their monthly residency at the Wild Western Room in the St John's Tavern, north London, in the early 1990s, and continued after moving to the Dirty Water Club in 1996. The Musicians of the British Empire (MBEs) played at the venue more or less once a month until February 2011. On 11 September 2009, Damaged Goods Records – Childish's current label – issued a message to subscribers stating that Childish's wife Julie (aka Nurse Julie, bassist in the MBEs) was pregnant. Childish has since been recording as bass player with The Spartan Dreggs, with Neil Palmer on vocals and guitar and Wolf Howard on drums. From 2013 the MBEs reunited under the name Wild Billy Childish [or 'Chyldish'] and CTMF and as of the end of 2014 have released three albums. In 2014 Childish produced, played on and co-wrote (with Dave Tattersall) most of the songs on The Wave Pictures' album Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon. Childish has been namechecked by a number of famous musicians including Kurt Cobain, Graham Coxon, The White Stripes (Jack White had Childish's name written in large letters on his arm for an early Top of the Pops appearance) and Kylie Minogue who named the LP Impossible Princess after his book . Poetry Childish is a confessional poet and has published over 40 collections of his work. In 1979, Childish was a founder member of The Medway Poets, a poetry performance group, who read at the Kent Literature Festival and the 1981 international Cambridge Poetry Festival. There were, however, personality clashes in the group, particularly between Childish and Charles Thomson, who said: "There was friction between us, especially when he started heckling my poetry reading and I threatened to ban him from a forthcoming TV documentary." However, a Television South documentary on the group in 1982 brought them to a wider regional audience, though Childish's poetry was "deemed unbroadcastable". According to Childish: "Me & Charles were at war from 1979 until 1999. He even threatened having bouncers on the doors of Medway Poets' readings to keep me out". Childish has twice won commendations in the National Poetry Prize. Hangman Books In 1981–82 Childish formed Hangman Books, publishing poetry and some fiction. (Associated projects are Hangman Films and Hangman Records.) Hangman Books has published poetry books and pamphlets by Childish, Tracey Emin, Bill Lewis, Vic Templer, Joe Corkwell, Sexton Ming, Philip Absolon, Chris Broderick, Mark Lowe, Neil Sparks, Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Dan Melchior, Dan Belton, Alfie Howard, Simon Robson, Steve Prince, Joe Machine, Wolf Howard and Amanda Collier, among others. Between 1982 and 1987 the daily running of the press was carried out by Traci Emin (later Tracey Emin). From 1988 to 1999 it was managed by Kyra De Coninck (one of Thee Headcoatees band). Since 2000 Julie Hamper, Childish's wife, has been overseeing it. From 1986 Hangman Records, also run by Childish, released more than 50 LP records, including spoken word, experimental works and punk rock. Many local Medway groups and artists had their first releases on Hangman. Hangman Books and Hangman Records are both independent, non-profit-making and do not receive outside funding. Tracey Emin During the 1980s, Childish was an influence on the artist Tracey Emin, whom he met in 1982, after his expulsion from the painting department at Saint Martin's School of Art. Emin was a fashion student at Medway College of Design. Emin and Childish were a couple until 1987, Emin selling his poetry books for his small press Hangman Books. In 1995 she was interviewed in the Minky Manky show catalogue by Carl Freedman, who asked her, "Which person do you think has had the greatest influence on your life?" She replied: Uhmm... It's not a person really. It was more a time, going to Maidstone College of Art, hanging around with Childish, living by the River Medway. Emin's work Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995 (1995) was first exhibited in the show, and Childish's name was displayed prominently in it. The Stuckists In 1999 Childish and Thomson co-founded the Stuckist art movement. Thomson coined the group name from Childish's "Poem for a Pissed Off Wife" (Big Hart and Balls 1994), where he had recorded Emin's remark to him: "Your paintings are stuck, you are stuck! – Stuck! Stuck! Stuck!" The group was strongly pro-figurative painting and anti-conceptual art. Childish wrote a number of manifestos with Thomson, the first of which contained the statement: "Artists who don't paint aren't artists." The Stuckists soon achieved considerable press coverage, fuelled by Emin's nomination for the Turner Prize. They then announced the inauguration of a cultural period of Remodernism to bring back spiritual values into art, culture and society. The formation of The Stuckists directly led to Emin severing her 14-year friendship with Childish in 1999. Childish has said: "The Stuckist art group was formed in 1999 at the instigation of Charles Thomson, the title of the group being taken from a poem of mine written and published in 1994. I disagreed with the way Charles presented the group, particularly in the media. For these reasons I left the Stuckists in 2001. I never attended any Stuckist demonstrations and my work was not shown in the large Stuckist exhibition held in the Walker Art Gallery in 2004." British artist Stella Vine, who was a member of the Stuckists for a short time in 2001, first joined the group having developed a "crush" on Childish while attending his music events. In June 2000, Vine went to a talk given by Childish and fellow Stuckist co-founder Charles Thomson on Stuckism and Remodernism, promoted by the Institute of Ideas at the Salon des Arts, Kensington. Vine formed The Unstuckists one month after joining, and has since said she did not agree with Stuckism's principles, and described them as bullies. Conceptual art As a young man, Childish was highly influenced by Dada, and the work of Kurt Schwitters in particular. Childish has a Kurt Schwitters poem tattooed on his left buttock and made a short film on Schwitters's life, titled The Man with Wheels, (1980, directed by Eugean Doyan). In his poetry, Childish mentions that he once had a bank account under the name of Kurt Schwitters. As to what is now termed conceptual art, Childish has said "I respect the right of detractors and champions alike as we live in a democracy." The Chatham Super 8 Cinema In 2002, along with Wolf Howard, Simon Williams and Julie Hamper, Childish formed The Chatham Super 8 Cinema. The group makes super 8 films on a second-hand camera Wolf Howard bought at a local flea market. In 2004, Childish released a 30-minute documentary titled Brass Monkey, about a march undertaken in Great War uniform commemorating the 90th anniversary of the British retreat from Mons in 1914. Discography Solo LPs I've Got Everything Indeed (1987) The 1982 Cassettes (1988) "i remember..." (1988) 50 Albums Great (1991) Torments Nest (1993) Made With a Passion – Kitchen Demo's (1996) Compilations I Am the Billy Childish (1991) Der Henkermann – Kitchen Recordings (1992) Native American Sampler – A History 1983–1993 (1993) Crimes Against Music-Blues Recordings 1986–1999 (1999) 25 Years of Being Childish (2002) My First Billy Childish Album (2006) Archive From 1959 – The Billy Childish Story (2009) Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot – 1977–2018 (2019) Spoken word albums Poems of Laughter and Violence (1988) The Sudden Fart of Laughter (1992) Trembling of Life (1993) Hunger at the Moon (1993) Poems of a Backwater Visionary (2007) Collaborations Laughing Gravy (1987) Wild Billy Childish & Big Russ Wilkins Long Legged Baby (1989) Wild Billy Childish & the Natural Born Lovers At the Bridge (1993) Billy Childish with The Singing Loins Devil in the Flesh (1998) Billy Childish/Dan Melchior In Blood (1999) Billy Childish & Holly Golightly with Sexton Ming Which Dead Donkey Daddy? (1987) Plump Prizes & Little Gems (1987) YPRES 1917 Overture (Verdun Ossuary) (1988) The Cheeky Cheese (1999) Here Come the Fleece Geese (2002) Muscle Horse Was in the War (2002) Dung Beetle Rolls Again (2012) with The Pop Rivets (1979) Greatest Hits (1979) Empty Sounds from Anarchy Ranch (1985) Fun in the U.K (Compilation) (1990) Live in Germany '79 (Live) (1997) Chathams Burning – Live 77 & 78 Demo's (Compilation) with Thee Milkshakes LPs (1981) Talking 'Bout... Milkshakes (1982) Fourteen Rhythm and Beat Greats (1983) After School Sessions (1983) The Milkshakes IV – The Men with Golden Guitars (1984) Thee Milkshakes vs. The Prisoners (1984) 20 Rock & Roll Hits of the 50s & 60s (1984) Nothing Can Stop These Men (1984) They Came They Saw They Conquered (1984) Thee Knights of Trashe (1987) Thee Milkshakes Revenge – The Legendary Missing 9th Album (1992) Still Talking 'Bout... Milkshakes! Compilations (1984) Showcase (1990) 19th Nervous Shakedown with Thee Mighty Caesars LPs (1985) Thee Mighty Caesars (1985) Beware the Ides of the March (1986) Thee Caesars of Trash (1987) Acropolis Now (1987) Wiseblood (1987) Live in Rome [studio recordings with overdubbed 'live' effects] (1987) Don’t Give Any Dinner to Henry Chinaski (1987) [demos] (1989) John Lennon’s Corpse Revisited (1992) Caesars Remains (demos etc) Compilations (1987)Punk Rock Showcase (1989) Thusly, thee Mighty Caesars (English Punk Rock Explosion) (LP Comp U.S.) (1989) Surely They Were the Sons of God (C.D. Comp U.S.) (1994)Caesars Pleasure (CD Comp) with The Delmonas Dangerous Charms (1985) The Delmonas 5 (1986) Do the Uncle Willy (1988) The Delmonas (1989) as Wild Billy Childish & the Blackhands Play: Capt'n Calypso's Hoodoo Party (1988) The Original Chatham Jack (1992) Live in the Netherlands (1993) as Jack Ketch & the Crowmen Brimful of Hate (1988) as Jack Ketch & the Crowmen as Thee Headcoats Headcoats Down! (1989) The Earls of Suavedom (1990) Beach Bums Must Die (1990) The Kids Are Square – This is Hip! (1990) Heavens to Murgatroyd, Even! It’s ! (Already) (1990) W.O.A.H! Bo in Thee Garage (1991) Headcoatitude (1991) The Wurst is Yet to Come (1993) The Good Times Are Killing Me (1993) Cavern by the Sea (1993) Connundrum (1994) The Sound of the Baskervilles (1995 – Thee Headcoats featuring Thee Headcoatees) In Tweed We Trust (1996) Knights of the Baskervilles (1996) The Jimmy Reid Experience (1997) The Messerschmits Pilots Severed Hand (1998) Sherlock Holmes Meets the Punkenstien Monster (1998 Japanese Compilation) Brother is Dead…but fly is gone! (1998) 17% Hendrix Was Not the Only Musician (1998) Billy Childish & His Famous Headcoats English Gentlemen of Rock‘N’Roll/the Best Vol.2 (1999) (Japanese Compilation) I Am the Object of Your Desire (2000) Elementary Headcoats – Thee Singles 1990–1999 (2000 – compilation) as Thee Headcoats Sect (with The Downliners Sect) Deerstalking Men (1996) Ready Sect Go! (2000) as The Buff Medways This is This (2001) Steady the Buffs (2002) The XFM Sessions (2003) 1914 (2003) Medway Wheelers (2005) as The Chatham Singers Heavens Journey (2005) Juju Claudius (2009) Kings of the Medway Delta (2020) as The Musicians of the British Empire Punk Rock at the British Legion Hall (2007) Christmas 1979 (2007) Thatcher's Children (2008) as The Vermin Poets Poets of England (2010) as The Spartan Dreggs Forensic R & B (2011) Dreggredation (2012) Coastal Command (2012) Tablets of Linear B (2012) Archeopteryx vs. Coelacanth (2014) A Tribute To A. E. Housman (2013 – CTMF & The Spartan Dreggs) with CTMF All Our Forts Are With You (2013) Die Hinterstoisser Traverse (2013) Acorn Man (2014) SQ1 (2016) Brand New Cage (2017) In The Devil's Focus (10" BBC 6 Music Sessions) (2017) Brand New Cage (2017) Last Punk Standing... (2019) as The William Loveday Intention People Think they Know Me But They Don't Know Me (2020) Will There Ever Be A Day That You're Hung Like A Thief? (2020) The New Improved Bob Dylan (2020) Set of 8 lathe cut 7″ singles released by L-13 and Hangman Records (2020) Various artist compilations Time's Up Live (2001) The Smoking Dog Presents An Evening of Medway Blues (2005) (contributes three a cappella tracks "The Bitter Cup", "Black Girl" and "Out on the Western Plains") Children of Nuggets (2005) (two songs included by Mickey and the Milkshakes – "It's You" and "Please Don't Tell My Baby") Books Selected fanzines and early written works Chathams Burning (1977)　 Bostik Haze (1978)　 Fab 69 (1978) The Kray Twins Summer Special (1978) The Arts and General Interest (1978) Hack Hack (1978) Goat Gruff (1979) Book of Nursary Rhimes (1979) Kinda Garten (1980) 　 The Cuckoo's Cukoo (1980) Mertz in Chatham (1980) Shed Country (1980) 　 The Cheesy Bug Gazet – with Sexton Ming (1980) 　 Bo-Pug – The Six Tails – with Sexton Ming (1980) 　 Mussel Horse in Holland – with Sexton Ming (1980) Dog Jaw Woman(1981) Poetry Back on Red Lite Rd (1981) 2 Minits walk from 10am (1981) The First Creacher is Jellosey (1981) Black Things Hidden in Dust (1982) You Me Blud N Knuckle (1982) Big Cunt (1982) Prity Thing (1982) 7 by Childish (1982) Will the Circle be Unbroken (1983) 10 No Good Poems of Slavery, Buggery, Boredom and Disrespect (1983) Noting Can Stop This Man (1983) The Unknown Stuff (1983) Poems from the Barrier Block (1984) Tear Life to Pieces (1985) Poems Without Rhyme, Without Reason, Without Spelling, Without Words, Without Nothing (1985) Monks Without God (1986) Companions in a Death Boat (1987) To the Quick (1988) The Girl in the Tree (1988) Maverick Verse (1988) Admissions to Strangers (1989) En Carne Viva (1989) Spanish/English Death of a Wood (1989) The Deathly Flight of Angels (1990) Like a God i Love all Things (1991) The Hart Rises (1992) Trembling of Life (1993) Poems of Laughter and Violence -Selected Poems 1981–1986 (1993) Hunger at the Moon (1993) Days with a Hart Like a Dog (1994) Poems to Break the Harts of Impossible Princesses (1994) Big Hart and Balls (1995) This Puerile Thing (1996) In 5 Minits You’ll Know Me -Selected Poems 1985–1995 (1996) A Terrible Hunger for Love (1997) Unpublished poems 1982–84 "I’d Rather You Lied" Selected Poems 1980–1998 (1999) Chatham Town Welcomes Desperate Men (2000) Evidence Against Myself (2003) The Boss of All English Riters (2003) Calling Things by Their Proper Names (2003) Knite of the Sad Face (2004) Chap Book The 1st Green Horse God has Ever Made (2004) The Man with Gallows Eyes – Selected Poetry 1980–2005 (2005) The River be My Blud: Medway Poems (1980-05) This is My Shit and it Smells Good to Me (2008) Old 4 Legs (2008) Where the Tiger Prowls Stripped and Unseen (2008) Gods Fantasic Colours (2008) – Hand stamped covers. Note: some copies appear with different titles and different author and publisher: 'Art War, Man Taken from Guts' and 'Insolunce in the Face of Art' being examples. Unknowable but Certain (2009) Paraffin Van (2011) (Also published under the title "I Fuckt Frida Kahlo" as a Faber and Faber lookalike.) the sudden wren or painting lessons for poets and other mediochur cunts (2013) In the Teeth of Deamons (2015) 1 of the rist (2016) The Uncorrected (2018 If you fly with the crows... Selected Poetry 2015 – 2019 (2019) Vipers Tongue Press Poetry Pamphlets (2020) – includes '100 yds of crash barrier' (Pamphlet 001), 'Cancer of the gallows' (Pamphlet 002), 'Poems nobody wants' (Pamphlet 003) Fiction Conversations with Dr X (1987) Cannon-fodder, by Louis-Ferdinand Céline. Trans. K. De Coninck and Billy Childish (1988) The Silence of Words (1989) 9 Stories of the River Medway Recounted in the Language of Idiots for People of Little Discernment (2005) Novels My Fault (1996) Notebooks of a Naked Youth (1997) Sex Crimes of the Futcher (2004) the idiocy of idears (2007) Bombs, Buggery and Buddhism or Diaries of a Mock Human (Part one) (2010) The Stonemason (2011) The Ward Porter (2015) Lyrics Child's Death Letter (1990) Gun in My Fathers Hand: Selected Lyrics 1977–2006 (2006) Art Hendrix was Not the Only Musician (1998) Paintings of a Backwater Visionary (2005) Thoughts of a Hangman – Woodcuts (2006) Field Trip Kraków/Auschwitz (2008) – under Guy Hamper Field Trip High Atlas/Marrakech (2008) – under Guy Hamper i am their damaged megaphone (2010) – neugerriemschneider, Berlin Field Trip Dockyard/Estuary Dreck (2010) – under Guy Hamper Love the Art Hate (2010) – L-13 London The soft ashes of Berlin snowing on Hans Falladas nose (2010) – neugerriemschneider, Berlin Frozen Estuary and Other Paintings of the Divine Ordinary (2012) – No.1 Smithery, The Historic Dockyard Chatham Billy Childish (3 Volume Catalogue Set in Slipcase – details 3 exhibitions at International Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, Lehmann Maupin, New York and neugerriemschneider, Berlin) – co-published & distributed by all 3 galleries and Koenig Books walking in god's buti: selected paintings 2013–2014 unbegreiflich aber gewiss – Complete Catalogue of Paintings 2014–2017 (2017) skulls wolfs nudes rope pullers and a nervous breakdown – neugerriemschneider, Berlin (2020) Critical Billy Childish: A Short Study; By Neal Brown (2008) Levity and Mystery: an introduction to the films of Billy Childish by Neil Palmer in No Focus: Punk on Film (Headpress, 2006) Photography Photo Booth (2003) Dark Chamber- Pinhole Photography from the IGPP – contributor- (2007) Dark Chamber 2 – Pinhole Photography from the IGPP- contributor- (2008) Billy Childish Photography 1974 – 2020 (2020) Selected films The Man With Wheels (1980) Quiet Lives (1983) Cheated (1993) The Flying Mustache (2002) Shooting at the Moon (2003) Brass Monkey (2004) Billy Childish Is Dead (2005) Wild Billy Childish & CTMF Live in Margate DVD Box Set (L-13, 2019) See also Medway groups Punk literature Collective, a BBC website Childish contributes to Billy Childish has been a regular contributor to Mineshaft magazine from 2003 to the present with his work appearing in issues 10, 13, 14, 18, 20 (front cover art), 28, 31, 33, 34, and 35. References External links Billy Childish official site Guardian Interview 2009 Art Basel 2010 – Billy Childish interview at Theartnewspaper.tv Slashstroke Magazine 2011 – Billy Childish interview and photoshoot 1959 births Living people Alumni of the University for the Creative Arts 20th-century English painters English male painters 21st-century English painters 21st-century male artists 20th-century English novelists 21st-century English novelists English male singers English male poets English punk rock guitarists English punk rock singers People from Chatham, Kent Punk blues musicians Sympathy for the Record Industry artists British indie rock musicians Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art Musicians from Kent English contemporary artists English male novelists 20th-century English male writers 21st-century English male writers English male guitarists

<mask> (born Steven John Hamper, 1 December 1959) is an English painter, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist. Since the late 1970s, <mask> has been prolific in creating music, writing and visual art. He has led and played in bands including the Pop Rivets, Thee Milkshakes, Thee Headcoats, and the Musicians of the British Empire, primarily working in the genres of garage rock, punk and surf and releasing more than 100 albums. He is a consistent advocate for amateurism and free emotional expression. <mask> co-founded the Stuckism art movement with Charles Thomson in 1999, which he left in 2001. Since then a new evaluation of <mask>'s standing in the art world has been under way, culminating with the publication of a critical study of <mask>'s working practice by the artist and writer Neal Brown, with an introduction by Peter Doig, which describes <mask> as "one of the most outstanding, and often misunderstood, figures on the British art scene". He is a visiting lecturer at Rochester Independent College.In July 2014 <mask> was awarded an honorary Doctor of Arts Degree from the University of Kent. He is known for his explicit and prolific work – he has detailed his love life and childhood sexual abuse, notably in his early poetry and the novels My Fault (1996), Notebooks of a Naked Youth (1997), Sex Crimes of the Futcher (2004) – The Idiocy of Idears (2007), and in several of his songs, notably in the instrumental "Paedophile" (1992) (featuring a photograph of the man who sexually abused him on the front cover) and "Every Bit of Me" (1993). From 1981 until 1985 <mask> had a relationship with artist Tracey Emin. Thirty years after <mask>'s first musical releases with Thee Milkshakes and Thee Mighty Caesars, a crop of lo-fi, surf rock and punk groups with psychedelic subtexts has surfaced referencing the aesthetic established by <mask> in both their band names and in various aspects of their sonic aesthetic: Thee Oh Sees, Thee Open Sex, Thee Tsunamis, Thee Dang Dangs and many others. Background <mask> was born, lives and works in Chatham, Kent, England. He has described his father, John Hamper, as a "complex, sociopathic narcissist": Hamper was jailed during <mask>'s teenage years for drug smuggling. Although he had an early and close association with many of the artists who became known as "YBA" artists he has resolutely asserted his independent status.He was sexually abused when he was aged nine by a male family friend: "We were on holiday. I had to share a bed with him. It happened for several nights, then I refused to go near him. I didn't tell anyone". He left secondary school at 16, an undiagnosed dyslexic. Refused an interview at the local art college, he entered Chatham Dockyard, Kent, as an apprentice stonemason. During the next six months (the artist’s only prolonged period of conventional employment), he produced some 600 drawings in "the tea huts of hell".On the basis of this work he was accepted into Saint Martin's School of Art, where he was friends with the artist Peter Doig, to study painting. However, his acceptance was short-lived and he was expelled in 1982 before completing the course. He then lived on the dole for 15 years. In 2006 <mask> turned down the offer to appear on Channel 4's Celebrity Big Brother. <mask> has practised yoga and meditation since the early 1990s. Painting As a prospective student lacking the necessary entry qualifications, <mask> was accepted into art school four times on the strength of his paintings and drawings. He did a foundation year at Medway College of Design (now the University for the Creative Arts) in 1977–78, and was then accepted onto the painting department of Saint Martin's School of Art in 1978, before quitting a month later.He was re-accepted at St Martins in 1980, but was expelled in 1982 for refusing to paint in the art school and other unruly behaviour. At Saint Martin's, <mask> became friends with Peter Doig with whom he shared an appreciation of Munch, Van Gogh and blues music. Doig later co-curated <mask>'s first London show at the Cubit Street Gallery. In the early/mid 1980s <mask> was a "major influence" on the artist Tracey Emin, whom he met after his expulsion from Saint Martin's when she was a fashion student at Medway College of Design. <mask> has been cited as the influence for Emin's later confessional art. <mask> has exhibited extensively since the 1980s, and was featured in the British Art Show in 2000. In 2010, a major exhibition of <mask>'s paintings, writing and music was held at The ICA London, with a concurrent painting show running at White Columns Gallery in New York.In October 2012, alongside Art Below, <mask> presented his work at the exhibition 'Art Below Regents Park' in Regent's Park Tube station to coincide with Frieze Art Fair, one of the most important international contemporary art fairs that takes place each October in London. The British Art Resistance In 2008 <mask> formed the "non organisation" The British Art Resistance, and held an exhibition under the title Hero of The British Art Resistance at The Aquarium L-13 gallery in London: A collection of paintings, books, records, pamphlets, poems, prints, letters, film, photographs made in 2008. Music Childish made records of punk, garage, rock and roll, blues, folk, classical/experimental, spoken word and nursery rhymes. In a letter to <mask>, the musician Ivor Cutler said of Childish: "You are perhaps too subtle and sophisticated for the mass market." <mask>'s groups include TV21, later known as the Pop Rivets (1977–1980), sometimes spelled the Pop Rivits, with Bruce Brand, Romas Foord (replaced by Russell 'Big Russ' Wilkins) and Russell 'Little Russ' Lax. He later formed a garage rock inspired band called Thee Milkshakes (1980–1984) with Mickey Hampshire, Thee Mighty Caesars (1985–1989), The Delmonas then Thee Headcoats (1989–1999). In 2000 he formed Wild Billy Childish & The Friends of the Buff Medways Fanciers Association (2000–2006), named after a type of poultry bred in his home town.The Buff Medways, or The Buffs, as they were sometimes affectionately known, split in 2006, and Wild Billy <mask> & the Musicians of the British Empire were born, recording a song about one of <mask>'s heroes George Mallory titled "Bottomless Pit." In early 2007, <mask> formed The Vermin Poets with former Fire Dept singer and guitarist Neil Palmer and A-Lines guitarist and singer Julie Hamper, his wife. Thee Headcoats began their monthly residency at the Wild Western Room in the St John's Tavern, north London, in the early 1990s, and continued after moving to the Dirty Water Club in 1996. The Musicians of the British Empire (MBEs) played at the venue more or less once a month until February 2011. On 11 September 2009, Damaged Goods Records – <mask>'s current label – issued a message to subscribers stating that <mask>'s wife Julie (aka Nurse Julie, bassist in the MBEs) was pregnant. <mask> has since been recording as bass player with The Spartan Dreggs, with Neil Palmer on vocals and guitar and Wolf Howard on drums. From 2013 the MBEs reunited under the name Wild Billy Childish [or 'Chyldish'] and CTMF and as of the end of 2014 have released three albums.In 2014 <mask> produced, played on and co-wrote (with Dave Tattersall) most of the songs on The Wave Pictures' album Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon. <mask> has been namechecked by a number of famous musicians including Kurt Cobain, Graham Coxon, The White Stripes (Jack White had <mask>'s name written in large letters on his arm for an early Top of the Pops appearance) and Kylie Minogue who named the LP Impossible Princess after his book . Poetry <mask> is a confessional poet and has published over 40 collections of his work. In 1979, <mask> was a founder member of The Medway Poets, a poetry performance group, who read at the Kent Literature Festival and the 1981 international Cambridge Poetry Festival. There were, however, personality clashes in the group, particularly between <mask> and Charles Thomson, who said: "There was friction between us, especially when he started heckling my poetry reading and I threatened to ban him from a forthcoming TV documentary." However, a Television South documentary on the group in 1982 brought them to a wider regional audience, though <mask>'s poetry was "deemed unbroadcastable". According to <mask>: "Me & Charles were at war from 1979 until 1999.He even threatened having bouncers on the doors of Medway Poets' readings to keep me out". Childish has twice won commendations in the National Poetry Prize. Hangman Books In 1981–82 Childish formed Hangman Books, publishing poetry and some fiction. (Associated projects are Hangman Films and Hangman Records.) Hangman Books has published poetry books and pamphlets by <mask>, Tracey Emin, Bill Lewis, Vic Templer, Joe Corkwell, Sexton Ming, Philip Absolon, Chris Broderick, Mark Lowe, Neil Sparks, Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Dan Melchior, Dan Belton, Alfie Howard, Simon Robson, Steve Prince, Joe Machine, Wolf Howard and Amanda Collier, among others. Between 1982 and 1987 the daily running of the press was carried out by Traci Emin (later Tracey Emin). From 1988 to 1999 it was managed by Kyra De Coninck (one of Thee Headcoatees band).Since 2000 Julie Hamper, <mask>'s wife, has been overseeing it. From 1986 Hangman Records, also run by <mask>, released more than 50 LP records, including spoken word, experimental works and punk rock. Many local Medway groups and artists had their first releases on Hangman. Hangman Books and Hangman Records are both independent, non-profit-making and do not receive outside funding. Tracey Emin During the 1980s, <mask> was an influence on the artist Tracey Emin, whom he met in 1982, after his expulsion from the painting department at Saint Martin's School of Art. Emin was a fashion student at Medway College of Design. Emin and <mask> were a couple until 1987, Emin selling his poetry books for his small press Hangman Books.In 1995 she was interviewed in the Minky Manky show catalogue by Carl Freedman, who asked her, "Which person do you think has had the greatest influence on your life?" She replied: Uhmm... It's not a person really. It was more a time, going to Maidstone College of Art, hanging around with <mask>, living by the River Medway. Emin's work Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995 (1995) was first exhibited in the show, and <mask>'s name was displayed prominently in it. The Stuckists In 1999 <mask> and Thomson co-founded the Stuckist art movement. Thomson coined the group name from <mask>'s "Poem for a Pissed Off Wife" (Big Hart and Balls 1994), where he had recorded Emin's remark to him: "Your paintings are stuck, you are stuck!– Stuck! Stuck! Stuck!" The group was strongly pro-figurative painting and anti-conceptual art. <mask> wrote a number of manifestos with Thomson, the first of which contained the statement: "Artists who don't paint aren't artists." The Stuckists soon achieved considerable press coverage, fuelled by Emin's nomination for the Turner Prize. They then announced the inauguration of a cultural period of Remodernism to bring back spiritual values into art, culture and society.The formation of The Stuckists directly led to Emin severing her 14-year friendship with <mask> in 1999. <mask> has said: "The Stuckist art group was formed in 1999 at the instigation of Charles Thomson, the title of the group being taken from a poem of mine written and published in 1994. I disagreed with the way Charles presented the group, particularly in the media. For these reasons I left the Stuckists in 2001. I never attended any Stuckist demonstrations and my work was not shown in the large Stuckist exhibition held in the Walker Art Gallery in 2004." British artist Stella Vine, who was a member of the Stuckists for a short time in 2001, first joined the group having developed a "crush" on <mask> while attending his music events. In June 2000, Vine went to a talk given by <mask> and fellow Stuckist co-founder Charles Thomson on Stuckism and Remodernism, promoted by the Institute of Ideas at the Salon des Arts, Kensington.Vine formed The Unstuckists one month after joining, and has since said she did not agree with Stuckism's principles, and described them as bullies. Conceptual art As a young man, <mask> was highly influenced by Dada, and the work of Kurt Schwitters in particular. <mask> has a Kurt Schwitters poem tattooed on his left buttock and made a short film on Schwitters's life, titled The Man with Wheels, (1980, directed by Eugean Doyan). In his poetry, <mask> mentions that he once had a bank account under the name of Kurt Schwitters. As to what is now termed conceptual art, <mask> has said "I respect the right of detractors and champions alike as we live in a democracy." The Chatham Super 8 Cinema In 2002, along with Wolf Howard, Simon Williams and Julie Hamper, <mask> formed The Chatham Super 8 Cinema. The group makes super 8 films on a second-hand camera Wolf Howard bought at a local flea market.In 2004, <mask> released a 30-minute documentary titled Brass Monkey, about a march undertaken in Great War uniform commemorating the 90th anniversary of the British retreat from Mons in 1914. Discography Solo LPs I've Got Everything Indeed (1987) The 1982 Cassettes (1988) "i remember..." (1988) 50 Albums Great (1991) Torments Nest (1993) Made With a Passion – Kitchen Demo's (1996) Compilations I Am the <mask>ish (1991) Der Henkermann – Kitchen Recordings (1992) Native American Sampler – A History 1983–1993 (1993) Crimes Against Music-Blues Recordings 1986–1999 (1999) 25 Years of Being Childish (2002) My First Billy Childish Album (2006) Archive From 1959 – The <mask> Story (2009) Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot – 1977–2018 (2019) Spoken word albums Poems of Laughter and Violence (1988) The Sudden Fart of Laughter (1992) Trembling of Life (1993) Hunger at the Moon (1993) Poems of a Backwater Visionary (2007) Collaborations Laughing Gravy (1987) Wild Billy Childish & Big Russ Wilkins Long Legged Baby (1989) Wild Billy Childish & the Natural Born Lovers At the Bridge (1993) <mask> with The Singing Loins Devil in the Flesh (1998) <mask>/Dan Melchior In Blood (1999) <mask> & Holly Golightly with Sexton Ming Which Dead Donkey Daddy? (1987) Plump Prizes & Little Gems (1987) YPRES 1917 Overture (Verdun Ossuary) (1988) The Cheeky Cheese (1999) Here Come the Fleece Geese (2002) Muscle Horse Was in the War (2002) Dung Beetle Rolls Again (2012) with The Pop Rivets (1979) Greatest Hits (1979) Empty Sounds from Anarchy Ranch (1985) Fun in the U.K (Compilation) (1990) Live in Germany '79 (Live) (1997) Chathams Burning – Live 77 & 78 Demo's (Compilation) with Thee Milkshakes LPs (1981) Talking 'Bout... Milkshakes (1982) Fourteen Rhythm and Beat Greats (1983) After School Sessions (1983) The Milkshakes IV – The Men with Golden Guitars (1984) Thee Milkshakes vs. The Prisoners (1984) 20 Rock & Roll Hits of the 50s & 60s (1984) Nothing Can Stop These Men (1984) They Came They Saw They Conquered (1984) Thee Knights of Trashe (1987) Thee Milkshakes Revenge – The Legendary Missing 9th Album (1992) Still Talking 'Bout... Milkshakes! Compilations (1984) Showcase (1990) 19th Nervous Shakedown with Thee Mighty Caesars LPs (1985) Thee Mighty Caesars (1985) Beware the Ides of the March (1986) Thee Caesars of Trash (1987) Acropolis Now (1987) Wiseblood (1987) Live in Rome [studio recordings with overdubbed 'live' effects] (1987) Don’t Give Any Dinner to Henry Chinaski (1987) [demos] (1989) John Lennon’s Corpse Revisited (1992) Caesars Remains (demos etc) Compilations (1987)Punk Rock Showcase (1989) Thusly, thee Mighty Caesars (English Punk Rock Explosion) (LP Comp U.S.) (1989) Surely They Were the Sons of God (C.D.Comp U.S.) (1994)Caesars Pleasure (CD Comp) with The Delmonas Dangerous Charms (1985) The Delmonas 5 (1986) Do the Uncle Willy (1988) The Delmonas (1989) as Wild <mask> & the Blackhands Play: Capt'n Calypso's Hoodoo Party (1988) The Original Chatham Jack (1992) Live in the Netherlands (1993) as Jack Ketch & the Crowmen Brimful of Hate (1988) as Jack Ketch & the Crowmen as Thee Headcoats Headcoats Down! (1989) The Earls of Suavedom (1990) Beach Bums Must Die (1990) The Kids Are Square – This is Hip! (1990) Heavens to Murgatroyd, Even! It’s ! (Already) (1990) W.O.A.H! Bo in Thee Garage (1991) Headcoatitude (1991) The Wurst is Yet to Come (1993) The Good Times Are Killing Me (1993) Cavern by the Sea (1993) Connundrum (1994) The Sound of the Baskervilles (1995 – Thee Headcoats featuring Thee Headcoatees) In Tweed We Trust (1996) Knights of the Baskervilles (1996) The Jimmy Reid Experience (1997) The Messerschmits Pilots Severed Hand (1998) Sherlock Holmes Meets the Punkenstien Monster (1998 Japanese Compilation) Brother is Dead…but fly is gone! (1998) 17% Hendrix Was Not the Only Musician (1998) <mask> & His Famous Headcoats English Gentlemen of Rock‘N’Roll/the Best Vol.2 (1999) (Japanese Compilation) I Am the Object of Your Desire (2000) Elementary Headcoats – Thee Singles 1990–1999 (2000 – compilation) as Thee Headcoats Sect (with The Downliners Sect) Deerstalking Men (1996) Ready Sect Go!(2000) as The Buff Medways This is This (2001) Steady the Buffs (2002) The XFM Sessions (2003) 1914 (2003) Medway Wheelers (2005) as The Chatham Singers Heavens Journey (2005) Juju Claudius (2009) Kings of the Medway Delta (2020) as The Musicians of the British Empire Punk Rock at the British Legion Hall (2007) Christmas 1979 (2007) Thatcher's Children (2008) as The Vermin Poets Poets of England (2010) as The Spartan Dreggs Forensic R & B (2011) Dreggredation (2012) Coastal Command (2012) Tablets of Linear B (2012) Archeopteryx vs. Coelacanth (2014) A Tribute To A. E. Housman (2013 – CTMF & The Spartan Dreggs) with CTMF All Our Forts Are With You (2013) Die Hinterstoisser Traverse (2013) Acorn Man (2014) SQ1 (2016) Brand New Cage (2017) In The Devil's Focus (10" BBC 6 Music Sessions) (2017) Brand New Cage (2017) Last Punk Standing... (2019) as The William Loveday Intention People Think they Know Me But They Don't Know Me (2020) Will There Ever Be A Day That You're Hung Like A Thief? Note: some copies appear with different titles and different author and publisher: 'Art War, Man Taken from Guts' and 'Insolunce in the Face of Art' being examples. Unknowable but Certain (2009) Paraffin Van (2011) (Also published under the title "I Fuckt Frida Kahlo" as a Faber and Faber lookalike.) the sudden wren or painting lessons for poets and other mediochur cunts (2013) In the Teeth of Deamons (2015) 1 of the rist (2016) The Uncorrected (2018 If you fly with the crows... Selected Poetry 2015 – 2019 (2019) Vipers Tongue Press Poetry Pamphlets (2020) – includes '100 yds of crash barrier' (Pamphlet 001), 'Cancer of the gallows' (Pamphlet 002), 'Poems nobody wants' (Pamphlet 003) Fiction Conversations with Dr X (1987) Cannon-fodder, by Louis-Ferdinand Céline. Trans. References External links Billy Childish official site Guardian Interview 2009 Art Basel 2010 – Billy Childish interview at Theartnewspaper.tv Slashstroke Magazine 2011 – Billy Childish interview and photoshoot 1959 births Living people Alumni of the University for the Creative Arts 20th-century English painters English male painters 21st-century English painters 21st-century male artists 20th-century English novelists 21st-century English novelists English male singers English male poets English punk rock guitarists English punk rock singers People from Chatham, Kent Punk blues musicians Sympathy for the Record Industry artists British indie rock musicians Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art Musicians from Kent English contemporary artists English male novelists 20th-century English male writers 21st-century English male writers English male guitarists

<mask> (born Steven John Hamper, 1 December 1959) is an English painter, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist. <mask> has created music, writing and visual art since the late 1970s. He has been in a number of bands including the Pop Rivets, Thee Milkshakes, Thee Headcoats, and the Musicians of the British Empire. He supports amateurism and free emotional expression. <mask> left the Stuckism art movement in 2001. A new evaluation of <mask>'s standing in the art world has been under way since then, with the publication of a critical study of <mask>'s working practice by the artist and writer Neal Brown, with an introduction by Peter Doig. He teaches at Rochester Independent College.<mask> received a Doctor of Arts Degree from the University of Kent. He has detailed his love life and childhood sexual abuse in his early poetry, as well as in his novels Sex Crimes of the Futcher and The Idiocy of Idears. <mask> had a relationship with Emin. The aesthetic established by <mask> in both their band names and in various aspects of their sonic has inspired a crop of lo-fi, surf rock and punk groups. <mask> lives and works in Chatham, Kent, England. <mask>'s father, John Hamper, was jailed during <mask>'s teenage years for drug smuggling. He had a close association with many of the artists who became known as "YBA" artists.He was sexually abused when he was a child. I had to share a bed with him. I refused to go near him after it happened for several nights. I did not tell anyone. At 16 he left secondary school. He turned down an interview at the local art college and went to Chatham Dockyard as an apprenticeship stonemason. He produced 600 drawings in "the tea huts of hell" during the next six months.He was accepted into the Saint Martin's School of Art because of his work and he was friends with the artist Peter Doig. He was kicked out of the course in 1982 after his acceptance was short-lived. He lived on the dole for 15 years. <mask> turned down an offer to appear on Celebrity Big Brother. <mask> practices yoga and meditation. <mask> was accepted into art school four times because of his paintings and drawings. He was accepted to the painting department of Saint Martin's School of Art in 1978 after doing a foundation year at the University for the Creative Arts.He was re-accepted at St Martins in 1980, but was kicked out in 1982. <mask> and Peter Doig were friends at Saint Martin's. <mask>'s first London show was co-curated by Doig. <mask> was a major influence on the artist Tracey Emin, who he met after his expulsion from Saint Martin's when she was a fashion student. <mask> is an influence on Emin's later art. <mask> was featured in the British Art Show in 2000. A major exhibition of <mask>'s paintings, writing and music was held in 2010, with a concurrent painting show at White Columns Gallery in New York.<mask> presented his work at the Art Below exhibition in Regent's Park Tube station to coincide with the Frieze Art Fair, one of the most important international contemporary art fairs that takes place each October in London. A collection of paintings, books, records, pamphlets, poems, prints, letters, film were displayed at an exhibition called Hero of The British Art Resistance at The Aquarium L-13 gallery in London. Music Childish made records of punk, garage, rock and roll, blues, folk, classical/experimental, spoken word and nursery rhymes. <mask> is "perhaps too subtle and sophisticated for the mass market" according to a letter written by the musician Ivor Cutler. <mask>'s groups include TV21, later known as the Pop Rivets, with Bruce Brand, Romas Foord, and Russell 'Little Russ' Lax. He formed a garage rock band called Thee Milkshakes with Mickey Hampshire. In 2000 he formed Wild <mask> and the Friends of the Buff Medways Fanciers Association, named after a type of poultry bred in his home town.The musicians of the British Empire formed Wild Billy Childish and the Musicians of the British Empire, and they recorded a song about one of <mask>'s heroes. <mask> formed The Vermin Poets with Neil Palmer and Julie Hamper, his wife. After moving to the Dirty Water Club in 1996, the Headcoats continued their monthly residency at the Wild Western Room. The MBEs played at the venue less than once a month until February 2011. On September 11, 2009, <mask>'s current label, Damaged Goods Records, sent a message to subscribers stating that <mask>'s wife, Nurse Julie, was pregnant. <mask> is a bass player with The Spartan Dreggs, with Neil Palmer on vocals and guitar and Wolf Howard on drums. As of the end of the year, three albums have been released under the name Wild Billy Childish.<mask> produced, played on and co-wrote most of the songs on The Wave Pictures' album Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon. Jack White wrote <mask>'s name in large letters on his arm for an early Top of the Pops appearance, as well as a number of other famous musicians. <mask> has published over 40 collections of his work. <mask> was a founding member of The Medway Poets, a poetry performance group who read at the Kent Literature Festival and the Cambridge Poetry Festival. <mask> and Charles Thomson were at odds, especially when <mask> started heckling my poetry reading and I threatened to ban him from a forthcoming TV documentary. <mask>'s poetry wasdeemed unbroadcastable after a Television South documentary on the group in 1982. The two of them were at war from 1979 until 1999.He was threatening to have bouncers on the doors of the readings to keep him out. <mask> received two National Poetry Prize commendations. Hangman Books was formed in 1981 by <mask>. Hangman Films and Hangman Records are projects. Hangman Books has published poetry books by <mask>, Bill Lewis, Vic Templer, Joe Corkwell, Philip Absolon, Chris Broderick, Mark Lowe, Neil Sparks, Louis-Ferdinand Celine, and Dan Melchior. Between 1982 and 1987 the daily running of the press was carried out by Tracy Emin. From 1988 to 1999 it was managed by a band called Thee Headcoatees.<mask>'s wife, Julie Hamper, has been in charge of it since 2000. More than 50LP records, including spoken word, experimental works and punk rock, were released by Hangman Records. Local groups and artists had their first releases on Hangman. Outside funding for Hangman Books and Hangman Records is not provided. <mask> was an influence on the artist Tracey Emin, who was expelled from the painting department at Saint Martin's School of Art in 1982. Emin was a student at the college. <mask> and Emin were a couple until 1987.In 1995 she was asked, "Which person do you think has had the greatest influence on your life?" She said: Uhmm... It's not a person at all. It was more of a time when <mask> lived by the River Medway. <mask>'s name was displayed prominently in Emin's work, which was first exhibited in the show. <mask> and Thomson founded the Stuckist art movement in 1999. Thomson came up with the group name from <mask>'s "Poem for a Pissed Off Wife", where he had recorded Emin's remark to him: "Your paintings are stuck, you are stuck!"It's stuck! It's stuck! It's stuck! The group was pro-figurative and anti-conceptual. <mask> wrote a number of manifestos with Thomson, the first of which was "Artists who don't paint aren't artists." The press covered the Stuckists because of Emin's nomination for the Turner Prize. The cultural period of Remodernism will bring spiritual values back into art, culture and society.Emin severed her friendship with <mask> in 1999 because of the formation of The Stuckists. <mask> said that the Stuckist art group was formed in 1999 at the instigation of Charles Thomson, the title of the group being taken from a poem of mine written and published in 1994. I didn't like the way Charles presented the group. I left the Stuckists in 2001. The large Stuckist exhibition held in the Walker Art Gallery in 2004 did not show my work. The British artist, who was a member of the Stuckists for a short time in 2001, developed a "crush" on <mask> while attending his music events. The Institute of Ideas at the Salon des Arts promoted a talk by <mask> and Charles Thomson on Stuckism and Remodernism.One month after joining, she formed The Unstuckists and said she did not agree with the principles of Stuckism. <mask> was influenced by the work of Kurt Schwitters as a young man. <mask> has a Kurt Schwitters poem tattooed on his left buttock and made a short film on Schwitters's life, titled The Man with Wheels, directed by Eugean Doyan. <mask> mentions in his poetry that he used to have a bank account under the name Kurt Schwitters. <mask> said "I respect the right of detractors and champions alike as we live in a democracy." <mask> formed The Chatham Super 8 Cinema in 2002. Wolf Howard bought a second-hand camera at a flea market and used it to make films.In 2004, <mask> released a 30-minute documentary titled Brass Monkey, about a march undertaken in Great War uniform to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the British retreat from Mons in 1914. I've Got Everything Indeed is a solo album that was released in 1987. The Cheeky Cheese, Here Come the Fleece Geese, Muscle Horse Was in the War, and The Pop Rivets all had fun. Milkshakes and Fourteen Rhythm and Beat Greats were released in 1982. Nothing can stop these men, 20 Rock & Roll hits of the 50s & 60s, and Thee Knights of Trashe, Thee Milkshakes Revenge, and Still Talking 'Bout... Milkshakes! 19th Nervous Shakedown, Thee Mighty Caesars, Beware the Ides of the March, Thee Caesars of Trash, and Wiseblood are all included.The Delmonas Dangerous Charms was released in 1985 and the Delmonas 5 was released in 1986. The Earls of Suavedom, Beach Bums Must Die, and The Kids Are Square are all hip. Heavens to Murgatroyd, Even! It is! (1989) W.O.A.H! Bo in Thee Garage, The Wurst is Yet to Come, Cavern by the Sea, and Connundrum were all written by Thee Headcoatees. <mask> and his famous Headcoats were not the only musicians.The Chatham Singers Heavens Journey and the Kings of the Medway Delta were members of The Musicians of the British Empire Punk Rock at the British Legion Hall. The examples are 'Art War, Man Taken from Guts' and 'Insolunce in the Face of Art'. Paraffin Van was published under the title "I Fuckt Frida Kahlo". The sudden wren or painting lessons for poets can be found in In the Teeth of Deamons and The Uncorrected. The Pamphlets include'100 yds of crash barrier', 'Cancer of the gallows' and 'Poems nobody wants'. Trans. <mask>ish interview at Theartnewspaper.tv, <mask> photoshoot at Slashstroke Magazine, 1959 births, and 20th-century English painters.

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Gary Geiger

Gary Merle Geiger (April 4, 1937 – April 24, 1996) was a major league outfielder for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, and Houston Astros from (1958-1970). He was born in Sand Ridge, Illinois. His offseason home while a major leaguer was Murphysboro, Illinois. His wife Lyn's parents were St. Louis, Missouri residents. Career statistics His career batting average was .246, with 77 home runs and 283 runs batted in. He was a weak hitter against left-handed pitching. He fielded 985, with 24 lifetime errors. He was a fast runner, once timed at 3.5 seconds from home plate to first on a bunt. Geiger ranked 8th in stolen bases in 1959 & 1961 with 9 & 16 steals respectively, but as high as 2nd in 1962 with 18 steals although he was caught 11 times. Geiger is one of three Red Sox to hit an inside-the-park grand slam home run at Fenway Park. His came in 1961. The others to accomplish the feat are Don Lenhardt (1952) and Mike Greenwell (September 1, 1990). He was signed as an amateur free agent by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1954. Cleveland drafted him as a pitcher from the Cards' Rochester Red Wings top farm club on December 2, 1957. He was , but weighed only 168 lb. He liked to keep his weight between 171 & 175 lb, but was often unable to and even dropped below 135 lb following an ulcer operation. He batted left and threw right, and in July 1958 was accidentally beaned by Camilo Pascual of the Washington Senators. Boston Red Sox (1959–1965) On December 2, 1958, the Indians received Jimmy Piersall from the Red Sox for Geiger and veteran slugger Vic Wertz (no money was involved) after Geiger had hit .231 in 91 games as a 21-year-old Cleveland rookie. In late March 1959, late in spring training, Geiger collided with teammate (shortstop) Don Buddin chasing a foul ball in left field, in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was knocked unconscious and severely bruised. But he recovered to play left field later that year. On July 29, 1960, he was operated on for a collapsed lung at Sancta Maria Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was advised to rest fully afterwards. Doctors said Geiger would miss the remainder of the season. Geiger's Topps 1961 baseball card was featured in the 2000 film Skipped Parts as part of a baby's mobile at the end of the film. In March 1961, during spring training, Geiger made a game-saving catch in Palm Springs, California for the Red Sox against the new expansion Los Angeles Angels, robbing Julio Bécquer of a sure double in deep right center field in an 8–7 Boston win. Earlier in the game, he had collected three hits and scored three runs. Batting second and playing center field on April 17, 1961, early in the regular season, he hit a game-winning home run into the Fenway Park right field bullpen in the 7th inning of a 3-2 Boston win over the Angels. But then he dropped a fly ball hit by Brooks Robinson with two outs in the 9th inning of a 5–4 Red Sox loss to the Baltimore Orioles on May 27. It should have been an easy catch, but Geiger bobbled it when he and two other Red Sox players tried to glove it. The error was the first by Boston in ten games. He had accounted for a Red Sox run in the 5th by doubling and scoring on a single by Wertz. He broke up what might have been a second consecutive shutout by 18-year-old $125,000 bonus baby Lew Krausse, Jr. on June 23 with a game-winning three-run home run in the 7th inning after a walk to Pete Runnels and an error on Chuck Schilling's sacrifice bunt. Krausse had pitched a 4-0 shutout of the Angels in his major league debut for the Kansas City Athletics the week before. Geiger and Jackie Jensen launched home runs in the late innings of a 9–4 Red Sox win over the new expansion Washington Senators on August 23. In the second game of a doubleheader Geiger pinch-hit for Carroll Hardy, connecting for a triple off Cal McLish which scored Pumpsie Green to earn Boston a split with the Chicago White Sox. In November, it was reported that Geiger, Schilling and star pitcher Bill Monbouquette were likely to be lost to Boston for military service after Geiger had led the Red Sox with 18 home runs in 1961, but it didn't happen. (Catcher Jim Pagliaroni was 2nd with 16.) On June 9, 1962, Geiger crashed directly into the center field wall at Fenway Park attempting to catch a Tito Francona drive as the Red Sox lost to his old team Cleveland in 13 innings. He ventured back on the dirt track and looked as if he were going to come up with the ball. He made a sudden leap for it but struck the wall, and the ball caromed back onto the field. He landed on his feet, clapped his head with his arm, sank slowly to his knees and fell flat on the ground. He was removed on a stretcher and taken to a hospital. On May 27, 1963, a recovered Geiger and shortstop Eddie Bressoud hit 8th-inning home runs against the Detroit Tigers in a 6–5 Boston win at Tiger Stadium. But on February 27, 1964, Geiger underwent surgery for a bleeding ulcer at St. Luke's Hospital in St. Louis after having been stricken en route to training camp. Doctors advised him to remain in the hospital for 7–10 days before returning for spring training in Arizona. He was placed on the voluntary retired list at his own request on May 13, and was expected to be sidelined for at least 40 days. He ended up taking the rest of 1964 off because of general fatigue, lack of stamina and an underweight and weakened constitution, but returned the next year. On June 8, 1965, he sustained a triple fracture of the left hand diving for a Tom McCraw double in the 8th inning of a game won by the White Sox 7–3, after racing in from deep center field and diving for the shallow fly ball. That October, the Red Sox sold him along with seven other players to their Triple-A affiliate Toronto Maple Leafs in the International League. Atlanta Braves (1966–1967), Houston Astros (1969–1970) In May 1966, the newly relocated Atlanta Braves were reportedly desperate for pitchers. Geiger, Rico Carty and Gene Oliver were outfielders mentioned as possible "trade bait". But Geiger was still with the Braves on July 28, 1967 when they rose to 3rd place in the National League. Filling in for an injured Mack Jones, he was a whiz in center field with a fine catch in the 6th inning to help the Braves out of a bases-loaded jam and then, the next inning, caught a fly ball against the fence. He batted 8th for the Houston Astros in 1969, and played left and right field. On June 23, he drove in three runs as a pinch-hitter to help the Astros to a 7th consecutive win on June 23. On June 26, 1970, the Astros repurchased him from the Triple-A Oklahoma City 89ers (Oklahoma Redhawks) of the American Association (20th Century). Manager On December 7, 1971, the Cardinals chose Geiger to manage their Cedar Rapids Cardinals farm team in the Midwest League. Personal life Geiger wore false teeth after his own, too soft to take fillings, had all been extracted by age 22. He overcame his pronounced fear of flying, making every trip with the teams he played with, albeit reluctantly. References External links Muir, Jim. "Family, community remember baseball player Gary Geiger" The Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale, Illinois), Monday, May 1, 2006. 1937 births 1996 deaths Atlanta Braves players Baseball players from Illinois Boston Red Sox players Cleveland Indians players Deaths from cirrhosis Hamilton Cardinals players Hannibal Cardinals players Houston Astros players Major League Baseball outfielders Oklahoma City 89ers players Omaha Cardinals players People from Murphysboro, Illinois Rochester Red Wings players Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players Alcohol-related deaths in Illinois

<mask> (April 4, 1937 – April 24, 1996) was a major league outfielder for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, and Houston Astros from (1958-1970). He was born in Sand Ridge, Illinois. His offseason home while a major leaguer was Murphysboro, Illinois. His wife Lyn's parents were St. Louis, Missouri residents. Career statistics His career batting average was .246, with 77 home runs and 283 runs batted in. He was a weak hitter against left-handed pitching. He fielded 985, with 24 lifetime errors.He was a fast runner, once timed at 3.5 seconds from home plate to first on a bunt. <mask> ranked 8th in stolen bases in 1959 & 1961 with 9 & 16 steals respectively, but as high as 2nd in 1962 with 18 steals although he was caught 11 times. <mask> is one of three Red Sox to hit an inside-the-park grand slam home run at Fenway Park. His came in 1961. The others to accomplish the feat are Don Lenhardt (1952) and Mike Greenwell (September 1, 1990). He was signed as an amateur free agent by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1954. Cleveland drafted him as a pitcher from the Cards' Rochester Red Wings top farm club on December 2, 1957.He was , but weighed only 168 lb. He liked to keep his weight between 171 & 175 lb, but was often unable to and even dropped below 135 lb following an ulcer operation. He batted left and threw right, and in July 1958 was accidentally beaned by Camilo Pascual of the Washington Senators. Boston Red Sox (1959–1965) On December 2, 1958, the Indians received Jimmy Piersall from the Red Sox for Geiger and veteran slugger Vic Wertz (no money was involved) after Geiger had hit .231 in 91 games as a 21-year-old Cleveland rookie. In late March 1959, late in spring training, Geiger collided with teammate (shortstop) Don Buddin chasing a foul ball in left field, in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was knocked unconscious and severely bruised. But he recovered to play left field later that year.On July 29, 1960, he was operated on for a collapsed lung at Sancta Maria Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was advised to rest fully afterwards. Doctors said Geiger would miss the remainder of the season. <mask>'s Topps 1961 baseball card was featured in the 2000 film Skipped Parts as part of a baby's mobile at the end of the film. In March 1961, during spring training, <mask> made a game-saving catch in Palm Springs, California for the Red Sox against the new expansion Los Angeles Angels, robbing Julio Bécquer of a sure double in deep right center field in an 8–7 Boston win. Earlier in the game, he had collected three hits and scored three runs. Batting second and playing center field on April 17, 1961, early in the regular season, he hit a game-winning home run into the Fenway Park right field bullpen in the 7th inning of a 3-2 Boston win over the Angels. But then he dropped a fly ball hit by Brooks Robinson with two outs in the 9th inning of a 5–4 Red Sox loss to the Baltimore Orioles on May 27.It should have been an easy catch, but <mask> bobbled it when he and two other Red Sox players tried to glove it. The error was the first by Boston in ten games. He had accounted for a Red Sox run in the 5th by doubling and scoring on a single by Wertz. He broke up what might have been a second consecutive shutout by 18-year-old $125,000 bonus baby Lew Krausse, Jr. on June 23 with a game-winning three-run home run in the 7th inning after a walk to Pete Runnels and an error on Chuck Schilling's sacrifice bunt. Krausse had pitched a 4-0 shutout of the Angels in his major league debut for the Kansas City Athletics the week before. <mask> and Jackie Jensen launched home runs in the late innings of a 9–4 Red Sox win over the new expansion Washington Senators on August 23. In the second game of a doubleheader <mask> pinch-hit for Carroll Hardy, connecting for a triple off Cal McLish which scored Pumpsie Green to earn Boston a split with the Chicago White Sox.In November, it was reported that <mask>, Schilling and star pitcher Bill Monbouquette were likely to be lost to Boston for military service after <mask> had led the Red Sox with 18 home runs in 1961, but it didn't happen. (Catcher Jim Pagliaroni was 2nd with 16.) On June 9, 1962, <mask> crashed directly into the center field wall at Fenway Park attempting to catch a Tito Francona drive as the Red Sox lost to his old team Cleveland in 13 innings. He ventured back on the dirt track and looked as if he were going to come up with the ball. He made a sudden leap for it but struck the wall, and the ball caromed back onto the field. He landed on his feet, clapped his head with his arm, sank slowly to his knees and fell flat on the ground. He was removed on a stretcher and taken to a hospital.On May 27, 1963, a recovered <mask> and shortstop Eddie Bressoud hit 8th-inning home runs against the Detroit Tigers in a 6–5 Boston win at Tiger Stadium. But on February 27, 1964, Geiger underwent surgery for a bleeding ulcer at St. Luke's Hospital in St. Louis after having been stricken en route to training camp. Doctors advised him to remain in the hospital for 7–10 days before returning for spring training in Arizona. He was placed on the voluntary retired list at his own request on May 13, and was expected to be sidelined for at least 40 days. He ended up taking the rest of 1964 off because of general fatigue, lack of stamina and an underweight and weakened constitution, but returned the next year. On June 8, 1965, he sustained a triple fracture of the left hand diving for a Tom McCraw double in the 8th inning of a game won by the White Sox 7–3, after racing in from deep center field and diving for the shallow fly ball. That October, the Red Sox sold him along with seven other players to their Triple-A affiliate Toronto Maple Leafs in the International League.Atlanta Braves (1966–1967), Houston Astros (1969–1970) In May 1966, the newly relocated Atlanta Braves were reportedly desperate for pitchers. <mask>, Rico Carty and Gene Oliver were outfielders mentioned as possible "trade bait". But <mask> was still with the Braves on July 28, 1967 when they rose to 3rd place in the National League. Filling in for an injured Mack Jones, he was a whiz in center field with a fine catch in the 6th inning to help the Braves out of a bases-loaded jam and then, the next inning, caught a fly ball against the fence. He batted 8th for the Houston Astros in 1969, and played left and right field. On June 23, he drove in three runs as a pinch-hitter to help the Astros to a 7th consecutive win on June 23. On June 26, 1970, the Astros repurchased him from the Triple-A Oklahoma City 89ers (Oklahoma Redhawks) of the American Association (20th Century).Manager On December 7, 1971, the Cardinals chose <mask> to manage their Cedar Rapids Cardinals farm team in the Midwest League. Personal life <mask> wore false teeth after his own, too soft to take fillings, had all been extracted by age 22. He overcame his pronounced fear of flying, making every trip with the teams he played with, albeit reluctantly. References External links Muir, Jim. "Family, community remember baseball player <mask>" The Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale, Illinois), Monday, May 1, 2006. 1937 births 1996 deaths Atlanta Braves players Baseball players from Illinois Boston Red Sox players Cleveland Indians players Deaths from cirrhosis Hamilton Cardinals players Hannibal Cardinals players Houston Astros players Major League Baseball outfielders Oklahoma City 89ers players Omaha Cardinals players People from Murphysboro, Illinois Rochester Red Wings players Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players Alcohol-related deaths in Illinois

<mask> was a major league outfielder for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, and Houston Astros. He was born in Illinois. He lived in Murphysboro, Illinois, while he was a major leaguer. His wife's parents lived in St. Louis, Missouri. His career batting average was.246, with 77 home runs and 283 runs batted in. He was not a good hitter against left-handed pitchers. He made 24 lifetime errors.He ran from home plate to first on a sacrifice fly in 3.5 seconds. In 1959 and 1961, he stole 9 and 16 bases, but in 1962 he stole 18 bases, but he was caught 11 times. Three people have hit an inside-the-park grand slam at the park. He came in 1961. Don Lenhardt and Mike Greenwell did it. He was an amateur free agent in 1954. On December 2, 1957, Cleveland drafted him from the Cards' Rochester Red Wings top farm club.He was only 168 lbs. He was able to keep his weight between 171 and 175 lbs, but was often unable to drop below 135 lbs after an operation. The Washington Senators accidentally beaned him in July of 1959 when he left and threw right. On December 2, 1958, the Indians received Jimmy Piersall and veteran hitter Vic Wertz in exchange for 21-year-old Cleveland first baseman <mask>. In late March 1959, Don Buddin was chasing a foul ball in left field when he collided with his teammate, <mask>. He was bruised and knocked unconscious. He played left field later that year.On July 29, 1960, he was operated on for a collapsed lung at Sancta Maria Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was advised to rest. Doctors said that he wouldn't be able to play the rest of the season. The film Skipped Parts featured a baby's mobile at the end of the film. In March 1961, during spring training, <mask> made a game-saving catch in Palm Springs, California for the Red Sox against the new expansion Los Angeles Angels, robbing Julio Bécquer of a sure double in deep right center field in an 8–7 Boston win. He had three hits and three runs. He hit a game-winning home run in the 7th of a Boston win over the Angels on April 17, 1961, when he was playing center field. He dropped a fly ball hit by Robinson with two outs in the 9th of a 5–4 Red Sox loss to the Baltimore Orioles on May 27.It should have been a simple catch, but <mask> and two other players tried to glove it. The error was the first by Boston. He accounted for a run in the 5th by doubling and scoring on a single by Wertz. He broke up Lew Krausse, Jr.'s second consecutive no-hitter with a three-run home run in the 7th after a walk to Pete Runnels and an error. Krausse made his major league debut for the Kansas City A's the week before, and he blanked the Angels. The new expansion Washington Senators were defeated by a 9–4 score by the Red Sox on August 23. In the second game of the twin bill, <mask> pinch-hit and hit a triple off Cal McLish which scored Pumpsie Green to give Boston a split.In November of last year, it was reported that the star pitcher Bill Monbouquette was likely to be lost to Boston for military service after he led the Red Sox with 18 home runs in 1961. Jim Pagliaroni was second with 16 catches. On June 9, 1962, <mask> crashed into the center field wall trying to catch a drive by Francona as the Red Sox lost to the Indians. He went back on the dirt track and looked like he was going to catch the ball. He leaped for it but hit the wall, and the ball flew back onto the field. He landed on his feet, clapped his head with his arm and fell down. He was taken to the hospital on a stretcher.In a 6–5 Boston win at Tiger Stadium on May 27, 1963, a recovered <mask> and Eddie Bressoud hit 8th-inning home runs. On February 27, 1964, <mask> underwent surgery for a bleeding ulcer after he was stricken on his way to training camp. He was told to stay in the hospital for 7–10 days and return for spring training in Arizona. He was placed on the voluntary retired list at his own request and was expected to be out for at least 40 days. He took the rest of 1964 off because of fatigue, but came back the next year. On June 8, 1965, he broke his left hand diving for a Tom McCraw double in the 8th of a game won by the White Sox 7–3 after racing in from deep center field and diving for the shallow fly ball. The Red Sox sold him along with seven other players to the Maple Leafs in the International League.In May 1966, the newly relocated Atlanta Braves were desperate for pitchers. The outfielders were mentioned as possible trade bait. The Braves were in 3rd place in the National League on July 28, 1967. While filling in for an injured Mack Jones, he was a whiz in center field with a fine catch in the 6th to help the Braves out of a bases- loaded jam and then, in the 7th, caught a fly ball against the fence. He played both left and right field for the Astros. He drove in three runs as a pinch-hitter on June 23, helping the Astros to a 7th consecutive win. He was returned to the Astros from the Oklahoma City 89ers of the American Association on June 26, 1970.The Cedar Rapids Cards farm team in the Midwest League was managed by <mask>. After his own false teeth were too soft to take filling, he had all of them removed by the age of 22. He made every trip with the teams he played with despite his fear of flying. Jim references External links. The Southern Illinoisan reported on the family and community remembering baseball player <mask>. Baseball players from Illinois include the Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, and Houston Astros.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia%20Ward%20Howe

Julia Ward Howe

Julia Ward Howe (; May 27, 1819 – October 17, 1910) was an American poet and author, known for writing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and the original 1870 pacifist Mother's Day Proclamation. She was also an advocate for abolitionism and a social activist, particularly for women's suffrage. Early life and education Howe was born in New York City. She was the fourth of seven children. Her father Samuel Ward III was a Wall Street stockbroker, banker, and strict Calvinist. Her mother was the poet Julia Rush Cutler Ward, related to Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox" of the American Revolution. She died during childbirth when Howe was five. Howe was educated by private tutors and schools for young ladies until she was sixteen. Her eldest brother, Samuel Cutler Ward, traveled in Europe and brought home a private library. She had access to these books, many contradicting the Calvinistic view. She became well-read, though social as well as scholarly. She met, because of her father's status as a successful banker, Charles Dickens, Charles Sumner, and Margaret Fuller. Her brother, Sam, married into the Astor family, allowing him great social freedom that he shared with his sister. The siblings were cast into mourning with the death of their father in 1839, the death of their brother, Henry, and the deaths of Samuel's wife, Emily, and their newborn child. Personal life Though raised an Episcopalian, Julia became a Unitarian by 1841. In Boston, Ward met Samuel Gridley Howe, a physician and reformer who had founded the Perkins School for the Blind. Howe had courted her, but he had shown an interest in her sister Louisa. In 1843, they married despite their eighteen-year age difference. She gave birth to their first child while honeymooning in Europe. She bore their last child in December 1859 at the age of forty. They had six children: Julia Romana Howe (1844–1886), Florence Marion Howe (1845–1922), Henry Marion Howe (1848–1922), Laura Elizabeth Howe (1850–1943), Maud Howe (1855–1948), and Samuel Gridley Howe, Jr. (1859–1863). Howe was an aunt of novelist Francis Marion Crawford. Ward’s marriage to Howe was troublesome for her. He did not approve of her writing and did everything he could to disrupt her creative efforts. Howe raised her children in South Boston, while her husband pursued his advocacy work. She hid her unhappiness with their marriage, earning the nickname "the family champagne" from her children. She made frequent visits to Gardiner, Maine, where she stayed at "The Yellow House," a home built originally in 1814 and later home to her daughter Laura. In 1852, the Howes bought a "country home" with 4.7 acres of land in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, which they called "Oak Glen." They continued to maintain homes in Boston and Newport, but spent several months each year at Oak Glen. Career Writing She attended lectures, studied foreign languages, and wrote plays and dramas. Howe had published essays on Goethe, Schiller and Lamartine before her marriage in the New York Review and Theological Review. Her first volume of poetry, Passion-Flowers was published anonymously in 1853. The book collected personal poems and was written without the knowledge of her husband, who was then editing the Free Soil newspaper The Commonwealth. Her second anonymous collection, Words for the Hour, appeared in 1857. She went on to write plays such as Leonora, The World's Own, and Hippolytus. These works all contained allusions to her stultifying marriage. She went on trips including several for missions. In 1860, she published A Trip to Cuba, which told of her 1859 trip. It had generated outrage from William Lloyd Garrison, an abolitionist, for its derogatory view of Blacks. Howe believed it was right to free the slaves but did not believe in racial equality. Several letters on High Newport society were published in the New York Tribune in 1860, as well. Howe's being a published author troubled her husband greatly, especially due to the fact that her poems many times had to do with critiques of women's roles as wives, her own marriage, and women's place in society. Their marriage problems escalated to the point where they separated in 1852. Samuel, when he became her husband, had also taken complete control of her estate income. Upon her husband's death in 1876, she had found that through a series of bad investments, most of her money had been lost. Howe's writing and social activism were greatly shaped by her upbringing and married life. Much study has gone into her difficult marriage and how it influenced her work, both written and active. Politics In the early 1870s, Howe was nominated by William Claflin the governor of Massachusetts as justice of the peace. However, there were uncertainties surrounding her appointment, as many believed women were not fit to hold office. In 1871, the Massachusetts supreme court made the decision that women could not hold any judicial offices without explicit authorization from the legislature, thereby nullifying Howe's appointment to justice of the peace. This led to activists petitioning for legislation allowing women to hold office, separate from legislating women's suffrage. Women's supporters believed that petitioning for officeholding before petitioning for a women's suffrage amendment would expedite women's involvement in politics. Social activism She was inspired to write "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" after she and her husband visited Washington, D.C., and met Abraham Lincoln at the White House in . During the trip, her friend James Freeman Clarke suggested she write new words to the song "John Brown's Body", which she did on November 19. The song was set to William Steffe's already existing music and Howe's version was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in . It quickly became one of the most popular songs of the Union during the American Civil War. Howe produced eleven issues of the literary magazine, Northern Lights, in 1867. That same year she wrote about her travels to Europe in From the Oak to the Olive. After the war, she focused her activities on the causes of pacifism and women's suffrage. By 1868, Julia's husband no longer opposed her involvement in public life, so Julia decided to become active in reform. She helped found the New England Women's Club and the New England Woman Suffrage Association. She served as president for nine years beginning in 1868. In 1869, she became co-leader with Lucy Stone of the American Woman Suffrage Association. Then, in 1870, she became president of the New England Women's Club. After her husband's death in 1876, she focused more on her interests in reform. In 1877 Howe was one of the founders of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union in Boston. She was the founder and from 1876 to 1897 president of the Association of American Women, which advocated for women's education. Unlike other suffragists at the time, Howe supported the final version of the Fifteenth Amendment, which had omitted the inclusion of language originally barring discrimination against women as well as people of color. Her reason for supporting this version of the Fifteenth Amendment was that "she viewed black men's suffrage as the priority." In 1872, she became the editor of Woman's Journal, a widely-read suffragist magazine founded in 1870 by Lucy Stone and Henry B. Blackwell. She contributed to it for twenty years. That same year, she wrote her "Appeal to womanhood throughout the world", later known as the Mother's Day Proclamation, which asked women around the world to join for world peace. (See :Category:Pacifist feminism.) She authored it soon after she evolved into a pacifist and an anti-war activist. In 1872, she asked that "Mother's Day" be celebrated on the 2nd of June. Her efforts were not successful, and by 1893 she was wondering if the 4th of July could be remade into "Mother's Day". In 1874, she edited a coeducational defense titled Sex and Education. She wrote a collection about the places she lived in 1880 called Modern Society. In 1883, Howe published a biography of Margaret Fuller. Then, in 1885 she published another collection of lectures called Is Polite Society Polite? ("Polite society" is a euphemism for the upper class.) In 1899 she published her popular memoirs, Reminiscences. She continued to write until her death. In 1881, Howe was elected president of the Association for the Advancement of Women. Around the same time, Howe went on a speaking tour of the Pacific coast and founded the Century Club of San Francisco. In 1890, she helped found the General Federation of Women's Clubs, to reaffirm the Christian values of frugality and moderation. From 1891 to 1893, she served as president for the second time of the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association. Until her death, she was president of the New England Woman Suffrage Association. From 1893 to 1898 she directed the General Federation of Women's Clubs, and headed the Massachusetts Federation of Women's Clubs. Howe spoke at the 1893 World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago reflecting on the question, What is Religion?. In 1908 Julia was the first woman to be elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a society; its goal is to "foster, assist, and sustain excellence" in American literature, music, and art. Death and legacy Howe died of pneumonia October 17, 1910, at her Portsmouth home, Oak Glen at the age of 91. She is buried in the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At her memorial service approximately 4,000 people sang "Battle Hymn of the Republic" as a sign of respect as it was the custom to sing that song at each of Julia's speaking engagements. After her death, her children collaborated on a biography, published in 1916. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. In 1987, she was honored by the U.S. Postal Service with a 14¢ Great Americans series postage stamp. Several buildings are associated with her name: The Julia Ward Howe School of Excellence in Chicago's Austin community is named in her honor. The Howe neighborhood in Minneapolis, MN was named for her. The Julia Ward Howe Academics Plus Elementary School in Philadelphia was named in her honor in 1913. Her Rhode Island home, Oak Glen, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Her Boston home is a stop on the Boston Women's Heritage Trail. Awards and honors January 28, 1908, at age 88, Howe became the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. 1970, inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 1998, inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. Selected works Poetry Passion-Flowers (1854) Words for the Hour (1857) From Sunset Ridge: Poems Old and New (1898) Later Lyrics (1866) At Sunset (published posthumously, 1910) Other works The Hermaphrodite. Incomplete, but probably composed between 1846 and 1847. Published by University of Nebraska Press, 2004 From the Oak to the Olive (travel writing, 1868) Modern Society (essays, 1881) Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) (biography, 1883) Woman's work in America (1891) Is Polite Society Polite? (essays, 1895) Reminiscences: 1819–1899 (autobiography, 1899) See also List of peace activists List of suffragists and suffragettes List of women's rights activists Timeline of women's suffrage Ann Jarvis Gardiner, Maine, Howe's home for many years Samuel Gridley and Julia Ward Howe House References Further reading Clifford, Deborah Pickman. Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Biography of Julia Ward Howe. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1978. . Sketches of Representative Women of New England. Boston: New England Historical Pub. Co., 1904. . Richards, Laura Elizabeth. Julia Ward Howe, 1819–1910. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1916. Two vol. . Showalter, Elaine. The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017. . External links Works and papers Howe Papers at Harvard University Articles by Howe Archive at "Making of America" project, Cornell University Library Poetry at Representative Poetry Online (University of Toronto) Mother's Day Proclamation (1870) Julia Ward Howe.org Electronic archive of Howe's life and works Finding Aid for the Julia Ward Howe Papers at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Papers,1857–1961. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. Papers of the Julia Ward Howe family, 1787–1984. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. Biographies Julia Ward Howe, biography by Laura E. Richards, online at the University of Pennsylvania Michals, Debra. "Julia Ward Howe". National Women's History Museum." 2015. Biography Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography Julia Ward Howe at Answers.com Schowalter, Elaine. "The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe" New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017 Plaque on the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C. marking where Howe wrote the Hymn Other 1819 births 1910 deaths 19th-century American poets 19th-century American women writers 19th-century Unitarians 20th-century American poets 20th-century American women writers 20th-century Unitarians Activists from New York City American abolitionists American anti-war activists American feminists American pacifists American suffragists American Unitarians American people of English descent American women hymnwriters American women poets American women's rights activists Burials at Mount Auburn Cemetery Converts to Unitarianism Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters People from Gardiner, Maine People from Portsmouth, Rhode Island Women in the American Civil War Writers from New York City Women civil rights activists 19th-century American women musicians

<mask> (; May 27, 1819 – October 17, 1910) was an American poet and author, known for writing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and the original 1870 pacifist Mother's Day Proclamation. She was also an advocate for abolitionism and a social activist, particularly for women's suffrage. Early life and education <mask> was born in New York City. She was the fourth of seven children. Her father <mask> was a Wall Street stockbroker, banker, and strict Calvinist. Her mother was the poet <mask>, related to Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox" of the American Revolution. She died during childbirth when <mask> was five.<mask> was educated by private tutors and schools for young ladies until she was sixteen. Her eldest brother, Samuel Cutler <mask>, traveled in Europe and brought home a private library. She had access to these books, many contradicting the Calvinistic view. She became well-read, though social as well as scholarly. She met, because of her father's status as a successful banker, Charles Dickens, Charles Sumner, and Margaret Fuller. Her brother, Sam, married into the Astor family, allowing him great social freedom that he shared with his sister. The siblings were cast into mourning with the death of their father in 1839, the death of their brother, Henry, and the deaths of Samuel's wife, Emily, and their newborn child.Personal life Though raised an Episcopalian, <mask> became a Unitarian by 1841. In Boston, <mask> met Samuel Gridley <mask>, a physician and reformer who had founded the Perkins School for the Blind. <mask> had courted her, but he had shown an interest in her sister Louisa. In 1843, they married despite their eighteen-year age difference. She gave birth to their first child while honeymooning in Europe. She bore their last child in December 1859 at the age of forty. They had six children: <mask> <mask> (1844–1886), Florence Marion <mask> (1845–1922), Henry Marion <mask> (1848–1922), Laura Elizabeth <mask> (1850–1943), <mask> (1855–1948), and Samuel Gridley <mask>, Jr. (1859–1863).<mask> was an aunt of novelist Francis Marion Crawford. <mask>’s marriage to <mask> was troublesome for her. He did not approve of her writing and did everything he could to disrupt her creative efforts. <mask> raised her children in South Boston, while her husband pursued his advocacy work. She hid her unhappiness with their marriage, earning the nickname "the family champagne" from her children. She made frequent visits to Gardiner, Maine, where she stayed at "The Yellow House," a home built originally in 1814 and later home to her daughter Laura. In 1852, the <mask>s bought a "country home" with 4.7 acres of land in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, which they called "Oak Glen."They continued to maintain homes in Boston and Newport, but spent several months each year at Oak Glen. Career Writing She attended lectures, studied foreign languages, and wrote plays and dramas. <mask> had published essays on Goethe, Schiller and Lamartine before her marriage in the New York Review and Theological Review. Her first volume of poetry, Passion-Flowers was published anonymously in 1853. The book collected personal poems and was written without the knowledge of her husband, who was then editing the Free Soil newspaper The Commonwealth. Her second anonymous collection, Words for the Hour, appeared in 1857. She went on to write plays such as Leonora, The World's Own, and Hippolytus.These works all contained allusions to her stultifying marriage. She went on trips including several for missions. In 1860, she published A Trip to Cuba, which told of her 1859 trip. It had generated outrage from William Lloyd Garrison, an abolitionist, for its derogatory view of Blacks. <mask> believed it was right to free the slaves but did not believe in racial equality. Several letters on High Newport society were published in the New York Tribune in 1860, as well. <mask>'s being a published author troubled her husband greatly, especially due to the fact that her poems many times had to do with critiques of women's roles as wives, her own marriage, and women's place in society.Their marriage problems escalated to the point where they separated in 1852. Samuel, when he became her husband, had also taken complete control of her estate income. Upon her husband's death in 1876, she had found that through a series of bad investments, most of her money had been lost. <mask>'s writing and social activism were greatly shaped by her upbringing and married life. Much study has gone into her difficult marriage and how it influenced her work, both written and active. Politics In the early 1870s, <mask> was nominated by William Claflin the governor of Massachusetts as justice of the peace. However, there were uncertainties surrounding her appointment, as many believed women were not fit to hold office.In 1871, the Massachusetts supreme court made the decision that women could not hold any judicial offices without explicit authorization from the legislature, thereby nullifying <mask>'s appointment to justice of the peace. This led to activists petitioning for legislation allowing women to hold office, separate from legislating women's suffrage. Women's supporters believed that petitioning for officeholding before petitioning for a women's suffrage amendment would expedite women's involvement in politics. Social activism She was inspired to write "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" after she and her husband visited Washington, D.C., and met Abraham Lincoln at the White House in . During the trip, her friend James Freeman Clarke suggested she write new words to the song "John Brown's Body", which she did on November 19. The song was set to William Steffe's already existing music and <mask>'s version was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in . It quickly became one of the most popular songs of the Union during the American Civil War.<mask> produced eleven issues of the literary magazine, Northern Lights, in 1867. That same year she wrote about her travels to Europe in From the Oak to the Olive. After the war, she focused her activities on the causes of pacifism and women's suffrage. By 1868, <mask>'s husband no longer opposed her involvement in public life, so <mask> decided to become active in reform. She helped found the New England Women's Club and the New England Woman Suffrage Association. She served as president for nine years beginning in 1868. In 1869, she became co-leader with Lucy Stone of the American Woman Suffrage Association.Then, in 1870, she became president of the New England Women's Club. After her husband's death in 1876, she focused more on her interests in reform. In 1877 <mask> was one of the founders of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union in Boston. She was the founder and from 1876 to 1897 president of the Association of American Women, which advocated for women's education. Unlike other suffragists at the time, <mask> supported the final version of the Fifteenth Amendment, which had omitted the inclusion of language originally barring discrimination against women as well as people of color. Her reason for supporting this version of the Fifteenth Amendment was that "she viewed black men's suffrage as the priority." In 1872, she became the editor of Woman's Journal, a widely-read suffragist magazine founded in 1870 by Lucy Stone and Henry B. Blackwell.She contributed to it for twenty years. That same year, she wrote her "Appeal to womanhood throughout the world", later known as the Mother's Day Proclamation, which asked women around the world to join for world peace. (See :Category:Pacifist feminism.) She authored it soon after she evolved into a pacifist and an anti-war activist. In 1872, she asked that "Mother's Day" be celebrated on the 2nd of June. Her efforts were not successful, and by 1893 she was wondering if the 4th of July could be remade into "Mother's Day". In 1874, she edited a coeducational defense titled Sex and Education.She wrote a collection about the places she lived in 1880 called Modern Society. In 1883, <mask> published a biography of Margaret Fuller. Then, in 1885 she published another collection of lectures called Is Polite Society Polite? ("Polite society" is a euphemism for the upper class.) In 1899 she published her popular memoirs, Reminiscences. She continued to write until her death. In 1881, <mask> was elected president of the Association for the Advancement of Women.Around the same time, <mask> went on a speaking tour of the Pacific coast and founded the Century Club of San Francisco. In 1890, she helped found the General Federation of Women's Clubs, to reaffirm the Christian values of frugality and moderation. From 1891 to 1893, she served as president for the second time of the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association. Until her death, she was president of the New England Woman Suffrage Association. From 1893 to 1898 she directed the General Federation of Women's Clubs, and headed the Massachusetts Federation of Women's Clubs. <mask> spoke at the 1893 World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago reflecting on the question, What is Religion?. In 1908 <mask> was the first woman to be elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a society; its goal is to "foster, assist, and sustain excellence" in American literature, music, and art.Death and legacy <mask> died of pneumonia October 17, 1910, at her Portsmouth home, Oak Glen at the age of 91. She is buried in the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At her memorial service approximately 4,000 people sang "Battle Hymn of the Republic" as a sign of respect as it was the custom to sing that song at each of <mask>'s speaking engagements. After her death, her children collaborated on a biography, published in 1916. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. In 1987, she was honored by the U.S. Postal Service with a 14¢ Great Americans series postage stamp.Several buildings are associated with her name: The <mask> <mask> School of Excellence in Chicago's Austin community is named in her honor. The Howe neighborhood in Minneapolis, MN was named for her. The <mask> <mask> Academics Plus Elementary School in Philadelphia was named in her honor in 1913. Her Rhode Island home, Oak Glen, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Her Boston home is a stop on the Boston Women's Heritage Trail. Awards and honors January 28, 1908, at age 88, <mask> became the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. 1970, inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.In 1998, inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. Selected works Poetry Passion-Flowers (1854) Words for the Hour (1857) From Sunset Ridge: Poems Old and New (1898) Later Lyrics (1866) At Sunset (published posthumously, 1910) Other works The Hermaphrodite. Incomplete, but probably composed between 1846 and 1847. Published by University of Nebraska Press, 2004 From the Oak to the Olive (travel writing, 1868) Modern Society (essays, 1881) Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) (biography, 1883) Woman's work in America (1891) Is Polite Society Polite? (essays, 1895) Reminiscences: 1819–1899 (autobiography, 1899) See also List of peace activists List of suffragists and suffragettes List of women's rights activists Timeline of women's suffrage Ann Jarvis Gardiner, Maine, <mask>'s home for many years Samuel Gridley and <mask> <mask> House References Further reading Clifford, Deborah Pickman. Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Biography of <mask> <mask>. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1978. . Sketches of Representative Women of New England.Boston: New England Historical Pub. Co., 1904. . Richards, Laura Elizabeth. <mask> <mask>, 1819–1910. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1916. Two vol. . Showalter, Elaine. The Civil Wars of <mask> <mask>. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017. .External links Works and papers Howe Papers at Harvard University Articles by Howe Archive at "Making of America" project, Cornell University Library Poetry at Representative Poetry Online (University of Toronto) Mother's Day Proclamation (1870) Julia Ward Howe.org Electronic archive of <mask>'s life and works Finding Aid for the <mask> <mask> Papers at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Papers,1857–1961. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. Papers of the <mask> <mask> family, 1787–1984. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. Biographies <mask> <mask>, biography by Laura E. Richards, online at the University of Pennsylvania Michals, Debra. "<mask> <mask>". National Women's History Museum."2015. Biography Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography <mask> <mask> at Answers.com Schowalter, Elaine. "The Civil Wars of <mask> <mask>" New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017 Plaque on the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C. marking where <mask> wrote the Hymn Other 1819 births 1910 deaths 19th-century American poets 19th-century American women writers 19th-century Unitarians 20th-century American poets 20th-century American women writers 20th-century Unitarians Activists from New York City American abolitionists American anti-war activists American feminists American pacifists American suffragists American Unitarians American people of English descent American women hymnwriters American women poets American women's rights activists Burials at Mount Auburn Cemetery Converts to Unitarianism Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters People from Gardiner, Maine People from Portsmouth, Rhode Island Women in the American Civil War Writers from New York City Women civil rights activists 19th-century American women musicians

<mask> was an American poet and author who wrote "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and the original Mother's Day Proclamation. She was a social activist and advocate for women's rights. <mask> was born in New York City. She was one of seven children. <mask> was a strict Calvinist. <mask> was the mother of the poet. <mask> was five years old when she died.<mask> was educated by private schools until she was sixteen. <mask> brought home a private library when he traveled in Europe. She had access to many books that differed from the Calvinistic view. She became well-read and scholarly. She met because of her father's status as a successful banker. Sam married into the family and was able to share his social freedom with his sister. The deaths of their father, Henry, and brother, Samuel, as well as the deaths of their wife, Emily, and their newborn child, cast the siblings into mourning.<mask> became a Unitarian in the 19th century. The Perkins School for the Blind was founded by Samuel Gridley <mask>. <mask> was interested in her sister Louisa. Even though they were eighteen years apart, they married in 1843. Their first child was born while they were honeymooning in Europe. Their last child was born in December of 1859. They had six children, including <mask> <mask>.<mask> is an aunt of a novelist. She was troubled by <mask>'s marriage to <mask>. He did everything he could to disrupt her creative efforts because he did not approve of her writing. While her husband pursued his work, <mask> raised her children in South Boston. The nickname "the family champagne" was earned from her children when she hid her unhappiness with their marriage. She spent a lot of time at "The Yellow House," a home built in 1814 and later home to her daughter Laura. The <mask>s bought a "country home" with over four acres of land in Rhode Island.They spent a lot of time at Oak Glen, maintaining homes in Boston and Newport. 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The book was written without her husband's knowledge and was a collection of personal poems. Words for the Hour was her second collection. She wrote plays such as Leonora, The World's Own, and Hippolytus.There were allusions to her marriage in all of these works. She went on many trips. A trip to Cuba was published in 1860. William Lloyd Garrison was incensed by its derogatory view of Blacks. <mask> did not believe in racial equality. In 1860, several letters on High Newport society were published in the New York Tribune. The fact that <mask>'s poems had to do with women's roles as wives, her own marriage, and women's place in society made her husband very upset.They separated in 1852 because of their marriage problems. Samuel took complete control of her estate income when he became her husband. She found out after her husband's death that most of her money had been lost. <mask>'s upbringing and married life shaped her activism. She has studied her marriage and how it affected her work. William Claflin, the governor of Massachusetts, nominated <mask> for justice of the peace. Many people believed that she was not fit to hold office.<mask>'s appointment to justice of the peace was nullified by the Massachusetts supreme court in 1871 because women couldn't hold judicial offices without explicit authorization from the legislature. Activists petitioned for legislation that would allow women to hold office. Women's supporters believed that petitioning for officeholding would speed up women's involvement in politics. She was inspired to write "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" after meeting Abraham Lincoln at the White House. She wrote new words to the song "John Brown's Body" on November 19. <mask>'s version of the song was first published in the Atlantic Monthly. During the American Civil War, it became one of the most popular songs.The literary magazine, Northern Lights, was produced by <mask>. She wrote about her travels to Europe in From the Oak to the Olive. She focused on the causes of pacifism after the war. <mask> became active in reform because her husband no longer opposed her involvement in public life. She helped found the New England Women's Club. She was president for nine years. She was co-leader with Lucy Stone of the American Woman Suffrage Association in 1869.She became president of the New England Women's Club in 1870. She was more interested in reform after her husband's death. <mask> was one of the founding members of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union. From 1876 to 1897 she was the president of the Association of American Women, which advocated for women's education. <mask> was one of the suffragists who supported the final version of the Fifteenth Amendment, which did not include the original language against discrimination against women and people of color. She supported this version of the Fifteenth Amendment because she viewed black men's speach as the priority. She became the editor of Woman's Journal in 1872.She contributed for twenty years. She wrote her "Appeal to womanhood throughout the world", later known as the Mother's Day Proclamation, which asked women around the world to join for world peace. There is a category for feminist feminism. She wrote it after becoming an anti-war activist. She wanted Mother's Day to be celebrated on the 2nd of June. By 1893 she was wondering if the 4th of July could be changed into Mother's Day. Sex and Education was edited in 1874.She wrote about her life in Modern Society. <mask> published a biography of Margaret. She published another collection of lectures in 1885. olite society is a term used to describe the upper class. Her memoirs, Reminiscences, were published in 1899. She continued to write after her death. <mask> was elected president of the Association for the Advancement of Women.<mask> founded the Century Club of San Francisco while on a speaking tour of the Pacific coast. She helped found the General Federation of Women's Clubs in order to keep the Christian values of frugality and moderation. She was president of the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association for a second time in 1893. She was the president of the New England Woman Suffrage Association. She directed the General Federation of Women's Clubs from 1893 to 1898. <mask> spoke about the question, What is Religion, at the 1893 World's Parliament of Religions. <mask> was the first woman to be elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a society that aims to "foster, assist, and sustain excellence" in American literature, music, and art.<mask> died of pneumonia at her home in Oak Glen in October of 1910. She is buried in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Thousands of people at her memorial service sang "Battle Hymn of the Republic" as a sign of respect as it was the custom to sing that song at each of <mask>'s speaking engagements. Her children collaborated on a biography after her death. The Pulitzer Prize for Biography was won by it. She was honored by the U.S. in 1987. The Great Americans postage stamp is from the Postal Service.The <mask> Ward Howe School of excellence in Chicago's Austin community is named after her. The Howe neighborhood was named after her. The <mask> Ward <mask> Academics Plus Elementary School in Philadelphia was named after her in 1913. Oak Glen was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. She lives in Boston on the Boston Women's Heritage Trail. <mask> was the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters at the age of 88. Inducted into the Hall of Fame.The National Women's Hall of Fame was established in 1998. PoemsPassion-Flowers (1854) Words for the Hour (1857) From Sunset Ridge: Poems Old and New (1898) Later Lyrics (1866) At Sunset was published posthumously in 1910. It was probably composed between 1847 and 1846. From the Oak to the Olive was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2004. There is a list of peace activists, suffragists and women's rights activists. There is a biography of <mask> <mask>. There are sketches of Representative Women of New England.The New England Historical Pub is in Boston. Laura Elizabeth Richards was born in 1904. <mask> <mask> was born in 1819. Boston, 1916. Elaine Showalter is the author of two vol. <mask> <mask> was involved in the Civil Wars. New York: Simon & Schuster.<mask>'s life and works can be found at Howe.org, Cornell University Library, and Representative Poetry Online. The library is at Harvard University. The <mask> <mask> family had papers. The library is at Harvard University. <mask> <mask>'s biography is online at the University of Pennsylvania. "<mask> <mask>". There is a women's history museum.The year 2015. <mask> <mask> has a biography at Answers.com. "The Civil Wars of <mask> <mask>" is a new book by Simon and Schuster.

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Hiroyuki Nagato

, stage name of Akio Kato (加藤晃夫), was a Japanese actor. He starred in Season of the Sun, Endless Desire, My Second Brother, Stolen Desire, and Sukeban Deka, and Yo-Yo Girl Cop. Life and career Nagato was born in Kyoto City and came from an illustrious film family. His younger brother Masahiko Tsugawa is an actor. His wife Yōko Minamida was an actress. His grandfather is the director Shōzō Makino, nicknamed the Father of Japanese Film; his father, Kunitarō Sawamura, and his mother, Tomoko Makino, were both actors. His aunt and uncle through his father are the actors Sadako Sawamura and Daisuke Katō. His niece was the actress Mayuko and she referred to him as "Achi" (Uncle Akio). Masayuki Makino, his cousin from his mother's side, was the first principal of the Okinawa Actors School. He had no children with his wife Yoko. He is distantly related to the modern Japanese comedian Daisuke Miyagawa. After graduating from Hanazono High School, Nagato entered into Ritsumeikan University's Depart of Literature but dropped out. Former Hanshin Tigers coach Yoshio Yoshida attended Ritsumeikan at the same time as Nagato but also dropped out. Acting career His first movie appearance was in the 1940 film Zokushi Mizuminato (續清水港). He was a widely known child actor before World War II. During his school years he took a temporary break from acting but after the war he joined the entertainment company Nikkatsu where he resumed film-making. He starred in the first installment book-turned-movie Taiyouzoku series, Season of the Sun, with his co-star, Yujiro Ishihara who debuted with this movie. Combined with director Shohei Imamura, the movie left him with the reputation of having acting and gave him the nickname of "Nikkatsu's Billboard Star". In 1961 Nagato married Yoko Minamida and the following year he left Nikkatsu. In 1964, together with his wife, he established the film company Ningen Production. In 1968 he produced and starred in the television drama Katsudoya Ichiyo on MBS. However, due to compounding issues with the series, it plunged him 200 million yen into debt. From 1982 he also became known as a personality appearing on the KBS Kyoto's charity radio show Great Snail War. The show provided help and raise money for children who were orphaned because of accidents. His wife also participated alongside him starting from 1984. He and his wife continued appearing until the campaign's end in 2005. He also worked together alongside other celebrities born in the same year as him (1934): Yujiro Ishihara, Kinya Aikawa, Koizumi Ohashi, Ichiro Zaitsu, Jiro Sakagami, Shunji Fujimura, Gorō Mutsumi, Shuichiro Moriyama to form the friendship association Showa 9 Nenkai (昭和9年会). The 9th year of the Showa era is the equivalent of 1934. To Yoko Controversy In November 1985, Nagato published an exposé called To Yoko(洋子へ); it was published by the publisher Datahouse.(データハウス) . It was a series of confessions to his wife, in which he wrote about his numerous infidelities without changing any names of those he had affairs with. It astounded the Japanese media. Junko Ikeuchi, who was among the people included in the book under her real name, voiced a strong objection in response. Nagato and Datahouse recalled the first edition and issued a revised version in which the problem areas were re-written. Nagato also took out an ad in the Ikeuchi newspaper to apologize over the situation. Nagato argued that, "Because [I] used a ghostwriter, my true intentions were not conveyed." However the entire incident seriously damaged his and his wife's careers. They were forced to resign from all the programs and commercials they had currently appeared in. He went on numerous different celebrity gossip shows for interviews about the event and repeatedly slammed his book against the desk while disparaging it. After a long time Nagato recovered from the incident and even went back to thriving, performing mainly antagonist or villain roles in television dramas. Last Years In his last years, Nagato devoted himself to making amends with his wife for all his affairs (and the scandal caused by the book) and became her caregiver when she was diagnosed with dementia. At the same time, he also increasingly started co-starring more with his younger brother Tsugawa, who he had been feuding with for many years. He also appeared in works directed by Tsugawa who assumed the name of Makino Masahiko. On 21 October 2009, Yoko Minamida, died of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) at the age of 76. At a press conference held at the Meiji Theater the day Minamida died, Nagato stated, with tears in his eyes, "From now on, I will step into a world without my wife. Yoko lives on in my memories. This is what eternity means. [...] These four years of caring for her has been my rebirth and has changed my outlook on life." Death After his wife's death, Nagato continued working until right before his own final days. On 21 May 2011, one year and seven months after the death of his wife, Nagato passed away at Juntendo Clinic in Tokyo at 5:20pm. He was 77. That night, Tsukawa stated that his brother's condition was "A complication caused by pneumonia, but he was fine the day before", and revealed that his condition had changed suddenly the day of his death. Tsugawa along with Nagato's private friend of 60 years Ruriko Asaoka, rushed to respond to the press media's coverage.Upon receiving Nagato's obituary, Enzo Tachibana, who had been close to Nagato for many years and a member of the Showa 9 Nenkai, announced his condolences saying, "(With the death of Hiroshi Tamaki and Sakagami) more and more friends are now gone." Others who had a friendly relationship with Nagato commended their own condolences. Aimi Higa, who co-starred with him in DonDon Hare, wrote a comment on her blog in memory of Nagato. Toshiyuki Nishida, who co-starred with him in Ikenaka Genta 80 Kg, said that the titular character "weeps" for his death. Kinichi Hagimoto, who was long loved by Nagato and his wife like a younger brother, when paying his own condolences and choked up with grief said, "He was the ultimate mentor, friend, and brother." The wake and funeral service were held on 24 May at Zenpukuji in Minato-ku, Tokyo, with Tsugawa serving as the funeral officiant. The body was then cremated at the Kirigaya Yasaijyou in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo. Kiichi Nakai and Takashi Sasano read the condolences at wake while Tetsuko Kuroyagi and Eiji Okuda read the condolences at the funeral and memorial ceremony. Nagato was given the posthumous name, traditional in Buddhist funeral ceremonies, of "Gokugeiin Shijojoaki"(極芸院釋浄晃). Nagato's last movie appearance was in Aoi Aoi Sora (青い青い空) released on 9 October 2010. His last TV drama appearance was on the last episode of the NHK Saturday drama Onmitu Happyaku Yacho (隠密八百八町) broadcast on 26 March 2011, about two months before his death. Filmography Films Television External links 1934 births 2011 deaths Male actors from Kyoto Ritsumeikan University alumni

, stage name of Akio Kato (加藤晃夫), was a Japanese actor. He starred in Season of the Sun, Endless Desire, My Second Brother, Stolen Desire, and Sukeban Deka, and Yo-Yo Girl Cop. Life and career <mask> was born in Kyoto City and came from an illustrious film family. His younger brother Masahiko Tsugawa is an actor. His wife Yōko Minamida was an actress. His grandfather is the director Shōzō Makino, nicknamed the Father of Japanese Film; his father, Kunitarō Sawamura, and his mother, Tomoko Makino, were both actors. His aunt and uncle through his father are the actors Sadako Sawamura and Daisuke Katō.His niece was the actress Mayuko and she referred to him as "Achi" (Uncle Akio). Masayuki Makino, his cousin from his mother's side, was the first principal of the Okinawa Actors School. He had no children with his wife Yoko. He is distantly related to the modern Japanese comedian Daisuke Miyagawa. After graduating from Hanazono High School, Nagato entered into Ritsumeikan University's Depart of Literature but dropped out. Former Hanshin Tigers coach Yoshio Yoshida attended Ritsumeikan at the same time as Nagato but also dropped out. Acting career His first movie appearance was in the 1940 film Zokushi Mizuminato (續清水港).He was a widely known child actor before World War II. During his school years he took a temporary break from acting but after the war he joined the entertainment company Nikkatsu where he resumed film-making. He starred in the first installment book-turned-movie Taiyouzoku series, Season of the Sun, with his co-star, Yujiro Ishihara who debuted with this movie. Combined with director Shohei Imamura, the movie left him with the reputation of having acting and gave him the nickname of "Nikkatsu's Billboard Star". In 1961 Nagato married Yoko Minamida and the following year he left Nikkatsu. In 1964, together with his wife, he established the film company Ningen Production. In 1968 he produced and starred in the television drama Katsudoya Ichiyo on MBS.However, due to compounding issues with the series, it plunged him 200 million yen into debt. From 1982 he also became known as a personality appearing on the KBS Kyoto's charity radio show Great Snail War. The show provided help and raise money for children who were orphaned because of accidents. His wife also participated alongside him starting from 1984. He and his wife continued appearing until the campaign's end in 2005. He also worked together alongside other celebrities born in the same year as him (1934): Yujiro Ishihara, Kinya Aikawa, Koizumi Ohashi, Ichiro Zaitsu, Jiro Sakagami, Shunji Fujimura, Gorō Mutsumi, Shuichiro Moriyama to form the friendship association Showa 9 Nenkai (昭和9年会). The 9th year of the Showa era is the equivalent of 1934.To Yoko Controversy In November 1985, <mask> published an exposé called To Yoko(洋子へ); it was published by the publisher Datahouse.(データハウス) . It was a series of confessions to his wife, in which he wrote about his numerous infidelities without changing any names of those he had affairs with. It astounded the Japanese media. Junko Ikeuchi, who was among the people included in the book under her real name, voiced a strong objection in response. Nagato and Datahouse recalled the first edition and issued a revised version in which the problem areas were re-written. <mask> also took out an ad in the Ikeuchi newspaper to apologize over the situation. Nagato argued that, "Because [I] used a ghostwriter, my true intentions were not conveyed."However the entire incident seriously damaged his and his wife's careers. They were forced to resign from all the programs and commercials they had currently appeared in. He went on numerous different celebrity gossip shows for interviews about the event and repeatedly slammed his book against the desk while disparaging it. After a long time Nagato recovered from the incident and even went back to thriving, performing mainly antagonist or villain roles in television dramas. Last Years In his last years, Nagato devoted himself to making amends with his wife for all his affairs (and the scandal caused by the book) and became her caregiver when she was diagnosed with dementia. At the same time, he also increasingly started co-starring more with his younger brother Tsugawa, who he had been feuding with for many years. He also appeared in works directed by Tsugawa who assumed the name of Makino Masahiko.On 21 October 2009, Yoko Minamida, died of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) at the age of 76. At a press conference held at the Meiji Theater the day Minamida died, Nagato stated, with tears in his eyes, "From now on, I will step into a world without my wife. Yoko lives on in my memories. This is what eternity means. [...] These four years of caring for her has been my rebirth and has changed my outlook on life." Death After his wife's death, Nagato continued working until right before his own final days. On 21 May 2011, one year and seven months after the death of his wife, Nagato passed away at Juntendo Clinic in Tokyo at 5:20pm.He was 77. That night, Tsukawa stated that his brother's condition was "A complication caused by pneumonia, but he was fine the day before", and revealed that his condition had changed suddenly the day of his death. Tsugawa along with Nagato's private friend of 60 years Ruriko Asaoka, rushed to respond to the press media's coverage.Upon receiving Nagato's obituary, Enzo Tachibana, who had been close to Nagato for many years and a member of the Showa 9 Nenkai, announced his condolences saying, "(With the death of Hiroshi Tamaki and Sakagami) more and more friends are now gone." Others who had a friendly relationship with Nagato commended their own condolences. Aimi Higa, who co-starred with him in DonDon Hare, wrote a comment on her blog in memory of Nagato. Toshiyuki Nishida, who co-starred with him in Ikenaka Genta 80 Kg, said that the titular character "weeps" for his death. Kinichi Hagimoto, who was long loved by Nagato and his wife like a younger brother, when paying his own condolences and choked up with grief said, "He was the ultimate mentor, friend, and brother."The wake and funeral service were held on 24 May at Zenpukuji in Minato-ku, Tokyo, with Tsugawa serving as the funeral officiant. The body was then cremated at the Kirigaya Yasaijyou in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo. Kiichi Nakai and Takashi Sasano read the condolences at wake while Tetsuko Kuroyagi and Eiji Okuda read the condolences at the funeral and memorial ceremony. Nagato was given the posthumous name, traditional in Buddhist funeral ceremonies, of "Gokugeiin Shijojoaki"(極芸院釋浄晃). <mask>'s last movie appearance was in Aoi Aoi Sora (青い青い空) released on 9 October 2010. His last TV drama appearance was on the last episode of the NHK Saturday drama Onmitu Happyaku Yacho (隠密八百八町) broadcast on 26 March 2011, about two months before his death. Filmography Films Television External links 1934 births 2011 deaths Male actors from Kyoto Ritsumeikan University alumni

Akio Kato was a Japanese actor. He starred in Yo-Yo Girl Cop and Season of the Sun. <mask> was born in Kyoto City and came from an illustrious film family. His younger brother is an actor. His wife was an actress. His grandfather is the director Shz Makino, nicknamed the Father of Japanese Film, his father is an actor, and his mother is an actress. His aunt and uncle are actors.He was referred to as "Achi" by Mayuko, his niece. The first principal of the Okinawa Actors School was his cousin. He had no children with his wife. He is related to a Japanese comedian. <mask> dropped out of the Department of Literature at the University after graduating from Hanazono High School. At the same time as Nagato, former Hanshin Tigers coach Yoshio Yoshida dropped out. His first movie appearance was in 1940.Before World War II, he was a well-known child actor. After the war, he returned to film-making after taking a break from acting. He starred in the first movie in the Taiyouzoku series, Season of the Sun, with Yujiro Ishihara. The movie left him with a reputation of acting and gave him the nickname of "Nikkatsu's Billboard Star". In 1961, Nagato married Yoko Minamida and then left. He and his wife founded the film company in 1964. He produced and starred in a television show in 1968.He was plunged into debt due to compounding issues with the series. He appeared on the charity radio show Great Snail War from 1982 to 1982. The show raised money for children who were orphans because of accidents. His wife also participated. The campaign ended in 2005. He worked with other celebrities who were born in the same year as him. The 9th year of the Showa era is the same as 1934.In November 1985 <mask> published an article called To Yoko Controversy. He wrote about his infidelities in a series of confessions to his wife. The Japanese media was astounded by it. Junko, who was included in the book under her real name, voiced a strong objection. The first edition was recalled by Nagato and Datahouse and a revised version was issued. Nagato apologized in an ad in the newspaper. Nagato said that his true intentions were not conveyed because he used a ghostwriter.His and his wife's careers were damaged by the incident. They were forced to leave all the shows and commercials they were in. He went on numerous different celebrity gossip shows for interviews about the event and slammed his book against the desk. Nagato recovered from the incident and went back to doing mostly antagonist roles in television dramas. In the last years of his life, Nagato devoted himself to making up with his wife for all his affairs, and became hercaregiver when she was diagnosed with dementia. He began co-starring with his younger brother Tsugawa, who he had been feuding with for a long time. He appeared in works directed by Tsugawa.At the age of 76, Yoko Minamida died of a brain haemorrhage. At a press conference held at the Meiji Theater the day Minamida died, Nagato stated, "From now on, I will step into a world without my wife." There is a person in my memories who lives on. This is what eternity means. Four years of caring for her has changed my outlook on life. Nagato continued working after his wife's death. One year and seven months after the death of his wife, Nagato passed away at Juntendo Clinic in Tokyo.He died at the age of 77. Tsukawa stated that his brother's condition was caused by pneumonia, but he was fine the day before, and that his condition suddenly changed on the day of his death. Tsugawa along with Nagato's private friend of 60 years Ruriko Asaoka rushed to respond to the press media's coverage. Others who had a friendly relationship with Nagato expressed their sympathies. Aimi Higa wrote a comment on her website in memory of Nagato. He said that the character "weeps" for his death. Kinichi Hagimoto, who was close to <mask> and his wife like a younger brother, said, "He was the ultimate mentor, friend, and brother."Tsugawa was the funeral officiant at the wake and funeral service at Zenpukuji in Minato-ku, Tokyo. The Kirigaya Yasaijyou in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, was where the body was cremated. At the wake, Kiichi Nakai, Takashi Sasano, Tetsuko Kuroyagi, and Eiji Okuda were present. In Buddhist funeral ceremonies, Nagato was named "Gokugeiin Shijojoaki". Aoi Aoi Sora was Nagato's last movie appearance. The last episode of the NHK Saturday drama Onmitu Happyaku Yacho was broadcast two months before his death. Television External links 1934 births deaths Male actors from Kyoto University.

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Gabriel Prosser

Gabriel (1776 – October 10, 1800), today commonly known as Gabriel Prosser, was a literate enslaved blacksmith who planned a large slave rebellion in the Richmond, Virginia area in the summer of 1800. Information regarding the revolt was leaked prior to its execution, and he and twenty-five followers were hanged. Gabriel Prosser's uprising was notable not because of its results—the rebellion was quelled before it could begin—but because of its potential for mass chaos and widespread violence. There were other slave rebellions, but this one "most directly confronted" the Founding Fathers "with the chasm between the ideal of liberty and their messy accommodations to slavery." Virginia and other state legislatures passed restrictions on free blacks, as well as prohibiting the education, assembly, and hiring out of slaves, to restrict their ability and chances to plan similar rebellions. In 2002, the City of Richmond passed a resolution in honor of Gabriel on the 202nd anniversary of the planned rebellion. In 2007, Governor Tim Kaine gave Gabriel and his followers an informal pardon, in recognition that his cause, "the end of slavery and the furtherance of equality for all people—has prevailed in the light of history". Biography Gabriel was born into slavery in 1776 at Brookfield, a large tobacco plantation in Henrico County, Virginia. He and two brothers, Solomon and Martin, were held in bondage by slaveholder Thomas Prosser, the owner of Brookfield. Gabriel was literate. He was one of the rare 5% of enslaved people of the colonial era who were able to learn to read and write. Gabriel trained as a blacksmith and a carpenter. His brother Solomon, and perhaps his father, was a blacksmith. Gabriel, "hired out" by his enslaver to work in Richmond foundries, was able to keep a portion of the wages that he earned. The bulk of it went to Thomas Prosser. Gabriel traveled freely throughout Richmond and Henrico County to work for plantation and business owners. Gabriel was married to Nanny, an enslaved woman. They were not known to have had any children. He was described in newspaper articles as having stood "six feet two or three inches high". His long and "bony face, well made", was marred by the loss of his two front teeth and "two or three scars on his head". White people as well as black people regarded the literate young man as "a fellow of great courage and intellect above his rank in life". In 1799, Gabriel, his brother Soloman, and a man named Jupiter, tried to steal a pig from Absalom Johnson. Gabriel got into a scuffle with Johnson and he bit off part of Johnson's ear. Jupiter was charged with stealing a hog, which was a misdemeanor and Soloman was not charged. It was a capital offense for an enslaved person to assault a white person. He could have been hanged for the assault. Because he was a valuable bondsman for Prosser, the judge sentenced him to jail for one month and had his thumb branded. Gabriel was released from jail when slaveholder Prosser paid a bond for his release and he promised a year of good behavior. Richmond history professor and slave law expert Philip J. Schwarz states that it showed Gabriel's intention "to consciously challenge the system of slave control." See also History of slavery in Virginia § Food. Historian Douglas R. Egerton and author of Gabriel's Rebellion, states: "He was physically big, he was literate, he's a fighter, he's a skilled artisan. For all these reasons, he was a natural leader." Background to the Revolt In Richmond, there were slightly more blacks than whites, with a total population of 5,700 in 1800. Richmond was a slave town, with a community whipping post where slaveholders had punishment meted out in a public square. Enslaved men loaded and moved flatboats of tobacco and other cargo. Throughout the state in 1800, 39.2% of the total population were slaves; they were concentrated on plantations in the Tidewater region and west of Richmond. Gabriel, living in Virginia in the late eighteenth century, was influenced by the prevailing themes of liberty expounded by the supporters of the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions. During his lifetime, the number of free people of color had grown markedly in the Upper South. Many slaves were manumitted thanks in part to the efforts of Methodist and Quaker abolitionists. Their number was augmented by free black refugees from the Haitian Revolution, many of whom had been slaveowners themselves. Some Virginia slaveholders were nervous about the sharp increase in the number of free blacks in the slave state. Gabriel's Rebellion Historians assert that Prosser became the leader of the planned rebellion because he was a blacksmith, and enslaved people respected and feared blacksmiths because of their ability to forge weapons and their connection to the spirit of iron Ogun. Ogun is the "god of iron," warfare and metalwork in West Africa. In West Africa, blacksmiths are feared and respected because they can forge weapons and they hold the secrets to the mysteries of metal and its spiritual properties. On plantations in Virginia, enslaved blacks continued the West African tradition of holding blacksmiths to a high degree of respect and fear. During the slave trade, Virginia imported blacksmiths from West Africa into the colony and the state. Enslaved and free African-American men in Virginia taught their metalwork skills to their sons. During the spring and summer of 1800, Gabriel began to plan a revolt that intended to end slavery in Virginia. Plans were made with enslaved people over 10 counties and the cities of Richmond, Norfolk, and Petersburg, Virginia. He and his brothers, as well as other blacksmiths, turned scythe blades into as many as twelve dozen swords. Musket balls and 50 spears were created. They intended to steal muskets from a tavern. Hundreds of slaves from central Virginia expected to march into Richmond and take control of the Virginia State Armory and the Virginia State Capitol. The plan was to hold Governor James Monroe hostage so that they could negotiate for their freedom. But on August 30, 1800, the planned day of attack, heavy rain flooded the streets of Richmond and the creeks in central Virginia. In addition, two slaves told their owner, Mosby Sheppard, about the plans. Sheppard warned Virginia's Governor, James Monroe, who called out the state militia. They patrolled the area and began picking up conspirators. Gabriel escaped downriver to Norfolk, but he was spotted and betrayed there by another slave named Will "Billy" King. More than 70 enslaved men were arrested by law enforcement for conspiracy and insurrection. Gabriel was returned to Richmond for questioning, but he did not submit. The trial was heard by five justices in courts of oyer and terminer, rather than a jury. A recruit, Ben Woolfolk, testified that Gabriel intended on writing the words 'death or liberty' on a silk flag, referring to Patrick Henry's Give me liberty, or give me death! speech of 1775. One of the enslaved men reportedly said "I have nothing more to offer than what General Washington would have had to offer, had he been taken by the British and put to trial." Gabriel, his two brothers, and 23 other slaves were hanged. One individual committed suicide before his arraignment. Eight enslaved men were moved or sold outside of Virginia. Thirteen were found guilty, but were pardoned by the governor. Twenty five were acquitted. Two men received their freedom for informing their slaveholder of the plot. Influence The rebellion was reported in newspapers across the country. James Monroe and Thomas Jefferson were concerned about the optics of having so many people executed. Jefferson said, "the other states & the world at large will forever condemn us if we indulge in a principle of revenge." The Federalists argued that the rebellion occurred as a result of the Democratic-Republican Party's support of the French Revolution. Fears of a slave revolt regularly swept major slaveholding communities. After the rebellion, many slaveholders greatly restricted the slaves' ability to travel after a second conspiracy was discovered in 1802 among enslaved boatmen along the Appomattox and Roanoke Rivers. New laws were enacted to restrict free blacks and slaves. The Virginia Assembly in 1802 made it illegal for blacks, whether free or enslaved, to obtain and pilot's boat or to navigate a boat. Two years later, they were unable to meet in groups after their work was done or on Sundays. In 1808, state legislators banned hiring out of slaves and required freed blacks to leave the state within 12 months or face re-enslavement. The growing population of free blacks had to petition the legislature to stay in the state. Historiography The historian Douglas Egerton offered a new perspective on Gabriel in his book Gabriel's Rebellion: The Virginia Slave Conspiracies of 1800 & 1802 (1993). He based this on extensive primary research from surviving contemporary documents. Egerton concluded that Gabriel would have been stimulated and challenged at the foundries by interacting with co-workers of European, African and mixed descent. They hoped Thomas Jefferson's Republicans would liberate them from domination by the wealthy Federalist merchants of the city. The internal dynamics of Jefferson's and Monroe's party in the 1800 elections were complex. A significant part of the Republican base were major planters and colleagues of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Egerton believes that any sign that white radicals, and particularly Frenchmen, had supported Gabriel's plan could have cost Jefferson the presidential election of 1800. Slaveholders feared such violent excesses as those related to the French Revolution after 1789 and the rebellion of slaves in Saint-Domingue. Egerton believed that Gabriel planned to take Governor Monroe hostage to negotiate an end to slavery. Then he planned to "drink and dine with the merchants of the city". Egerton noted that Gabriel instructed his followers not to kill white Methodists, Quakers and Frenchmen. During this period, Methodists and Quakers were active missionaries for manumission. Legacy and honors Gabriel's rebellion served as an important example of slaves' taking action to gain freedom. In 2002, the City of Richmond adopted a resolution to commemorate the 202nd anniversary "of the execution of the patriot and freedom fighter, Gabriel, whose death stands as a symbol for the determination and struggle of slaves to obtain freedom, justice and equality as promised by the fundamental principles of democratic governments of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the United States of America". The Spring Park Historic Site in Henrico County commemorates Gabriel. In 2004, the Virginia Board of Historic Resources approved a marker at the spot where Gabriel was hanged on October 10, 1800. It is between 15th and 16th streets, on the north side of East Broad Street. The state worked with individuals from a group called the Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality. In the fall of 2006, the Virginia State Conference of the NAACP requested Gov. Tim Kaine pardon Gabriel in recognition of his contributions to the civil rights struggle of African Americans and all peoples. On August 30, 2007, Governor Kaine informally pardoned Gabriel and his co-conspirators. Kaine said that Gabriel's motivation had been "his devotion to the ideals of the American revolution—it was worth risking death to secure liberty". Kaine noted that "Gabriel's cause—the end of slavery and the furtherance of equality of all people—has prevailed in the light of history", and added that "it is important to acknowledge that history favorably regards Gabriel's cause while consigning legions who sought to keep him and others in chains to be forgotten". Popular culture Arna Bontemps wrote Black Thunder (1936), a historical novel based on Gabriel's Rebellion. In Roots, Alex Haley's historical fiction, the rebellion is heard of by the book's characters. In Sally Hemings, Barbara Chase-Riboud's 1979 novel about Hemings's relationship with Thomas Jefferson, Monroe writes Jefferson asking his advice on what to do about the insurrectionists still in jail after "(m)ore than thirty-five" had been executed. Hemings intercedes on their behalf, telling Jefferson, "I think there has been enough hanging", and suggests they be exiled instead. Although it is not made explicit in the novel, it is implied that Jefferson followed her suggestion and advised Monroe accordingly. At the end of the chapter, Hemings says, "I heard that the last of Gabriel's rebels had been reprieved and banished from Virginia by James Monroe. I had not pleaded in vain." Songs Tim Barry, a singer/songwriter from Richmond, wrote and performed "Prosser's Gabriel" for the album 28th & Stonewall. It chronicles the events of Gabriel's life, focusing on the attempted revolution. Gabriel is mentioned in Public Enemy's song "Prophets of Rage". Gabriel is the hero of a cleverly subversive sea shanty recorded some forty years after events in Frederick Marryat's book, Poor Jack (1840). See also Denmark Vesey History of slavery in Virginia List of enslaved people Nat Turner Slavery in the United States Notes References Further reading Aptheker, Herbert. American Negro Slave Revolts. New York: International Publishers, 1943. Egerton, Douglas R. Gabriel's Rebellion: The Virginia Slave Conspiracies of 1800 and 1802. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1993. Nicholls, Michael L. Whispers of Rebellion: Narrating Gabriel's Conspiracy. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 2012. Schwarz, Philip J. "Gabriel's Challenge: Slaves and Crime in Late Eighteenth-Century Virginia", Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Volume 90, Issue 3, pp. 283–309, 1982. Rodriguez, Junius P., ed. Encyclopedia of Slave Resistance and Rebellion. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2006. 1776 births 1800 deaths 18th-century executions of American people American rebel slaves 18th-century American slaves Conflicts in 1800 Executed African-American people Executed revolutionaries History of Richmond, Virginia History of slavery in Virginia People executed by Virginia by hanging People from Henrico County, Virginia Executed people from Virginia Recipients of American gubernatorial pardons Slave rebellions in the United States

<mask> (1776 – October 10, 1800), today commonly known as <mask>, was a literate enslaved blacksmith who planned a large slave rebellion in the Richmond, Virginia area in the summer of 1800. Information regarding the revolt was leaked prior to its execution, and he and twenty-five followers were hanged. <mask>'s uprising was notable not because of its results—the rebellion was quelled before it could begin—but because of its potential for mass chaos and widespread violence. There were other slave rebellions, but this one "most directly confronted" the Founding Fathers "with the chasm between the ideal of liberty and their messy accommodations to slavery." Virginia and other state legislatures passed restrictions on free blacks, as well as prohibiting the education, assembly, and hiring out of slaves, to restrict their ability and chances to plan similar rebellions. In 2002, the City of Richmond passed a resolution in honor of <mask> on the 202nd anniversary of the planned rebellion. In 2007, Governor Tim Kaine gave <mask> and his followers an informal pardon, in recognition that his cause, "the end of slavery and the furtherance of equality for all people—has prevailed in the light of history".Biography <mask> was born into slavery in 1776 at Brookfield, a large tobacco plantation in Henrico County, Virginia. He and two brothers, Solomon and Martin, were held in bondage by slaveholder <mask>, the owner of Brookfield. <mask> was literate. He was one of the rare 5% of enslaved people of the colonial era who were able to learn to read and write. <mask> trained as a blacksmith and a carpenter. His brother Solomon, and perhaps his father, was a blacksmith. <mask>, "hired out" by his enslaver to work in Richmond foundries, was able to keep a portion of the wages that he earned.The bulk of it went to <mask>. <mask> traveled freely throughout Richmond and Henrico County to work for plantation and business owners. <mask> was married to Nanny, an enslaved woman. They were not known to have had any children. He was described in newspaper articles as having stood "six feet two or three inches high". His long and "bony face, well made", was marred by the loss of his two front teeth and "two or three scars on his head". White people as well as black people regarded the literate young man as "a fellow of great courage and intellect above his rank in life".In 1799, <mask>, his brother Soloman, and a man named Jupiter, tried to steal a pig from Absalom Johnson. <mask> got into a scuffle with Johnson and he bit off part of Johnson's ear. Jupiter was charged with stealing a hog, which was a misdemeanor and Soloman was not charged. It was a capital offense for an enslaved person to assault a white person. He could have been hanged for the assault. Because he was a valuable bondsman for <mask>, the judge sentenced him to jail for one month and had his thumb branded. <mask> was released from jail when slaveholder <mask> paid a bond for his release and he promised a year of good behavior.Richmond history professor and slave law expert Philip J. Schwarz states that it showed <mask>'s intention "to consciously challenge the system of slave control." See also History of slavery in Virginia § Food. Historian Douglas R. Egerton and author of <mask>'s Rebellion, states: "He was physically big, he was literate, he's a fighter, he's a skilled artisan. For all these reasons, he was a natural leader." Background to the Revolt In Richmond, there were slightly more blacks than whites, with a total population of 5,700 in 1800. Richmond was a slave town, with a community whipping post where slaveholders had punishment meted out in a public square. Enslaved men loaded and moved flatboats of tobacco and other cargo.Throughout the state in 1800, 39.2% of the total population were slaves; they were concentrated on plantations in the Tidewater region and west of Richmond. <mask>, living in Virginia in the late eighteenth century, was influenced by the prevailing themes of liberty expounded by the supporters of the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions. During his lifetime, the number of free people of color had grown markedly in the Upper South. Many slaves were manumitted thanks in part to the efforts of Methodist and Quaker abolitionists. Their number was augmented by free black refugees from the Haitian Revolution, many of whom had been slaveowners themselves. Some Virginia slaveholders were nervous about the sharp increase in the number of free blacks in the slave state. <mask>'s Rebellion Historians assert that <mask> became the leader of the planned rebellion because he was a blacksmith, and enslaved people respected and feared blacksmiths because of their ability to forge weapons and their connection to the spirit of iron Ogun.Ogun is the "god of iron," warfare and metalwork in West Africa. In West Africa, blacksmiths are feared and respected because they can forge weapons and they hold the secrets to the mysteries of metal and its spiritual properties. On plantations in Virginia, enslaved blacks continued the West African tradition of holding blacksmiths to a high degree of respect and fear. During the slave trade, Virginia imported blacksmiths from West Africa into the colony and the state. Enslaved and free African-American men in Virginia taught their metalwork skills to their sons. During the spring and summer of 1800, <mask> began to plan a revolt that intended to end slavery in Virginia. Plans were made with enslaved people over 10 counties and the cities of Richmond, Norfolk, and Petersburg, Virginia.He and his brothers, as well as other blacksmiths, turned scythe blades into as many as twelve dozen swords. Musket balls and 50 spears were created. They intended to steal muskets from a tavern. Hundreds of slaves from central Virginia expected to march into Richmond and take control of the Virginia State Armory and the Virginia State Capitol. The plan was to hold Governor James Monroe hostage so that they could negotiate for their freedom. But on August 30, 1800, the planned day of attack, heavy rain flooded the streets of Richmond and the creeks in central Virginia. In addition, two slaves told their owner, Mosby Sheppard, about the plans.Sheppard warned Virginia's Governor, James Monroe, who called out the state militia. They patrolled the area and began picking up conspirators. <mask> escaped downriver to Norfolk, but he was spotted and betrayed there by another slave named Will "Billy" King. More than 70 enslaved men were arrested by law enforcement for conspiracy and insurrection. <mask> was returned to Richmond for questioning, but he did not submit. The trial was heard by five justices in courts of oyer and terminer, rather than a jury. A recruit, Ben Woolfolk, testified that <mask> intended on writing the words 'death or liberty' on a silk flag, referring to Patrick Henry's Give me liberty, or give me death!speech of 1775. One of the enslaved men reportedly said "I have nothing more to offer than what General Washington would have had to offer, had he been taken by the British and put to trial." <mask>, his two brothers, and 23 other slaves were hanged. One individual committed suicide before his arraignment. Eight enslaved men were moved or sold outside of Virginia. Thirteen were found guilty, but were pardoned by the governor. Twenty five were acquitted.Two men received their freedom for informing their slaveholder of the plot. Influence The rebellion was reported in newspapers across the country. James Monroe and Thomas Jefferson were concerned about the optics of having so many people executed. Jefferson said, "the other states & the world at large will forever condemn us if we indulge in a principle of revenge." The Federalists argued that the rebellion occurred as a result of the Democratic-Republican Party's support of the French Revolution. Fears of a slave revolt regularly swept major slaveholding communities. After the rebellion, many slaveholders greatly restricted the slaves' ability to travel after a second conspiracy was discovered in 1802 among enslaved boatmen along the Appomattox and Roanoke Rivers.New laws were enacted to restrict free blacks and slaves. The Virginia Assembly in 1802 made it illegal for blacks, whether free or enslaved, to obtain and pilot's boat or to navigate a boat. Two years later, they were unable to meet in groups after their work was done or on Sundays. In 1808, state legislators banned hiring out of slaves and required freed blacks to leave the state within 12 months or face re-enslavement. The growing population of free blacks had to petition the legislature to stay in the state. Historiography The historian Douglas Egerton offered a new perspective on <mask> in his book <mask>'s Rebellion: The Virginia Slave Conspiracies of 1800 & 1802 (1993). He based this on extensive primary research from surviving contemporary documents.Egerton concluded that <mask> would have been stimulated and challenged at the foundries by interacting with co-workers of European, African and mixed descent. They hoped Thomas Jefferson's Republicans would liberate them from domination by the wealthy Federalist merchants of the city. The internal dynamics of Jefferson's and Monroe's party in the 1800 elections were complex. A significant part of the Republican base were major planters and colleagues of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Egerton believes that any sign that white radicals, and particularly Frenchmen, had supported <mask>'s plan could have cost Jefferson the presidential election of 1800. Slaveholders feared such violent excesses as those related to the French Revolution after 1789 and the rebellion of slaves in Saint-Domingue. Egerton believed that <mask> planned to take Governor Monroe hostage to negotiate an end to slavery.Then he planned to "drink and dine with the merchants of the city". Egerton noted that <mask> instructed his followers not to kill white Methodists, Quakers and Frenchmen. During this period, Methodists and Quakers were active missionaries for manumission. Legacy and honors <mask>'s rebellion served as an important example of slaves' taking action to gain freedom. In 2002, the City of Richmond adopted a resolution to commemorate the 202nd anniversary "of the execution of the patriot and freedom fighter, <mask>, whose death stands as a symbol for the determination and struggle of slaves to obtain freedom, justice and equality as promised by the fundamental principles of democratic governments of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the United States of America". The Spring Park Historic Site in Henrico County commemorates <mask>. In 2004, the Virginia Board of Historic Resources approved a marker at the spot where <mask> was hanged on October 10, 1800.It is between 15th and 16th streets, on the north side of East Broad Street. The state worked with individuals from a group called the Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality. In the fall of 2006, the Virginia State Conference of the NAACP requested Gov. Tim Kaine pardon <mask> in recognition of his contributions to the civil rights struggle of African Americans and all peoples. On August 30, 2007, Governor Kaine informally pardoned <mask> and his co-conspirators. Kaine said that <mask>'s motivation had been "his devotion to the ideals of the American revolution—it was worth risking death to secure liberty". Kaine noted that "<mask>'s cause—the end of slavery and the furtherance of equality of all people—has prevailed in the light of history", and added that "it is important to acknowledge that history favorably regards <mask>'s cause while consigning legions who sought to keep him and others in chains to be forgotten".Popular culture Arna Bontemps wrote Black Thunder (1936), a historical novel based on <mask>'s Rebellion. In Roots, Alex Haley's historical fiction, the rebellion is heard of by the book's characters. In Sally Hemings, Barbara Chase-Riboud's 1979 novel about Hemings's relationship with Thomas Jefferson, Monroe writes Jefferson asking his advice on what to do about the insurrectionists still in jail after "(m)ore than thirty-five" had been executed. Hemings intercedes on their behalf, telling Jefferson, "I think there has been enough hanging", and suggests they be exiled instead. Although it is not made explicit in the novel, it is implied that Jefferson followed her suggestion and advised Monroe accordingly. At the end of the chapter, Hemings says, "I heard that the last of <mask>'s rebels had been reprieved and banished from Virginia by James Monroe. I had not pleaded in vain."Songs Tim Barry, a singer/songwriter from Richmond, wrote and performed "Prosser's <mask>" for the album 28th & Stonewall. It chronicles the events of <mask>'s life, focusing on the attempted revolution. <mask> is mentioned in Public Enemy's song "Prophets of Rage". <mask> is the hero of a cleverly subversive sea shanty recorded some forty years after events in Frederick Marryat's book, Poor Jack (1840). See also Denmark Vesey History of slavery in Virginia List of enslaved people Nat Turner Slavery in the United States Notes References Further reading Aptheker, Herbert. American Negro Slave Revolts. New York: International Publishers, 1943.Egerton, Douglas R<mask>'s Rebellion: The Virginia Slave Conspiracies of 1800 and 1802. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1993. Nicholls, Michael L. Whispers of Rebellion: Narrating <mask>'s Conspiracy. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 2012. Schwarz, Philip J. "<mask>'s Challenge: Slaves and Crime in Late Eighteenth-Century Virginia", Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Volume 90, Issue 3, pp. 283–309, 1982.Rodriguez, Junius P., ed. Encyclopedia of Slave Resistance and Rebellion. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2006. 1776 births 1800 deaths 18th-century executions of American people American rebel slaves 18th-century American slaves Conflicts in 1800 Executed African-American people Executed revolutionaries History of Richmond, Virginia History of slavery in Virginia People executed by Virginia by hanging People from Henrico County, Virginia Executed people from Virginia Recipients of American gubernatorial pardons Slave rebellions in the United States

<mask> was an enslaved blacksmith who planned a large slave rebellion in Virginia in the summer of 1800. He and twenty-five followers were hanged after information about the revolt was leaked. <mask>'s uprising was notable because of its potential for mass chaos and widespread violence. There were other slave rebellions, but this one confronted the founding fathers with a chasm between the ideal of liberty and their messy accommodations to slavery. Virginia and other state legislatures passed restrictions on free blacks, as well as prohibiting the education, assembly, and hiring out of slaves, to restrict their ability and chances to plan similar rebellions. On the 202nd anniversary of the planned rebellion, the City ofRichmond passed a resolution in honor of <mask>. The end of slavery and the furtherance of equality for all people have prevailed in the light of history, which is why Governor Tim Kaine gave <mask> and his followers an informal pardon in 2007.<mask> was born into slavery at a tobacco plantation in Virginia. Solomon and Martin were held in bondage with their brother. <mask> was literate. He was one of the few slaves who were able to learn to read and write. <mask> was a carpenter and a blacksmith. His father and brother were blacksmiths. <mask>, who was "hired out" by his enslaver, was able to keep a portion of his wages.The majority of it went to <mask>. <mask> traveled throughout the two counties to work for plantation and business owners. <mask> was married to a woman who was enslaved. They weren't known to have had any children. He was described as having stood six feet two or three inches high. His long and "bony face, well made", was marred by the loss of his two front teeth and scars on his head. The literate young man was seen as a fellow of great courage and intelligence by both white and black people.<mask>, his brother, and a man named Jupiter tried to steal a pig from Absalom Johnson. <mask> bit off part of Johnson's ear during a fight. Jupiter was accused of stealing a hog, but he wasn't charged. It was a capital offense to assault a white person. He could have been put to death for the assault. He was sentenced to jail and had his thumb branded because he was a valuable bondsman for <mask>. <mask> paid a bond for <mask>'s release and promised a year of good behavior.It shows <mask>'s intention to consciously challenge the system of slave control, according to Philip J. Schwarz, a history professor and slave law expert. There is a history of slavery in Virginia. Douglas R. Egerton is the author of <mask>'s Rebellion. He was a natural leader. In 1800, there were slightly more blacks than whites in the city. Slaveholders had their punishment meted out in a public square at the community whipping post. Slaved men loaded and moved cargo.39.2% of the total population were slaves in the state in the 19th century. <mask> was influenced by the themes of liberty expounded by the supporters of the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions. There were more free people of color in the Upper South during his lifetime. Many slaves were manumitted thanks to the efforts of the Methodist and Quaker abolitionists. Many of the free black refugees from the Haitian Revolution were slaveowners themselves. Some Virginia slaveholders were worried about the increase in the number of free blacks. According to <mask>'s Rebellion Historians, <mask> became the leader of the planned rebellion because he was a blacksmith and the enslaved people respected and feared him because of his ability to forge weapons.In West Africa, the "god of iron" is named Ogun. The secrets of metal and its spiritual properties are held by blacksmiths in West Africa, who are feared and respected because they can forge weapons. Slaves in Virginia held blacksmiths to a high degree of respect and fear. Virginia imported blacksmiths from West Africa during the slave trade. The metalwork skills of free and enslaved African-American men were taught to their sons. <mask> planned to end slavery in Virginia during the summer of 1800. Plans were made with people who were enslaved.As many as twelve dozen swords were turned into by him and his brothers. Musket balls and spears were created. They were going to steal muskets from the tavern. The Virginia State Armory and the Virginia State Capitol were expected to be taken by slaves from central Virginia. They wanted to hold Monroe hostage so that they could negotiate for his freedom. Heavy rain flooded the streets ofRichmond and the creek in central Virginia on August 30, 1800. Mosby Sheppard was told about the plans by two of his slaves.James Monroe called out the state militia. They picked up conspirators after patrolling the area. There was a slave named Will "Billy" King who betrayed <mask>. More than 70 men were arrested for conspiracy and insurrection. <mask> did not submit for questioning. The trial was heard by five justices rather than a jury. Ben Woolfolk testified that <mask> intended on writing the words 'death or liberty' on a silk flag, referring to Patrick Henry's Give me liberty, or give me death!The speech was given in 1775. Had General Washington been taken by the British and put to trial, one of the enslaved men said he had nothing more to offer. They were hanged along with 23 other slaves. One person committed suicide. Outside of Virginia, eight enslaved men were sold or moved. The governor pardoned 13 of them. Twenty five were found not guilty.The two men were free to tell their slaveholder of the plot. The rebellion was reported in newspapers across the country. James Monroe and Thomas Jefferson didn't like the idea of so many people being executed. The world at large will condemn us if we indulge in a principle of revenge. The Democratic-Republican Party supported the French Revolution, according to the Federalists. Major slaveholding communities were terrified of a slave revolt. After the rebellion, many slaveholders restricted the slaves' ability to travel after a second conspiracy was discovered among enslaved boatmen.New laws were put in place to restrict free blacks and slaves. Blacks were not allowed to obtain or pilot a boat in Virginia in the 19th century. They were unable to meet in groups after their work was done. State legislators banned hiring out of slaves and required freed blacks to leave the state within a year or face re-enslavement. The legislature was petitioned to stay in the state by the growing population of free blacks. <mask>'s Rebellion: The Virginia Slave Conspiracies of 1800 & 1802 was written by Douglas Egerton. This was based on extensive primary research.<mask> would have been stimulated and challenged by interacting with co-workers of European, African and mixed descent. They wanted the Republicans to liberate them from the domination of the Federalist merchants. The internal dynamics of Jefferson's and Monroe's party in the 1800 elections were complex. Major planters of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were part of the Republican base. Jefferson's presidential election could have been costly if white radicals had supported <mask>'s plan. Slaveholders feared the French Revolution and the rebellion of slaves in Saint-Domingue. Egerton believed that <mask> was going to take Monroe hostage to negotiate an end to slavery.He was going to drink and dine with the merchants of the city. <mask> told his followers not to kill white Methodists. Methodists and Quakers were active missionaries during this time. The example of slaves taking action to gain freedom was served by Legacy and honors <mask>'s rebellion. The City ofRichmond adopted a resolution in 2002 to commemorate the 202nd anniversary of the execution of <mask>, who was a freedom fighter and symbol of the determination and struggle of slaves to obtain freedom, justice and equality as promised by the fundamental principles of democratic governments. <mask> is remembered by the Spring Park Historic site in Henrico County. <mask> was hanged on October 10, 1800, and a marker was approved by the Virginia Board of Historic Resources in 2004.It is on the north side of East Broad Street. The state worked with people from the Defenders for Freedom, Justice and Equality. The Virginia State Conference of the NAACP requested the governor. <mask> was pardoned in recognition of his contributions to the civil rights struggle of African Americans and all peoples. <mask> and his co-conspirators were pardoned by the Governor on August 30, 2007. <mask>'s motivation was to protect the ideals of the American revolution. <mask>'s cause, the end of slavery and the furtherance of equality of all people, has prevailed in the light of history, and it is important to acknowledge that history favorably regards <mask>'s cause.Arna Bontemps wrote a novel based on <mask>'s Rebellion. The rebellion is heard by the book's characters. In Sally Hemings, Barbara Chase-Riboud's 1979 novel about Hemings's relationship with Thomas Jefferson, Monroe writes Jefferson asking his advice on what to do about the insurrectionists still in jail after "(m)ore than thirty-five" had been executed. Hemings told Jefferson, "I think there has been enough hanging" and suggested they be exiled. It is implied in the novel that Jefferson followed her suggestion and advised Monroe. Hemings said at the end of the chapter that the last of <mask>'s rebels had been reprieved by James Monroe. I didn't plead in vain.Tim Barry wrote and performed "Prosser's Gabriel" for the album. The attempted revolution is the focus of the events of <mask>'s life. <mask> is mentioned in a song. Forty years after events in Frederick Marryat's book, Poor Jack, <mask> is the hero of a cleverly subversive sea shanty. There is a list of enslaved people in the United States. The American Negro Slave Revolts took place. International Publishers was founded in New York in 1943.The Virginia Slave Conspiracies of 1800 and 1802 was written by Douglas R<mask>. The University of North Carolina Press was published in 1993. "Whispers of Rebellion: Narrating <mask>'s Conspiracy" was written by Michael L. The University of Virginia Press. Philip J. Schwarz. "<mask>'s Challenge: Slaves and Crime in Late Eighteenth-Century Virginia" was published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Volume 90. The year 1982.Rodriguez, Junius P. There is an Encyclopedia of Slave Resistance and Rebellion. The town of Westport, Connecticut is located in the state of Connecticut. African-American people were executed by Virginia in the 18th century.

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Dan Donnelly (boxer)

Daniel Donnelly (March 1788 – 18 February 1820) was a professional boxing pioneer and the first Irish-born heavyweight champion. He was posthumously inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, Pioneers Category in 2008. Early life Donnelly was born in the docks of Dublin, Ireland in March 1788. He came from a family of seventeen children. Donnelly grew up in poverty; his father was a carpenter, but suffered from chest complaints and was frequently out of work. As soon as he was able, Donnelly also went to work as a carpenter. On the streets of Dublin, Donnelly had a reputation of being a hard man to provoke, but was known to be "handy with his fists", and he became the district's new fighting hero. There are a number of anecdotes about Donnelly's life in this period, including his rescue of a young woman being attacked by two sailors at the dockside, leading to his arm being badly mangled. He was taken to the premises of the prominent surgeon Dr. Abraham Colles who saved Donnelly's arm from amputation, describing him as a "pocket Hercules". Another tale concerns Donnelly's insistence of carrying the body of an old lady who had died of a highly contagious fever to a local graveyard, where he buried the body himself in a grave that had been "reserved for a person of distinction". Early boxing career Donnelly was nearly six feet (1.83 m) tall and weighed almost 14 stone (196 lbs, 89 kg). He was described as "a courageous man". As news of his fighting exploits with Dublin's feuding gangs spread swiftly. He gained a reputation for keeping local criminals in check. One boxer, recognized as champion of the city, became jealous of Donnelly's reputation and took to following him around the local taverns demanding a fight. Eventually, Donnelly relented and the fight was staged on the banks of the Grand Canal. The event aroused a great deal of interest in Dublin, and a good crowd turned up. Right up to the time they took sparring positions, Donnelly tried to talk his rival out of fighting, but his pleas fell on deaf ears. As the fight dragged on, Donnelly gradually overcame his rival, and in a furious attack in the 16th round, beat him to the ground. Donnelly was declared the new champion of the city. Around this time, an Irish aristocrat was sitting in an English tavern. Captain William Kelly listened as a pair of English prize-fighters mocked Ireland's reputation as a nation of courageous men. Kelly considered this an affront to his native land and resolved to find a fighting Irishman to take up the challenge. His search eventually took him to Dublin and to Dan Donnelly. King of the Curragh When prize fights were first introduced, it was the Fancy who tended to the boxers. The Fancy were aristocrats who followed the sport in the 18th and 19th centuries. They organized the training, the matches, and the finance. Donnelly's first big fight under the patronage of Captain Kelly, was staged at the Curragh in County Kildare on 14 September 1814. The spot was known at the time as Belcher's Hollow, a natural amphitheatre that was regularly used for big prize fights. Donnelly's opponent was a prominent English fighter, Tom Hall, who was touring Ireland, giving sparring exhibitions and boxing instruction. By one o'clock when the bout was due to start, an estimated 20,000 people packed onto the sides of the hollow, at the base of which a 22-foot (6.71 m) square had been roped off. Boxing at that time was very different from the boxing of today. There were few rules. There was no boxing organization to oversee the sport or lay down regulations or procedures. There was no formal end to the fights: they would go on until one fighter was unable to continue or would give up. A now obsolete practice was that of the seconds. The seconds would wait in the ring during the fight, and assist the boxer between rounds. There were no restrictions regarding fight tactics. For example, a fighter could hit his opponent's head off a corner post, or wrestle his opponent to the ground, or pull his hair, or wrap his arm around his neck in a choking motion and then hit him in the face with the other hand. The fights were very severe and often brutal, and they would continue until the end. A round could last as long as six or seven minutes, or a little as 30 seconds. The round would end when one person was on the ground. He would then have 30 seconds to get up and continue the fight. For a few rounds, Hall was showing his skill was paramount. He scored first blood, which was an important occasion in bare-fist boxing; there were bets made on who would draw first blood. But as the rounds went on, Donnelly's strength began to tell. Hall would slip down onto his knee, without being in any danger. This was a tactic, because once he went down the round was over, he got a 30-second rest, and came back refreshed. He was doing this just a bit too often for Donnelly's liking, and at one stage, Donnelly was just about to lash out when he was down, and his second shouted out an admonishment that Dan would lose the fight if he did so. Eventually he did lose his temper, and as Hall slipped down yet again, Donnelly lashed out and hit him on the ear; the blood flowed. That was the end of the round. Hall refused to continue, saying he had been fouled, that Donnelly should be disqualified. Donnelly fans voiced that no, Dan had definitely won, Hall didn't want to fight on, Donnelly was the champion. The fight ended in some controversy, but to the Irish, he was the conquering hero. Belcher's Hollow was rechristened Donnelly's Hollow and Dan Donnelly was now acclaimed as Ireland's Champion. For a short while, at least, the country celebrated its new hero. The Irish saw sporting heroes like Dan Donnelly as the symbolic winner of the bigger fight. While Ireland was left without its own government, England was becoming increasingly more powerful. Whenever Dan's right hand bloodied an English nose, it was hailed as a strike, however small, against the oppressors. Cooper's challenge It was the summer of 1815, and while Ireland was at its weakest, England had never seemed stronger. Wellington had beaten Napoleon at Waterloo and Britannia certainly ruled the waves. In the minds of the populace, Dan Donnelly epitomized the national struggle in an Ireland governed by mad old George III, championing their seemingly hopeless cause against the intransigent representatives of the Crown. In Irish folk tradition, the hero took center stage. That goes back to the storytelling tradition which still exists today. The hero is revered; he's someone who is willing to stand up and fight for himself and his people. Dan was synonymous with Ireland as he was a patriot. He lived and fought in the period after the 1798 Rebellion and the Act of Union, and during the Catholic Emancipation movement. Spirits and morale were good in Ireland at that time. As a patriotic man himself, the timing couldn't be better for Donnelly. The political climate between Ireland and Britain is better and more peaceful today than it has been in a very long time, but if a rugby or soccer game is held between the two countries, there is a certain amount of tension or jingoism. Dan Donnelly and his boxing matches embodied this mentality in the early 19th century. It's symbolic of how the Irish and the English fought their political battles on the football pitch and in the boxing ring. Donnelly was a national hero, but he was also broke. He drank away the purse from beating Tom Hall, but the chance of another big payday eventually presented itself. He was approached by George Cooper and Tom Molyneux, two leading prize-fighters who were touring Ireland on an exhibition tour to teach the art of boxing. These two came to Dublin, heard of Donnelly, and invited him to meet them in a local pub. They prevailed upon him to fight Molyneux originally, and he said no. He had no desire to fight a conquered man, because Molyneux had just been beaten by the other man of the company, George Cooper. Molyneux was hurt by this curt refusal, but he was calmed down by his companion. Arrangements were made for the fight with Cooper. The bout was set for 13 November 1815. Once again, it was to be staged at Donnelly's Hollow on the Curragh in County Kildare. News of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo was resounding around Europe. George Cooper was a hotter favorite than the Iron Duke had been in his bout with the Little Corporal. Cooper was a bargeman with a fearful reputation. He was of gypsy blood and he was 10/1 on to batter Dan Donnelly. From early morning, crews began to converge on Donnelly's Hollow. They came from far and wide, using every horse-drawn contraption they could find, or on horseback. If they couldn't do so, they gladly walked the distance. There were 20,000 people packed in there on that day. Excitement was intense. Bets were made back then as is still customary to this day. Bets were made on the results of the fight, on who'd draw the first blood, or on who would score the first knockdown. There were rules, but they were designed to accommodate gambling, the public, and those who organized the fight. The boxers themselves were of no consequence. It was a fight that went one way then the other for a round. Again, Donnelly's strength would always tell in a bare-knuckle fight to the finish. In one round, Cooper used the cross-buttock tactic with Donnelly and severely winded him. The cross-buttock was more a wrestling maneuver than a boxing one, but it was legitimate under the rules of the time. A competitor gets, more or less, in front of his opponent, and throws his adversary over his hip, causing him to land with great force on the ground. If one popular story is to be believed, Donnelly, who was being badly beaten in the fifth round, was saved by the magical properties of a lump of sugar cane slipped to him by Captain Kelly's sister. She had been pleading with Dan to win, telling him she had bet her entire estate on the outcome. When Donnelly failed to respond, she slipped him a piece of the sugar cane, while urging him, "Now my charmer, give him a warmer!" The Irish champion was rejuvenated and the course of the fight changed. In the seventh round, he sent Cooper flat on his back on the turf and jumped on top of him, winding Cooper so badly he could hardly rise. He did rise for the next round, but in the eleventh, Donnelly finished him off with a tremendous right hand that smashed Cooper's jaw. The sound of the cheering was likened to the sound of artillery going off. The cheers could be heard in villages for miles around. Donnelly was the conquering hero. As Donnelly proudly strode up the hill towards his carriage, fanatical followers dug out imprints left by his feet. Leading from the monument which commemorates the scene of his greatest victory, "The Steps to Strength and Fame" are still to be seen in Donnelly's Hollow. Donnelly politely declined all invitations to celebrate his triumph in the taverns of County Kildare. He had promised his friends and family he would return to Dublin immediately after the fight. Newspapers in the 18th century had many references to boxing. However, this was bare-knuckle fighting, fighting that was severe and sometimes brutal. That type of boxing was at its most popular during Dan's time. Boxing champions in those days became well-renowned. He was aware that political conflict was very much to the fore then. He accepted that he was representing the Irish people in this area in which he was active. He was a patriot, who, if needed, would stand up for his beliefs. Later life Donnelly became a publican, hoping his notoriety would entice extra customers eager to hear stirring tales of his prize-ring. He had a reputation for being a gambler, a womanizer and a drunkard. Donnelly was the proprietor of a succession of four Dublin pubs, all of them unprofitable. Fallon's Capstan Bar is the only one still in existence. In his third and final fight on 21 July 1819, he defeated Tom Oliver in 34 rounds on English turf, at Crawley Down in Sussex. A full fight report was filed by the foremost prizefighting chronicler of the period, Pierce Egan. Egan irately described the reception accorded to Donnelly during a benefit night (6 April 1819) as 'rather foul': 'It was very unlike the usual generosity of John Bull towards a stranger – It was not national – but savoured something like prejudice' (Boxiana, vol. III). This animosity was borne predominantly from concern over the Irishman's fighting prowess, and Egan underscored the combination of resentment and overwhelming interest when reporting Donnelly's fight with Oliver: 'The English amateurs viewed him as a powerful opponent [and...] jealous for the reputation of the "Prize Ring", clenched their fists in opposition, whenever his growing fame was chaunted' (Boxiana, vol. III) He died at Donnelly's Public House, the last tavern he owned, on 18 February 1820 at the age of 31. An oval wall plaque commemorates the site of his death. A squat, weather-beaten, gray obelisk surrounded by a short iron fence marks the exact site of the Cooper bout. The inscription on the monument: DAN DONNELLY BEAT COOPER ON THIS SPOT 13 December 1815. The date inscribed was inaccurate, as the bout actually took place one month earlier, on 13 November 1815, as reported in the Freeman's Journal the following day. Donnelly's arm Donnelly was laid to rest, albeit briefly, at Bully's Acre, one of the city's oldest cemeteries. After just a few nights, grave robbers put Donnelly's body in a sack and delivered him to an eminent surgeon who paid good money for cadavers for study. They may even have been working to order. Donnelly's admirers tracked the body to the home of a surgeon by the name of Hall and threatened him with death. There was a quick negotiation and he agreed to give the body back as long as he could keep the right arm, the one that slew the English champions, for medical observation. The arm was preserved in red lead paint, and traveled to a medical college in Scotland where it was used by medical students for a number of years to study how all the bones worked together. From an Edinburgh classroom, the arm became an exhibit in a Victorian travelling circus, and it journeyed around Britain many times. In the early 20th century, it finally came back to Ireland. In 1904, a Belfast bookmaker, Hugh "Texas" McAlevey, acquired the arm and displayed it in his pub. The publican got tired of it and thought the grisly-looking sight might be frightening off customers, so he stuck it up in an attic. A betting parlor employee remembers as a teenager being told not to go up in the attic—that Donnelly's ghost was up there. Donnelly's arm made it back to Kilcullen in the 1950s. Publican Jim Byrne came up with the idea of recreating Donnelly's fight with George Cooper in the Curragh. The fight was promoted by bringing Donnelly's arm back to where it defeated the English opponent. The pageant brought the historic contest alive again, rekindling the Dan Donnelly fire. It was An Tóstal, an Irish festival started at that time nationwide in an effort to promote tourism. Each region was encouraged to have some sort of festival to attract visitors. This was the genesis of the Dan Donnelly pageant. Kevin McCourt, an army officer, was picked to play George Cooper, the English champion; Jim Berney was chosen to portray Dan Donnelly, the Irish champion. George Cooper and Dan Donnelly, as played by McCourt and Berney, had a group of supporters as well, dressed up and cheering, carrying them down into the arena. Two "supporters" performed getting involved in a ruckus. Local sporting clubs and townspeople comprised the spectators. Donnelly's arm found a new home in Jim Byrne's pub, "The Hideout." It became a popular attraction in Kilcullen. It was on display there for 43 years until Jim Byrne died and the pub passed to his son, Desmond, who was unaware of the arms value, and in 1997 he eventually sold the pub. The arm sat in his and Josephine's basement piled under junk for almost a decade until an American relative, Thomas Donnelly, began a national search for the arm. After several radio interviews and articles, the nations intrigue began to grow again on the whereabouts of the arm. Des died in 2005. After the media search gained traction, Josephine revealed that they kept the arm during the sale and it was disrespectfully laying in their basement. Josephine wouldn't let the human limb that was almost 200 years old go into a cargo hold for transportation to America. One of Des's bandmates had been Henry Donohoe, then the chief pilot for Aer Lingus. She called him and asked how to get the arm to the States. He told her that he would take it in the cockpit with himself. Josephine sat in first class. A special box was made for the arm, crating around it to prevent it from getting banged around. It fit into the cockpit with two inches to spare. As the centerpiece of the Fighting Irishmen Exhibit, Donnelly's arm went on display at the Irish Arts Center in New York City, in the autumn of 2006. The show traveled across the city to the South Street Seaport Museum in 2007. Its next appearance was at Boston College's John J. Burns Library in 2008. The arm returned to Ireland in 2009 when the show arrived at the Ulster American Folk Park in Omagh. 2010 was a homecoming when the exhibition appeared at the Gaelic Athletic Association museum at Croke Park in Dublin. Legends Almost two centuries after his death. Donnelly remains the subject of urban legend. One contends that he had the longest arms in boxing history, with the ability to touch his knees without bending down. Another claims that he was knighted by the Prince Regent. His arms were actually of normal length for a man of his size. No known documentation exists to support the latter. See also Donnelly and Cooper, a ballad List of bare-knuckle boxers References External links Myler, Patrick. "Irish Dan Donnelly: Still On Tour 178 Years After His Death," The Ring (magazine). A portrait of legendary bare-knuckle boxer Dan Donnelly. 1788 births 1820 deaths Bare-knuckle boxers Sportspeople from Dublin (city) Irish male boxers Heavyweight boxers

<mask> (March 1788 – 18 February 1820) was a professional boxing pioneer and the first Irish-born heavyweight champion. He was posthumously inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, Pioneers Category in 2008. Early life <mask> was born in the docks of Dublin, Ireland in March 1788. He came from a family of seventeen children. Donnelly grew up in poverty; his father was a carpenter, but suffered from chest complaints and was frequently out of work. As soon as he was able, Donnelly also went to work as a carpenter. On the streets of Dublin, Donnelly had a reputation of being a hard man to provoke, but was known to be "handy with his fists", and he became the district's new fighting hero.There are a number of anecdotes about <mask>'s life in this period, including his rescue of a young woman being attacked by two sailors at the dockside, leading to his arm being badly mangled. He was taken to the premises of the prominent surgeon Dr. Abraham Colles who saved Donnelly's arm from amputation, describing him as a "pocket Hercules". Another tale concerns Donnelly's insistence of carrying the body of an old lady who had died of a highly contagious fever to a local graveyard, where he buried the body himself in a grave that had been "reserved for a person of distinction". Early boxing career <mask> was nearly six feet (1.83 m) tall and weighed almost 14 stone (196 lbs, 89 kg). He was described as "a courageous man". As news of his fighting exploits with Dublin's feuding gangs spread swiftly. He gained a reputation for keeping local criminals in check.One boxer, recognized as champion of the city, became jealous of <mask>'s reputation and took to following him around the local taverns demanding a fight. Eventually, Donnelly relented and the fight was staged on the banks of the Grand Canal. The event aroused a great deal of interest in Dublin, and a good crowd turned up. Right up to the time they took sparring positions, Donnelly tried to talk his rival out of fighting, but his pleas fell on deaf ears. As the fight dragged on, Donnelly gradually overcame his rival, and in a furious attack in the 16th round, beat him to the ground. Donnelly was declared the new champion of the city. Around this time, an Irish aristocrat was sitting in an English tavern.Captain William Kelly listened as a pair of English prize-fighters mocked Ireland's reputation as a nation of courageous men. Kelly considered this an affront to his native land and resolved to find a fighting Irishman to take up the challenge. His search eventually took him to Dublin and to <mask>. King of the Curragh When prize fights were first introduced, it was the Fancy who tended to the boxers. The Fancy were aristocrats who followed the sport in the 18th and 19th centuries. They organized the training, the matches, and the finance. Donnelly's first big fight under the patronage of Captain Kelly, was staged at the Curragh in County Kildare on 14 September 1814.The spot was known at the time as Belcher's Hollow, a natural amphitheatre that was regularly used for big prize fights. <mask>'s opponent was a prominent English fighter, Tom Hall, who was touring Ireland, giving sparring exhibitions and boxing instruction. By one o'clock when the bout was due to start, an estimated 20,000 people packed onto the sides of the hollow, at the base of which a 22-foot (6.71 m) square had been roped off. Boxing at that time was very different from the boxing of today. There were few rules. There was no boxing organization to oversee the sport or lay down regulations or procedures. There was no formal end to the fights: they would go on until one fighter was unable to continue or would give up.A now obsolete practice was that of the seconds. The seconds would wait in the ring during the fight, and assist the boxer between rounds. There were no restrictions regarding fight tactics. For example, a fighter could hit his opponent's head off a corner post, or wrestle his opponent to the ground, or pull his hair, or wrap his arm around his neck in a choking motion and then hit him in the face with the other hand. The fights were very severe and often brutal, and they would continue until the end. A round could last as long as six or seven minutes, or a little as 30 seconds. The round would end when one person was on the ground.He would then have 30 seconds to get up and continue the fight. For a few rounds, Hall was showing his skill was paramount. He scored first blood, which was an important occasion in bare-fist boxing; there were bets made on who would draw first blood. But as the rounds went on, Donnelly's strength began to tell. Hall would slip down onto his knee, without being in any danger. This was a tactic, because once he went down the round was over, he got a 30-second rest, and came back refreshed. He was doing this just a bit too often for Donnelly's liking, and at one stage, Donnelly was just about to lash out when he was down, and his second shouted out an admonishment that <mask> would lose the fight if he did so.Eventually he did lose his temper, and as Hall slipped down yet again, Donnelly lashed out and hit him on the ear; the blood flowed. That was the end of the round. Hall refused to continue, saying he had been fouled, that Donnelly should be disqualified. Donnelly fans voiced that no, <mask> had definitely won, Hall didn't want to fight on, Donnelly was the champion. The fight ended in some controversy, but to the Irish, he was the conquering hero. Belcher's Hollow was rechristened Donnelly's Hollow and <mask> was now acclaimed as Ireland's Champion. For a short while, at least, the country celebrated its new hero.The Irish saw sporting heroes like <mask> as the symbolic winner of the bigger fight. While Ireland was left without its own government, England was becoming increasingly more powerful. Whenever <mask>'s right hand bloodied an English nose, it was hailed as a strike, however small, against the oppressors. Cooper's challenge It was the summer of 1815, and while Ireland was at its weakest, England had never seemed stronger. Wellington had beaten Napoleon at Waterloo and Britannia certainly ruled the waves. In the minds of the populace, <mask>y epitomized the national struggle in an Ireland governed by mad old George III, championing their seemingly hopeless cause against the intransigent representatives of the Crown. In Irish folk tradition, the hero took center stage.That goes back to the storytelling tradition which still exists today. The hero is revered; he's someone who is willing to stand up and fight for himself and his people. <mask> was synonymous with Ireland as he was a patriot. He lived and fought in the period after the 1798 Rebellion and the Act of Union, and during the Catholic Emancipation movement. Spirits and morale were good in Ireland at that time. As a patriotic man himself, the timing couldn't be better for Donnelly. The political climate between Ireland and Britain is better and more peaceful today than it has been in a very long time, but if a rugby or soccer game is held between the two countries, there is a certain amount of tension or jingoism.<mask> and his boxing matches embodied this mentality in the early 19th century. It's symbolic of how the Irish and the English fought their political battles on the football pitch and in the boxing ring. Donnelly was a national hero, but he was also broke. He drank away the purse from beating Tom Hall, but the chance of another big payday eventually presented itself. He was approached by George Cooper and Tom Molyneux, two leading prize-fighters who were touring Ireland on an exhibition tour to teach the art of boxing. These two came to Dublin, heard of Donnelly, and invited him to meet them in a local pub. They prevailed upon him to fight Molyneux originally, and he said no.He had no desire to fight a conquered man, because Molyneux had just been beaten by the other man of the company, George Cooper. Molyneux was hurt by this curt refusal, but he was calmed down by his companion. Arrangements were made for the fight with Cooper. The bout was set for 13 November 1815. Once again, it was to be staged at Donnelly's Hollow on the Curragh in County Kildare. News of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo was resounding around Europe. George Cooper was a hotter favorite than the Iron Duke had been in his bout with the Little Corporal.Cooper was a bargeman with a fearful reputation. He was of gypsy blood and he was 10/1 on to batter <mask>y. From early morning, crews began to converge on Donnelly's Hollow. They came from far and wide, using every horse-drawn contraption they could find, or on horseback. If they couldn't do so, they gladly walked the distance. There were 20,000 people packed in there on that day. Excitement was intense.Bets were made back then as is still customary to this day. Bets were made on the results of the fight, on who'd draw the first blood, or on who would score the first knockdown. There were rules, but they were designed to accommodate gambling, the public, and those who organized the fight. The boxers themselves were of no consequence. It was a fight that went one way then the other for a round. Again, Donnelly's strength would always tell in a bare-knuckle fight to the finish. In one round, Cooper used the cross-buttock tactic with Donnelly and severely winded him.The cross-buttock was more a wrestling maneuver than a boxing one, but it was legitimate under the rules of the time. A competitor gets, more or less, in front of his opponent, and throws his adversary over his hip, causing him to land with great force on the ground. If one popular story is to be believed, <mask>, who was being badly beaten in the fifth round, was saved by the magical properties of a lump of sugar cane slipped to him by Captain Kelly's sister. She had been pleading with <mask> to win, telling him she had bet her entire estate on the outcome. When Donnelly failed to respond, she slipped him a piece of the sugar cane, while urging him, "Now my charmer, give him a warmer!" The Irish champion was rejuvenated and the course of the fight changed. In the seventh round, he sent Cooper flat on his back on the turf and jumped on top of him, winding Cooper so badly he could hardly rise.He did rise for the next round, but in the eleventh, Donnelly finished him off with a tremendous right hand that smashed Cooper's jaw. The sound of the cheering was likened to the sound of artillery going off. The cheers could be heard in villages for miles around. Donnelly was the conquering hero. As Donnelly proudly strode up the hill towards his carriage, fanatical followers dug out imprints left by his feet. Leading from the monument which commemorates the scene of his greatest victory, "The Steps to Strength and Fame" are still to be seen in <mask>'s Hollow. Donnelly politely declined all invitations to celebrate his triumph in the taverns of County Kildare.He had promised his friends and family he would return to Dublin immediately after the fight. Newspapers in the 18th century had many references to boxing. However, this was bare-knuckle fighting, fighting that was severe and sometimes brutal. That type of boxing was at its most popular during <mask>'s time. Boxing champions in those days became well-renowned. He was aware that political conflict was very much to the fore then. He accepted that he was representing the Irish people in this area in which he was active.He was a patriot, who, if needed, would stand up for his beliefs. Later life Donnelly became a publican, hoping his notoriety would entice extra customers eager to hear stirring tales of his prize-ring. He had a reputation for being a gambler, a womanizer and a drunkard. Donnelly was the proprietor of a succession of four Dublin pubs, all of them unprofitable. Fallon's Capstan Bar is the only one still in existence. In his third and final fight on 21 July 1819, he defeated Tom Oliver in 34 rounds on English turf, at Crawley Down in Sussex. A full fight report was filed by the foremost prizefighting chronicler of the period, Pierce Egan.Egan irately described the reception accorded to Donnelly during a benefit night (6 April 1819) as 'rather foul': 'It was very unlike the usual generosity of John Bull towards a stranger – It was not national – but savoured something like prejudice' (Boxiana, vol. III). This animosity was borne predominantly from concern over the Irishman's fighting prowess, and Egan underscored the combination of resentment and overwhelming interest when reporting Donnelly's fight with Oliver: 'The English amateurs viewed him as a powerful opponent [and...] jealous for the reputation of the "Prize Ring", clenched their fists in opposition, whenever his growing fame was chaunted' (Boxiana, vol. III) He died at Donnelly's Public House, the last tavern he owned, on 18 February 1820 at the age of 31. An oval wall plaque commemorates the site of his death. A squat, weather-beaten, gray obelisk surrounded by a short iron fence marks the exact site of the Cooper bout. The inscription on the monument: DAN DONNELLY BEAT COOPER ON THIS SPOT 13 December 1815.The date inscribed was inaccurate, as the bout actually took place one month earlier, on 13 November 1815, as reported in the Freeman's Journal the following day. Donnelly's arm Donnelly was laid to rest, albeit briefly, at Bully's Acre, one of the city's oldest cemeteries. After just a few nights, grave robbers put Donnelly's body in a sack and delivered him to an eminent surgeon who paid good money for cadavers for study. They may even have been working to order. Donnelly's admirers tracked the body to the home of a surgeon by the name of Hall and threatened him with death. There was a quick negotiation and he agreed to give the body back as long as he could keep the right arm, the one that slew the English champions, for medical observation. The arm was preserved in red lead paint, and traveled to a medical college in Scotland where it was used by medical students for a number of years to study how all the bones worked together.From an Edinburgh classroom, the arm became an exhibit in a Victorian travelling circus, and it journeyed around Britain many times. In the early 20th century, it finally came back to Ireland. In 1904, a Belfast bookmaker, Hugh "Texas" McAlevey, acquired the arm and displayed it in his pub. The publican got tired of it and thought the grisly-looking sight might be frightening off customers, so he stuck it up in an attic. A betting parlor employee remembers as a teenager being told not to go up in the attic—that Donnelly's ghost was up there. Donnelly's arm made it back to Kilcullen in the 1950s. Publican Jim Byrne came up with the idea of recreating Donnelly's fight with George Cooper in the Curragh.The fight was promoted by bringing Donnelly's arm back to where it defeated the English opponent. The pageant brought the historic contest alive again, rekindling the <mask> fire. It was An Tóstal, an Irish festival started at that time nationwide in an effort to promote tourism. Each region was encouraged to have some sort of festival to attract visitors. This was the genesis of the <mask> pageant. Kevin McCourt, an army officer, was picked to play George Cooper, the English champion; Jim Berney was chosen to portray <mask>, the Irish champion. George Cooper and <mask>, as played by McCourt and Berney, had a group of supporters as well, dressed up and cheering, carrying them down into the arena.Two "supporters" performed getting involved in a ruckus. Local sporting clubs and townspeople comprised the spectators. Donnelly's arm found a new home in Jim Byrne's pub, "The Hideout." It became a popular attraction in Kilcullen. It was on display there for 43 years until Jim Byrne died and the pub passed to his son, Desmond, who was unaware of the arms value, and in 1997 he eventually sold the pub. The arm sat in his and Josephine's basement piled under junk for almost a decade until an American relative, <mask>, began a national search for the arm. After several radio interviews and articles, the nations intrigue began to grow again on the whereabouts of the arm.Des died in 2005. After the media search gained traction, Josephine revealed that they kept the arm during the sale and it was disrespectfully laying in their basement. Josephine wouldn't let the human limb that was almost 200 years old go into a cargo hold for transportation to America. One of Des's bandmates had been Henry Donohoe, then the chief pilot for Aer Lingus. She called him and asked how to get the arm to the States. He told her that he would take it in the cockpit with himself. Josephine sat in first class.A special box was made for the arm, crating around it to prevent it from getting banged around. It fit into the cockpit with two inches to spare. As the centerpiece of the Fighting Irishmen Exhibit, <mask>'s arm went on display at the Irish Arts Center in New York City, in the autumn of 2006. The show traveled across the city to the South Street Seaport Museum in 2007. Its next appearance was at Boston College's John J. Burns Library in 2008. The arm returned to Ireland in 2009 when the show arrived at the Ulster American Folk Park in Omagh. 2010 was a homecoming when the exhibition appeared at the Gaelic Athletic Association museum at Croke Park in Dublin.Legends Almost two centuries after his death. Donnelly remains the subject of urban legend. One contends that he had the longest arms in boxing history, with the ability to touch his knees without bending down. Another claims that he was knighted by the Prince Regent. His arms were actually of normal length for a man of his size. No known documentation exists to support the latter. See also Donnelly and Cooper, a ballad List of bare-knuckle boxers References External links Myler, Patrick."Irish <mask>: Still On Tour 178 Years After His Death," The Ring (magazine). A portrait of legendary bare-knuckle boxer <mask>. 1788 births 1820 deaths Bare-knuckle boxers Sportspeople from Dublin (city) Irish male boxers Heavyweight boxers

<mask> was the first Irish-born boxer and the pioneer of professional boxing. He was posthumously inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. In March of 1787, <mask> was born in Dublin, Ireland. His family had seventeen children. Donnelly's father was a carpenter who was often out of work due to chest complaints. He went to work as a carpenter as soon as he was able. The district's new fighting hero was a man who was known to be "handy with his fists", and who had a reputation of being a hard man to provoke.There are a number of anecdotes about <mask>'s life in this period, including his rescue of a young woman being attacked by two sailors at the dockside, leading to his arm being badly mangled. Dr. Abraham Colles described him as a "pocket Hercules" after he saved Donnelly's arm from amputation. Another tale concerns <mask>'s insistence of carrying the body of an old lady who had died of a highly contagious disease to a local graveyard, where he buried the body himself in a grave that had been "reserved for a person of distinction". <mask> was nearly six feet tall and weighed almost 14 stone in his early boxing career. He was described as a brave man. His fighting exploits with Dublin's gangs spread quickly. He kept criminals in check.One boxer, who was recognized as champion of the city, became jealous of Donnelly's reputation and followed him around the local taverns demanding a fight. The fight was staged on the banks of the Grand Canal after Donnelly relented. A good crowd turned up for the event, which aroused a lot of interest in Dublin. He tried to talk his opponent out of fighting, but his pleas fell on their heads. Donnelly beat his opponent to the ground in the 16th round as the fight dragged on. The city had a new champion. An Irishman was sitting in an English tavern.Two English prize-fighters mocked Ireland's reputation as a nation of brave men as Captain William Kelly listened. Kelly decided to find a fighting Irishman to take up the challenge and he considered this an insult to his native land. He went to Dublin to look for <mask>. The Fancy tended to the boxers when prize fights were first introduced. The Fancy followed the sport in the 18th and 19th centuries. The training, the matches, and the finance were organized by them. The first big fight under the patronage of Captain Kelly was staged at the Curragh in County Kildare in 1814.The spot was often used for big prize fights. Tom Hall was a prominent English fighter who was touring Ireland giving sparring exhibitions and boxing instruction. By one o'clock when the bout was due to start, an estimated 20,000 people packed onto the sides of the hollow, at the base of which a 22-foot square had been barricaded. Boxing at that time was very different than it is today. There weren't many rules. There wasn't a boxing organization to lay down regulations or oversee the sport. The fights wouldn't end until one fighter couldn't continue or wouldn't give up.The practice of the seconds is no longer relevant. During the fight, the seconds would wait in the ring to help the boxer. There were no restrictions on fight tactics. A fighter could hit his opponent's head off a corner post, wrestle him to the ground, or wrap his arm around his neck in a choke motion, and then hit him in the face with the other hand. The fights were very brutal and lasted until the end. A round could last up to seven minutes or 30 seconds. When one person was on the ground, the round ended.He had 30 seconds to get up and continue the fight. Hall was showing his skill for a while. He scored the first blood and there were bets made on who would draw first blood. As the rounds went on, his strength began to tell. Without being in danger, Hall would slip down onto his knee. He got a 30-second rest after he went down the round, and came back refreshed. At one point, <mask> was about to lose the fight if he did this, and his second shouted out an admonishment that he would lose the fight if he did so.He lost his temper and as Hall slipped down again, Donnelly hit him on the ear and the blood flowed. That was the end of the round. Hall said that he should have been disqualified. <mask> had definitely won, Hall didn't want to fight on, and <mask> was the champion. The fight ended in controversy, but he was the conquering hero. <mask> became Ireland's champion after his Hollow was rechristened. The country celebrated its new hero for a while.<mask> was seen as the symbolic winner of the bigger fight by the Irish. England was becoming more powerful even though Ireland did not have a government. It was hailed as a small strike against the oppressors when <mask>'s right hand bloodied an English nose. In the summer of 1816, Ireland was at its weakest, but England had never seemed stronger. Britannia ruled the waves after Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. In the minds of the populace, <mask>y epitomized the national struggle in an Ireland governed by George III, who championed their seemingly hopeless cause against the intransigent representatives of the Crown. The hero took the center stage.The tradition of telling stories still exists today. The hero is revered because he is willing to fight for himself and his people. <mask> was associated with Ireland because of his patriotism. He lived and fought in the period after the 1798 Rebellion and the Act of Union. Ireland had good spirits at that time. The timing couldn't be better for him. The political climate between Ireland and Britain is better than it has been in a long time, but if a rugby or soccer game is held between the two countries, there is a certain amount of tension or jingoism.In the early 19th century, this mentality was embodied by <mask> and his boxing matches. The Irish and English fought their political battles on the football pitch and in the boxing ring. He was a national hero, but also broke. He drank away the money he had earned from beating Tom Hall. He was approached by George Cooper and Tom Molyneux, two leading prize-fighters who were touring Ireland on an exhibition tour to teach the art of boxing. The two came to Dublin and invited the man to a local pub. He said no after they prevailed upon him to fight Molyneux.He didn't want to fight Molyneux because he had just been beaten by George Cooper. Molyneux was hurt by the curt refusal, but he was calmed down by his companion. The fight with Cooper was arranged. The bout was scheduled for November 13th. It was going to be staged at the same place again. Europe was awash in news of Napoleon's defeat. George Cooper was a hotter favorite than the Iron Duke was.Cooper was a feared bargeman. He was going to batter <mask>y. Early in the morning, crews began to converge on Donnelly's Hollow. They traveled from far and wide, using every horse-drawn contraption they could find. They walked the distance if they couldn't do it. There were 20,000 people in that building. Excitement was high.Bets were made back then. Bets were made on who would get the first blood, or who would score the first knockdown. The rules were designed to accommodate gambling, the public, and those who organized the fight. The boxers had nothing to do with it. The fight went one way then the other. In a bare-knuckle fight, Donnelly's strength would always tell. Cooper used the cross-buttock tactic to severely wind him.Under the rules of the time, the cross-buttock was a legitimate wrestling maneuver. A competitor throws his opponent over his hip with great force, causing him to land on the ground. If one popular story is to be believed, Captain Kelly's sister gave Donnelly a lump of sugar cane which saved him from being badly beaten in the fifth round. She told <mask> that she had bet her entire estate on the outcome. "Now my charmer, give him a warmer!" she said as she slipped him a piece of the sugar cane. The course of the fight changed when the Irish champion was rejuvenated. In the seventh round, he sent Cooper flat on his back on the turf and jumped on top of him, winding Cooper so badly he could barely rise.He rose for the next round, but in the eleventh, Donnelly hit Cooper with a right hand that broke his jaw. The sound of cheering was similar to the sound of a gun going off. For a long time, the cheers could be heard in villages. He was the conquering hero. fanatical followers dug out imprints from his feet as he strode up the hill towards his carriage. "The Steps to Strength and Fame" is still visible from the monument which commemorates the scene of his greatest victory. He declined all invitations to celebrate in the taverns.He would return to Dublin immediately after the fight. There were many references to boxing in the 18th century. The fighting was brutal and severe. During <mask>'s time, that type of boxing was popular. Boxers became well-known in those days. He was aware of the importance of political conflict. He accepted that he was representing the Irish people in this area.If needed, he would stand up for his beliefs. Donnelly became a publican in order to get more customers to hear about his prize-ring. He had a reputation for being a gambler and a womanizer. All but one of the four Dublin pubs were unprofitable. The Capstan Bar is the only one left. He defeated Tom Oliver in 34 rounds in his third and final fight on July 21, 1819. A full fight report was filed by the foremost prizefighting chronicler of the period.It was not national, but rather prejudice that Egan described the reception accorded to Donnelly during a benefit night. I). The English were jealous of the reputation of the "Prize Ring" and were concerned about the Irishman's fighting prowess. He died at Donnelly's Public House at the age of 31 on February 18, 1820. There is a plaque on the wall that commemorates his death. The exact location of the Cooper bout is marked by a squat, weather-beaten, gray obelisk surrounded by a short iron fence. On December 13, 1814, <mask> Kelly beat COOPER on this spot.The bout actually took place one month earlier, on 13 November, as reported in the Freeman's Journal the following day. Bully's Acre is one of the city's oldest cemeteries and was where Donnelly's arm was laid to rest. After just a few nights, grave robbers put Donnelly's body in a sack and delivered him to a surgeon who paid good money for his body to be used for research. They might have been working to order. The surgeon's home was tracked by Donnelly's admirers and he was threatened with death. He agreed to give the body back if he could keep his right arm. The arm was preserved in red lead paint and traveled to a medical college in Scotland where it was used by medical students for a number of years to study how all the bones worked together.The arm was an exhibit in a Victorian travelling circus and traveled around Britain many times. It came back to Ireland in the early 20th century. Hugh "Texas" McAlevey displayed the arm in his pub in 1904. The publican stuck it up in the attic because he thought it would scare off customers. A teenager was told not to go up in the attic by a betting parlor employee. In the 1950s, <mask>'s arm came back to Kilcullen. Jim's idea was to recreate the fight between George Cooper and Donnelly in the Curragh.The fight was promoted due to the fact that the English opponent was defeated. The historic contest was brought back to life by the pageant. An Tstal was an Irish festival that was started nationwide to promote tourism. Each region was encouraged to have a festival. This was the beginning of the pageant. Kevin McCourt, an army officer, was chosen to play George Cooper, the English champion, while Jim Berney was chosen to play <mask>, the Irish champion. George Cooper and <mask> had a group of supporters as well, dressed up and cheering, carrying them into the arena.Two people got involved in a fight. Spectators and local sporting clubs. Jim Byrne's pub, "The Hideout," is where Donnelly's arm found a new home. It was a popular attraction in Kilcullen. It was on display at the pub for 43 years until Jim Byrne died and the pub passed to his son, who was unaware of the arms value. The arm sat in his and Josephine's basement for almost a decade until an American relative began a national search for it. The nations intrigue grew again after several radio interviews and articles.Des died in 2005. Josephine said that they kept the arm during the sale and that it was disrespectful to put it in the basement. Josephine wouldn't let the human limb go into a cargo hold for transportation to America. The chief pilot for Aer Lingus was one of Des's bandmates. She asked how to get the arm to the States. He told her he would take it with him. Josephine was in first class.A box was made for the arm to prevent it from getting banged around. Two inches was all it needed to fit into the cockpit. The centerpiece of the Fighting Irishmen Exhibit was <mask>'s arm, which went on display at the Irish Arts Center in New York City. In 2007, the show traveled to the South Street Seaport Museum. In 2008 it appeared at Boston College's John J. Burns Library. When the show arrived in Omagh in 2009, the arm returned to Ireland. The exhibition was at the museum of the Gaelic Athletic Association in Dublin.His death was almost two centuries ago. The subject of urban legend is Donnelly. One claims that he had the longest arms in boxing history, with the ability to touch his knees without bending down. He claims to have been knighted by the Prince Regent. His arms were not too long for a man of his size. There is no known documentation that supports the latter. There is a list of bare-knuckle boxers.The Ring published "Irish <mask>: Still On Tour 178 Years After His Death." A portrait of a boxer. Irish male boxers died in the 1800's.

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Kathleen Krull

Kathleen Krull (July 29, 1952 – January 15, 2021) was an author of children's books and a former book editor. Early life and education Krull was born in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, in 1952 and grew up in Wilmette, Illinois. She graduated from the girls' preparatory Regina Dominican High School in Wilmette, studied music at Northwestern University, and then earned a B.A. in 1974 from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, magna cum laude, majoring in English, minoring in music. Career Krull worked as a children’s book editor for companies in the Midwest, including at Western Publishing from 1974 to 1979, where she edited and wrote books in the Trixie Belden series under the pseudonym of Kathryn Kenny. She moved to San Diego to work as a senior editor at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, editing authors including Tomie dePaola, Eve Bunting, Patricia Hermes, Anne Lindbergh, Jane Yolen, Arnold Adoff, Amy Schwartz, Judy Delton, and Lael Littke. While at Harcourt, Krull She left publishing in 1984 to establish herself as a children's book author. She collaborated with Jill Biden on Joey: The Story of Joe Biden, which was released in August 2020 by Simon & Schuster. Her papers are cataloged at the University of Minnesota's Kerlan Collection. Personal life Krull died in January 2021 after being diagnosed with cancer. She lived in San Diego with her husband, Paul Brewer, a children’s book illustrator and author whom she married in 1989. Selected works Lives of the Musicians: Good Times, Bad Times (and What the Neighbors Thought), illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1993. Louisa May's Battle: How the Civil War Led to Little Women, illustrated by Carlyn Beccia (San Diego, CA), 2012. Lives of the Writers: Comedies, Tragedies (and What the Neighbors Thought), illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1994. V Is for Victory: America Remembers World War II, Knopf (New York, NY), 1995. Lives of the Artists: Masterpieces, Messes (and What the Neighbors Thought), illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1995. Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman, illustrated by David Diaz, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1996. Lives of the Athletes: Thrills, Spills (and What the Neighbors Thought), illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1997. Wish You Were Here: Emily's Guide to the Fifty States, illustrated by Amy Schwartz, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1997. Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame (and What the Neighbors Thought), illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), updated edition 2011. They Saw the Future: Psychics, Oracles, Scientists, Inventors, and Pretty Good Guessers, illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker, Atheneum (New York, NY), 1999. A Kid's Guide to America's Bill of Rights: Curfews, Censorship, and the 100-Pound Giant, illustrated by Anna DiVito, Avon Books (New York, NY), 1999. Lives of Extraordinary Women: Rulers, Rebels (and What the Neighbors Thought), illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 2000. M Is for Music, illustrated by Stacy Innerst, Harcourt (Orlando, FL), 2003. Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez, illustrated by Yuyi Morales, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 2003. The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel Grew Up to Become Dr. Seuss, illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher, Random House (New York, NY), 2004. A Woman for President: The Story of Victoria Woodhull, illustrated by Jane Dyer, Walker (New York, NY), 2004. Houdini: World's Greatest Mystery Man and Escape King, illustrated by Eric Velasquez, Walker (New York, NY), 2005. Pocahontas: Princess of the New World, illustrated by David Diaz, Walker (New York, NY), 2007. Fartiste: An Explosively Funny, Mostly True Story, (with Paul Brewer) illustrated by Boris Kulikov, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2008. Hillary Rodham Clinton: Dreams Taking Flight, illustrated by Amy June Bates, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2008. The Road to Oz: Twists, Turns, Bumps, and Triumphs in the Life of L. Frank Baum, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes, Knopf (New York, NY), 2008. The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth, illustrated by Greg Couch, Knopf (New York, NY), 2009. A Boy Named FDR: How Franklin D. Roosevelt Grew up to Change America, illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher, Knopf (New York, NY), 2011. Kubla Khan: Emperor of Everything, illustrated by Robert Byrd, Viking (New York, NY), 2010. Lincoln Tells a Joke: How Laughter Saved the President (and the Country), (with Paul Brewer) illustrated by Stacy Innerst, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Boston, MA), 2010. Lives of the Pirates: Swashbucklers, Scoundrels (Neighbors Beware!), illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Boston, MA), 2010. The Brothers Kennedy: John, Robert, Edward, illustrated by Amy June Bates, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2010. Big Wig: A Little History of Hair, illustrated by Peter Malone, Arthur A. Levine Books (New York, NY), 2011. Jim Henson: The Guy Who Played with Puppets, illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher, Random House (New York, NY), 2011. The Beatles Were Fab (and They Were Funny) co-authored with Paul Brewer, illustrated by Stacy Innerst, Harcourt Children (Boston, MA), 2013 Giants of Science series Leonardo da Vinci, illustrated by Boris Kulikov, Viking (New York, NY), 2005. Isaac Newton, illustrated by Boris Kulikov, Viking (New York, NY), 2006. Sigmund Freud, illustrated by Boris Kulikov, Viking (New York, NY), 2006. Marie Curie, illustrated by Boris Kulikov, Viking (New York, NY), 2008. Albert Einstein, illustrated by Boris Kulikov, Viking (New York, NY), 2009. Charles Darwin, illustrated by Boris Kulikov, Penguin (New York, NY), 2010. Benjamin Franklin, illustrated by Boris Kulikov, Penguin (New York, NY), 2012. References External links Kathleen Krull at Reading Rockets with short biography, video interview, list of books Kathleen Krull Papers finding aid at the Children's Literature Research Collections, University of Minnesota Libraries 1952 births 2021 deaths American children's writers American book editors American science writers Charles Darwin biographers People from Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri People from Wilmette, Illinois Writers from San Diego Lawrence University alumni

<mask> (July 29, 1952 – January 15, 2021) was an author of children's books and a former book editor. Early life and education <mask> was born in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, in 1952 and grew up in Wilmette, Illinois. She graduated from the girls' preparatory Regina Dominican High School in Wilmette, studied music at Northwestern University, and then earned a B.A. in 1974 from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, magna cum laude, majoring in English, minoring in music. Career Krull worked as a children’s book editor for companies in the Midwest, including at Western Publishing from 1974 to 1979, where she edited and wrote books in the Trixie Belden series under the pseudonym of Kathryn Kenny. She moved to San Diego to work as a senior editor at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, editing authors including Tomie dePaola, Eve Bunting, Patricia Hermes, Anne Lindbergh, Jane Yolen, Arnold Adoff, Amy Schwartz, Judy Delton, and Lael Littke. While at Harcourt, Krull She left publishing in 1984 to establish herself as a children's book author.She collaborated with Jill Biden on Joey: The Story of Joe Biden, which was released in August 2020 by Simon & Schuster. Her papers are cataloged at the University of Minnesota's Kerlan Collection. Personal life <mask> died in January 2021 after being diagnosed with cancer. She lived in San Diego with her husband, Paul Brewer, a children’s book illustrator and author whom she married in 1989. Selected works Lives of the Musicians: Good Times, Bad Times (and What the Neighbors Thought), illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1993. Louisa May's Battle: How the Civil War Led to Little Women, illustrated by Carlyn Beccia (San Diego, CA), 2012. Lives of the Writers: Comedies, Tragedies (and What the Neighbors Thought), illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1994.V Is for Victory: America Remembers World War II, Knopf (New York, NY), 1995. Lives of the Artists: Masterpieces, Messes (and What the Neighbors Thought), illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1995. Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman, illustrated by David Diaz, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1996. Lives of the Athletes: Thrills, Spills (and What the Neighbors Thought), illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1997. Wish You Were Here: Emily's Guide to the Fifty States, illustrated by Amy Schwartz, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1997. Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame (and What the Neighbors Thought), illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), updated edition 2011. They Saw the Future: Psychics, Oracles, Scientists, Inventors, and Pretty Good Guessers, illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker, Atheneum (New York, NY), 1999.A Kid's Guide to America's Bill of Rights: Curfews, Censorship, and the 100-Pound Giant, illustrated by Anna DiVito, Avon Books (New York, NY), 1999. Lives of Extraordinary Women: Rulers, Rebels (and What the Neighbors Thought), illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 2000. M Is for Music, illustrated by Stacy Innerst, Harcourt (Orlando, FL), 2003. Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez, illustrated by Yuyi Morales, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 2003. The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel Grew Up to Become Dr. Seuss, illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher, Random House (New York, NY), 2004. A Woman for President: The Story of Victoria Woodhull, illustrated by Jane Dyer, Walker (New York, NY), 2004. Houdini: World's Greatest Mystery Man and Escape King, illustrated by Eric Velasquez, Walker (New York, NY), 2005.Pocahontas: Princess of the New World, illustrated by David Diaz, Walker (New York, NY), 2007. Fartiste: An Explosively Funny, Mostly True Story, (with Paul Brewer) illustrated by Boris Kulikov, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2008. Hillary Rodham Clinton: Dreams Taking Flight, illustrated by Amy June Bates, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2008. The Road to Oz: Twists, Turns, Bumps, and Triumphs in the Life of L. Frank Baum, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes, Knopf (New York, NY), 2008. The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth, illustrated by Greg Couch, Knopf (New York, NY), 2009. A Boy Named FDR: How Franklin D. Roosevelt Grew up to Change America, illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher, Knopf (New York, NY), 2011. Kubla Khan: Emperor of Everything, illustrated by Robert Byrd, Viking (New York, NY), 2010.Lincoln Tells a Joke: How Laughter Saved the President (and the Country), (with Paul Brewer) illustrated by Stacy Innerst, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Boston, MA), 2010. Lives of the Pirates: Swashbucklers, Scoundrels (Neighbors Beware! ), illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Boston, MA), 2010. The Brothers Kennedy: John, Robert, Edward, illustrated by Amy June Bates, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2010. Big Wig: A Little History of Hair, illustrated by Peter Malone, Arthur A. Levine Books (New York, NY), 2011. Jim Henson: The Guy Who Played with Puppets, illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher, Random House (New York, NY), 2011. The Beatles Were Fab (and They Were Funny) co-authored with Paul Brewer, illustrated by Stacy Innerst, Harcourt Children (Boston, MA), 2013 Giants of Science series Leonardo da Vinci, illustrated by Boris Kulikov, Viking (New York, NY), 2005.Isaac Newton, illustrated by Boris Kulikov, Viking (New York, NY), 2006. Sigmund Freud, illustrated by Boris Kulikov, Viking (New York, NY), 2006. Marie Curie, illustrated by Boris Kulikov, Viking (New York, NY), 2008. Albert Einstein, illustrated by Boris Kulikov, Viking (New York, NY), 2009. Charles Darwin, illustrated by Boris Kulikov, Penguin (New York, NY), 2010. Benjamin Franklin, illustrated by Boris Kulikov, Penguin (New York, NY), 2012. References External links <mask> at Reading Rockets with short biography, video interview, list of books <mask> Papers finding aid at the Children's Literature Research Collections, University of Minnesota Libraries 1952 births 2021 deaths American children's writers American book editors American science writers Charles Darwin biographers People from Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri People from Wilmette, Illinois Writers from San Diego Lawrence University alumni

<mask> was an author and a former book editor. Krull was born in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, in 1952 and grew up in Wilmette, Illinois. She studied music and earned a B.A. after graduating from the girls' high school in Wilmette. In 1974 from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, magna cum laude, majoring in English, minoring in music. Career Krull worked as a children's book editor for companies in the Midwest, including at Western Publishing, where she edited and wrote books in the Trixie Belden series. She moved to San Diego to work at a publishing house. Krull She left publishing in 1984 to become a children's book author.Joey: The Story of Joe Biden was released in August 2020 by Simon & Schuster. Her papers can be found in the University of Minnesota's Kerlan Collection. <mask> died of cancer in January 2021. Paul Brewer was a children's book illustrator and author who she married in 1989. Lives of the Musicians: Good Times, Bad Times (and What the Neighbors Thought) is an illustrated work. Louisa May's Battle: How the Civil War Led to Little Women is an illustrated book. Lives of the Writers: Comedies, Tragedies (and What the Neighbors Thought) is an illustrated book.V Is for Victory: America Remembers World War II was published in 1995. Lives of the Artists: Masterpieces, Messes (and What the Neighbors Thought) is an illustrated book. The World's Fastest Woman is illustrated by David Diaz. Lives of the Athletes: Thrills, Spills and What the Neighbors Thought is an illustrated book. Amy Schwartz illustrated Wish You Were Here: Emily's Guide to the Fifty States. Lives of Fame, Shame, and What the Neighbors Thought is an illustrated edition of Lives of the Presidents. They Saw the Future: Psychics, Oracles, Scientists, Inventors, and Pretty Good Guessers is an illustrated book.Anna DiVito illustrated A Kid's Guide to America's Bill of Rights. Lives of Extraordinary Women: Rulers, Rebels, and What the Neighbors Thought is an illustrated book. M Is for Music is an illustrated book. Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez is an illustrated book. Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher illustrated The Boy on Fairfield Street. Jane Dyer illustrated A Woman for President: The Story of Victoria Woodhull. Eric Velasquez illustrated Houdini: World's Greatest Mystery Man and Escape King.The Princess of the New World is illustrated by David Diaz. Fartiste: An Explosively Funny, Mostly True Story was illustrated by Boris Kulikov. Hillary Rodham Clinton: Dreams Taking Flight is an illustrated book. Kevin Hawkes illustrated The Road to Oz: Twists, Turns, Bumps, and Triumphs in the Life of L. Frank Baum. The story of the boy who invented TV is illustrated by Greg Couch. Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher illustrated A Boy named FDR. Robert Byrd illustrated Kubla Khan: Emperor of Everything.Lincoln Tells a Joke: How Laughter Saved the President (and the Country) is an illustrated book. The Lives of the Pirates: Swashbucklers, Scoundrels. The book is illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt. The Brothers Kennedy: John, Robert, Edward were illustrated by Amy June Bates. Big Wig: A Little History of Hair is an illustrated book. Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher illustrated Jim Henson: The Guy Who Played with Puppets. The Giants of Science series Leonardo da Vinci, illustrated by Boris Kulikov, is one of the books co-authored with Paul Brewer.The illustrated work by Boris Kulikov was published in New York, NY. Boris Kulikov illustrated Sigmund Freud. Boris Kulikov illustrated Marie Curie. Boris Kulikov illustrated Albert Einstein. Boris Kulikov illustrated Charles Darwin. Boris Kulikov illustrated Benjamin Franklin. The Children's Literature Research Collections at the University of Minnesota have a list of books by <mask>.

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Ottorino Respighi

Ottorino Respighi ( , , ; 9 July 187918 April 1936) was an Italian composer, violinist, teacher, and musicologist and one of the leading Italian composers of the early 20th century. His compositions range over operas, ballets, orchestral suites, choral songs, chamber music, and transcriptions of Italian compositions of the 16th–18th centuries, but his best known and most performed works are his three orchestral tone poems which brought him international fame: Fountains of Rome (1916), Pines of Rome (1924), and Roman Festivals (1928). Respighi was born in Bologna to a musical and artistic family. He was encouraged by his father to pursue music at a young age, and took formal tuition in the violin and piano. In 1891, he enrolled at the Liceo Musicale di Bologna, where he studied the violin, viola, and composition, was principal violinist at the Russian Imperial Theatre, and studied briefly with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. He relocated to Rome in 1913 to become professor of composition at the Liceo Musicale di Santa Cecilia. During this period he married his pupil, singer Elsa Olivieri-Sangiacomo. In 1923, Respighi quit his professorship to dedicate time to tour and compose, but continued to teach until 1935. He performed and conducted in various capacities across the United States and South America from 1925 until his death. In late 1935, while composing his opera Lucrezia, Respighi became ill and was diagnosed with bacterial endocarditis. He died four months later, aged 56. His wife Elsa outlived him for almost 60 years, championing her late husband's works and legacy until her death in 1996. Conductor and composer Salvatore Di Vittorio completed several of Respighi's incomplete and previously unpublished works, including the finished Violin Concerto in A major (1903) which premiered in 2010. Biography Early years Respighi was born on 9 July 1879 at 8 Via Guido Reni, an apartment building to the side of Palazzo Fantuzzi. He was the youngest child of Giuseppe and Ersilia (née Putti) Respighi. His brother Alberto died at age nine, and he had one sister, Amelia. His parents came from artistic families; his maternal grandfather and great-grandfather were distinguished sculptors, and his paternal grandfather was a cathedral organist. Giuseppe was an accomplished pianist and teacher who encouraged his son's musical inclinations, giving basic tuition in piano and violin from an early age. To his father's initial disappointment, Respighi showed little interest in music until he was almost eight. Shortly after Respighi began formal violin tuition, he quit abruptly after his teacher hit him on the hand with a ruler when he played a passage incorrectly. He resumed lessons several weeks later, this time with a more patient teacher. His piano skills, too, were a hit-and-miss affair initially, but his father arrived home one day and was surprised to find his son performing the Symphonic Studies by Robert Schumann; Respighi had learned to play the piece in secret. Respighi quickly took to other instruments; for example, he learned to play the harp in the course of several days. Life in Bologna, 1890–1913 Respighi was schooled at Ginnasio Guinizelli in Bologna for two years from October 1890. In 1891, he enrolled at the Liceo Musicale di Bologna, where he studied the violin and viola for the next seven years with his teacher, Federico Sarti. Among Respighi's earliest completed and dated compositions at this time were and for orchestra. Four years into his course at the Liceo Musicale, Respighi began classes in musical composition with Giuseppe Martucci, the Liceo's director, and music history with Luigi Torchi. By the time he reached twenty, Respighi was performing in the orchestra at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Martucci, a proponent of Bologna's musical life and composer of non-operatic Italian music, became an influential figure for the young Respighi. In 1899, he received a diploma in the playing of the violin. By this time, Respighi had developed a fondness for languages, demonstrated by his large book collection, which contained atlases and dictionaries. In his lifetime, Respighi became fluent in eleven languages and read literature in all of them. In the winter of 1900, Respighi accepted the role of principal violist in the orchestra of the Russian Imperial Theatre in Saint Petersburg during its season of Italian opera. While there he met Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, whom Respighi greatly admired, and studied orchestration and composition with him over the course of five months. Respighi returned to Russia in the winter of 1902 for further performances and received more tuition from Rimsky-Korsakov; both meetings heavily influenced his orchestrations. Respighi finalised his studies at the with an advanced course in composition, for which he completed ("Prelude, Chorale and Fugue"), written under Rimsky-Korsakov's guidance. The piece was first performed as part of Respighi's final examination in June 1901, and was a resounding success. The 21-year-old Respighi then received his diploma in composition and Martucci said of the composer: "Respighi is not a pupil, Respighi is a master." In 1902, Respighi travelled to Berlin where he received brief tuition from composer Max Bruch. Despite sources incorrectly stating that he studied with Bruch in 1908, Respighi's wife would later state that Respighi in fact did not study with Bruch at all. From 1903 to 1908, while his local reputation as a composer grew, Respighi's principal activity was his place as first violinist in the Mugellini Quintet, a touring five-piece founded by composer Bruno Mugellini. Respighi remained with the chamber group until he moved to Rome in 1913. In 1906, Respighi completed his first of many transcriptions of pieces by 17th and 18th century composers; his version of "Lamento d'Arianna" by Claudio Monteverdi for voice and orchestra became his first international success during his visit to Berlin two years later. This second stay in Germany lasted for almost one year from September 1908 after Hungarian soprano Etelka Gerster invited him to work as an accompanist at her singing school, which influenced his vocal compositions. The composer met Arthur Nikisch, then conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic who arranged to conduct the Monteverdi transcription on stage with famed singer Julia Culp as soloist. The critical success of the performance encouraged Respighi to have his other transcriptions of older works performed in Berlin and this is considered to be a milestone in the rediscovery of Monteverdi's output. The musical influence from Respighi's stay in Germany is discernible in his second operatic work, Semirâma. The opera was premiered in Bologna in November 1910 to considerable success; two years later, critic Giannotto Bastianelli wrote that the piece marked a transition in Respighi's style from verismo to Decadentism and praised his use of rich polyphony. Working on the opera, however, left Respighi exhausted and he wrote each individual score by hand to save money. At the post-performance banquet, the composer fell asleep. It is thought that Respighi's inconsistent sleeping patterns throughout his life may have been caused by narcolepsy. In 1910, Respighi was involved in a short lived group named the Lega dei Cinque, which also included Ildebrando Pizzetti, Gian Francesco Malipiero, Giannotto Bastianelli, and Renzo Bossi. Life in Rome, 1913–1918 In January 1913, Respighi left Bologna to become professor of composition at the Liceo Musicale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, a position that he held for almost a decade. Composers Vittorio Rieti and Daniele Amfitheatrof were among his students during this time. The busy atmosphere of Rome unnerved Respighi, however, and composing and teaching became increasingly difficult. He became withdrawn, suffered from irregular sleep, and wished to return to Bologna. Later in 1913, Respighi went back to Germany for some performances and then upon returning to Rome, turned his attention primarily on composition. In 1915, composer Alfredo Casella returned to Rome after living in France for many years. He joined the staff at the and wished to modernise Italian music as a result of his travels. Despite showing little interest, Respighi had a small involvement in Casella's new organisation, the Società Italiana di Musica Moderna. When Italy entered World War I in May 1915 Respighi, aged 36, was eligible to join the army, though his position at the Liceo Musicale granted him temporary exemption from military service. After a holiday in more peaceful surroundings for the summer, Respighi returned to Rome to continue teaching. One of his new students in his fugue and composition class was Elsa Olivieri-Sangiacomo; the two started a relationship and Elsa, fourteen years his junior, married the composer in January 1919. Their friend, librettist Claudio Guastalla, spoke of their marriage: "It functioned on an almost transcendental level of human and spiritual harmony." Respighi was deeply saddened by his mother's death in March 1916. On hearing that she had become ill he delayed his departure from Rome and by the time he arrived in Bologna, she had already died from pneumonia. Respighi returned to Rome and went back to work, but this would not last and he returned to Bologna. Elsa recalled Respighi retiring to bed and refusing to eat or see anyone. He recovered in Eremo di Tizzano, a religious retreat in the country hills some 20 km south of Bologna. While there, he composed the short piece for organ. In a letter to his friend, singer Chiarina Fino Savio, from January 1917, Respighi wrote: "I am alone, sad and sick." In the midst of such difficult times, a turning point in Respighi's career arrived on 11 March 1917 when the first of his Roman trilogy of tone poems, Fountains of Rome, was premiered in Rome with conductor Antonio Guarnieri. The premiere was originally scheduled in late 1916, but an audience riot during the first half of the concert due to their distaste for German music caused the show to end early. Respighi's disappointment with the lukewarm response from the audience fuelled his effort to start on a follow-up. Following the premiere, Respighi made a short tour of Italy and Switzerland with a group of musicians, including violinist Arrigo Serato, pianist Ernesto Consolo, and Fino Savio. Upon returning to Rome, he resumed work at the until the end of that academic year. While on vacation in Bologna in the summer of 1916, Respighi visited Viareggio to meet Russian ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev, operator of the Ballets Russes, who wished to stage new productions based on the baroque and classical periods. Respighi accepted a sum of 1,500 lire from Diaghilev and contributed orchestrations of the piano works from Péchés de vieillesse by Gioachino Rossini which formed the basis of the music to a new ballet, La Boutique fantasque. The commission for Diaghilev may have inspired Respighi to gather scores for what would become Suite No. 1 of his Ancient Airs and Dances, a trilogy of orchestral suites transcribed from lute pieces by 16th century Italian composers. Suite No. 1 premiered in December 1917 in Rome, after which the full score was somehow lost and Respighi was forced to re-write it using individual orchestral parts. Rise to fame, 1918–1925 An important milestone in Respighi's career took place when Arturo Toscanini asked the composer to have one of his compositions performed in a series of twelve concerts in Milan in February 1918. Respighi reluctantly picked Fountains of Rome, which had thus far only been performed at its 1917 premiere. The concert was a huge success and placed Respighi as one of the leading Italian composers of the early 20th century, prompting the start of a longterm, though sometimes tumultuous, relationship with Toscanini. Two months after the concert, Respighi allowed Casa Ricordi to publish the score of the tone poem in a deal that granted the composer 40% of the rental and performance rights of the work. Respighi succumbed to illness soon after with a mild case of Spanish flu. By the summer of 1918, Respighi had entered negotiations to translate and publish Italian versions of Theory of Harmony (1922) by composer Arnold Schoenberg and a book on musical counterpoint by Sergei Taneyev, but these never materialised. In the summer of 1919, Respighi reconnected with Diaghilev in Naples to discuss another commission for the Ballets Russes. This time, Diaghilev wished to stage a revised version of Le astuzie femminili by Domenico Cimarosa, which concluded with a series of dances based on Russian musical themes. Respighi accepted, and provided new arrangements of the ballet score which premiered in Paris in 1920. Respighi was also commissioned to score for a revival of La serva padrona by Giovanni Paisiello, which also had a Russian connection. He delivered the finished manuscript one month late, in March 1920. However, Diaghilev had decided against a full stage production and used the music as part of a series of different songs and dance numbers. The score was shelved and considered lost until it was rediscovered 90 years later, after which it was performed in full in August 2014 in Bologna. In January 1921, Respighi and Elsa began their first tour as joint performers, marking Elsa's debut as a performing concert artist. They were joined by violinist Mario Corti. The tour saw dates across Italy, followed by Prague, Brno, and Vienna. The time away from his teaching duties at the Liceo Musicale in Rome led to his employers issuing a letter suggesting he return to fulfil them for the remaining months of the academic year. By 1921, Respighi had begun a lifelong friendship with the writer and journalist Claudio Guastalla, who encouraged him to compose a new opera and offered to write its libretto. This created a spell of productivity and Respighi eagerly completed Belfagor, his first opera in a decade, without the spells of depression that usually affected him once he had finished a work. Guastalla would exclusively write the libretto for all of Respighi's future operas, and influence the conception or programmes for some of his non-operatic compositions. In October 1921, Respighi and Elsa relocated to a flat in Palazzo Borghese in Rome which they named (The Pines). In the following January, despite the possibility of further objections from the Liceo Musicale, they went on another tour, this time performing in Czechoslovakia. When Benito Mussolini came to power later in 1922, Respighi steered a neutral course towards the Fascist government. His growing international fame allowed the composer some level of freedom, but at the same time encouraged the regime to exploit his music for political purposes. Respighi vouched for more outspoken critics such as Toscanini, allowing them to continue to work under the regime. In 1923, Respighi became the first director of the now state-funded in Rome. He disliked the time consuming administrative duties that the position required; in 1926, he resigned to dedicate more time to compose. Respighi continued to teach an advanced composition course at the conservatory until 1935. Respighi's second Roman tone poem, Pines of Rome, premiered in December 1924 at the Augusteo Theatre in Rome. It went on to become one of his most widely known and recorded pieces. In 1925, he collaborated with Sebastiano Arturo Luciani on an elementary textbook entitled Orpheus. International recognition, 1925–1936 By the mid-1920s, Respighi's growing worldwide fame encouraged the composer to travel extensively, conducting his own pieces, or performing as soloist for his piano compositions. He made his first visit to America in December 1925 to perform and conduct a series of concerts; his first took place at Carnegie Hall on 31 December as soloist for the premiere of his piano and orchestral work, Concerto in modo misolidio ("Concerto in the Mixolydian Mode"). In May 1927, Respighi and Elsa travelled to Brazil to engage in a concert series of his own music in Rio de Janeiro. The musical style and local customs inspired Respighi, who told the press of his intention to return in the following year with a five-part orchestral suite based on his visit. Respighi did return to Rio, in June 1928, but the composition was finalised in the form of an orchestral work in three movements entitled ("Brazilian Impressions"). In September 1927, Respighi conducted the premiere of his ("Botticelli Triptych"), a three-movement orchestral piece inspired by three paintings by Sandro Botticelli located in Vienna. He dedicated it to American pianist Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, the patron for the work. In November 1928, Respighi returned to America for the premiere of his piano and orchestral work, ("Toccata for Piano and Orchestra"). It took place that month at Carnegie Hall with Willem Mengelberg conducting the New York Philharmonic Orchestra with the composer as soloist. By the year's end Respighi completed his third Roman tone poem, Roman Festivals, composed in just nine days. It premiered on 21 February 1929 at Carnegie Hall in New York City with Arturo Toscanini conducting the New York Philharmonic. The Italian premiere followed on 17 March. Having completed the work, Respighi felt that he had incorporated the "maximum of orchestral sonority and colour" from the orchestra and could no longer write such large scale pieces. It was at this time he started to favour compositions for smaller ensembles. At the end of 1929, Respighi had conductor Serge Koussevitzky forward a proposal to Sergei Rachmaninoff which involved permission to orchestrate a selection of pieces from his two Études-Tableaux (Op. 33 and Op. 39) sets for piano. An enthusiastic Rachmaninoff accepted the offer and supplied Respighi with the program descriptions behind five pieces which were previously kept secret. Koussevitzky conducted Respighi's orchestrations, entitled , for the premiere with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in November 1931. He wrote that Respighi's arrangements were "very good" and demanding of the orchestra, which required eight rehearsals. Rachmaninoff thanked Respighi for his work and in particular, for being faithful to the original scores. Later in 1930, Respighi completed a commission piece to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The result was Metamorphoseon, Modi XII, an orchestral piece containing a theme and eight variations. In 1932, the Fascist government honoured Respighi with membership of the Reale Accademia d'Italia, one of the highest honors awarded to the most eminent people in Italian science and culture. From 1933 until his death, Respighi completed no new compositions. Respighi's opera La fiamma ("The Flame") premiered at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma in January 1934, with the composer as conductor. In June 1934, Respighi and Elsa made the month-long voyage to Argentina where Respighi conducted the premiere of in the following month. This was followed by a visit to Uruguay, where several orchestral concerts were arranged for radio broadcast. Respighi's final completed work was a transcription of , a cantata by Benedetto Marcello. By May 1935, Respighi had cancelled several engagements due to ill health, including a scheduled trip to conduct a series of concerts at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. By November, he had completed a piano draft and the majority of the orchestral arrangements of his next opera, Lucrezia. He had planned to work on a transcription of an opera by Francesco Cavalli that was to be staged alongside Lucrezia during the 1936–37 season at the La Scala in Milan, but declining health caused him to stop work. Neither work was completed in Respighi's lifetime; Elsa finished Lucrezia after Respighi's death with Respighi's former pupil Ennio Porrino, in 1937. Death and legacy While working on his opera Lucrezia at the end of 1935, Respighi became ill with a fever and fatigue. Subsequent medical checks in January 1936 revealed samples of S. viridans bacteria in his blood, leading to the diagnosis of subacute bacterial endocarditis, a heart infection still untreatable at the time and probably brought on by his recent throat infection and oral surgery. Respighi's health deteriorated over the next four months, during which he received three blood transfusions and experimental treatment with sulphonamides imported from Germany. Elsa made a conscious effort to hide the severity of the illness to others, except for a select few. Respighi died on 18 April in Rome, aged 56, from complications of blood poisoning. Elsa and several friends were by his side. The funeral was held two days later. His body lay in state at Santa Maria del Popolo until the spring of 1937, when the remains were re-interred at the Certosa di Bologna, next to poet Giosuè Carducci. Inscribed on his tomb are his name and crosses; the dates of his birth and death are not given. Elsa survived her husband for nearly 60 years, unfailingly championing her husband's works and legacy. A few months after Respighi's death, Elsa wrote to Guastalla: "I live because I can truly still do something for him. And I shall do it, that is certain, until the day I die." However, Italian governments following Mussolini's death in 1945 distanced themselves from nationalistic composers, placing Respighi in a group among those including Malpiero, Ildebrando Pizzetti, and Pietro Mascagni and newspapers protested against honours bestowed upon Elsa. Despite this, in 1961, the twenty-fifth anniversary of Respighi's death, Elsa donated a collection of unpublished and incomplete manuscripts to the Liceo Musicale in Bologna, now the Conservatorio G. B. Martini, where Respighi had studied. In 1969, she helped establish the Fondo Ottorino Respighi, a foundation at the Fondazione Cini in Venice which included a large number of letters and photographs documenting her husband's career. Elsa was also at the forefront of the Respighi centenary celebrations in 1979 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Respighi's birth, though it was opposed by some political factions. She later said that "musical progressives with left-wing political sympathies" tried to discredit Respighi's legacy. The commemoration saw a number of long-neglected works of his performed and recorded for the first time. Elsa died in 1996, one week short of her 102nd birthday. In 1993, Swiss conductor Adriano founded the Respighi Society in London in an effort to make Respighi's "life and works [...] better known and understood by the dissemination of accurate and impartial information." It has since been dissolved. In March 2000, a commemorative plaque was unveiled on Via Guido Reni in Bologna, Respighi's birthplace. In 2006, Italian conductor and composer Salvatore Di Vittorio was approached by Respighi's great-nieces, Elsa Pizzoli Mazzacane and Gloria Pizzoli Mangini, who, along with Respighi archiver and cataloger Potito Pedarra, commissioned Di Vittorio to complete several of Respighi's incomplete and previously unpublished compositions. This included the Violin Concerto in A major from 1903, which was premiered in 2010 with Di Vittorio conducting the Chamber Orchestra of New York, which he founded in 2006. The orchestra continues to premiere ongoing new editions by Di Vittorio of Respighi's music in premieres as well as recordings on Naxos Records. In 2008, Di Vittorio completed his Overture Respighiana, an orchestral work as an homage to Respighi. Works Opera Re Enzo (1905) Semirâma (1909) Marie Victoire (completed in 1913, but not produced until 2004) La bella dormente nel bosco (1922) Belfagor (1923) La campana sommersa (1927) Maria egiziaca (1932) La fiamma (1934) Lucrezia (1937) opera in 1 act (completed posthumously by his wife, Elsa, and his pupil Ennio Porrino) Ballet La Boutique fantasque (1918), borrows tunes from the 19th-century Italian composer Rossini. Premiered in London on 5 June 1919. Sèvres de la vieille France (1920), transcription of 17th- and 18th-century French music La Pentola magica (1920), based on popular Russian themes Scherzo Veneziano (Le astuzie di Columbina) (1920) Belkis, Regina di Saba (1932) Orchestral Preludio, corale e fuga (1901) Aria per archi (1901) Leggenda for Violin and Orchestra P 36 (1902) Piano Concerto in A minor (1902) Suite per archi (1902) Humoreske for Violin and Orchestra P 45 (1903) Violin Concerto in A major (1903), completed by Salvatore Di Vittorio (2009) Fantasia Slava (1903) Suite in E major (Sinfonia) (1903) Serenata per piccola orchestra (1904) Suite in Sol Maggiore (1905), for organ and strings Ouverture Burlesca (1906) Concerto all'antica for Violin and Orchestra (1908) Ouverture Carnevalesca (1913) Tre Liriche (1913), for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (Notte, Nebbie, Pioggia) Sinfonia Drammatica (1914) Fountains of Rome (1916) Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1 (1917), based on Renaissance lute pieces by Simone Molinaro, Vincenzo Galilei (father of Galileo Galilei), and additional anonymous composers. Ballata delle Gnomidi (Dance of the Gnomes) (1920), based on a poem by Claudio Clausetti Adagio con variazioni (1921), for Cello and Orchestra Concerto Gregoriano for Violin and Orchestra (1921) Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2 (1923), based on pieces for lute, archlute, and viol by Fabritio Caroso, Jean-Baptiste Besard, Bernardo Gianoncelli, and an anonymous composer. It also interpolates an aria attributed to Marin Mersenne. Pines of Rome (1924) Concerto in modo misolidio (Concerto in the Mixolydian mode) (1925) Poema autunnale (Autumn Poem), for Violin and Orchestra (1925) Rossiniana (1925), free transcriptions from Rossini's Quelques riens (from Péchés de vieillesse) Vetrate di chiesa (Church Windows) (1926), four movements of which three are based on Tre Preludi sopra melodie gregoriane for piano (1919) Trittico Botticelliano (1927), three movements inspired by Botticelli paintings in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence: La Primavera, L'Adorazione dei Magi, and La nascita di Venere. The middle movement uses the well-known tune Veni Emmanuel (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel) Impressioni brasiliane (Brazilian Impressions) (1928) The Birds (1928), based on Baroque pieces imitating birds. It comprises Introduzione (Bernardo Pasquini), La Colomba (Jacques de Callot), La Gallina (Jean-Philippe Rameau), L'Usignolo (anonymous English composer of the seventeenth century) and Il Cucu (Pasquini) Toccata for Piano and Orchestra (1928) Roman Festivals (1928) Metamorphoseon (1930) Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3 (1932), arranged for strings only and somewhat melancholy in overall mood. It is based on lute songs by Besard, a piece for baroque guitar by Ludovico Roncalli, lute pieces by Santino Garsi da Parma and additional anonymous composers. Concerto a cinque (Concerto for Five) (1933), for oboe, trumpet, violin, double bass, piano and strings {{ external media | align = center |width=230px|audio1 = You may listen to Respighi's orchestral transcription of Johann Sebastian Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 with Pierre Monteaux conducting the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra in 1949 here on archive.org}} Vocal/choralNebbie (1906), voice and pianoStornellatrice (1906), voice and pianoCinque canti all'antica (1906), voice and pianoIl Lamento di Arianna (1908), for mezzo-soprano and orchestraAretusa (text by Shelley) (1911), cantata for mezzo-soprano and orchestraTre Liriche (1913), for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (Notte, Nebbie, Pioggia)La Sensitiva (The Sensitive Plant, text by Shelley) (1914), for mezzo-soprano and orchestraIl Tramonto (The sunset, text by Shelley) (1914), for mezzo-soprano and string quartet (or string orchestra)Cinque liriche (1917), voice and pianoQuattro liriche (Gabriele D'Annunzio) (1920), voice and pianoLa Primavera (The Spring, texts by Constant Zarian) (1922) lyric poem for soli, chorus and orchestraDeità silvane (Woodland Deities, texts by Antonio Rubino) (1925), song-cycle for soprano and small orchestraLauda per la Natività del Signore (Laud to the Nativity, text attributed to Jacopone da Todi) (1930), a cantata for three soloists (soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor), mixed chorus (including substantial sections for 8-part mixed and TTBB male chorus), and chamber ensemble (woodwinds and piano 4-hands) Chamber String Quartet in D major in one movement (undated) String Quartet No. 1 in D major (1892–98) String Quartet No. 2 in B-flat major (1898) String Quartet in D major (1907) String Quartet in D minor (1909) subtitled by composer "Ernst ist das Leben, heiter ist die Kunst"Quartetto Dorico or Doric String Quartet (1924)Tre Preludi sopra melodie gregoriane, for piano (1921) Violin Sonata in D minor (1897) Violin Sonata in B minor (1917) Piano Sonata in F minor (1897–98)Variazioni, for guitar Double Quartet in D minor (1901) Piano Quintet in F minor (1902) Six pieces for violin and piano (1901–06) Six pieces for piano (1903–05) Quartet in D major for 4 Viols (1906) Huntingtower: Ballad for Band (1932) String Quintet for 2 Violins, 1 Viola & 2 Violoncellos in G minor (1901, incomplete) BooksOrpheus (1926; modern edition: 2020) References Sources Further reading Respighi, Elsa (1955) Fifty Years of a Life in MusicRespighi, Elsa (1962) Ottorino Respighi, London: Ricordi Cantù, Alberto (1985) Respighi Compositore, Edizioni EDA, Torino Barrow, Lee G (2004) Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936): An Annotated Bibliography, Scarecrow Press Viagrande, Riccardo, La generazione dell'Ottanta, Casa Musicale Eco, Monza, 2007 Daniele Gambaro, Ottorino Respighi. Un'idea di modernità nel Novecento'', pp. XII+246, illustrato con esempi musicali, novembre 2011, Zecchini Editore, External links OttorinoRespighi.it Amici di Respighi Fondo Ottorino Respighi Chamber Orchestra of New York "Ottorino Respighi" Ottorino Respighi String Quartet in D Major (1907) Sound-bites and discussion 1879 births 1936 deaths 20th-century classical composers 20th-century Italian composers 20th-century Italian male musicians Conservatorio Santa Cecilia faculty Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini alumni Deaths from endocarditis Impressionist composers Italian ballet composers Italian classical composers Italian male classical composers Italian opera composers Italian Romantic composers Male opera composers Members of the Royal Academy of Italy Neoclassical composers Musicians from Bologna Pupils of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 19th-century Italian male musicians

<mask> ( , , ; 9 July 187918 April 1936) was an Italian composer, violinist, teacher, and musicologist and one of the leading Italian composers of the early 20th century. His compositions range over operas, ballets, orchestral suites, choral songs, chamber music, and transcriptions of Italian compositions of the 16th–18th centuries, but his best known and most performed works are his three orchestral tone poems which brought him international fame: Fountains of Rome (1916), Pines of Rome (1924), and Roman Festivals (1928). <mask> was born in Bologna to a musical and artistic family. He was encouraged by his father to pursue music at a young age, and took formal tuition in the violin and piano. In 1891, he enrolled at the Liceo Musicale di Bologna, where he studied the violin, viola, and composition, was principal violinist at the Russian Imperial Theatre, and studied briefly with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. He relocated to Rome in 1913 to become professor of composition at the Liceo Musicale di Santa Cecilia. During this period he married his pupil, singer Elsa Olivieri-Sangiacomo.In 1923, Respighi quit his professorship to dedicate time to tour and compose, but continued to teach until 1935. He performed and conducted in various capacities across the United States and South America from 1925 until his death. In late 1935, while composing his opera Lucrezia, Respighi became ill and was diagnosed with bacterial endocarditis. He died four months later, aged 56. His wife Elsa outlived him for almost 60 years, championing her late husband's works and legacy until her death in 1996. Conductor and composer Salvatore Di Vittorio completed several of Respighi's incomplete and previously unpublished works, including the finished Violin Concerto in A major (1903) which premiered in 2010. Biography Early years Respighi was born on 9 July 1879 at 8 Via Guido Reni, an apartment building to the side of Palazzo Fantuzzi.He was the youngest child of Giuseppe and Ersilia (née Putti) Respighi. His brother Alberto died at age nine, and he had one sister, Amelia. His parents came from artistic families; his maternal grandfather and great-grandfather were distinguished sculptors, and his paternal grandfather was a cathedral organist. Giuseppe was an accomplished pianist and teacher who encouraged his son's musical inclinations, giving basic tuition in piano and violin from an early age. To his father's initial disappointment, Respighi showed little interest in music until he was almost eight. Shortly after Respighi began formal violin tuition, he quit abruptly after his teacher hit him on the hand with a ruler when he played a passage incorrectly. He resumed lessons several weeks later, this time with a more patient teacher.His piano skills, too, were a hit-and-miss affair initially, but his father arrived home one day and was surprised to find his son performing the Symphonic Studies by Robert Schumann; Respighi had learned to play the piece in secret. Respighi quickly took to other instruments; for example, he learned to play the harp in the course of several days. Life in Bologna, 1890–1913 Respighi was schooled at Ginnasio Guinizelli in Bologna for two years from October 1890. In 1891, he enrolled at the Liceo Musicale di Bologna, where he studied the violin and viola for the next seven years with his teacher, Federico Sarti. Among Respighi's earliest completed and dated compositions at this time were and for orchestra. Four years into his course at the Liceo Musicale, Respighi began classes in musical composition with Giuseppe Martucci, the Liceo's director, and music history with Luigi Torchi. By the time he reached twenty, Respighi was performing in the orchestra at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna.Martucci, a proponent of Bologna's musical life and composer of non-operatic Italian music, became an influential figure for the young Respighi. In 1899, he received a diploma in the playing of the violin. By this time, Respighi had developed a fondness for languages, demonstrated by his large book collection, which contained atlases and dictionaries. In his lifetime, Respighi became fluent in eleven languages and read literature in all of them. In the winter of 1900, Respighi accepted the role of principal violist in the orchestra of the Russian Imperial Theatre in Saint Petersburg during its season of Italian opera. While there he met Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, whom Respighi greatly admired, and studied orchestration and composition with him over the course of five months. Respighi returned to Russia in the winter of 1902 for further performances and received more tuition from Rimsky-Korsakov; both meetings heavily influenced his orchestrations.Respighi finalised his studies at the with an advanced course in composition, for which he completed ("Prelude, Chorale and Fugue"), written under Rimsky-Korsakov's guidance. The piece was first performed as part of Respighi's final examination in June 1901, and was a resounding success. The 21-year-old Respighi then received his diploma in composition and Martucci said of the composer: "Respighi is not a pupil, Respighi is a master." In 1902, Respighi travelled to Berlin where he received brief tuition from composer Max Bruch. Despite sources incorrectly stating that he studied with Bruch in 1908, Respighi's wife would later state that Respighi in fact did not study with Bruch at all. From 1903 to 1908, while his local reputation as a composer grew, Respighi's principal activity was his place as first violinist in the Mugellini Quintet, a touring five-piece founded by composer Bruno Mugellini. Respighi remained with the chamber group until he moved to Rome in 1913.In 1906, Respighi completed his first of many transcriptions of pieces by 17th and 18th century composers; his version of "Lamento d'Arianna" by Claudio Monteverdi for voice and orchestra became his first international success during his visit to Berlin two years later. This second stay in Germany lasted for almost one year from September 1908 after Hungarian soprano Etelka Gerster invited him to work as an accompanist at her singing school, which influenced his vocal compositions. The composer met Arthur Nikisch, then conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic who arranged to conduct the Monteverdi transcription on stage with famed singer Julia Culp as soloist. The critical success of the performance encouraged Respighi to have his other transcriptions of older works performed in Berlin and this is considered to be a milestone in the rediscovery of Monteverdi's output. The musical influence from Respighi's stay in Germany is discernible in his second operatic work, Semirâma. The opera was premiered in Bologna in November 1910 to considerable success; two years later, critic Giannotto Bastianelli wrote that the piece marked a transition in Respighi's style from verismo to Decadentism and praised his use of rich polyphony. Working on the opera, however, left Respighi exhausted and he wrote each individual score by hand to save money.At the post-performance banquet, the composer fell asleep. It is thought that Respighi's inconsistent sleeping patterns throughout his life may have been caused by narcolepsy. In 1910, Respighi was involved in a short lived group named the Lega dei Cinque, which also included Ildebrando Pizzetti, Gian Francesco Malipiero, Giannotto Bastianelli, and Renzo Bossi. Life in Rome, 1913–1918 In January 1913, Respighi left Bologna to become professor of composition at the Liceo Musicale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, a position that he held for almost a decade. Composers Vittorio Rieti and Daniele Amfitheatrof were among his students during this time. The busy atmosphere of Rome unnerved Respighi, however, and composing and teaching became increasingly difficult. He became withdrawn, suffered from irregular sleep, and wished to return to Bologna.Later in 1913, Respighi went back to Germany for some performances and then upon returning to Rome, turned his attention primarily on composition. In 1915, composer Alfredo Casella returned to Rome after living in France for many years. He joined the staff at the and wished to modernise Italian music as a result of his travels. Despite showing little interest, Respighi had a small involvement in Casella's new organisation, the Società Italiana di Musica Moderna. When Italy entered World War I in May 1915 Respighi, aged 36, was eligible to join the army, though his position at the Liceo Musicale granted him temporary exemption from military service. After a holiday in more peaceful surroundings for the summer, Respighi returned to Rome to continue teaching. One of his new students in his fugue and composition class was Elsa Olivieri-Sangiacomo; the two started a relationship and Elsa, fourteen years his junior, married the composer in January 1919.Their friend, librettist Claudio Guastalla, spoke of their marriage: "It functioned on an almost transcendental level of human and spiritual harmony." Respighi was deeply saddened by his mother's death in March 1916. On hearing that she had become ill he delayed his departure from Rome and by the time he arrived in Bologna, she had already died from pneumonia. Respighi returned to Rome and went back to work, but this would not last and he returned to Bologna. Elsa recalled Respighi retiring to bed and refusing to eat or see anyone. He recovered in Eremo di Tizzano, a religious retreat in the country hills some 20 km south of Bologna. While there, he composed the short piece for organ.In a letter to his friend, singer Chiarina Fino Savio, from January 1917, Respighi wrote: "I am alone, sad and sick." In the midst of such difficult times, a turning point in Respighi's career arrived on 11 March 1917 when the first of his Roman trilogy of tone poems, Fountains of Rome, was premiered in Rome with conductor Antonio Guarnieri. The premiere was originally scheduled in late 1916, but an audience riot during the first half of the concert due to their distaste for German music caused the show to end early. Respighi's disappointment with the lukewarm response from the audience fuelled his effort to start on a follow-up. Following the premiere, Respighi made a short tour of Italy and Switzerland with a group of musicians, including violinist Arrigo Serato, pianist Ernesto Consolo, and Fino Savio. Upon returning to Rome, he resumed work at the until the end of that academic year. While on vacation in Bologna in the summer of 1916, Respighi visited Viareggio to meet Russian ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev, operator of the Ballets Russes, who wished to stage new productions based on the baroque and classical periods.Respighi accepted a sum of 1,500 lire from Diaghilev and contributed orchestrations of the piano works from Péchés de vieillesse by Gioachino Rossini which formed the basis of the music to a new ballet, La Boutique fantasque. The commission for Diaghilev may have inspired Respighi to gather scores for what would become Suite No. 1 of his Ancient Airs and Dances, a trilogy of orchestral suites transcribed from lute pieces by 16th century Italian composers. Suite No. 1 premiered in December 1917 in Rome, after which the full score was somehow lost and Respighi was forced to re-write it using individual orchestral parts. Rise to fame, 1918–1925 An important milestone in Respighi's career took place when Arturo Toscanini asked the composer to have one of his compositions performed in a series of twelve concerts in Milan in February 1918. Respighi reluctantly picked Fountains of Rome, which had thus far only been performed at its 1917 premiere.The concert was a huge success and placed Respighi as one of the leading Italian composers of the early 20th century, prompting the start of a longterm, though sometimes tumultuous, relationship with Toscanini. Two months after the concert, Respighi allowed Casa Ricordi to publish the score of the tone poem in a deal that granted the composer 40% of the rental and performance rights of the work. Respighi succumbed to illness soon after with a mild case of Spanish flu. By the summer of 1918, Respighi had entered negotiations to translate and publish Italian versions of Theory of Harmony (1922) by composer Arnold Schoenberg and a book on musical counterpoint by Sergei Taneyev, but these never materialised. In the summer of 1919, Respighi reconnected with Diaghilev in Naples to discuss another commission for the Ballets Russes. This time, Diaghilev wished to stage a revised version of Le astuzie femminili by Domenico Cimarosa, which concluded with a series of dances based on Russian musical themes. Respighi accepted, and provided new arrangements of the ballet score which premiered in Paris in 1920.Respighi was also commissioned to score for a revival of La serva padrona by Giovanni Paisiello, which also had a Russian connection. He delivered the finished manuscript one month late, in March 1920. However, Diaghilev had decided against a full stage production and used the music as part of a series of different songs and dance numbers. The score was shelved and considered lost until it was rediscovered 90 years later, after which it was performed in full in August 2014 in Bologna. In January 1921, Respighi and Elsa began their first tour as joint performers, marking Elsa's debut as a performing concert artist. They were joined by violinist Mario Corti. The tour saw dates across Italy, followed by Prague, Brno, and Vienna.The time away from his teaching duties at the Liceo Musicale in Rome led to his employers issuing a letter suggesting he return to fulfil them for the remaining months of the academic year. By 1921, Respighi had begun a lifelong friendship with the writer and journalist Claudio Guastalla, who encouraged him to compose a new opera and offered to write its libretto. This created a spell of productivity and Respighi eagerly completed Belfagor, his first opera in a decade, without the spells of depression that usually affected him once he had finished a work. Guastalla would exclusively write the libretto for all of Respighi's future operas, and influence the conception or programmes for some of his non-operatic compositions. In October 1921, Respighi and Elsa relocated to a flat in Palazzo Borghese in Rome which they named (The Pines). In the following January, despite the possibility of further objections from the Liceo Musicale, they went on another tour, this time performing in Czechoslovakia. When Benito Mussolini came to power later in 1922, Respighi steered a neutral course towards the Fascist government.His growing international fame allowed the composer some level of freedom, but at the same time encouraged the regime to exploit his music for political purposes. Respighi vouched for more outspoken critics such as Toscanini, allowing them to continue to work under the regime. In 1923, Respighi became the first director of the now state-funded in Rome. He disliked the time consuming administrative duties that the position required; in 1926, he resigned to dedicate more time to compose. Respighi continued to teach an advanced composition course at the conservatory until 1935. Respighi's second Roman tone poem, Pines of Rome, premiered in December 1924 at the Augusteo Theatre in Rome. It went on to become one of his most widely known and recorded pieces.In 1925, he collaborated with Sebastiano Arturo Luciani on an elementary textbook entitled Orpheus. International recognition, 1925–1936 By the mid-1920s, Respighi's growing worldwide fame encouraged the composer to travel extensively, conducting his own pieces, or performing as soloist for his piano compositions. He made his first visit to America in December 1925 to perform and conduct a series of concerts; his first took place at Carnegie Hall on 31 December as soloist for the premiere of his piano and orchestral work, Concerto in modo misolidio ("Concerto in the Mixolydian Mode"). In May 1927, Respighi and Elsa travelled to Brazil to engage in a concert series of his own music in Rio de Janeiro. The musical style and local customs inspired Respighi, who told the press of his intention to return in the following year with a five-part orchestral suite based on his visit. Respighi did return to Rio, in June 1928, but the composition was finalised in the form of an orchestral work in three movements entitled ("Brazilian Impressions"). In September 1927, Respighi conducted the premiere of his ("Botticelli Triptych"), a three-movement orchestral piece inspired by three paintings by Sandro Botticelli located in Vienna.He dedicated it to American pianist Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, the patron for the work. In November 1928, <mask> returned to America for the premiere of his piano and orchestral work, ("Toccata for Piano and Orchestra"). It took place that month at Carnegie Hall with Willem Mengelberg conducting the New York Philharmonic Orchestra with the composer as soloist. By the year's end Respighi completed his third Roman tone poem, Roman Festivals, composed in just nine days. It premiered on 21 February 1929 at Carnegie Hall in New York City with Arturo Toscanini conducting the New York Philharmonic. The Italian premiere followed on 17 March. Having completed the work, Respighi felt that he had incorporated the "maximum of orchestral sonority and colour" from the orchestra and could no longer write such large scale pieces.It was at this time he started to favour compositions for smaller ensembles. At the end of 1929, <mask> had conductor Serge Koussevitzky forward a proposal to Sergei Rachmaninoff which involved permission to orchestrate a selection of pieces from his two Études-Tableaux (Op. 33 and Op. 39) sets for piano. An enthusiastic Rachmaninoff accepted the offer and supplied Respighi with the program descriptions behind five pieces which were previously kept secret. Koussevitzky conducted Respighi's orchestrations, entitled , for the premiere with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in November 1931. He wrote that Respighi's arrangements were "very good" and demanding of the orchestra, which required eight rehearsals.Rachmaninoff thanked Respighi for his work and in particular, for being faithful to the original scores. Later in 1930, Respighi completed a commission piece to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The result was Metamorphoseon, Modi XII, an orchestral piece containing a theme and eight variations. In 1932, the Fascist government honoured Respighi with membership of the Reale Accademia d'Italia, one of the highest honors awarded to the most eminent people in Italian science and culture. From 1933 until his death, Respighi completed no new compositions. Respighi's opera La fiamma ("The Flame") premiered at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma in January 1934, with the composer as conductor. In June 1934, Respighi and Elsa made the month-long voyage to Argentina where Respighi conducted the premiere of in the following month.This was followed by a visit to Uruguay, where several orchestral concerts were arranged for radio broadcast. Respighi's final completed work was a transcription of , a cantata by Benedetto Marcello. By May 1935, Respighi had cancelled several engagements due to ill health, including a scheduled trip to conduct a series of concerts at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. By November, he had completed a piano draft and the majority of the orchestral arrangements of his next opera, Lucrezia. He had planned to work on a transcription of an opera by Francesco Cavalli that was to be staged alongside Lucrezia during the 1936–37 season at the La Scala in Milan, but declining health caused him to stop work. Neither work was completed in Respighi's lifetime; Elsa finished Lucrezia after Respighi's death with Respighi's former pupil Ennio Porrino, in 1937. Death and legacy While working on his opera Lucrezia at the end of 1935, Respighi became ill with a fever and fatigue.Subsequent medical checks in January 1936 revealed samples of S. viridans bacteria in his blood, leading to the diagnosis of subacute bacterial endocarditis, a heart infection still untreatable at the time and probably brought on by his recent throat infection and oral surgery. Respighi's health deteriorated over the next four months, during which he received three blood transfusions and experimental treatment with sulphonamides imported from Germany. Elsa made a conscious effort to hide the severity of the illness to others, except for a select few. Respighi died on 18 April in Rome, aged 56, from complications of blood poisoning. Elsa and several friends were by his side. The funeral was held two days later. His body lay in state at Santa Maria del Popolo until the spring of 1937, when the remains were re-interred at the Certosa di Bologna, next to poet Giosuè Carducci.Inscribed on his tomb are his name and crosses; the dates of his birth and death are not given. Elsa survived her husband for nearly 60 years, unfailingly championing her husband's works and legacy. A few months after Respighi's death, Elsa wrote to Guastalla: "I live because I can truly still do something for him. And I shall do it, that is certain, until the day I die." However, Italian governments following Mussolini's death in 1945 distanced themselves from nationalistic composers, placing Respighi in a group among those including Malpiero, Ildebrando Pizzetti, and Pietro Mascagni and newspapers protested against honours bestowed upon Elsa. Despite this, in 1961, the twenty-fifth anniversary of Respighi's death, Elsa donated a collection of unpublished and incomplete manuscripts to the Liceo Musicale in Bologna, now the Conservatorio G. B. Martini, where Respighi had studied. In 1969, she helped establish the Fondo Ottorino Respighi, a foundation at the Fondazione Cini in Venice which included a large number of letters and photographs documenting her husband's career.Elsa was also at the forefront of the Respighi centenary celebrations in 1979 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Respighi's birth, though it was opposed by some political factions. She later said that "musical progressives with left-wing political sympathies" tried to discredit Respighi's legacy. The commemoration saw a number of long-neglected works of his performed and recorded for the first time. Elsa died in 1996, one week short of her 102nd birthday. In 1993, Swiss conductor Adriano founded the Respighi Society in London in an effort to make Respighi's "life and works [...] better known and understood by the dissemination of accurate and impartial information." It has since been dissolved. In March 2000, a commemorative plaque was unveiled on Via Guido Reni in Bologna, Respighi's birthplace.In 2006, Italian conductor and composer Salvatore Di Vittorio was approached by Respighi's great-nieces, Elsa Pizzoli Mazzacane and Gloria Pizzoli Mangini, who, along with Respighi archiver and cataloger Potito Pedarra, commissioned Di Vittorio to complete several of Respighi's incomplete and previously unpublished compositions. This included the Violin Concerto in A major from 1903, which was premiered in 2010 with Di Vittorio conducting the Chamber Orchestra of New York, which he founded in 2006. The orchestra continues to premiere ongoing new editions by Di Vittorio of Respighi's music in premieres as well as recordings on Naxos Records. In 2008, Di Vittorio completed his Overture Respighiana, an orchestral work as an homage to Respighi. Works Opera Re Enzo (1905) Semirâma (1909) Marie Victoire (completed in 1913, but not produced until 2004) La bella dormente nel bosco (1922) Belfagor (1923) La campana sommersa (1927) Maria egiziaca (1932) La fiamma (1934) Lucrezia (1937) opera in 1 act (completed posthumously by his wife, Elsa, and his pupil Ennio Porrino) Ballet La Boutique fantasque (1918), borrows tunes from the 19th-century Italian composer Rossini. Premiered in London on 5 June 1919. Sèvres de la vieille France (1920), transcription of 17th- and 18th-century French music La Pentola magica (1920), based on popular Russian themes Scherzo Veneziano (Le astuzie di Columbina) (1920) Belkis, Regina di Saba (1932) Orchestral Preludio, corale e fuga (1901) Aria per archi (1901) Leggenda for Violin and Orchestra P 36 (1902) Piano Concerto in A minor (1902) Suite per archi (1902) Humoreske for Violin and Orchestra P 45 (1903) Violin Concerto in A major (1903), completed by Salvatore Di Vittorio (2009) Fantasia Slava (1903) Suite in E major (Sinfonia) (1903) Serenata per piccola orchestra (1904) Suite in Sol Maggiore (1905), for organ and strings Ouverture Burlesca (1906) Concerto all'antica for Violin and Orchestra (1908) Ouverture Carnevalesca (1913) Tre Liriche (1913), for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (Notte, Nebbie, Pioggia) Sinfonia Drammatica (1914) Fountains of Rome (1916) Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No.1 (1917), based on Renaissance lute pieces by Simone Molinaro, Vincenzo Galilei (father of Galileo Galilei), and additional anonymous composers. Ballata delle Gnomidi (Dance of the Gnomes) (1920), based on a poem by Claudio Clausetti Adagio con variazioni (1921), for Cello and Orchestra Concerto Gregoriano for Violin and Orchestra (1921) Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2 (1923), based on pieces for lute, archlute, and viol by Fabritio Caroso, Jean-Baptiste Besard, Bernardo Gianoncelli, and an anonymous composer. It also interpolates an aria attributed to Marin Mersenne. Pines of Rome (1924) Concerto in modo misolidio (Concerto in the Mixolydian mode) (1925) Poema autunnale (Autumn Poem), for Violin and Orchestra (1925) Rossiniana (1925), free transcriptions from Rossini's Quelques riens (from Péchés de vieillesse) Vetrate di chiesa (Church Windows) (1926), four movements of which three are based on Tre Preludi sopra melodie gregoriane for piano (1919) Trittico Botticelliano (1927), three movements inspired by Botticelli paintings in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence: La Primavera, L'Adorazione dei Magi, and La nascita di Venere. The middle movement uses the well-known tune Veni Emmanuel (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel) Impressioni brasiliane (Brazilian Impressions) (1928) The Birds (1928), based on Baroque pieces imitating birds. It comprises Introduzione (Bernardo Pasquini), La Colomba (Jacques de Callot), La Gallina (Jean-Philippe Rameau), L'Usignolo (anonymous English composer of the seventeenth century) and Il Cucu (Pasquini) Toccata for Piano and Orchestra (1928) Roman Festivals (1928) Metamorphoseon (1930) Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No.3 (1932), arranged for strings only and somewhat melancholy in overall mood. It is based on lute songs by Besard, a piece for baroque guitar by Ludovico Roncalli, lute pieces by Santino Garsi da Parma and additional anonymous composers. 1 in D major (1892–98) String Quartet No. Un'idea di modernità nel Novecento'', pp. XII+246, illustrato con esempi musicali, novembre 2011, Zecchini Editore, External links OttorinoRespighi.it Amici di Respighi Fondo Ottorino Respighi Chamber Orchestra of New York "Ottorino Respighi" Ottorino Respighi String Quartet in D Major (1907) Sound-bites and discussion 1879 births 1936 deaths 20th-century classical composers 20th-century Italian composers 20th-century Italian male musicians Conservatorio Santa Cecilia faculty Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini alumni Deaths from endocarditis Impressionist composers Italian ballet composers Italian classical composers Italian male classical composers Italian opera composers Italian Romantic composers Male opera composers Members of the Royal Academy of Italy Neoclassical composers Musicians from Bologna Pupils of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 19th-century Italian male musicians

One of the leading Italian composers of the early 20th century was <mask>. His compositions range from operas, ballets, orchestral suites, choral songs, chamber music, and transcriptions of Italian compositions, but his best known and most performed works are his three orchestral tone poems: Fountains of Rome. Respighi was a member of a musical and artistic family. At a young age, he was encouraged by his father to play the violin and piano. He studied the violin, viola, and composition at the Liceo Musicale di Bologna before becoming the principal violinist at the Russian Imperial Theatre. He became professor of composition at the Liceo Musicale di Santa Cecilia in Rome in 1913. During this time, he married his student.Respighi quit his professorship in 1923 to devote time to tour and compose, but continued to teach until 1935. From 1925 until his death, he performed and conducted in various capacities across the United States and South America. Respighi was diagnosed with a disease in 1935 while he was working on his opera Lucrezia. He died four months later. The late husband's works and legacy were championed by his wife, who died in 1996. The finished Violin Concerto in A major (1903) was one of Respighi's incomplete and previously unpublished works. On 9 July 1879 Respighi was born at 8 Via Guido Reni, an apartment building to the side of Palazzo Fantuzzi.He was the son of Giuseppe and Ersilia <mask>. He had one sister, Amelia, and his brother died when he was nine. His paternal grandfather was a cathedral organist and his maternal grandfather was a sculptor. Giuseppe was an accomplished pianist and teacher who encouraged his son's musical inclinations, giving basic tuition in piano and violin from an early age. Respighi showed little interest in music until he was almost eight years old. Respighi quit abruptly after his teacher hit him on the hand with a ruler when he played a passage wrong. He resumed lessons several weeks later with a more patient teacher.His piano skills, too, were a hit-and-miss affair initially, but his father arrived home one day and was surprised to find his son performing the Symphonic Studies by Robert Schumann; Respighi had learned to play the piece in secret. Respighi learned to play the harp in a few days. <mask>lli in Bologna for two years. He studied the violin and viola for seven years with his teacher at Bologna's Liceo Musicale di Bologna. Respighi's earliest completed and dated compositions were for the orchestra. Four years into his course at the Liceo Musicale, Respighi began classes in musical composition and music history. Respighi was performing in the orchestra at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna by the time he was twenty.The young Respighi was influenced by Martucci, a proponent of Bologna's musical life and composer of non-operatic Italian music. He received a degree in violin playing in 1899. Respighi had a large book collection which contained dictionaries and atlases. Respighi was proficient in eleven languages and read literature in all of them. Respighi accepted the role of principal violist in the orchestra of the Russian Imperial Theatre during its season of Italian opera in the winter of 1900. Respighi studied with the Russian composer over the course of five months while he was there. Respighi returned to Russia in the winter of 1902 for further performances and received more tuition from Rimsky-Korsakov.Respighi completed an advanced course in composition for which he wrote "Prelude, Chorale and Fugue" under Rimsky-Korsakov's guidance. The piece was performed as part of Respighi's final examination in June 1901 and was a resounding success. "Respighi is a master, he is not a student," said the composer as Respighi received his degree. Respighi received tuition from Max Bruch in Berlin. Respighi's wife later stated that Respighi did not study with Bruch as INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals Respighi was the first violinist in the Mugellini Quintet, a touring five-piece founded by Bruno Mugellini, from 1903 to 1908. Respighi moved to Rome in 1913.Respighi's version of "Lamento d'Arianna" by Monteverdi for voice and orchestra became his first international success during his visit to Berlin two years later. The second stay in Germany lasted for almost one year after Etelka Gerster invited him to work as an accompanist at her singing school, which influenced his vocal compositions. The conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic arranged for the Monteverdi transcription to be conducted on stage with Julia Culp as soloist. The success of the performance encouraged Respighi to have his other works performed in Berlin, which is considered to be a milestone in the rediscovery of Monteverdi's output. Respighi's stay in Germany has an influence on Semirma. Two years after the opera's premiere in Bologna, the critic wrote that the piece marked a transition in Respighi's style from verismo to Decadentism and praised his use of rich polyphony. Respighi wrote the individual scores by hand to save money after working on the opera.The composer fell asleep at the banquet. Respighi's inconsistent sleeping patterns may have been caused by a disease. In 1910, Respighi was a member of a group called the Lega dei Cinque. In January 1913, Respighi left Bologna to become professor of composition at the Liceo Musicale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, a position that he held for almost a decade. Vittorio Rieti and Daniele Amfitheatrof were among his students. The busy atmosphere of Rome made it difficult for Respighi to compose and teach. He was withdrawn and wanted to return to Bologna.After performing in Germany, Respighi went back to Rome and focused on composition. After living in France for many years, composer Alfredo Casella returned to Rome in 1915. He joined the staff because he wanted to make Italian music better. Respighi had a small involvement in Casella's new organisation. When Italy entered World War I in May 1915 Respighi was eligible to join the army, but his position at the Liceo Musicale granted him temporary exemption from military service. Respighi returned to Rome after a holiday in more tranquil surroundings. One of his new students in his composition class married the composer in January 1919, fourteen years after they started a relationship.Their marriage functioned on a level of human and spiritual harmony according to their friend, librettist Claudio Guastalla. Respighi's mother died in 1916. She died from pneumonia after he delayed his departure from Rome and arrived in Bologna. Respighi went back to work in Rome, but then he went back to Bologna. Respighi retired to bed and refused to eat or see anyone. He recuperated at Eremo di Tizzano, a religious retreat in the country hills. He composed a short piece for the organ.In a letter to his friend, Respighi wrote that he was alone, sad and sick. The first of <mask>'s Roman trilogy of tone poems, Fountains of Rome, was premiere in Rome on March 11, 1917, in the midst of difficult times. The premiere was originally scheduled for late 1916, but an audience riot during the first half of the concert caused the show to end early. Respighi was disappointed with the lackluster response from the audience. Respighi took a group of musicians on a tour of Italy and Switzerland after the premiere. He resumed work at the end of the academic year after returning to Rome. Respighi visited Viareggio in the summer of 1916 to meet Sergei Diaghilev, operator of the Ballets Russes, who wanted to stage new productions based on the baroque and classical periods.Respighi accepted a sum of 1,500 lire from Diaghilev and contributed the music to a new ballet, La Boutique fantasque. Respighi may have been inspired by the commission for Diaghilev. The Ancient Airs and Dances are a trilogy of orchestral suites. Suite No. After the full score was lost, Respighi had to re- write it using individual orchestral parts. An important milestone in Respighi's career took place when he was asked to have one of his compositions performed in a series of twelve concerts in Milan in February 1918. The 1917 premiere of Fountains of Rome was where Respighi picked it.After the concert, Respighi became one of the leading Italian composers of the early 20th century, prompting the start of a longterm, though sometimes tumultuous, relationship with Toscanini. Two months after the concert, Respighi allowed Casa Rico to publish the score of the tone poem in a deal that granted the composer 40% of the rental and performance rights of the work. Respighi had a mild case of Spanish flu. By the summer of 1918, Respighi had entered negotiations to translate and publish Italian versions of Theory of Harmony by Arnold Schoenberg and a book on musical counterpoint by Sergei Taneyev, but these never materialised. Respighi and Diaghilev talked about another commission for the Ballets Russes in the summer of 1919. Diaghilev wanted to stage a revised version of Le astuzie femminili, which ended with a series of dances based on Russian musical themes. New arrangements of the ballet score were provided by Respighi.Giovanni Paisiello commissioned Respighi to score for a revival of La serva padrona, which had a Russian connection. The finished manuscript was delivered one month late. Diaghilev decided against a full stage production and used the music as part of a series of different songs and dance numbers. After 90 years, the score was rediscovered and performed in full in Bologna. In January 1921, Respighi and Elsa began their first tour as joint performers. They were joined by a violinist. The tour ended in Vienna, followed by dates across Italy.The time away from his teaching duties at the Liceo Musicale in Rome led to his employers issuing a letter suggesting he return to fulfill them for the remaining months of the academic year. Respighi was encouraged to compose a new opera by Guastalla, who offered to write the libretto. Respighi eagerly completed Belfagor, his first opera in a decade, without the spells of depression that usually affected him once he had finished a work. All of Respighi's future operas would be written by Guastalla, and he would influence the conception or programmes for some of his non-operatic compositions. <mask> and Elsa moved to a flat in Palazzo Borghese in Rome in October of 1921. They went on another tour in January despite the possibility of more objections from the Liceo Musicale. Respighi steered clear of the Fascist government when Mussolini came to power.His international fame allowed the composer some level of freedom, but at the same time encouraged the regime to exploit his music for political purposes. More outspoken critics such as Toscanini were allowed to work under the regime because Respighi vouched for them. Respighi was the first director of Rome. He resigned because he disliked the time consuming administrative duties that the position required. The advanced composition course was taught by Respighi until 1935. The Augusteo Theatre in Rome hosted Respighi's second Roman tone poem, Pines of Rome, in December 1924. It became one of his most well known and recorded pieces.He collaborated with Sebastiano Luciani on an elementary textbook. <mask>'s growing worldwide fame encouraged the composer to travel extensively, conducting his own pieces or performing as a soloist for his piano compositions. He made his first visit to America in December 1925 to perform and conduct a series of concerts; his first took place at Carnegie Hall on 31 December as soloist for the premiere of his piano and orchestral work, "Concerto in the Mixolydian Mode." A concert series of Respighi's own music was held in Brazil in May 1927. The musical style and local customs inspired Respighi, who told the press of his intention to return in the following year with a five-part orchestral suite. Respighi returned to Rio in June 1928, but the composition was finished in the form of an orchestral work. The premiere of Respighi's "Botticelli Triptych" was held in September 1927.The patron for the work was an American pianist. <mask> returned to America in November 1928 for the premiere of his piano and orchestral work. The New York Philharmonic Orchestra and the composer were together at Carnegie Hall. Respighi wrote his third Roman tone poem in nine days. The New York Philharmonic conducted it at Carnegie Hall in New York City. The Italian premiere was held on 17 March. Respighi could no longer write large scale pieces because he incorporated the "maximum of orchestral sonority and colour" from the orchestra.He began to favor compositions for smaller groups. At the end of 1929, Respighi had Serge Koussevitzky forward a proposal to Sergei Rachmaninoff which involved permission to create a selection of pieces from his two tudes-Tableaux. 33 and Op. There are sets for piano. Respighi received the program descriptions behind five pieces which were previously kept secret. The premiere of Respighi's orchestrations was with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He wrote that Respighi's arrangements required eight rehearsals and were very good.Respighi was thanked for being faithful to the original scores. Respighi created a piece to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. 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The Teatro dell'Opera di Roma hosted Respighi's opera La fiamma in January 1934. In June 1934, Respighi and Elsa traveled to Argentina where Respighi conducted the premiere in the following month.Several orchestral concerts were arranged for radio broadcast after a visit to Uruguay. <mask>'s final work was a cantata by Benedetto Marcello. Respighi had to cancel several engagements due to ill health, including a trip to conduct a series of concerts at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. He had finished a piano draft and most of the orchestral arrangements for Lucrezia by November. He stopped working on the opera he was supposed to work on because of his declining health. Lucrezia was finished after Respighi's death in 1937, but neither work was done in his lifetime. Respighi died at the end of 1935 while working on his opera Lucrezia.In January 1936, after a series of medical checks, it was discovered that he had a serious heart disease and that he had recently had throat and oral surgery. Respighi's health deteriorated over the next four months, during which he received three blood transfusions and experimental treatment with sulphonamides imported from Germany. There was a conscious effort to hide the severity of the illness, except for a few. Respighi died of blood poisoning in Rome at the age of 56. Friends were by his side. The funeral took place two days later. His body lay in state at Santa Maria del Popolo until the spring of 1937, when it was re-buried at the Certosa di Bologna.His name and crosses are written on his tomb, but the dates of his birth and death are not given. She championed her husband's works and legacy for nearly 60 years. After Respighi's death, she wrote to Guastalla, "I live because I can still do something for him." I will do it until the day I die. After Mussolini's death in 1945, Italian governments distanced themselves from nationalistic composers, including <mask>, who was placed in a group with Malpiero, Ildebrando Pizzetti, and Pietro Mascagni. Despite this, in 1961, the twenty-fifth anniversary of Respighi's death, the Conservatorio G. B. Martini received a collection of incomplete and unpublished manuscripts. A large number of letters and photographs documenting her husband's career were included in the foundation she helped establish in 1969.The 100th anniversary of Respighi's birth was celebrated in 1979 but was opposed by some political groups. She said that musical progressives with left-wing political sympathies tried to undermine Respighi's legacy. A number of long-neglected works of his were performed and recorded for the first time. She died one week short of her birthday. Adriano founded the Respighi Society in London in 1993 to make Respighi's "life and works better known and understood by the dissemination of accurate and impartial information." It was dissolved. There is a plaque on Via Guido Reni in Bologna, Respighi's birthplace.The Respighi archiver and cataloger Potito Pedarra, along with Respighi's great-nieces, asked Di Vittorio to complete several of their works. The Chamber Orchestra of New York was founded in 2006 by Di Vittorio, who conducted the Violin Concerto in A major from 1903. Upcoming new editions by Di Vittorio of Respighi's music are being premiere by the orchestra. The 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 The operas Semirma and Marie Victoire were completed in 1913 and not produced until 2004. It was made in London on June 5, 1919. The 17th- and 18th-century French music La Pentola magica was based on popular Russian themes.The piece is based on Renaissance lute pieces by Simone Molinaro, Vincenzo Galilei, and additional anonymous composers. Ballata dell Gnomidi is based on a poem by Claudio Clausetti, for cello and Orchestra Concerto Gregoriano for Violin and Orchestra. 2 was written by an anonymous composer and was based on pieces for lute, archlute, and viol. It interpolates aria attributed to Marin Mersenne. The Pines of Rome is a concert in the mixolydian mode. The middle movement is based on Baroque pieces imitating birds. It includes Bernardo Pasquini, La Colomba, La Gallina, L'Usignolo, and Il Cucu.3 was arranged for strings only and somewhat melancholy. It is based on lute songs by Besard, a piece for baroque guitar by Santino Garsi da Parma, and additional anonymous composers. 1 in D major. Un'idea di modernit nel Novecento', pp. XII+252, illustrato con esempi musicali, novembre 2011.

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Declan Hill

Declan Hill is a journalist, academic and consultant. He is one of the world’s foremost experts on match-fixing and corruption in international sports. In 2008, Hill, as a Chevening Scholar, obtained his doctorate in Sociology at the University of Oxford. Currently, he is a senior research fellow in anti-corruption in sports at the University of Würzburg and a professor at the University of New Haven where he has opened the Centre for Sports Integrity in the Investigations Program. His book ‘The Fix: Organized Crime and Soccer’ has appeared in twenty-one languages. Hill was the first person to show the new danger to international sport posed by the globalization of the gambling market and match-fixing at the highest levels of professional football (soccer) including the Champions League and FIFA World Cup tournaments. Part of the book details his involvement with an Asian match-fixing gang as they travelled around the world to fix major football matches. Hill has also published a number of academic articles, is a reviewer for Global Integrity and has probed the impact of the Russian mafia on professional ice hockey. In 2011, he pioneered the first on-line anti-match-fixing education course for Sport Accord that was eventually used by Interpol. In 2013, his second book 'The Insider's Guide to Match-Fixing' was published and immediately translated to Japanese. It is a popular version of his doctoral thesis and was dubbed by its English-language publisher as 'Freakonomics meets Sports Corruption' Personal life Hill is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, Trinity College, Toronto and University of Oxford. In his spare time, Hill is a keen amateur boxer and leads groups of recreational and competitive fighters to train in Havana, Cuba. On March 31, 2012, Hill won a charity boxing match that was part of the historic Trudeau-Brazeau night – as part of Fight for the Cure in support the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation. In 2017, he and Trudeau fought a non-judged sparring match followed by Hill conducting an interview of Trudeau for the Toronto Star from the center of the boxing ring. Career Hill acted in minor roles at the Shaw Festival and other Canadian theatres, then in India on the Doordshan television series ‘Bhaarat ek Khoj’. Because of his experiences in a Calcutta street clinic he gradually drifted away from theatre, becoming one of the founding volunteers of the Canadian chapter of Doctors without Borders (MSF) and then moved into journalism. Hill worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) first as an investigative journalist at the flagship program The Fifth Estate then as an anchor for Newsworld International. His programs and articles have also appeared in The New York Times, the Toronto Star, and the BBC Radio World Service, The Guardian and the Sunday Telegraph (London), as well as various news media outlets including CNN, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, The Sydney Morning Herald, Al Jazeera, The Times, Il Manifesto, Corriere della Sera (Milan): El Pais (Madrid) Politiken (Copenhagen) Before publishing The Fix, Hill completed documentaries on the widespread murders of Filipino journalists, the killing of the head of the Canadian mafia, blood feuds in Kosovo, ethnic cleansing in Iraq, pagan religions in Bolivia and honour killings in Turkey. He has also given presentations about sports corruption to a number of organizations including the International Olympic Committee (IOC), committees at the European Parliament in Brussels and the UK Parliament in Westminster, the Council of Europe, the Dutch Football Association (KNVB) and the Australian and New Zealand Sports Lawyers Association. Hill is also the winner of the 2007 Canadian Association of Journalists Award for best investigative radio documentary and is an Amnesty International Canada 2003 Media Award Winner. The Play The Game Award winner for an individual who best exemplifies the qualities of sport and an honorary award from the Greek Sports Journalist Association for his role in revealing sports corruption. Public dispute In September 2013, following the arrest of match-fixers in Singapore, Hill was interviewed on BBC Radio World Service where he claimed the Singapore Police Force to have offered protection to the accused from prosecution. This was strongly disputed by the Singapore government as baseless and challenged him to come forth with any evidence to substantiate his claims. In response to Hill's claims, Ronald Noble, Secretary General of Interpol said that "Those who do not recognise the commitment and resources that Singapore has devoted to identifying those believed to be responsible for match-fixing cases, or those who seek publicity -- simply to criticise every positive development that occurs in fighting match-fixing should simply open their eyes and look at the facts." Hill responded to these accusations by saying that if they had not been providing tacit protection for the nest of home-grown fixers in their midst, then the Singaporean police must be one of the most inept law-enforcement agencies in the world. For over two years, they had ignored two international arrest warrants - strangely both were from Ron Noble's Interpol (who subsequently opened a regional headquarters in Singapore) and the well-publicized criminal trial of a Singaporean match-fixer in Finland. U.S. Helsinki Commission testimony In December 2018, Hill testified at the bi-partisan U.S. Helsinki Commission. As part of his testimony, Hill said that the Supreme Court’s decision to allow sports gambling in America was comparable to the repeal of Prohibition. He concluded, “I faced many similar parliamentary committees in Europe, where I warned them about a tsunami of match fixing coming to European sport. At first, they did not listen. I was the lonely Cassandra prophetess waving my arms, warning of the dangers. Now, after over 30 national police investigations, they have woken up. I believe there is a clear and present danger to U.S. sports from this globalized sports gambling market. References External links New York Times Q. & A. on Match Fixing With Declan Hill, Author of ‘The Fix’ How to Fix a Soccer Game Alumni of the University of Oxford Canadian expatriates in the United Kingdom Canadian journalists Trinity College (Canada) alumni University of Toronto alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian Quakers Place of birth missing (living people)

<mask> is a journalist, academic and consultant. He is one of the world’s foremost experts on match-fixing and corruption in international sports. In 2008, <mask>, as a Chevening Scholar, obtained his doctorate in Sociology at the University of Oxford. Currently, he is a senior research fellow in anti-corruption in sports at the University of Würzburg and a professor at the University of New Haven where he has opened the Centre for Sports Integrity in the Investigations Program. His book ‘The Fix: Organized Crime and Soccer’ has appeared in twenty-one languages. <mask> was the first person to show the new danger to international sport posed by the globalization of the gambling market and match-fixing at the highest levels of professional football (soccer) including the Champions League and FIFA World Cup tournaments. Part of the book details his involvement with an Asian match-fixing gang as they travelled around the world to fix major football matches.<mask> has also published a number of academic articles, is a reviewer for Global Integrity and has probed the impact of the Russian mafia on professional ice hockey. In 2011, he pioneered the first on-line anti-match-fixing education course for Sport Accord that was eventually used by Interpol. In 2013, his second book 'The Insider's Guide to Match-Fixing' was published and immediately translated to Japanese. It is a popular version of his doctoral thesis and was dubbed by its English-language publisher as 'Freakonomics meets Sports Corruption' Personal life <mask> is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, Trinity College, Toronto and University of Oxford. In his spare time, <mask> is a keen amateur boxer and leads groups of recreational and competitive fighters to train in Havana, Cuba. On March 31, 2012, <mask> won a charity boxing match that was part of the historic Trudeau-Brazeau night – as part of Fight for the Cure in support the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation. In 2017, he and Trudeau fought a non-judged sparring match followed by <mask> conducting an interview of Trudeau for the Toronto Star from the center of the boxing ring.Career <mask> acted in minor roles at the Shaw Festival and other Canadian theatres, then in India on the Doordshan television series ‘Bhaarat ek Khoj’. Because of his experiences in a Calcutta street clinic he gradually drifted away from theatre, becoming one of the founding volunteers of the Canadian chapter of Doctors without Borders (MSF) and then moved into journalism. <mask> worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) first as an investigative journalist at the flagship program The Fifth Estate then as an anchor for Newsworld International. His programs and articles have also appeared in The New York Times, the Toronto Star, and the BBC Radio World Service, The Guardian and the Sunday Telegraph (London), as well as various news media outlets including CNN, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, The Sydney Morning Herald, Al Jazeera, The Times, Il Manifesto, Corriere della Sera (Milan): El Pais (Madrid) Politiken (Copenhagen) Before publishing The Fix, <mask> completed documentaries on the widespread murders of Filipino journalists, the killing of the head of the Canadian mafia, blood feuds in Kosovo, ethnic cleansing in Iraq, pagan religions in Bolivia and honour killings in Turkey. He has also given presentations about sports corruption to a number of organizations including the International Olympic Committee (IOC), committees at the European Parliament in Brussels and the UK Parliament in Westminster, the Council of Europe, the Dutch Football Association (KNVB) and the Australian and New Zealand Sports Lawyers Association. <mask> is also the winner of the 2007 Canadian Association of Journalists Award for best investigative radio documentary and is an Amnesty International Canada 2003 Media Award Winner. The Play The Game Award winner for an individual who best exemplifies the qualities of sport and an honorary award from the Greek Sports Journalist Association for his role in revealing sports corruption.Public dispute In September 2013, following the arrest of match-fixers in Singapore, <mask> was interviewed on BBC Radio World Service where he claimed the Singapore Police Force to have offered protection to the accused from prosecution. This was strongly disputed by the Singapore government as baseless and challenged him to come forth with any evidence to substantiate his claims. In response to <mask>'s claims, Ronald Noble, Secretary General of Interpol said that "Those who do not recognise the commitment and resources that Singapore has devoted to identifying those believed to be responsible for match-fixing cases, or those who seek publicity -- simply to criticise every positive development that occurs in fighting match-fixing should simply open their eyes and look at the facts." <mask> responded to these accusations by saying that if they had not been providing tacit protection for the nest of home-grown fixers in their midst, then the Singaporean police must be one of the most inept law-enforcement agencies in the world. For over two years, they had ignored two international arrest warrants - strangely both were from Ron Noble's Interpol (who subsequently opened a regional headquarters in Singapore) and the well-publicized criminal trial of a Singaporean match-fixer in Finland. U.S. Helsinki Commission testimony In December 2018, <mask> testified at the bi-partisan U.S. Helsinki Commission. As part of his testimony, <mask> said that the Supreme Court’s decision to allow sports gambling in America was comparable to the repeal of Prohibition.He concluded, “I faced many similar parliamentary committees in Europe, where I warned them about a tsunami of match fixing coming to European sport. At first, they did not listen. I was the lonely Cassandra prophetess waving my arms, warning of the dangers. Now, after over 30 national police investigations, they have woken up. I believe there is a clear and present danger to U.S. sports from this globalized sports gambling market. References External links New York Times Q. & A. on Match Fixing With <mask>, Author of ‘The Fix’ How to Fix a Soccer Game Alumni of the University of Oxford Canadian expatriates in the United Kingdom Canadian journalists Trinity College (Canada) alumni University of Toronto alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian Quakers Place of birth missing (living people)

A journalist, academic and consultant is <mask>. He is an expert on match-fixing and corruption in international sports. <mask> received his PhD in Sociology from the University of Oxford in 2008. He is a senior research fellow in anti-corruption in sports at the University of Wrzburg and a professor at the University of New Haven where he opened the Centre for Sports Integrity in the Investigations Program. His book, "The Fix: Organized Crime and Soccer", has appeared in twenty-one languages. <mask> was the first person to show the new danger to international sport posed by the globalization of the gambling market and match-fixing at the highest levels of professional football. He was involved with an Asian match-fixing gang as they traveled around the world to fix football matches.<mask> is a reviewer for Global Integrity and has investigated the impact of the Russian Mafia on professional ice hockey. He pioneered the first on-line anti-match-fixing education course for Sport Accord in 2011. His second book 'The Insider's Guide to Match-Fixing' was published and immediately translated to Japanese. It is a popular version of his thesis and was dubbed by its English-language publisher as 'Freakonomics meets Sports Corruption'. <mask> is a keen amateur boxer and leads groups of recreational and competitive fighters to train in Havana, Cuba. On March 31, 2012 <mask> won a charity boxing match that was part of the historic Trudeau-Brazeau night in support of theOttawa Regional Cancer Foundation. <mask> conducted an interview of Trudeau for the Toronto Star from the center of the boxing ring after he and Trudeau fought a non-judged sparring match.Career <mask> acted in small roles at the Shaw Festival and other Canadian theatres before moving to India to star in a television series. He moved into journalism after becoming one of the founding volunteers of the Canadian chapter of Doctors without Borders, because of his experiences in a Calcutta street clinic. <mask> worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as an investigative journalist before becoming an anchor for Newsworld International. His programs and articles have appeared in The New York Times, the Toronto Star, and the BBC Radio World Service, as well as various news media outlets. He has given presentations about sports corruption to a number of organizations, including the IOC, the European Parliament, the Council of Europe, the Dutch Football Association, and the Australian and New Zealand Sports Lawyers Association. The Canadian Association of Journalists Award for best investigative radio documentary was won by <mask>. The winner of the Play The Game Award will receive an award from the Greek Sports Journalist Association for his role in revealing sports corruption.Following the arrest of match-fixers in Singapore, <mask> claimed that the Singapore Police Force had offered protection to the accused from prosecution. The Singapore government strongly disagreed with this and challenged him to prove his claims. Ronald Noble said that those who do not recognise the commitment and resources that Singapore has devoted to identifying those believed to be responsible for match-fixing cases or those who seek publicity are simply to criticize every positive development that occurs in. <mask> said that the Singaporean police must be one of the most incompetent law-enforcement agencies in the world if they hadn't provided tacit protection for the home-grown fixers. They ignored two international arrest warrants, one from Ron Noble and the other from the criminal trial of a Singaporean match-fixer. <mask> testified at the U.S. Helsinki Commission in December. <mask> said that the Supreme Court decision to allow sports gambling in America was similar to the repeal of prohibition.He said, "I warned the parliamentary committees in Europe about a wave of match fixing coming to European sport." They didn't listen at first. I waved my arms to warn of the dangers. They woke up after 30 national police investigations. There is a danger to U.S. sports from this market. External links to the New York Times. Alumni of the University of Oxford, Canadian expatriates in the United Kingdom, and journalists from Trinity College and the University of Toronto all wrote about how to fix a soccer game.

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Jorge Manrique

Jorge Manrique (c. 1440 – 24 April 1479) was a major Castilian poet, whose main work, the Coplas por la muerte de su padre (Verses on the death of Don Rodrigo Manrique, his Father), is still read today. He was a supporter of the queen Isabel I of Castile, and actively participated on her side in the civil war that broke out against her half-brother, Enrique IV, when the latter attempted to make his daughter, Juana, crown princess. Jorge died in 1479 during an attempt to take the castle of Garcimuñoz, defended by the Marquis of Villena (a staunch enemy of Isabel), after Isabel gained the crown. Manrique was a great-nephew of Iñigo López de Mendoza (marquis of Santillana), a descendant of Pero López de Ayala, chancellor of Castile, and a nephew of Gómez Manrique, corregidor of Toledo, all important poets of the late fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. He was, therefore, a member of a noble family of great literary consequence. The topic of his work was the tempus fugit The Minor Lyrics Jorge Manrique wrote love lyrics in the courtly-love tradition and two satires. These called canciones (songs), esparsas (short poems, generally of a single stanza), preguntas y respuestas (questions and answers), and glosas de mote (literally, "interpretations of refrains"; see villancico). The first edition of the Cancionero general of Hernando del Castillo (1511) has the most complete selection of Manrique's poems, but some of the lyrics appear in other early editions and manuscripts. Coplas por la Muerte de su Padre Coplas por la Muerte de su Padre (English: "Stanzas about the Death of his Father") is Jorge Manrique's best composition. In fact, Lope de Vega pronounced it in humbled admiration to its superior craftmanship, "worthy to be printed in letters of gold". It is a funeral eulogy dedicated to the memory of Rodrigo Manrique (his father), who died on 11 November 1476 in Ocaña. Jorge thought that his father led a life worth living. He makes a reference to three lives: the terrestrial life that ends in death the life of the fame, that lasts longer (Kleos Greek) the eternal life after death, that has no end. Stanzas 1-24 talk about an excessive devotion to earthly life from a general point of view, but features some of the most memorable metaphors in the poem. Among other things, life is compared to a road filled with dangers and opportunities and to a river that ends in the sea: I Recuerde el alma dormida avive el seso e despierte contemplando cómo se pasa la vida, cómo se viene la muerte tan callando; cuán presto se va el placer, cómo, después de acordado, da dolor; cómo, a nuestro parecer, cualquiera tiempo pasado fue mejor. O let the soul her slumbers break, Let thought be quickened, and awake; Awake to see How soon this life is past and gone, And death comes softly stealing on, How silently! Swiftly our pleasures glide away, Our hearts recall the distant day the pain The moments that are speeding fast We heed not, but the past,—the past, More highly prize. III Nuestras vidas son los ríos que van a dar en la mar, que es el morir. Allí van los señoríos derechos a se acabar e consumir. allí los ríos caudales, allí los otros medianos e más chicos, allegados, son iguales los que viven por sus manos e los ricos. Our lives are rivers, gliding free To that unfathomed, boundless sea, The silent grave! Thither all earthly pomp and boast Roll, to be swallowed up and lost In one dark wave. Thither the mighty torrents stray, Thither the brook pursues its way, And tinkling rill, There all are equal; side by side The poor man and the son of pride Lie calm and still. The section invokes general examples of human waywardness that one may encounter along the road leading to heaven or hell, but then gives some examples of infamous deaths drawn from contemporary Spanish history. These examples are introduced by the rhetorical questions called ubi sunt (Where are they?) in stanzas 15-24: XVI ¿Qué se hizo el rey don Joan? Los infantes d'Aragón ¿qué se hizieron? ¿Qué fue de tanto galán, qué de tanta invinción como truxeron? ¿Que fueron sino devaneos, qué fueron sino verduras de las eras, las justas e los torneos, paramentos, bordaduras e çimeras? Where is the King, Don Juan? Where Each royal prince and noble heir of Aragon? Where are the courtly gallantries? The deeds of love and high emprise, In battle done? Tourney and joust, that charmed the eye, And scarf, and gorgeous panoply, And nodding plume, What were they but a pageant scene? What but the garlands, gay and green, That deck the tomb? The last part of the poem is devoted to his father and talks about the life of fame and the possibility of continuing to live in the memories of the living, when one is great and has accomplished great deeds while living (stanzas 25-32). The poem ends with a small dramatic dialogue in which don Rodrigo confronts a personified Death, who deferentially takes his soul to Heaven (stanzas 33-39). A final stanza (40) gives consolation to the family. The language Manrique uses is precise, exact, without decoration or difficult metaphors. It appears to focus on the content of what is said and not on how it is said. The poem has forty stanzas, each composed of twelve eight- and four-syllable lines that rhyme ABc ABc DEf DEf. Every third line is a quebrado (half line). The verse form is now known as the copla manriqueña (Manriquean stanza), because his poem was so widely read and glossed that he popularized the meter. Its alternation of long and short lines, and their punctuation, made the verses flexible enough to sound somber or light and quick. Coplas por la muerte de su padre has been translated at least twice, once by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The translations of stanzas I, III, and XVI provided above are by Longfellow. However, the Longfellow translation has been criticized as not being faithful to the original. Longfellow's translation is considerably more florid than the original. For example, the famous lines "Nuestras vidas son los ríos/ que van a dar en la mar,/ que es el morir," which reads in Longfellow as "Our lives are rivers, gliding free/ To that unfathomed, boundless sea,/ The silent grave!" literally translates as "Our lives are rivers/ That will lead to the sea/ Which is death." References Domínguez, Frank A. Love and Remembrance: The Poetry of Jorge Manrique. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1989. Domínguez, Frank A. "Jorge Manrique" in Castilian Writers, 1400-1500 Vol. 286. Detroit: Gale, c2004. (The article can be accessed as well in electronic format through the database Literature Resource Center at Gale in participating libraries.) Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Coplas de Don Jorge Manrique. Boston: Allen & Ticknor, 1833. Marino, Nancy. Jorge Manrique's Coplas por la muerte de su padre: A History of the Poem and Its Reception. (Colección Támesis, A/298.) Woodbridge, UK: Tamesis, 2011 Serrano de Haro, Antonio. Personalidad y destino de Jorge Manrique. Madrid: Editorial Gredos, 1966. Salinas, Pedro. Tradición y originalidad Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana 1947 Brenan, Gerald. The Literature of the Spanish people, Cambridge, 1951. External links 1440s births 1479 deaths People from the Province of Palencia 15th-century Spanish poets Castilians House of Lara

<mask> (c. 1440 – 24 April 1479) was a major Castilian poet, whose main work, the Coplas por la muerte de su padre (Verses on the death of <mask>, his Father), is still read today. He was a supporter of the queen Isabel I of Castile, and actively participated on her side in the civil war that broke out against her half-brother, Enrique IV, when the latter attempted to make his daughter, Juana, crown princess. <mask> died in 1479 during an attempt to take the castle of Garcimuñoz, defended by the Marquis of Villena (a staunch enemy of Isabel), after Isabel gained the crown. Manrique was a great-nephew of Iñigo López de Mendoza (marquis of Santillana), a descendant of Pero López de Ayala, chancellor of Castile, and a nephew of <mask>, corregidor of Toledo, all important poets of the late fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. He was, therefore, a member of a noble family of great literary consequence. The topic of his work was the tempus fugit The Minor Lyrics <mask> wrote love lyrics in the courtly-love tradition and two satires. These called canciones (songs), esparsas (short poems, generally of a single stanza), preguntas y respuestas (questions and answers), and glosas de mote (literally, "interpretations of refrains"; see villancico).The first edition of the Cancionero general of Hernando del Castillo (1511) has the most complete selection of <mask>'s poems, but some of the lyrics appear in other early editions and manuscripts. Coplas por la Muerte de su Padre Coplas por la Muerte de su Padre (English: "Stanzas about the Death of his Father") is <mask>'s best composition. In fact, Lope de Vega pronounced it in humbled admiration to its superior craftmanship, "worthy to be printed in letters of gold". It is a funeral eulogy dedicated to the memory of <mask> (his father), who died on 11 November 1476 in Ocaña. <mask> thought that his father led a life worth living. He makes a reference to three lives: the terrestrial life that ends in death the life of the fame, that lasts longer (Kleos Greek) the eternal life after death, that has no end. Stanzas 1-24 talk about an excessive devotion to earthly life from a general point of view, but features some of the most memorable metaphors in the poem.Among other things, life is compared to a road filled with dangers and opportunities and to a river that ends in the sea: I Recuerde el alma dormida avive el seso e despierte contemplando cómo se pasa la vida, cómo se viene la muerte tan callando; cuán presto se va el placer, cómo, después de acordado, da dolor; cómo, a nuestro parecer, cualquiera tiempo pasado fue mejor. O let the soul her slumbers break, Let thought be quickened, and awake; Awake to see How soon this life is past and gone, And death comes softly stealing on, How silently! Swiftly our pleasures glide away, Our hearts recall the distant day the pain The moments that are speeding fast We heed not, but the past,—the past, More highly prize. III Nuestras vidas son los ríos que van a dar en la mar, que es el morir. Allí van los señoríos derechos a se acabar e consumir. allí los ríos caudales, allí los otros medianos e más chicos, allegados, son iguales los que viven por sus manos e los ricos. Our lives are rivers, gliding free To that unfathomed, boundless sea, The silent grave!Thither all earthly pomp and boast Roll, to be swallowed up and lost In one dark wave. Thither the mighty torrents stray, Thither the brook pursues its way, And tinkling rill, There all are equal; side by side The poor man and the son of pride Lie calm and still. The section invokes general examples of human waywardness that one may encounter along the road leading to heaven or hell, but then gives some examples of infamous deaths drawn from contemporary Spanish history. These examples are introduced by the rhetorical questions called ubi sunt (Where are they?) in stanzas 15-24: XVI ¿Qué se hizo el rey don Joan? Los infantes d'Aragón ¿qué se hizieron? ¿Qué fue de tanto galán, qué de tanta invinción como truxeron?¿Que fueron sino devaneos, qué fueron sino verduras de las eras, las justas e los torneos, paramentos, bordaduras e çimeras? Where is the King, Don Juan? Where Each royal prince and noble heir of Aragon? Where are the courtly gallantries? The deeds of love and high emprise, In battle done? Tourney and joust, that charmed the eye, And scarf, and gorgeous panoply, And nodding plume, What were they but a pageant scene? What but the garlands, gay and green, That deck the tomb?The last part of the poem is devoted to his father and talks about the life of fame and the possibility of continuing to live in the memories of the living, when one is great and has accomplished great deeds while living (stanzas 25-32). The poem ends with a small dramatic dialogue in which don Rodrigo confronts a personified Death, who deferentially takes his soul to Heaven (stanzas 33-39). A final stanza (40) gives consolation to the family. The language Manrique uses is precise, exact, without decoration or difficult metaphors. It appears to focus on the content of what is said and not on how it is said. The poem has forty stanzas, each composed of twelve eight- and four-syllable lines that rhyme ABc ABc DEf DEf. Every third line is a quebrado (half line).The verse form is now known as the copla manriqueña (Manriquean stanza), because his poem was so widely read and glossed that he popularized the meter. Its alternation of long and short lines, and their punctuation, made the verses flexible enough to sound somber or light and quick. Coplas por la muerte de su padre has been translated at least twice, once by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The translations of stanzas I, III, and XVI provided above are by Longfellow. However, the Longfellow translation has been criticized as not being faithful to the original. Longfellow's translation is considerably more florid than the original. For example, the famous lines "Nuestras vidas son los ríos/ que van a dar en la mar,/ que es el morir," which reads in Longfellow as "Our lives are rivers, gliding free/ To that unfathomed, boundless sea,/ The silent grave!"literally translates as "Our lives are rivers/ That will lead to the sea/ Which is death." References Domínguez, Frank A. Love and Remembrance: The Poetry of <mask>. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1989. Domínguez, Frank A. "<mask>que" in Castilian Writers, 1400-1500 Vol. 286.Detroit: Gale, c2004. (The article can be accessed as well in electronic format through the database Literature Resource Center at Gale in participating libraries.) Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Coplas de Don Jorge Manrique. Boston: Allen & Ticknor, 1833. Marino, Nancy. <mask>'s Coplas por la muerte de su padre: A History of the Poem and Its Reception.(Colección Támesis, A/298.) Woodbridge, UK: Tamesis, 2011 Serrano de Haro, Antonio. Personalidad y destino de Jorge Manrique. Madrid: Editorial Gredos, 1966. Salinas, Pedro. Tradición y originalidad Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana 1947 Brenan, Gerald. The Literature of the Spanish people, Cambridge, 1951.External links 1440s births 1479 deaths People from the Province of Palencia 15th-century Spanish poets Castilians House of Lara

The main work of the major Castilian poet, the Coplas por la muerte de su padre, is still read today. He was involved in the civil war that broke out against her half-brother when he tried to make his daughter, Juana, crown princess. After Isabel gained the crown,<mask> died in an attempt to take the castle, which was defended by the Marquis of Villena. Manrique was a nephew of <mask>, corregidor of Toledo, and a descendant of Iigo Lpez de Mendoza,marquis of Santillana. He was a member of a noble family. The tempus fugit The Minor Lyrics was the topic of his work. Canciones, esparsas, preguntas y respuestas, andglosas de mote are also called canciones.The most complete selection of <mask>'s poems can be found in the first edition of the Cancionero general of Hernando del Castillo. <mask>'s best composition is Coplas por la Muerte de su Padre Coplas por la Muerte de su Padre. It was deemed worthy to be printed in letters of gold by Lope de Vega. The funeral is dedicated to the memory of his father, who died in Ocaa. His father led a life that was worth living. The eternal life after death, that has no end, is one of the three lives he refers to. Some of the most memorable metaphors in the poem can be found in Stanzas 1-24, which talks about an excessive devotion to earthly life from a general point of view.Life is compared to a road filled with dangers and opportunities and to a river that ends in the sea. Awake to see how soon this life will be over, and how silently! Our pleasures glide away and our hearts recall the pain of the distant day. Nuestras vidas son los ros that van a dar en la mar. All van los seoros. All of los ros caudales, all of the otros medianos, all of the ms chicos, all of the ricos, all of them, all of them, all of them, all of them, all of them, all of them, Our lives are rivers, gliding free to the boundless sea.To be swallowed up and lost in one dark wave. The poor man and the son of pride are both calm and still. The section gives examples of human wrong-doing that one may encounter along the road leading to heaven or hell, but also gives examples of notorious deaths from Spanish history. The rhetorical questions called ubi sunt introduce these examples. In the 16th and 17th paragraphs, se hizo el rey don Joan? Los infantes d'Aragn se hizieron? Qué fue de tanto galn?Is it possible that fueron sino devaneos, qué fueron sino verduras de las eras, las justas e los torneos, paramentos, bordaduras e imeras? Where is Don Juan? Where are the princes and noble heirs of Aragon? Where are the courtlyries? In battle done, the deeds of love and high emprise? Tourney and joust, that made the eye want toTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkia,Trademarkia,Trademarkia,Trademarkia,Trademarkia,Trademarkia,Trademarkia,Trademarkia,Trademarkia,Trademarkia,Trademarkia,Trademarkia,Trademarkia,Trademarkia,Trademarkia,Trademarkia,Trademarkia,Trademarkia,Trademarkia,Trademarkia,Trademarkia Gay and green are not included in the deck of the tomb.The last part of the poem talks about the life of fame and the possibility of continuing to live in the memories of the living, when one is great and has accomplished great deeds while living. The poem ends with a small dramatic dialogue in which don Rodrigo confronts a personified Death, who deferentially takes his soul to Heaven. The family gets some solace from a final poem. Manrique uses a language that is precise and exact. It seems to focus on the content of what is said and not on how it is said. There are twelve eight and four-syllable lines in the poem. A half line is every third line.The verse form is now known as the copla manriquea because he popularized the meter in his poem. The verse was flexible enough to sound somber or light because of its long and short lines. Coplas por la muerte de su padre has been translated twice. The translations are provided by Longfellow. The translation was criticized for not being faithful to the original. The translation by Longfellow is a lot worse than the original. The famous lines "Nuestras vidas son los ros", which means "Our lives are rivers, gliding free", can be found in Longfellow."Our lives are rivers and that will lead to the sea and death." Domnguez, <mask> <mask>. The University Press of Kentucky was published in 1989. Frank A. Domnguez. "<mask> Manrique" is in Castilian Writers. 281.Detroit: Gale in 2004. In participating libraries, the article can be accessed in electronic format through the Literature Resource Center. The name of the man was Henry Wadsworth. Coplas de Don Manrique. Allen and ticknor were from Boston. Nancy Marino. Coplas por la muerte de su padre is a history of the poem.Coleccin Tmesis is a book. Serrano de Haro, Antonio, is from the UK. Personalidad de Jorge Manrique. Madrid: Editorial Gredos. Pedro Salinas. Editorial Sudamericana 1947 was written by Gerald. The literature of the Spanish people was published in Cambridge in 1951.There are external links to 1440 births and 1479 deaths.

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Leah Horowitz

Sarah Rebecca Rachel Leah Horowitz (1715–1795), known as Leah Horowitz, was a rabbinic and kabbalistic scholar, who wrote in Yiddish. She was the author of Tkhinne imohes (Supplication of the Matriarchs). She lived in Bolechów, Poland. Life Horowitz was the daughter of Jacob Yokl ben Meir Ha-Levi Horowitz (1680–1755) and Reyzel bat Heshl. Her father was a member of the famed kloiz of Brody. Horowitz was one of some seven children. Three of her brothers were rabbis, of whom the most eminent was Isaac (known as "Itsikl Hamburger", 1715–1767), rabbi of Hamburg, Altona, and Wandsbek. There was also a sister, named Pessil. There is some doubt about the identity of another brother and sister. As the sister of eminent brothers, Leah disproves the old canard that the only educated women in her time were the daughters of learned rabbis who had no sons. Leah's early life was spent in Bolechów, in Polish Galicia (now Bolekhiv, Ukraine), where her father was the rabbi. When he became rabbi of Brody in 1735, his son Mordecai succeeded him as rabbi of Bolechów. Leah remained in Bolechów, continuing to live as a young married woman in the home of her brother. Her husband at this time was Aryeh Leib, son of the rabbi of Dobromyl, Ukraine; later she was married to Shabbetai ben Benjamin ha-Cohen Rappoport, rabbi of Krasny, Russia. It is unknown whether she had any children. Scholarly work Even as a young, Leah was renowned for her exceptional learning. In an era when many women did not learn to read, and those who did rarely learned more than the rudiments of Hebrew, Horowitz studied the Talmud with commentaries and also read some kabbalistic works. The memoirist Ber of Bolechów reports that when he was a boy of twelve, Leah helped him prepare for his Talmud lesson with her brother, the rabbi Mordecai. "She would begin to recite the words of Talmud or Rashi by heart, in clear language, explaining it well as it was written there, and I learned from her words. And when the rabbi awoke from his sleep, I knew how to explain the passage in the Talmud to him properly." In the same passage, Ber refers to her as "the learned and famous Mistress Leah, of blessed memory". Other authors also knew of her reputation for learning. The anonymous work Sefer Ozar Sihot Hakhamim describes her as "a great scholar, well-versed in the Talmud" and recounts her Talmudic discussion with another learned lady, Dinah, the wife of Saul Halevi (chief rabbi of The Hague from 1748 to 1785). Although very few Eastern European Jewish women before the nineteenth century have left writings, Leah was the author of the Tkhinne of the Matriarchs, an eight-page, trilingual prayer for the Sabbath before the New Moon. (As is often the case, the place and date of publication are not mentioned in most of the printed editions.) The work contains a Hebrew introduction, a piyyut (a liturgical poem) in Aramaic, and a Yiddish prose paraphrase of the poem. This text, which has historical importance as one of the few extant works written by an eighteenth-century Eastern European Jewish woman, testifies that its author was far more learned than the norm. (Another work, Tkhinne Moyde Ani, has been erroneously attributed to her.) Leah Horowitz was passionately concerned with the religious place and role of Jewish women and she was keenly aware of her own anomalous status as a learned woman. She addressed these issues explicitly in the Hebrew introduction to her tkhinne, and by implication in the Aramaic piyyut and the Yiddish paraphrase. Leah was concerned to establish the legitimacy of her own involvement in "Torah study", that is, in Talmudic and halakhic discussion. Furthermore, this is perhaps the only pre-modern text in which an Ashkenazic woman discusses the significance of women's prayer, the proper way for women to pray and the circumstances under which women should and should not submit to their husbands' authority. However, Leah's arguments were largely lost to her contemporaries. After the first few editions, the Hebrew introduction and the Aramaic piyyut were no longer printed, leaving only the Yiddish portion of the text. Presumably, most women could not read Hebrew or Aramaic, while most men were not interested in reading a tkhinne by a woman, even if a portion of it was in the Holy Tongue. Nonetheless, in her Hebrew introduction Leah argues that women's prayer has the power to bring the messianic redemption if women learn to pray "properly". She states further that because women's prayer can bring the redemption, women should pray in synagogue every day, morning and evening, and she laments the fact that this is not the practice in her day. Leah has a kabbalistic understanding of prayer: true prayer is not for human needs, but for the reunification of the sundered sephirot (divine attributes) of Tiferet and Shekhinah. Because most women have little knowledge of mystical literature and concepts, Leah's purpose in writing this text is to teach women without specialized knowledge how to pray properly, that is, for the sake of the redemption of the Shekhinah from her exile, with weeping. Following kabbalistic sources, Leah attributes great power to tears. Elaborating on what was already a focus of women's piety, the blessing of the new moon in synagogues, she provides a framework that she believed could bring redemption. In the Yiddish portion of her text (accessible to her female readers), Leah laments the bitterness of the exile and names the New Moon as a time of favor. The protection of each of the four biblical matriarchs is invoked. The central model she presents is the midrashic trope of the children of Israel going into exile, weeping at Rachel's grave. Rachel, a common symbol for the Shekhinah, then entreats the Holy Blessed One (Tiferet), with tears, to redeem the Israelites from their exile. He is so moved by her plea that He agrees to bring the redemption. Leah suggests that women in her day should follow the example of the children of Israel, and of "our faithful Mother Rachel". Together with Leah's images of the other matriarchs, her Yiddish tkhinne, like her introduction, combines an appreciation of women's traditional roles with an assertion that women have far more spiritual power than is usually recognized. References Sources https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0009_0_09238.html http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/653224/Yiddish-literature 1715 births 1795 deaths Yiddish-language writers Kabbalists 18th-century Polish Jews Jewish women writers

<mask> (1715–1795), known as <mask>, was a rabbinic and kabbalistic scholar, who wrote in Yiddish. She was the author of Tkhinne imohes (Supplication of the Matriarchs). She lived in Bolechów, Poland. Life Horowitz was the daughter of <mask> (1680–1755) and Reyzel bat Heshl. Her father was a member of the famed kloiz of Brody. Horowitz was one of some seven children. Three of her brothers were rabbis, of whom the most eminent was Isaac (known as "Itsikl Hamburger", 1715–1767), rabbi of Hamburg, Altona, and Wandsbek.There was also a sister, named Pessil. There is some doubt about the identity of another brother and sister. As the sister of eminent brothers, <mask> disproves the old canard that the only educated women in her time were the daughters of learned rabbis who had no sons. <mask>'s early life was spent in Bolechów, in Polish Galicia (now Bolekhiv, Ukraine), where her father was the rabbi. When he became rabbi of Brody in 1735, his son Mordecai succeeded him as rabbi of Bolechów. <mask> remained in Bolechów, continuing to live as a young married woman in the home of her brother. Her husband at this time was Aryeh Leib, son of the rabbi of Dobromyl, Ukraine; later she was married to Shabbetai ben Benjamin ha-Cohen Rappoport, rabbi of Krasny, Russia.It is unknown whether she had any children. Scholarly work Even as a young, <mask> was renowned for her exceptional learning. In an era when many women did not learn to read, and those who did rarely learned more than the rudiments of Hebrew, <mask> studied the Talmud with commentaries and also read some kabbalistic works. The memoirist Ber of Bolechów reports that when he was a boy of twelve, <mask> helped him prepare for his Talmud lesson with her brother, the rabbi Mordecai. "She would begin to recite the words of Talmud or Rashi by heart, in clear language, explaining it well as it was written there, and I learned from her words. And when the rabbi awoke from his sleep, I knew how to explain the passage in the Talmud to him properly." In the same passage, Ber refers to her as "the learned and famous Mistress <mask>, of blessed memory".Other authors also knew of her reputation for learning. The anonymous work Sefer Ozar Sihot Hakhamim describes her as "a great scholar, well-versed in the Talmud" and recounts her Talmudic discussion with another learned lady, Dinah, the wife of Saul Halevi (chief rabbi of The Hague from 1748 to 1785). Although very few Eastern European Jewish women before the nineteenth century have left writings, <mask> was the author of the Tkhinne of the Matriarchs, an eight-page, trilingual prayer for the Sabbath before the New Moon. (As is often the case, the place and date of publication are not mentioned in most of the printed editions.) The work contains a Hebrew introduction, a piyyut (a liturgical poem) in Aramaic, and a Yiddish prose paraphrase of the poem. This text, which has historical importance as one of the few extant works written by an eighteenth-century Eastern European Jewish woman, testifies that its author was far more learned than the norm. (Another work, Tkhinne Moyde Ani, has been erroneously attributed to her.)<mask> was passionately concerned with the religious place and role of Jewish women and she was keenly aware of her own anomalous status as a learned woman. She addressed these issues explicitly in the Hebrew introduction to her tkhinne, and by implication in the Aramaic piyyut and the Yiddish paraphrase. <mask> was concerned to establish the legitimacy of her own involvement in "Torah study", that is, in Talmudic and halakhic discussion. Furthermore, this is perhaps the only pre-modern text in which an Ashkenazic woman discusses the significance of women's prayer, the proper way for women to pray and the circumstances under which women should and should not submit to their husbands' authority. However, <mask>'s arguments were largely lost to her contemporaries. After the first few editions, the Hebrew introduction and the Aramaic piyyut were no longer printed, leaving only the Yiddish portion of the text. Presumably, most women could not read Hebrew or Aramaic, while most men were not interested in reading a tkhinne by a woman, even if a portion of it was in the Holy Tongue.Nonetheless, in her Hebrew introduction <mask> argues that women's prayer has the power to bring the messianic redemption if women learn to pray "properly". She states further that because women's prayer can bring the redemption, women should pray in synagogue every day, morning and evening, and she laments the fact that this is not the practice in her day. <mask> has a kabbalistic understanding of prayer: true prayer is not for human needs, but for the reunification of the sundered sephirot (divine attributes) of Tiferet and Shekhinah. Because most women have little knowledge of mystical literature and concepts, <mask>'s purpose in writing this text is to teach women without specialized knowledge how to pray properly, that is, for the sake of the redemption of the Shekhinah from her exile, with weeping. Following kabbalistic sources, <mask> attributes great power to tears. Elaborating on what was already a focus of women's piety, the blessing of the new moon in synagogues, she provides a framework that she believed could bring redemption. In the Yiddish portion of her text (accessible to her female readers), <mask> laments the bitterness of the exile and names the New Moon as a time of favor.The protection of each of the four biblical matriarchs is invoked. The central model she presents is the midrashic trope of the children of Israel going into exile, weeping at Rachel's grave. Rachel, a common symbol for the Shekhinah, then entreats the Holy Blessed One (Tiferet), with tears, to redeem the Israelites from their exile. He is so moved by her plea that He agrees to bring the redemption. <mask> suggests that women in her day should follow the example of the children of Israel, and of "our faithful Mother Rachel". Together with <mask>'s images of the other matriarchs, her Yiddish tkhinne, like her introduction, combines an appreciation of women's traditional roles with an assertion that women have far more spiritual power than is usually recognized. References Sources https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0009_0_09238.html http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/653224/Yiddish-literature 1715 births 1795 deaths Yiddish-language writers Kabbalists 18th-century Polish Jews Jewish women writers

A rabbinic and kabbalistic scholar who wrote in Yiddish was named Sarah Rebecca Rachel. She was the author of a book about the Matriarchs. She lived in Bolechw. Reyzel bat Heshl was the daughter of Jacob Yokl ben Meir Ha-Levi Horowitz. Her father was a member of the kloiz. There were seven children. One of her brothers was known as "Itsikl Hamburger", and he was a rabbi.Pessil was also a sister. There is some doubt about the identity of two siblings. The old canard that the only educated women in her time were the daughters of rabbis who had no sons is not true. Her father was the rabbi in Bolechw, in Polish Galicia, where she was born. Mordecai succeeded his father as rabbi of Bolechw in 1735. As a young married woman, she lived in the home of her brother in Bolechw. She was married to Aryeh Leib, son of the rabbi of Dobromyl, Ukraine, and later to Benjamin ha-Cohen Rappoport, rabbi of Krasny, Russia.It is not known if she had any children. As a young person, she was renowned for her exceptional learning. In an era when many women did not learn to read, and those who did rarely learned more than the rudiments of Hebrew, <mask> studied the Talmud with commentaries and also read some kabbalistic works. According to the memoirist Ber of Bolechw, when he was a boy of twelve,<mask> helped him prepare for his Talmud lesson with his brother Mordecai. I learned from her words when she began to recite the words in clear language. I knew how to explain the passage in the Talmud to the rabbi when he woke up. Ber refers to her as "the learned and famous Mistress" in the same passage.Her reputation for learning was known by other authors. Sefer Ozar Sihot Hakhamim describes her as a great scholar, well-versed in the Talmud, and recounts her discussion with another woman, the wife of Saul Halevi. Only a few Eastern European Jewish women left writings before the 19th century, and one of them was the author of a prayer for the Sabbath before the New Moon. Most of the printed editions don't mention the place or date of publication. There is a Hebrew introduction, a piyyut in Aramaic, and a Yiddish prose paraphrase of the poem in the work. The text is one of the few works written by an Eastern European Jewish woman in the 18th century. There is a work that has been wrongly attributed to her.She was aware of her own status as a learned woman and was concerned with the religious place and role of Jewish women. She mentioned these issues in the Hebrew introduction and in the Aramaic piyyut. In order to establish the legitimacy of her own involvement in "Torah study", she was concerned. This is the only pre-modern text in which an Ashkenazic woman discusses the significance of women's prayer, the proper way for women to pray and the circumstances under which women should and should not submit to their husbands' authority. Her arguments were lost to her peers. The Hebrew introduction and Aramaic piyyut were no longer printed after the first few editions. Most men were not interested in reading a tkhinne by a woman even if a portion of it was in the Holy Tongue, as most women could not read Hebrew or Aramaic.According to her introduction, women's prayer has the power to bring messianic redemption if they learn to pray properly. She says that because women's prayer can bring redemption, they should pray in synagogue every day, morning and evening. True prayer is not for human needs, but for the reunification of the divine attributes of Tiferet and Shekhinah. The purpose of this text is to teach women without specialized knowledge how to pray properly, for the sake of the redemption of the Shekhinah from her exile. Following kabbalistic sources, she attributes great power to tears. She provided a framework that she believed could bring redemption by explaining what was already a focus of women's piety, the blessing of the new moon in synagogues. The New Moon is referred to as a time of favor in the Yiddish portion of her text.Each of the four matriarchs is protected. She presents a model of the children of Israel going into exile and weeping at Rachel's grave. Rachel, a common symbol for the Shekhinah, begged the Holy Blessed One to redeem the Israelites from their exile. He agreed to bring the redemption because he was so moved by her plea. In her day, women should follow in the footsteps of the children of Israel and of "our faithful Mother Rachel". With her introduction, she combines an appreciation of women's traditional roles with an assertion that women have more spiritual power than is usually recognized. There are references to the book "Yiddish Literature 1715 births 1795 deaths".

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Alex McLeish

Alexander McLeish (born 21 January 1959) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player. Born in Glasgow, McLeish played as a central defender for Aberdeen during their 1980s glory years, making nearly 500 League appearances for the club, and won 77 caps for Scotland. McLeish started his managerial career with spells at Motherwell and Hibernian, before guiding Rangers to two championships and five cup wins in five years. McLeish spent ten months as manager of the Scotland national team which narrowly failed to qualify for the finals of the 2008 UEFA European championship. He then resigned this post in November 2007 to become manager of Birmingham City, who were in the Premier League at the time. Though Birmingham were relegated at the end of the season, McLeish guided them back to the Premier League in 2009. Birmingham then won the 2011 Football League Cup Final, but were relegated again from the Premier League at the end of the 2010–11 season. Following this relegation he resigned his post at Birmingham to become manager at their city rivals, Aston Villa. This made him the first manager to move directly from Birmingham City to Aston Villa, and only the second manager after Ron Saunders to manage both clubs. Having only narrowly avoided relegation in the 2011–12 Premier League season, his contract was terminated by Villa at the end of his first season. McLeish was appointed manager of Championship club Nottingham Forest in December 2012, but left after 40 days by mutual consent. He managed Belgian Pro League club Genk in the 2014–15 season, and Zamalek of the Egyptian Premier League in 2016. He then had a second stint as Scotland national team manager. In recognition of his distinguished service to Scottish sport, in 2008 McLeish was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Aberdeen. Early years McLeish was born in Duke Street Hospital, Glasgow to parents Alex, a shipyard worker, and Jean. He has younger siblings Angela and Ian. After living in the Parkhead and Kinning Park districts of the city, the family moved to Barrhead, Renfrewshire soon after McLeish had reached school age. He attended Springhill Primary, Barrhead High School – where he was one year below future Aberdeen and Scotland teammate Peter Weir – and John Neilson High School in Paisley. As a juvenile he played for Barrhead Youth Club, alongside Weir, and Glasgow United as well as training for a short period with Hamilton Accies. After a local cup final with Glasgow United in 1976 which was watched by a delegation from Aberdeen, including then manager Ally MacLeod, McLeish signed for the Pittodrie club the following day. Playing career Club McLeish spent the majority of his first two seasons at Aberdeen in the reserves and also had a loan spell at local Junior side Lewis United. He made his competitive debut under Billy McNeill in a New Year fixture against Dundee United on 2 January 1978. His first major final appearance was under the management of Alex Ferguson as a substitute in a 2–1 defeat to Rangers in the 1978–79 League Cup and most of his appearances during the 1970s were as a midfielder, with Willie Garner and Doug Rougvie preferred in defence. However McLeish eventually made the centre-back position his own, and over the next seven seasons he enjoyed great success, winning eight domestic and two European trophies. Highlights included scoring in a 4–1 victory over Rangers in the 1982 Scottish Cup Final on his 200th Dons appearance, and a vital goal against Bayern Munich during the campaign leading to the European Cup Winners' Cup win over Real Madrid in 1983. During this period, McLeish formed a formidable defensive triumvirate with Willie Miller and Jim Leighton for both club and country. Even after he had won his first Scotland cap, McLeish's father asked then Aberdeen boss Alex Ferguson to persuade him to continue training as an accountant. When Ferguson left in 1986 to go to Manchester United, he tried to get McLeish to sign, but it did not work out; he also had talks with Tottenham Hotspur. A testimonial match was arranged for McLeish in December 1988, with the club's 'Gothenburg' (Cup Winners' Cup) squad taking on an 'International legends' team. He won the Scottish player of the year in 1990, after a season in which Aberdeen won both domestic cups. He became captain of Aberdeen after the retirement of Willie Miller. His 692 competitive appearances for the club ranks as the second-most in its history (100 behind Miller, but almost 100 more than Bobby Clark). International McLeish is Scotland's third most capped player, having gained 77 international caps between 1980 and 1993. He was first capped for the Scotland under-21 team while still a reserve player at Aberdeen by his former club manager Ally MacLeod, eventually gaining six caps at that level. His full international debut came on 26 March 1980 against Portugal, manager Jock Stein playing him in midfield alongside Archie Gemmill and Graeme Souness. He played in three World Cups with Scotland, in 1982, 1986 and 1990. He is a member of the Scottish Football Hall of Fame, the Scotland national football team roll of honour and Scottish Television's fan poll Scotland's Greatest Team. On the occasion of his 50th cap, against Luxembourg in 1987, McLeish was appointed team captain for the game. His final cap came on 17 February 1993 in a 3–0 win over Malta at Hampden Park during the 1994 World Cup qualifiers. Management career Motherwell After his successful playing career he quickly went into football management with Motherwell in 1994, one year before he retired as a player. His first season at Motherwell saw him take the Lanarkshire club to second in the Premier Division behind Walter Smith's Rangers. However, he failed to build on this success and the next two seasons were spent in relegation battles. He resigned as manager to take over at Hibernian in 1998. Hibernian McLeish took over a struggling Hibernian side, which was relegated from the Scottish Premier Division in 1998 despite a slight upturn in fortunes under McLeish. He then guided the Edinburgh team back to the Scottish Premier League at the first attempt by winning the First Division championship. Hibernian consolidated in their first season back in the top division, finishing mid-table and reaching the Scottish Cup semi-final. In the 2000–01 season, Hibs started very strongly. Eventually they had to settle for third place and a Scottish Cup final appearance. This performance attracted the attention of bigger clubs, including West Ham United and Rangers. McLeish attracted players such as Russell Latapy and former French international Franck Sauzée to Hibs. He also helped develop young striker Kenny Miller, who would later go on to play for Scotland. During this period McLeish worked towards and was awarded a UEFA Pro Licence. Rangers His work at Hibs was noticed, and he was linked with several moves to England, before he was appointed as Rangers manager in December 2001 after outgoing Rangers manager Dick Advocaat recommended McLeish to chairman David Murray. McLeish was an instant success at Rangers, winning both the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup in his first season, but the big prize of the league title was essentially lost before his arrival. His second season saw him go one better when he won the domestic treble, with the help of players such as Ronald de Boer and Barry Ferguson. Rangers' worsening financial state saw many of his top players leave in the summer of 2003. Celtic won the league comfortably in season 2003–04, and Rangers failed to win any trophies. McLeish was consequently put under pressure from fans after his poor signings and a record run of seven consecutive Old Firm derby losses to Celtic. The high-profile Bosman signings of Jean-Alain Boumsong and Dado Pršo in the close season of 2004–05 gave Rangers renewed hope of regaining the title from Celtic's grasp. McLeish's team won the 2005 league title on a dramatic last day, an outcome that had looked highly unlikely after Rangers fell five points behind leaders Celtic with just four games remaining. After this unexpected success, McLeish and his Rangers team headed into the 2005–06 SPL campaign as favourites to retain the championship. McLeish made a number of signings, including Julien Rodriguez and Ian Murray, despite having little money to spend. After a reasonable start to the season, including a win over Celtic, Rangers suffered a series of poor results between September and November. This period included a club record of 10 games without a win. However the tenth match of this run, a 1–1 draw with Inter Milan in the Champions League, took Rangers into the knockout stages of the tournament for the first time. Despite the poor domestic form, McLeish guided Rangers to the last 16 of the Champions League, where they were defeated on the away goals rule by Villarreal. They became the first Scottish team to progress this far in the European Cup since 1993, and the first Scottish team to progress through a European group stage. In December, chairman David Murray publicly announced his support for McLeish. Rangers then went on a good run of results in December and January. This run of good results came to a sudden halt when they were defeated 3–0 by Hibernian in the Scottish Cup, prompting protests outside Ibrox against both McLeish and David Murray. On 9 February 2006, it was announced by chairman David Murray that McLeish would be standing down as manager at the end of that season. It was later announced that he would be succeeded by former Olympique Lyonnais manager Paul Le Guen. Rangers beat Hearts 2–0 at Ibrox Stadium in his final match as manager. Scotland national team McLeish said after leaving Rangers that he would not manage another Scottish club, because he felt that he had achieved everything in the Scottish game. He was linked in the media with a number of managerial positions in England while he worked as a television pundit for the BBC and Setanta Sports. McLeish took charge of the Scotland national team on 29 January 2007. His assistants in the job were Roy Aitken and Andy Watson. McLeish's first game in charge of the national team was a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying match, a 2–1 victory against Georgia on 24 March 2007 at Hampden Park. His second game was an away fixture against Italy on 28 March 2007 which ended in a 2–0 defeat. McLeish's Scotland side then went on to defeat the Faroe Islands away in June, Lithuania at home in September before recording a historic victory in Paris four days later by defeating France 1–0 in the Parc des Princes. James McFadden's 64th-minute strike from 30 yards was enough to earn Scotland the win and returned them to the top of Group B with three games to play. This result has been hailed as one of the Scotland national team's greatest victories. Scotland's next success was at home to Ukraine, winning 3–1 at Hampden on 13 October. McLeish suffered his second defeat as manager, away in Georgia on 17 October. This result left Scotland facing a decider against the World Champions, Italy. Scotland lost the game 2–1, McLeish's last, and Italy qualified for the finals. Birmingham City Premier League club Birmingham City's approach to the SFA for permission to speak to McLeish about their managerial vacancy was refused, but on his return on 27 November 2007 from attending the draw for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification in South Africa, he resigned his post as manager of Scotland and was announced as Birmingham's new manager the following day. His assistants with Scotland, Roy Aitken and Andy Watson, were to accompany him. McLeish said he wanted to return to working with players on a daily basis and had "always harboured a desire" to manage in the Premier League. He enjoyed a positive managerial debut with Birmingham, winning 3–2 away to Tottenham Hotspur. In the January 2008 transfer window, McLeish strengthened Birmingham's squad, buying David Murphy and James McFadden and signing Argentina under-20 international Mauro Zárate on loan, while generating funds by allowing fringe players to leave. He was unable to save Birmingham from relegation, despite the team recording an impressive 4–1 victory over Blackburn Rovers on the last day of the season. McLeish changed the club's backroom staff and training procedures, appointed David Watson as goalkeeping coach, and overhauled the scouting setup, bringing in Paul Montgomery – the scout who recommended a relatively unknown Didier Drogba to West Ham United – to oversee player recruitment. On the final day of the 2008–09 season, McLeish secured Birmingham's return to the top flight of English football at the first attempt with a 2–1 away victory over Reading. By mid-January 2010, he had guided them to a 12-game unbeaten run, a club record in the top division, set a Premier League record by selecting the same starting eleven for nine consecutive games, and been named Premier League Manager of the Month for December 2009, the first Birmingham manager to receive the award. By the end of the season McLeish had led Birmingham to ninth place, their highest finish for more than 50 years. Following Birmingham's success during the 2009–10 season, McLeish agreed a new three-year deal with the club in September 2010. In February 2011, McLeish led Birmingham to victory in the League Cup, defeating favourites Arsenal 2–1 in the final at Wembley in what he described as "relatively speaking, ... [his] greatest achievement". However, a poor run of form followed the League Cup win, and Birmingham were relegated to the Championship on the last day of the 2010–11 season. The directors confirmed that McLeish would keep his job, and would be expected to return the club to the Premier League at the first opportunity. McLeish however opted to quit Birmingham City on 12 June 2011 by email. Aston Villa On 17 June 2011, Aston Villa appointed McLeish as manager, just five days after leaving their local rivals Birmingham City. There was much controversy surrounding his appointment as Birmingham City claimed McLeish was still under contract and filed a complaint against Aston Villa to the Premier League while Villa claimed McLeish was a free agent. Aston Villa fans protested outside Villa Park and anti-McLeish graffiti had to be removed from outside Villa's training ground. McLeish made out of favour Manchester City goalkeeper Shay Given his first signing, and then recruited winger Charles N'Zogbia. McLeish's first competitive game as Villa manager ended in a 0–0 draw with Fulham at Craven Cottage. He gained his first Premier League win as manager of Villa in a 3–1 win over Blackburn Rovers. Following victory over Blackburn, Villa drew their next four Premier League games until winning against Wigan 2–0. Aston Villa finally ended their unbeaten start with a 4–1 defeat away at Manchester City. McLeish's side secured a surprise win over Chelsea just before signing LA Galaxy striker Robbie Keane on loan. Keane helped to secure Villa a crucial win against rivals Wolves in a 3–2 victory. McLeish led the 2011–12 Villa team to 16th place in the Premier League, avoiding relegation by two points, and set an unwanted club record of only four home wins. McLeish's contract was terminated on 14 May, the day after the season ended. The reasons cited for his termination were the poor results and style of play used throughout his term as manager. Nottingham Forest McLeish was appointed manager of Football League Championship club Nottingham Forest on 27 December 2012. His first game in charge was on 29 December 2012, a 2–2 draw against Crystal Palace at the City Ground, with Billy Sharp scoring an injury-time equaliser for Nottingham Forest. McLeish earned his first win as Nottingham Forest manager on 12 January 2013, a 2–1 victory against Peterborough at home. McLeish took charge of his only East Midlands derby against Derby County on 19 January 2013, drawing 1–1 at Pride Park. On 2 February 2013, after a 2–1 defeat to former club Birmingham City on his first return to St Andrew's, he refused to commit his future to Nottingham Forest and claimed he was unhappy. This came after the Nottingham Forest board pulled out of a deal to sign George Boyd on the final day of the January transfer window. On 5 February 2013, he left the club by mutual consent. Genk McLeish stated in November 2013 that he would like to re-enter football management in some capacity, in England, Scotland or abroad. In August 2014, he was appointed manager of Belgian club Genk. McLeish made his managerial debut on 30 August, in which Genk drew Oostende 1–1 away. It was reported in March 2015 that McLeish would leave Genk at the end of the 2014–15 Belgian Pro League season, as the club had failed to qualify for the Championship play-offs, although they did reach Europa League play-offs. Zamalek McLeish was appointed manager of Egyptian Premier League club Zamalek on 28 February 2016. After a series of poor performances from the team, he was sacked on 2 May with ten matches of the season remaining. Scotland national team (second spell) McLeish was reappointed Scotland manager on 16 February 2018, on a two-year contract. Scotland won their 2018–19 UEFA Nations League group under McLeish, but he was sacked on 18 April 2019 following a 3–0 defeat by Kazakhstan. Outside of football McLeish had a cameo appearance in the Laurel and Hardy biopic Stan & Ollie, after a chance meeting with director and Aberdeen FC fan Jon S. Baird on a flight. In the film, McLeish can be briefly seen reading a newspaper in the lobby of the Savoy Hotel behind Steve Coogan. During the 2014 Scottish independence referendum McLeish was a supporter of the Better Together campaign against Scottish independence. Career statistics Club International Managerial record Honours Player Aberdeen Scottish Premier Division: 1979–80, 1983–84, 1984–85 Scottish Cup: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1989–90; runner-up: 1992–93 Scottish League Cup: 1985–86, 1989–90; runner-up: 5 times European Cup Winners' Cup: 1982–83 European Super Cup: 1983 Individual Scotland national football team roll of honour: 1987 SFWA Footballer of the Year: 1990 Manager Motherwell Scottish Premier League runner-up: 1994–95 Hibernian Scottish First Division: 1998–99 Scottish Cup runner-up: 2000–01 Rangers Scottish Premier League: 2002–03, 2004–05; runner-up: 2001–02, 2003–04 Scottish Cup: 2001–02, 2002–03 Scottish League Cup: 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05 Birmingham City Football League Championship runner-up: 2008–09 Football League Cup: 2010–11 Individual Scottish Football Hall of Fame: inducted 2005 Scottish Premier League Manager of the Month: October 2000, February 2002, September 2002, February 2003, August 2003, September 2003, November 2004, February 2005, January 2006 Premier League Manager of the Month: December 2009 See also List of Scotland national football team captains References External links Profile and stats at AFC Heritage Trust International profile at Sporting-Heroes.net SFA manager profile Motherwell manager profile Rangers manager profile Scottish Football Hall of Fame profile 1959 births 1982 FIFA World Cup players 1986 FIFA World Cup players 1990 FIFA World Cup players Aberdeen F.C. players Association football central defenders Aston Villa F.C. managers Belgian First Division A managers Birmingham City F.C. managers Egyptian Premier League managers English Football League managers Expatriate football managers in Belgium Expatriate football managers in Egypt Hibernian F.C. managers K.R.C. 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<mask> (born 21 January 1959) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player. Born in Glasgow, McLeish played as a central defender for Aberdeen during their 1980s glory years, making nearly 500 League appearances for the club, and won 77 caps for Scotland. <mask> started his managerial career with spells at Motherwell and Hibernian, before guiding Rangers to two championships and five cup wins in five years. <mask> spent ten months as manager of the Scotland national team which narrowly failed to qualify for the finals of the 2008 UEFA European championship. He then resigned this post in November 2007 to become manager of Birmingham City, who were in the Premier League at the time. Though Birmingham were relegated at the end of the season, <mask> guided them back to the Premier League in 2009. Birmingham then won the 2011 Football League Cup Final, but were relegated again from the Premier League at the end of the 2010–11 season.Following this relegation he resigned his post at Birmingham to become manager at their city rivals, Aston Villa. This made him the first manager to move directly from Birmingham City to Aston Villa, and only the second manager after Ron Saunders to manage both clubs. Having only narrowly avoided relegation in the 2011–12 Premier League season, his contract was terminated by Villa at the end of his first season. <mask> was appointed manager of Championship club Nottingham Forest in December 2012, but left after 40 days by mutual consent. He managed Belgian Pro League club Genk in the 2014–15 season, and Zamalek of the Egyptian Premier League in 2016. He then had a second stint as Scotland national team manager. In recognition of his distinguished service to Scottish sport, in 2008 <mask> was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Aberdeen.Early years <mask> was born in Duke Street Hospital, Glasgow to parents <mask>, a shipyard worker, and Jean. He has younger siblings Angela and Ian. After living in the Parkhead and Kinning Park districts of the city, the family moved to Barrhead, Renfrewshire soon after McLeish had reached school age. He attended Springhill Primary, Barrhead High School – where he was one year below future Aberdeen and Scotland teammate Peter Weir – and John Neilson High School in Paisley. As a juvenile he played for Barrhead Youth Club, alongside Weir, and Glasgow United as well as training for a short period with Hamilton Accies. After a local cup final with Glasgow United in 1976 which was watched by a delegation from Aberdeen, including then manager Ally MacLeod, McLeish signed for the Pittodrie club the following day. Playing career Club McLeish spent the majority of his first two seasons at Aberdeen in the reserves and also had a loan spell at local Junior side Lewis United.He made his competitive debut under Billy McNeill in a New Year fixture against Dundee United on 2 January 1978. His first major final appearance was under the management of <mask> as a substitute in a 2–1 defeat to Rangers in the 1978–79 League Cup and most of his appearances during the 1970s were as a midfielder, with Willie Garner and Doug Rougvie preferred in defence. However <mask> eventually made the centre-back position his own, and over the next seven seasons he enjoyed great success, winning eight domestic and two European trophies. Highlights included scoring in a 4–1 victory over Rangers in the 1982 Scottish Cup Final on his 200th Dons appearance, and a vital goal against Bayern Munich during the campaign leading to the European Cup Winners' Cup win over Real Madrid in 1983. During this period, McLeish formed a formidable defensive triumvirate with Willie Miller and Jim Leighton for both club and country. Even after he had won his first Scotland cap, <mask>'s father asked then Aberdeen boss <mask> to persuade him to continue training as an accountant. When Ferguson left in 1986 to go to Manchester United, he tried to get McLeish to sign, but it did not work out; he also had talks with Tottenham Hotspur.A testimonial match was arranged for <mask> in December 1988, with the club's 'Gothenburg' (Cup Winners' Cup) squad taking on an 'International legends' team. He won the Scottish player of the year in 1990, after a season in which Aberdeen won both domestic cups. He became captain of Aberdeen after the retirement of Willie Miller. His 692 competitive appearances for the club ranks as the second-most in its history (100 behind Miller, but almost 100 more than Bobby Clark). International <mask> is Scotland's third most capped player, having gained 77 international caps between 1980 and 1993. He was first capped for the Scotland under-21 team while still a reserve player at Aberdeen by his former club manager Ally MacLeod, eventually gaining six caps at that level. His full international debut came on 26 March 1980 against Portugal, manager Jock Stein playing him in midfield alongside Archie Gemmill and Graeme Souness.He played in three World Cups with Scotland, in 1982, 1986 and 1990. He is a member of the Scottish Football Hall of Fame, the Scotland national football team roll of honour and Scottish Television's fan poll Scotland's Greatest Team. On the occasion of his 50th cap, against Luxembourg in 1987, McLeish was appointed team captain for the game. His final cap came on 17 February 1993 in a 3–0 win over Malta at Hampden Park during the 1994 World Cup qualifiers. Management career Motherwell After his successful playing career he quickly went into football management with Motherwell in 1994, one year before he retired as a player. His first season at Motherwell saw him take the Lanarkshire club to second in the Premier Division behind Walter Smith's Rangers. However, he failed to build on this success and the next two seasons were spent in relegation battles.He resigned as manager to take over at Hibernian in 1998. Hibernian McLeish took over a struggling Hibernian side, which was relegated from the Scottish Premier Division in 1998 despite a slight upturn in fortunes under McLeish. He then guided the Edinburgh team back to the Scottish Premier League at the first attempt by winning the First Division championship. Hibernian consolidated in their first season back in the top division, finishing mid-table and reaching the Scottish Cup semi-final. In the 2000–01 season, Hibs started very strongly. Eventually they had to settle for third place and a Scottish Cup final appearance. This performance attracted the attention of bigger clubs, including West Ham United and Rangers.McLeish attracted players such as Russell Latapy and former French international Franck Sauzée to Hibs. He also helped develop young striker Kenny Miller, who would later go on to play for Scotland. During this period McLeish worked towards and was awarded a UEFA Pro Licence. Rangers His work at Hibs was noticed, and he was linked with several moves to England, before he was appointed as Rangers manager in December 2001 after outgoing Rangers manager Dick Advocaat recommended McLeish to chairman David Murray. McLeish was an instant success at Rangers, winning both the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup in his first season, but the big prize of the league title was essentially lost before his arrival. His second season saw him go one better when he won the domestic treble, with the help of players such as Ronald de Boer and Barry Ferguson. Rangers' worsening financial state saw many of his top players leave in the summer of 2003.Celtic won the league comfortably in season 2003–04, and Rangers failed to win any trophies. <mask> was consequently put under pressure from fans after his poor signings and a record run of seven consecutive Old Firm derby losses to Celtic. The high-profile Bosman signings of Jean-Alain Boumsong and Dado Pršo in the close season of 2004–05 gave Rangers renewed hope of regaining the title from Celtic's grasp. <mask>'s team won the 2005 league title on a dramatic last day, an outcome that had looked highly unlikely after Rangers fell five points behind leaders Celtic with just four games remaining. After this unexpected success, <mask> and his Rangers team headed into the 2005–06 SPL campaign as favourites to retain the championship. McLeish made a number of signings, including Julien Rodriguez and Ian Murray, despite having little money to spend. After a reasonable start to the season, including a win over Celtic, Rangers suffered a series of poor results between September and November.This period included a club record of 10 games without a win. However the tenth match of this run, a 1–1 draw with Inter Milan in the Champions League, took Rangers into the knockout stages of the tournament for the first time. Despite the poor domestic form, <mask> guided Rangers to the last 16 of the Champions League, where they were defeated on the away goals rule by Villarreal. They became the first Scottish team to progress this far in the European Cup since 1993, and the first Scottish team to progress through a European group stage. In December, chairman David Murray publicly announced his support for McLeish. Rangers then went on a good run of results in December and January. This run of good results came to a sudden halt when they were defeated 3–0 by Hibernian in the Scottish Cup, prompting protests outside Ibrox against both <mask> and David Murray.On 9 February 2006, it was announced by chairman David Murray that <mask> would be standing down as manager at the end of that season. It was later announced that he would be succeeded by former Olympique Lyonnais manager Paul Le Guen. Rangers beat Hearts 2–0 at Ibrox Stadium in his final match as manager. Scotland national team <mask> said after leaving Rangers that he would not manage another Scottish club, because he felt that he had achieved everything in the Scottish game. He was linked in the media with a number of managerial positions in England while he worked as a television pundit for the BBC and Setanta Sports. <mask> took charge of the Scotland national team on 29 January 2007. His assistants in the job were Roy Aitken and Andy Watson.<mask>'s first game in charge of the national team was a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying match, a 2–1 victory against Georgia on 24 March 2007 at Hampden Park. His second game was an away fixture against Italy on 28 March 2007 which ended in a 2–0 defeat. <mask>'s Scotland side then went on to defeat the Faroe Islands away in June, Lithuania at home in September before recording a historic victory in Paris four days later by defeating France 1–0 in the Parc des Princes. James McFadden's 64th-minute strike from 30 yards was enough to earn Scotland the win and returned them to the top of Group B with three games to play. This result has been hailed as one of the Scotland national team's greatest victories. Scotland's next success was at home to Ukraine, winning 3–1 at Hampden on 13 October. <mask> suffered his second defeat as manager, away in Georgia on 17 October.This result left Scotland facing a decider against the World Champions, Italy. Scotland lost the game 2–1, <mask>'s last, and Italy qualified for the finals. Birmingham City Premier League club Birmingham City's approach to the SFA for permission to speak to McLeish about their managerial vacancy was refused, but on his return on 27 November 2007 from attending the draw for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification in South Africa, he resigned his post as manager of Scotland and was announced as Birmingham's new manager the following day. His assistants with Scotland, Roy Aitken and Andy Watson, were to accompany him. McLeish said he wanted to return to working with players on a daily basis and had "always harboured a desire" to manage in the Premier League. He enjoyed a positive managerial debut with Birmingham, winning 3–2 away to Tottenham Hotspur. In the January 2008 transfer window, McLeish strengthened Birmingham's squad, buying David Murphy and James McFadden and signing Argentina under-20 international Mauro Zárate on loan, while generating funds by allowing fringe players to leave.He was unable to save Birmingham from relegation, despite the team recording an impressive 4–1 victory over Blackburn Rovers on the last day of the season. McLeish changed the club's backroom staff and training procedures, appointed David Watson as goalkeeping coach, and overhauled the scouting setup, bringing in Paul Montgomery – the scout who recommended a relatively unknown Didier Drogba to West Ham United – to oversee player recruitment. On the final day of the 2008–09 season, McLeish secured Birmingham's return to the top flight of English football at the first attempt with a 2–1 away victory over Reading. By mid-January 2010, he had guided them to a 12-game unbeaten run, a club record in the top division, set a Premier League record by selecting the same starting eleven for nine consecutive games, and been named Premier League Manager of the Month for December 2009, the first Birmingham manager to receive the award. By the end of the season <mask> had led Birmingham to ninth place, their highest finish for more than 50 years. Following Birmingham's success during the 2009–10 season, McLeish agreed a new three-year deal with the club in September 2010. In February 2011, McLeish led Birmingham to victory in the League Cup, defeating favourites Arsenal 2–1 in the final at Wembley in what he described as "relatively speaking, ... [his] greatest achievement".However, a poor run of form followed the League Cup win, and Birmingham were relegated to the Championship on the last day of the 2010–11 season. The directors confirmed that <mask> would keep his job, and would be expected to return the club to the Premier League at the first opportunity. <mask> however opted to quit Birmingham City on 12 June 2011 by email. Aston Villa On 17 June 2011, Aston Villa appointed <mask> as manager, just five days after leaving their local rivals Birmingham City. There was much controversy surrounding his appointment as Birmingham City claimed <mask> was still under contract and filed a complaint against Aston Villa to the Premier League while Villa claimed McLeish was a free agent. Aston Villa fans protested outside Villa Park and anti-McLeish graffiti had to be removed from outside Villa's training ground. McLeish made out of favour Manchester City goalkeeper Shay Given his first signing, and then recruited winger Charles N'Zogbia.<mask>'s first competitive game as Villa manager ended in a 0–0 draw with Fulham at Craven Cottage. He gained his first Premier League win as manager of Villa in a 3–1 win over Blackburn Rovers. Following victory over Blackburn, Villa drew their next four Premier League games until winning against Wigan 2–0. Aston Villa finally ended their unbeaten start with a 4–1 defeat away at Manchester City. <mask>'s side secured a surprise win over Chelsea just before signing LA Galaxy striker Robbie Keane on loan. Keane helped to secure Villa a crucial win against rivals Wolves in a 3–2 victory. <mask> led the 2011–12 Villa team to 16th place in the Premier League, avoiding relegation by two points, and set an unwanted club record of only four home wins.<mask>'s contract was terminated on 14 May, the day after the season ended. The reasons cited for his termination were the poor results and style of play used throughout his term as manager. Nottingham Forest <mask> was appointed manager of Football League Championship club Nottingham Forest on 27 December 2012. His first game in charge was on 29 December 2012, a 2–2 draw against Crystal Palace at the City Ground, with Billy Sharp scoring an injury-time equaliser for Nottingham Forest. <mask> earned his first win as Nottingham Forest manager on 12 January 2013, a 2–1 victory against Peterborough at home. <mask> took charge of his only East Midlands derby against Derby County on 19 January 2013, drawing 1–1 at Pride Park. On 2 February 2013, after a 2–1 defeat to former club Birmingham City on his first return to St Andrew's, he refused to commit his future to Nottingham Forest and claimed he was unhappy.This came after the Nottingham Forest board pulled out of a deal to sign George Boyd on the final day of the January transfer window. On 5 February 2013, he left the club by mutual consent. Genk <mask> stated in November 2013 that he would like to re-enter football management in some capacity, in England, Scotland or abroad. In August 2014, he was appointed manager of Belgian club Genk. <mask> made his managerial debut on 30 August, in which Genk drew Oostende 1–1 away. It was reported in March 2015 that <mask> would leave Genk at the end of the 2014–15 Belgian Pro League season, as the club had failed to qualify for the Championship play-offs, although they did reach Europa League play-offs. Zamalek <mask> was appointed manager of Egyptian Premier League club Zamalek on 28 February 2016.After a series of poor performances from the team, he was sacked on 2 May with ten matches of the season remaining. Scotland national team (second spell) <mask> was reappointed Scotland manager on 16 February 2018, on a two-year contract. Scotland won their 2018–19 UEFA Nations League group under McLeish, but he was sacked on 18 April 2019 following a 3–0 defeat by Kazakhstan. Outside of football McLeish had a cameo appearance in the Laurel and Hardy biopic Stan & Ollie, after a chance meeting with director and Aberdeen FC fan Jon S. Baird on a flight. In the film, McLeish can be briefly seen reading a newspaper in the lobby of the Savoy Hotel behind Steve Coogan. During the 2014 Scottish independence referendum McLeish was a supporter of the Better Together campaign against Scottish independence. players Association football central defenders Aston Villa F.C.managers Belgian First Division A managers Birmingham City F.C. managers Egyptian Premier League managers English Football League managers Expatriate football managers in Belgium Expatriate football managers in Egypt Hibernian F.C. managers K.R.C. 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<mask> was born in 1959 and is a Scottish professional football manager. McLeish was a central defender for Aberdeen during their 1980s glory years, making nearly 500 League appearances for the club, and winning 77 caps for Scotland. McLeish was 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 The Scotland national team narrowly missed out on the finals of the 2008 European championship under McLeish's management. In November of 2007, he resigned from this post to become the manager of Birmingham City, who were in the premier league at the time. McLeish guided them back to the top flight after they were demoted. At the end of the 2010–11 season, they were demoted to the Championship, despite winning the Football League Cup Final.He left his job at Birmingham to become the manager at their city rivals. He was the first manager to move from one club to another and the second to manage both clubs. His contract was terminated by Villa at the end of his first season after he narrowly avoided being demoted to the second tier. <mask> left after 40 days as manager of Nottingham Forest. The Belgian Pro League club Genk was managed by him. He was the Scotland national team manager for a second time. <mask> was honoured by the University of Aberdeen in recognition of his service to Scottish sport.<mask> was born in Duke Street Hospital in Glasgow to parents <mask> and Jean. He has two siblings. After living in the Parkhead and Kinning Park districts of the city, the family moved to Barrhead. He attended Springhill Primary, Barrhead High School, and John Neilson High School. He played for Barrhead Youth Club and Glasgow United as well as training with Hamilton Accies. A delegation from Aberdeen watched McLeish sign for the Pittodrie club the day after the local cup final with Glasgow United. Club McLeish spent most of his first two seasons at Aberdeen in the reserves and also had a loan spell at Junior Lewis United.He made his competitive debut in a New Year fixture. His first major final appearance was as a substitute in a 2–1 defeat to Rangers in the 1978–79 League Cup, under the management of <mask>, and most of his appearances during the 1970s were in the middle of the park. Over the next seven seasons, McLeish won eight domestic and two European trophies, and made the centre-back position his own. He scored in a 4–1 victory over Rangers in the 1982 Scottish Cup Final on his 200th Dons appearance, as well as a crucial goal in the European Cup Winners' Cup win over Real Madrid in 1983. McLeish formed a defensive triumvirate with Willie Miller and Jim Leighton. <mask> was asked by McLeish's father to convince him to continue training as an accountant after he won his first Scotland cap. Ferguson tried to get McLeish to sign for Manchester United, but it didn't work out, he also had talks with Spurs.The club's 'Gothenburg' squad took on an 'International legends' team in a match for McLeish in December 1988. He won the Scottish player of the year in 1990 after Aberdeen won both domestic cups. After Willie Miller's retirement, he became captain of Aberdeen. His 692 competitive appearances for the club are the second-most in the club's history behind Miller. <mask> gained 77 international caps between 1980 and 1993 and is Scotland's third most capped player. He gained six caps for the Scotland under-21 team after being capped for the first time at the age of 21. On 26 March 1980 he made his international debut in the middle of Jock Stein and Archie Gemmill.He played in three World Cup with Scotland. He is a member of the Scottish Football Hall of Fame, the Scotland national football team roll of honour and Scottish Television's fan poll Scotland's greatest team. <mask> was made team captain for the game against Luxembourg on the occasion of his 50th cap. His last cap came in a 3–0 win over Malta in the 1994 World Cup qualification. One year after he retired as a player, he went into football management with Motherwell. He took Motherwell to second place in the premier division behind Walter Smith's Rangers. He failed to build on this success and the next two seasons were spent in the basement.He took over at Hibernian in 1998. Despite a slight upturn in fortunes under McLeish, Hibs was demoted from the Scottish Premier Division in 1998. The Edinburgh team won the First Division championship to return to the Scottish premier league. In their first season back in the top division, Hibs finished mid-table and reached the Scottish Cup semi-finals. In the 2000–01) season, Hibs started very strong. They had to settle for third place and a Scottish Cup final appearance. West Ham United and Rangers were interested in this performance.McLeish was attracted to players such as Russell Latapy. He helped develop Kenny Miller, who went on to play for Scotland. McLeish was awarded a pro licence during this time. Rangers His work at Hibs was noticed, and he was linked with several moves to England, before he was appointed as Rangers manager in December 2001 after Dick Advocaat recommended McLeish to chairman David Murray. The big prize of the league title was lost before <mask> arrived at Rangers, despite the fact that he won the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup in his first season. He won the domestic treble with the help of players such as Ronald de Boer and Barry Ferguson. Many of his top players left in the summer of 2003 because of the Rangers' financial state.In the 2003– 2004 season, Celtic and Rangers did not win a trophy. Fans put pressure on <mask> after his poor signings and a record seven consecutive Old Firm derby losses to Celtic. The high-profile signings of Jean-Alain Boumsong and Dado Pro in the close season of 2004–05 gave Rangers renewed hope of regaining the title from Celtic's grasp. <mask>'s team won the 2005 league title on a dramatic last day, an outcome that had looked highly unlikely after Rangers fell five points behind leaders Celtic with just four games remaining. McLeish and his Rangers team were the favorites to retain the title. McLeish had little money to spend, but he made a number of signings. Rangers had a good start to the season, including a win over Celtic.A club record of 10 games without a win was included in this period. The tenth match of this run, a 1–1 draw with Inter Milan, took Rangers into the knockout stages of the tournament for the first time. Despite the poor domestic form, <mask> guided Rangers to the last 16 of the Champions League, where they were defeated on the away rule goals by Villarreal. They became the first Scottish team to progress this far in the European Cup since 1993, and the first Scottish team to progress through a European group stage. David Murray made a public announcement of his support for McLeish. Rangers had a good run of results in December and January. The run of good results came to a halt when they were defeated by Hibs in the Scottish Cup, sparking protests against both McLeish and Murray.<mask> would be stepping down as manager at the end of the 2006 season. He would be succeeded by Paul Le Guen. In his final match as manager, Rangers beat Hearts 2–0 at Ibrox Stadium. After leaving Rangers, <mask> said that he wouldn't manage another Scottish club because he had achieved everything in the Scottish game. He was linked in the media with a number of managerial positions in England while he worked as a television pundit. On January 29, 2007, <mask> took charge of the Scotland national team. Roy and Andy were his assistants.<mask>'s first game in charge of the national team was a 2–1 victory against Georgia. His second game was an away fixture against Italy which ended in a 2–0 defeat. <mask>'s Scotland side defeated the Faroe Islands at home in June and then defeated France in Paris four days later. Scotland returned to the top of Group B after James McFadden's 64th-minute strike gave them a win. One of the Scotland national team's greatest victories came from this result. Scotland defeated Ukraine 3–1 at home on 13 October. <mask> was defeated in Georgia on 17 October.Scotland was facing a decider against Italy. Italy qualified for the finals after Scotland lost the game 2–1. On his return from attending the draw for the 2010 World Cup qualification in South Africa, he resigned his post as manager of Scotland. Roy and Andy were with him. <mask> said he always wanted to manage in the premier league and wanted to return to working with players on a daily basis. He won his first game as a manager with a 3–2 victory away to Spurs. In the January 2008 transfer window, <mask> strengthened the squad by buying David Murphy and James McFadden and signing Mauro Zrate on a loan, while allowing fringe players to leave.He was unable to save the team from going down despite the team recording a 5–1 victory over Blackburn on the last day of the season. McLeish made a number of changes to the club's backroom staff, training procedures, and scouting setup. <mask> secured a return to the top flight of English football with a 2–1 away victory over Reading on the final day of the 2008–09 season. By the end of January 2010, he had guided them to a 12-game winning streak, a club record in the top division, and he was named the December League Manager of the month. By the end of the season, McLeish had led the team to ninth place, their highest finish in more than 50 years. <mask> signed a new three-year deal with the club in September 2010. In February of last year, <mask> led his team to victory in the League Cup and he described it as his greatest achievement.After the League Cup win, a poor run of form saw them demoted to the Championship on the last day of the 2010–11 season. The directors confirmed that McLeish would keep his job, and would be expected to return the club to the premier league at the first chance. <mask> quit Birmingham City by email. <mask> was appointed as manager of Villa just five days after leaving his previous job. There was a lot of controversy surrounding his appointment as it was claimed that <mask> was still under contract and that he was a free agent. Outside Villa Park, fans protested and anti-McLeish graffiti had to be removed. McLeish made Shay Given his first signing and then recruited Charles N'Zogbia.<mask>'s first competitive game as Villa manager ended in a 0–0 draw. He got his first win as a manager of Villa in a 3–1 win. Villa won against Wigan 2–0 after drawing their next four games. The 4–1 defeat at Manchester City was the end of the Villa's perfect start. <mask>'s side secured a win over a top team before signing a player. The 3–2 victory against Wolves was crucial for Villa. <mask> led the Villa team to 16th place in the premier league, avoiding the drop and setting a club record of only four home wins.The day after the season ended, <mask>'s contract was terminated. The poor results and style of play used throughout his term as manager was one of the reasons why he was terminated. <mask> was named the manager of the club on December 27th. His first game in charge was a 2–2 draw against Crystal Palace at the City Ground, with Billy Sharp scoring an injury-time equaliser forNottingham Forest. <mask> got his first win as Forest manager on January 12th. Derby County and McLeish drew 1–1 at Pride Park. After a 2–1 defeat to his former club, he refused to commit his future to Forest and claimed he was unhappy.On the final day of the January transfer window, theNottingham Forest board pulled out of a deal to sign George Boyd. He left the club by mutual consent. In November of last year, Genk <mask> stated that he would like to return to football management in England, Scotland or abroad. He was the manager of Genk. <mask> made his managerial debut on August 30. In March 2015, it was reported that <mask> would leave Genk at the end of the Belgian Pro League season, as the club had failed to qualify for the Championship play-offs. <mask> was appointed manager of the club on February 28, 2016He was dismissed with ten matches of the season remaining after a series of poor performances. <mask> was reappointed Scotland manager on February 16, 2018, on a two-year contract. Scotland won the Nations League group under McLeish, but he was fired after a 3–0 loss to Kazakhstan. <mask> made a brief appearance in the film after meeting the director and Aberdeen FC fan Jon S. Baird on a flight. McLeish can be seen in the film reading a newspaper in the lobby of the Savoy Hotel. McLeish supported the Better Together campaign against Scottish independence. Football players from the Villa F.C.The managers are from Belgian First Division A. Football managers in Egypt are in the English Football League. Managers K.R.C. Lewis United F.C. is managed by Genk managers. People living in Motherwell F.C. Managers Motherwell F.C. The players are from the Forest F.C.Rangers F.C. managers are from Barrhead. The Scottish Football Hall of Fame has managers from the Scottish Football League.

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Rachida Triki, also known as Rachida Boubaker-Triki (born 24 March 1949) is a Tunisian philosopher, art historian, art critic, and art curator. She is a full Professor of Philosophy at Tunis University, specialized in Aesthetics. Biography and career Triki graduated from the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne in 1971. Her thesis was titled, Aesthetics and Politics at the Renaissance, and was directed by . In 1983 she obtained her PhD from University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. In 2001, she obtained a Habilitation in Philosophy from Paris 8 University, under the direction of . Since 2010, Triki is full Professor of Philosophy at Tunis University. She is the founder and president of the Tunisian Association of Aesthetics and Poetics (ATEP), the vice president of the International Association of Poetics (SIP), member of the executive board of the Euro-Mediterranean association for Art History and Aesthetics (AEPHAE), and delegate in the executive board of International Association for Aesthetics (IAA). Triki is also an art critic and a curator specialized in North African Art. In 1994, she has co-produced a series of 24 documentaries about the Tunisian painters in their workplace. She also has been the curator of numerous international art exhibitions in Europe and Africa. She has also been advising visual art foundations and nominating Artists for various international Awards. Currently she is acting as advisor for a Kamel Lazaar Foundation and nominator for Prix Pictet 2013 and for Prince Claus Awards 2013. She has organized numerous international meetings on the contemporaneous problems of the creation in Arts, and has published books and articles on the subject. She is also a member of editorial boards of “Recherches poïétiques” and “Art’in”. During the Tunisian revolution 2011, Rachida Triki, as a president of the Tunisian Association of Aesthetics and Poetics initiated an appeal for the democratization of culture, for the support of free and independent art criticism, and for the encouragement of young artists and cultural NGOs. Bibliography Authored L'image: Ce que l'on voit, ce que l'on crée (The Image: What is seen, what is created), Larousse, Paris, 2008. L'esthétique du temps pictural (The aesthetics of the pictorial time), Tunis, 2001. Paintings in Hasdrubal, Tunis 2002 (translated into French, Arabic and German). Les femmes peintres en Tunisie (Women painters in Tunisia) CREDIF Tunis 2001. L'esthétique et la question du sens (Aesthetic and sense), Arcantères, Paris, 2000 Esthétique et politique à la Renaissance (Aesthetic and political in Renaissance), Publications de l'Université de Tunis, Tunis 1986. Edited Poïètique artistique et citoyenneté , Wassiti Edition, Tunis, 2012 Le contemporain des arts , Wassiti Edition, Tunis, 2011 Orient Occident, Les arts dans le prisme exogène (Orient/Occident), Wassiti Edition, Tunis, 2008. Poïétique de l’existence, Stratégie des arts contemporains (Contenporain art strategy), Beit elHekma, Tunis, 2008. Philosopher en Tunisie aujourd'hui (Doing philosophy in Tunisia today) Revue Rue Descartes n°61, Paris 2008. Quelle pensée dans la pratique des arts? (Thinking Arts), ATEP, Tunis, 2007. Poïètique de l'existence, Stratégies contemporaines des arts , SONUMED Edition, Tunis, 2006 Espaces et mémoires (Spaces and Memory), Maghreb Edition, Tunis, 2005. Creation, hasard et necessité (Creation, luck and necessity), Tunis, 2003. Arts and transcréation (Arts et transcréation), Wassiti, Tunis, 2001. Critique et création (Criticism and creation), CPU, Tunis, 2000. Création et culture (Creation and culture), Arcantères Paris, 1994. Patrimoine et création (Patrimony and creation), Edilis, Lyon, 1992. Filmography In 1994 Rachida Triki has co-produced a series of 24 documentaries for the national Tunisian TV (RTT). Each documentary explores a Tunisian painter's work. It contains interviews of the painter, scenes of the creation process, and critics of art works. Exhibitions 2013: Curator for the Land Art event "De Colline en Colline, 24h pour l’art contemporain" (From hill to hill, 24h for the Contemporary Art), Sidi Bou Saïd / Takrouna / Chénini, Tunisia, Mars 2013. 2011: Curator for the exhibition "Photographies contemporaines en Tunisie" (Contemporary photography in Tunisia), National Centre of Living Art, Tunisia, octobre 2011. 2010: Curator for North Africa for Dak'Art 2010, The 9th Biennale of Contemporary African Art. Dakar, Senegal. 2010: Curator for Contemporary Art exhibition La Part Du Corps, Tunis City Museum 2009: Curator for Contemporary Art exhibition Proximity, Tunis City Museum. 2008: Co-curators for Bienal Pontevedra of Contemporary Arts, Spain (Artists: Nadia Kaabi, Halim Karabibène, Nicène Kossentini, Mouna Karray, Mouna Jmal and Sana Tamzini). 2007: Curator for North Africa, at National Museum of Mali, Bamako, Contact Zone (Artists: Hassen Echair, Dalal Tangour, Ammar Bouras). 2006: Curator for Poïétique de l’existence, Hammamet, (Tunisia) (Artists: Abderrazek Sahli, Taïeb Ben Hadj Ahmed, Nicéne Kossentini, Amel Bouslama). 2004: Co-curator for Paysages croisés, Centre Culturel Arabe, Paris (Artists: Faten Chouba, Eliane Chiron, Jean Le Gac, Fadoua Dagdoug). 2002: Organisation of monographic exhibition for the artist René Passeron, Eros et le tragique, In images (1946 – 2002) in Galerie Hasdrubal, Hammamet, Tunisia 2000: Co-curator for Lumières tunisiennes Hôtel de ville, Paris (Artists: Aly Ben Salem, Najib Belkhodja, Ridha Bettaëb). 1999: Co-curator for D’ici et de là-bas : miroir tunisien at Espace Alizés, Brussels, (Artists: Mohamed Trigui, Samira Lourini, Nja Mahdaoui, Faouzia Hichri, Adel Magdiche). 1998: Organisation of exhibition L’effet Olivier at Moulin Mahjoub, Tébourba Tunisia: (Artists: Nja Mahdaoui, Abderrazak Sahli, Chadli Elloumi, Ridha Bettaïb, Aïcha Ibrahim). 1994: Organisation of monographic exhibition for the artist Dhia Azzawi, porte-folio Aboul Kacem Al Chabbi, Galerie La Kasbah, Sfax Tunisia 1991: Organisation of exhibition Patrimoines at Academia of Art Beit al Hikma, Carthage (Tunisia) (Khaled Ben Slimane, Nja Mahdaoui, Faouzia Hichri, Abderrazek Sahli). References External links Official website Further reading University of Ferrara European culture congress Wroclav ,Poland, 2011 L'image ce que l'on voit, ce que l'on crée, Rachida Triki, Larousse 2008 Doing philosophy in Tunisia today, Rachida Triki, Revue - Horizons Rue Descartes n°61, Paris 2008. Rachida Triki talk at the North African and Middle Eastern Curatorial Symposium MOMA New York 2007 Rachida Triki Q&A at the North African and Middle Eastern Curatorial Symposium MOMA New York 2007 Transkulturalität und Kreation: Die bildenden Künste im Maghreb La poïétique comme science et commme philosophie de la création: actes du Premier Colloque international de poïétique, Editions Poïésis, 1991 International Association for Aesthetics Newsletter No. 28 – Spring 2005 ARTbibliographies Modern v. 19, no. 2 - 1988 Souveraineté et sujet créateur Revue ARCHES Tome 8 2005 ARTANK Quels lieux pour les arts, aujourd’hui? ARTANK L’art et le virtuel dans notre espace comme utopie de réenchantement Alwifaqonline interview with Rachida Triki International Association for Aesthetics Transculturalité et création : le cas des arts plastiques au Maghreb by Rachida Triki. International Congress of Aesthetics 2007 <<Aesthetics Bridging Cultures>> Paysages croisés. La part du corps Le régime postcolonial des arts et les usages de la modernité by Rachida Triki. Unha mutabilidade creadora, Bienal de Pontevedra 2008, Sen Fronteiras, España A creative mutability, Pontevedra Art Biennial 2008, Without borders, Spain 1949 births African art curators Living people Philosophers of art Pantheon-Sorbonne University alumni Tunis University faculty Tunisian philosophers Tunisian women philosophers 20th-century philosophers 21st-century Tunisian philosophers Art historians Women art historians 20th-century women writers 21st-century women writers University of Paris alumni

<mask>, also known as <mask> (born 24 March 1949) is a Tunisian philosopher, art historian, art critic, and art curator. She is a full Professor of Philosophy at Tunis University, specialized in Aesthetics. Biography and career <mask> graduated from the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne in 1971. Her thesis was titled, Aesthetics and Politics at the Renaissance, and was directed by . In 1983 she obtained her PhD from University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. In 2001, she obtained a Habilitation in Philosophy from Paris 8 University, under the direction of . Since 2010, <mask> is full Professor of Philosophy at Tunis University.She is the founder and president of the Tunisian Association of Aesthetics and Poetics (ATEP), the vice president of the International Association of Poetics (SIP), member of the executive board of the Euro-Mediterranean association for Art History and Aesthetics (AEPHAE), and delegate in the executive board of International Association for Aesthetics (IAA). <mask> is also an art critic and a curator specialized in North African Art. In 1994, she has co-produced a series of 24 documentaries about the Tunisian painters in their workplace. She also has been the curator of numerous international art exhibitions in Europe and Africa. She has also been advising visual art foundations and nominating Artists for various international Awards. Currently she is acting as advisor for a Kamel Lazaar Foundation and nominator for Prix Pictet 2013 and for Prince Claus Awards 2013. She has organized numerous international meetings on the contemporaneous problems of the creation in Arts, and has published books and articles on the subject.She is also a member of editorial boards of “Recherches poïétiques” and “Art’in”. During the Tunisian revolution 2011, <mask> <mask>, as a president of the Tunisian Association of Aesthetics and Poetics initiated an appeal for the democratization of culture, for the support of free and independent art criticism, and for the encouragement of young artists and cultural NGOs. Bibliography Authored L'image: Ce que l'on voit, ce que l'on crée (The Image: What is seen, what is created), Larousse, Paris, 2008. L'esthétique du temps pictural (The aesthetics of the pictorial time), Tunis, 2001. Paintings in Hasdrubal, Tunis 2002 (translated into French, Arabic and German). Les femmes peintres en Tunisie (Women painters in Tunisia) CREDIF Tunis 2001. L'esthétique et la question du sens (Aesthetic and sense), Arcantères, Paris, 2000 Esthétique et politique à la Renaissance (Aesthetic and political in Renaissance), Publications de l'Université de Tunis, Tunis 1986.Edited Poïètique artistique et citoyenneté , Wassiti Edition, Tunis, 2012 Le contemporain des arts , Wassiti Edition, Tunis, 2011 Orient Occident, Les arts dans le prisme exogène (Orient/Occident), Wassiti Edition, Tunis, 2008. Poïétique de l’existence, Stratégie des arts contemporains (Contenporain art strategy), Beit elHekma, Tunis, 2008. Philosopher en Tunisie aujourd'hui (Doing philosophy in Tunisia today) Revue Rue Descartes n°61, Paris 2008. Quelle pensée dans la pratique des arts? (Thinking Arts), ATEP, Tunis, 2007. Poïètique de l'existence, Stratégies contemporaines des arts , SONUMED Edition, Tunis, 2006 Espaces et mémoires (Spaces and Memory), Maghreb Edition, Tunis, 2005. Creation, hasard et necessité (Creation, luck and necessity), Tunis, 2003.Arts and transcréation (Arts et transcréation), Wassiti, Tunis, 2001. Critique et création (Criticism and creation), CPU, Tunis, 2000. Création et culture (Creation and culture), Arcantères Paris, 1994. Patrimoine et création (Patrimony and creation), Edilis, Lyon, 1992. Filmography In 1994 <mask> <mask> has co-produced a series of 24 documentaries for the national Tunisian TV (RTT). Each documentary explores a Tunisian painter's work. It contains interviews of the painter, scenes of the creation process, and critics of art works.Exhibitions 2013: Curator for the Land Art event "De Colline en Colline, 24h pour l’art contemporain" (From hill to hill, 24h for the Contemporary Art), Sidi Bou Saïd / Takrouna / Chénini, Tunisia, Mars 2013. 2011: Curator for the exhibition "Photographies contemporaines en Tunisie" (Contemporary photography in Tunisia), National Centre of Living Art, Tunisia, octobre 2011. 2010: Curator for North Africa for Dak'Art 2010, The 9th Biennale of Contemporary African Art. Dakar, Senegal. 2010: Curator for Contemporary Art exhibition La Part Du Corps, Tunis City Museum 2009: Curator for Contemporary Art exhibition Proximity, Tunis City Museum. 2008: Co-curators for Bienal Pontevedra of Contemporary Arts, Spain (Artists: Nadia Kaabi, Halim Karabibène, Nicène Kossentini, Mouna Karray, Mouna Jmal and Sana Tamzini). 2007: Curator for North Africa, at National Museum of Mali, Bamako, Contact Zone (Artists: Hassen Echair, Dalal Tangour, Ammar Bouras).2006: Curator for Poïétique de l’existence, Hammamet, (Tunisia) (Artists: Abderrazek Sahli, Taïeb Ben Hadj Ahmed, Nicéne Kossentini, Amel Bouslama). 2004: Co-curator for Paysages croisés, Centre Culturel Arabe, Paris (Artists: Faten Chouba, Eliane Chiron, Jean Le Gac, Fadoua Dagdoug). 2002: Organisation of monographic exhibition for the artist René Passeron, Eros et le tragique, In images (1946 – 2002) in Galerie Hasdrubal, Hammamet, Tunisia 2000: Co-curator for Lumières tunisiennes Hôtel de ville, Paris (Artists: Aly Ben Salem, Najib Belkhodja, Ridha Bettaëb). 1999: Co-curator for D’ici et de là-bas : miroir tunisien at Espace Alizés, Brussels, (Artists: Mohamed Trigui, Samira Lourini, Nja Mahdaoui, Faouzia Hichri, Adel Magdiche). 1998: Organisation of exhibition L’effet Olivier at Moulin Mahjoub, Tébourba Tunisia: (Artists: Nja Mahdaoui, Abderrazak Sahli, Chadli Elloumi, Ridha Bettaïb, Aïcha Ibrahim). 1994: Organisation of monographic exhibition for the artist Dhia Azzawi, porte-folio Aboul Kacem Al Chabbi, Galerie La Kasbah, Sfax Tunisia 1991: Organisation of exhibition Patrimoines at Academia of Art Beit al Hikma, Carthage (Tunisia) (Khaled Ben Slimane, Nja Mahdaoui, Faouzia Hichri, Abderrazek Sahli). References External links Official website Further reading University of Ferrara European culture congress Wroclav ,Poland, 2011 L'image ce que l'on voit, ce que l'on crée, Rachida Triki, Larousse 2008 Doing philosophy in Tunisia today, Rachida Triki, Revue - Horizons Rue Descartes n°61, Paris 2008.Rachida Triki talk at the North African and Middle Eastern Curatorial Symposium MOMA New York 2007 Rachida Triki Q&A at the North African and Middle Eastern Curatorial Symposium MOMA New York 2007 Transkulturalität und Kreation: Die bildenden Künste im Maghreb La poïétique comme science et commme philosophie de la création: actes du Premier Colloque international de poïétique, Editions Poïésis, 1991 International Association for Aesthetics Newsletter No. 28 – Spring 2005 ARTbibliographies Modern v. 19, no. 2 - 1988 Souveraineté et sujet créateur Revue ARCHES Tome 8 2005 ARTANK Quels lieux pour les arts, aujourd’hui? ARTANK L’art et le virtuel dans notre espace comme utopie de réenchantement Alwifaqonline interview with Rachida Triki International Association for Aesthetics Transculturalité et création : le cas des arts plastiques au Maghreb by Rachida <mask>. International Congress of Aesthetics 2007 <<Aesthetics Bridging Cultures>> Paysages croisés. La part du corps Le régime postcolonial des arts et les usages de la modernité by Rachida <mask>. Unha mutabilidade creadora, Bienal de Pontevedra 2008, Sen Fronteiras, España A creative mutability, Pontevedra Art Biennial 2008, Without borders, Spain 1949 births African art curators Living people Philosophers of art Pantheon-Sorbonne University alumni Tunis University faculty Tunisian philosophers Tunisian women philosophers 20th-century philosophers 21st-century Tunisian philosophers Art historians Women art historians 20th-century women writers 21st-century women writers University of Paris alumni

<mask> is a philosopher, art historian, art critic, and art curator. She is a professor of philosophy at the university. <mask> graduated from the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne in 1971. Her thesis was titled Aesthetics and Politics at the Renaissance. She obtained her PhD from the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. She obtained a Habilitation in Philosophy from Paris 8 University in 2001. <mask> is a full professor at the university.She is a member of the executive board of the Euro-Mediterranean association for Art History and Aesthetics, as well as the founder and president of the Tunisia Association of Aesthetics and Poetics. <mask> is an art critic and a curator. She co-produced a series of documentaries about the painters in their workplace. She has held numerous art exhibitions in Europe and Africa. She advises visual art foundations and nominates artists for international awards. She is an advisor for the Kamel Lazaar Foundation and a nominator for the Prince Claus Awards. She has published books and articles on the subject of the creation in Arts.She is on the editorial boards of both "Recherches poetiques" and "Art'in". An appeal for the democratization of culture, for the support of free and independent art criticism, and for the encouragement of young artists and cultural NGOs was initiated by the president of the Tunisia Association of Aesthetics and Poetics. Larousse, Paris, 2008, author of L'image: Ce qui l'on voit, ce qui l'on crée (The image: What is seen, what is created). L'esthétique du temps pictural was published in 2001. The paintings in Hasdrubal were translated into French, Arabic and German. There are women painters in Tunisia. L'esthétique et la question du sens (Aesthetic and sense), Arcantres, Paris, 2000 Esthétique et politique la Renaissance (Aesthetic and political in Renaissance) was published in 1986.The Wassiti Edition of the Potique artistique was published in 2012 in Tunisia. The arts contemporains (Contenporain art strategy) is the topic of the Poétique de l'existence. The philosopher in Tunisia today is doing philosophy in Paris. Quelle pensée? ATEP, Tunis, 2007, is the location of the Thinking Arts. Potique de l'existence, stragies contemporaines des arts, was published in 2006 in Tunisia. Creation, hasard et necessité (Creation, luck and necessity), was held in Tunisia in 2003The arts and transcréation was published in 2001. Critique and creation, CPU, Tunisia, 2000. The creation and culture of Arcantres Paris was held in 1994. Edilis, Lyon, 1992, "Patrimony and creation" A series of 24 documentaries was co-produced by <mask> <mask>. The work of a painter from Tunisia is explored in each documentary. Interviews of the painter, scenes of the creation process, and critics of art works are included.The Curator for the Land Art event "De Colline en Colline, 24h pour l'art contemporain" is from hill to hill. The exhibition "Photographies contemporaines en Tunisie" was held at the National Centre of Living Art in Tunisia. There is a Curator for North Africa for the 9th Biennale of Contemporary African Art. There is a city in Senegal. The Curator for Contemporary Art exhibition La Part Du Corps was appointed in 2010. Co-curators for Bienal Pontevedra of Contemporary Arts were Halim Karabibne and Mouna Karray. The Curator for North Africa in 2007, was Hassen Echair, Dalal Tangour, and Ammar Bouras.The Curator for Poétique de l'existence is from Tunisia. The Centre Culturel Arabe in Paris has a co-curator for Paysages croisés. In images is a monographic exhibition for the artist René Passeron. In 1999 there was a co-curator for D'ici et de l-bas. There was an exhibition at Moulin Mahjoub in 1998. There was an exhibition for the artist Dhia Azzawi at the porte-folio Aboul Kacem Al Chabbi. The University of Ferrara European culture congress Wroclav, Poland, was held in 2011.The North African and Middle Eastern Curatorial Symposium was held in New York. The ARTbibliographies Modern was published in the spring of 2005. 2 - 1988 Souveraineté et sujet créateur Revue ArCHES Tome 8 2005. An interview with Rachida Triki International Association for Aesthetics Transculturalité et création can be found here. The International Congress of Aesthetics was held in 2007. Le corps postcolonial des arts etles usages de la modernité is written by Rachida <mask>. Pontevedra Art 2008, Without borders, Spain 1949 births African art curators Living people Philosophers of art Pantheon-Sorbonne University alumni.

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Katherine D. Ortega

Katherine Dávalos Ortega (born July 16, 1934) is a former politician who was the 38th Treasurer of the United States. She served from September 26, 1983 to July 1, 1989 under Presidents Ronald Reagan and then George H. W. Bush. Ortega also has the distinction of being the first female bank president in the state of California. Early life Ortega was born in Tularosa, New Mexico to Donaciano Ortega and Catarina Dávalos. She was one of nine children. Her family had originally come to New Mexico when the area still comprised a territory. Ortega's paternal grandfather arrived from Texas in the 1880s while on her mother's side, her great-grandfather Luciano had been one of the original settlers of Tularosa in 1862. Ortega's father, a former Justice of the Peace in nearby Bent, opened a blacksmith shop in Tularosa in 1928. By the 1940s, he owned a small restaurant with a dance hall attached in which the entire family worked. Ortega began to work in the restaurant at age 10, operating the cash register. Originally, Ortega grew up speaking only Spanish. She later learned English when she entered the local elementary school. As a teenager, Ortega worked as a teller at Otero County State Bank in order to earn enough money for college. She attended Eastern New Mexico University and graduated with honors in 1957 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Economics. Initially wanting to become a teacher, Ortega was dismayed by repeated instances of discrimination and, instead, opened a small accounting firm in Alamogordo with one of her sisters, a certified public accountant. The family had already relocated to that town when her father moved the growing restaurant business there in the 1940s and opened a furniture store. Banking career In 1968, Ortega moved to Los Angeles where she became a CPA and joined the firm of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Company as a tax supervisor. She also worked as a cashier at Pan American National Bank, a financial institution founded in 1963 by Romana Acosta Bañuelos. Ortega became vice president of the bank in 1971 the same year that Bañuelos was sworn-in as U.S. Treasurer. Finally, in 1975, Ortega became president of Santa Ana State Bank, the first woman chief executive of a bank in the state. Ortega returned to New Mexico in 1977 in order to help run the family accounting firm. Under her stewardship, the company grew into the Otero Savings and Loan Association and, by 1983, had assets of $20 million. During this time, Ortega garnered numerous academic and business accolades for her efforts. Political appointments Ortega was involved in Republican Party politics from an early age. "I was born a Republican," she has been quoted on several occasions. She often credited her father, a lifelong Republican, with her decision to join the Party. Ortega worked for Republicans at local and state levels initially as a type of low-key liaison to women and Hispanic groups in New Mexico. After her return to her home state, she became involved in the 1978 re-election campaign of Sen. Pete Domenici. In time, the senator became something of a political benefactor. In April 1982, Ortega was named to a 10-person Presidential Advisory Committee on Small and Minority Business Ownership by President Ronald Reagan. In December, she was appointed one of five members and chair of the Copyright Royal Commission, a federal agency established in 1976 to set royalty fees for the cable television and music entertainment industries. In 1983, Sen. Domenici, by that time chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, put forth Ortega's name for the post of U.S. Treasurer. She was officially nominated by President Reagan on September 12 of that year. U.S. Treasurer Ortega was sworn in on October 3, 1983 (however, she is listed by the Treasury Department as having begun her term on September 26). She was the tenth consecutive woman and the second-ever Hispanic to hold the office. At her swearing-in ceremony, three previous U.S. Treasurers attended: Francine Irving Neff, Bañuelos, and her immediate predecessor, Bay Buchanan. While Treasurer, Ortega oversaw a $220 million budget, raised $40 million toward the restoration of the Statue of Liberty, and helped to design a new currency to aid in preventing counterfeiting. She also spearheaded the effort to have the West Point Bullion Depository designated as an official United States Mint. Although soft-spoken in personal conversation, Ortega became known for her rhetorical speaking skills in public. "Her low-key authenticity works magic with an audience," one Treasury Department official is quoted as saying. In 1984, she was chosen to be the keynote speaker at that year's Republican National Convention- the first Hispanic woman to deliver the lead speech at a national convention. This was done in part to counter the selection of prominent New York governor Mario Cuomo at the Democratic National Convention. As the highest-ranking Hispanic (until the appointment of Lauro Cavazos as Secretary of Education in 1988) and one of only a few high-profile women in the Administration combined with the largely ceremonial nature of the Treasurer's office, Ortega was one of the key personnel utilized by the White House in outreach to both the Hispanic community and women's organizations. In 1984 alone, she logged almost 60,000 miles in appearances before Republican and Hispanic groups. In 1986, Ortega conducted a study that rejected the idea of changing the colors of $50 and $100 denomination bills in order to frustrate counterfeiters and drug lords with large amounts of such type of cash. This idea would later be partially incorporated into U.S. currency during subsequent administrations. After Reagan left office, Ortega was retained by the George H. W. Bush administration and reappointed to her post on January 20, 1989. She retired from the office in July and returned to her family firm in New Mexico. Post-Treasurer years While Ortega returned to the private sector and business activities, she still maintained a low profile in political circles. In 1990, she was appointed by President Bush to serve as an Alternate Representative to the United Nations General Assembly for the duration of his administration. She also worked in an advisory capacity for the National Park Service and the non-profit organization, Executive Women in Government. Ortega served on the Boards of a number of large corporations: Ralston-Purina, Rayonier, Ultramar Diamond Shamrock, and, since 1992, Kroger. She has also continued her efforts on behalf of women in business while working at Catalyst, a business and research advisory firm. Ortega has received honorary degrees from Kean University, Villanova University, and her alma mater, Eastern New Mexico. Sicpa investigation Ortega's years as Treasurer came partially under scrutiny in 1992 when Sen. John Glenn, then chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, investigated irregularities in the competitive bidding process used by the Treasury Department. Sen. Glenn's committee questioned the relationship between Robert J. Leuver, then director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and Maurice Amon, president of Sicpa Industries of America – the sole provider of the ink used for U.S. currency since 1982. In particular, Sen. Glenn was concerned over gifts and other gratuities received by Leuver from Amon's company. One focus of the investigation was a business trip taken to the Far East by several government and business officials, including Ortega, Leuver, and Amon, in 1985. Ortega was not implicated in any wrongdoing and Leuver was also exonerated from any impropriety during the course of the investigation. The Department of Justice declined to investigate the matter due to insufficient evidence supporting the claims. In 2002, Ortega's achievements from humble beginnings were recognized by the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans when she received the organization's Horatio Alger Award. Family life Ortega has cited her family upbringing as her chief inspiration in life: I am the product of a heritage that teaches strong family devotion, a commitment to earning a livelihood by hard work, patience, determination and . She has often singled out her father in particular, saying that "[he] taught me we were as good as anybody else, that we could accomplish anything we wanted ..." Ortega was married briefly when she returned to New Mexico in the late 1970s. In interviews, she has declined to elaborate on that part of her life, insisting only that she be referred to as "Mrs. Ortega". In 1989, she married Lloyd J. Derrickson, a former general counsel with Merrill Lynch and currently a board member with World Cell, a wireless communications consulting firm. She has no children. Notes External links |- 1934 births American politicians of Mexican descent Eastern New Mexico University alumni Hispanic and Latino American women in politics Living people New Mexico Republicans People from Tularosa, New Mexico Reagan administration personnel Treasurers of the United States Hispanic and Latino American people in New Mexico politics

<mask> (born July 16, 1934) is a former politician who was the 38th Treasurer of the United States. She served from September 26, 1983 to July 1, 1989 under Presidents Ronald Reagan and then George H. W. Bush. <mask> also has the distinction of being the first female bank president in the state of California. Early life <mask> was born in Tularosa, New Mexico to <mask> and <mask>. She was one of nine children. Her family had originally come to New Mexico when the area still comprised a territory. Ortega's paternal grandfather arrived from Texas in the 1880s while on her mother's side, her great-grandfather Luciano had been one of the original settlers of Tularosa in 1862.Ortega's father, a former Justice of the Peace in nearby Bent, opened a blacksmith shop in Tularosa in 1928. By the 1940s, he owned a small restaurant with a dance hall attached in which the entire family worked. Ortega began to work in the restaurant at age 10, operating the cash register. Originally, Ortega grew up speaking only Spanish. She later learned English when she entered the local elementary school. As a teenager, Ortega worked as a teller at Otero County State Bank in order to earn enough money for college. She attended Eastern New Mexico University and graduated with honors in 1957 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Economics.Initially wanting to become a teacher, Ortega was dismayed by repeated instances of discrimination and, instead, opened a small accounting firm in Alamogordo with one of her sisters, a certified public accountant. The family had already relocated to that town when her father moved the growing restaurant business there in the 1940s and opened a furniture store. Banking career In 1968, Ortega moved to Los Angeles where she became a CPA and joined the firm of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Company as a tax supervisor. She also worked as a cashier at Pan American National Bank, a financial institution founded in 1963 by Romana Acosta Bañuelos. Ortega became vice president of the bank in 1971 the same year that Bañuelos was sworn-in as U.S. Treasurer. Finally, in 1975, <mask> became president of Santa Ana State Bank, the first woman chief executive of a bank in the state. Ortega returned to New Mexico in 1977 in order to help run the family accounting firm.Under her stewardship, the company grew into the Otero Savings and Loan Association and, by 1983, had assets of $20 million. During this time, Ortega garnered numerous academic and business accolades for her efforts. Political appointments <mask> was involved in Republican Party politics from an early age. "I was born a Republican," she has been quoted on several occasions. She often credited her father, a lifelong Republican, with her decision to join the Party. Ortega worked for Republicans at local and state levels initially as a type of low-key liaison to women and Hispanic groups in New Mexico. After her return to her home state, she became involved in the 1978 re-election campaign of Sen. <mask>i.In time, the senator became something of a political benefactor. In April 1982, <mask> was named to a 10-person Presidential Advisory Committee on Small and Minority Business Ownership by President Ronald Reagan. In December, she was appointed one of five members and chair of the Copyright Royal Commission, a federal agency established in 1976 to set royalty fees for the cable television and music entertainment industries. In 1983, Sen. <mask>, by that time chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, put forth <mask>'s name for the post of U.S. Treasurer. She was officially nominated by President Reagan on September 12 of that year. U.S. Treasurer <mask> was sworn in on October 3, 1983 (however, she is listed by the Treasury Department as having begun her term on September 26). She was the tenth consecutive woman and the second-ever Hispanic to hold the office.At her swearing-in ceremony, three previous U.S. Treasurers attended: Francine Irving Neff, Bañuelos, and her immediate predecessor, Bay Buchanan. While Treasurer, Ortega oversaw a $220 million budget, raised $40 million toward the restoration of the Statue of Liberty, and helped to design a new currency to aid in preventing counterfeiting. She also spearheaded the effort to have the West Point Bullion Depository designated as an official United States Mint. Although soft-spoken in personal conversation, Ortega became known for her rhetorical speaking skills in public. "Her low-key authenticity works magic with an audience," one Treasury Department official is quoted as saying. In 1984, she was chosen to be the keynote speaker at that year's Republican National Convention- the first Hispanic woman to deliver the lead speech at a national convention. This was done in part to counter the selection of prominent New York governor Mario Cuomo at the Democratic National Convention.As the highest-ranking Hispanic (until the appointment of Lauro Cavazos as Secretary of Education in 1988) and one of only a few high-profile women in the Administration combined with the largely ceremonial nature of the Treasurer's office, <mask> was one of the key personnel utilized by the White House in outreach to both the Hispanic community and women's organizations. In 1984 alone, she logged almost 60,000 miles in appearances before Republican and Hispanic groups. In 1986, <mask> conducted a study that rejected the idea of changing the colors of $50 and $100 denomination bills in order to frustrate counterfeiters and drug lords with large amounts of such type of cash. This idea would later be partially incorporated into U.S. currency during subsequent administrations. After Reagan left office, <mask> was retained by the George H. W. Bush administration and reappointed to her post on January 20, 1989. She retired from the office in July and returned to her family firm in New Mexico. Post-Treasurer years While Ortega returned to the private sector and business activities, she still maintained a low profile in political circles.In 1990, she was appointed by President Bush to serve as an Alternate Representative to the United Nations General Assembly for the duration of his administration. She also worked in an advisory capacity for the National Park Service and the non-profit organization, Executive Women in Government. <mask> served on the Boards of a number of large corporations: Ralston-Purina, Rayonier, Ultramar Diamond Shamrock, and, since 1992, Kroger. She has also continued her efforts on behalf of women in business while working at Catalyst, a business and research advisory firm. Ortega has received honorary degrees from Kean University, Villanova University, and her alma mater, Eastern New Mexico. Sicpa investigation <mask>'s years as Treasurer came partially under scrutiny in 1992 when Sen. John Glenn, then chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, investigated irregularities in the competitive bidding process used by the Treasury Department. Sen. Glenn's committee questioned the relationship between Robert J. Leuver, then director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and Maurice Amon, president of Sicpa Industries of America – the sole provider of the ink used for U.S. currency since 1982.In particular, Sen. Glenn was concerned over gifts and other gratuities received by Leuver from Amon's company. One focus of the investigation was a business trip taken to the Far East by several government and business officials, including <mask>, Leuver, and Amon, in 1985. Ortega was not implicated in any wrongdoing and Leuver was also exonerated from any impropriety during the course of the investigation. The Department of Justice declined to investigate the matter due to insufficient evidence supporting the claims. In 2002, Ortega's achievements from humble beginnings were recognized by the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans when she received the organization's Horatio Alger Award. Family life Ortega has cited her family upbringing as her chief inspiration in life: I am the product of a heritage that teaches strong family devotion, a commitment to earning a livelihood by hard work, patience, determination and . She has often singled out her father in particular, saying that "[he] taught me we were as good as anybody else, that we could accomplish anything we wanted ..." Ortega was married briefly when she returned to New Mexico in the late 1970s.In interviews, she has declined to elaborate on that part of her life, insisting only that she be referred to as "Mrs. Ortega". In 1989, she married Lloyd J<mask>, a former general counsel with Merrill Lynch and currently a board member with World Cell, a wireless communications consulting firm. She has no children. Notes External links |- 1934 births American politicians of Mexican descent Eastern New Mexico University alumni Hispanic and Latino American women in politics Living people New Mexico Republicans People from Tularosa, New Mexico Reagan administration personnel Treasurers of the United States Hispanic and Latino American people in New Mexico politics

The 38th treasurer of the United States is a former politician who was born in 1934. She served under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. She is the first female bank president in the state of California. <mask> and <mask> were the parents of early life Ortega. She was a child. When the area still comprised a territory, her family came to New Mexico. Luciano, her great-grandfather, was one of the original settlers of Tularosa in 1862.The blacksmith shop in Tularosa was opened by a former Justice of the Peace. He owned a small restaurant with a dance hall that the entire family worked in. At age 10, he began to operate the cash register in the restaurant. Originally, he only spoke Spanish. When she was in the elementary school, she learned English. In order to earn enough money for college, Ortega worked as a teller at Otero County State Bank as a teenager. She graduated from Eastern New Mexico University with a degree in Business and Economics.When she wanted to become a teacher, she was dismayed by repeated instances of discrimination and instead opened a small accounting firm with one of her sisters. The family relocated to that town when her father opened a furniture store there in the 1940s. In 1968 she joined the firm of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Company as a tax supervisor after becoming a CPA. She worked as a cashier at Pan American National Bank. Bauelos was sworn in as U.S. treasurer in 1971 the same year that <mask> became vice president of the bank. Santa Ana State Bank was the first woman chief executive of a bank in the state. In 1977 he came back to New Mexico to help run the accounting firm.By 1983, the company had assets of $20 million and was part of the Otero Savings and Loan Association. During this time, she received many academic and business awards. From an early age, Ortega was involved in Republican Party politics. She has been quoted as saying that she was born a Republican. She credited her father with her decision to join the Party. A low-key liaison to women and Hispanic groups in New Mexico, <mask> worked for Republicans at local and state levels. She became involved in <mask>'s re-election campaign after returning to her home state.The senator became a political benefactor. The Presidential Advisory Committee on Small and Minority Business Ownership was chaired by Ronald Reagan. She was appointed one of five members and chair of the Copyright Royal Commission, a federal agency established in 1976 to set royalty fees for the cable television and music entertainment industries. In 1983, the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Sen. <mask>, put forth a name for the post of U.S. treasurer. She was nominated by President Reagan. The Treasury Department states that she began her term on September 26 but she was sworn in on October 3, 1983. She was the second Hispanic to hold the office.Three previous U.S. treasurers attended her swearing-in ceremony. While the treasurer oversaw a $220 million budget, he helped to design a new currency to fight counterfeiting, and helped to raise 40 million dollars for the restoration of the Statue of Liberty. The West Point Bullion Depository was designated as an official United States Mint by her. She was known for her rhetorical speaking skills in public. One Treasury Department official said that her low-key authenticity works magic with an audience. She was the first Hispanic woman to deliver the lead speech at a national convention when she spoke at the 1984 Republican National Convention. At the Democratic National Convention, New York governor Mario Cuomo was selected.One of only a few high-profile women in the Administration combined with the largely ceremonial nature of the Treasurer's office, Ortega was one of the key personnel utilized. She had appearances before Republican and Hispanic groups in 1984. The idea of changing the colors of $50 and $100 bills was rejected in a study conducted in 1986. During subsequent administrations, this idea would be partially incorporated into the U.S. currency. She was reappointed to her post on January 20, 1989 by the George W. Bush administration. She returned to her family firm in New Mexico after retiring from the office. While returning to the private sector and business activities, she maintained a low profile in political circles.She was appointed as an alternate representative to the United Nations General Assembly by President Bush in 1990. She worked for both the National Park Service and the Executive Women in Government. Since 1992, he has served on the boards of several large corporations. She works at Catalyst, a business and research advisory firm, and continues her efforts on behalf of women in business. Her alma mater, Eastern New Mexico, gave her an honorary degree. The competitive bidding process used by the Treasury Department was investigated in 1992 by Sen. John Glenn, who was the chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. The relationship between Robert J. Leuver, the director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and Maurice Amon, the president of Sicpa Industries of America, was questioned by the committee.Leuver received gifts from Amon's company, which Sen. Glenn was concerned about. The business trip taken to the Far East by several government and business officials in 1985 was the focus of the investigation. Leuver was also cleared of any wrongdoing during the course of the investigation. The Department of Justice did not investigate the matter due to insufficient evidence. She received the organization's Horatio Alger Award in 2002 for her achievements from humble beginnings. I am the product of a heritage that teaches strong family devotion, a commitment to earning a livelihood by hard work, patience, determination and is the main inspiration in life. She said that her father taught her that they could accomplish anything they wanted and that they were as good as anyone else.She refused to elaborate on that part of her life, only saying that she be referred to as "Mrs. Ortega". She is currently a board member with World Cell, a wireless communications consulting firm. She doesn't have any children. The links include births of American politicians of Mexican descent, Eastern New Mexico University alumni Hispanic and Latino American women in politics, and New Mexico Republicans.

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Jeff Skinner

Jeffrey Scott Skinner (born May 16, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Carolina Hurricanes for eight seasons, and was an alternate captain of the Hurricanes from 2016 to 2018. Selected seventh overall by the Hurricanes in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, Skinner was the youngest player in the NHL during the season and is the youngest player ever to play in the NHL All-Star Game, as well as any All-Star game within the four major North American sports leagues. He won the Calder Memorial Trophy for best rookie in the 2010–11 season, becoming the first Hurricanes player to do so. Early life Skinner was born on May 16, 1992, to lawyers Andrew Skinner and Elisabeth Campin. He has five siblings, each of whom either are or have been involved with hockey. He is the second-youngest among those siblings, four of which are sisters: Jennifer, Andrea, Erica, and the youngest of the Skinner family, Jillian. Andrea formerly served as captain of the Cornell University women's hockey team and was named to Hockey Canada's board of directors in 2020. He also has one brother, Benjamin, who was in the Kitchener Rangers system, but now plays for the Herforder EV in Germany. Playing career Involved in both ice hockey and figure skating growing up, he won a bronze medal in the juvenile division at the 2004 Canadian Junior National Figure Skating Championships. Soon after, he made the decision to focus solely on hockey. Skinner played minor ice hockey with the Toronto Jr. Canadians and Toronto Young Nationals of the Greater Toronto Hockey League and the Markham Waxers of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association. In his midget hockey career Skinner played on the wing with future Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog. He played in the 2005 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with Markham. Junior Coming off a successful season with the Toronto Young Nationals, Skinner was drafted 20th overall in the 2008 Ontario Hockey League (OHL) draft by the Kitchener Rangers. He made his OHL debut on September 18, 2008, where he recorded two goals and an assist in the 4–2 win over the Plymouth Whalers. By November 13, 2008, Skinner was selected to compete with Team Canada at the 2009 World U-17 Hockey Challenge, where he helped the team win a gold medal by scoring the game-winning goal. A few days later, Skinner was presented with the Rangers Academic Player of the Month Award for his academic success while attending Eastwood Collegiate. After leading the Rangers in scoring through his rookie campaign, Skinner participated in the 2009 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, scoring 6 goals for 6 points, while winning the gold medal with Team Canada. Upon his return to the Ontario Hockey League for his sophomore season, he was named an Assistant Captain alongside Mike Mascioli. During the season, Skinner scored 50 goals and led all CHL draft-eligible forwards in goal scoring. He became the first Ranger in 23 years to reach the 50-goal milestone. However, despite leading the league in goals at the time, the NHL Central Scouting Bureau ranked Skinner as the 47th best North American skater during their midterm rankings, and only 34th during the final rankings. This contrasted ratings from other organizations such as ISS and TSN's Bob McKenzie who had him much higher. Professional Carolina Hurricanes In his first year of eligibility, Skinner was drafted in the first round, seventh overall, by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. At the time of his selection, the Hurricanes’ director of amateur scouting stated ”There’s nobody in the draft that scores goals like Jeff Skinner." During his first NHL training camp, he signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Hurricanes on September 21, 2010, worth $2.7 million. On October 7, Skinner made his NHL debut with the opening roster in the Hurricanes' 4–3 win against the Minnesota Wild during the NHL Premiere Series in Helsinki, Finland. In 16 minutes of ice time, he had two shots. The following day, Skinner recorded his first career NHL point with an assist on Tuomo Ruutu's goal. He also scored the game winning shootout goal to become the third-youngest player in NHL history to score a shootout goal. On October 20, Skinner scored his first NHL career goal against Jonathan Bernier of the Los Angeles Kings in his fifth game of the season. Midway through his rookie campaign, Skinner was named to the 2011 All-Star Game roster as an injury replacement for Sidney Crosby, making him the first member of the 2010 draft class to be named to the All-Star Game, and the first 18-year-old NHL All-Star since Steve Yzerman. He was chosen by fellow Hurricane Eric Staal, captain of Team Staal. He was later named January 2011's NHL Rookie of the Month. At the NHL Awards ceremony on June 22, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Skinner was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's top rookie, beating-out fellow rookies Logan Couture of the San Jose Sharks and Michael Grabner of the New York Islanders. At that time, he was the NHL's youngest player as well as the first Hurricanes player to ever win the Calder. After his successful rookie campaign, Skinner was named to Team Canada's National Team to compete at the 2011 IIHF World Championship, becoming the youngest player in the tournament. However, he returned to the Hurricanes lineup for his sophomore season without a medal after Canada placed fifth. Skinner began the season strong, recording 12 goals and 12 assists in 30 games to lead the team in scoring, yet it would be cut short due to a hit by Andy Sutton. The hit which occurred during a game against the Edmonton Oilers on December 7, 2011, caused Skinner to miss time due to a concussion. He eventually returned to the Hurricanes lineup after missing 16 games on January 5, 2012. As Skinner slowly accumulated to playing again, he was suspended two games for kicking Scott Nichol of the St. Louis Blues on March 15, 2012. During the offseason, and the final year of his Entry Level Contract, Skinner and the Hurricanes agreed to a six-year contract extension worth $34.4 million which would keep him under contract until the 2018–19 season. His third season in the NHL was once again plagued with injuries as on February 14, 2013, Skinner was diagnosed with an upper-body injury, later deemed a concussion, after a game in Toronto. To begin the 2013–14 season, Skinner recorded nine points in nine games to lead the team. On December 4, 2013 Skinner earned his first career hat trick against the Nashville Predators. However, his high scoring play ended during the 2014–15 season when he sustained a concussion on a hit from Washington Capitals defenceman Matt Niskanen. He accumulated only 31 points that season and had an eight game long pointless streak. On December 11, 2015, Skinner recorded his second hat trick against the Anaheim Ducks in a 5-1 victory. Three games later, on December 15, 2015, he scored another hat trick, this time against the Philadelphia Flyers. Skinner was named alternate captain of the Hurricanes for the 2016–17 and the 2017–18 seasons. Buffalo Sabres On August 2, 2018, after eight seasons with the Hurricanes, Skinner was traded to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Cliff Pu, a second-round selection in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, a third-Round pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, and a sixth-round pick the same draft. In November 2018, Skinner became the second player in Sabres' history to score 20 goals before December, and the seventh player to score at least 20 goals in less than 27 games. On April 6, Skinner scored twice in the season finale against the Detroit Red Wings, upping his total to 40 goals scored on the season, the first time in his career that he has reached that mark. On June 7, 2019, Skinner re-signed with the Sabres on an eight-year, $72 million contract extension with an annual average of $9 million. He has since struggled, scoring just 21 goals and 37 points in 102 games since re signing. Personal life During his tenure with the Hurricanes, Skinner launched the '53's Difference Makers' Program, aimed to recognize local teachers at home games. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs International References External links 1992 births Living people Buffalo Sabres players Calder Trophy winners Canadian expatriate ice hockey people Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Canadian ice hockey left wingers Carolina Hurricanes draft picks Carolina Hurricanes players Ice hockey people from Ontario Kitchener Rangers players National Hockey League All-Stars National Hockey League first round draft picks Sportspeople from Markham, Ontario

<mask> (born May 16, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Carolina Hurricanes for eight seasons, and was an alternate captain of the Hurricanes from 2016 to 2018. Selected seventh overall by the Hurricanes in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, <mask> was the youngest player in the NHL during the season and is the youngest player ever to play in the NHL All-Star Game, as well as any All-Star game within the four major North American sports leagues. He won the Calder Memorial Trophy for best rookie in the 2010–11 season, becoming the first Hurricanes player to do so. Early life <mask> was born on May 16, 1992, to lawyers <mask> and Elisabeth Campin. He has five siblings, each of whom either are or have been involved with hockey. He is the second-youngest among those siblings, four of which are sisters: Jennifer, Andrea, Erica, and the youngest of the <mask> family, Jillian.Andrea formerly served as captain of the Cornell University women's hockey team and was named to Hockey Canada's board of directors in 2020. He also has one brother, Benjamin, who was in the Kitchener Rangers system, but now plays for the Herforder EV in Germany. Playing career Involved in both ice hockey and figure skating growing up, he won a bronze medal in the juvenile division at the 2004 Canadian Junior National Figure Skating Championships. Soon after, he made the decision to focus solely on hockey. <mask> played minor ice hockey with the Toronto Jr. Canadians and Toronto Young Nationals of the Greater Toronto Hockey League and the Markham Waxers of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association. In his midget hockey career <mask> played on the wing with future Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog. He played in the 2005 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with Markham.Junior Coming off a successful season with the Toronto Young Nationals, <mask> was drafted 20th overall in the 2008 Ontario Hockey League (OHL) draft by the Kitchener Rangers. He made his OHL debut on September 18, 2008, where he recorded two goals and an assist in the 4–2 win over the Plymouth Whalers. By November 13, 2008, <mask> was selected to compete with Team Canada at the 2009 World U-17 Hockey Challenge, where he helped the team win a gold medal by scoring the game-winning goal. A few days later, <mask> was presented with the Rangers Academic Player of the Month Award for his academic success while attending Eastwood Collegiate. After leading the Rangers in scoring through his rookie campaign, <mask> participated in the 2009 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, scoring 6 goals for 6 points, while winning the gold medal with Team Canada. Upon his return to the Ontario Hockey League for his sophomore season, he was named an Assistant Captain alongside Mike Mascioli. During the season, <mask> scored 50 goals and led all CHL draft-eligible forwards in goal scoring.He became the first Ranger in 23 years to reach the 50-goal milestone. However, despite leading the league in goals at the time, the NHL Central Scouting Bureau ranked <mask> as the 47th best North American skater during their midterm rankings, and only 34th during the final rankings. This contrasted ratings from other organizations such as ISS and TSN's Bob McKenzie who had him much higher. Professional Carolina Hurricanes In his first year of eligibility, <mask> was drafted in the first round, seventh overall, by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. At the time of his selection, the Hurricanes’ director of amateur scouting stated ”There’s nobody in the draft that scores goals like <mask>." During his first NHL training camp, he signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Hurricanes on September 21, 2010, worth $2.7 million. On October 7, <mask> made his NHL debut with the opening roster in the Hurricanes' 4–3 win against the Minnesota Wild during the NHL Premiere Series in Helsinki, Finland.In 16 minutes of ice time, he had two shots. The following day, <mask> recorded his first career NHL point with an assist on Tuomo Ruutu's goal. He also scored the game winning shootout goal to become the third-youngest player in NHL history to score a shootout goal. On October 20, <mask> scored his first NHL career goal against Jonathan Bernier of the Los Angeles Kings in his fifth game of the season. Midway through his rookie campaign, <mask> was named to the 2011 All-Star Game roster as an injury replacement for Sidney Crosby, making him the first member of the 2010 draft class to be named to the All-Star Game, and the first 18-year-old NHL All-Star since Steve Yzerman. He was chosen by fellow Hurricane Eric Staal, captain of Team Staal. He was later named January 2011's NHL Rookie of the Month.At the NHL Awards ceremony on June 22, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada, <mask> was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's top rookie, beating-out fellow rookies Logan Couture of the San Jose Sharks and Michael Grabner of the New York Islanders. At that time, he was the NHL's youngest player as well as the first Hurricanes player to ever win the Calder. After his successful rookie campaign, <mask> was named to Team Canada's National Team to compete at the 2011 IIHF World Championship, becoming the youngest player in the tournament. However, he returned to the Hurricanes lineup for his sophomore season without a medal after Canada placed fifth. <mask> began the season strong, recording 12 goals and 12 assists in 30 games to lead the team in scoring, yet it would be cut short due to a hit by Andy Sutton. The hit which occurred during a game against the Edmonton Oilers on December 7, 2011, caused <mask> to miss time due to a concussion. He eventually returned to the Hurricanes lineup after missing 16 games on January 5, 2012.As <mask> slowly accumulated to playing again, he was suspended two games for kicking Scott Nichol of the St. Louis Blues on March 15, 2012. During the offseason, and the final year of his Entry Level Contract, <mask> and the Hurricanes agreed to a six-year contract extension worth $34.4 million which would keep him under contract until the 2018–19 season. His third season in the NHL was once again plagued with injuries as on February 14, 2013, <mask> was diagnosed with an upper-body injury, later deemed a concussion, after a game in Toronto. To begin the 2013–14 season, <mask> recorded nine points in nine games to lead the team. On December 4, 2013 <mask> earned his first career hat trick against the Nashville Predators. However, his high scoring play ended during the 2014–15 season when he sustained a concussion on a hit from Washington Capitals defenceman Matt Niskanen. He accumulated only 31 points that season and had an eight game long pointless streak.On December 11, 2015, <mask> recorded his second hat trick against the Anaheim Ducks in a 5-1 victory. Three games later, on December 15, 2015, he scored another hat trick, this time against the Philadelphia Flyers. <mask> was named alternate captain of the Hurricanes for the 2016–17 and the 2017–18 seasons. Buffalo Sabres On August 2, 2018, after eight seasons with the Hurricanes, <mask> was traded to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Cliff Pu, a second-round selection in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, a third-Round pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, and a sixth-round pick the same draft. In November 2018, <mask> became the second player in Sabres' history to score 20 goals before December, and the seventh player to score at least 20 goals in less than 27 games. On April 6, <mask> scored twice in the season finale against the Detroit Red Wings, upping his total to 40 goals scored on the season, the first time in his career that he has reached that mark. On June 7, 2019, <mask> re-signed with the Sabres on an eight-year, $72 million contract extension with an annual average of $9 million.He has since struggled, scoring just 21 goals and 37 points in 102 games since re signing. Personal life During his tenure with the Hurricanes, <mask> launched the '53's Difference Makers' Program, aimed to recognize local teachers at home games. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs International References External links 1992 births Living people Buffalo Sabres players Calder Trophy winners Canadian expatriate ice hockey people Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Canadian ice hockey left wingers Carolina Hurricanes draft picks Carolina Hurricanes players Ice hockey people from Ontario Kitchener Rangers players National Hockey League All-Stars National Hockey League first round draft picks Sportspeople from Markham, Ontario

<mask> is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Buffalo Sabres. He was an alternate captain of the Hurricanes from 2016 to 2018. <mask> was selected seventh overall by the Hurricanes in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft and is the youngest player ever to play in the NHL All-Star Game, as well as any All-Star game within the four major North American sports leagues. He was the first Hurricanes player to win the Calder Memorial Trophy for best rookies. <mask> was born on May 16, 1992, to lawyers <mask> and Elisabeth Campin. He has five siblings who are involved with hockey. He is the second youngest among the siblings, with four of them being sisters.She was named to Hockey Canada's board of directors in 2020 after serving as captain of the Cornell University women's hockey team. Benjamin was in the Kitchener Rangers system and now plays for the Herforder EV in Germany. He won a bronze medal in the juvenile division at the 2004 Canadian Junior National Figure Skating Championships. He decided to focus on hockey. <mask> played minor hockey for the Toronto Jr. Canadians and Toronto Young Nationals of the Greater Toronto Hockey League. <mask> played on the wing with Gabriel Landeskog. He played in the 2005 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament.<mask> was drafted 20th overall in the 2008 Ontario Hockey League draft by the Kitchener Rangers. On September 18, 2008, he recorded two goals and an assist in a 4–2 win over the Whalers. <mask> scored the game-winning goal as Team Canada won the gold medal at the World U17 Hockey Challenge. <mask> was presented with the Academic Player of the Month Award by the Rangers for his academic success. In the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, <mask> scored 6 goals for 6 points and won the gold medal for Canada. He was an assistant captain for his sophomore season in the Ontario Hockey League. <mask> was 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217He was the first Ranger in 23 years to reach 50 goals. Despite leading the league in goals, <mask> was only ranked 34th by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau during their final rankings. The ratings from other organizations were much higher. <mask> was drafted by the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. The director of amateur scouting for the Hurricanes stated at the time of his selection that <mask> was the best goal scorer in the draft. He signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Hurricanes on September 21, 2010. On October 7, <mask> made his NHL debut with the opening roster in the Hurricanes' 4–3 win against the Minnesota Wild.He had two shots in 16 minutes. On the following day, <mask> recorded his first career point with an assist on a goal. He became the third- youngest player in NHL history to score a shootout goal. <mask> scored his first NHL goal in the fifth game of the season against the Los Angeles Kings. <mask> was named to the All-Star Game roster as an injury replacement for Sidney Crosby, making him the first member of the 2010 draft class to be named to the All-Star Game and the first 18-year-old NHL All-Star since Steve Y. Eric Staal was the captain of Team Staal. He was named January's NHL rookies of the month.<mask> was named the NHL's top rookies at the NHL Awards ceremony in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 22, 2011. At that time, he was the NHL's youngest player as well as the first Hurricanes player to ever win the Calder. <mask> became the youngest player in the tournament when he was named to Team Canada's National Team. After Canada placed fifth, he returned to the Hurricanes lineup for his sophomore season. <mask> began the season strong, recording 12 goals and 12 assists in 30 games to lead the team in scoring, but it would be cut short due to a hit by Andy Sutton. <mask> missed time due to a concussion after he was hit during a game. He returned to the Hurricanes lineup after missing 16 games.<mask> was suspended for two games for kicking Scott Nichol of the St. Louis Blues. During the final year of his Entry Level Contract, <mask> and the Hurricanes agreed to a six-year contract extension that will keep him under contract until the next season. After a game in Toronto on February 14, <mask> was diagnosed with an upper-body injury and later a concussion. <mask> scored nine points in the first nine games of the season. On December 4, <mask> scored his first career hat trick. During the 2014–2018 2014–2018, his high scoring play ended when he sustained a concussion on a hit from Matt Niskanen. He had an eight game pointless streak that season.On December 11, 2015, <mask> recorded his second hat trick in a victory. He scored a hat trick against Philadelphia on December 15, 2015. <mask> was an alternate captain of the Hurricanes for two seasons. On August 2, 2018, after eight seasons with the Hurricanes, <mask> was traded to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for a second-round selection in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, a third-round pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, and a sixth-round pick. <mask> became the second player in Sabres' history to score 20 goals before December, and the seventh player to score at least 20 goals in less than 27 games. On April 6, <mask> scored twice in the season finale against the Detroit Red Wings, increasing his total to 40 goals scored on the season, the first time in his career that he has reached that mark. On June 7, <mask> re-signed with the Sabres on an eight-year, $72 million contract extension with an annual average of $9 million.Since re signing, he has scored just 21 goals and 37 points. <mask> launched the '53's Difference Makers' Program to recognize local teachers at home games. The career statistics include regular season and playoffs.

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Vesna Pusić (; born 25 March 1953) is a Croatian sociologist and politician who served as First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the centre-left cabinet of Zoran Milanović. She was Croatia's second female Foreign Minister taking the office after Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović. She is known as outspoken liberal and an advocate of European integration, anti-fascism, gender equality and LGBT rights. After becoming involved in politics in the early 1990s, Pusić served five consecutive terms as MP, having been elected to the Croatian Parliament in the 2000, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2016 parliamentary elections. She also ran in the 2009–10 presidential election, coming in fifth out of twelve candidates. During her 2008–2011 parliament term she chaired the parliamentary committee for tracking the progress of Croatia's accession negotiations with the European Union. She also held the post of Vice-President of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR). Early life and education Vesna Pusić was born on 25 March 1953 in Zagreb to jurist and university professor Eugen Pusić and Višnja (née Anđelinović) Pusić, a professor of English language. She graduated from II Gymnasium in 1971, after which she enrolled in Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences from which she graduated with a degree in sociology and philosophy in 1976. In 1984, she obtained a doctorate in sociology at the same faculty (PhD Thesis: "The Role of Collective Decision-making in the Realization of Workers' Interests"). Professional career After graduation, Pusić worked from 1975 to 1979 as a member of the International Research Group doing research on industrial democracy in twelve European countries. From 1976 to 1978 she was a researcher at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia. Since 1978 she has been working at the Sociology Department of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and teaching courses in the Theory of Industrial Democracy and the Sociology of Politics. In 1978, Pusić was one of seven women who initiated the first feminist organization in SFR Yugoslavia Žena i društvo (Woman and society) and was widely criticized by the authorities at the time. From 1992 to 1994, she served as Head of the Department of Sociology of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Since 2010 she is still formally affiliated with the University of Zagreb, but not teaching due to her active involvement in the politics. Pusić lectured at the University of Chicago, Cornell University, American University, The New School, International Forum for Democratic Studies, Foreign Service Institute, Georgetown University, Wilson Center, and MIT Sloan School of Management. Political career Vesna Pusić was one of the 28 founding members of the liberal Croatian People's Party (HNS-LD) in 1990, after participating in the Coalition of People's Accord. She left party politics in 1992, but rejoined the same party in 1997 and was later its president between 2000 and 2008, and again since 2013. She first entered the Croatian Parliament in the 2000 parliamentary election, and has been reelected in 2003, 2007, 2011, and 2015. In 1992 Pusić was the co-founder and director of the Erasmus Guild, a nongovernmental, nonpartisan think-tank for the culture of democracy, and the publisher and editor of the journal Erasmus, focusing specifically on different issues of transition in Croatia, countries of former Yugoslavia and Eastern Europe. Erasmus Guild ceased operations in 1998. In 2005 and 2008, she was made Chairwoman of the National Committee for EU negotiations, the body that oversees accession negotiations and is composed of members of parliament as well as representatives of the President, the academic community, employers, and union representatives. In 2006 and 2008 she was elected vice-president of ELDR. In the Croatian presidential election, 2009–2010, Pusić was the HNS-LD candidate. She won 7.25% in the first round, placing fifth out of twelve candidates, and was thus eliminated from the second round. After Kukuriku coalition won the 2011 parliamentary elections, Pusić served as Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the center-left Cabinet of Zoran Milanović. After Radimir Čačić was expelled from the Croatian People's Party on 23 March 2013 because of his attempts to destabilize the party, Pusić become party president once again. Pusić was reelected to the Parliament on 2015 parliamentary elections and served as a Deputy Speaker of the Croatian Parliament between 3 February 2016 and 14 October 2016. She was reelected to the Parliament at the 2016 extraordinary parliamentary elections. After HNS decided to enter coalition with conservative Croatian Democratic Union party, Pusić left HNS and with three other MPs was co-founder of the new social-liberal and centre-left party: the Civic Liberal Alliance. She continued to be an MP until the 2020 parliamentary election, when she chose to retire from politics instead of opting to run for re-election. UN Secretary-General candidature On 3 September 2015 the Croatian Government decided to nominate Pusić as the official Croatian candidate for the 2016 UN Secretary-General selection. Her nomination was officially submitted on 14 January 2016. The UN's role in the Haiti cholera outbreak has been widely discussed and criticized. There has been indisputable evidence that the UN is the proximate cause for bringing cholera to Haiti. Peacekeepers sent to Haiti from Nepal were carrying asymptomatic cholera and they did not treat their waste properly before dumping it into Haiti's water stream. When asked if Haitian cholera victims should be compensated, Ms. Pusic initially indicated that they should be, but then said the question should be studied further by expert panels; "it has been studied for years, and the United Nations has claimed immunity from prosecution." Another issue that has been brought up is the sexual exploitation and abuse by UN peacekeepers. This gross problem was brought to light after Anders Kompass exposed the sexual assault of children by peacekeepers in the Central African Republic. She was asked about her stance on peacekeepers' accountability during the UN Secretary General informal dialogues. Palestine, the United Kingdom, and the United States all asked about how she would tackle the issue of sexual abuse by peacekeepers. Pusić repeatedly referred to the three reports that have addressed peacekeeping SEA, citing that she would follow and implement much of the same principles. For one, she stated that peacekeepers who have committed atrocities against their people should not be allowed to serve as peacekeepers within a certain number of years. She also emphasized a strong command structure and a faster reporting and processing of cases. Pusić participated in the UN debate that was held on 12 July 2016. On the question of the Hungarian ambassador to the UN concerning which way of leadership is needed by the UN and the world, Pusić replied that standards have dropped in the past 20 years, stating that "phrases and lack of accountability are currently very popular. I believe that we do not want leadership that is based on platitudes and speaking only what people want to hear.", adding that today's leaders need vision, persistence and courage. She stated that she wanted to be Secretary-General because the UN topics of peace, human rights and development have taken center stage throughout her life. When commenting on the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), she stated that the court wasn't perfect, but that it would have been much worse without it, adding that it sent an important message; "If you commit a war crime, you will be caught." Pusić expressed her concern about the wave of cynicism in current national and international politics. In addition, she stated that being a female candidate was important, and noted that the UN had been dominated for 50 years by men. After receiving 11 'discourage' votes on a first informal closed-door straw poll of the 15-member UN Security Council that was held on 21 July 2016, Pusić decided on 4 August 2016 to withdraw from the race and focus on the 2016 extraordinary parliamentary elections. Activism Vesna Pusić is very popular in the Croatian LGBT community. In 2011, Zagreb Pride attenders awarded her with the "gay friendly person of the decade". She has been regular attendant at Zagreb LGBT pride. Her brother Zoran is a civil rights and peace activist, serving as President of the Civic Committee for Human Rights, and chairman of the Anti-Fascist League of the Republic of Croatia since 21 March 2015. Private life Pusić is married to a Lithuanian-American entrepreneur Jurgis Oniunas with whom she has a daughter Daina who is a film director. She speaks Croatian, English, and German fluently. In 2017 French President François Hollande awarded Pusić with the highest order of France, Legion of Honour for "advocating European goals and contributing to the co-operation between France and Croatia." During the awarding ceremony held on 17 January 2018 in the residency of the French Ambassador in Zagreb, French ambassador to Croatia Philippe Meunier stated: "You knew how to convey the European values and the tolerance we share, our shared values - your condemnation of hate speech, your interest in cooperating with minorities, your concern for the value of cultural and ethnic diversity in Croatia, and your humane speech about accepting refugees." Bibliography Democracies and Dictatorships, Durieux, Zagreb 1998 The Leaders and the Managers, Novi Liber, Zagreb 1992 Industrial Democracy and Civil Society, Sociološko društvo Hrvatske, Zagreb 1986. Industrial Democracy in Europe, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1981 (co-author) European Industrial Relations, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1981 (co-author) References External links |- |- |- 1953 births Living people Politicians from Zagreb Candidates for President of Croatia Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats politicians Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb alumni Female foreign ministers Foreign ministers of Croatia Representatives in the modern Croatian Parliament University of Zagreb faculty Women government ministers of Croatia Croatian women diplomats 21st-century Croatian women politicians

<mask> (; born 25 March 1953) is a Croatian sociologist and politician who served as First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the centre-left cabinet of Zoran Milanović. She was Croatia's second female Foreign Minister taking the office after Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović. She is known as outspoken liberal and an advocate of European integration, anti-fascism, gender equality and LGBT rights. After becoming involved in politics in the early 1990s, <mask> served five consecutive terms as MP, having been elected to the Croatian Parliament in the 2000, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2016 parliamentary elections. She also ran in the 2009–10 presidential election, coming in fifth out of twelve candidates. During her 2008–2011 parliament term she chaired the parliamentary committee for tracking the progress of Croatia's accession negotiations with the European Union. She also held the post of Vice-President of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR).Early life and education <mask> <mask> was born on 25 March 1953 in Zagreb to jurist and university professor Eugen <mask> and Višnja (née Anđelinović) <mask>, a professor of English language. She graduated from II Gymnasium in 1971, after which she enrolled in Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences from which she graduated with a degree in sociology and philosophy in 1976. In 1984, she obtained a doctorate in sociology at the same faculty (PhD Thesis: "The Role of Collective Decision-making in the Realization of Workers' Interests"). Professional career After graduation, <mask> worked from 1975 to 1979 as a member of the International Research Group doing research on industrial democracy in twelve European countries. From 1976 to 1978 she was a researcher at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia. Since 1978 she has been working at the Sociology Department of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and teaching courses in the Theory of Industrial Democracy and the Sociology of Politics. In 1978, <mask> was one of seven women who initiated the first feminist organization in SFR Yugoslavia Žena i društvo (Woman and society) and was widely criticized by the authorities at the time.From 1992 to 1994, she served as Head of the Department of Sociology of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Since 2010 she is still formally affiliated with the University of Zagreb, but not teaching due to her active involvement in the politics. <mask> lectured at the University of Chicago, Cornell University, American University, The New School, International Forum for Democratic Studies, Foreign Service Institute, Georgetown University, Wilson Center, and MIT Sloan School of Management. Political career <mask> <mask> was one of the 28 founding members of the liberal Croatian People's Party (HNS-LD) in 1990, after participating in the Coalition of People's Accord. She left party politics in 1992, but rejoined the same party in 1997 and was later its president between 2000 and 2008, and again since 2013. She first entered the Croatian Parliament in the 2000 parliamentary election, and has been reelected in 2003, 2007, 2011, and 2015. In 1992 <mask> was the co-founder and director of the Erasmus Guild, a nongovernmental, nonpartisan think-tank for the culture of democracy, and the publisher and editor of the journal Erasmus, focusing specifically on different issues of transition in Croatia, countries of former Yugoslavia and Eastern Europe.Erasmus Guild ceased operations in 1998. In 2005 and 2008, she was made Chairwoman of the National Committee for EU negotiations, the body that oversees accession negotiations and is composed of members of parliament as well as representatives of the President, the academic community, employers, and union representatives. In 2006 and 2008 she was elected vice-president of ELDR. In the Croatian presidential election, 2009–2010, <mask> was the HNS-LD candidate. She won 7.25% in the first round, placing fifth out of twelve candidates, and was thus eliminated from the second round. After Kukuriku coalition won the 2011 parliamentary elections, <mask> served as Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the center-left Cabinet of Zoran Milanović. After Radimir Čačić was expelled from the Croatian People's Party on 23 March 2013 because of his attempts to destabilize the party, <mask> become party president once again.<mask> was reelected to the Parliament on 2015 parliamentary elections and served as a Deputy Speaker of the Croatian Parliament between 3 February 2016 and 14 October 2016. She was reelected to the Parliament at the 2016 extraordinary parliamentary elections. After HNS decided to enter coalition with conservative Croatian Democratic Union party, <mask> left HNS and with three other MPs was co-founder of the new social-liberal and centre-left party: the Civic Liberal Alliance. She continued to be an MP until the 2020 parliamentary election, when she chose to retire from politics instead of opting to run for re-election. UN Secretary-General candidature On 3 September 2015 the Croatian Government decided to nominate <mask> as the official Croatian candidate for the 2016 UN Secretary-General selection. Her nomination was officially submitted on 14 January 2016. The UN's role in the Haiti cholera outbreak has been widely discussed and criticized.There has been indisputable evidence that the UN is the proximate cause for bringing cholera to Haiti. Peacekeepers sent to Haiti from Nepal were carrying asymptomatic cholera and they did not treat their waste properly before dumping it into Haiti's water stream. When asked if Haitian cholera victims should be compensated, Ms. Pusic initially indicated that they should be, but then said the question should be studied further by expert panels; "it has been studied for years, and the United Nations has claimed immunity from prosecution." Another issue that has been brought up is the sexual exploitation and abuse by UN peacekeepers. This gross problem was brought to light after Anders Kompass exposed the sexual assault of children by peacekeepers in the Central African Republic. She was asked about her stance on peacekeepers' accountability during the UN Secretary General informal dialogues. Palestine, the United Kingdom, and the United States all asked about how she would tackle the issue of sexual abuse by peacekeepers.<mask> repeatedly referred to the three reports that have addressed peacekeeping SEA, citing that she would follow and implement much of the same principles. For one, she stated that peacekeepers who have committed atrocities against their people should not be allowed to serve as peacekeepers within a certain number of years. She also emphasized a strong command structure and a faster reporting and processing of cases. <mask> participated in the UN debate that was held on 12 July 2016. On the question of the Hungarian ambassador to the UN concerning which way of leadership is needed by the UN and the world, <mask> replied that standards have dropped in the past 20 years, stating that "phrases and lack of accountability are currently very popular. I believe that we do not want leadership that is based on platitudes and speaking only what people want to hear. ", adding that today's leaders need vision, persistence and courage.She stated that she wanted to be Secretary-General because the UN topics of peace, human rights and development have taken center stage throughout her life. When commenting on the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), she stated that the court wasn't perfect, but that it would have been much worse without it, adding that it sent an important message; "If you commit a war crime, you will be caught." <mask> expressed her concern about the wave of cynicism in current national and international politics. In addition, she stated that being a female candidate was important, and noted that the UN had been dominated for 50 years by men. After receiving 11 'discourage' votes on a first informal closed-door straw poll of the 15-member UN Security Council that was held on 21 July 2016, <mask> decided on 4 August 2016 to withdraw from the race and focus on the 2016 extraordinary parliamentary elections. Activism <mask> <mask> is very popular in the Croatian LGBT community. In 2011, Zagreb Pride attenders awarded her with the "gay friendly person of the decade".She has been regular attendant at Zagreb LGBT pride. Her brother Zoran is a civil rights and peace activist, serving as President of the Civic Committee for Human Rights, and chairman of the Anti-Fascist League of the Republic of Croatia since 21 March 2015. Private life <mask> is married to a Lithuanian-American entrepreneur Jurgis Oniunas with whom she has a daughter Daina who is a film director. She speaks Croatian, English, and German fluently. In 2017 French President François Hollande awarded <mask> with the highest order of France, Legion of Honour for "advocating European goals and contributing to the co-operation between France and Croatia." During the awarding ceremony held on 17 January 2018 in the residency of the French Ambassador in Zagreb, French ambassador to Croatia Philippe Meunier stated: "You knew how to convey the European values and the tolerance we share, our shared values - your condemnation of hate speech, your interest in cooperating with minorities, your concern for the value of cultural and ethnic diversity in Croatia, and your humane speech about accepting refugees." Bibliography Democracies and Dictatorships, Durieux, Zagreb 1998 The Leaders and the Managers, Novi Liber, Zagreb 1992 Industrial Democracy and Civil Society, Sociološko društvo Hrvatske, Zagreb 1986.Industrial Democracy in Europe, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1981 (co-author) European Industrial Relations, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1981 (co-author) References External links |- |- |- 1953 births Living people Politicians from Zagreb Candidates for President of Croatia Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats politicians Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb alumni Female foreign ministers Foreign ministers of Croatia Representatives in the modern Croatian Parliament University of Zagreb faculty Women government ministers of Croatia Croatian women diplomats 21st-century Croatian women politicians

<mask> was the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the cabinet of Zoran Milanovi. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovi was Croatia's second female Foreign Minister. She is an advocate of European integration, anti-fascism, gender equality and LGBT rights. After becoming involved in politics in the early 1990s, Pusi served five consecutive terms as an elected member of the Croatian Parliament. In the presidential election of 2009, she came in fifth out of twelve candidates. She chaired the parliamentary committee for tracking the progress of Croatia's accession negotiations with the European Union. She was Vice- President of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.<mask> Pusi was born on 25 March 1953 in Zagreb to a professor of English language and his wife. She received her degree in sociology and philosophy from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in 1976. She obtained a PhD in Sociology in 1984 from the same faculty. From 1975 to 1979 Pusi worked for the International Research Group, doing research on industrial democracy in twelve European countries. She was a researcher at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Ljubljana from 1976 to 1978. She teaches courses in the Theory of Industrial Democracy and the Sociology of Politics at the Sociology Department of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. The first feminist organization in SFR Yugoslavia ena i drutvo was started by Pusi in 1978, but she was criticized by the authorities at the time.She was the Head of the Department of Sociology from 1992 to 1994. She is not teaching at the University of Zagreb due to her active involvement in politics. Pusi lectured at the University of Chicago, Cornell University, American University, The New School, International Forum for Democratic Studies, Foreign Service Institute, Georgetown University, Wilson Center, and MIT Sloan School of Management. After participating in the Coalition of People's Accord, <mask> Pusi was one of the founding members of the liberal Croatian People's Party. She rejoined the same party in 1997 and was its president between 2000 and 2008. She was first elected to the Croatian Parliament in the 2000 election. In 1992 Pusi was the co-founder and director of the Erasmus Guild, a nongovernmental, nonpartisan think-tank for the culture of democracy, and the publisher and editor of the journal, focusing specifically on different issues of transition in Croatia, countries of former Yugoslavia and Eastern Europe.The guild ceased operations in 1998. She was made Chairwoman of the National Committee for EU negotiations in 2005 and 2008, a body that oversees accession negotiations and is composed of members of parliament as well as representatives of the President, the academic community, employers, and union representatives. She was elected vice-president of ELDR in 2006 and 2008. Pusi was the HNS-LD candidate in the Croatian presidential election. She was eliminated from the second round after placing fifth in the first round. Pusi served as Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the center- left Cabinet of Zoran Milanovi after the 2011 parliamentary elections. Pusi became the president of the Croatian People's Party once again after the expulsion of ai from the party.Pusi served as a deputy speaker of the Croatian Parliament between February 2016 and October 2016 after he was reelected to the Parliament in 2015. At the 2016 extraordinary parliamentary elections, she was reelected to the Parliament. The Civic Liberal Alliance was founded by Pusi and three other MPs after HNS entered a coalition with the conservative Croatian Democratic Union party. She decided to retire from politics after the 2020 parliamentary election, instead of running for re-election. Pusi was nominated by the Croatian Government as the official Croatian candidate for the UN Secretary-General selection. Her nomination was submitted in January. The UN's role in the Haiti outbreak has been criticized.There is strong evidence that the UN is to blame for bringing the disease to Haiti. Peacekeepers sent to Haiti from Nepal did not treat their waste properly before dumping it into Haiti's water stream. Ms. Pusic said that the question should be studied further by expert panels, as the United Nations has claimed immunity from prosecution. The sexual exploitation and abuse by UN peacekeepers has been brought up. The sexual assault of children by peacekeepers in the Central African Republic was brought to light by Anders Kompass. During the UN Secretary General informal dialogues, she was asked about her stance on accountability. Palestine, the United Kingdom, and the United States all asked about how she would deal with the issue of sexual abuse by peacekeepers.Pusi said that she would follow and implement the same principles of the three reports. She said that people who have committed atrocities against their people should not be allowed to serve as peacekeepers. A strong command structure and a faster reporting and processing of cases were emphasized by her. Pusi was involved in a debate at the UN. Pusi stated that "phrases and lack of accountability are currently very popular" when he was asked about the Hungarian ambassador to the UN. I don't think we want leadership that is based on platitudes and speaking only what people want to hear. Today's leaders need vision, persistence and courage.She wanted to be Secretary-General because the UN topics of peace, human rights and development have taken center stage throughout her life. She said that the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia would have been worse without it. Pusi was concerned about the wave of cynicism in politics. She stated that being a female candidate was important, and that the UN had been dominated by men for 50 years. After receiving 11 'discourage' votes on a first informal closed-door straw poll of the 15-member UN Security Council that was held on 21 July 2016, Pusi decided on 4 August 2016 to withdraw from the race and focus on the 2016 extraordinary parliamentary elections. <mask> Pusi is very popular in the Croatian LGBT community. She was awarded the "gay friendly person of the decade" by Zagreb Pride.She is an attendant at Zagreb LGBT pride. Her brother is a civil rights and peace activist, serving as President of the Civic Committee for Human Rights, and chairman of the Anti-Fascist League of the Republic of Croatia. Pusi is married to Jurgis Oniunas and has a daughter who is a film director. 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During the awarding ceremony held on 17 January in the residency of the French Ambassador in Zagreb, French ambassador to Croatia Philippe Meunier stated, "You knew how to convey the European values and the tolerance we share, our shared values - your condemnation of hate speech, your interest in cooperating with Dictatorships, Durieux, Zagreb 1998, The Leaders and the Managers, Novi Liber, Zagreb 1992, Industrial Democracy and Civil Society, Zagreb 1986.European Industrial Relations, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1981 is a co-author of Industrial Democracy in Europe.

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Michael Healy-Rae

Michael Healy-Rae (born 9 January 1967) is an Irish Independent politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kerry constituency since 2016, and previously from 2011 to 2016 for the Kerry South constituency. He previously served as Chair of the Committee on European Union Affairs from 2016 to 2020. Prior to entering national politics, he was involved in local politics in County Kerry and pursued business interests. Family life He is the youngest son of Jackie Healy-Rae, who was a TD for Kerry South from 1997 to 2011, and a brother of Danny Healy-Rae who is also a TD. His mother, Julie Healy, was born in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., but grew up in New York City, New York. He has 5 children, two of whom were found guilty and convicted of assault charges in 2019. His son, Jackie junior, was elected as a councillor for Castleisland LEA at the 2019 Kerry County Council election. Local politics Healy-Rae is a former member of Kerry County Council, and was first elected to the Council at the 1999 local elections, representing the Killorglin local electoral area. He retained his seat with an increased vote at the 2004 local elections. Reality television In autumn 2007, Michael Healy-Rae took part in a reality television show on RTÉ called Celebrities Go Wild, set in the "unforgiving landscapes" of Connemara, County Galway. He emerged as the winner, having received the largest number of votes from the "viewing public". In June 2011, news broke of a voting scandal, for which journalist Senan Molony received the award for "Scoop of the Year" at the National Newspapers of Ireland's Journalism Awards. It was revealed that Healy-Rae had received 3,636 votes, from a phone in Leinster House, at a cost of €2,600 to the Irish taxpayer, the premium-rate calls being charged on a tariff designed to raise money for charity. Only limited information was available as to how the calls were made. Speculation that an automated dialler had been employed was discounted by the Irish Independent, which suggested they were made over 31 hours using "redial". The Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett, described it as "an outrageous abuse of facilities", while the Taoiseach Enda Kenny, said the money spent on the calls should be paid back. On 29 June 2011, Healy-Rae said that while he was not involved in the calls, he would pay the money back. In October 2017, Healy-Rae appeared on Livin' with Lucy. National politics Healy-Rae was elected for the Kerry South constituency at the 2011 general election, when his father Jackie retired from national politics. He, like fellow Independents Michael Lowry and Noel Grealish, were not members of the Technical group in the 31st Dáil. He missed two-thirds of votes in his first Dáil term, despite being signed in for his expenses on each day a vote was taken. Healy-Rae was appointed to the board of the Citizens' Information Board in April 2009. He was asked twice to resign his position from the board because of a conflict of interest between his subsequent membership of the Dáil and his membership of a body advising the Minister for Social Protection. After he refused to resign, the Minister dismissed him in July 2011. On 9 December 2011, having earlier participated in a debate on social welfare, he took ill at Leinster House and was advised to leave the Dáil chamber. Health minister James Reilly, a medical doctor, tended to him outside the chamber, he was brought from Leinster House on a stretcher, placed in an ambulance and rushed to St. James's Hospital. His political platform includes opposition to tighter controls on drinking and driving. His father and brother have also expressed similar views on such legislation. In January 2012, Healy-Rae proposed changing Ireland's number plate system so that the supposedly unlucky number 13 would be dropped for the year 2013 to save the Irish car industry. Healy-Rae has raised The Hum in Dáil Éireann after witnessing it himself while meeting some of his constituents who were "nearly gone out of their minds" with it. The official response he received, was described by Healy-Rae as "away with the fairies gobbledygook." He topped the poll in Kerry at the 2016 general election; his brother Danny was elected alongside him. This was the first time that two siblings from the same constituency were elected to the Dáil. A short while later, on the evening of 20 March 2016, Michael Healy-Rae experienced being unintentionally "tossed around by a cow" who was after calving in a shed at his farm near Kilgarvan. He was taken to hospital with his injuries. At the general election in February 2020, he topped the poll again, and was re-elected on the first count. Property Development In February 2018, Michael Healy-Rae listed 11 properties for letting or rental and two either being renovated or awaiting planning permission in the register of TDs’ interests. In March 2020, it was reported that he had added three properties to his portfolio in the 2019 Register of TD's interests, bringing the number of properties to 21. The three new properties include a house in Clonkeen for which purchase was going through contract stage, a house in Tralee at the same stage and a property in Kilgarvan that is in the process of being renovated. In May 2020, he was refused planning permission to convert the ground floor of Nancy Myles Pub in the Ballymullen area of Tralee. The plan was for four apartments and had met with strong local opposition. The council's decision was appealed by a number of locals and a conservation organisation. The majority of the decision to refuse was based on the grounds that the proposal would not allow the residents enough natural light or amenity standards. It was the second time the appeals board has overturned a decision by Kerry County Council to grant him a change of use for the pub. In February 2021 the Register of Members Interests was published, covering 2020, revealing that he remained the largest landlord in the Dáil, with 5 plots of land, 16 properties. A quarter of TDs are landlords or property investors. Other interests He has also listed in the register of TDs interests that he is a postmaster, farmer, plant hire business operator and shop owner. His plant-hire business has worked for the Health Service Executive and he has a contract for providing fuel to Kerry County Council. In May 2020, a complaint was lodged with the clerk of the Dáil over his failure to declare his interest in The Skellig Hotel Experience, a company that ran the Skellig Star Hotel in Cahersiveen. He had a 25% share in the company after investing €25,000 in January 2019, but there was no entry for his shareholding on the Oireachtas Register of Interests. Oireachtas members are required to declare any shareholding over €13,000. When controversy over the leasing of the hotel Michael Healy-Rae said that he was not involved in the leasing of the hotel, but he later accepted the Skellig Hotel Experience held the lease. The company was sold in December 2019 to Paul Collins who runs Direct Provision centres. Michael Healy-Rae was adamant that he had no knowledge that it would be converted into a Direct Provision centre. Other In December 2019, he was transferred to hospital after a fire at his shop. In May 2020, he called for the Leaving Certificate exams in 2020 to be cancelled due to COVID-19, in contrast to his brother Danny who said that the exams should go ahead in 2020 with proper social distancing, possibly using public buildings such as community centres and libraries. Publications Time to Talk: Stories from the Heart of Ireland, Gill, Ireland 2018. A Listening Ear: More Stories from the Heart of Ireland, Gill, Ireland 2019. References 1967 births Living people Michael Independent TDs Irish people of American descent Local councillors in County Kerry Members of the 31st Dáil Members of the 32nd Dáil Members of the 33rd Dáil Participants in Irish reality television series Politicians from County Kerry

<mask> (born 9 January 1967) is an Irish Independent politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kerry constituency since 2016, and previously from 2011 to 2016 for the Kerry South constituency. He previously served as Chair of the Committee on European Union Affairs from 2016 to 2020. Prior to entering national politics, he was involved in local politics in County Kerry and pursued business interests. Family life He is the youngest son of Jackie Healy-Rae, who was a TD for Kerry South from 1997 to 2011, and a brother of Danny Healy-Rae who is also a TD. His mother, Julie Healy, was born in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., but grew up in New York City, New York. He has 5 children, two of whom were found guilty and convicted of assault charges in 2019. His son, Jackie junior, was elected as a councillor for Castleisland LEA at the 2019 Kerry County Council election.Local politics Healy-Rae is a former member of Kerry County Council, and was first elected to the Council at the 1999 local elections, representing the Killorglin local electoral area. He retained his seat with an increased vote at the 2004 local elections. Reality television In autumn 2007, <mask>-Rae took part in a reality television show on RTÉ called Celebrities Go Wild, set in the "unforgiving landscapes" of Connemara, County Galway. He emerged as the winner, having received the largest number of votes from the "viewing public". In June 2011, news broke of a voting scandal, for which journalist Senan Molony received the award for "Scoop of the Year" at the National Newspapers of Ireland's Journalism Awards. It was revealed that Healy-Rae had received 3,636 votes, from a phone in Leinster House, at a cost of €2,600 to the Irish taxpayer, the premium-rate calls being charged on a tariff designed to raise money for charity. Only limited information was available as to how the calls were made.Speculation that an automated dialler had been employed was discounted by the Irish Independent, which suggested they were made over 31 hours using "redial". The Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett, described it as "an outrageous abuse of facilities", while the Taoiseach Enda Kenny, said the money spent on the calls should be paid back. On 29 June 2011, Healy-Rae said that while he was not involved in the calls, he would pay the money back. In October 2017, Healy-Rae appeared on Livin' with Lucy. National politics Healy-Rae was elected for the Kerry South constituency at the 2011 general election, when his father Jackie retired from national politics. He, like fellow Independents <mask> and Noel Grealish, were not members of the Technical group in the 31st Dáil. He missed two-thirds of votes in his first Dáil term, despite being signed in for his expenses on each day a vote was taken.Healy-Rae was appointed to the board of the Citizens' Information Board in April 2009. He was asked twice to resign his position from the board because of a conflict of interest between his subsequent membership of the Dáil and his membership of a body advising the Minister for Social Protection. After he refused to resign, the Minister dismissed him in July 2011. On 9 December 2011, having earlier participated in a debate on social welfare, he took ill at Leinster House and was advised to leave the Dáil chamber. Health minister James Reilly, a medical doctor, tended to him outside the chamber, he was brought from Leinster House on a stretcher, placed in an ambulance and rushed to St. James's Hospital. His political platform includes opposition to tighter controls on drinking and driving. His father and brother have also expressed similar views on such legislation.In January 2012, Healy-Rae proposed changing Ireland's number plate system so that the supposedly unlucky number 13 would be dropped for the year 2013 to save the Irish car industry. Healy-Rae has raised The Hum in Dáil Éireann after witnessing it himself while meeting some of his constituents who were "nearly gone out of their minds" with it. The official response he received, was described by Healy-Rae as "away with the fairies gobbledygook." He topped the poll in Kerry at the 2016 general election; his brother Danny was elected alongside him. This was the first time that two siblings from the same constituency were elected to the Dáil. A short while later, on the evening of 20 March 2016, <mask>-Rae experienced being unintentionally "tossed around by a cow" who was after calving in a shed at his farm near Kilgarvan. He was taken to hospital with his injuries.At the general election in February 2020, he topped the poll again, and was re-elected on the first count. Property Development In February 2018, <mask>-Rae listed 11 properties for letting or rental and two either being renovated or awaiting planning permission in the register of TDs’ interests. In March 2020, it was reported that he had added three properties to his portfolio in the 2019 Register of TD's interests, bringing the number of properties to 21. The three new properties include a house in Clonkeen for which purchase was going through contract stage, a house in Tralee at the same stage and a property in Kilgarvan that is in the process of being renovated. In May 2020, he was refused planning permission to convert the ground floor of Nancy Myles Pub in the Ballymullen area of Tralee. The plan was for four apartments and had met with strong local opposition. The council's decision was appealed by a number of locals and a conservation organisation.The majority of the decision to refuse was based on the grounds that the proposal would not allow the residents enough natural light or amenity standards. It was the second time the appeals board has overturned a decision by Kerry County Council to grant him a change of use for the pub. In February 2021 the Register of Members Interests was published, covering 2020, revealing that he remained the largest landlord in the Dáil, with 5 plots of land, 16 properties. A quarter of TDs are landlords or property investors. Other interests He has also listed in the register of TDs interests that he is a postmaster, farmer, plant hire business operator and shop owner. His plant-hire business has worked for the Health Service Executive and he has a contract for providing fuel to Kerry County Council. In May 2020, a complaint was lodged with the clerk of the Dáil over his failure to declare his interest in The Skellig Hotel Experience, a company that ran the Skellig Star Hotel in Cahersiveen.He had a 25% share in the company after investing €25,000 in January 2019, but there was no entry for his shareholding on the Oireachtas Register of Interests. Oireachtas members are required to declare any shareholding over €13,000. When controversy over the leasing of the hotel <mask>-Rae said that he was not involved in the leasing of the hotel, but he later accepted the Skellig Hotel Experience held the lease. The company was sold in December 2019 to Paul Collins who runs Direct Provision centres. <mask>-Rae was adamant that he had no knowledge that it would be converted into a Direct Provision centre. Other In December 2019, he was transferred to hospital after a fire at his shop. In May 2020, he called for the Leaving Certificate exams in 2020 to be cancelled due to COVID-19, in contrast to his brother Danny who said that the exams should go ahead in 2020 with proper social distancing, possibly using public buildings such as community centres and libraries.Publications Time to Talk: Stories from the Heart of Ireland, Gill, Ireland 2018. A Listening Ear: More Stories from the Heart of Ireland, Gill, Ireland 2019. References 1967 births Living people <mask> Independent TDs Irish people of American descent Local councillors in County Kerry Members of the 31st Dáil Members of the 32nd Dáil Members of the 33rd Dáil Participants in Irish reality television series Politicians from County Kerry

Since 2016 he has been a Teachta Dla (TD) for the Kerry constituency and previously from 2011 to 2016 for the Kerry South constituency. The Committee on European Union Affairs was chaired by him from 2016 to 2020. Prior to entering politics, he pursued business interests and was involved in local politics. He is the son of a Kerry South politician who was a member of the party from 1997 to 2011. His mother was born in Delaware but grew up in New York City. Two of his children were found guilty of assault in 2019. His son was elected to the Castleisland LEA at the Kerry County Council election.He was first elected to the Council at the 1999 local elections, representing the Killorglin electoral area. He was re-elected at the 2004 local elections. Celebrity Go Wild was a reality television show that took place in the "unforgiving landscapes" of Connemara, County Galway. He received the largest number of votes from the "viewing public". The National Newspapers of Ireland's Journalism Awards had a voting scandal in which journalist Senan Molony received the award for "Scoop of the Year". The premium-rate calls were being charged to the Irish taxpayer, at a cost of 2,600, in order to raise money for charity. Information about how the calls were made was limited.The Irish Independent discounted the idea that an automated dialler had been used. The Ceann Comhairle Sen Barrett described it as an outrageous abuse of facilities, while Enda Kenny said the money spent on the calls should be paid back. While he wasn't involved in the calls, he would pay the money back. In October of last year, she appeared on Livin' with Lucy. When his father retired from national politics, his son was elected for the Kerry South constituency. He was not a member of the Technical group in the 31st Dil. He missed two-thirds of votes in his first Dil term despite being signed in for his expenses every day.In April 2009, she was appointed to the Citizens' Information Board. He was asked to give up his position on the board because of a conflict of interest between his membership of the Dil and his work for the Minister for Social Protection. He was dismissed by the Minister in July 2011. He was advised to leave the Dil chamber after taking ill during a debate on social welfare. James Reilly, a medical doctor, tended to him outside the chamber, he was brought from Leinster House on a stretcher, placed in an ambulance and rushed to St. James's Hospital. He is against tighter controls on drinking and driving. His father and brother have the same views.The proposed change to Ireland's number plate system was made in January of 2012 to save the Irish car industry. While meeting some of his constituents who were "nearly gone out of their minds" with The Hum, he raised it in Dil ireann. The official response was described as "away with the fairies gobbledygook." Danny was elected alongside his brother at the 2016 general election. Two siblings from the same constituency were elected to the Dil. A short time later, on the evening of 20 March, <mask> was "tossed around by a cow" who was in a shed at his farm near Kilgarvan. He was taken to the hospital.He was re-elected on the first count at the general election in February 2020. There were 11 properties listed for letting or rental in February of last year. In March 2020, it was reported that he had added three properties to his portfolio, bringing the number of properties to 21. A house in Clonkeen that was going through a contract stage is one of three new properties. In May 2020, he was refused permission to convert the ground floor of Nancy Myles Pub in the Ballymullen area of Tralee. There was strong local opposition to the plan for four apartments. A number of people appealed the council's decision.The majority of the decision to refuse was based on the fact that the proposal wouldn't allow enough natural light. The appeals board overturned a decision by Kerry County Council to grant him a change of use for the pub. He remained the largest landlord in the Dil with 5 plots of land and 16 properties. Landlords and property investors make up a quarter of the TDs. He has interests that include being a postmaster, farmer, plant hire business operator and shop owner. He has a contract for providing fuel to Kerry County Council and his plant-hire business has worked for the Health Service Executive. In May 2020, a complaint was lodged with the clerk of the Dil over his failure to declare his interest in The Skellig Hotel Experience, a company that ran the Skellig Star Hotel in Cahersiveen.There was no entry for his 25% share in the company on the Oireachtas Register of Interests. Oireachtas members are required to declare their holdings. The lease of the hotel was held by the Skellig Hotel Experience, even though <mask>-Rae said he was not involved in the lease. The company was sold by Paul Collins. <mask> was adamant that he didn't know it was going to be a Direct Provision centre. He was hospitalized after a fire at his shop. In May 2020, he called for the Leaving Certificate exams to be canceled due to COVID-19, in contrast to his brother Danny who said that the exams should go ahead in 2020 with proper social distance.Time to Talk: Stories from the Heart of Ireland is a publication. Gill, Ireland 2019: A Listening Ear: More Stories from the Heart of Ireland. There are politicians from County Kerry in the 31st Dil and the 32nd Dil.

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O. C. Barber

Ohio Columbus Barber (April 20, 1841 – February 4, 1920) was an American businessman, industrialist and philanthropist. He was called "America's Match King" because of his controlling interest in the Diamond Match Company, which had 85 percent of the market in 1881. He founded the city of Barberton, Ohio in 1891 and moved his manufacturing plant there in 1894. It produced 250 million matches per day. He also founded the Akron City Hospital. Biography Ohio Columbus Barber (called O.C.) was born the second son of George and Eliza Barber in Middlebury, a small Ohio village later annexed by Akron. His father made matches by hand, which his sons sold door to door. O.C. received a common school education, and at age 15 began working for his father. At age 16, O.C. Barber became the company salesman. At 20, he was a partner in the business, and by 21 the general manager. The company had difficulties through the American Civil War, and O.C.'s older brother, George H. Barber, who was a soldier, died of dysentery, one of the many war casualties of disease. By 1880 the Barber Company had become the biggest match-producing company in Ohio and one of the largest in the nation. Unregulated competition made it difficult for the Barber Company to keep stable. In 1881, the Barber Company and 11 other match-producing companies merged into the Diamond Match Company, which dominated the match market, holding 85 per cent of the U.S. Market. Barber was long a leader in his own home town, Akron. He was, for many years, president of the First National Bank of Akron, and when it was consolidated with the Second National Bank under the name of the First-Second National Bank he was unanimously elected to the presidency of the combined institutions. To expand manufacturing operations, Barber purchased a large area from Norton Township founding the city of Barberton in 1891. He intended it to be a model for industrial and residential development. Barber developed its early stages through The Barberton Land and Improvement Company. Within a few years, the city had expanded with industrial and residential areas, growing at such a rate it was nicknamed "Magic City". It attracted many new immigrants to its industrial jobs. In 1894 Barber moved his match-making plant from Akron to Barberton, which helped the city's economy. The factory produced 250 million matches each day. In 1889, Barber founded and organized the American Straw Board Company. He was one of the early manufacturers of rubber products, and organized and managed the Diamond Rubber Company up to the time of its acquisition by the B. F. Goodrich Company. The sewer-pipe and steel-tube industry next engaged his attention, and he became a western pioneer in this line of endeavor. He founded the Stirling Boiler Company which was merged with the Babcock & Wilcox Boiler Manufacturing Company of Barberton and Bayonne, New Jersey, the concern thus becoming the largest manufacturer of steel boilers in the world. For a number of years, they constructed four-fifths of the product used by the United States Navy. One of the biggest achievements of Barber's career, particularly from the humanitarian and economical standpoints, was the establishment, with Frederick Grinnell and others, of the General Fire Extinguisher Company. Barber was the founder and sole owner of the O. C. Barber Concrete Company, whose plant at Barberton was said to be the largest of its kind in the world. It also made art works in concrete. He originated the O. C. Barber Fertilizer Company, of Barber, Virginia. He also undertook the development of large tracts of land in and about the city of Canton, Ohio, in connection with which he has organized and operated a large plant under the name of the O. C. Barber Allied Industries Company. Some of these lands contain valuable coal, lime, and clay properties. He was the originator and guiding spirit of Barber Subways, at Cleveland. His plans called for the building of an underground system of subways connecting every railroad entering Cleveland, at the Lake Front, thus facilitating the handling of freight, and the establishment of the great warehouse system on the Lake Shore, where he owned large frontages. In 1905, he began his last project, to create a scientific farm. He gradually purchased more than . In 1909, Barber used his wealth to commission construction of a three-story, 52-room mansion in Barberton; it was completed in 18 months. Over long, the mansion was designed in the French Renaissance Revival style by the Akron architects Harpster & Bliss. It cost more than $400,000 to construct and had an area of . Among its amenities was an elevator with a glass skylight. On the grounds were gardens and a park, designed by a Chicago landscape architect firm. The extravagant building was reported by local and national papers; the New York Times called it the "finest mansion between New York and Chicago." Barber and his family moved into the mansion in October 1910. It stood until 1965, when it was demolished. In addition, Barber had 35 structures built as part of his experimental, scientific Anna Dean Farm, which covered . He named it after his daughter Anna and her husband, Dr. Arthur Dean Bevan. These were also in the French Renaissance Revival style, as he believed farm buildings should be both beautiful and functional. He intended to have a farm that operated as efficiently as industry. For education, he opened the grounds to the public weekly on Sundays. Many of his facilities were the largest in the world at the time, such as the greenhouses, covering and heated by the Heating House; Barn #3, long, wide and three stories high, the largest barn in the world when constructed in 1912, and the Brooder Barn's incubator. He raised 50,000 chickens, which were allowed "free range". Barber had a barn for 140 thoroughbred Belgian draft horses, used for show and for farm work. In 1920, Barber died at his mansion in Barberton. He willed his farm to Case Western University, intending it to serve as the basis of an agricultural college, but he failed to complete the financing before his death. Since neither his widow nor the university was able to operate the farm, the university sold most of the property. It was divided and redeveloped. Family After the American Civil War, when Barber was 26, he married Laura Brown of Coventry, Ohio. They had one daughter Anna, the namesake years later for a lake and park in Barberton, and a son Charles, who died young. Anna Dean Farm was named after their daughter and her husband, Dr. Arthur Dean Bevan. Laura died in 1894. After being a widower for 20 years, in 1915 Barber married Mary Orr, who had worked as his secretary and shared his vision. Legacy and honors Eight of the farm buildings of Anna Dean Farm survive. Six are owned and maintained by the Barberton Historical Society, which is stabilizing them. The eight surviving buildings are Barn No. 1, the Colt Barn, the Creamery, the Piggery, the Brooder Barn, the Poultry Manager's Office, the Feed Barn, and the Heating House, gradually being renovated and restored for other uses. Two are now used as private residences. The most significant, the former dairy barn, Barn No. 1, was restored in 1985 by the Yoder Brothers, horticulturalists who use it for their world headquarters. Its silos resemble castle towers and are visible from across the city. They are constructed of red brick edged in white concrete block, with royal blue trim and red tile roofing. The other barns have been structurally stabilized and at least partially restored. All but one may be renovated for other economic uses. Barberton, Ohio The Barberton Erie Depot Barber near Chico, California was named after him. He had the neighborhood built as workers' housing for the employees of the Diamond Match factory in Chico. At its peak, Barber also had orchards, shops, a swimming pool, social hall, and neighborhoods of bungalow houses. Barber faced stiff competition by local manufacturers, and in 1908 he consolidated his operations in Ohio. The village of Barber was eventually absorbed into the town of Chico, California. He founded Akron City Hospital in 1904 and in 1906 the Akron Chamber of Commerce. References External links "O.C. Barber Mansion Collection", Summit Memory American city founders 1841 births 1920 deaths People from Barberton, Ohio American industrialists American philanthropists Burials at Glendale Cemetery, Akron People from Akron, Ohio

<mask> (April 20, 1841 – February 4, 1920) was an American businessman, industrialist and philanthropist. He was called "America's Match King" because of his controlling interest in the Diamond Match Company, which had 85 percent of the market in 1881. He founded the city of Barberton, Ohio in 1891 and moved his manufacturing plant there in 1894. It produced 250 million matches per day. He also founded the Akron City Hospital. Biography <mask> (called O.C.) was born the second son of George and <mask> in Middlebury, a small Ohio village later annexed by Akron.His father made matches by hand, which his sons sold door to door. O.C. received a common school education, and at age 15 began working for his father. At age 16, O.C<mask> became the company salesman. At 20, he was a partner in the business, and by 21 the general manager. The company had difficulties through the American Civil War, and O.C.'s older brother, George H<mask>, who was a soldier, died of dysentery, one of the many war casualties of disease. By 1880 the Barber Company had become the biggest match-producing company in Ohio and one of the largest in the nation. Unregulated competition made it difficult for the Barber Company to keep stable. In 1881, the Barber Company and 11 other match-producing companies merged into the Diamond Match Company, which dominated the match market, holding 85 per cent of the U.S. Market. <mask> was long a leader in his own home town, Akron. He was, for many years, president of the First National Bank of Akron, and when it was consolidated with the Second National Bank under the name of the First-Second National Bank he was unanimously elected to the presidency of the combined institutions. To expand manufacturing operations, <mask> purchased a large area from Norton Township founding the city of Barberton in 1891.He intended it to be a model for industrial and residential development. <mask> developed its early stages through The Barberton Land and Improvement Company. Within a few years, the city had expanded with industrial and residential areas, growing at such a rate it was nicknamed "Magic City". It attracted many new immigrants to its industrial jobs. In 1894 <mask> moved his match-making plant from Akron to Barberton, which helped the city's economy. The factory produced 250 million matches each day. In 1889, <mask> founded and organized the American Straw Board Company.He was one of the early manufacturers of rubber products, and organized and managed the Diamond Rubber Company up to the time of its acquisition by the B. F. Goodrich Company. The sewer-pipe and steel-tube industry next engaged his attention, and he became a western pioneer in this line of endeavor. He founded the Stirling Boiler Company which was merged with the Babcock & Wilcox Boiler Manufacturing Company of Barberton and Bayonne, New Jersey, the concern thus becoming the largest manufacturer of steel boilers in the world. For a number of years, they constructed four-fifths of the product used by the United States Navy. One of the biggest achievements of <mask>'s career, particularly from the humanitarian and economical standpoints, was the establishment, with Frederick Grinnell and others, of the General Fire Extinguisher Company. <mask> was the founder and sole owner of the O. C. Barber Concrete Company, whose plant at Barberton was said to be the largest of its kind in the world. It also made art works in concrete.He originated the O. C. Barber Fertilizer Company, of Barber, Virginia. He also undertook the development of large tracts of land in and about the city of Canton, Ohio, in connection with which he has organized and operated a large plant under the name of the O. C. Barber Allied Industries Company. Some of these lands contain valuable coal, lime, and clay properties. He was the originator and guiding spirit of Barber Subways, at Cleveland. His plans called for the building of an underground system of subways connecting every railroad entering Cleveland, at the Lake Front, thus facilitating the handling of freight, and the establishment of the great warehouse system on the Lake Shore, where he owned large frontages. In 1905, he began his last project, to create a scientific farm. He gradually purchased more than .In 1909, <mask> used his wealth to commission construction of a three-story, 52-room mansion in Barberton; it was completed in 18 months. Over long, the mansion was designed in the French Renaissance Revival style by the Akron architects Harpster & Bliss. It cost more than $400,000 to construct and had an area of . Among its amenities was an elevator with a glass skylight. On the grounds were gardens and a park, designed by a Chicago landscape architect firm. The extravagant building was reported by local and national papers; the New York Times called it the "finest mansion between New York and Chicago." <mask> and his family moved into the mansion in October 1910.It stood until 1965, when it was demolished. In addition, <mask> had 35 structures built as part of his experimental, scientific Anna Dean Farm, which covered . He named it after his daughter Anna and her husband, Dr. Arthur Dean Bevan. These were also in the French Renaissance Revival style, as he believed farm buildings should be both beautiful and functional. He intended to have a farm that operated as efficiently as industry. For education, he opened the grounds to the public weekly on Sundays. Many of his facilities were the largest in the world at the time, such as the greenhouses, covering and heated by the Heating House; Barn #3, long, wide and three stories high, the largest barn in the world when constructed in 1912, and the Brooder Barn's incubator.He raised 50,000 chickens, which were allowed "free range". <mask> had a barn for 140 thoroughbred Belgian draft horses, used for show and for farm work. In 1920, <mask> died at his mansion in Barberton. He willed his farm to Case Western University, intending it to serve as the basis of an agricultural college, but he failed to complete the financing before his death. Since neither his widow nor the university was able to operate the farm, the university sold most of the property. It was divided and redeveloped. Family After the American Civil War, when <mask> was 26, he married Laura Brown of Coventry, Ohio.They had one daughter Anna, the namesake years later for a lake and park in Barberton, and a son <mask>, who died young. Anna Dean Farm was named after their daughter and her husband, Dr. Arthur Dean Bevan. Laura died in 1894. After being a widower for 20 years, in 1915 <mask> married <mask>, who had worked as his secretary and shared his vision. Legacy and honors Eight of the farm buildings of Anna Dean Farm survive. Six are owned and maintained by the Barberton Historical Society, which is stabilizing them. The eight surviving buildings are Barn No.1, the Colt Barn, the Creamery, the Piggery, the Brooder Barn, the Poultry Manager's Office, the Feed Barn, and the Heating House, gradually being renovated and restored for other uses. Two are now used as private residences. The most significant, the former dairy barn, Barn No. 1, was restored in 1985 by the Yoder Brothers, horticulturalists who use it for their world headquarters. Its silos resemble castle towers and are visible from across the city. They are constructed of red brick edged in white concrete block, with royal blue trim and red tile roofing. The other barns have been structurally stabilized and at least partially restored.All but one may be renovated for other economic uses. Barberton, Ohio The Barberton Erie Depot Barber near Chico, California was named after him. He had the neighborhood built as workers' housing for the employees of the Diamond Match factory in Chico. At its peak, Barber also had orchards, shops, a swimming pool, social hall, and neighborhoods of bungalow houses. <mask> faced stiff competition by local manufacturers, and in 1908 he consolidated his operations in Ohio. The village of Barber was eventually absorbed into the town of Chico, California. He founded Akron City Hospital in 1904 and in 1906 the Akron Chamber of Commerce.References External links "O.C. Barber Mansion Collection", Summit Memory American city founders 1841 births 1920 deaths People from Barberton, Ohio American industrialists American philanthropists Burials at Glendale Cemetery, Akron People from Akron, Ohio

<mask> was an American businessman, industrialist and philanthropist. He was called "America's Match King" because of his controlling interest in the Diamond Match Company. He moved his manufacturing plant to Ohio in 1894 and founded the city of Barberton in 1891. It was able to produce 250 million matches per day. He founded the hospital. The Ohio Columbus Barber is called <mask>. The second son of George and <mask> was born in the small Ohio village of Middlebury.His father made matches by hand and his sons sold door to door. O.C. At the age of 15, he began working for his father. At the age of 16. The company's salesman was <mask>. He was a partner in the business at 20 and a general manager at 21. The company had difficulties during the American Civil War.One of the war casualties of disease was George H<mask>, his older brother. The Barber Company was the largest match-production company in Ohio and one of the largest in the nation. Competition made it difficult for the Barber Company to survive. The Diamond Match Company dominated the match market in the US in the 19th century and merged with the Barber Company. He was a leader in his hometown of Akron. He was unanimously elected to the presidency of the combined institutions when he was president of the First National Bank of Akron. The city of Barberton was founded in 1891 after <mask> purchased a large area fromNorton Township.He wanted it to be a model for industrial and residential development. The Barberton Land and Improvement Company was responsible for the early stages of <mask>. It was nicknamed "Magic City" due to the rapid expansion of industrial and residential areas within a few years. New immigrants were attracted to its industrial jobs. The city's economy was helped by <mask> moving his match-making plant to Barberton. Each day the factory produced 250 million matches. The American Straw Board Company was founded in 1889 by <mask>.He was in charge of the Diamond Rubber Company up to the time it was acquired by the B. F. Goodrich Company. He became a western pioneer in this line of endeavor because of the sewer-pipe and steel-tube industry. The Babcock & Wilcox Boiler Manufacturing Company of Barberton and New Jersey merged with the Stirling Boiler Company to become the largest manufacturer of steel boilers in the world. Four-fifths of the product used by the United States Navy was constructed by them. The establishment of the General Fire Extinguisher Company was one of the biggest achievements of <mask>'s career. The O. C. Barber Concrete Company's plant at Barberton was said to be the largest of its kind in the world. Art works were made in concrete.The O. C. Barber Fertilizer Company was started by him. In connection with the development of large tracts of land in and about the city of Canton, Ohio, he has organized and operated a large plant under the name of the O. C. Barber Allied Industries Company. Valuable coal, lime, and clay can be found on some of these lands. He was the originator of Barber Subways. His plans called for the building of an underground system of subways connecting every railroad entering Cleveland, at the Lake Front, thus facilitating the handling of freight, and the establishment of the great warehouse system on the Lake Shore. His last project was to create a scientific farm. He gradually bought more.In 1909, <mask> used his wealth to build a three-story mansion in Barberton. The mansion was designed in the style of the French Renaissance Revival. It cost more than $400,000 to build. The elevator had a glass skylight. The gardens and park were designed by a Chicago landscape architect firm. The New York Times described the building as the "finest mansion between New York and Chicago". In October 1910, <mask> and his family moved into the mansion.When it was demolished in 1965, it stood until then. 35 structures were built as part of the experimental, scientific Anna Dean Farm. He named it after Anna and her husband. He believed farm buildings should be both functional and beautiful. He wanted the farm to be as efficient as the industry. On Sundays, the grounds were open to the public for education. Many of his facilities were the largest in the world at the time, such as the greenhouses, covering and heated by the Heating House; Barn #3, long, wide and three stories high, the largest barn in the world when constructed in 1912, and the Brooder Barn's incubatorHe was allowed to raise 50,000 chickens. The barn was used for show and farm work. In 1920, <mask> died at his mansion. He intended for his farm to be the basis of an agricultural college, but he failed to complete financing before his death. The university sold most of the property because neither his widow nor the university were able to operate the farm. It was redeveloped after it was divided. After the American Civil War, <mask> married Laura Brown of Ohio.They had two children, a daughter Anna and a son <mask>, who died young. Anna Dean Farm was named after their daughter. Laura died in 1894. After being a widower for 20 years, <mask> married <mask>, who was his secretary and shared his vision. Eight of the farm buildings are still standing. The Barberton Historical Society is stabilizing six of them. Barn No. is one of the eight surviving buildings.The Colt Barn, the Creamery, the Brooder Barn, the Poultry Manager's Office, the Feed Barn, and the Heating House are being renovated and restored for other uses. Two of them are now private residences. The most significant is the former dairy barn. The Yoder Brothers restored 1, which they use for their world headquarters. The silos look like castle towers and are visible across the city. They are made of red brick with a white concrete block and royal blue trim. The other barns have been restored.All but one may be renovated. The Barberton Erie Depot Barber was named after him. The neighborhood was built for the employees of the Diamond Match factory. At its peak, <mask> had a swimming pool, a social hall, and neighborhoods of bungalow houses. In 1908, <mask> consolidated his operations in Ohio. The town of Chico absorbed the village of Barber. The Akron Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1906 by him."O.C." is a reference to external links. There were people from Barberton, Ohio who died in the 1920s.

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Dean Budnick is an American writer, filmmaker, college professor, podcast creator and radio host who focuses on music, film and popular culture. Budnick, who is editor-in-chief of Relix, grew up in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Ticket Masters In April 2012, Plume/Penguin published the revised, expanded edition of Budnick's latest book, Ticket Masters: The Rise of the Concert Industry and How the Public Got Scalped, in North America and the U.K. ECW Press issued the original hardcover edition of the book, co-authored with Josh Baron, in 2011. Ticket Masters explores the emergence of computerized ticketing and the rise of the modern concert industry. It is the first book to chronicle the origins, development and ongoing strategies of companies such as Ticketron, Ticketmaster, Live Nation and StubHub, the efforts of numerous independent competitors and bands such as the Grateful Dead, The String Cheese Incident and Phish. The Wall Street Journal reviewer Ken Kurson wrote, "A clear, comprehensive look at a murky business, the book is also an encyclopedia of information about the rise, decline and rebirth of the live music industry." Similar assessments appeared in Rolling Stone, Maclean's, Pollstar and other outlets. A revised expanded paperback edition was published by Plume in 2012. Budnick has gone on to appear as a panelist and deliver keynotes about the subject at numerous industry events, including: CMJ, the Ticket Summit, the International Ticketing Association Conference (INTIX), the IAVM Arena Management Conference, by:Larm and the International Music Festival Conference. He has commented about ticketing issues for a variety of media outlets. and also has lectured on this topic at college campuses. Budnick continues to write about ticketing and the concert industry for Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety and Bloomberg View. Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Budnick has explained that the idea for Ticket Masters first came to him in the mid-1990s, while a graduate student at Harvard University's History of American Civilization program, when he explored reports of ticket scalping on Charles Dickens' final American speaking tour. Budnick happened upon such accounts (as well as those related to the "Swedish Nightingale" Jenny Lind) while writing his doctoral dissertation on Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. In Direct Verdict: The Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Trial Discourse, Budnick, who also earned a J.D. at Columbia Law School, worked from the original trial transcripts, dozens of newspaper reports and other primary sources to explore the silent film comic's life before and after his manslaughter trials that followed the death of actress Virginia Rappe on September 9, 1921. Directed Verdict examines not only on prevailing attitudes towards Hollywood and a new culture of celebrity but also tabloid journalism, the onset of Prohibition and the emerging, oft-contradictory roles of women in the 1920s. Budnick received his PhD in 2000 and his dissertation committee consisted of Henry Louis Gates, Werner Sollors and Ellen Fitzpatrick. After serving as a teaching fellow and tutor at Harvard, Budnick has gone on to teach at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Roger Williams University and the University of Rhode Island. Long May They Run podcast In September 2019, Variety reported that Budnick would be the writer and host of a new podcast titled Long May They Run. Cadence13 launched the music-themed, documentary-style podcast, with a focus on bands that thrive in the live setting. Phish is the subject of season one. Variety notes that the season "will offer a deep dive into the history of Phish as well as its impact on music culture, the industry and beyond," through over 75 interviews, including those with the band members and management. Season one launched on September 16 with "A Pattern Language" and "A Timless Way of Building" the first two episodes of the 10 slated for season one. The series immediately topped the Apple podcast U.S. music charts. The New York Times named it one of six notable podcasts to launch that month. The subject of season 2 has yet to be announced. John Popper memoir In December 2015, Billboard published an exclusive cover reveal for Suck and Blow: And Other Stories I'm Not Supposed To Tell, the autobiography of longtime Blues Traveler frontman John Popper, which Budnick co-authored. The New York Post hailed Popper's "off-beat, hilarious new memoir" in a two-page review. Budnick and Popper later discussed the book during an event at New York City's Strand Bookstore. Popper supported Suck and Blow with numerous media appearances, including a performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on which Popper played alongside vice-presidential candidate Tim Kaine. The Post later named Suck and Blow to its list of "The 40 best books of 2016 you must read immediately." Grateful Dead: Liner Notes, Journalism and Novel Budnick has contributed liner notes to the Grateful Dead's RFK box set and Garcia Live Volume Eight (He previously drafted liners for Matisyahu, Spin Doctors and others). A chapter on the Grateful Dead's pioneering mail-order ticketing service appears in Ticket Masters. Budnick's 2017 Billboard piece on the band explored the group's licensing deals with Warner/Rhino Entertainment and additional plans for its intellectual property. In 2017 he also wrote a Relix cover story on Dead & Company, which followed up his earlier cover stories on the band. His other related articles include interviews with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter and pieces that have focused on Brent Mydland and the missing soundboard tapes recorded by Betty-Cantor Jackson, His conversation with Deadhead Bill Walton appeared in Relix Conversation video series, while previous installments with Warren Haynes & John Scofield and Luther Dickinson & Anders Osborne all touched on their time performing in Phil Lesh and Friends. In 2015 Budnick served as editor of the official Fare Thee Well daily programs, securing a welcome message from President Obama. He served in a similar capacity for the Dead reunion shows at Alpine Valley in 2002. The 2015 Billboard piece that first shared the cover for John Popper's memoir, also revealed that Budnick's next project was a "Grateful-Dead themed novel. Rare Bird Books published Might As Well in the spring of 2016. One reviewer described it as "a highly entertaining (and wildly funny) fictionalized multi-character account of a Grateful Dead show, which details the experience of both the lot scene and an actual show (for those who could get tickets) at Brendan Byrne Arena in the fall of 1989." Budnick later revealed in an interview that the general excitement from the Fare Thee Well shows had inspired him to revisit the band's touring days. The era that provides the backdrop to Might As Well is the same time period Budnick subsequently wrote about in the box set Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C., July 12 & 13, 1989. Wetlands Preserved In 2004 his interest in film as well as an ongoing focus on live music led Budnick to begin work on the feature-length documentary Wetlands Preserved: The Story of An Activist Rock Club. Budnick directed the film, which utilized archival footage, soundboard recordings and the efforts of a dozen digital animators to relate the story of Tribeca nightclub Wetlands Preserve. The documentary also includes music and interviews with Dave Matthews, Bob Weir, Questlove and Warren Haynes as well as members of Phish, moe., Agnostic Front, 311, the Disco Biscuits and many others. Wetlands Preserved, shown at such festivals as SXSW, Woodstock and Asheville (where it won top documentary honors), was released to theatres by First Run Features on March 14, 2008. The New York Times wrote, "Wetlands Preserved is a fond account of the rising, thriving and eventual closing of the TriBeCa club known as the Wetlands Preserve." Other positive reviews appeared in the New York Daily News, Newsday and additional outlets. Wetlands Preserved was later acquired for television by the Sundance Channel Jambands, the Jammy Awards and Relix While still a graduate student, Budnick wrote two books, The Phishing Manual (Hyperion, 1996) and Jam Bands (ECW Press, 1998).<ref>Andy Smith "Enthusiasm for jam translates into guide," Providence Journal, January 14, 1999</ref> In the summer of 1998, shortly before the publication of the second book, Budnick created Jambands.com along with webmaster Andy Gadiel (who would go on to create the JamBase website). Budnick is often said to have coined the term jam band. However, in 2003, with the publication of an expanded edition of Jambands (Backbeat Books, 2003) and later in Peter Conners book, JAMerica (Da Capo, 2013) Budnick indicated it that he only popularized it, although he is responsible for recasting it as a single word.Dean Budnick Jambands: The Complete Guide to the Players, Music & Scene, Backbeat Books, 2003, JAMerica, p. 79. During the summer of 1999 Budnick produced the Jambands.com tour, which traveled from Maine to Maryland over two weeks and featured performances by such groups as: The Disco Biscuits, The Slip, STS9, Deep Banana Blackout and Percy Hill with special appearances by Allman Brothers Band members Butch Trucks and Oteil Burbridge (Budnick later served as board member for Trucks' Flying Frog Records). In 2000 Budnick created the Jammy Awards along with Wetlands owner Peter Shapiro. The inaugural edition of this awards show took place on June 22, 2000, at Irving Plaza, where Budnick co-hosted with the musician Peter Prince while wearing a tuxedo, a tradition Budnick would repeat at every Jammys. Over successive years the Jammys would move to the Roseland Ballroom and then to the Theater at Madison Square Garden, where, in its final installment in 2008, Phish received the Lifetime Achievement Award on the eve of the band's announcement that it would return to the stage after a four-year hiatus. In 2001 Budnick also began his ongoing association with Relix Magazine, which acquired Jambands.com. His Relix cover stories have included profiles of Phish, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood Ray LaMontagne and My Morning Jacket, Carlos Santana, The Allman Brothers Band, Bonnie Raitt and Grace Potter, Ryan Adams, Zac Brown Band, Tenacious D, Warren Haynes, Tedeschi Trucks Band,Dean Budnick. "A Joyful Noise", Relix, January–February 2016 Gary Clark Jr., moe., Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, a H.O.R.D.E. Retrospective The String Cheese Incident and Dave Matthews Band. In his role at Relix he created the official Bonnaroo Music Festival daily newspaper, the Bonnaroo Beacon and event newspapers for Phish's festivals, the Grateful Dead's 2002 Terrapin Station reunion shows and Dave Matthews Band. Budnick edited the three daily programs for Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead in Chicago on July 3–5, 2015, in which the surviving members of the Grateful Dead—Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart—joined by Trey Anastasio, Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Chimenti. Budnick secured a special message by President Barack Obama which appeared in the program (He later explained, "The whole thing was a surprise. I wanted to keep it from the band members until they saw it in the program....It all happened rather quickly. It made perfect sense to me since Chicago is the President's town and the 'Core Four' had been supportive of his initial campaign. Back in October 2008 Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart reunited to perform at the Change Rocks event for then-candidate Barack Obama. They later took the stage at the Mid-Atlantic Inaugural ball in January 2009. So I contacted the White House, described the event, although they seemed quite aware of it, and received the message a day later. They even sent along the official image to run with the President's words.") He also programmed the Live Soundtrack Cinema at the inaugural Lockn' Festival, a film tent that designed to "unite the musical side with the visual side by having the audio feed from the stage playing as specifically-selected features, shorts and animated films that complement the music are screened." At the second Lockn' Festival, he edited the official four-day festival newspaper, The Lockn' Times, which debuted that year. In September 2013, he was named editor-in-chief at Relix, sharing the role with Mike Greenhaus. The Lockn' Times and Bonnaroo Beacon continue to be published. Jam Nation Radio In the fall of 2000 Budnick and Jefferson Waful began co-hosting the Jam Nation radio show. Jam Nation originated from WMRQ in Hartford, Connecticut, where it aired Sunday nights from 8 to 10 PM. Twice a month the show hosted a one-hour electric performance from musical acts, with appearances by such groups as Derek Trucks Band, STS9, Galactic, Keller Williams and Umphrey's McGee (for whom Waful would eventually become lighting director). Jam Nation'' was soon syndicated on the fledgling XM Satellite network where it aired until 2009, ending its run following XM's merger with SIRIUS. He continues to make guest DJ appearances on SiriusXM. 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<mask> is an American writer, filmmaker, college professor, podcast creator and radio host who focuses on music, film and popular culture. <mask>, who is editor-in-chief of Relix, grew up in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Ticket Masters In April 2012, Plume/Penguin published the revised, expanded edition of <mask>'s latest book, Ticket Masters: The Rise of the Concert Industry and How the Public Got Scalped, in North America and the U.K. ECW Press issued the original hardcover edition of the book, co-authored with Josh Baron, in 2011. Ticket Masters explores the emergence of computerized ticketing and the rise of the modern concert industry. It is the first book to chronicle the origins, development and ongoing strategies of companies such as Ticketron, Ticketmaster, Live Nation and StubHub, the efforts of numerous independent competitors and bands such as the Grateful Dead, The String Cheese Incident and Phish. The Wall Street Journal reviewer Ken Kurson wrote, "A clear, comprehensive look at a murky business, the book is also an encyclopedia of information about the rise, decline and rebirth of the live music industry." Similar assessments appeared in Rolling Stone, Maclean's, Pollstar and other outlets.A revised expanded paperback edition was published by Plume in 2012. <mask> has gone on to appear as a panelist and deliver keynotes about the subject at numerous industry events, including: CMJ, the Ticket Summit, the International Ticketing Association Conference (INTIX), the IAVM Arena Management Conference, by:Larm and the International Music Festival Conference. He has commented about ticketing issues for a variety of media outlets. and also has lectured on this topic at college campuses. <mask> continues to write about ticketing and the concert industry for Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety and Bloomberg View. Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle <mask> has explained that the idea for Ticket Masters first came to him in the mid-1990s, while a graduate student at Harvard University's History of American Civilization program, when he explored reports of ticket scalping on Charles Dickens' final American speaking tour. <mask> happened upon such accounts (as well as those related to the "Swedish Nightingale" Jenny Lind) while writing his doctoral dissertation on Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.In Direct Verdict: The Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Trial Discourse, <mask>, who also earned a J.D. at Columbia Law School, worked from the original trial transcripts, dozens of newspaper reports and other primary sources to explore the silent film comic's life before and after his manslaughter trials that followed the death of actress Virginia Rappe on September 9, 1921. Directed Verdict examines not only on prevailing attitudes towards Hollywood and a new culture of celebrity but also tabloid journalism, the onset of Prohibition and the emerging, oft-contradictory roles of women in the 1920s. <mask> received his PhD in 2000 and his dissertation committee consisted of Henry Louis Gates, Werner Sollors and Ellen Fitzpatrick. After serving as a teaching fellow and tutor at Harvard, <mask> has gone on to teach at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Roger Williams University and the University of Rhode Island. Long May They Run podcast In September 2019, Variety reported that <mask> would be the writer and host of a new podcast titled Long May They Run. Cadence13 launched the music-themed, documentary-style podcast, with a focus on bands that thrive in the live setting.Phish is the subject of season one. Variety notes that the season "will offer a deep dive into the history of Phish as well as its impact on music culture, the industry and beyond," through over 75 interviews, including those with the band members and management. Season one launched on September 16 with "A Pattern Language" and "A Timless Way of Building" the first two episodes of the 10 slated for season one. The series immediately topped the Apple podcast U.S. music charts. The New York Times named it one of six notable podcasts to launch that month. The subject of season 2 has yet to be announced. John Popper memoir In December 2015, Billboard published an exclusive cover reveal for Suck and Blow: And Other Stories I'm Not Supposed To Tell, the autobiography of longtime Blues Traveler frontman John Popper, which <mask> co-authored.The New York Post hailed Popper's "off-beat, hilarious new memoir" in a two-page review. <mask> and Popper later discussed the book during an event at New York City's Strand Bookstore. Popper supported Suck and Blow with numerous media appearances, including a performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on which Popper played alongside vice-presidential candidate Tim Kaine. The Post later named Suck and Blow to its list of "The 40 best books of 2016 you must read immediately." Grateful Dead: Liner Notes, Journalism and Novel <mask> has contributed liner notes to the Grateful Dead's RFK box set and Garcia Live Volume Eight (He previously drafted liners for Matisyahu, Spin Doctors and others). A chapter on the Grateful Dead's pioneering mail-order ticketing service appears in Ticket Masters.<mask>'s 2017 Billboard piece on the band explored the group's licensing deals with Warner/Rhino Entertainment and additional plans for its intellectual property. In 2017 he also wrote a Relix cover story on Dead & Company, which followed up his earlier cover stories on the band. His other related articles include interviews with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter and pieces that have focused on Brent Mydland and the missing soundboard tapes recorded by Betty-Cantor Jackson, His conversation with Deadhead Bill Walton appeared in Relix Conversation video series, while previous installments with Warren Haynes & John Scofield and Luther Dickinson & Anders Osborne all touched on their time performing in Phil Lesh and Friends. In 2015 <mask> served as editor of the official Fare Thee Well daily programs, securing a welcome message from President Obama. He served in a similar capacity for the Dead reunion shows at Alpine Valley in 2002. The 2015 Billboard piece that first shared the cover for John Popper's memoir, also revealed that <mask>'s next project was a "Grateful-Dead themed novel. Rare Bird Books published Might As Well in the spring of 2016.One reviewer described it as "a highly entertaining (and wildly funny) fictionalized multi-character account of a Grateful Dead show, which details the experience of both the lot scene and an actual show (for those who could get tickets) at Brendan Byrne Arena in the fall of 1989." <mask> later revealed in an interview that the general excitement from the Fare Thee Well shows had inspired him to revisit the band's touring days. The era that provides the backdrop to Might As Well is the same time period <mask> subsequently wrote about in the box set Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C., July 12 & 13, 1989. Wetlands Preserved In 2004 his interest in film as well as an ongoing focus on live music led <mask> to begin work on the feature-length documentary Wetlands Preserved: The Story of An Activist Rock Club. <mask> directed the film, which utilized archival footage, soundboard recordings and the efforts of a dozen digital animators to relate the story of Tribeca nightclub Wetlands Preserve. The documentary also includes music and interviews with Dave Matthews, Bob Weir, Questlove and Warren Haynes as well as members of Phish, moe., Agnostic Front, 311, the Disco Biscuits and many others. Wetlands Preserved, shown at such festivals as SXSW, Woodstock and Asheville (where it won top documentary honors), was released to theatres by First Run Features on March 14, 2008.The New York Times wrote, "Wetlands Preserved is a fond account of the rising, thriving and eventual closing of the TriBeCa club known as the Wetlands Preserve." Other positive reviews appeared in the New York Daily News, Newsday and additional outlets. Wetlands Preserved was later acquired for television by the Sundance Channel Jambands, the Jammy Awards and Relix While still a graduate student, <mask> wrote two books, The Phishing Manual (Hyperion, 1996) and Jam Bands (ECW Press, 1998).<ref>Andy Smith "Enthusiasm for jam translates into guide," Providence Journal, January 14, 1999</ref> In the summer of 1998, shortly before the publication of the second book, <mask> created Jambands.com along with webmaster Andy Gadiel (who would go on to create the JamBase website). <mask> is often said to have coined the term jam band. However, in 2003, with the publication of an expanded edition of Jambands (Backbeat Books, 2003) and later in Peter Conners book, JAMerica (Da Capo, 2013) <mask> indicated it that he only popularized it, although he is responsible for recasting it as a single word.<mask>nick Jambands: The Complete Guide to the Players, Music & Scene, Backbeat Books, 2003, JAMerica, p. 79. During the summer of 1999 <mask> produced the Jambands.com tour, which traveled from Maine to Maryland over two weeks and featured performances by such groups as: The Disco Biscuits, The Slip, STS9, Deep Banana Blackout and Percy Hill with special appearances by Allman Brothers Band members Butch Trucks and Oteil Burbridge (Budnick later served as board member for Trucks' Flying Frog Records). In 2000 Budnick created the Jammy Awards along with Wetlands owner Peter Shapiro.The inaugural edition of this awards show took place on June 22, 2000, at Irving Plaza, where <mask> co-hosted with the musician Peter Prince while wearing a tuxedo, a tradition <mask> would repeat at every Jammys. Over successive years the Jammys would move to the Roseland Ballroom and then to the Theater at Madison Square Garden, where, in its final installment in 2008, Phish received the Lifetime Achievement Award on the eve of the band's announcement that it would return to the stage after a four-year hiatus. In 2001 <mask> also began his ongoing association with Relix Magazine, which acquired Jambands.com. His Relix cover stories have included profiles of Phish, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood Ray LaMontagne and My Morning Jacket, Carlos Santana, The Allman Brothers Band, Bonnie Raitt and Grace Potter, Ryan Adams, Zac Brown Band, Tenacious D, Warren Haynes, Tedeschi Trucks Band,<mask>nick. "A Joyful Noise", Relix, January–February 2016 Gary Clark Jr., moe., Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, a H.O.R.D.E. Retrospective The String Cheese Incident and Dave Matthews Band. In his role at Relix he created the official Bonnaroo Music Festival daily newspaper, the Bonnaroo Beacon and event newspapers for Phish's festivals, the Grateful Dead's 2002 Terrapin Station reunion shows and Dave Matthews Band.<mask> edited the three daily programs for Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead in Chicago on July 3–5, 2015, in which the surviving members of the Grateful Dead—Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart—joined by Trey Anastasio, Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Chimenti. <mask> secured a special message by President Barack Obama which appeared in the program (He later explained, "The whole thing was a surprise. I wanted to keep it from the band members until they saw it in the program....It all happened rather quickly. It made perfect sense to me since Chicago is the President's town and the 'Core Four' had been supportive of his initial campaign. Back in October 2008 Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart reunited to perform at the Change Rocks event for then-candidate Barack Obama. They later took the stage at the Mid-Atlantic Inaugural ball in January 2009. So I contacted the White House, described the event, although they seemed quite aware of it, and received the message a day later.They even sent along the official image to run with the President's words.") He also programmed the Live Soundtrack Cinema at the inaugural Lockn' Festival, a film tent that designed to "unite the musical side with the visual side by having the audio feed from the stage playing as specifically-selected features, shorts and animated films that complement the music are screened." At the second Lockn' Festival, he edited the official four-day festival newspaper, The Lockn' Times, which debuted that year. In September 2013, he was named editor-in-chief at Relix, sharing the role with Mike Greenhaus. The Lockn' Times and Bonnaroo Beacon continue to be published. Jam Nation Radio In the fall of 2000 <mask> and Jefferson Waful began co-hosting the Jam Nation radio show. Jam Nation originated from WMRQ in Hartford, Connecticut, where it aired Sunday nights from 8 to 10 PM.Twice a month the show hosted a one-hour electric performance from musical acts, with appearances by such groups as Derek Trucks Band, STS9, Galactic, Keller Williams and Umphrey's McGee (for whom Waful would eventually become lighting director). Jam Nation'' was soon syndicated on the fledgling XM Satellite network where it aired until 2009, ending its run following XM's merger with SIRIUS. He continues to make guest DJ appearances on SiriusXM. 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<mask> is an American writer, filmmaker, college professor and radio host who focuses on music, film and popular culture. <mask> is the editor-in-chief of Relix. In April 2012 Plume/Penguin published the revised, expanded edition of <mask>'s latest book, Ticket Masters: The Rise of the Concert Industry and How the Public Got Scalped, in North America and the U.K. The emergence of computerized ticketing and the rise of the modern concert industry are explored in Ticket Masters. It is the first book to chronicle the beginnings, development and ongoing strategies of companies such as Ticketron, Live Nation and StubHub, as well as the efforts of numerous independent competitors and bands. A clear, comprehensive look at a murky business, the book is also an encyclopedia of information about the rise, decline and rebirth of the live music industry. Similar assessments appeared in other publications.Plume published a revised expanded paperback edition. <mask> has appeared as a panelist and delivered keynotes at numerous industry events, including: CMJ, the Ticket Summit, the International Ticketing Association Conference (INTIX), the IAVM Arena Management Conference, by:Larm and the International Music Festival Conference. ticketing issues for a variety of media outlets has been commented on by him. At college campuses, he lectured on this topic. <mask> is still writing about ticketing and the concert industry. According to Arbuckle <mask>, the idea for Ticket Masters came to him when he was a graduate student in the History of American Civilization program at Harvard University. <mask> "Fatty" Arbuckle when he came across such accounts.<mask> earned a J.D. for The Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Trial Discourse. The silent film comic's life before and after his manslaughter trials that followed the death of actress Virginia Rappe was explored by Columbia Law School. The movie examines attitudes towards Hollywood, a new culture of celebrity, tabloid journalism, and the emergence of oft-contradictory roles of women in the 1920s. <mask> received his PhD in 2000 and his committee consisted of Henry Louis Gates, Werner Sollors and Ellen Fitzpatrick. <mask> was 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 Variety reported in September that Budnick would be the writer and host of a new show called Long May They Run. There is a focus on bands that thrive in the live setting.The subject of season one is phish. Variety notes that the season will offer a deep dive into the history of Phish as well as its impact on music culture, the industry and beyond, through over 75 interviews, including those with the band members and management. The first two episodes of season one were "A Pattern Language" and "A Timless Way of Building". The series was the first to top the U.S. music charts. The New York Times named it one of six notable podcasts. The subject of the second season has not been announced. <mask> co-authored the memoir Suck and Blow: And Other Stories I'm Not Supposed To Tell, which was published in December of 2015.The New York Post wrote a two-page review of Popper's new memoir. During an event in New York City, <mask> and Popper discussed the book. A performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! was one of the media appearances that Popper supported Suck and Blow. Tim Kaine was the vice-presidential candidate. Suck and Blow was named one of the 40 best books of the year by The Post. The liner notes for the RFK box set have been written by <mask>, who previously wrote liners for Matisyahu, Spin Doctors and others. There is a chapter on mail-order ticketing in Ticket Masters.<mask>'s piece on the band explored the group's licensing deals with Warner/Rhino Entertainment and additional plans for its intellectual property. He wrote a Relix cover story on Dead & Company, which followed up his earlier cover stories on the band. He has written about the missing soundboard tapes recorded by Betty-Cantor Jackson and interviews with Robert Hunter, as well as articles about his conversations with Warren Haynes and John. President Obama welcomed <mask> as editor of the official Fare Thee Well daily programs in 2015. He was a part of the Dead reunion shows at Alpine Valley in 2002. <mask>'s next project was a "Grateful-Dead themed novel," according to the piece that first shared the cover for John Popper's memoir. Might As Well was published by Rare Bird Books.One reviewer described it as "a highly entertaining (and wildly funny) fictionalized multi-character account of a Grateful Dead show, which details the experience of both the lot scene and an actual show (for those who could get tickets) at Brendan Byrne Arena in the fall of 1989." The general excitement from the Fare Thee Well shows inspired <mask> to revisit the band's touring days. <mask> wrote about the time period in the box set Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C., July 12 & 13, 1989. <mask>'s interest in film and live music led him to begin work on the feature-length documentary Wetlands Preserved: The Story of An Activist Rock Club. <mask> directed the film, which utilized archival footage, soundboard recordings and the efforts of a dozen digital animators to relate the story of the nightclub Wetlands Preserve. The documentary includes interviews with Dave Matthews, Bob Weir, Questlove and Warren Haynes as well as members of the band 311 and the Disco Biscuits. Wetlands Preserved was released to theatres by First Run Features on March 14, 2008.The New York Times wrote, "Wetlands Preserved is a fond account of the rising, thriving and eventual closing of the TriBeCa club known as the Wetlands Preserve." There were positive reviews in the New York Daily News. While still a graduate student, <mask> wrote two books, The Phishing Manual and Jam Bands. <mask> is said to have come up with the term jam band. <mask> said it was only popularized by the publication of an expanded edition of Jambands in 2003 and that he was responsible for changing it into a single word. During the summer of 1999 <mask> produced the Jambands.com tour, which traveled from Maine to Maryland over two weeks and featured performances by such groups as: The Disco Biscuits, The Slip, STS9, Deep Banana Blackout and Percy Hill with special appearances by Allman Brothers Band members. <mask> created the Jammy Awards in 2000.The inaugural edition of this awards show took place on June 22, 2000, at Irving Plaza, where <mask> co-hosted with the musician Peter Prince while wearing a tuxedo, a tradition <mask> would repeat at every Jammys. The Jammys moved to the Roseland Ballroom and then to the Theater at Madison Square Garden, where they played their final show in 2008. <mask> began his association with Relix Magazine in 2001. Ray LaMontagne, The Allman Brothers Band, Bonnie Raitt and Grace Potter are just a few of the musicians profiled in his Relix cover stories. Gary Clark Jr., moe., Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, a H.O.R.D.E., "A Joyful Noise", Relix, January–February 2016 There is a retrospective of The String Cheese Incident and Dave Matthews Band. The official daily newspaper of the Bonnaroo Music Festival was created by him in his role at Relix.There were three daily programs edited by <mask> for Fare Thee Well, which was held in Chicago in July of 2015. The whole thing was a surprise after <mask> secured a special message by President Barack Obama. I wanted to keep it from the band members until they saw it in the program. Chicago is the President's hometown and the 'Core Four' had supported his initial campaign. At the Change Rocks event in October 2008, Bob, Phil, Bill, and Mickey Hart performed together for the first time. In January 2009, they took the stage at the Mid-Atlantic Inaugural ball. I contacted the White House, described the event, and received a message a day later.The official image was sent to run with the President's words. He programmed the Live Soundtrack Cinema at the inaugural Lockn' Festival, a film tent that was designed to "unite the musical side with the visual side by having the audio feed from the stage playing as specifically-selected features, shorts and animated films that complement the music are screened." The official four-day festival newspaper, The Lockn' Times, was edited by him at the second Lockn' Festival. He and Mike Greenhaus shared the role of editor-in-chief at Relix. The Lockn' Times continues to be published. In the fall of 2000 <mask> and Jefferson began co-hosting the Jam Nation radio show. Jam Nation started in Connecticut, where it aired on Sunday nights from 8 to 10 PM.The 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 Following the merger of SIRIUS and XM, Jam Nation's run on the satellite network ended. He is making guest DJ appearances. The living people are American music critics, American historians, American male writers, and American documentary filmmakers.

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Jon-Erik Beckjord

Jon-Erik Beckjord (April 26, 1939 – June 22, 2008) was an American paranormal investigator, photographer, and cryptozoologist interested in such phenomena as UFOs, crop circles, the Loch Ness Monster, and Bigfoot. Throughout his career, he owned three separate, small-scale museums that featured displays, mostly photographs, of alleged UFO, Nessie, and Bigfoot sightings. He made guest appearances on national radio and television shows, but was criticized by fellow cryptozoologists and skeptics alike for not providing substantive evidence to back up his claims of the existence of paranormal beings. Personal life Born Cedric Jon Beckjord in Duluth, Minnesota, he was the son of Col. Philip Beckjord, a World War II army physician, and Margaret (née McGilvry) Beckjord. He had three siblings: Ross, Peter, and Pam. His family came from Oslo, Norway. Education Beckjord attended the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado for two years. He studied sociology at Tulane University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1961. He studied law for one year at Boalt Hall at University of California, Berkeley. He later graduated with an MBA from U.C. Berkeley in 1966. Career After graduation, Beckjord became a city planner in the Bay area, but wearied of a traditional job and decided to hunt for Bigfoot instead. "I don't do what most MBAs do," he said, "Most people in my class are bored to death or dead. The object in life is not simply to make money." Rather, he believed his most important task was to "find out why we're here (on Earth)" Throughout Beckjord's career as a photographer, paranormal investigator, and crypto-researcher, he collected photographs, castings, and other memorabilia that, to him, represented evidence of the existence of UFOs and alien life, the Loch Ness Monster, as well as Bigfoot. He appeared on several nationwide radio and television shows, including Coast to Coast AM, The Tonight Show, and Late Night with David Letterman. In reference to his explorations, Beckjord compared himself to Galileo, Louis Pasteur, and the Wright brothers. In 1983, Beckjord, then director of the Crypto Zoological Society, spent a week in Scotland videotaping what he believed were three monsters in Loch Ness. In February, 1989, Beckjord opened the Crypto-Zoology Museum, housed in the corner of Trancas Restaurant in Malibu, CA. The museum had its start on October 31, 1986, when he opened his home to visitors to see his collection. The display primarily consisted of photographs from Beckjord's research into the phenomena of the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, and the Mokele M'Bembe of Africa. According to Beckjord, the museum focused on "creatures of fact or fancy" that "to the best of our knowledge appear to be verified, or haven't at least been debunked." When Trancas Restaurant went out of business, Beckjord put the museum's contents in storage. Most of it was lost to fire in 1993. On October 31, 1996, Halloween, Beckjord opened the in San Francisco, California, which featured crop circles. He charged a nominal entrance fee ($3 for adults; $2 for children), but the museum's closing, reportedly, was "due to lack of any substantial evidence." After this museum closed, Beckjord repaired electrical appliances for a company called Captain Neon. In 1997, Beckjord opened a third museum in North Beach, CA, which he called the Bigfoot and Loch Ness Monster Museum. It was billed as the city's "strangest museum" and consisted of photographs, drawings, and articles devoted to such topics as the Roswell Declaration, Bigfoot, and a sea serpent named "Sassie" which, allegedly, lived in the San Francisco Bay. Cryptozoology Beckjord defined cryptozoology as "the search for mysterious creatures." His searches included hidden "animals"—those that could, theoretically, exist in nature—and hidden "critters" or those that looked like animals, but resisted capture: the Loch Ness Monster, Sasquatch, and Quixacotal Big Bird. Bigfoot or Sasquatch Beckjord became intrigued with the idea of Bigfoot after seeing an article in the newspaper about alleged sightings of the creature. On an expedition to see whether or not the story was true, he claimed he saw a Bigfoot cross the road in front of him from about 200 feet away. Though he later returned with his camera and was unable to find the creature, Beckjord was then convinced of its existence. He also purportedly saw Bigfoot standing 6 feet tall and walking in a "loose, limbo-dance style", and, at another time, eating apricots in an orchard around Vacaville, CA. He frequented a camp with other researchers, an alleged "window site" in the Bear River Reservoir area of Eldorado National Forest where he asserted that "evidence of Bigfoot is almost routinely seen." While he insisted that the exact location not be revealed to the public, Beckjord did agree to take skeptic Robert Sheaffer on a five-day expedition there in 1999. It was only after Sheaffer left the site, having seen nothing unusual, that Beckjord reported manifestations of Bigfoot. Beckjord said he heard Bigfoot's voice telling him "We're not what you think we are, we're here, but we're not real, like what you think is real." Along with the photographs of leaves and shadows Beckjord believed showed images of Bigfoot, he also reported having seen Bigfoot footprints that turned into deer tracks, confirming for him that the creature had the ability to shift its shape. He theorized that Bigfoot creatures share a "space-time origin and connection with UFOs and come from an alternative universe by a wormhole." Beckjord explained away the need for physical evidence, such as hair, blood and bones, to prove the existence of Bigfoot by arguing that the creature is an "inter-dimensional shape-shifter that can warp in and out of physical reality." He theorized that they may be "the product of tulpas or thought forms created by people or other entities." In an editorial for the journal Current Anthropology, Beckjord argued that the study of the "wild man", Sasquatch, was "the proper study of either parapsychologists or Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence scientists, not anthropologists." Loch Ness Monster To Beckjord, the Loch Ness monster (Nessie) was a space alien pet left on Earth in a form of energy that could interact with human beings. He described Nessie as a cat-like faced creature, 15–30 feet long, 7–10 feet thick with a body that "looks like a cross between Halley's Comet and the Concorde jet." He claimed to have videotaped three, which he named Faith, Hope and Charity, on a visit to Drumnadrochit, Scotland in 1983. Beckjord admitted that the images might not be "exactly and positively" Nessie, but asserted that "90 percent of the people who have viewed the films believe the images are alive." Loveland Frog Beckjord speculated that the Loveland Frog might be the extinct 10-ft.-long bipedal dinosaur, Coelophysis. Ri In response to a Roy Wagner article, published in the ISC annual journal Cryptozoology (and later reprinted in Fate Magazine, August 1983), Beckjord traveled to Papua New Guinea to search for ri, or mermaids. Wagner's article described eyewitness accounts and sometimes daily sightings of "an air-breathing mammal, with the trunk, genitalia, and arms and head of a human being, and a legless lower trunk terminating in a pair of lateral fins or flippers." After his own investigation and determining that the locals were killing, butchering and eating dugongs—and not mermaids--, Beckjord concluded that no unknown animal was being seen in that area. UFOlogy Beckjord believed in space alien visitations to Earth, crop circles and creative forces that sculpted rock, lava and sand on Mars to resemble people on Earth like Ted Kennedy, Tammy Faye Bakker and others. He tried to sell his Kennedy-on-Mars photos, which Beckjord discovered while analyzing NASA satellite photos of the planet, to raise money to investigate crop circles in England. Beckjord took images of what he described as three "blobs-of-light" UFOs and witnessed two instances of unexplained light over Malibu and Sepulveda Pass, respectively. Beckjord believed in a government cover up of the existence of UFOs and extraterrestrial intelligence and advocated making that information available to the general public. "A lot of this weirdness is right under our noses. We may belong to aliens. We may be experimental animals. But I can't prove it." Criticism Beckjord's firm belief that Bigfoot and similar entities were inter-dimensional shape-shifters who could "manipulate the light spectrum so that people can't see them" brought him into conflict not only with skeptics, but other Bigfoot researchers as well, who argued for proof of physical remains. He had what is described as "well-publicized arguments" with writers of the Skeptical Inquirer and certain members of the International Society of Cryptozoology and was considered "a person non grata among more conventional Bigfoot researchers." He would, literally, fight for his beliefs with his fists and was banned from contributing to online forums because of postings that were allegedly abusive. Robert Sheaffer, a founding member of the Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, asserted that Beckjord "doesn't have one bit of proof. To allay Beckjord's proclamations that "all skeptics were too timid and closed-minded to actually go out into the woods and confront the Bigfoot evidence for themselves," Sheaffer accompanied Beckjord on a 5-day Bigfoot expedition in 1999. He was disappointed at Beckjord's continued lack of evidence and attributed Beckjord's interpretations of rock formations, leaves and shadows as Bigfoot faces or skulls to "the workings of an overzealous imagination." CNN correspondent Rusty Dornin wrote in 1997 "Faces on Mars, the Loch Ness monster, or an alien with a name tag (Andy)--if it's far-fetched and unproved, Beckjord buys it. And it's all on display at his storefront 'museum'." Beckjord maintained that "With the card-carrying skeptics, we will never win. There are more people who have seen UFOs than voted for President Clinton." All the references cited for his academic credentials are newspaper interviews relying on Beckjord as source. It is highly doubtful any of these degrees are real. Beckjord was a gifted liar according to numerous people he talked into giving him money for his endeavors. One Los Angeles woman gave him close to $40,000 in the early eighties to make a movie about the Loch Ness monster which he vacationed in Scotland with no resultant movie. She sued him and an article appeared about it in the Los Angeles Times around 1982–3 in which he shrugged off the suit with "I have no assets". Death After battling prostate cancer, Beckjord died at the age of 69 on June 22, 2008, near his home in Lafayette, California, where he was a caretaker for the Crosses of Lafayette, a monument to casualties of the Iraq War before his death. Memberships Crypto Zoological Society Mensa National Cryptozoological Society Project Bigfoot Awards Esquire Magazine's 1991 'Dubious Achievement Award' for "the discovery of a volcanic formation on Mars that resembles Senator Edward Kennedy." References 1939 births 2008 deaths American Internet celebrities American people of Norwegian descent Bigfoot Deaths from cancer in California Cryptozoologists Deaths from prostate cancer Forteana United States Air Force Academy alumni Haas School of Business alumni People from Duluth, Minnesota Tulane University alumni Place of birth missing UC Berkeley School of Law alumni

Jon-<mask> (April 26, 1939 – June 22, 2008) was an American paranormal investigator, photographer, and cryptozoologist interested in such phenomena as UFOs, crop circles, the Loch Ness Monster, and Bigfoot. Throughout his career, he owned three separate, small-scale museums that featured displays, mostly photographs, of alleged UFO, Nessie, and Bigfoot sightings. He made guest appearances on national radio and television shows, but was criticized by fellow cryptozoologists and skeptics alike for not providing substantive evidence to back up his claims of the existence of paranormal beings. Personal life Born <mask> in Duluth, Minnesota, he was the son of Col. <mask>, a World War II army physician, and Margaret (née McGilvry) <mask>. He had three siblings: Ross, Peter, and Pam. His family came from Oslo, Norway. Education <mask> attended the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado for two years.He studied sociology at Tulane University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1961. He studied law for one year at Boalt Hall at University of California, Berkeley. He later graduated with an MBA from U.C. Berkeley in 1966. Career After graduation, <mask> became a city planner in the Bay area, but wearied of a traditional job and decided to hunt for Bigfoot instead. "I don't do what most MBAs do," he said, "Most people in my class are bored to death or dead. The object in life is not simply to make money."Rather, he believed his most important task was to "find out why we're here (on Earth)" Throughout <mask>'s career as a photographer, paranormal investigator, and crypto-researcher, he collected photographs, castings, and other memorabilia that, to him, represented evidence of the existence of UFOs and alien life, the Loch Ness Monster, as well as Bigfoot. He appeared on several nationwide radio and television shows, including Coast to Coast AM, The Tonight Show, and Late Night with David Letterman. In reference to his explorations, <mask> compared himself to Galileo, Louis Pasteur, and the Wright brothers. In 1983, <mask>, then director of the Crypto Zoological Society, spent a week in Scotland videotaping what he believed were three monsters in Loch Ness. In February, 1989, <mask> opened the Crypto-Zoology Museum, housed in the corner of Trancas Restaurant in Malibu, CA. The museum had its start on October 31, 1986, when he opened his home to visitors to see his collection. The display primarily consisted of photographs from <mask>'s research into the phenomena of the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, and the Mokele M'Bembe of Africa.According to <mask>, the museum focused on "creatures of fact or fancy" that "to the best of our knowledge appear to be verified, or haven't at least been debunked." When Trancas Restaurant went out of business, <mask> put the museum's contents in storage. Most of it was lost to fire in 1993. On October 31, 1996, Halloween, <mask> opened the in San Francisco, California, which featured crop circles. He charged a nominal entrance fee ($3 for adults; $2 for children), but the museum's closing, reportedly, was "due to lack of any substantial evidence." After this museum closed, <mask> repaired electrical appliances for a company called Captain Neon. In 1997, <mask> opened a third museum in North Beach, CA, which he called the Bigfoot and Loch Ness Monster Museum.It was billed as the city's "strangest museum" and consisted of photographs, drawings, and articles devoted to such topics as the Roswell Declaration, Bigfoot, and a sea serpent named "Sassie" which, allegedly, lived in the San Francisco Bay. Cryptozoology <mask> defined cryptozoology as "the search for mysterious creatures." His searches included hidden "animals"—those that could, theoretically, exist in nature—and hidden "critters" or those that looked like animals, but resisted capture: the Loch Ness Monster, Sasquatch, and Quixacotal Big Bird. Bigfoot or Sasquatch <mask> became intrigued with the idea of Bigfoot after seeing an article in the newspaper about alleged sightings of the creature. On an expedition to see whether or not the story was true, he claimed he saw a Bigfoot cross the road in front of him from about 200 feet away. Though he later returned with his camera and was unable to find the creature, <mask> was then convinced of its existence. He also purportedly saw Bigfoot standing 6 feet tall and walking in a "loose, limbo-dance style", and, at another time, eating apricots in an orchard around Vacaville, CA.He frequented a camp with other researchers, an alleged "window site" in the Bear River Reservoir area of Eldorado National Forest where he asserted that "evidence of Bigfoot is almost routinely seen." While he insisted that the exact location not be revealed to the public, <mask> did agree to take skeptic Robert Sheaffer on a five-day expedition there in 1999. It was only after Sheaffer left the site, having seen nothing unusual, that <mask> reported manifestations of Bigfoot. <mask> said he heard Bigfoot's voice telling him "We're not what you think we are, we're here, but we're not real, like what you think is real." Along with the photographs of leaves and shadows <mask> believed showed images of Bigfoot, he also reported having seen Bigfoot footprints that turned into deer tracks, confirming for him that the creature had the ability to shift its shape. He theorized that Bigfoot creatures share a "space-time origin and connection with UFOs and come from an alternative universe by a wormhole." <mask> explained away the need for physical evidence, such as hair, blood and bones, to prove the existence of Bigfoot by arguing that the creature is an "inter-dimensional shape-shifter that can warp in and out of physical reality."He theorized that they may be "the product of tulpas or thought forms created by people or other entities." In an editorial for the journal Current Anthropology, <mask> argued that the study of the "wild man", Sasquatch, was "the proper study of either parapsychologists or Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence scientists, not anthropologists." Loch Ness Monster To Beckjord, the Loch Ness monster (Nessie) was a space alien pet left on Earth in a form of energy that could interact with human beings. He described Nessie as a cat-like faced creature, 15–30 feet long, 7–10 feet thick with a body that "looks like a cross between Halley's Comet and the Concorde jet." He claimed to have videotaped three, which he named Faith, Hope and Charity, on a visit to Drumnadrochit, Scotland in 1983. <mask> admitted that the images might not be "exactly and positively" Nessie, but asserted that "90 percent of the people who have viewed the films believe the images are alive." Loveland Frog Beckjord speculated that the Loveland Frog might be the extinct 10-ft.-long bipedal dinosaur, Coelophysis.Ri In response to a Roy Wagner article, published in the ISC annual journal Cryptozoology (and later reprinted in Fate Magazine, August 1983), <mask> traveled to Papua New Guinea to search for ri, or mermaids. Wagner's article described eyewitness accounts and sometimes daily sightings of "an air-breathing mammal, with the trunk, genitalia, and arms and head of a human being, and a legless lower trunk terminating in a pair of lateral fins or flippers." After his own investigation and determining that the locals were killing, butchering and eating dugongs—and not mermaids--, <mask> concluded that no unknown animal was being seen in that area. UFOlogy <mask> believed in space alien visitations to Earth, crop circles and creative forces that sculpted rock, lava and sand on Mars to resemble people on Earth like Ted Kennedy, Tammy Faye Bakker and others. He tried to sell his Kennedy-on-Mars photos, which <mask> discovered while analyzing NASA satellite photos of the planet, to raise money to investigate crop circles in England. <mask> took images of what he described as three "blobs-of-light" UFOs and witnessed two instances of unexplained light over Malibu and Sepulveda Pass, respectively. <mask> believed in a government cover up of the existence of UFOs and extraterrestrial intelligence and advocated making that information available to the general public."A lot of this weirdness is right under our noses. We may belong to aliens. We may be experimental animals. But I can't prove it." Criticism <mask>'s firm belief that Bigfoot and similar entities were inter-dimensional shape-shifters who could "manipulate the light spectrum so that people can't see them" brought him into conflict not only with skeptics, but other Bigfoot researchers as well, who argued for proof of physical remains. He had what is described as "well-publicized arguments" with writers of the Skeptical Inquirer and certain members of the International Society of Cryptozoology and was considered "a person non grata among more conventional Bigfoot researchers." He would, literally, fight for his beliefs with his fists and was banned from contributing to online forums because of postings that were allegedly abusive.Robert Sheaffer, a founding member of the Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, asserted that <mask> "doesn't have one bit of proof. To allay <mask>'s proclamations that "all skeptics were too timid and closed-minded to actually go out into the woods and confront the Bigfoot evidence for themselves," Sheaffer accompanied <mask> on a 5-day Bigfoot expedition in 1999. He was disappointed at <mask>'s continued lack of evidence and attributed <mask>'s interpretations of rock formations, leaves and shadows as Bigfoot faces or skulls to "the workings of an overzealous imagination." CNN correspondent Rusty Dornin wrote in 1997 "Faces on Mars, the Loch Ness monster, or an alien with a name tag (Andy)--if it's far-fetched and unproved, Beckjord buys it. And it's all on display at his storefront 'museum'." <mask> maintained that "With the card-carrying skeptics, we will never win. There are more people who have seen UFOs than voted for President Clinton."All the references cited for his academic credentials are newspaper interviews relying on <mask> as source. It is highly doubtful any of these degrees are real. <mask> was a gifted liar according to numerous people he talked into giving him money for his endeavors. One Los Angeles woman gave him close to $40,000 in the early eighties to make a movie about the Loch Ness monster which he vacationed in Scotland with no resultant movie. She sued him and an article appeared about it in the Los Angeles Times around 1982–3 in which he shrugged off the suit with "I have no assets". Death After battling prostate cancer, <mask> died at the age of 69 on June 22, 2008, near his home in Lafayette, California, where he was a caretaker for the Crosses of Lafayette, a monument to casualties of the Iraq War before his death. Memberships Crypto Zoological Society Mensa National Cryptozoological Society Project Bigfoot Awards Esquire Magazine's 1991 'Dubious Achievement Award' for "the discovery of a volcanic formation on Mars that resembles Senator Edward Kennedy."References 1939 births 2008 deaths American Internet celebrities American people of Norwegian descent Bigfoot Deaths from cancer in California Cryptozoologists Deaths from prostate cancer Forteana United States Air Force Academy alumni Haas School of Business alumni People from Duluth, Minnesota Tulane University alumni Place of birth missing UC Berkeley School of Law alumni

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His parents were Philip Beckjord, a World War II army physician, and Margaret McGilvry. His siblings were Ross, Peter, and Pam. His family came from Norway. Beckjord attended the United States Air Force Academy for two years.He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1961. He studied law at the University of California, Berkeley. He graduated from the U.C. with an masters degree. Berkeley in 1966. 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Coast to Coast AM, The Tonight Show, and Late Night with David Letterman were some of the shows he appeared on. <mask> compared himself to Galileo, Louis Pasteur, and the Wright brothers. <mask> spent a week in Scotland videotaping what he believed to be three monsters in Loch Ness. <mask> opened a museum in the corner of a restaurant in Malibu in 1989. On October 31, 1986, he opened his home to visitors to see his collection. Photographs from <mask>'s research into the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, and the Mokele M'Bembe of Africa were part of the display.According to <mask>, the museum focused on "creatures of fact or fancy" that appear to be verified or not. Beckjord put the museum's contents in storage when the restaurant went out of business. It was lost to fire in 1993. On October 31, 1996, Beckjord opened in San Francisco, California. The museum's closing was due to lack of any substantial evidence, despite the nominal entrance fee. Beckjord repaired electrical appliances for a company called Captain Neon. Beckjord opened a third museum in 1997 called the Bigfoot and Loch Ness Monster Museum.The Roswell Declaration, Bigfoot, and a sea serpent named "Sassie" were some of the topics covered in the museum. <mask> called it the search for mysterious creatures. He searched for "hidden animals" that could theoretically exist in nature, and "critters" that looked like animals, but resisted capture. <mask> was intrigued by the idea of Bigfoot after reading an article in the newspaper. He said he saw a Bigfoot cross the road in front of him from about 200 feet away. <mask> was convinced of the creature's existence after he returned with his camera and was unable to find it. He claims to have seen Bigfoot standing 6 feet tall and walking in a "loose, limbo-dance style", as well as eating apricots in an almond grove.He claimed that "evidence of Bigfoot is almost routinely seen" at a camp in the Bear River Reservoir area of the Eldorado National Forest. <mask> agreed to take Robert Sheaffer on a five-day expedition there in 1999, even though he insisted that the exact location not be revealed to the public. <mask> reported Bigfoot manifestations after Sheaffer left the site. <mask> said he heard Bigfoot say "We're not what you think we are, we're here, but we're not real, like what you think is real." <mask> had seen Bigfoot footprints that turned into deer tracks and had seen photographs of leaves and shadows that he believed showed the creature. Bigfoot creatures share a "space-time origin and connection with UFOs and come from an alternative universe by a wormhole" according to his theory. <mask> explained away the need for physical evidence, such as hair, blood and bones, to prove the existence of Bigfoot by arguing that the creature is an "Inter-dimensional shape-shifter that can warp in and out of physical reality."He thinks they may be the product of tulpas or thought forms created by people or other entities. <mask> argued that the study of the "wild man", Sasquatch, was the proper study of either parapsychologists or Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence scientists. The Loch Ness monster was a space alien pet left on Earth in a form of energy that could interact with humans. He said that the creature was 15 to 30 feet long, 7 to 10 feet thick, and 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 He claimed to have videotaped three of them on a visit to Scotland in 1983. Beckjord said that "90 percent of the people who have viewed the films believe the images are alive." The Frog Beckjord speculated that the Frog might be a dinosaur.<mask> traveled to New Zealand to look for ri after reading an article about it in a journal. An air-breathing mammal with the trunk, genitalia, and arms and head of a human being, and a legless lower trunk terminated in a pair of flippers was described in an article. <mask> found out that the locals were killing, butchering and eating dugongs and that there was no unknown animal in that area. <mask> believed in space alien visits to Earth, crop circles and creative forces that sculpted rock, lava and sand on Mars to look like people. He tried to sell his Kennedy-on-Mars photos, which <mask> discovered while analyzing NASA satellite photos of the planet, to raise money to investigate crop circles in England. <mask> witnessed two instances of unexplained light over Sepulveda Pass and took pictures of three orbs of light. <mask> believed in a government cover up of the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence and advocated making that information available to the general public.A lot of the weird stuff is right under our noses. We might belong to aliens. We might be experimental animals. I can't prove it. <mask>'s belief that Bigfoot and similar entities were inter-dimensional shape-shifters who could manipulate the light spectrum so that people can't see them brought him into conflict with other Bigfoot researchers who argued for proof. He was considered a person non grata among more conventional Bigfoot researchers because he had arguments with writers of the Skeptical Inquirer. He was banned from contributing to online forums because of postings that were abusive, and he would fight for his beliefs with his fists.<mask> doesn't have one bit of proof according to Robert Sheaffer, a founding member of the Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. <mask> said that all skeptics were too timid and closed-minded to actually go out into the woods and confront the Bigfoot evidence for themselves. He blamed <mask>'s interpretations of rock formations, leaves and shadows as Bigfoot faces or to "the workings of an overzealous imagination" for his lack of evidence. If it's far-fetched and unproved, <mask> buys it. All of it is on display at his store. <mask> said that "With the card-carrying skeptics, we will never win." More people have seen aliens than have voted for Clinton.Newspaper interviews rely on <mask> as the source of references for his academic credentials. It's highly unlikely that any of these degrees are real. <mask> was a liar according to many people he talked to. He was given close to $40,000 by a Los Angeles woman to make a movie about the Loch Ness monster, which he did not make. He shrugged off the suit with "I have no assets" in the Los Angeles Times. <mask> died of cancer at the age of 69 on June 22, 2008, near his home in Lafayette, California, where he was a caretakers for the Crosses of Lafayette, a monument to casualties of the Iraq War. The discovery of a volcanic formation on Mars that resembles Senator Edward Kennedy received a Dubious Achievement Award in 1991.The names of people who died in 2008 include American Internet celebrities, people of Norwegian descent, and people who died from cancer.

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Alexander Meyrick Broadley

Alexander Meyrick Broadley (19 July 1847 – 16 April 1916), also known as Broadley Pasha, was a British barrister, author, company promoter and social figure. He is best known for being the defence lawyer for Ahmed 'Urabi after the failure of the Urabi Revolt. Early life Broadley was the son of the Rev. Alexander Broadley, vicar of Bradpole, in Dorset, England, and Frances Jane, daughter of Thomas Meyrick of Pembroke. He entered Lincoln's Inn as a law student in 1866 and after taking the examination to enter the Indian Civil Service, went in 1869 to India, where he became Assistant Magistrate and Collector of Patna, Bengal. In 1872 he conducted a survey of the ruins of the Nálanda monasteries at Burgàon, and formed a magnificent collection of sculptures from the region, going on to establish a museum for the collection. The colonial administrator and explorer Sir Harry H. Johnston noted that Broadley was "very orthodox on account of his father" and "was led into rude interruptions of any speech which traversed the belief that the Earth was only six or seven thousand years old". In 1871 Broadley delivered a public lecture English Legislation for India. He also put forward the view that imprisonment for civil debts should be abolished. In 1872 he spoke at a large meeting on education in Bengal, where he condemned the educational policy of the Indian Government. He was not punished, but later that year he spoke at a public meeting of the Dacca People's Association. His remarks on educational policy and on the Criminal Procedure Code, which were reported in newspapers and created angry discussions, were objected to by the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, Sir George Campbell and officially denied. Broadley applied for leave, which Campbell rejected, demanding an explanation. In May 1872 it was reported that charges of a serious nature had been brought against Broadley: he was suspended and sent to Patna pending an investigation. The following month he was reported to have been posted to Noynabad, and ordered to remain there, having been invested with the power to try cases arising from riots of the Muslim Ferazi sect. In November the Calcutta Gazette reported him as being officially on leave and transferred to Chittagong by Campbell's order. When a warrant for his arrest for homosexual offences was issued, Broadley absconded. One report stated that "his reputation was known to every Englishman who ever lived in India", and his presence was taboo in European clubs in Malta and Egypt. Due to the scandal he was unable to return immediately to England. He moved to Tunis, where he worked as a lawyer and as a correspondent for The Times. One of his clients was the Bey of Tunis. He also became influential in freemasonry, founding the prestigious Drury Lane Masonic Lodge, which is likely to have aided his social rise. In 1882 he published The last Punic war. Tunis, past and present, which drew admiring reviews, Vanity Fair writing: "If Mr. Broadley's book on Tunis were only read by all citizens who influence the policy of Ministers, I question very much whether anything like our Egyptian crime could be repeated. The dullest would see how far we have been led". Given Broadley's knowledge of Muslim law, and the fact he was "abnormally clever", that same year Wilfrid Blunt engaged him as counsel for Ahmed ʻUrabi, otherwise known as Aribi Pasha, an Egyptian nationalist who was put on trial in Cairo for insurrection. Broadley forced the compromise which enabled Pasha and his companions to be sent as pensioners to Colombo. Broadley was paid 10,000 guineas, and was henceforth nicknamed 'Broadley Pasha' by his friends, the press, and English Society. Return to England Following the trial Broadley returned to England as the agent and legal adviser of the ex-Khedive Ismail. His social skills also saw him appointed de facto editor of Edmund Yates' periodical World, and despite his previous disgrace, for a few years he achieved an exceptionally high profile in London Society. "He knew everyone in London and all paid court to him." Of his 40th birthday party in 1887 one newspaper recorded: "Princes and princesses, peers and peeresses, bishops and baronets, diplomatists and doctors, members of Parliament and musicians, authors and artists, actors and actresses availed themselves of the opportunity of offering birthday congratulations". An Indian official suggested that Broadley had not been compelled to return to India to answer the charges against him, as such a threat hanging over the head of the editor of an important society newspaper guaranteed that he would not publish anything of embarrassment to those in high places. Of "Falstaffian proportions", Broadley was described as "that strange being…who, amongst other avocations, acts as a sort of social broker 'for bringing together people who would not otherwise meet' ". According to one report "he had the faculty of attaching himself to and 'running' whomsoever was the most amusing and useful person of the hour". They included the 'nitrate king' John Thomas North and would-be national leader General Georges Boulanger. It was at Broadley's Regents Park home, Cairo Cottage at 2 Beta Place, that Boulanger made his London debut. Broadley also became connected with the management of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, acting as a financial and business adviser to Augustus Harris. Broadley's social ascendency continued until 1889 when his portrait by Spy appeared in the magazine Vanity Fair. Edward VII, then Prince of Wales, whose sons' portraits had also appeared in the magazine, and who had knowledge of Broadley's reputation in India, took offence at his inclusion. After making enquiries at Scotland Yard, the magazine's owner Edmund Yates dismissed Broadley, and published an apology. Broadley was told to leave the country within 12 hours. The reason was not just the earlier scandal in India: Broadley was implicated as a client of the male brothel at the centre of the Cleveland Street Scandal. With the Prince of Wales' equerry involved, and rumours also connecting his eldest son, the Prince was reported to be "in a very stern and unbending mood." Said one newspaper report: "Everybody knows it was H.R.H. caused Broadley Pasha's extinction." Le Figaro later alleged that Broadley had taken Boulanger and his propagandist Henri Rochefort to the brothel; the allegation was dismissed by Boulanger's right-hand man Count Dillon. On the witness stand the rentboy John Saul stated that he had briefly secured employment in the 1889 production The Royal Oak at Drury Lane, which was during Broadley's time there. Exile Broadley moved to Paris and then Brussels, where he edited the English language newspaper The Belgian News. In August 1890 it was reported of Broadley that "he has been guilty here of all the practices charged to him and others in Cleveland Street. His last line of operations was to invite young boys and scholars attending school to his rooms to supper." One of the boys informed his mother of the lavishness of these meals provided by a "benevolent old gentleman", which included "stupefying cordials". Broadley was placed under police surveillance. In 1891 he was reported to be 'loafing' in Tunis with fellow Cleveland Street exile Lord Arthur Somerset. Broadley's ability to reinvent himself provoked a mockingly Wildean paragraph in a British syndicated newspaper column in 1892, which stated that in Brussels he had "renewed his youth" and was: ...in the widest sense "a new man". He in fact insists that he is a disconnected and different Mr Broadley altogether from the gentleman whose adventures while in the service of the Indian Prison department finally excited so much curiosity in London; denies that there was ever such a person as himself, that his portrait ever appeared in Vanity Fair, or that an exalted personage ever intervened fiercely in his affairs. The English colony in Brussels is now divided into two contending camps. One section insists that Mr Broadley is the Mr Broadley, and therefore impossible and insufferable. The other protests that their Mr Broadley, who it appears enjoys the friendship and esteem of the King of the Belgians, is fitted to grace any society in which he may find himself." It was subsequently reported that to confirm his identity, the English Club of Brussels went to the trouble of procuring the back number of Vanity Fair which had featured the infamous portrait. Final return to England In 1894, Broadley quietly returned to England to manage the estates and general affairs of Viscount Cantelupe, who succeeded in 1896 as 8th Earl de la Warr. In April 1896 Broadley met the serial financial fraudster Ernest Terah Hooley, and subsequently worked to promote his investment schemes. Newspaper reports alleged Broadley was "a brilliant financier" and Hooley was merely his ventriloquist's dummy. Later in court Broadley freely admitted that he advised Hooley on nearly all his projects. Hooley purchased Anmer Hall estate, adjoining Sandringham in 1896. Through an intermediary the Prince of Wales requested that he be allowed to purchase the estate from Hooley, ostensibly for his daughter Maud, to which Hooley agreed. It has been alleged that the real reason for the Prince's action was to avoid the possibility of Broadley becoming a constant visitor to the estate, and hence near-neighbour. In 1898, Hooley was made bankrupt. In the Bankruptcy Court, Broadley appeared with Earl de la Warr and two other gentlemen. They were charged with contempt of court in attempting to bribe Hooley to alter his testimony to protect the Earl. Broadley was found guilty of insubordination and perjury and ordered to pay costs. Public opinion considered the treatment of Broadley by the judge very lenient. "Broadley made a beautiful witness", one report suggested, "brimming over with benevolence and pathos. He threatened to commit suicide, too, unless Hooley did something or other, and Hooley seems to have believed him..." Hooley stated on the witness stand that Broadley had intercepted money intended for others, and that he had made a further £80,000 acting as Hooley's promoter, accusations Broadley denied. With Broadley again the subject of publicity, in the House of Commons the Home Secretary was asked by a parliamentarian whether Broadley was the same person against whom there was an outstanding warrant for a criminal offence in India, did such warrants apply in England, and if so, why had it not been actioned. The reply was that they did apply, but that he had no other information on the matter. Broadley was denounced by Robert Wright, Justice of the Court of the Queen's Bench, as the real author and organiser of Hooley's deceitful schemes, but escaped bankruptcy and fashioned himself as a country gentleman. He retreated to his home village of Bradpole, Dorset, building a picturesque towered mansion, The Knapp. Last years The last fifteen years of Broadley's life were devoted to writing and book collecting, Napoleon and his age being at the heart of it, but also a large collection of works on criminal jurisprudence. He made significant acquisitions of manuscript material, accumulating original letters and documents, as his book Chats on Autographs related. His library included 135 works he had "grangerized" by adding additional illustrations, amounting to about 600 volumes. He also became a prolific author of books on historical topics. In 1906 he even penned a work on the boyhood of his nemesis Edward VII titled The Boyhood of a Great King. It drew at least one scathing review under the headline 'Scissors and Snobbery' which stated: "this stitching together of stale tattle from the Royal nursery may be 'good business': it is not an undertaking which enlists our sympathy. Mr Broadley's record as an ex-Indian Civilian, ex-barrister, ex-journalist, and ex-company promoter is well known. This volume does not alter our estimate of the writer or the man." Broadley also became a great supporter of the Bath Historical Pageant, including appearing one year as Beau Nash, when he was recorded as holding 'kingly sway' and was "pre-eminently the great success of the ball". In 1911 Broadley made a pilgrimage with friends over the route followed by Charles II during his wanderings in late 1651, and wrote a history The Royal Miracle, an interest sparked by the play The Royal Oak. Never married, Broadley died, in the middle of the First World War, on 16 April 1916 in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. By the time of his death, Broadley's crimes had been largely forgotten, and his obituary in The Times and those elsewhere made no mention of them. This prompted novelist and U.S. newspaper columnist Marguerite Cunliffe-Owen to restate them with the observation: "Of course all this is old and forgotten, and if I recall it, it is merely in order to show how very unreliable obituaries are apt to be, and the facility with which even such men as Broadley, if possessed of sufficient cleverness, and of impudence, are able to blind their citizens to their past infamies and to die in the odor of respectability, if not of sanctity" Legacy In his will, Broadley left the sum of £8,506, the majority bequeathed to his nephew Lieutenant R.A.L. Broadley, who put his collection up for sale; the Napoleana was purchased en bloc by Lord Curzon, who bequeathed it to Oxford University. It now resides in the Bodleian with 332 of his grangerized books. Other repositories of his grangerized volumes include the Theatre Collection at Westminster City Archives, which holds four scrapbooks Annals of the Haymarket (1911), and the Royal Society, which owns a multivolume copy of Charles Richard Weld's History of the Royal Society. The contents of Broadley's museum in Bihár have been relocated to the collections of the Indian Museum in Kolkata. His country seat in Bradpole has been subdivided: The Knapp is now St James' Nursing Home, and its former gatehouse is a separate residence. A phonograph recording of Broadley delivering a toast in 1888 to Edmund Yates and Arthur Sullivan survives. Works English Legislation For India, 1871 References Bibliography External links 1847 births 1916 deaths English barristers 19th-century English lawyers

<mask> (19 July 1847 – 16 April 1916), also known as <mask>, was a British barrister, author, company promoter and social figure. He is best known for being the defence lawyer for Ahmed 'Urabi after the failure of the Urabi Revolt. Early life <mask> was the son of the Rev. <mask>, vicar of Bradpole, in Dorset, England, and Frances Jane, daughter of <mask> of Pembroke. He entered Lincoln's Inn as a law student in 1866 and after taking the examination to enter the Indian Civil Service, went in 1869 to India, where he became Assistant Magistrate and Collector of Patna, Bengal. In 1872 he conducted a survey of the ruins of the Nálanda monasteries at Burgàon, and formed a magnificent collection of sculptures from the region, going on to establish a museum for the collection. The colonial administrator and explorer Sir Harry H. Johnston noted that Broadley was "very orthodox on account of his father" and "was led into rude interruptions of any speech which traversed the belief that the Earth was only six or seven thousand years old".In 1871 <mask> delivered a public lecture English Legislation for India. He also put forward the view that imprisonment for civil debts should be abolished. In 1872 he spoke at a large meeting on education in Bengal, where he condemned the educational policy of the Indian Government. He was not punished, but later that year he spoke at a public meeting of the Dacca People's Association. His remarks on educational policy and on the Criminal Procedure Code, which were reported in newspapers and created angry discussions, were objected to by the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, Sir George Campbell and officially denied. <mask> applied for leave, which Campbell rejected, demanding an explanation. In May 1872 it was reported that charges of a serious nature had been brought against <mask>: he was suspended and sent to Patna pending an investigation.The following month he was reported to have been posted to Noynabad, and ordered to remain there, having been invested with the power to try cases arising from riots of the Muslim Ferazi sect. In November the Calcutta Gazette reported him as being officially on leave and transferred to Chittagong by Campbell's order. When a warrant for his arrest for homosexual offences was issued, <mask> absconded. One report stated that "his reputation was known to every Englishman who ever lived in India", and his presence was taboo in European clubs in Malta and Egypt. Due to the scandal he was unable to return immediately to England. He moved to Tunis, where he worked as a lawyer and as a correspondent for The Times. One of his clients was the Bey of Tunis.He also became influential in freemasonry, founding the prestigious Drury Lane Masonic Lodge, which is likely to have aided his social rise. In 1882 he published The last Punic war. Tunis, past and present, which drew admiring reviews, Vanity Fair writing: "If Mr. <mask>'s book on Tunis were only read by all citizens who influence the policy of Ministers, I question very much whether anything like our Egyptian crime could be repeated. The dullest would see how far we have been led". Given <mask>'s knowledge of Muslim law, and the fact he was "abnormally clever", that same year Wilfrid Blunt engaged him as counsel for Ahmed ʻUrabi, otherwise known as Aribi Pasha, an Egyptian nationalist who was put on trial in Cairo for insurrection. <mask> forced the compromise which enabled Pasha and his companions to be sent as pensioners to Colombo. <mask> was paid 10,000 guineas, and was henceforth nicknamed '<mask> Pasha' by his friends, the press, and English Society.Return to England Following the trial <mask> returned to England as the agent and legal adviser of the ex-Khedive Ismail. His social skills also saw him appointed de facto editor of Edmund Yates' periodical World, and despite his previous disgrace, for a few years he achieved an exceptionally high profile in London Society. "He knew everyone in London and all paid court to him." Of his 40th birthday party in 1887 one newspaper recorded: "Princes and princesses, peers and peeresses, bishops and baronets, diplomatists and doctors, members of Parliament and musicians, authors and artists, actors and actresses availed themselves of the opportunity of offering birthday congratulations". An Indian official suggested that <mask> had not been compelled to return to India to answer the charges against him, as such a threat hanging over the head of the editor of an important society newspaper guaranteed that he would not publish anything of embarrassment to those in high places. Of "Falstaffian proportions", <mask> was described as "that strange being…who, amongst other avocations, acts as a sort of social broker 'for bringing together people who would not otherwise meet' ". According to one report "he had the faculty of attaching himself to and 'running' whomsoever was the most amusing and useful person of the hour".They included the 'nitrate king' John Thomas North and would-be national leader General Georges Boulanger. It was at <mask>'s Regents Park home, Cairo Cottage at 2 Beta Place, that Boulanger made his London debut. <mask> also became connected with the management of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, acting as a financial and business adviser to Augustus Harris. <mask>'s social ascendency continued until 1889 when his portrait by Spy appeared in the magazine Vanity Fair. Edward VII, then Prince of Wales, whose sons' portraits had also appeared in the magazine, and who had knowledge of <mask>'s reputation in India, took offence at his inclusion. After making enquiries at Scotland Yard, the magazine's owner Edmund Yates dismissed <mask>, and published an apology. <mask> was told to leave the country within 12 hours.The reason was not just the earlier scandal in India: <mask> was implicated as a client of the male brothel at the centre of the Cleveland Street Scandal. With the Prince of Wales' equerry involved, and rumours also connecting his eldest son, the Prince was reported to be "in a very stern and unbending mood." Said one newspaper report: "Everybody knows it was H.R.H. caused <mask> Pasha's extinction." Le Figaro later alleged that <mask> had taken Boulanger and his propagandist Henri Rochefort to the brothel; the allegation was dismissed by Boulanger's right-hand man Count Dillon. On the witness stand the rentboy John Saul stated that he had briefly secured employment in the 1889 production The Royal Oak at Drury Lane, which was during <mask>'s time there. Exile <mask> moved to Paris and then Brussels, where he edited the English language newspaper The Belgian News.In August 1890 it was reported of Broadley that "he has been guilty here of all the practices charged to him and others in Cleveland Street. His last line of operations was to invite young boys and scholars attending school to his rooms to supper." One of the boys informed his mother of the lavishness of these meals provided by a "benevolent old gentleman", which included "stupefying cordials". <mask> was placed under police surveillance. In 1891 he was reported to be 'loafing' in Tunis with fellow Cleveland Street exile Lord Arthur Somerset. <mask>'s ability to reinvent himself provoked a mockingly Wildean paragraph in a British syndicated newspaper column in 1892, which stated that in Brussels he had "renewed his youth" and was: ...in the widest sense "a new man". He in fact insists that he is a disconnected and different Mr Broadley altogether from the gentleman whose adventures while in the service of the Indian Prison department finally excited so much curiosity in London; denies that there was ever such a person as himself, that his portrait ever appeared in Vanity Fair, or that an exalted personage ever intervened fiercely in his affairs.The English colony in Brussels is now divided into two contending camps. One section insists that Mr <mask> is the Mr <mask>, and therefore impossible and insufferable. The other protests that their Mr <mask>, who it appears enjoys the friendship and esteem of the King of the Belgians, is fitted to grace any society in which he may find himself." It was subsequently reported that to confirm his identity, the English Club of Brussels went to the trouble of procuring the back number of Vanity Fair which had featured the infamous portrait. Final return to England In 1894, <mask> quietly returned to England to manage the estates and general affairs of Viscount Cantelupe, who succeeded in 1896 as 8th Earl de la Warr. In April 1896 <mask> met the serial financial fraudster Ernest Terah Hooley, and subsequently worked to promote his investment schemes. Newspaper reports alleged <mask> was "a brilliant financier" and Hooley was merely his ventriloquist's dummy.Later in court <mask> freely admitted that he advised Hooley on nearly all his projects. Hooley purchased Anmer Hall estate, adjoining Sandringham in 1896. Through an intermediary the Prince of Wales requested that he be allowed to purchase the estate from Hooley, ostensibly for his daughter Maud, to which Hooley agreed. It has been alleged that the real reason for the Prince's action was to avoid the possibility of <mask> becoming a constant visitor to the estate, and hence near-neighbour. In 1898, Hooley was made bankrupt. In the Bankruptcy Court, <mask> appeared with Earl de la Warr and two other gentlemen. They were charged with contempt of court in attempting to bribe Hooley to alter his testimony to protect the Earl.<mask> was found guilty of insubordination and perjury and ordered to pay costs. Public opinion considered the treatment of <mask> by the judge very lenient. "<mask> made a beautiful witness", one report suggested, "brimming over with benevolence and pathos. He threatened to commit suicide, too, unless Hooley did something or other, and Hooley seems to have believed him..." Hooley stated on the witness stand that <mask> had intercepted money intended for others, and that he had made a further £80,000 acting as Hooley's promoter, accusations <mask> denied. With <mask> again the subject of publicity, in the House of Commons the Home Secretary was asked by a parliamentarian whether <mask> was the same person against whom there was an outstanding warrant for a criminal offence in India, did such warrants apply in England, and if so, why had it not been actioned. The reply was that they did apply, but that he had no other information on the matter. <mask> was denounced by Robert Wright, Justice of the Court of the Queen's Bench, as the real author and organiser of Hooley's deceitful schemes, but escaped bankruptcy and fashioned himself as a country gentleman.He retreated to his home village of Bradpole, Dorset, building a picturesque towered mansion, The Knapp. Last years The last fifteen years of <mask>'s life were devoted to writing and book collecting, Napoleon and his age being at the heart of it, but also a large collection of works on criminal jurisprudence. He made significant acquisitions of manuscript material, accumulating original letters and documents, as his book Chats on Autographs related. His library included 135 works he had "grangerized" by adding additional illustrations, amounting to about 600 volumes. He also became a prolific author of books on historical topics. In 1906 he even penned a work on the boyhood of his nemesis Edward VII titled The Boyhood of a Great King. It drew at least one scathing review under the headline 'Scissors and Snobbery' which stated: "this stitching together of stale tattle from the Royal nursery may be 'good business': it is not an undertaking which enlists our sympathy.Mr <mask>'s record as an ex-Indian Civilian, ex-barrister, ex-journalist, and ex-company promoter is well known. This volume does not alter our estimate of the writer or the man." <mask> also became a great supporter of the Bath Historical Pageant, including appearing one year as Beau Nash, when he was recorded as holding 'kingly sway' and was "pre-eminently the great success of the ball". In 1911 Broadley made a pilgrimage with friends over the route followed by Charles II during his wanderings in late 1651, and wrote a history The Royal Miracle, an interest sparked by the play The Royal Oak. Never married, <mask> died, in the middle of the First World War, on 16 April 1916 in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. By the time of his death, <mask>'s crimes had been largely forgotten, and his obituary in The Times and those elsewhere made no mention of them. This prompted novelist and U.S. newspaper columnist Marguerite Cunliffe-Owen to restate them with the observation: "Of course all this is old and forgotten, and if I recall it, it is merely in order to show how very unreliable obituaries are apt to be, and the facility with which even such men as <mask>, if possessed of sufficient cleverness, and of impudence, are able to blind their citizens to their past infamies and to die in the odor of respectability, if not of sanctity" Legacy In his will, <mask> left the sum of £8,506, the majority bequeathed to his nephew Lieutenant R.A.L.<mask>, who put his collection up for sale; the Napoleana was purchased en bloc by Lord Curzon, who bequeathed it to Oxford University. It now resides in the Bodleian with 332 of his grangerized books. Other repositories of his grangerized volumes include the Theatre Collection at Westminster City Archives, which holds four scrapbooks Annals of the Haymarket (1911), and the Royal Society, which owns a multivolume copy of Charles Richard Weld's History of the Royal Society. The contents of <mask>'s museum in Bihár have been relocated to the collections of the Indian Museum in Kolkata. His country seat in Bradpole has been subdivided: The Knapp is now St James' Nursing Home, and its former gatehouse is a separate residence. A phonograph recording of <mask> delivering a toast in 1888 to Edmund Yates and Arthur Sullivan survives. Works English Legislation For India, 1871 References Bibliography External links 1847 births 1916 deaths English barristers 19th-century English lawyers

<mask>, also known as <mask>, was a British barrister, author, company promoter and social figure. After the failure of the Urabi Revolt, he was the defence lawyer. <mask> was the son of the Rev. The Reverend <mask> and the daughter of <mask> are both from England. He entered Lincoln's Inn as a law student in 1865 and went to India in 1869 to join the Indian Civil Service. He formed a magnificent collection of sculptures from the region after surveying the ruins of the Nlanda monasteries at Burgon. Broadley was led into rude interruptions of his speech because he believed that the Earth was only six or seven thousand years old.<mask> gave a public lecture about English legislation. He believes that imprisonment for civil debts should be abolished. The Indian Government's educational policy was condemned by him at a large meeting in Bengal in 1872. He spoke at a public meeting of the Dacca People's Association after he was not punished. The Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, Sir George Campbell, objected to his comments on educational policy and the Criminal Procedure Code, which were reported in newspapers. Campbell rejected <mask>'s application for leave, demanding an explanation. <mask> was sent to Patna pending an investigation after charges of a serious nature were brought against him.He was posted to Noynabad and ordered to remain there, having been invested with the power to try cases arising from the riots of the Muslim Ferazi sect. The Calcutta Gazette reported in November that he was on leave and had been transferred to Chittagong. <mask> fled when a warrant was issued for his arrest. According to one report, his reputation was known to every Englishman who ever lived in India, and his presence was taboo in European clubs. He couldn't return to England immediately because of the scandal. He was a lawyer and correspondent for The Times in Tunisia. The Bey of Tunisia was one of his clients.His social rise is likely to have been aided by the founding of the prestigious Drury Lane Masonic Lodge. The last Punic war was published in 1882. "If Mr. <mask>'s book on Tunisia were only read by citizens who influence the policy of Ministers, I question whether anything like our Egyptian crime could be repeated." The dullest would be able to see how far we have traveled. <mask>'s knowledge of Muslim law, and the fact that he was "abnormally clever", made him the counsel for Aribi Pasha, an Egyptian nationalist who was put on trial in Cairo for insurrection. <mask> forced the compromise which allowed Pasha and his companions to be sent as retirees. <mask> was nicknamed <mask> Pasha by his friends, the press, and the English Society.<mask> returned to England as the legal adviser to the ex-Khedive Ismail. Despite his previous disgrace, he was appointed de facto editor of Edmund Yates' periodical World and achieved a high profile in London Society. Everyone in London paid court to him. Princes and princesses, peers and peeresses, bishops and baronets, diplomatists and doctors, members of Parliament and musicians, authors and artists, actors and actresses all offered birthday greetings to him at his 40th birthday party in 1887. An Indian official suggested that <mask> had not been compelled to return to India to answer the charges against him, as a threat hanging over the head of the editor of an important society newspaper guaranteed that he would not publish anything of embarrassment to those in high places. <mask> was described as "that strange being...who, amongst other avocations, acts as a sort of social broker for bringing together people who would not otherwise meet" He had the faculty of attaching himself to and running whomsoever was the most amusing and useful person of the hour, according to one report.They included the 'nitrate king' John Thomas North. Boulanger made his London debut at <mask>'s Regent's Park home, Cairo Cottage. <mask> acted as a financial and business adviser to Augustus Harris at the Theatre Royal. <mask>'s portrait appeared in the magazine Vanity Fair in 1889. Edward VII, then Prince of Wales, whose sons' portraits had also appeared in the magazine, and who had knowledge of <mask>'s reputation in India, took offence at his inclusion. Edmund Yates published an apology after dismissing <mask>. <mask> was told to leave the country.<mask> was implicated as a client of the male brothel at the center of the Cleveland Street Scandal. The Prince was said to be in a very stern and unbending mood. Everyone knows it was H.R.H<mask> Pasha's extinction was caused. Boulanger's right-hand man Count Dillon dismissed the allegation that <mask> had taken Boulanger and Henri Rochefort to the brothel. During <mask>'s time at The Royal Oak at Drury Lane, the rentboy John Saul claimed that he was employed in the production for a short time. <mask> moved to Paris where he edited the English language newspaper The Belgian News.In August 1890 <mask> was reported to have been guilty of all the practices charged to him and others in Cleveland Street. The last thing he did was to invite young boys and scholars to dinner. One of the boys told his mother that the meals were provided by a "benevolent old gentleman" and included "stupefying cordials". <mask> was placed under police watch. He was reported to be in Tunisia with another Cleveland Street exile. In a British syndicated newspaper column in 1892, Wildean wrote that <mask> had "renewed his youth" and was a "new man". He insists that he is not Mr <mask>, that he is a different person, and that his portrait never appeared in Vanity Fair.There are two competing camps for the English colony in Brussels. One section insists that Mr <mask> is impossible and insufferable. The other protests that Mr <mask> is fitted to grace any society in which he finds himself because he enjoys the friendship and esteem of the King of the Belgians. The English Club of Brussels went to the trouble of getting the back number of Vanity Fair to confirm his identity. <mask> returned to England in 1894 to manage the estates and general affairs of Viscount Cantelupe, who succeeded in 1896 as 8th Earl de la Warr. Broadley met a serial financial fraudster in April 1896 and worked to promote his investment schemes. <mask> was accused of being a brilliant financier and of being a ventriloquist's dummy.<mask> admitted in court that he advised Hooley on nearly all of his projects. Anmer Hall was purchased by Hooley in 1896. The Prince of Wales requested that he be allowed to purchase the estate from Hooley in order to have his daughter. It has been claimed that the real reason for the Prince's actions was to avoid <mask> becoming a frequent visitor to the estate. In 1898, Hooley was declared bankrupt. <mask> was in the court with two other men. They were charged with contempt of court for trying to bribe Hooley to change his testimony.<mask> was ordered to pay costs after being found guilty of insubordination and perjury. <mask> was treated very lightly by the judge. One report suggested that <mask> made a beautiful witness. He threatened to commit suicide, unless Hooley did something or other, and he seems to have believed him. In the House of Commons, the Home Secretary was asked if <mask> was the same person who had an outstanding warrant for his arrest in India. They applied, but he had no other information. <mask> was denounced by Robert Wright, Justice of the Court of the Queen's Bench, as the real author and mastermind of Hooley's schemes, but escaped bankruptcy and pretended to be a country gentleman.He retreated to his home village of Bradpole to build a mansion. The last fifteen years of <mask>'s life were devoted to writing and book collecting, but also a large collection of works on criminal jurisprudence. He made significant acquisitions of manuscript material, accumulating original letters and documents. He "grangerized" 135 works in his library by adding additional illustrations. He wrote many books on historical topics. The Boyhood of a Great King was written by him in 1906. The headline 'Scissors and Snobbery' stated that it was not an undertaking which elicited our sympathy.Mr <mask>'s record as an ex-Indian Civilian, ex-barrister, ex-journalist, and ex- company promoter is well known. Our estimate of the writer or the man is unaffected by this volume. <mask> appeared in one year as Beau Nash and was recorded as holding 'kingly sway', which was pre-eminently the great success of the ball. Broadley made a pilgrimage with friends over the route followed by Charles II during his wanderings in late 1651, and wrote a history about it. <mask> died in the middle of the First World War. <mask>'s crimes were largely forgotten by the time of his death, and his obituary in The Times and those elsewhere made no mention of them. This prompted novelist and U.S. newspaper columnist Marguerite Cunliffe-Owen to restate them with the observation: "Of course all this is old and forgotten, and if I recall it, it is merely in order to show how unreliable obituaries are."<mask> put his collection up for sale and the Napoleana was purchased by Lord Curzon. The Bodleian has 332 of his books. The Royal Society has a multivolume copy of Charles Richard Weld's History of the Royal Society in its possession. The contents of <mask>'s museum in Bihr have been moved to the Indian Museum in Kolkata. The former gatehouse of his country seat in Bradpole is now a nursing home. <mask> delivered a toast to Edmund Yates and Arthur Sullivan. External links 1847 births 1916 deaths English barristers 19th-century English lawyers Works English Legislation For India, 1871

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Richard Amsel (December 4, 1947 – November 13, 1985) was an American illustrator and graphic designer. His career was brief but prolific, including movie posters, album covers, and magazine covers. His portrait of comedian Lily Tomlin for the cover of Time is now part of the permanent collection at the Smithsonian Institution. He was associated with TV Guide for thirteen years. Early life Richard Amsel was born in Philadelphia. Shortly after graduating from Philadelphia College of Art, his proposed poster art for the Barbra Streisand musical Hello, Dolly! was selected by 20th Century Fox for the film’s campaign after a nationwide artists’ talent search; the artist was 22 at the time. Career As Amsel came to the attention of New York's art enthusiasts, his illustrations caught the attention of Barry Manilow, "then a young singer/songwriter named who was working with Bette Midler, a newly emerging entertainer in cabaret clubs and piano bars. Manilow introduced the two, and it was quickly decided that Amsel should do the cover of her first Atlantic Records album. The cover, for The Divine Miss M proved to be one of the most ubiquitous of the year." More album covers and posters soon followed, as did a series of magazine ads for designer Oleg Cassini. His movie posters commissions included some of the most important and popular films of the 1970s, including The Champ, Chinatown, Julia, The Last Picture Show, The Last Tycoon, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, The Muppet Movie, Murder on the Orient Express, Nashville, Papillon, The Shootist, The Sting, (The latter's poster design paid homage to the painting style of J. C. Leyendecker, evoking both his "Arrow Collar Man" and his covers for The Saturday Evening Post) and Woodstock. Although his career was short-lived, his body of work was sizeable, outpacing much of what had been produced by others during his era. His portrait of comedian Lily Tomlin was featured on the cover of Time, and is now housed in the permanent collection at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. In keeping with the magazine's stringent deadlines, Amsel's illustration was created in only two or three days. TV Guide Commissioned by TV Guide in 1972 to design a cover featuring the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, in conjunction with a telefilm about their love affair, Amsel then went on to enjoy a 13-year association with the publication, during which time he produced more than 40 covers. Amsel's magazine work included portraits of: Ingrid Bergman, Johnny Carson, Katharine Hepburn, Mary Tyler Moore, Elvis Presley, Nancy Reagan, Tom Selleck, Frank Sinatra, John Travolta, and Princess Grace, as well as of Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh, portraits which were created for the television debut of Gone with the Wind. He also created illustrations for the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales, and of Richard Chamberlain for the miniseries Shogun. Among the most famous of Amsel's illustrations was his portrait of Lucille Ball, which was created for the magazine's July 6, 1974 issue in recognition of Ball's retirement from series television. "I did not want the portrait to be of Lucy Ricardo," Amsel explained, "but I didn't want a modern-day Lucy Carter either. I wanted it to have the same timeless sense of glamour that Lucy herself has. She is, after all, a former Goldwyn Girl. I hoped to capture the essence of all this." Ball then featured Amsel's work in the opening credits of a two-hour television tribute, CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years. Later career As film studios changed their marketing style in the 1980s, employing photographs in favor of illustrations, Amsel and other artists were frequently limited to creating work for science fiction, fantasy, and adventure films. In response, Amsel created the posters for Flash Gordon, The Dark Crystal, and Raiders of the Lost Ark which ultimately became his most famous work. Amsel completed two posters, one for Raiders''' 1981 release and another, a year later, for its re-release. It has been reported that George Lucas and Steven Spielberg own the originals. Regarding commercial art, Amsel stated, "Commercial art can be and sometimes is art, but if someone hangs a poster, it is still a poster pretending to be something it's not. My work is basically for the printed page, and not for hanging in living rooms... If, however, I paint or draw something that takes people into the realm of fantasy, then I feel that I've accomplished something." Recognition During his career, Amsel received multiple awards, including the New York and Los Angeles Society of Illustrators award, a Golden Key Award from The Hollywood Reporter, and a Grammy Award, as well as citations from the Philadelphia Art Director's Club. Amsel's covers were also shown at the Museum of Television and Radio in Beverly Hills, commemorating TV Guide's fortieth anniversary. Posthumously awarded the University of the Art's Silver Star award for Outstanding Alumni in 2009, Amsel's award was accepted on his behalf at The University of the Arts Commencement Ceremony by his brother, Michael Amsel. In November 2021, Amsel was inducted into the Album Cover Hall of Fame, for this contributions to Bette Midler – Divine Miss M and Songs For The New Depression, and soundtracks to the films Hello Dolly and The Sting. A feature film documentary about Amsel's life, titled "Amsel: Illustrator of the Lost Art," was announced in January 2016. Filmmaker Adam McDaniel traveled extensively throughout the United States, conducting interviews with over 50 of Amsel's friends, colleagues, classmates, teachers, and art collectors, as well as new generations of artists whom Amsel inspired. The film is now in post production. In tandem with the documentary, McDaniel is developing a retrospective art book, with both projects through an exclusive agreement with the Richard Amsel estate. Death His last film poster was for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, the third of George Miller's apocalyptic action movies with Mel Gibson. His final completed artwork was for an issue of TV Guide, featuring news anchors Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings and Dan Rather. Amsel died less than three weeks later, succumbing to complications from AIDS on November 13, 1985. When he fell ill, he was to have done the poster for the Romancing the Stone sequel, The Jewel of the Nile''. AIDS Memorial Quilt Adam McDaniel created a panel in Amsel's memory for inclusion within The AIDS Memorial Quilt. It was unveiled for the first time on World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, 2018, next to The Wall Las Memorias AIDS Monument within Los Angeles' Lincoln Park. Later that month, it was also displayed at an Amsel tribute art show McDaniel curated at Warner Bros. Studios, in Burbank, California. On December 2, 2019, McDaniel handed the panel over to the SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. This coincided with World AIDS Day earlier that week (December 1st), and what would have been Amsel's 72nd birthday (December 4th). See also List of TV Guide covers Similar artists Saul Bass Jack Davis Frank Frazetta The Brothers Hildebrandt Tom Jung Sanford Kossin Frank McCarthy Bob Peak Drew Struzan Howard Terpning References External links The Richard Amsel Appreciation Site Official website of the documentary feature "Amsel: Illustrator of the Lost Art" Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Margaret Herrick Library Catalog Richard Amsel McDaniel, Adam: The Art & Artistry of Richard Amsel, biography and tribute Lucyfan.com, Portraits in Stardust: The art of Richard Amsel, Star Notes magazine, Spring 1993 CineMaterial.com – Select listing of Richard Amsel's art American Art Archives – Select listing of Richard Amsel's art Internet Movie Poster Awards – Select listing of Richard Amsel's art Barbra Streisand art by Richard Amsel "Lucy" art by Richard Amsel 1947 births 1985 deaths American magazine illustrators American graphic designers Film poster artists Artists from Philadelphia University of the Arts (Philadelphia) alumni AIDS-related deaths in New York (state)

<mask> (December 4, 1947 – November 13, 1985) was an American illustrator and graphic designer. His career was brief but prolific, including movie posters, album covers, and magazine covers. His portrait of comedian Lily Tomlin for the cover of Time is now part of the permanent collection at the Smithsonian Institution. He was associated with TV Guide for thirteen years. Early life <mask> was born in Philadelphia. Shortly after graduating from Philadelphia College of Art, his proposed poster art for the Barbra Streisand musical Hello, Dolly! was selected by 20th Century Fox for the film’s campaign after a nationwide artists’ talent search; the artist was 22 at the time.Career As <mask> came to the attention of New York's art enthusiasts, his illustrations caught the attention of Barry Manilow, "then a young singer/songwriter named who was working with Bette Midler, a newly emerging entertainer in cabaret clubs and piano bars. Manilow introduced the two, and it was quickly decided that <mask> should do the cover of her first Atlantic Records album. The cover, for The Divine Miss M proved to be one of the most ubiquitous of the year." More album covers and posters soon followed, as did a series of magazine ads for designer Oleg Cassini. His movie posters commissions included some of the most important and popular films of the 1970s, including The Champ, Chinatown, Julia, The Last Picture Show, The Last Tycoon, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, The Muppet Movie, Murder on the Orient Express, Nashville, Papillon, The Shootist, The Sting, (The latter's poster design paid homage to the painting style of J. C. Leyendecker, evoking both his "Arrow Collar Man" and his covers for The Saturday Evening Post) and Woodstock. Although his career was short-lived, his body of work was sizeable, outpacing much of what had been produced by others during his era. His portrait of comedian Lily Tomlin was featured on the cover of Time, and is now housed in the permanent collection at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.In keeping with the magazine's stringent deadlines, <mask>'s illustration was created in only two or three days. TV Guide Commissioned by TV Guide in 1972 to design a cover featuring the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, in conjunction with a telefilm about their love affair, <mask> then went on to enjoy a 13-year association with the publication, during which time he produced more than 40 covers. <mask>'s magazine work included portraits of: Ingrid Bergman, Johnny Carson, Katharine Hepburn, Mary Tyler Moore, Elvis Presley, Nancy Reagan, Tom Selleck, Frank Sinatra, John Travolta, and Princess Grace, as well as of Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh, portraits which were created for the television debut of Gone with the Wind. He also created illustrations for the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales, and of <mask> for the miniseries Shogun. Among the most famous of <mask>'s illustrations was his portrait of Lucille Ball, which was created for the magazine's July 6, 1974 issue in recognition of Ball's retirement from series television. "I did not want the portrait to be of Lucy Ricardo," <mask> explained, "but I didn't want a modern-day Lucy Carter either. I wanted it to have the same timeless sense of glamour that Lucy herself has.She is, after all, a former Goldwyn Girl. I hoped to capture the essence of all this." Ball then featured <mask>'s work in the opening credits of a two-hour television tribute, CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years. Later career As film studios changed their marketing style in the 1980s, employing photographs in favor of illustrations, <mask> and other artists were frequently limited to creating work for science fiction, fantasy, and adventure films. In response, <mask> created the posters for Flash Gordon, The Dark Crystal, and Raiders of the Lost Ark which ultimately became his most famous work. <mask> completed two posters, one for Raiders''' 1981 release and another, a year later, for its re-release. It has been reported that George Lucas and Steven Spielberg own the originals.Regarding commercial art, <mask> stated, "Commercial art can be and sometimes is art, but if someone hangs a poster, it is still a poster pretending to be something it's not. My work is basically for the printed page, and not for hanging in living rooms... If, however, I paint or draw something that takes people into the realm of fantasy, then I feel that I've accomplished something." Recognition During his career, <mask> received multiple awards, including the New York and Los Angeles Society of Illustrators award, a Golden Key Award from The Hollywood Reporter, and a Grammy Award, as well as citations from the Philadelphia Art Director's Club. <mask>'s covers were also shown at the Museum of Television and Radio in Beverly Hills, commemorating TV Guide's fortieth anniversary. Posthumously awarded the University of the Art's Silver Star award for Outstanding Alumni in 2009, <mask>'s award was accepted on his behalf at The University of the Arts Commencement Ceremony by his brother, <mask>. In November 2021, <mask> was inducted into the Album Cover Hall of Fame, for this contributions to Bette Midler – Divine Miss M and Songs For The New Depression, and soundtracks to the films Hello Dolly and The Sting.A feature film documentary about <mask>'s life, titled "Amsel: Illustrator of the Lost Art," was announced in January 2016. Filmmaker Adam McDaniel traveled extensively throughout the United States, conducting interviews with over 50 of <mask>'s friends, colleagues, classmates, teachers, and art collectors, as well as new generations of artists whom <mask> inspired. The film is now in post production. In tandem with the documentary, McDaniel is developing a retrospective art book, with both projects through an exclusive agreement with the <mask> estate. Death His last film poster was for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, the third of George Miller's apocalyptic action movies with Mel Gibson. His final completed artwork was for an issue of TV Guide, featuring news anchors Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings and Dan Rather. <mask> died less than three weeks later, succumbing to complications from AIDS on November 13, 1985.When he fell ill, he was to have done the poster for the Romancing the Stone sequel, The Jewel of the Nile''. AIDS Memorial Quilt Adam McDaniel created a panel in <mask>'s memory for inclusion within The AIDS Memorial Quilt. It was unveiled for the first time on World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, 2018, next to The Wall Las Memorias AIDS Monument within Los Angeles' Lincoln Park. Later that month, it was also displayed at an Amsel tribute art show McDaniel curated at Warner Bros. Studios, in Burbank, California. On December 2, 2019, McDaniel handed the panel over to the SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. This coincided with World AIDS Day earlier that week (December 1st), and what would have been <mask>'s 72nd birthday (December 4th). See also List of TV Guide covers Similar artists Saul Bass Jack Davis Frank Frazetta The Brothers Hildebrandt Tom Jung Sanford Kossin Frank McCarthy Bob Peak Drew Struzan Howard Terpning References External links The <mask>sel Appreciation Site Official website of the documentary feature "Amsel: Illustrator of the Lost Art" Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Margaret Herrick Library Catalog <mask> McDaniel, Adam: The Art & Artistry of <mask>, biography and tribute Lucyfan.com, Portraits in Stardust: The art of <mask>, Star Notes magazine, Spring 1993 CineMaterial.com – Select listing of <mask>'s art American Art Archives – Select listing of <mask>'s art Internet Movie Poster Awards – Select listing of <mask>'s art Barbra Streisand art by <mask>sel "Lucy" art by <mask> 1947 births 1985 deaths American magazine illustrators American graphic designers Film poster artists Artists from Philadelphia University of the Arts (Philadelphia) alumni AIDS-related deaths in New York (state)

<mask> was an American illustrator and graphic designer. His career consisted of movie posters, album covers, and magazine covers. The portrait of the comedian on the cover of Time is now part of the permanent collection at the Smithsonian. He worked for TV Guide for thirteen years. <mask> was born in Philadelphia. The poster art for the Barbra Streisand musical Hello, Dolly! was proposed shortly after graduating from Philadelphia College of Art. The artist was selected by 20th Century Fox for the film's campaign after a nationwide artists' talent search.Barry Manilow, a newly emerging entertainer in cabaret clubs and piano bars, was working with a young singer named <mask>, who had illustrations that caught the attention of New York's art enthusiasts. The cover of <mask>'s first Atlantic Records album was decided upon after Manilow introduced the two. The cover of The Divine Miss M was one of the most popular of the year. More album covers and posters followed, as did a series of magazine ads. The Champ, Chinatown, Julia, The Last Picture Show, The Last Tycoon, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, and Murder on the Orient Express were some of the most important and popular films of the 1970s. Although his career was short-lived, he had a large body of work. His portrait of the comedian was featured on the cover of Time and is now in the permanent collection at the Washington D.C. museum.In keeping with the magazine's strict deadlines, <mask>'s illustration was created in only two or three days. <mask> produced more than 40 covers for TV Guide over the course of 13 years, after he was commissioned by the publication to design a cover featuring the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. The portraits of John Travolta, Clark Gable, and Princess Grace were created for <mask>'s magazine work. The illustrations for the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana were created by him. The portrait of Ball was created for the July 6, 1974 issue of the magazine, which was in recognition of Ball's retirement from series television. <mask> didn't want the portrait to be of Lucy Carter, but he did want it to be of Lucy Ricardo. Lucy has a timeless sense of glamour.She is a former Goldwyn Girl. I wanted to capture the essence of this. The opening credits of CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years featured <mask>'s work. As film studios changed their marketing style in the 1980s, using photographs in favor of illustrations, <mask> and other artists were often limited to creating work for science fiction, fantasy, and adventure films. His most famous work was the posters for The Dark Crystal and Raiders of the Lost Ark. There were two posters for Raiders'' 1981 release and another a year later for its re-release. George Lucas and Steven Spielberg own the originals.<mask> stated, "Commercial art can be and sometimes is art, but if someone hangs a poster, it is still a poster pretending to be something it's not." My work isn't for hanging in living rooms, it's for the printed page. I feel that I've accomplished something if I paint or draw something that takes people into the realm of fantasy. The New York and Los Angeles Society of Illustrators award, a Golden Key Award from The Hollywood Reporter, as well as citations from the Philadelphia Art Director's Club were some of the awards that <mask> received during his career. TV Guide's fortieth anniversary was marked by the show's covers being shown at the Museum of Television and Radio in Beverly Hills. <mask> accepted his brother's award on his behalf at the University of the Arts graduation ceremony. <mask> was inducted into the album cover hall of fame for his contributions to the films Hello Dolly and The Sting.In January 2016 a documentary about <mask>'s life was announced. Over 50 of <mask>'s friends, colleagues, classmates, teachers, and art lovers were interviewed by Adam McDaniel, as well as new generations of artists whom <mask> inspired. The film is in post production. Through an exclusive agreement with the <mask> estate, a retrospective art book is being developed with the help of the documentary. Death's last film poster was for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, the third of George Miller's apocalyptic action movies. The final piece of artwork was for an issue of TV Guide. <mask> died from AIDS on November 13, 1985.He was supposed to do the poster for the sequel, The Jewel of the Nile. The AIDS Memorial Quilt contains a panel in <mask>'s memory. It was unveiled for the first time on World AIDS Day. It was displayed at an Amsel tribute art show at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. The panel was handed over to the Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. December 1st was World AIDS Day and December 4th was <mask>'s 72nd birthday. List of TV Guide covers similar artists Saul Bass Jack Davis Frank Frazetta The Brothers Hildebrandt Tom Jung Sanford Kossin Frank McCarthy Bob Peak Drew Struzan Howard Terpning

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Oliver David Jackson

Brigadier Oliver David Jackson, (24 November 1919 – 7 May 2004) was a senior officer in the Australian Army, seeing service during the Second World War and the Vietnam War. After graduating from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1939 he served in the Middle East and New Guinea during the Second World War. Later, he commanded the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) and the Australian Army Force Vietnam (AAFV) in 1965–66. In 1966, he became the first commander of 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) in South Vietnam. He subsequently filled a number of senior command and staff positions before retiring in 1974. He died in 2004. Early life Jackson was born in London, England, on 24 November 1919. The youngest son of Robert Jackson, a professional soldier, and his wife Edith Marguerite (née Vautin); his siblings included an older brother born in 1915 in Surrey, England, and a sister. Named after his uncle, David, who had been killed at Gallipoli in 1915 while attempting to rescue a wounded soldier, Jackson was known throughout his life as either "O.D." or David. His father had been commissioned in the Permanent Military Forces (PMF) in 1911, serving in Western Australia. With the outbreak of the First World War Jackson's father had joined the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in November 1914, embarking as adjutant of the 10th Light Horse Regiment. On 29 May 1915 he was wounded at Gallipoli and after recovering in England held a number of staff appointments with the 3rd Division on the Western Front in 1917–18. Following Jackson's birth the family returned to Australia in 1920 so that his father could resume his military career. He subsequently attended a number of schools, completing his secondary education at Scotch College, Melbourne in 1936, where he was a member of the athletics and rugby teams. Military career Early career and Second World War Jackson subsequently joined the Australian Army in March 1937 as a regular officer in the PMF. His older brother, Donald, was also a professional soldier, having entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1934 and later also reached the rank of brigadier. After completing his own training at Duntroon, Jackson graduated into the infantry as a lieutenant in December 1939, following the outbreak of the Second World War two months earlier. Transferring to the 2nd AIF for overseas service, in July 1940 he took up his first appointment commanding a platoon in the 2/25th Battalion where he saw action in the Middle East in North Africa and Syria. Meanwhile, Jackson's father had been appointed to command Northern Command in May 1940 and was promoted to major general in July. However, the following year he was posted to Western Command and believed that he had been passed over for a combat command after opposing the Brisbane Line strategy, subsequently retiring in early 1942. By late 1942 Jackson's battalion returned from the Middle East, and he later served in New Guinea fighting the Japanese at Gona, as well as in the Ramu Valley, the Finisterre Ranges and the New Guinea north coast. He was subsequently posted to Headquarters 18th Brigade as a major during the period 1943–44. In June 1944, he took up a position as an instructor at the Canadian Staff College in Kingston, where he remained until the end of the war. Interbellum Returning to Australia, Jackson filled a number of staff positions, including postings to the Royal Military College, Army Headquarters and Headquarters Western Command. His father died of pneumonia at Heidelberg, Victoria, on 24 November 1948. Jackson was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1949 and to colonel in 1951. On 21 June 1956, Jackson assumed command of the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) in South Korea deployed as part of the UN garrison which had remained there following the end of the Korean War and oversaw the battalion's final operational activities before its return to Australia. He subsequently took up a two-year appointment in the United States as Australian Military Attache in Washington. In 1959 he was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in recognition of his service to the Australian Staff Corps. Vietnam War In 1961, he took up the position of Director of Infantry at Army Headquarters. He subsequently commanded the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR) in 1963, before serving as the commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR) in 1963–64. Ultimately, Jackson was the only officer to command all three of the original battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment. Jackson took over command of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) on 5 February 1965. Following the arrival of Australian ground forces in South Vietnam in May 1965, he was promoted to brigadier and assumed command of the new headquarters in Saigon, known as the Australian Army Force Vietnam (AAFV). In March 1966, the Australian government further increased its commitment to the Vietnam War, announcing the deployment of a two-battalion brigade with armour, aviation, engineer and artillery support, designated the 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF). Jackson was subsequently appointed as its first commander. Based in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, 1 ATF was involved in counter-insurgency operations against the Viet Cong. During his period in command the task force was successfully established at Nui Dat, clearing a security zone around the base and conducting offensive operations to the edge of the Tactical Area of Responsibility, while a number of significant actions were fought, including the Battle of Long Tan, which established 1 ATF's dominance over the province. Jackson was later awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his command of 1 ATF during this period. In June 1967, Jackson returned to Australia having served nearly two years in Vietnam, and subsequently served on the staff of Australian Headquarters. His final posting was as the Chief of Staff at Headquarters 1st Division, before retiring with the rank of brigadier in May 1974. Later life Settling in Sydney in his later life Jackson enjoyed sailing and gardening. Married to Dorothy Honor, the couple had a son and two daughters. Jackson died in Burradoo, New South Wales, on 7 May 2004, aged eighty-four. Notes References 1919 births 2004 deaths Australian brigadiers Australian Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Australian Army personnel of World War II Australian military personnel of the Vietnam War Australian Officers of the Order of the British Empire British emigrants to Australia Royal Military College, Duntroon graduates

Brigadier <mask>, (24 November 1919 – 7 May 2004) was a senior officer in the Australian Army, seeing service during the Second World War and the Vietnam War. After graduating from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1939 he served in the Middle East and New Guinea during the Second World War. Later, he commanded the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) and the Australian Army Force Vietnam (AAFV) in 1965–66. In 1966, he became the first commander of 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) in South Vietnam. He subsequently filled a number of senior command and staff positions before retiring in 1974. He died in 2004. Early life <mask> was born in London, England, on 24 November 1919.The youngest son of <mask>, a professional soldier, and his wife Edith Marguerite (née Vautin); his siblings included an older brother born in 1915 in Surrey, England, and a sister. Named after his uncle, <mask>, who had been killed at Gallipoli in 1915 while attempting to rescue a wounded soldier, <mask> was known throughout his life as either "O.D." or <mask>. His father had been commissioned in the Permanent Military Forces (PMF) in 1911, serving in Western Australia. With the outbreak of the First World War <mask>'s father had joined the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in November 1914, embarking as adjutant of the 10th Light Horse Regiment. On 29 May 1915 he was wounded at Gallipoli and after recovering in England held a number of staff appointments with the 3rd Division on the Western Front in 1917–18. Following <mask>'s birth the family returned to Australia in 1920 so that his father could resume his military career.He subsequently attended a number of schools, completing his secondary education at Scotch College, Melbourne in 1936, where he was a member of the athletics and rugby teams. Military career Early career and Second World War <mask> subsequently joined the Australian Army in March 1937 as a regular officer in the PMF. His older brother, Donald, was also a professional soldier, having entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1934 and later also reached the rank of brigadier. After completing his own training at Duntroon, <mask> graduated into the infantry as a lieutenant in December 1939, following the outbreak of the Second World War two months earlier. Transferring to the 2nd AIF for overseas service, in July 1940 he took up his first appointment commanding a platoon in the 2/25th Battalion where he saw action in the Middle East in North Africa and Syria. Meanwhile, <mask>'s father had been appointed to command Northern Command in May 1940 and was promoted to major general in July. However, the following year he was posted to Western Command and believed that he had been passed over for a combat command after opposing the Brisbane Line strategy, subsequently retiring in early 1942.By late 1942 <mask>'s battalion returned from the Middle East, and he later served in New Guinea fighting the Japanese at Gona, as well as in the Ramu Valley, the Finisterre Ranges and the New Guinea north coast. He was subsequently posted to Headquarters 18th Brigade as a major during the period 1943–44. In June 1944, he took up a position as an instructor at the Canadian Staff College in Kingston, where he remained until the end of the war. Interbellum Returning to Australia, <mask> filled a number of staff positions, including postings to the Royal Military College, Army Headquarters and Headquarters Western Command. His father died of pneumonia at Heidelberg, Victoria, on 24 November 1948. <mask> was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1949 and to colonel in 1951. On 21 June 1956, <mask> assumed command of the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) in South Korea deployed as part of the UN garrison which had remained there following the end of the Korean War and oversaw the battalion's final operational activities before its return to Australia.He subsequently took up a two-year appointment in the United States as Australian Military Attache in Washington. In 1959 he was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in recognition of his service to the Australian Staff Corps. Vietnam War In 1961, he took up the position of Director of Infantry at Army Headquarters. He subsequently commanded the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR) in 1963, before serving as the commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR) in 1963–64. Ultimately, <mask> was the only officer to command all three of the original battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment. <mask> took over command of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) on 5 February 1965. Following the arrival of Australian ground forces in South Vietnam in May 1965, he was promoted to brigadier and assumed command of the new headquarters in Saigon, known as the Australian Army Force Vietnam (AAFV).In March 1966, the Australian government further increased its commitment to the Vietnam War, announcing the deployment of a two-battalion brigade with armour, aviation, engineer and artillery support, designated the 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF). <mask> was subsequently appointed as its first commander. Based in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, 1 ATF was involved in counter-insurgency operations against the Viet Cong. During his period in command the task force was successfully established at Nui Dat, clearing a security zone around the base and conducting offensive operations to the edge of the Tactical Area of Responsibility, while a number of significant actions were fought, including the Battle of Long Tan, which established 1 ATF's dominance over the province. <mask> was later awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his command of 1 ATF during this period. In June 1967, <mask> returned to Australia having served nearly two years in Vietnam, and subsequently served on the staff of Australian Headquarters. His final posting was as the Chief of Staff at Headquarters 1st Division, before retiring with the rank of brigadier in May 1974.Later life Settling in Sydney in his later life <mask> enjoyed sailing and gardening. Married to Dorothy Honor, the couple had a son and two daughters. <mask> died in Burradoo, New South Wales, on 7 May 2004, aged eighty-four. Notes References 1919 births 2004 deaths Australian brigadiers Australian Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Australian Army personnel of World War II Australian military personnel of the Vietnam War Australian Officers of the Order of the British Empire British emigrants to Australia Royal Military College, Duntroon graduates

During the Second World War and the Vietnam War, <mask> was a senior officer in the Australian Army. He served during the Second World War after graduating from the Royal Military College. The Australian Army Training Team Vietnam and the Australian Army Force Vietnam were commanded by him. He was the first commander of the 1st Australian Task Force in South Vietnam. After retiring in 1974, he filled a number of senior command and staff positions. He died in 2004. <mask> was born in London in 1919.The youngest son of <mask>, a professional soldier, and his wife Edith Marguerite, had an older brother and sister. <mask> was known as either "O.D." or "<mask>" because he was named after his uncle, <mask>, who died trying to rescue a wounded soldier. Or <mask>. His father had served in the PMF in Western Australia. <mask>'s father joined the Australian Imperial Force in November 1914 as adjutant of the 10th Light Horse Regiment. He held a number of appointments with the 3rd Division on the Western Front after he was wounded at Gallipoli in 1915. The family returned to Australia in 1920 to allow <mask>'s father to resume his military career.He completed his secondary education at Scotch College in 1936, where he was a member of the athletics and rugby teams. <mask> joined the Australian Army in March 1937 as a regular officer in the PMF. Donald entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1934 and later reached the rank of brigadier. <mask> joined the infantry in December 1939 after completing his own training at Duntroon. He saw action in the Middle East in North Africa and Syria as a platoon leader in the 2/25th Battalion of the 2nd AIF. <mask>'s father was promoted to major general in July after being appointed to command Northern Command in May 1940. He was posted to Western Command the following year and thought he had been passed over for a combat command after opposing the Brisbane Line strategy.<mask>'s battalion came back from the Middle East in late 1942 and he fought the Japanese at Gona and in the Ramu Valley. He was posted to Headquarters 18th brigade as a major. He was an instructor at the Canadian Staff College in Kingston until the end of the war. <mask> filled a number of staff positions, including postings to the Royal Military College, Army Headquarters and Headquarters Western Command. His father died of pneumonia in 1948. <mask> was promoted to colonel in 1951. <mask> assumed command of the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) in South Korea as part of the UN garrison which had remained there following the end of the Korean War and oversaw the battalion's final operational activities before it returned to Australia.He took up the position of Australian Military Attache in Washington. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1959 for his service to the Australian Staff Corps. He was the Director of Infantry at Army Headquarters during the Vietnam War. He was the commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment in 1963. <mask> was the only officer to command all three of the original battalions. The Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) was commanded by <mask>. After the arrival of Australian ground forces in South Vietnam in May 1965, he was promoted to brigadier and assumed command of the new headquarters of the Australian Army Force Vietnam.The 1st Australian Task Force was designated in March 1966 after the Australian government increased its commitment to the Vietnam War. <mask> was the first commander. In Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, 1 ATF was involved in counter-insurgency operations. During his time in command, the task force was established at Nui Dat, clearing a security zone around the base and conducting offensive operations to the edge of the Tactical Area of Responsibility, while a number of significant actions were fought, including the Battle of Long Tan. <mask> was awarded the DSO for his command of 1 ATF. <mask> served on the staff of Australian Headquarters after returning from Vietnam, where he had served nearly two years. His last posting was as the Chief of Staff at Headquarters 1st Division, before he retired with the rank of brigadier.<mask> moved to Australia in his later life and enjoyed sailing and gardening. The couple had a son and two daughters. <mask> died in New South Wales at the age of eighty-four. Australian military personnel of the Vietnam War, Australian officers of the Order of the British Empire, and Duntroon graduates are included.

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Erik Santos

Rhoderick Ramos Santos (born October 10, 1982), more commonly known as simply Erik Santos, is a Filipino singer, occasional actor, TV host, commercial model, and the first Grand Champion of the ABS-CBN singing competition Star in a Million Season 1 in 2003. Erik Santos was ABS-CBN's Star in a Million Grand Champion last January 2004. A young balladeer known for his soulful voice, Erik made his way to stardom through the music scene owing the title Prince of Pop. His much-awaited debut album aptly titled "This Is The Moment" shows that Erik's moment has indeed come. His passion for music started during his childhood years. He participated in various singing competitions. His Platinum debut album and succeeding albums, sold-out concerts and a demand for corporate shows, accolades from Awit Awards, Star Awards and Aliw Awards, endorsements for a bank (Bank of the Philippine Island's Express Remit), theme songs for radio stations, and even movies earned him an unusual popularity. His first single, Pagbigyang Muli, remained number one of WRR's hit chart for more than 20 weeks together with his other songs filling up the chart simultaneously. Amidst all these, Erik still remains charming and this "realness" becomes one of the biggest factors why Erik has won audiences nationwide. Early life Santos was born on October 10, 1982 in Malabon, Metro Manila, Philippines. When he was four, his passion for singing started. He participated in numerous small-town singing competitions. He graduated in high school at Immaculate Conception Parochial School – Malabon He studied at the Centro Escolar University and took up dentistry, but later shifted to Psychology. As soon as he won the singing competition Star in a Million in 2003, he temporarily stopped studying, because of his busy schedule. Eventually, he came back to school and finished college. He graduated in March 2010. Star in a Million In 2003, Santos joined Star in a Million singing contest, and became part of the wildcard entry to the Final 10 of the show. He had a good start in the competition, but got eliminated during the third week of the show, when it was still a part of the Sunday noontime variety show ASAP. Nevertheless, his second chance came, and his rendition of R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly", won him the tenth and final slot for the semi-finals round. Eventually he became one of the three grand finalists along with Sheryn Regis (first runner up) and Marinel Santos (2nd runner up) in the showdown for the title of Star in a Million. "This is the Moment", a song from the musical Jekyll & Hyde, popularized by Martin Nievera, won him the title. Career In 2004, Santos released his debut album This is the Moment, and it went platinum after three months of its release. After his debut, he released an extended play, quickly followed by his second album, Loving You Now. The album was released with the hit single "Bakit Ba Iniibig Ka", composed by Ogie Alcasid, and sung as a duet with Asia's Songbird Regine Velasquez. In December 2005, he held his first major solo concert at the Marikina Riverbanks. On October 19, 2007, he staged another major concert at the Araneta Coliseum, entitled Erik Santos ... Solo at the Coliseum, with Sam Milby, The Company, Nyoy Volante, Danita Paner, and Ai-Ai de las Alas as guests. On September 22, 2018, he held his 15th anniversary concert titled Er1k 5antos: My Greatest Moments at the Mall of Asia Arena. Discography Studio albums 2004 Star in a Million (Double Platinum) 2004 Star in a Million (Repackaged) 2004 This Is The Moment – first major solo album (Triple Platinum) 2005 I'll Never Go (CD-lite) (Platinum) 2005 Loving You Now (Platinum) 2006 Your Love (Gold) 2007 Your Love (Limited Platinum Edition) (Platinum) 2007 All I Want This Christmas (Gold) 2008 Face-Off (compilation of hits, with Christian Bautista) 2009 The Jim Brickman Songbook (Platinum) 2010 All I Want This Christmas (Repackaged) 2011 Awit Para Sa'Yo (Gold) 2013 The Erik Santos Collection (Gold) Compilation albums Love Life (Boy Abunda) May Bukas Pa Tambayan Album I-Star 15 OPM No. 1s Himig Handog P-Pop Love Songs EP I'll Never Go EP (2005) All I Want This Christmas (2007) 2x Platinum Filmography Television Movies Concerts Headlining Local 2004, Night of the Champions Araneta Coliseum with Sarah Geronimo, Rachelle Ann Go, Mark Bautista and Christian Bautista 2004, The Prince of Pop and The Comedy Araneta Colieseum Concert Queen Two Solos, 1 concert 2007, Pamaskong Handog ni Erik Santos Marikina Riverbanks 2008, OL4LUV Araneta Coliseum with Sarah Geronimo, Christian Bautista, Rachelle Ann Go 2009, SOLO Araneta Coliseum first major solo concert 2009, Pop Icons Araneta Coliseum with Christian Bautista, Piolo Pascual, Sam Milby and Mark Bautista 2010, Heartsongs Teatrino Two-Nights; Valentine Concert 2010, Power of One Meralco Theater Two-Nights;Solo Concert 2010, Extra Ordinary Songs Aliw Theater with Sitti 2011, PowER IKons Music Museum Two Nights; Solo Concert 2012, Greatest Themesongs Meralco Theater Two Nights; Solo Concert 2018, Er1k 5antos: My Greatest Moments SM Mall of Asia Arena Two Nights; International Canada Tour with Toni Gonzaga The Prince of Pop and The Ultimate Performer (US Tour with Vina Morales) Queens on Fire with Regine Velasquez and Pops Fernandez (ULTRA) Queens on Fire US Tour Champion Philippine and US tour The Prince of Pop US Tour Champions of the Heart Europe Tour Christmas Is @ Marikina Riverbanks Casino Filipino Shows PAGCOR Shows Center For Pop Events Awards and Nominations References External links Erik Santos Online – the official website Erik Santos Online Forum – the official forum STAR Records – Erik Santos People from Malabon Singing talent show winners Participants in Philippine reality television series Star Magic Star Music artists 21st-century Filipino male singers Filipino evangelicals Filipino male actors 1982 births Living people Reality show winners Tenors Singers from Metro Manila ABS-CBN personalities Centro Escolar University alumni

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London Nicole Breed (born August 11, 1974) is an American politician from California who is the 45th mayor of the City and County of San Francisco. She was supervisor for District 5 and was president of the Board of Supervisors from 2015 to 2018. Raised in the Western Addition neighborhood of San Francisco, Breed worked in government after college. She was elected to the Board of Supervisors in 2012 (taking office in January 2013), and elected its president in 2015. As president of the Board, Breed, according to the city charter, became the acting mayor of San Francisco following the death of Mayor Ed Lee. She served in this role from December 12, 2017, to January 23, 2018. Breed won the San Francisco mayoral special election held on June 5, 2018. Breed is the first black woman, second black person after Willie Brown, and second woman after Dianne Feinstein to be elected mayor of San Francisco. She was sworn in as mayor on July 11, 2018. Early life and education Born in San Francisco, Breed was raised by her grandmother in Plaza East public housing in the Western Addition neighborhood of the city. Breed later wrote of her childhood in San Francisco: "... five of us living on $900 per month. 'Recycling' meant drinking out of old mayonnaise jars. Violence was never far away. And once a week, we took Grandma's pushcart to the community room to collect government-issued groceries." Her younger sister died of a drug overdose in 2006 and her brother is in prison serving a 44-year sentence for a 2000 manslaughter and armed robbery conviction, for which Breed has repeatedly asked for clemency from the governor's office; in August 2021, she was fined for abusing her office in doing so. Breed graduated with honors from Galileo High School. She earned a bachelor's degree in political science-public service from the University of California, Davis in 1997 and a master's degree in public administration from the University of San Francisco in 2012. Career Breed worked as an intern in the Office of Housing and Neighborhood Services for Mayor Willie Brown. In 2002, she became the executive director of the African American Art & Culture Complex, where she raised over $2.5 million to renovate the complex's 34,000 square foot space, including an art gallery, theater space, and a recording studio. Breed was named to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency Commission in 2004. In 2010, Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed her to the San Francisco Fire Commission. Board of Supervisors In November 2012, Breed was elected to the District 5 supervisor seat, defeating incumbent Christina Olague, who had been appointed to the seat that year by Mayor Ed Lee after Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi was elected sheriff. Following five rounds of ranked-choice voting allocations, Breed won by over 12 points, marking the first time in San Francisco history that a challenger unseated a district supervisor. (The feat has occurred twice since, with Aaron Peskin unseating Supervisor Julie Christensen in 2015 to reclaim his District 3 seat, and Rafael Mandelman beating Supervisor Jeff Sheehy in District 8 in June 2018.) Breed was inaugurated as District 5 supervisor on January 8, 2013, with then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris administering the oath of office. On January 8, 2015, Breed was elected President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors first by a vote of 8 to 3 and then unanimously. She defeated supervisor David Campos, who was also nominated for the position. Breed succeeded District Four Supervisor Katy Tang, who assumed the presidency temporarily after then-Board President David Chiu resigned to begin serving in the California Assembly. As part of an FBI investigation into public corruption and bid-fixing primarily involving then-State Senator Leland Yee, businessman Derf Butler was recorded talking about allegedly paying for access to Breed. According to court documents released in 2015, Butler told an FBI source that he "pays Supervisor Breed with untraceable debit cards for clothing and trips in exchange for advantages on contracts in San Francisco." The allegation was denied by Breed, who as a member of the Board of Supervisors had no role in contract selections, and no evidence has ever been presented to substantiate it. In February 2016, Breed announced her reelection bid to represent District 5. The top issues she identified in her announcement were building and protecting affordable housing, increasing public safety, improving environmental health, and modernizing public transportation. Dean Preston, an attorney, ran against her. Breed won reelection 52% to 48% on November 8, 2016, beating Preston in 46 of the district's 68 precincts. Breed was unanimously reelected to another two-year term as Board President on January 9, 2017. No other supervisors were nominated for the position. Mayoralty Following the death of Mayor Ed Lee on December 12, 2017, Breed became the city's Acting Mayor by virtue of her position as President of the Board of Supervisors. She served in this position until January 23, 2018, when the Board of Supervisors selected Mark Farrell to serve as the interim "caretaker" mayor until a special election on June 5. Supervisors Aaron Peskin, Jane Kim (herself a candidate for Mayor), and others considered the progressive members of the board, sought to deny Breed the benefits of incumbency going into the election and to maintain a separation of powers between the positions of mayor and board president, both of which Breed occupied at the time. Progressive Supervisor Hillary Ronen delivered a speech accusing Breed of being supported by "white, rich men" and "billionaires" such as Ron Conway. Breed ran in the mayoral special election held on June 5. She led in the initial count's first-place votes with 35.6 percent, with Mark Leno in second with 25.9 percent, and Kim with 22.8 percent. Leno took the lead early the next day after the initial tabulation of ranked-choice ballots, but Breed retook the lead on June 9. On June 13, with 9,000 ballots left to count, Leno conceded defeat and congratulated Breed on her victory. Breed resigned as president of the Board of Supervisors on June 26, 2018 and was succeeded by Malia Cohen in a unanimous vote by the Board. Breed retained her position as District 5 supervisor until assuming the mayoralty on July 11. Breed was elected to a full term in the 2019 mayoral election against five relatively unknown candidates. In March 2019, Breed awarded a posthumous certificate of honor to Sinn Féin politician and former IRA member Martin McGuinness for his "courageous service in the military." The nomination had been made by the United Irish Societies, who had appointed him honorary marshal in the St. Patrick's Day parade. She apologized two days later following controversy over McGuinness's involvement with the IRA. On March 7, 2019, Breed and several other Northern California mayors endorsed Kamala Harris for president in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. Harris later dropped out of the race. On January 23, 2020, Breed endorsed Mike Bloomberg for president in the primaries. In December 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that Alex Padilla would succeed Kamala Harris as U.S. senator after she was elected to serve as Vice President of the United States. Breed and former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown expressed disappointment that the replacement for the seat was not an African American woman as Harris was the only African American woman serving in the Senate at the time. Housing and homelessness Breed made homelessness an early focus of her administration. In October, she announced plans to build 1,000 shelter beds by 2020. To help achieve this goal, she introduced legislation declaring a shelter crisis in San Francisco, which allows the city to waive certain permitting and contracting requirements for homeless services. She also has worked to expand mental health and substance abuse recovery beds. When the Controller found an extra $415 million in property taxes, Breed introduced legislation to fund housing and homelessness programs with the discretionary portion of the funding. She also authored legislation with Supervisor Rafael Mandelman to expand San Francisco's conservatorship laws, based on California Senate Bill 1045, authored by State Senator Scott Wiener. Breed created a task force of members of the San Francisco Department of Public Works to clean up feces from city sidewalks, known as a Poop Patrol. Relationship with Mohammad Nuru Following the FBI's arrest of San Francisco Department of Public Works director Mohammad Nuru on corruption charges, Breed published an article on Medium on February 14, 2020, acknowledging a longtime friendship and a brief relationship with Nuru. The post also reported that Nuru gave Breed $5,600 for car repairs. Breed argued she did not have to disclose since her and Nuru's relationship preceded her mayoralty but was doing so in "the spirit of transparency." Supervisors Hillary Ronen and Matt Haney have criticized Breed's actions, saying that according to the city's ethics laws it is illegal for a supervisor to accept gifts from a subordinate. COVID-19 response San Francisco issued a state of emergency because of COVID-19 in February 2020, before the federal government suggested doing so, and San Francisco became one of the first American cities to go into lockdown. On March 2, Breed advised residents, "Prepare for possible disruption from an outbreak". Under the state of emergency, private gyms were required to shut down, but the city government petitioned Cal/OSHA for a waiver to allow various government employees to continue to use gyms in city-owned facilities, which were allowed to continue to operate. On April 24, 2020, Breed reported that her city's PPE orders had been diverted to other cities and countries. She said, “We’ve had issues of our orders being relocated by our suppliers in China. For example, we had isolation gowns on their way to San Francisco and they were diverted to France. We’ve had situations when things we’ve ordered that have gone through Customs were confiscated by FEMA to be diverted to other locations." In November 2020, Breed attended an eight-person birthday party at the Michelin 3-star restaurant French Laundry in Napa County during the COVID-19 pandemic in California. The event was held in a partially enclosed room, despite California Department of Public Health discouraging such gatherings with a recommended three-household cap. Napa County allowed indoor dining at the time without a household cap. Still, Heather Knight of San Francisco Chronicle noted that the event violated San Francisco health guidelines at the time. San Francisco banned indoor dining three days later. Breed and other California politicians such as Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Sam Liccardo were criticized for not following the same public health guidelines they administered. During the pandemic, sidewalks and parking spaces were turned into outdoor dining spaces. In 2021, Breed called for allowing small businesses to use sidewalk and parking spaces indefinitely as outdoor dining spaces. On September 16, 2021, videos surfaced showing Breed violating the city's mask mandate by not wearing a mask indoors while dancing at the Black Cat nightclub. She later explained the onstage reunion of the original members of Tony! Toni! Toné! "was something really monumental that occurred...I got up and started dancing because I was feeling the spirit and I wasn’t thinking about a mask." Breed later responded to critics, "Like, we don’t need the fun police to come in and try and micromanage and tell us what we should or shouldn’t be doing. No one has been more conservative about protecting themselves than I have, not just because I want to set an example, but because I don’t want to get COVID", she added. The city's mask mandate, advocated by Breed, requires everyone to wear a mask indoors regardless of vaccination status. At the time of her presence at the concert, she was photographed not socially distancing or wearing a mask. Legislative record Public safety Breed authored legislation in 2014 to allow the San Francisco City Attorney to pursue civil damages against graffiti taggers, instead of solely relying on criminal prosecutions to punish taggers. In 2016, City Attorney Dennis Herrera used these new penalties to win a civil judgment against serial tagger Terry Cozy that resulted in a $217,832 fine. The San Francisco Fire Department's response times to emergency medical calls spiked dramatically in 2014, with ambulances often unavailable to respond. Breed was outspoken in demanding improvements, pushing then-Mayor Lee to do more, expressing a lack of confidence in Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White, and generating press attention for the issue. Breed fought for substantially more funding for emergency medical services, ultimately succeeding in getting $47.3 million invested to hire EMTs, paramedics, firefighters, and 911 dispatchers, as well as buy new ambulances and fire trucks, and improve SFFD facilities. Breed has cited her work on this issue as helping to reduce ambulance response times by over 26%. Her work also helped her earn the sole endorsement of the San Francisco Firefighters Local 798 union in the 2018 mayoral election. In 2015, Breed worked with then-Mayor Ed Lee to help add 400 new police officers to the San Francisco Police Department. After the shooting of Mario Woods by San Francisco police officers on December 2, 2015, Breed and Supervisor Malia Cohen passed a Resolution calling for a federal investigation of the shooting and a Department of Justice review of the SFPD's use of force policies. This ultimately resulted in 272 recommendations to improve the SFPD. In 2015, Breed led the effort to stop a proposed $380 million new jail for San Francisco, saying: “I’ve seen way too many people from my community, friends, even family members, end up on the wrong side of these iron bars,” and calling the jail proposal “a return to an era of mass incarceration, an era San Francisco is trying to leave behind.” She created a working group to develop an alternative to the jail proposal, including "new mental health facilities and current jail retrofits needed to uphold public safety and better serve at-risk individuals." In July 2019, Breed signed an ordinance effectively banning the sale of e-cigarettes in San Francisco, both at brick-and-mortar stores and online to a San Francisco address. Housing As Supervisor in 2014, Breed secured $2 million to renovate unused public housing units for formerly homeless families. In 2015, Breed helped pass "neighborhood preference" legislation to prioritize neighborhood residents for the affordable homes built in their community. When the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development threatened to block the legislation, she flew to Washington, D.C., with a delegation of San Francisco officials and persuaded it to let the program proceed. The program first went into effect for the Willie B. Kennedy apartments in Breed's district, with 39 units prioritized for community residents at risk of economic displacement. San Francisco passed legislation in 2015 to create the Neighborhood Commercial Transit District in the Divisadero and Fillmore corridors in her district. The laws removed housing density caps, allowing more homes to be built on a given parcel without increasing the building's size or height. The Affordable Divis group requested that Breed rescind the law, citing concerns about the availability of affordable units and lack of community input. She declined, citing the need for more homes in the city and conflicts with Proposition C from 2012. In April 2015, the city of San Francisco passed legislation to remove minimum parking space requirements for new buildings and allow unused parking spaces in existing buildings to be converted housing. Breed was the lead sponsor and co-sponsor of two housing ballot measures: Proposition A in 2015, a $310 million bond for affordable housing which passed with 74% support, and Proposition C in 2016, a $261 million housing bond that repurposed unused city bond funds for affordable housing and passed with 77% support. Breed joined Supervisor Ahsha Safai in supporting the 2018 "Housing for All" ballot measure, Proposition D, to increase the city's tax on commercial rents to "raise about $100 million a year to pay for 10,000 low- and middle-income housing units and shelter accommodations for the city’s homeless population over the next decade." After facing a competing tax increase measure, Prop D did not pass. In 2017, Breed coauthored legislation to provide civil counsel for tenants facing eviction, reducing the chances of vulnerable tenants unfairly losing their homes. Voters approved a similar measure in June 2018, Proposition F. Breed is a major advocate for modular housing, arguing that it can be built more quickly and cheaply than conventional construction, helping the city create more housing sooner. As Acting Mayor, she announced a partnership with labor unions to build a modular housing factory in or near San Francisco. As a candidate for mayor, Breed aligned herself with pro-housing leaders like State Senator Scott Wiener and the SF YIMBY (Yes In My Back Yard) Party, both of whom endorsed her. She committed to Mayor Lee's goal of building at least 5,000 new units of housing each year. In her inaugural address on July 11, 2018, Breed said: “The politics of ‘no’ has plagued our city for far too long—‘not on my block, not in my backyard.’ We have made mistakes in the past by not moving housing production forward all over this city. I plan to change the politics of ‘no’ to the politics of ‘yes.’ Yes, we will build more housing.” Transportation Muni and transit service Breed carried multiple pieces of legislation allowing Muni to purchase hundreds of new buses and replace its entire fleet of trains. Introduced over several years, her legislation provided for 50 hybrid buses, 260 light rail vehicles, 61 hybrid buses, 60 trolley buses, 98 hybrid buses, and 33 trolley buses. The 260 new light rail vehicles are slated to replace Muni's aging fleet of Breda trains, add 24 trains for the new Central Subway, and provide 85 more trains for added service throughout the system. Built by Siemens in Sacramento, the new trains are lighter and quieter than the ones they replace and project to run almost 12 times longer before needing major repair. The first Siemens train went into service in San Francisco in 2017. As Supervisor, Breed focused much attention on the N Judah Muni train line, which runs through District 5 and is the busiest Muni line in the city. She worked with Muni to launch a morning commute shuttle train, serving the most crowded stops from Cole Valley to Downtown. Breed worked with then-Supervisor Scott Wiener in 2013 to persuade Muni to change the seat layout in its trains from forward-facing to side-facing to create additional room for passengers. Muni initially refused to test the idea, so the Supervisors called a public hearing. Muni eventually agreed, testing the change on several trains. Riders preferred this design according to Muni's surveys, and Muni incorporated it into their new train designs. Breed worked with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and Bay Area Rapid Transit and carried the legislation to add cellular service for riders on Muni's underground trains. The lack of cell service has been a long-standing complaint by riders. Transportation funding Breed cosponsored 2014's Proposition A, a $500 million bond to fund street repaving, infrastructure repair, transit service improvements, and increased bicycle and pedestrian safety. It passed with 72% support. She was also the deciding vote to place 2014's Proposition B on the ballot, which required transportation funding to be increased with population growth. It passed with 61% support and now provides approximately $25 million per year for transit, bike, and pedestrian improvements. When Kezar Drive, a major thoroughfare in her district, fell into disrepair, Breed addressed what she called a "case study in bureaucracy" between the Department of Public Works and Recreation and Parks Department and got the road repaved. In 2015, Breed coauthored legislation to create San Francisco's Transportation Sustainability Fee (TSF), requiring residential developers to pay a fee toward transportation improvements. The legislation is generating approximately $14 million annually in new funds for Muni and other transportation projects. Breed also worked with Mayor Lee to add $48.1 million in funding in the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Fiscal Year 2015-16 budget for "service increases, new capital investments, purchase of buses and trains, and bicycle and pedestrian safety enhancements." Also in 2015, she helped approve and secure funding for the Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit project, which is making infrastructure repairs and safety improvements to the Van Ness corridor and is projected to cut transit travel times by up to 32%. In 2017, Breed called for a hearing at the Board of Supervisors after the Municipal Transportation Agency disclosed that it had only spent 2% of the $500 million in bonds that voters had approved for transportation improvements more than two years earlier in 2014. Breed argued that delays at the SFMTA mean "our money grew less valuable and our transportation projects more delayed." Breed carried the legislation to place Regional Measure 3 on the San Francisco ballot in June 2018. The measure passed and "will be used to finance a $4.45 billion slate of highway and transit improvements." including BART, Muni, and Caltrain. Bikes and street safety During her first few months as Supervisor in 2013, Breed persuaded city departments to complete two new bike lanes on Oak and Fell Streets ahead of schedule, prompting the local transportation site StreetsblogSF to say she had “emerged as a bicycling champion.” She secured federal funding for the redesign of Masonic Boulevard in her district, which added bike lanes and traffic safety measures to one of the most dangerous corridors in the city. The official ribbon-cutting for the completed Masonic Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project between Geary Boulevard and the Panhandle took place in August 2018. The project cost $25 million. The bicycle improvements were limited to a buffered bike lane, which typically cost $15,000 per mile. Breed cosponsored the 2014 legislation to implement Vision Zero, a plan to eliminate all traffic fatalities via improved engineering, education, and enforcement. Breed's efforts to achieve Vision Zero in San Francisco have thus far been ineffective. As mayor, traffic fatalities increased 35% from 31 in 2018 to 42 in 2019. She also cosponsored the 2016 legislation to create the city's Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Program, in which housing developers provide transit benefits to their residents such as transit passes, bike parking, and carpool programs. When the SFPD began ticketing bicyclists for not completely stopping at stop signs in 2015, Breed became the first elected official in San Francisco to support the “Idaho Stop” law, which allows bicyclists to yield at stop signs instead of coming to a complete stop. A group of bicyclists protested the SFPD enforcement by completely stopping at all stop signs, a demonstration that "snarled traffic" and was "flanked by an army of TV cameras and amused onlookers." Breed and former Supervisor John Avalos wrote legislation to enact the Idaho Stop law, which passed the Board of Supervisors but was vetoed by Mayor Lee. Breed also passed legislation in 2015 banning certain obstructions to bike lanes and removing parking minimums in new buildings. A street construction project on Haight Street in Breed's district caused multiple safety issues in 2015 when Synergy Project Management, a subcontractor working under the General contractor Ghilotti Bros., repeatedly hit underground gas lines. Breed had work on the project stopped and called a hearing at the Board of Supervisors about the matter. She later passed legislation with then-Supervisor Scott Wiener to revise the city's contract awarding process, emphasizing a bidder's past safety record. In her 2016 reelection campaign Breed earned the sole endorsement of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, which said: "Breed has consistently supported smart, data-driven traffic enforcement and helped to move important bike projects.” Environmental protection CleanPowerSF Breed's best-known environmental work is likely her successful fight to launch the city's clean electrical energy program, CleanPowerSF, a Community Choice Aggregation program in which San Francisco purchases renewable, greenhouse-gas-free electrical energy and makes it available to San Francisco ratepayers. Its ultimate goal is to achieve 100% clean electrical energy in the city. According to the San Francisco Department of the Environment's Climate Action Strategy: "Moving to 100% renewable electricity is the single biggest step the City can take to reduce GHG [Greenhouse Gas] emissions. The potential GHG emissions reduction from this program is estimated to total 941,000 metric tons (mT) of CO2e annually by 2030." When Breed took office in 2013 CleanPowerSF had, according to the San Francisco League of Conservation Voters, "languished for 12 years" in the face of opposition from multiple mayoral administrations, the city's utility provider PG&E, and other business interests. "Breed took it upon herself to get CleanPowerSF off the ground," said the League of Conservation Voters. Under the city's charter, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission had ultimate authority to approve or reject the program. When they rejected proposed power rates for the program in August 2013, Breed authored a resolution at the Board of Supervisors, arguing: "In failing to set not-to-exceed rates for CleanPowerSF, the Public Utilities Commission is contradicting the policy directives of the Board of Supervisors...The Board of Supervisors refuses to acquiesce its policymaking authority to the Executive bureaucracy; and... If the Public Utilities Commissioners fail to set not-to-exceed rates, or hereafter fail in any way to timely implement CleanPowerSF, the Board of Supervisors shall, whether at the Board Chamber or the ballot, exercise every means at its disposal to enact its policy objective." Breed worked for the subsequent 17 months to launch CleanPowerSF, often fighting with the Lee administration. In January 2015 Mayor Lee announced he would support a slightly revised version of CleanPowerSF, and the program proceeded toward launch. In the summer of 2015 the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 1245, which represents PG&E employees, submitted a ballot measure, Proposition G, that would have imposed restrictions on CleanPowerSF. Breed and former Supervisor John Avalos wrote a competing measure, Proposition H, that would have required PG&E to disclose its use of nuclear power among other things. Following negotiations between IBEW representative Hunter Stern and Breed, Avalos, and their staff, IBEW agreed to oppose their own proposition and support Breed's measure. It passed with 80% support. Polystyrene ban In 2016, the city of San Francisco passed the nation's strongest ban on sale and use of products made from polystyrene foam, including expanded polystyrene foam (also called Styrofoam) for food service ware, egg cartons, coolers, and packing peanuts. The law made national and international news. In the final week of Breed's 2016 reelection campaign, she released a comical web video about the legislation, "Styrofoam Monster." In the ad, she chases away a bully who is dressed in a costume made of polystyrene foam. The San Francisco Chronicle wrote, "The award for most creative campaign ad goes to Board of Supervisors President London Breed..[It] is akin to an ingenious high school video production." Drug take back legislation In 2015, the city of San Francisco passed legislation requiring drug manufacturers to fund a drug take-back program in San Francisco, enabling consumers to place unused medications in secure drop-off bins in pharmacies. Unused drugs are often disposed in the trash or toilet which can pollute waterways or lead to accidental poisonings. Breed published an op-ed in support of the legislation. It passed unanimously on March 17, 2015, making San Francisco only the third county in the nation to launch such a program. The program has collected well over 20 tons of medications. Despite her environmental record during her first term on the Board of Supervisors, the local chapter of the Sierra Club endorsed her opponent. This prompted Breed's then-Chief of Staff Conor Johnston to write a scathing article in the San Francisco Examiner accusing the local Sierra Club chapter of hypocrisy and "bewildering anti-environmentalism" for blocking new housing and engaging in "political tribalism." See also List of mayors of the 50 largest cities in the United States References External links |- |- |- 1974 births 21st-century African-American activists 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians Activists from California African-American mayors in California African-American women in politics American community activists American women civil servants California Democrats Living people Local government officers Mayors of San Francisco San Francisco Board of Supervisors members University of California, Davis alumni University of San Francisco alumni Women city councillors in California Women mayors of places in California African-American city council members in California 21st-century African-American politicians 20th-century African-American people

<mask> (born August 11, 1974) is an American politician from California who is the 45th mayor of the City and County of San Francisco. She was supervisor for District 5 and was president of the Board of Supervisors from 2015 to 2018. Raised in the Western Addition neighborhood of San Francisco, Breed worked in government after college. She was elected to the Board of Supervisors in 2012 (taking office in January 2013), and elected its president in 2015. As president of the Board, Breed, according to the city charter, became the acting mayor of San Francisco following the death of Mayor Ed Lee. She served in this role from December 12, 2017, to January 23, 2018. Breed won the San Francisco mayoral special election held on June 5, 2018.Breed is the first black woman, second black person after Willie Brown, and second woman after Dianne Feinstein to be elected mayor of San Francisco. She was sworn in as mayor on July 11, 2018. Early life and education Born in San Francisco, Breed was raised by her grandmother in Plaza East public housing in the Western Addition neighborhood of the city. Breed later wrote of her childhood in San Francisco: "... five of us living on $900 per month. 'Recycling' meant drinking out of old mayonnaise jars. Violence was never far away. And once a week, we took Grandma's pushcart to the community room to collect government-issued groceries."Her younger sister died of a drug overdose in 2006 and her brother is in prison serving a 44-year sentence for a 2000 manslaughter and armed robbery conviction, for which Breed has repeatedly asked for clemency from the governor's office; in August 2021, she was fined for abusing her office in doing so. Breed graduated with honors from Galileo High School. She earned a bachelor's degree in political science-public service from the University of California, Davis in 1997 and a master's degree in public administration from the University of San Francisco in 2012. Career Breed worked as an intern in the Office of Housing and Neighborhood Services for Mayor Willie Brown. In 2002, she became the executive director of the African American Art & Culture Complex, where she raised over $2.5 million to renovate the complex's 34,000 square foot space, including an art gallery, theater space, and a recording studio. Breed was named to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency Commission in 2004. In 2010, Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed her to the San Francisco Fire Commission.Board of Supervisors In November 2012, Breed was elected to the District 5 supervisor seat, defeating incumbent Christina Olague, who had been appointed to the seat that year by Mayor Ed Lee after Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi was elected sheriff. Following five rounds of ranked-choice voting allocations, Breed won by over 12 points, marking the first time in San Francisco history that a challenger unseated a district supervisor. (The feat has occurred twice since, with Aaron Peskin unseating Supervisor Julie Christensen in 2015 to reclaim his District 3 seat, and Rafael Mandelman beating Supervisor Jeff Sheehy in District 8 in June 2018.) <mask> was inaugurated as District 5 supervisor on January 8, 2013, with then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris administering the oath of office. On January 8, 2015, Breed was elected President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors first by a vote of 8 to 3 and then unanimously. She defeated supervisor David Campos, who was also nominated for the position. Breed succeeded District Four Supervisor Katy Tang, who assumed the presidency temporarily after then-Board President David Chiu resigned to begin serving in the California Assembly.As part of an FBI investigation into public corruption and bid-fixing primarily involving then-State Senator Leland Yee, businessman Derf Butler was recorded talking about allegedly paying for access to Breed. According to court documents released in 2015, Butler told an FBI source that he "pays Supervisor Breed with untraceable debit cards for clothing and trips in exchange for advantages on contracts in San Francisco." The allegation was denied by Breed, who as a member of the Board of Supervisors had no role in contract selections, and no evidence has ever been presented to substantiate it. In February 2016, Breed announced her reelection bid to represent District 5. The top issues she identified in her announcement were building and protecting affordable housing, increasing public safety, improving environmental health, and modernizing public transportation. Dean Preston, an attorney, ran against her. Breed won reelection 52% to 48% on November 8, 2016, beating Preston in 46 of the district's 68 precincts.Breed was unanimously reelected to another two-year term as Board President on January 9, 2017. No other supervisors were nominated for the position. Mayoralty Following the death of Mayor Ed Lee on December 12, 2017, Breed became the city's Acting Mayor by virtue of her position as President of the Board of Supervisors. She served in this position until January 23, 2018, when the Board of Supervisors selected Mark Farrell to serve as the interim "caretaker" mayor until a special election on June 5. Supervisors Aaron Peskin, Jane Kim (herself a candidate for Mayor), and others considered the progressive members of the board, sought to deny Breed the benefits of incumbency going into the election and to maintain a separation of powers between the positions of mayor and board president, both of which Breed occupied at the time. Progressive Supervisor Hillary Ronen delivered a speech accusing Breed of being supported by "white, rich men" and "billionaires" such as Ron Conway. Breed ran in the mayoral special election held on June 5.She led in the initial count's first-place votes with 35.6 percent, with Mark Leno in second with 25.9 percent, and Kim with 22.8 percent. Leno took the lead early the next day after the initial tabulation of ranked-choice ballots, but Breed retook the lead on June 9. On June 13, with 9,000 ballots left to count, Leno conceded defeat and congratulated Breed on her victory. Breed resigned as president of the Board of Supervisors on June 26, 2018 and was succeeded by Malia Cohen in a unanimous vote by the Board. Breed retained her position as District 5 supervisor until assuming the mayoralty on July 11. Breed was elected to a full term in the 2019 mayoral election against five relatively unknown candidates. In March 2019, Breed awarded a posthumous certificate of honor to Sinn Féin politician and former IRA member Martin McGuinness for his "courageous service in the military."The nomination had been made by the United Irish Societies, who had appointed him honorary marshal in the St. Patrick's Day parade. She apologized two days later following controversy over McGuinness's involvement with the IRA. On March 7, 2019, Breed and several other Northern California mayors endorsed Kamala Harris for president in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. Harris later dropped out of the race. On January 23, 2020, Breed endorsed Mike Bloomberg for president in the primaries. In December 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that Alex Padilla would succeed Kamala Harris as U.S. senator after she was elected to serve as Vice President of the United States. Breed and former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown expressed disappointment that the replacement for the seat was not an African American woman as Harris was the only African American woman serving in the Senate at the time.Housing and homelessness Breed made homelessness an early focus of her administration. In October, she announced plans to build 1,000 shelter beds by 2020. To help achieve this goal, she introduced legislation declaring a shelter crisis in San Francisco, which allows the city to waive certain permitting and contracting requirements for homeless services. She also has worked to expand mental health and substance abuse recovery beds. When the Controller found an extra $415 million in property taxes, Breed introduced legislation to fund housing and homelessness programs with the discretionary portion of the funding. She also authored legislation with Supervisor Rafael Mandelman to expand San Francisco's conservatorship laws, based on California Senate Bill 1045, authored by State Senator Scott Wiener. Breed created a task force of members of the San Francisco Department of Public Works to clean up feces from city sidewalks, known as a Poop Patrol.Relationship with Mohammad Nuru Following the FBI's arrest of San Francisco Department of Public Works director Mohammad Nuru on corruption charges, Breed published an article on Medium on February 14, 2020, acknowledging a longtime friendship and a brief relationship with Nuru. The post also reported that Nuru gave Breed $5,600 for car repairs. Breed argued she did not have to disclose since her and Nuru's relationship preceded her mayoralty but was doing so in "the spirit of transparency." Supervisors Hillary Ronen and Matt Haney have criticized Breed's actions, saying that according to the city's ethics laws it is illegal for a supervisor to accept gifts from a subordinate. COVID-19 response San Francisco issued a state of emergency because of COVID-19 in February 2020, before the federal government suggested doing so, and San Francisco became one of the first American cities to go into lockdown. On March 2, Breed advised residents, "Prepare for possible disruption from an outbreak". Under the state of emergency, private gyms were required to shut down, but the city government petitioned Cal/OSHA for a waiver to allow various government employees to continue to use gyms in city-owned facilities, which were allowed to continue to operate.On April 24, 2020, Breed reported that her city's PPE orders had been diverted to other cities and countries. She said, “We’ve had issues of our orders being relocated by our suppliers in China. For example, we had isolation gowns on their way to San Francisco and they were diverted to France. We’ve had situations when things we’ve ordered that have gone through Customs were confiscated by FEMA to be diverted to other locations." In November 2020, Breed attended an eight-person birthday party at the Michelin 3-star restaurant French Laundry in Napa County during the COVID-19 pandemic in California. The event was held in a partially enclosed room, despite California Department of Public Health discouraging such gatherings with a recommended three-household cap. Napa County allowed indoor dining at the time without a household cap.Still, Heather Knight of San Francisco Chronicle noted that the event violated San Francisco health guidelines at the time. San Francisco banned indoor dining three days later. Breed and other California politicians such as Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Sam Liccardo were criticized for not following the same public health guidelines they administered. During the pandemic, sidewalks and parking spaces were turned into outdoor dining spaces. In 2021, Breed called for allowing small businesses to use sidewalk and parking spaces indefinitely as outdoor dining spaces. On September 16, 2021, videos surfaced showing Breed violating the city's mask mandate by not wearing a mask indoors while dancing at the Black Cat nightclub. She later explained the onstage reunion of the original members of Tony!Toni! Toné! "was something really monumental that occurred...I got up and started dancing because I was feeling the spirit and I wasn’t thinking about a mask." Breed later responded to critics, "Like, we don’t need the fun police to come in and try and micromanage and tell us what we should or shouldn’t be doing. No one has been more conservative about protecting themselves than I have, not just because I want to set an example, but because I don’t want to get COVID", she added. The city's mask mandate, advocated by Breed, requires everyone to wear a mask indoors regardless of vaccination status. At the time of her presence at the concert, she was photographed not socially distancing or wearing a mask.Legislative record Public safety Breed authored legislation in 2014 to allow the San Francisco City Attorney to pursue civil damages against graffiti taggers, instead of solely relying on criminal prosecutions to punish taggers. In 2016, City Attorney Dennis Herrera used these new penalties to win a civil judgment against serial tagger Terry Cozy that resulted in a $217,832 fine. The San Francisco Fire Department's response times to emergency medical calls spiked dramatically in 2014, with ambulances often unavailable to respond. Breed was outspoken in demanding improvements, pushing then-Mayor Lee to do more, expressing a lack of confidence in Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White, and generating press attention for the issue. Breed fought for substantially more funding for emergency medical services, ultimately succeeding in getting $47.3 million invested to hire EMTs, paramedics, firefighters, and 911 dispatchers, as well as buy new ambulances and fire trucks, and improve SFFD facilities. Breed has cited her work on this issue as helping to reduce ambulance response times by over 26%. Her work also helped her earn the sole endorsement of the San Francisco Firefighters Local 798 union in the 2018 mayoral election.In 2015, Breed worked with then-Mayor Ed Lee to help add 400 new police officers to the San Francisco Police Department. After the shooting of Mario Woods by San Francisco police officers on December 2, 2015, Breed and Supervisor Malia Cohen passed a Resolution calling for a federal investigation of the shooting and a Department of Justice review of the SFPD's use of force policies. This ultimately resulted in 272 recommendations to improve the SFPD. In 2015, Breed led the effort to stop a proposed $380 million new jail for San Francisco, saying: “I’ve seen way too many people from my community, friends, even family members, end up on the wrong side of these iron bars,” and calling the jail proposal “a return to an era of mass incarceration, an era San Francisco is trying to leave behind.” She created a working group to develop an alternative to the jail proposal, including "new mental health facilities and current jail retrofits needed to uphold public safety and better serve at-risk individuals." In July 2019, Breed signed an ordinance effectively banning the sale of e-cigarettes in San Francisco, both at brick-and-mortar stores and online to a San Francisco address. Housing As Supervisor in 2014, Breed secured $2 million to renovate unused public housing units for formerly homeless families. In 2015, Breed helped pass "neighborhood preference" legislation to prioritize neighborhood residents for the affordable homes built in their community.When the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development threatened to block the legislation, she flew to Washington, D.C., with a delegation of San Francisco officials and persuaded it to let the program proceed. The program first went into effect for the Willie B. Kennedy apartments in Breed's district, with 39 units prioritized for community residents at risk of economic displacement. San Francisco passed legislation in 2015 to create the Neighborhood Commercial Transit District in the Divisadero and Fillmore corridors in her district. The laws removed housing density caps, allowing more homes to be built on a given parcel without increasing the building's size or height. The Affordable Divis group requested that Breed rescind the law, citing concerns about the availability of affordable units and lack of community input. She declined, citing the need for more homes in the city and conflicts with Proposition C from 2012. In April 2015, the city of San Francisco passed legislation to remove minimum parking space requirements for new buildings and allow unused parking spaces in existing buildings to be converted housing.Breed was the lead sponsor and co-sponsor of two housing ballot measures: Proposition A in 2015, a $310 million bond for affordable housing which passed with 74% support, and Proposition C in 2016, a $261 million housing bond that repurposed unused city bond funds for affordable housing and passed with 77% support. Breed joined Supervisor Ahsha Safai in supporting the 2018 "Housing for All" ballot measure, Proposition D, to increase the city's tax on commercial rents to "raise about $100 million a year to pay for 10,000 low- and middle-income housing units and shelter accommodations for the city’s homeless population over the next decade." After facing a competing tax increase measure, Prop D did not pass. In 2017, Breed coauthored legislation to provide civil counsel for tenants facing eviction, reducing the chances of vulnerable tenants unfairly losing their homes. Voters approved a similar measure in June 2018, Proposition F. Breed is a major advocate for modular housing, arguing that it can be built more quickly and cheaply than conventional construction, helping the city create more housing sooner. As Acting Mayor, she announced a partnership with labor unions to build a modular housing factory in or near San Francisco. As a candidate for mayor, Breed aligned herself with pro-housing leaders like State Senator Scott Wiener and the SF YIMBY (Yes In My Back Yard) Party, both of whom endorsed her.She committed to Mayor Lee's goal of building at least 5,000 new units of housing each year. In her inaugural address on July 11, 2018, Breed said: “The politics of ‘no’ has plagued our city for far too long—‘not on my block, not in my backyard.’ We have made mistakes in the past by not moving housing production forward all over this city. I plan to change the politics of ‘no’ to the politics of ‘yes.’ Yes, we will build more housing.” Transportation Muni and transit service Breed carried multiple pieces of legislation allowing Muni to purchase hundreds of new buses and replace its entire fleet of trains. Introduced over several years, her legislation provided for 50 hybrid buses, 260 light rail vehicles, 61 hybrid buses, 60 trolley buses, 98 hybrid buses, and 33 trolley buses. The 260 new light rail vehicles are slated to replace Muni's aging fleet of Breda trains, add 24 trains for the new Central Subway, and provide 85 more trains for added service throughout the system. Built by Siemens in Sacramento, the new trains are lighter and quieter than the ones they replace and project to run almost 12 times longer before needing major repair. The first Siemens train went into service in San Francisco in 2017.As Supervisor, Breed focused much attention on the N Judah Muni train line, which runs through District 5 and is the busiest Muni line in the city. She worked with Muni to launch a morning commute shuttle train, serving the most crowded stops from Cole Valley to Downtown. Breed worked with then-Supervisor Scott Wiener in 2013 to persuade Muni to change the seat layout in its trains from forward-facing to side-facing to create additional room for passengers. Muni initially refused to test the idea, so the Supervisors called a public hearing. Muni eventually agreed, testing the change on several trains. Riders preferred this design according to Muni's surveys, and Muni incorporated it into their new train designs. Breed worked with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and Bay Area Rapid Transit and carried the legislation to add cellular service for riders on Muni's underground trains.The lack of cell service has been a long-standing complaint by riders. Transportation funding Breed cosponsored 2014's Proposition A, a $500 million bond to fund street repaving, infrastructure repair, transit service improvements, and increased bicycle and pedestrian safety. It passed with 72% support. She was also the deciding vote to place 2014's Proposition B on the ballot, which required transportation funding to be increased with population growth. It passed with 61% support and now provides approximately $25 million per year for transit, bike, and pedestrian improvements. When Kezar Drive, a major thoroughfare in her district, fell into disrepair, Breed addressed what she called a "case study in bureaucracy" between the Department of Public Works and Recreation and Parks Department and got the road repaved. In 2015, Breed coauthored legislation to create San Francisco's Transportation Sustainability Fee (TSF), requiring residential developers to pay a fee toward transportation improvements.The legislation is generating approximately $14 million annually in new funds for Muni and other transportation projects. Breed also worked with Mayor Lee to add $48.1 million in funding in the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Fiscal Year 2015-16 budget for "service increases, new capital investments, purchase of buses and trains, and bicycle and pedestrian safety enhancements." Also in 2015, she helped approve and secure funding for the Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit project, which is making infrastructure repairs and safety improvements to the Van Ness corridor and is projected to cut transit travel times by up to 32%. In 2017, Breed called for a hearing at the Board of Supervisors after the Municipal Transportation Agency disclosed that it had only spent 2% of the $500 million in bonds that voters had approved for transportation improvements more than two years earlier in 2014. Breed argued that delays at the SFMTA mean "our money grew less valuable and our transportation projects more delayed." Breed carried the legislation to place Regional Measure 3 on the San Francisco ballot in June 2018. The measure passed and "will be used to finance a $4.45 billion slate of highway and transit improvements."including BART, Muni, and Caltrain. Bikes and street safety During her first few months as Supervisor in 2013, Breed persuaded city departments to complete two new bike lanes on Oak and Fell Streets ahead of schedule, prompting the local transportation site StreetsblogSF to say she had “emerged as a bicycling champion.” She secured federal funding for the redesign of Masonic Boulevard in her district, which added bike lanes and traffic safety measures to one of the most dangerous corridors in the city. The official ribbon-cutting for the completed Masonic Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project between Geary Boulevard and the Panhandle took place in August 2018. The project cost $25 million. The bicycle improvements were limited to a buffered bike lane, which typically cost $15,000 per mile. Breed cosponsored the 2014 legislation to implement Vision Zero, a plan to eliminate all traffic fatalities via improved engineering, education, and enforcement. Breed's efforts to achieve Vision Zero in San Francisco have thus far been ineffective.As mayor, traffic fatalities increased 35% from 31 in 2018 to 42 in 2019. She also cosponsored the 2016 legislation to create the city's Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Program, in which housing developers provide transit benefits to their residents such as transit passes, bike parking, and carpool programs. When the SFPD began ticketing bicyclists for not completely stopping at stop signs in 2015, Breed became the first elected official in San Francisco to support the “Idaho Stop” law, which allows bicyclists to yield at stop signs instead of coming to a complete stop. A group of bicyclists protested the SFPD enforcement by completely stopping at all stop signs, a demonstration that "snarled traffic" and was "flanked by an army of TV cameras and amused onlookers." Breed and former Supervisor John Avalos wrote legislation to enact the Idaho Stop law, which passed the Board of Supervisors but was vetoed by Mayor Lee. Breed also passed legislation in 2015 banning certain obstructions to bike lanes and removing parking minimums in new buildings. A street construction project on Haight Street in Breed's district caused multiple safety issues in 2015 when Synergy Project Management, a subcontractor working under the General contractor Ghilotti Bros., repeatedly hit underground gas lines.Breed had work on the project stopped and called a hearing at the Board of Supervisors about the matter. She later passed legislation with then-Supervisor Scott Wiener to revise the city's contract awarding process, emphasizing a bidder's past safety record. In her 2016 reelection campaign Breed earned the sole endorsement of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, which said: "Breed has consistently supported smart, data-driven traffic enforcement and helped to move important bike projects.” Environmental protection CleanPowerSF Breed's best-known environmental work is likely her successful fight to launch the city's clean electrical energy program, CleanPowerSF, a Community Choice Aggregation program in which San Francisco purchases renewable, greenhouse-gas-free electrical energy and makes it available to San Francisco ratepayers. Its ultimate goal is to achieve 100% clean electrical energy in the city. According to the San Francisco Department of the Environment's Climate Action Strategy: "Moving to 100% renewable electricity is the single biggest step the City can take to reduce GHG [Greenhouse Gas] emissions. The potential GHG emissions reduction from this program is estimated to total 941,000 metric tons (mT) of CO2e annually by 2030." When Breed took office in 2013 CleanPowerSF had, according to the San Francisco League of Conservation Voters, "languished for 12 years" in the face of opposition from multiple mayoral administrations, the city's utility provider PG&E, and other business interests."Breed took it upon herself to get CleanPowerSF off the ground," said the League of Conservation Voters. Under the city's charter, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission had ultimate authority to approve or reject the program. When they rejected proposed power rates for the program in August 2013, Breed authored a resolution at the Board of Supervisors, arguing: "In failing to set not-to-exceed rates for CleanPowerSF, the Public Utilities Commission is contradicting the policy directives of the Board of Supervisors...The Board of Supervisors refuses to acquiesce its policymaking authority to the Executive bureaucracy; and... If the Public Utilities Commissioners fail to set not-to-exceed rates, or hereafter fail in any way to timely implement CleanPowerSF, the Board of Supervisors shall, whether at the Board Chamber or the ballot, exercise every means at its disposal to enact its policy objective." Breed worked for the subsequent 17 months to launch CleanPowerSF, often fighting with the Lee administration. In January 2015 Mayor Lee announced he would support a slightly revised version of CleanPowerSF, and the program proceeded toward launch. In the summer of 2015 the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 1245, which represents PG&E employees, submitted a ballot measure, Proposition G, that would have imposed restrictions on CleanPowerSF.Breed and former Supervisor John Avalos wrote a competing measure, Proposition H, that would have required PG&E to disclose its use of nuclear power among other things. Following negotiations between IBEW representative Hunter Stern and Breed, Avalos, and their staff, IBEW agreed to oppose their own proposition and support Breed's measure. It passed with 80% support. Polystyrene ban In 2016, the city of San Francisco passed the nation's strongest ban on sale and use of products made from polystyrene foam, including expanded polystyrene foam (also called Styrofoam) for food service ware, egg cartons, coolers, and packing peanuts. The law made national and international news. In the final week of Breed's 2016 reelection campaign, she released a comical web video about the legislation, "Styrofoam Monster." In the ad, she chases away a bully who is dressed in a costume made of polystyrene foam.The San Francisco Chronicle wrote, "The award for most creative campaign ad goes to Board of Supervisors President <mask>d..[It] is akin to an ingenious high school video production." Drug take back legislation In 2015, the city of San Francisco passed legislation requiring drug manufacturers to fund a drug take-back program in San Francisco, enabling consumers to place unused medications in secure drop-off bins in pharmacies. Unused drugs are often disposed in the trash or toilet which can pollute waterways or lead to accidental poisonings. Breed published an op-ed in support of the legislation. It passed unanimously on March 17, 2015, making San Francisco only the third county in the nation to launch such a program. The program has collected well over 20 tons of medications. Despite her environmental record during her first term on the Board of Supervisors, the local chapter of the Sierra Club endorsed her opponent.This prompted Breed's then-Chief of Staff Conor Johnston to write a scathing article in the San Francisco Examiner accusing the local Sierra Club chapter of hypocrisy and "bewildering anti-environmentalism" for blocking new housing and engaging in "political tribalism." 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<mask> is an American politician from California who is the 45th mayor of the City and County of San Francisco. She was supervisor for District 5 and president of the Board of Supervisors. Breed grew up in the Western Addition neighborhood of San Francisco. She was elected president of the Board of Supervisors in 2015. Breed became the acting mayor of San Francisco after the death of Mayor Ed Lee. She worked in this role from December 12 to January 23. Breed won the San Francisco mayoral election.Breed is the first black woman, second black person after Willie Brown, and second woman after Dianne Feinstein to be elected mayor of San Francisco. She was sworn in as the mayor. Breed was raised by her grandmother in Plaza East public housing in the Western Addition neighborhood of the city. Breed wrote about her childhood in San Francisco. 'Recycling' means drinking out of jars. Violence was not far away. We used to take grandma's pushcart to the community room to get groceries.Breed's younger sister died of a drug overdose in 2006 and her brother is in prison serving a 44-year sentence for a 2000 manslaughter and armed robbery conviction, for which Breed has repeatedly asked for clemency from the governor's office. Breed graduated from Galileo High School. She received a bachelor's degree in political science-public service from the University of California, Davis in 1997 and a master's degree in public administration from the University of San Francisco in 2012 Career Breed was an intern in the Office of Housing and Neighborhood Services. In 2002, she became the executive director of the African American Art & Culture Complex, where she raised over $2.5 million to transform the 34,000 square foot space, including an art gallery, theater space, and a recording studio. Breed was named to the commission in 2004. She was appointed to the San Francisco Fire Commission.In November 2012 <mask> was elected to the District 5 supervisor seat, defeating incumbent Christina Olague, who had been appointed to the seat by Mayor Ed Lee after Ross Mirkarimi was elected sheriff. Breed won by over 12 points, making him the first challenger to oust a district supervisor in San Francisco history. In the past two years, the feat has been accomplished with the retaking of the District 3 seat by Aaron Peskin and the retaking of the District 8 seat by Rafael Mandelman. Breed was inaugurated as District 5 supervisor on January 8, 2013. On January 8, 2015, Breed was elected President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors by a vote of 8 to 3. David Campos was also nominated for the position. After Board President David Chiu resigned to serve in the California Assembly, District Four Supervisor Katy Tang took over the presidency.As part of an FBI investigation into public corruption and bid- fixing, a businessman was recorded talking about paying for access to Breed. According to court documents released in 2015, Butler told an FBI source that he pays Breed with untraceable debit cards for clothing and trips in exchange for advantages in San Francisco. The allegation was denied by Breed, who was a member of the Board of Supervisors, and no evidence has ever been presented to support it. Breed announced her reelection bid in February of 2016 Building and protecting affordable housing, increasing public safety, improving environmental health, and modernizing public transportation were the top issues identified in her announcement. Dean ran against her. Breed defeatedPreston in 46 of the district's 68 precincts on November 8, 2016 to win reelection.Breed was reelected to another two-year term as Board President. No one else was nominated for the position. Breed became the city's acting Mayor due to her position as President of the Board of Supervisors. Mark Farrell was selected by the Board of Supervisors to be the interim mayor until a special election on June 5. The progressive members of the board wanted to deny Breed the benefits of incumbency going into the election and to maintain a separation of powers between the positions of mayor and board president. Hillary Ronen accused Breed of being supported by "white, rich men" and "billionaires" in a speech. Breed ran for mayor in a special election.She got 35.6% of the first-place votes, followed by Mark Leno with 25.9% and Kim with 22%. Breed took the lead on June 9 after the initial tabulation of ranked-choice ballots, but Leno took the lead the next day. Leno conceded defeat and applauded Breed on her victory. On June 26, 2018, Breed resigned as president of the Board of Supervisors and was succeeded by Cohen in a unanimous vote. Breed was the District 5 supervisor until July 11. Breed was elected to a full term in the election. Breed posthumously awarded a certificate of honor to Sinn Féin politician and former IRA member Martin McGuinness for his "courageous service in the military."He had been nominated by the United Irish Societies, who had appointed him as an "honorary marshal" in the parade. She apologized two days later. Breed and several other Northern California mayors endorsed Harris for president in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. Harris dropped out of the race. Breed endorsed Mike Bloomberg for president in the primaries. After Kamala Harris was elected to serve as Vice President of the United States, the Governor announced that Alex Padilla would succeed her as U.S. senator. Willie Brown and Breed were disappointed that the replacement for the seat was not an African American woman, as Harris was the only African American woman in the Senate at the time.Homelessness was an early focus of Breed's administration. She plans to build 1,000 shelter beds by 2020. Legislation was introduced to help achieve this goal by allowing the city of San Francisco to waive certain permitting and contracting requirements for homeless services. She worked to expand mental health and substance abuse recovery beds. Breed introduced legislation to fund housing and homelessness programs with the discretionary portion of funding after the controller found an extra $415 million in property taxes. She authored legislation with Supervisor Mandelman to expand San Francisco's conservatorship laws. The San Francisco Department of Public Works created a task force to clean up the city's sidewalks.Breed published an article on Medium on February 14, 2020, acknowledging a friendship and brief relationship with Nuru, following the FBI's arrest of the San Francisco Department of Public Works director on corruption charges. Breed received $5,600 for car repairs, according to the post. Breed said she didn't have to reveal since her and Nuru's relationship preceded her mayoralty, but she was doing so in the spirit of transparency. According to the city's ethics laws, it is against the law for a supervisor to accept gifts from subordinates. San Francisco issued a state of emergency because of COVID-19 in February 2020, before the federal government suggested doing so, and became one of the first American cities to go into lock down. Breed advised residents to prepare for possible disruption from an outbreak. Under the state of emergency, private gyms were required to shut down, but the city government petitioned Cal/OSHA for a waiver to allow various government employees to continue to use gyms in city-owned facilities, which were allowed to continue to operate.Breed reported on April 24, 2020 that her city's PPE orders had been diverted. She said that some of their orders were relocated by their suppliers in China. We diverted isolation gowns on their way to San Francisco to France. Things that have been ordered through Customs were taken away by FEMA and diverted to other locations. Breed attended an eight-person birthday party at the French Laundry in California in November of 2020. Despite the California Department of Public Health discouraging gatherings with a recommended three-household cap, the event was held in a partially enclosed room. No household cap was allowed at the time.Heather Knight of the San Francisco Chronicle noted that the event violated health guidelines. Three days later, San Francisco banned indoor dining. Breed and other California politicians were criticized for not following the same public health guidelines they were given. During the Pandemic, parking spaces and sidewalks were turned into outdoor dining spaces. Breed wants to allow small businesses to use sidewalk and parking spaces indefinitely as outdoor dining spaces. Breed violated the city's mask mandate by dancing at the Black Cat nightclub without wearing a mask. The onstage reunion of Tony's original members was explained by her.Oh, toni! Toné! I got up and started dancing because I was feeling the spirit and I wasn't thinking about a mask. Breed said that we don't need the fun police to come in and tell us what we should or shouldn't be doing. She said that no one has been more conservative about protecting themselves than she has been. Everyone in the city is required to wear a mask indoors regardless of their vaccine status. She was not wearing a mask at the concert.Legislation authored by Breed allowed the San Francisco City Attorney to pursue civil damages against graffiti taggers, instead of relying on criminal prosecutions. The new penalties were used by the City Attorney to win a civil judgment against a serial tagger. The San Francisco Fire Department's response times to emergency medical calls went up dramatically in the year. Breed was outspoken in demanding improvements, pushing then-Mayor Lee to do more, expressing a lack of confidence in the Fire Chief, and generating press attention for the issue. Breed succeeded in getting more funding for emergency medical services, as well as buying new ambulances and fire trucks, and improving SFFD facilities. According to Breed, her work has helped to reduce ambulance response times. Her work helped her get the endorsement of the San Francisco Firefighters Local 798 union.Breed and Ed Lee worked together to add 400 new police officers to the San Francisco Police Department. After the shooting of Mario Woods by San Francisco police officers on December 2, 2015, Breed and Cohen passed a resolution calling for a federal investigation of the shooting and a Department of Justice review of the SFPD's use of force policies. There were 272 recommendations to improve the SFPD. In 2015, Breed led the effort to stop a proposed $380 million new jail for San Francisco, saying: "I've seen way too many people from my community, friends, even family members, end up on the wrong side of these iron bars." Breed banned the sale of e-cigarettes in San Francisco, both at brick-and-mortar stores and online to a San Francisco address. Breed secured $2 million to renovation unused public housing units for homeless families. Breed helped pass legislation that prioritized neighborhood residents for the affordable homes built in their community.When the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development threatened to block the legislation, she flew to Washington, D.C., with a delegation of San Francisco officials and persuaded them to let the program proceed. The Willie B. Kennedy apartments in Breed's district had 39 units prioritized for community residents at risk of economic displacement. Legislation was passed in San Francisco in 2015 to create a neighborhood commercial transit district. The laws allowed more homes to be built on a given parcel without increasing the building's size or height. The law was requested to be revoked by the group due to concerns about the availability of affordable units and lack of community input. The need for more homes in the city was one of the reasons she declined. In April 2015, the city of San Francisco passed legislation to remove minimum parking space requirements for new buildings and allow unused parking spaces in existing buildings to be converted housing.Breed was the lead sponsor and co-sponsor of two housing ballot measures in 2015, a $310 million bond for affordable housing which passed with 74% support, and a $261 million housing bond that repurposed unused city bond funds for affordable housing and passed with 77% support. Breed supported the "Housing for All" ballot measure to increase the city's tax on commercial rents to raise about $100 million a year to pay for 10,000 low- and middle-income housing units and shelter accommodations for the city. After facing a competing tax increase measure, Prop D did not pass. Legislation was authored by Breed in order to provide civil counsel for tenants facing eviction. In June of last year, voters approved a similar measure. Breed is a major advocate for modular housing, arguing that it can be built more quickly and cheaply than conventional construction, helping the city create more housing sooner. She announced a partnership with labor unions to build a modular housing factory. State Senator Scott Wiener and the SF YIMBY (Yes In My Back Yard) Party endorsed Breed as a candidate for mayor.Mayor Lee wants to build at least 5,000 new units of housing each year. The politics of 'no' has plagued our city for far too long and we have made mistakes in the past by not moving housing production forward all over this city. I want to change the politics of 'no' to the politics of 'yes' and build more housing. Her legislation provided for 50 hybrid buses, 260 light rail vehicles, 61 hybrid buses, 60 trolley buses, 98 hybrid buses, and 33 trolley buses. There will be 260 new light rail vehicles, 24 new trains for the new Central Subway, and 85 more trains for added service throughout the system. The new trains are lighter and quieter than the ones they replace and will run for almost 12 times longer before needing major repair. In San Francisco, the firstSiemens train went into service.Breed focused a lot of attention on the N Judah train line, which is the busiest in the city. The most crowded stops from Cole Valley to Downtown were served by the morning commute shuttle train. The seat layout in the trains was changed in order to create more room for passengers. The idea was called for a public hearing by the supervisors. The change was tested on several trains. According to their surveys, riders preferred this design, which was incorporated into their new train designs. The legislation to add cellular service for riders on the underground trains of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency was carried by Breed.Riders have complained about the lack of cell service. Breed cosponsored a $500 million bond to fund improvements to the transportation system. It received a lot of support. She was the one who voted to place the transportation funding increase on the ballot. Approximately $25 million per year is provided for transit, bike, and pedestrian improvements after it passed with 61% support. When Kezar Drive, a major thoroughfare in her district, fell into disrepair, Breed addressed what she called a "case study in bureaucracy" between the Department of Public Works and Recreation and Parks Department and got the road repaved. In 2015, Breed authored legislation that required residential developers to pay a fee towards transportation improvements.Fourteen million dollars in new funds are generated annually by the legislation. In the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Fiscal Year 2015-16 budget, Breed and Mayor Lee worked together to increase funding for service increases, new capital investments, purchase of buses and trains, and bicycle and pedestrian safety enhancements. In 2015, she helped approve and secure funding for the Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit project, which is making infrastructure repairs and safety improvements to the Van Ness corridor and is projected to cut transit travel times by up to 32%. Breed called for a hearing at the Board of Supervisors after the Municipal Transportation Agency disclosed that it had only spent 2% of the $500 million in bonds that voters had approved for transportation improvements more than two years earlier. Our money grew less valuable and our transportation projects were more delayed because of the delays at the SFMTA, argued Breed. The legislation to place Regional Measure 3 on the San Francisco ballot was carried by Breed. The measure will be used to finance a $4.45 billion slate of highway and transit improvements.Including the Caltrain. In her first few months as Supervisor, Breed persuaded city departments to complete two new bike lanes on Oak and Fell Streets ahead of schedule, and she secured federal funding for the redesign. The official ribbon-cutting for the Masonic Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project took place in August. The cost was $25 million. A bike lane that costs $15,000 per mile is what the bicycle improvements were limited to. Vision Zero is a plan to eliminate all traffic deaths via improved engineering, education, and enforcement. Vision Zero in San Francisco has yet to be achieved.The number of traffic deaths increased as the mayor. She cosponsored the 2016 legislation to create the city's Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Program, in which housing developers provide transit benefits to their residents. Breed was the first elected official in San Francisco to support the "Idaho Stop" law, which allows bicyclists to yield at stop signs instead of coming to a complete stop, when the SFPD began ticketing bicyclists for not completely stopping at stop signs in 2015. A group of bicyclists protested the enforcement by stopping at all stop signs, a demonstration that "snarled traffic" and was "flanked by an army of TV cameras and amused onlookers." The Idaho Stop law was passed by the Board of Supervisors but was vetoed by Mayor Lee. In 2015, Breed passed legislation that banned obstructions to bike lanes and removed parking minimums in new buildings. A street construction project on Haight Street in Breed's district caused multiple safety issues in 2015, when Synergy Project Management, a Subcontractor working under the General contractor Ghilotti Bros., repeatedly hit underground gas lines.Breed called a hearing about the matter after work on the project stopped. Legislation was passed to revise the city's contract awarding process to emphasize a bidder's past safety record. Breed was endorsed by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, which said she had supported smart, data-driven traffic enforcement and helped to move important bike projects. 100% clean electrical energy is its ultimate goal. According to the San Francisco Department of the Environment's Climate Action Strategy, moving to 100% renewable electricity is the biggest step the City can take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. An estimated 941,000 metric tons of CO2e will be saved annually by the program. According to the San Francisco League of Conservation Voters, <mask> took it upon herself to get CleanPowerSF off the ground. The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission had ultimate authority to approve or reject the program. In failing to set not-to-exceed rates for CleanPowerSF, the Public Utilities Commission is contrary to the policy directives of the Board of Supervisors. If the Public Utilities Commissioners fail to set not-to-exceed rates, or fail in any way to timely implement CleanPowerSF, the Board of Supervisors will have no choice but to act. Breed fought with the Lee administration for 17 months to launch CleanPowerSF. The program proceeded toward launch after Mayor Lee announced he would support a slightly revised version. In the summer of 2015, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 1245 submitted a ballot measure that would have imposed restrictions on CleanPowerSF.Breed and John Avalos were the authors of a measure that would have required Pacific Gas and Electric to reveal its use of nuclear power. IBEW agreed to oppose their own proposition and support Breed's measure after negotiations with Breed and their staff. It received 80% support. In 2016 the city of San Francisco passed the nation's strongest ban on the sale and use of products made from polystyrene foam. The law made news around the world. In the final week of Breed's 2016 reelection campaign, she released a comical web video about the legislation, "Styrofoam Monster." In the ad, she chases away a bully who is wearing a costume made of foam.The San Francisco Chronicle wrote that the award for most creative campaign ad went to the Board of Supervisors President <mask>. In 2015, the city of San Francisco passed legislation requiring drug manufacturers to fund a drug take-back program. Accidental poisonings and pollution can be caused by unused drugs being dumped in the trash or toilet. Breed supported the legislation in an op-ed. San Francisco is the third county in the nation to launch such a program. Over 20 tons of medications have been collected by the program. The local chapter of the Sierra Club endorsed her opponent despite her environmental record.The local Sierra Club chapter was accused of beingwildering anti-environmentalism for blocking new housing and engaging in "political tribalism" in an article written by Breed's Chief of Staff. 1974 births, 21st-century African-American activists, 21st-century American politicians, 21st-century American women politicians, and list of mayors of the 50 largest cities in the United States.

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Travis Morrison (born December 16, 1972) is an American musician and web developer from the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., United States. He is best known as leader of indie-rock band The Dismemberment Plan and as a solo artist. Early life After picking up various instruments around age 12, Morrison stuck with guitar and began forming bands throughout his high school days at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Fairfax County, Virginia. He was on Lake Braddock's English Team and claimed to be "pathetically happy" upon defeating the english team of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology one year. After "getting out of Fairfax" he attended The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia for three years before dropping out to pursue a band. He worked at the campus radio station WCWM, which he claimed was "worth tuition right there." At WCWM he became well versed in many types of music, "from John Coltrane to German art rock." He continues to have wide-ranging musical taste to this very day, having claimed to enjoy everything from Britney Spears, Gladys Knight, XTC, Fugazi, Ludacris and Go-go. He finds additional inspiration in the music of Harry Nilsson, which he often listens to before a concert. The Dismemberment Plan In 1993, Morrison formed The Dismemberment Plan with old Lake Braddock friends. Despite his mother's initial reluctance, the band practiced in bassist Eric Axelson's basement frequently and began playing shows. By 1995 they released their debut album ! on D.C. based DeSoto Records. After original drummer Steve Cummings left the band, he was replaced by Joe Easley and the band's lineup would remain that way throughout their existence. Morrison was the guitarist and vocalist for The Plan from their formation in 1993 to their final show at the 9:30 Club in D.C in 2003. The band released four LPs and two EPs and gained a large following for their energetic live show, mostly due to Morrison's "booty-shaking" moves onstage. Their final two studio albums Emergency & I and Change were some of the most revered rock albums in the late-90s and early-2000s . Despite this, the band continued to work freelance jobs on the side to support themselves, Morrison taking up various computer and graphic design jobs. Solo In 2004, Morrison moved to Seattle, Washington and began working closely in the studio with both Ben Gibbard and Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie, a frequent tourmate of The Plan. Morrison then began doing a nationwide tour of a solo show with just him and an acoustic guitar. The shows consisted of him doing mostly covers of songs varying a wide variety of genres (from Spoon to Fiddler on the Roof and beyond). He also began playing some songs he was working on for a solo album. Around this time, he posted up mp3s of songs he was working on for his solo album as well as a cover of Ludacris's "What's Your Fantasy" which was listed as a "must download" in Entertainment Weekly. In the summer of 2004, Morrison had moved back to the D.C. area and in September 2004 he released his first solo album, Travistan, through Barsuk Records. The album was co-produced by Chris Walla. Travis Morrison Hellfighters In September 2004 Morrison assembled a band to play his solo songs live. Consisting of Brandon Kalber (bass, keyboards), Saadat Awan (drums), David Brown (percussion), Kristen Forbes (keyboards and backup vocals) and Morrison on vocals and keyboards. At first the band's live show consisted of three synths, percussion and drums but Morrison stated "none of us could play keyboards very well, so it was kind of hard after a while." Over time, Forbes left the band, the band introduced guitar & bass to their live sound and the band would begin touring as Travis Morrison Hellfighters. Travis and the Hellfighters continued to tour for the album and demoed new songs together. By the summer of 2005, the band had come into their own and were playing shows of entirely new material, only playing the occasional Travistan song. Travis and the Hellfighters have finished a new album, titled All Y'all, that was released on August 21, 2007 and is currently streaming on Travis' website and was produced by Travis's former bandmate, Jason Cadell. The album was mixed by Joel Hamilton. The final Hellfighters lineup (as of 2009) was: Travis Morrison David Brown Brandon Kalber Vince Magno Thomas Orgren "Retirement" and current activities In the summer of 2009, Morrison's official website was updated to state that he has retired from making music, and that there will be no more shows, records or bands. When The Dismemberment Plan reunited for shows in early 2011, Morrison said of the 'retirement', "I think I just didn’t have any plans for any solo music, and I just think I thought it sounded funny to say I was retiring ... I mean, it seems more fun than to say, 'I have no plans.'" Morrison currently works as the director of commercial development for The Huffington Post, and currently plays in a band called Time Travel with Matt Walsh of The Forms. In March 2011, he told Glide Magazine that Time Travel plans on making an album. In May 2012, D.C. label Bad Friend Records released a 7" of previously unheard material the Travis Morrison Hellfighters recorded before breaking up. Personal life As of mid-2012, Morrison lives in the New York City area, works as a computer programmer (formerly at the Washington Post and then Huffington Post), and is married to journalist and podcaster Katherine Goldstein. Morrison's other singing outlet has been regular participation in an Episcopal Church choir. Trumpeter of D.C. culture Morrison is notable for being very vocal about the culture of the Washington, D.C. area. Morrison has always insisted on touring with fellow D.C. acts, both with The Plan and solo. Despite releasing Travistan on Barsuk Records, he remains supportive of D.C.-based DeSoto Records. In his lyrics he makes mention to the area (see below), the liner notes to Change feature photos taken around Washington, D.C., notably of The Uptown Theatre. The logo for Travistan resembles the flag of the District of Columbia. He's a very active fan of Washington area sports, mainly the Washington Wizards. He placed a link on his website to an online petition to change the name of the Washington Nationals to the Washington Grays in honor of the old D.C. Negro leagues team. Both with The Plan and solo he frequently played and continues to play shows at D.C. live venue staples Black Cat, Fort Reno and the 9:30 Club. He has kicked around the idea of doing a tour of the outlying suburbs of D.C since he once lived in Lorton, Virginia and knows how difficult it can be to get downtown for a show. Recently around D.C. he has also done volunteer work with We Are Family D.C., a non-profit organization and returned to his William & Mary days by DJing with WMUC at the University of Maryland, College Park. He has also sung in several D.C. area church choirs, including a recent season with the National Cathedral. In 2005 through most of 2007 Morrison lived in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, DC with his girlfriend and worked for the website of The Washington Post, heading their advertising programming and production department. D.C. lyrical references Morrison frequently refers to D.C. area locations and themes in his songs. References include: The song "13th and Euclid" (!) is named after an intersection in Northwest D.C. in "Fantastic!" (!): "I wouldn't go so far as to call it escape, but I'll head my way up I-95" in "I'm Going to Buy You a Gun" (!): "I'm going to take you out on I-95" in "The Ice of Boston" (The Dismemberment Plan is Terrified): "...and I say 'oh fine, mom; how's Washington?!'" The song "The City" (Emergency and I) is about D.C. in "Spider in the Snow" (Emergency & I): "And as I would walk down K Street to some temping job, as winter froze life out of fall, I must have been having a ball." in "Ellen and Ben" (Change): "The Ocean City girls on the boardwalk, singing oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh" In "My Two Front Teeth Parts 2 & 3" (Travistan): "In front of the Gap at the corner of M and Wisconsin" - the song illustrates a Georgetown mugging, in which the narrator loses his two front teeth, as a metaphor for the September 11, 2001 attacks ("The second I saw, but the first was sucker-punch city.") In "Get Me Off This Coin D" (Travistan): "You named a town, after me now, and no one there can vote" (from the perspective of George Washington, the last of a series of songs commemorating the four presidents on common United States coinage) In "Hawkins' Rock" (All Y'All): "Drivin' down I-95, son" and "Drivin' down I-81, yeah" In "I Do" (All Y'All): "swimming through the heat of a D.C. dawn" "East Side of the River" (All Y'All) is about the part of Washington, DC, east of the Anacostia River. Discography The Dismemberment Plan Can We Be Mature? (EP) (1994) ! (1995) Give Me the Cure (compilation) (1996) Ooh Do I Love You (compilation) (1996) The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified (1997) Fort Reno Benefit (compilation) (1997) What Do You Want Me to Say? (single) (1997) The Ice of Boston (EP) (1998) Emergency & I (1999) Dismemberment Plan/Juno (split EP) (2000) Change (2001) A People's History of the Dismemberment Plan (compilation) (2003) Live in Japan 2011 (2011) Uncanney Valley (2013) SoloTravistan (2004) Travis Morrison HellfightersAll Y'All (2007)Cruisin' (All Night Long) (single) (2012) The BurliesThe Burlies EP'' (2014) References External links Official site Blogcritics Interview with Travis Morrison Travis Morrison guest DJ/interview on Dissonance Radio American rock guitarists American male guitarists 1972 births College of William & Mary alumni Living people Guitarists from Virginia People from Lorton, Virginia Musicians from Washington, D.C. Barsuk Records artists

<mask> (born December 16, 1972) is an American musician and web developer from the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., United States. He is best known as leader of indie-rock band The Dismemberment Plan and as a solo artist. Early life After picking up various instruments around age 12, <mask> stuck with guitar and began forming bands throughout his high school days at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Fairfax County, Virginia. He was on Lake Braddock's English Team and claimed to be "pathetically happy" upon defeating the english team of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology one year. After "getting out of Fairfax" he attended The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia for three years before dropping out to pursue a band. He worked at the campus radio station WCWM, which he claimed was "worth tuition right there." At WCWM he became well versed in many types of music, "from John Coltrane to German art rock."He continues to have wide-ranging musical taste to this very day, having claimed to enjoy everything from Britney Spears, Gladys Knight, XTC, Fugazi, Ludacris and Go-go. He finds additional inspiration in the music of Harry Nilsson, which he often listens to before a concert. The Dismemberment Plan In 1993, <mask> formed The Dismemberment Plan with old Lake Braddock friends. Despite his mother's initial reluctance, the band practiced in bassist Eric Axelson's basement frequently and began playing shows. By 1995 they released their debut album ! on D.C. based DeSoto Records. After original drummer Steve Cummings left the band, he was replaced by Joe Easley and the band's lineup would remain that way throughout their existence.<mask> was the guitarist and vocalist for The Plan from their formation in 1993 to their final show at the 9:30 Club in D.C in 2003. The band released four LPs and two EPs and gained a large following for their energetic live show, mostly due to <mask>'s "booty-shaking" moves onstage. Their final two studio albums Emergency & I and Change were some of the most revered rock albums in the late-90s and early-2000s . Despite this, the band continued to work freelance jobs on the side to support themselves, <mask> taking up various computer and graphic design jobs. Solo In 2004, <mask> moved to Seattle, Washington and began working closely in the studio with both Ben Gibbard and Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie, a frequent tourmate of The Plan. <mask> then began doing a nationwide tour of a solo show with just him and an acoustic guitar. The shows consisted of him doing mostly covers of songs varying a wide variety of genres (from Spoon to Fiddler on the Roof and beyond).He also began playing some songs he was working on for a solo album. Around this time, he posted up mp3s of songs he was working on for his solo album as well as a cover of Ludacris's "What's Your Fantasy" which was listed as a "must download" in Entertainment Weekly. In the summer of 2004, <mask> had moved back to the D.C. area and in September 2004 he released his first solo album, Travistan, through Barsuk Records. The album was co-produced by Chris Walla. <mask> Hellfighters In September 2004 <mask> assembled a band to play his solo songs live. Consisting of Brandon Kalber (bass, keyboards), Saadat Awan (drums), David Brown (percussion), Kristen Forbes (keyboards and backup vocals) and <mask> on vocals and keyboards. At first the band's live show consisted of three synths, percussion and drums but <mask> stated "none of us could play keyboards very well, so it was kind of hard after a while."Over time, Forbes left the band, the band introduced guitar & bass to their live sound and the band would begin touring as <mask> Hellfighters. <mask> and the Hellfighters continued to tour for the album and demoed new songs together. By the summer of 2005, the band had come into their own and were playing shows of entirely new material, only playing the occasional <mask>tan song. <mask> and the Hellfighters have finished a new album, titled All Y'all, that was released on August 21, 2007 and is currently streaming on <mask>' website and was produced by <mask>'s former bandmate, Jason Cadell. The album was mixed by Joel Hamilton. The final Hellfighters lineup (as of 2009) was: <mask> David Brown Brandon Kalber Vince Magno Thomas Orgren "Retirement" and current activities In the summer of 2009, <mask>'s official website was updated to state that he has retired from making music, and that there will be no more shows, records or bands. When The Dismemberment Plan reunited for shows in early 2011, <mask> said of the 'retirement', "I think I just didn’t have any plans for any solo music, and I just think I thought it sounded funny to say I was retiring ...I mean, it seems more fun than to say, 'I have no plans.'" <mask> currently works as the director of commercial development for The Huffington Post, and currently plays in a band called Time Travel with Matt Walsh of The Forms. In March 2011, he told Glide Magazine that Time Travel plans on making an album. In May 2012, D.C. label Bad Friend Records released a 7" of previously unheard material the <mask> Hellfighters recorded before breaking up. Personal life As of mid-2012, <mask> lives in the New York City area, works as a computer programmer (formerly at the Washington Post and then Huffington Post), and is married to journalist and podcaster Katherine Goldstein. <mask>'s other singing outlet has been regular participation in an Episcopal Church choir. Trumpeter of D.C. culture <mask> is notable for being very vocal about the culture of the Washington, D.C. area.<mask> has always insisted on touring with fellow D.C. acts, both with The Plan and solo. Despite releasing <mask>tan on Barsuk Records, he remains supportive of D.C.-based DeSoto Records. In his lyrics he makes mention to the area (see below), the liner notes to Change feature photos taken around Washington, D.C., notably of The Uptown Theatre. The logo for <mask>tan resembles the flag of the District of Columbia. He's a very active fan of Washington area sports, mainly the Washington Wizards. He placed a link on his website to an online petition to change the name of the Washington Nationals to the Washington Grays in honor of the old D.C. Negro leagues team. Both with The Plan and solo he frequently played and continues to play shows at D.C. live venue staples Black Cat, Fort Reno and the 9:30 Club.He has kicked around the idea of doing a tour of the outlying suburbs of D.C since he once lived in Lorton, Virginia and knows how difficult it can be to get downtown for a show. Recently around D.C. he has also done volunteer work with We Are Family D.C., a non-profit organization and returned to his William & Mary days by DJing with WMUC at the University of Maryland, College Park. He has also sung in several D.C. area church choirs, including a recent season with the National Cathedral. In 2005 through most of 2007 <mask> lived in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, DC with his girlfriend and worked for the website of The Washington Post, heading their advertising programming and production department. D.C. lyrical references <mask> frequently refers to D.C. area locations and themes in his songs. References include: The song "13th and Euclid" (!) is named after an intersection in Northwest D.C. in "Fantastic!"(! ): "I wouldn't go so far as to call it escape, but I'll head my way up I-95" in "I'm Going to Buy You a Gun" (! ): "I'm going to take you out on I-95" in "The Ice of Boston" (The Dismemberment Plan is Terrified): "...and I say 'oh fine, mom; how's Washington?!'" The song "The City" (Emergency and I) is about D.C. in "Spider in the Snow" (Emergency & I): "And as I would walk down K Street to some temping job, as winter froze life out of fall, I must have been having a ball." in "Ellen and Ben" (Change): "The Ocean City girls on the boardwalk, singing oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh" In "My Two Front Teeth Parts 2 & 3" (<mask>tan): "In front of the Gap at the corner of M and Wisconsin" - the song illustrates a Georgetown mugging, in which the narrator loses his two front teeth, as a metaphor for the September 11, 2001 attacks ("The second I saw, but the first was sucker-punch city.") In "Get Me Off This Coin D" (<mask>tan): "You named a town, after me now, and no one there can vote" (from the perspective of George Washington, the last of a series of songs commemorating the four presidents on common United States coinage) In "Hawkins' Rock" (All Y'All): "Drivin' down I-95, son" and "Drivin' down I-81, yeah" In "I Do" (All Y'All): "swimming through the heat of a D.C. dawn" "East Side of the River" (All Y'All) is about the part of Washington, DC, east of the Anacostia River. Discography The Dismemberment Plan Can We Be Mature?(EP) (1994) ! (1995) Give Me the Cure (compilation) (1996) Ooh Do I Love You (compilation) (1996) The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified (1997) Fort Reno Benefit (compilation) (1997) What Do You Want Me to Say? (single) (1997) The Ice of Boston (EP) (1998) Emergency & I (1999) Dismemberment Plan/Juno (split EP) (2000) Change (2001) A People's History of the Dismemberment Plan (compilation) (2003) Live in Japan 2011 (2011) Uncanney Valley (2013) SoloTravistan (2004) <mask> HellfightersAll Y'All (2007)Cruisin' (All Night Long) (single) (2012) The BurliesThe Burlies EP'' (2014) References External links Official site Blogcritics Interview with <mask> <mask> guest DJ/interview on Dissonance Radio American rock guitarists American male guitarists 1972 births College of William & Mary alumni Living people Guitarists from Virginia People from Lorton, Virginia Musicians from Washington, D.C. Barsuk Records artists

<mask> is an American musician and web developer from the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C. He is the leader of The Dismemberment Plan and a solo artist. <mask> formed his first band at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Fairfax County, Virginia, at the age of 12. After defeating the english team of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, he claimed to be "pathetically happy". He dropped out of The College of William and Mary after three years to pursue a band. He claimed that he was worth tuition at the radio station. He was well versed in many types of music, from John Coltrane to German art rock.He has a wide-ranging musical taste, having claimed to enjoy everything from Britney Spears to Gladys Knight. He listens to the music of Harry Nilsson before a concert. <mask> formed The Dismemberment Plan with friends. The band practiced in the bassist's basement frequently and began playing shows despite his mother's initial reluctance. Their debut album was released in 1995. The records are based in D.C. The band's lineup remained the same after original drummer Steve Cummings left the band, as he was replaced by Joe Easley.<mask> was the guitarist and vocalist for The Plan from 1993 to 2003 and their final show was at the 9:30 Club in D.C. The band gained a large following for their energetic live show due to <mask>'s "booty-shaking" moves. Emergency & I and Change were two of the most revered rock albums of the late-90s and early-2000s. <mask> took up various computer and graphic design jobs in order to support the band. In 2004, <mask> moved to Seattle, Washington and began working in the studio with both Ben and Chris of Death Cab for Cutie, a frequent tourmate of The Plan. <mask> began doing a nationwide tour of a solo show with just his acoustic guitar. He did mostly covers of songs from a wide variety of genres.He was working on a solo album. He posted mp3s of songs he was working on for his solo album as well as a cover of "What's Your Fantasy" which was listed as a "Must Download" in Entertainment Weekly. In the summer of 2004, <mask> moved back to the D.C. area and in the fall of 2004, he released his first solo album. Chris Walla produced the album. <mask> formed a band to play his solo songs. The band consists of Brandon Kalber (bass, keyboards, drums,percussion, vocals, and keyboards), David Brown (percussion, vocals, and keyboards), and on vocals and keyboards. <mask> stated that "none of us could play keyboards very well, so it was kind of hard after a while."Forbes left the band, the band introduced guitar and bass to their live sound, and the band began touring as the <mask> Hellfighters. The Hellfighters demoed new songs on the tour for the album. In the summer of 2005, the band started playing their own material and only played the occasional song. The Hellfighters' new album, All Y'all, was released in August of 2007, and is currently streaming on the website of the band's former drummer. The album was mixed by a man. In the summer of 2009, <mask>'s official website was updated to state that he has retired from making music, and that there will be no. <mask> said he was retiring when The Dismemberment Plan came back for shows in 2011.It seems more fun to say, 'I have no plans'. <mask> is the director of commercial development for The Huffington Post, and also plays in a band called Time Travel with Matt Walsh of The Forms. Time Travel plans on making an album, he said in March 2011. In May 2012 D.C. label Bad Friend Records released a 7" of previously unheard material by the Hellfighters. <mask> is married to a journalist and is currently living in the New York City area. <mask> has participated in an Episcopal Church choir. <mask> is very vocal about the culture of the Washington, D.C. area.<mask> has toured with other D.C. acts both solo and with The Plan. He supports D.C.-based DeSoto Records despite releasing a song on Barsuk Records. The liner notes to Change feature photos taken around Washington, D.C., notably of The Uptown Theatre. The flag of the District of Columbia is depicted in the logo. He's a big fan of the Washington Wizards. He put a link on his website to an online petition to change the name of the Washington Nationals to the Washington Grays in honor of the old D.C. Negro league team. He plays shows at Black Cat, Fort Reno and the 9:30 Club.He knows how hard it is to get to a show in D.C. since he used to live in Lorton, Virginia. He did volunteer work with We Are Family D.C., a non-profit organization, as well as DJing at the University of Maryland, College Park. He sings in several D.C. church choirs, including a recent season with the National Cathedral. <mask> lived in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, DC with his girlfriend and worked for the website of The Washington Post, heading their advertising programming and production department. <mask> frequently refers to the D.C. area in his songs. The song "13th and Euclid" is a reference. The intersection is in Northwest D.C.(! "I wouldn't go so far as to call it escape, but I'll head my way up I-95" in "I'm Going to Buy You a Gun" "I'm going to take you out on I-95 in "The Ice of Boston", and I say 'oh fine, mom; how's Washington?!'" There is a song about D.C. in "Spider in the Snow" by Emergency and I. "The Ocean City girls on the boardwalk, singing oh oh oh oh oh oh" is a song from "My Two Front Teeth Parts 2 &3". "You named a town, after me now, and no one there can vote" is the last of a series of songs about the four presidents on common United States coinage. Is the dismemberment plan mature?The first edition of the picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures picures Give Me the Cure (1995), Ooh Do I Love You (1995), The Dismemberment Plan IsTerrified (1995), Fort Reno Benefit (1995), What do you want me to say? The Ice of Boston, Emergency & I, Dismemberment Plan/Juno, Change, A People's History of the Dismemberment Plan, Live in Japan, and Uncanney Valley are singles.

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Shavar Jeffries

Shavar Jeffries is an American civil rights attorney who in September 2015 became the president of Democrats for Education Reform which promotes more charter schools, school funding and stricter teacher evaluations to revamp public education and resigned in 2017. A former assistant state Attorney General, he was a candidate in the 2014 election for Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, after which he became a partner at Lowenstein Sandler in August 2014. Background Jeffries grew up in the South Ward of Newark. He lost his mother to violence and was raised by his grandmother, a public school teacher. He first attended Newark Public Schools and later received a scholarship to attend Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange. Jeffries obtained his bachelor's degree from Duke University in 1996. After graduating he attended Columbia Law School where he served as managing editor of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review and clerked for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. He received his Juris Doctor in 1999. Jeffries lives in the South Ward with his wife, Tenagne Girma-Jeffries, and their two children. Career After law school, Jeffries clerked for Judge Nathaniel R. Jones of the U.S. Court of Appeals. He then worked as an associate with Wilmer Cutler & Pickering. Since 2001, Shavar has been counsel at Gibbons P.C., a firm based at the Gateway Center in Newark. Jeffries has been an associate professor at the Center for Social Justice at Seton Hall Law School since 2004. In 2008-2010, he took a leave of absence to serve as Assistant Attorney General and Counsel to New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram and led several departments, including the Juvenile Justice Commission and the Civil Rights Division. In April 2010, Jeffries was elected to the Newark Public Schools Advisory Board. He became a partner at Lowenstein Sandler in August 2014. In September 2015 he became the president of Democrats for Education Reform which promotes more charter schools, school funding and stricter teacher evaluations to revamp public education. Mayoral candidacy Jeffries announced his election bid on May 20, 2013. Jeffries was relatively unknown in Newark, where typically one runs first for council and then for mayor. Jeffries introduced a public safety plan in October 2013 As of January 2014, Jeffries had raised the most campaign financing of the candidates. The election took place May 13, 2014 and Jeffries was defeated by Municipal Council of Newark Council Member Ras Baraka. Other potential candidates, Council Members Anibal Ramos, Jr. and Darrin S. Sharif, had earlier dropped out of the race. Jeffries' eight-member council slate includes incumbents East Ward Councilman Augusto Amador, North Ward Councilman Anibal Ramos, Jr. and At-large Councilman Carlos Gonzalez and candidates Brian Logan (South Ward). Kevin Waters (West Ward) and Andre Speight (Central Ward). Lynda Lloyd (At-large), and former Assemblyman Wilfredo Caraballo (At-large). In February he received an endorsement of William D. Payne and March from Donald Payne, Jr., both of whom who are part a long time Newark political dynasty. He has also been endorsed by the Teamsters, State Senator Teresa Ruiz and Assemblywoman Eliana Pintor-Marin. Jeffries received the endorsements of Board of Chosen Freeholders President Blonnie Watson, Freeholder Vice-President Patricia Sebold and Freeholder D. Bilal Beasley. Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing New York's 8th congressional district in Brooklyn and Queens with roots in Newark, has also endorsed Jeffries. In May he received the endorsement of Eva Longoria. Jeffries was endorsed by The Star-Ledger. Jeffries conceded the race to Baraka at the Golden Dome Athletic Center on election night. Scholarship In 2015 Jeffries has established the Donna Johnson Memorial Scholarship to support the educational development of a young person who has experienced the loss of a parent, guardian, or loved one because of domestic violence, or whose life has otherwise been touched by violence against women. Success Academy Charter Schools Shavar Jeffries resigned from the Board of Directors of the Success Academy Charter Schools in 2017. Jeffries is a critic of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and President Donald Trump. This position was in conflict with Success Academy chief executive officer Eva Moskowitz, who had supported Hillary Clinton, but was muted in her criticism of Trump until several days after Jeffries' resignation. The resignation of Jeffries came before Dan Loeb, Success Academy board chair and wealthy hedge fund executive made racial remarks about State Senate Democratic leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins. These comments triggered a PR crisis in the biggest charter network of NYC. Loeb's statement was the black lawmaker "did more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood." Moskowitz said an apology for these remarks was necessary. The complete post of Loeb ridiculed the legislator for not supporting charter schools. He lauded State Senator Jeff Klein who was always vocal in backing charter institutions. 93 percent of students enrolled as Success Academy are either Black or Latino. An article published in the New York Post last April 30, 2018 said Loeb will quit as Success Academy's chairman. Loeb was also criticized because of email exchanges with former Deputy Mayor Richard Buery in 2014 regarding the alleged insensitivity of Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City towards charter school accomplishments. Education reform remains a controversial policy concern in the USA. The National Assessment of Educational Progress published a gloomy report showing many American high school senior students are not yet ready for college. This woeful situation stimulates the schools choice movement and supporters of charter schools which include Shavar Jeffries. He demonstrated disappointment regarding the low-key political discussion regarding the worsening quality of primary and secondary education. References External links Shavar Jeffires Mayor 2014 We Need More Shavar Jeffries S@S Magazine SOTU 2016: President Obama's Education Legacy American community activists Politicians from Newark, New Jersey Living people 1976 births Seton Hall Preparatory School alumni Duke University alumni Columbia Law School alumni New Jersey lawyers African-American people in New Jersey politics Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr associates New Jersey Democrats 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people

<mask> is an American civil rights attorney who in September 2015 became the president of Democrats for Education Reform which promotes more charter schools, school funding and stricter teacher evaluations to revamp public education and resigned in 2017. A former assistant state Attorney General, he was a candidate in the 2014 election for Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, after which he became a partner at Lowenstein Sandler in August 2014. Background <mask> grew up in the South Ward of Newark. He lost his mother to violence and was raised by his grandmother, a public school teacher. He first attended Newark Public Schools and later received a scholarship to attend Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange. <mask> obtained his bachelor's degree from Duke University in 1996. After graduating he attended Columbia Law School where he served as managing editor of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review and clerked for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund.He received his Juris Doctor in 1999. <mask> lives in the South Ward with his wife, Tenagne Girma-<mask>, and their two children. Career After law school, <mask> clerked for Judge Nathaniel R. Jones of the U.S. Court of Appeals. He then worked as an associate with Wilmer Cutler & Pickering. Since 2001, <mask> has been counsel at Gibbons P.C., a firm based at the Gateway Center in Newark. <mask> has been an associate professor at the Center for Social Justice at Seton Hall Law School since 2004. In 2008-2010, he took a leave of absence to serve as Assistant Attorney General and Counsel to New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram and led several departments, including the Juvenile Justice Commission and the Civil Rights Division.In April 2010, <mask> was elected to the Newark Public Schools Advisory Board. He became a partner at Lowenstein Sandler in August 2014. In September 2015 he became the president of Democrats for Education Reform which promotes more charter schools, school funding and stricter teacher evaluations to revamp public education. Mayoral candidacy <mask> announced his election bid on May 20, 2013. <mask> was relatively unknown in Newark, where typically one runs first for council and then for mayor. <mask> introduced a public safety plan in October 2013 As of January 2014, <mask> had raised the most campaign financing of the candidates. The election took place May 13, 2014 and <mask> was defeated by Municipal Council of Newark Council Member Ras Baraka.Other potential candidates, Council Members Anibal Ramos, Jr. and Darrin S. Sharif, had earlier dropped out of the race. <mask>' eight-member council slate includes incumbents East Ward Councilman Augusto Amador, North Ward Councilman Anibal Ramos, Jr. and At-large Councilman Carlos Gonzalez and candidates Brian Logan (South Ward). Kevin Waters (West Ward) and Andre Speight (Central Ward). Lynda Lloyd (At-large), and former Assemblyman Wilfredo Caraballo (At-large). In February he received an endorsement of William D. Payne and March from Donald Payne, Jr., both of whom who are part a long time Newark political dynasty. He has also been endorsed by the Teamsters, State Senator Teresa Ruiz and Assemblywoman Eliana Pintor-Marin. <mask> received the endorsements of Board of Chosen Freeholders President Blonnie Watson, Freeholder Vice-President Patricia Sebold and Freeholder D. Bilal Beasley.Hakeem <mask>, the Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing New York's 8th congressional district in Brooklyn and Queens with roots in Newark, has also endorsed <mask>. In May he received the endorsement of Eva Longoria. <mask> was endorsed by The Star-Ledger. <mask> conceded the race to Baraka at the Golden Dome Athletic Center on election night. Scholarship In 2015 <mask> has established the Donna Johnson Memorial Scholarship to support the educational development of a young person who has experienced the loss of a parent, guardian, or loved one because of domestic violence, or whose life has otherwise been touched by violence against women. Success Academy Charter Schools Shavar <mask> resigned from the Board of Directors of the Success Academy Charter Schools in 2017. <mask> is a critic of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and President Donald Trump.This position was in conflict with Success Academy chief executive officer Eva Moskowitz, who had supported Hillary Clinton, but was muted in her criticism of Trump until several days after <mask>' resignation. The resignation of <mask> came before Dan Loeb, Success Academy board chair and wealthy hedge fund executive made racial remarks about State Senate Democratic leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins. These comments triggered a PR crisis in the biggest charter network of NYC. Loeb's statement was the black lawmaker "did more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood." Moskowitz said an apology for these remarks was necessary. The complete post of Loeb ridiculed the legislator for not supporting charter schools. He lauded State Senator Jeff Klein who was always vocal in backing charter institutions.93 percent of students enrolled as Success Academy are either Black or Latino. An article published in the New York Post last April 30, 2018 said Loeb will quit as Success Academy's chairman. Loeb was also criticized because of email exchanges with former Deputy Mayor Richard Buery in 2014 regarding the alleged insensitivity of Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City towards charter school accomplishments. Education reform remains a controversial policy concern in the USA. The National Assessment of Educational Progress published a gloomy report showing many American high school senior students are not yet ready for college. This woeful situation stimulates the schools choice movement and supporters of charter schools which include <mask> <mask>. He demonstrated disappointment regarding the low-key political discussion regarding the worsening quality of primary and secondary education.References External links <mask> Jeffires Mayor 2014 We Need More <mask> Jeffries S@S Magazine SOTU 2016: President Obama's Education Legacy American community activists Politicians from Newark, New Jersey Living people 1976 births Seton Hall Preparatory School alumni Duke University alumni Columbia Law School alumni New Jersey lawyers African-American people in New Jersey politics Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr associates New Jersey Democrats 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people

In September 2015, <mask> became the president of Democrats for Education Reform, a group that promoted more charter schools, school funding and stricter teacher evaluations to improve public education. He was an assistant state Attorney General and a candidate in the election for Mayor of Newark, New Jersey. <mask> was raised in the South Ward of Newark. He lost his mother to violence and was raised by his grandmother. He attended Newark Public Schools and later received a scholarship to attend a private school. <mask> received his bachelor's degree from Duke University. He clerked for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and worked as managing editor of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review after graduating from Columbia Law School.In 1999 he received his Juris Doctor. <mask> lives in the South Ward with his wife and two children. <mask> clerked for Judge Nathaniel R. Jones of the U.S. Court of Appeals. He was an associate with the firm. <mask> has been at Gibbons P.C. since 2001. <mask> is an associate professor at the Center for Social Justice. He took a leave of absence in 2008-2010 to work as an assistant attorney general and counsel to the New Jersey attorney general.<mask> was elected to the Newark Public Schools Advisory Board. He became a partner at the beginning of the year. He became the president of Democrats for Education Reform in September of 2015. <mask> announced his candidacy for mayor on May 20. <mask> was not well known in Newark, where typically one runs first for council and then for mayor. <mask> raised the most campaign financing of the candidates. <mask> was defeated in the election by a Newark Council Member.Council Members Anibal Ramos, Jr. and Darrin S. Sharif dropped out of the race. <mask> has an eight-member council slate that includes incumbents Augusto Amador, Anibal Ramos, Jr., and Carlos Gonzalez. Kevin Waters is from the West Ward and Andre Speight is from the Central Ward. Former Assemblyman Wilfredo Caraballo is at large. He received endorsements from William D. Payne and Donald Payne, Jr., both of whom are part of a long time Newark political dynasty. State Senator Teresa Ruiz and Assemblywoman Eliana Pintor-Marin endorsed him. <mask> was endorsed by the Board of Chosen Freeholders.Hakeem <mask> is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and represents New York's 8th congressional district in Brooklyn and Queens. Eva Longoria endorsed him in May. <mask> was endorsed by a newspaper. The Golden Dome Athletic Center was where <mask> conceded the race. In 2015, <mask> established the Donna Johnson Memorial Scholarship to support the educational development of a young person who has experienced the loss of a parent, guardian, or loved one because of domestic violence. <mask> <mask> resigned from the Board of Directors of the Success Academy Charter Schools. <mask> is a critic of the president.This position was in conflict with Success Academy chief executive officer Eva Moskowitz, who had supported Hillary Clinton, but was silent in her criticism of Trump until after <mask>' resignation. The board chair of Success Academy made racist remarks about the leader of the State Senate. There was a PR crisis in the biggest charter network of NYC. The black lawmaker did more damage to people of color than anyone has ever done. Moskowitz said an apology was necessary. The legislator was ridiculed for not supporting charter schools. State Senator Jeff Klein was a vocal supporter of charter institutions.Black or Latino students make up 93 percent of the students at Success Academy. An article was published in the New York Post in April of last year. The alleged insensitivity of Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City towards charter school accomplishments was the subject of email exchanges with former Deputy Mayor Richard Buery. Education reform is a controversial issue in the USA. Many American high school seniors are not ready for college, according to a report by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The schools choice movement and supporters of charter schools include <mask> <mask>. He was disappointed by the low-key political discussion about the quality of education.<mask> Jeffries S@S Magazine has links to External links.

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Piet Retief

Pieter Mauritz Retief (12 November 1780 – 6 February 1838) was a Voortrekker leader. Settling in 1814 in the frontier region of the Cape Colony, he assumed command of punitive expeditions in response to raiding parties from the adjacent Xhosa territory. He became a spokesperson for the frontier farmers who voiced their discontent, and wrote the Voortrekkers' declaration at their departure from the colony. He was a leading figure during their Great Trek, and at one stage their elected governor. He proposed Natal as the final destination of their migration and selected a location for its future capital, later named Pietermaritzburg in his honour. The massacre of Retief and his delegation by the Zulu King Dingane and the extermination of several Voortrekker laagercamps in the area of the present town of Weenen led to the Battle of Blood River on the Ncome River. The short-lived Boer republic Natalia suffered from ineffective government and was eventually annexed to the British Cape Colony. Early life Retief was born to Jacobus and Debora Retief in the Wagenmakersvallei, Cape Colony, today the town of Wellington, South Africa. His family were Boers of French Huguenot ancestry: his great-grandfather was the 1689 Huguenot refugee François Retif, from Mer, Loir-et-Cher near Blois; the progenitor of the name in South Africa. Retief grew up on the ancestral vineyard Welvanpas, where he worked until the age of 27. After moving to the vicinity of Grahamstown, Retief, like other Boers, acquired wealth through livestock, but suffered repeated losses from Xhosa raids in the period. These prompted the 6th Cape Frontier War. (Retief had a history of financial trouble. On more than one occasion, he lost money and other possessions, mainly through land speculation. He is reported to have gone bankrupt at least twice, while at the colony and on the frontier.) Such losses impelled many frontier farmers to become Voortrekkers (literally, "forward movers") and to migrate to new lands in the north. Retief wrote their (Dutch speaking settlers/ Boer) manifesto, dated 22 January 1837, setting out their long-held grievances against the British government . They believed it had offered them no protection against armed raids by the native bantus, no redress against Foreign Government Policies (British), and financially broke them through the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 which freed their slaves; with compensation offered to owners, which hardly amounted to a quarter of the slaves' market value. Retief's manifesto was published in the Grahamstown Journal on 2 February and De Zuid-Afrikaan on 17 February, just as the emigrant Boers started to leave their homesteads. Great Trek Retief's household departed in two wagons from his farm in the Winterberg District in early February 1837 and joined a party of 30 other wagons. The pioneers crossed the Orange River into independent territory. When several parties on the Great Trek converged at the Vet River, Retief was elected "Governor of the United Laagers" and head of "The Free Province of New Holland in South East Africa." This coalition was very short-lived, and Retief became the lone leader of the group moving east. On 5 October 1837 Retief established a camp of 54 wagons at Kerkenberg near the Drakensberg ridge. He proceeded on horseback the next day, accompanied by Jan Gerritze Bantjes and fourteen men with four wagons, to explore the region between the Drakensberg and Port Natal, now known as kwaZulu Natal. This was Bantjes's second visit to Port Natal, his first having been there in 1834 on the "Kommissitrek" reconnaissance mission . At Port Natal Retief was taken by the potential of the bay and the possibilities of it becoming a Dutch free trade port. Bantjes and two companions were sent back to the laager at Kerkenberg with a message to the camp on 2 November 1837, announcing to the trekkers that they may now enter Natal. Due to his favourable impression of the region, Retief started negotiations for land with the Zulu king Dingane kaSenzangakhona (known as Dingane/ Dingaan) in November 1837. After Retief led his band over the Drakensberg Mountains, he convinced Voortrekker leaders Gerrit Maritz and Andries Hendrik Potgieter to join him in January 1838. On Retief's second visit to Dingane, the Zulu agreed to Boer settlement in Natal, provided that the Boer delegation recover cattle stolen by the rival Tlokwa nation. This the Boers did, their reputation and rifles cowing the people into handing over some 700 head of cattle. At Retief's request, J.G.Bantjes drew up the famous Piet Retief / Dingaan Treaty outlining the areas of Natal to be secured for the Boers to settle and start their new farms and harbour. This was done and to be ratified at the Zulu King's kraal. Death Despite warnings, Retief left the Tugela region on 25 January 1838, in the belief that he could negotiate with Dingane for permanent boundaries for the Natal settlement. The deed of cession of the Tugela-Umzimvubu region, although dated 4 February 1838, was signed by Dingane on 6 February 1838, with the two sides recording three witnesses each. Dingane invited Retief's party to witness a special performance by his soldiers, whereupon Dingane ordered his soldiers to capture Retief's party and their coloured servants. Retief, his son (Pieter Cornelis), men, and servants, about 100 people in total, were taken to a nearby ridge, kwaMatiwane, named after Matiwane, one of Dingane's tribal chiefs who were executed in a horrific manner The Zulus killed the entire party by clubbing them and killed Retief last, so as to witness the deaths of his son, and his comrades. Retief's chest was sawn open and his heart and liver removed and brought to Dingane in a cloth. Their bodies were left on the KwaMatiwane hillside to be eaten by vultures and scavengers, as was Dingane's custom with his enemies. Dingane then directed the attack against the Voortrekker laagers, which plunged the migrant movement into temporary disarray and in total 534 men, women and children were killed. Following the Voortrekker victory at Blood River, Andries Pretorius and his "victory commando" recovered the remains of the Retief party. They buried them on 21 December 1838. Also recovered was the undamaged deed of cession from Retief's leather purse, written by Jan Gerritze Bantjes, Retief's secretary, as later verified by a member of the "victory commando", E.F. Potgieter. Two exact copies survive, (either of which could be the original) but legend states the original deed disappeared in transit to the Netherlands during the Anglo-Boer War. The site of the Retief grave was more or less forgotten until pointed out in 1896 by J.H. Hattingh, a surviving member of Pretorius's commando. A monument recording the names of the members of Retief's delegation was erected near the grave in 1922. Legacy The town of Piet Retief was named after him as was (partially) the city of Pietermaritzburg. (It is reported by the Voortrekker Minister of that time, Erasmus Smit, whom served with Piet Retief, in his Diary, that on 23 October 1838 the Voortrekker "Council of the legislative body...has named the first village settlement... Pieter Maritz Burg. The first name is after the late deceased His Excellency Pieter Retief, formerly the Governor, and the second name is after His Honour the late deceased G.M. Maritz, the President of the Council of policy in the camp." Some however continue to speculate that the "Maritz" part was a naming after Gerrit Maritz, another Voortrekker leader, from the start. However, Pietermaritzburg was originally Pietermauritzburg, thereby incorporating both Retief's first and second name. It was only afterwards that the "u" was dropped and it was decreed that Maritz also be remembered in the title. Rhodes University has a residence named after Retief, in Kimberley Hall. References Further reading External links Piet Retief, a short biography Piet Retief, biography Voortrekker Museum, Pietermaritzburg 1780 births 1838 deaths 19th-century South African people Afrikaner people Dutch Cape Colony people Great Trek History of KwaZulu-Natal Members of the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NHK) People from the Western Cape 18th-century South African people

<mask> (12 November 1780 – 6 February 1838) was a Voortrekker leader. Settling in 1814 in the frontier region of the Cape Colony, he assumed command of punitive expeditions in response to raiding parties from the adjacent Xhosa territory. He became a spokesperson for the frontier farmers who voiced their discontent, and wrote the Voortrekkers' declaration at their departure from the colony. He was a leading figure during their Great Trek, and at one stage their elected governor. He proposed Natal as the final destination of their migration and selected a location for its future capital, later named Pietermaritzburg in his honour. The massacre of Retief and his delegation by the Zulu King Dingane and the extermination of several Voortrekker laagercamps in the area of the present town of Weenen led to the Battle of Blood River on the Ncome River. The short-lived Boer republic Natalia suffered from ineffective government and was eventually annexed to the British Cape Colony.Early life <mask> was born to Jacobus and Debora <mask> in the Wagenmakersvallei, Cape Colony, today the town of Wellington, South Africa. His family were Boers of French Huguenot ancestry: his great-grandfather was the 1689 Huguenot refugee François Retif, from Mer, Loir-et-Cher near Blois; the progenitor of the name in South Africa. <mask> grew up on the ancestral vineyard Welvanpas, where he worked until the age of 27. After moving to the vicinity of Grahamstown, Retief, like other Boers, acquired wealth through livestock, but suffered repeated losses from Xhosa raids in the period. These prompted the 6th Cape Frontier War. (Retief had a history of financial trouble. On more than one occasion, he lost money and other possessions, mainly through land speculation.He is reported to have gone bankrupt at least twice, while at the colony and on the frontier.) Such losses impelled many frontier farmers to become Voortrekkers (literally, "forward movers") and to migrate to new lands in the north. Retief wrote their (Dutch speaking settlers/ Boer) manifesto, dated 22 January 1837, setting out their long-held grievances against the British government . They believed it had offered them no protection against armed raids by the native bantus, no redress against Foreign Government Policies (British), and financially broke them through the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 which freed their slaves; with compensation offered to owners, which hardly amounted to a quarter of the slaves' market value. Retief's manifesto was published in the Grahamstown Journal on 2 February and De Zuid-Afrikaan on 17 February, just as the emigrant Boers started to leave their homesteads. Great Trek <mask>'s household departed in two wagons from his farm in the Winterberg District in early February 1837 and joined a party of 30 other wagons. The pioneers crossed the Orange River into independent territory.When several parties on the Great Trek converged at the Vet River, <mask> was elected "Governor of the United Laagers" and head of "The Free Province of New Holland in South East Africa." This coalition was very short-lived, and <mask> became the lone leader of the group moving east. On 5 October 1837 Retief established a camp of 54 wagons at Kerkenberg near the Drakensberg ridge. He proceeded on horseback the next day, accompanied by Jan Gerritze Bantjes and fourteen men with four wagons, to explore the region between the Drakensberg and Port Natal, now known as kwaZulu Natal. This was Bantjes's second visit to Port Natal, his first having been there in 1834 on the "Kommissitrek" reconnaissance mission . At Port Natal Retief was taken by the potential of the bay and the possibilities of it becoming a Dutch free trade port. Bantjes and two companions were sent back to the laager at Kerkenberg with a message to the camp on 2 November 1837, announcing to the trekkers that they may now enter Natal.Due to his favourable impression of the region, Retief started negotiations for land with the Zulu king Dingane kaSenzangakhona (known as Dingane/ Dingaan) in November 1837. After Retief led his band over the Drakensberg Mountains, he convinced Voortrekker leaders Gerrit Maritz and Andries Hendrik Potgieter to join him in January 1838. On Retief's second visit to Dingane, the Zulu agreed to Boer settlement in Natal, provided that the Boer delegation recover cattle stolen by the rival Tlokwa nation. This the Boers did, their reputation and rifles cowing the people into handing over some 700 head of cattle. At Retief's request, J.G.Bantjes drew up the famous Piet Retief / Dingaan Treaty outlining the areas of Natal to be secured for the Boers to settle and start their new farms and harbour. This was done and to be ratified at the Zulu King's kraal. Death Despite warnings, Retief left the Tugela region on 25 January 1838, in the belief that he could negotiate with Dingane for permanent boundaries for the Natal settlement.The deed of cession of the Tugela-Umzimvubu region, although dated 4 February 1838, was signed by Dingane on 6 February 1838, with the two sides recording three witnesses each. Dingane invited Retief's party to witness a special performance by his soldiers, whereupon Dingane ordered his soldiers to capture <mask>'s party and their coloured servants. <mask>, his son (<mask>lis), men, and servants, about 100 people in total, were taken to a nearby ridge, kwaMatiwane, named after Matiwane, one of Dingane's tribal chiefs who were executed in a horrific manner The Zulus killed the entire party by clubbing them and killed Retief last, so as to witness the deaths of his son, and his comrades. Retief's chest was sawn open and his heart and liver removed and brought to Dingane in a cloth. Their bodies were left on the KwaMatiwane hillside to be eaten by vultures and scavengers, as was Dingane's custom with his enemies. Dingane then directed the attack against the Voortrekker laagers, which plunged the migrant movement into temporary disarray and in total 534 men, women and children were killed. Following the Voortrekker victory at Blood River, Andries Pretorius and his "victory commando" recovered the remains of the Retief party.They buried them on 21 December 1838. Also recovered was the undamaged deed of cession from Retief's leather purse, written by Jan Gerritze Bantjes, Retief's secretary, as later verified by a member of the "victory commando", E.F. Potgieter. Two exact copies survive, (either of which could be the original) but legend states the original deed disappeared in transit to the Netherlands during the Anglo-Boer War. The site of the Retief grave was more or less forgotten until pointed out in 1896 by J.H. Hattingh, a surviving member of Pretorius's commando. A monument recording the names of the members of Retief's delegation was erected near the grave in 1922. Legacy The town of Piet Retief was named after him as was (partially) the city of Pietermaritzburg.(It is reported by the Voortrekker Minister of that time, Erasmus Smit, whom served with <mask> Retief, in his Diary, that on 23 October 1838 the Voortrekker "Council of the legislative body...has named the first village settlement... <mask> Maritz Burg. The first name is after the late deceased His Excellency <mask>, formerly the Governor, and the second name is after His Honour the late deceased G.M. Maritz, the President of the Council of policy in the camp." Some however continue to speculate that the "Maritz" part was a naming after Gerrit Maritz, another Voortrekker leader, from the start. However, Pietermaritzburg was originally Pietermauritzburg, thereby incorporating both Retief's first and second name. It was only afterwards that the "u" was dropped and it was decreed that Maritz also be remembered in the title. Rhodes University has a residence named after Retief, in Kimberley Hall.References Further reading External links <mask> <mask>, a short biography <mask> <mask>, biography Voortrekker Museum, Pietermaritzburg 1780 births 1838 deaths 19th-century South African people Afrikaner people Dutch Cape Colony people Great Trek History of KwaZulu-Natal Members of the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NHK) People from the Western Cape 18th-century South African people

The leader of the Voortrekker was <mask>. Settling in the frontier region of the Cape Colony in 1814, he assumed command of expeditions in response to raiding parties from the adjacent Xhosa territory. The Voortrekkers' declaration at their departure from the colony was written by him. He was a leader during the Great Trek. He chose Pietermaritzburg as the future capital of Natal and proposed it as the final destination of their migration. The Battle of Blood River took place on the Ncome River after the massacre of Retief and his delegation by the King of the Zulus. Natalia was annexed to the British Cape Colony because of ineffective government.Jacobus and Debora Retief were the parents of early life Retief. His family DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch Retief worked in the vineyard until he was 27. Retief suffered repeated losses from Xhosa raids after moving to the vicinity of Grahamstown. The 6th Cape Frontier War was sparked by these. Retief had a history of financial problems. He lost money and possessions on more than one occasion.He went bankrupt at the colony and on the frontier. Voortrekkers were forced to migrate to new lands in the north because of such losses. Retief wrote their (Dutch speaking settlers/Boer) manifesto in January of 1836, setting out their grievances against the British government. They believed it broke them through the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833, which freed their slaves, and that it didn't offer any protection against armed raids by the native bantus. The De Zuid-Afrikaan was published on 17 February, just as the emigrant Boers started to leave their homesteads. The household of Great Trek Retief left in two wagons from his farm in the Winterberg District to join a party of 30 other wagons. The pioneers crossed the river.<mask> was elected "Governor of the United Laagers" and head of "The Free Province of New Holland in South East Africa" when several parties on the Great Trek descended at the Vet River. <mask> was the only leader of the group moving east. Retief established a camp of 54 wagons at Kerkenberg. He went on horseback the next day with a group of men and four wagons to explore the region between the Drakensberg and Port Natal. His first visit to Port Natal was in 1834 when he was on the "Kommissitrek" mission. Port Natal Retief was taken by the potential of the bay to become a Dutch free trade port. The trekkers were sent back to Kerkenberg with a message stating that they may now enter Natal.In November of 1836, Retief began negotiations for land with the king of the Zulus. Voortrekker leaders were persuaded by Retief to join him in January 1838. On Retief's second visit to Dingane, the Zulu agreed to the Boer settlement if the delegation recovered cattle stolen by the Tlokwa nation. The people were cowed into handing over 700 head of cattle by the reputation of the Boers. The Piet Retief Treaty outlines the areas of Natal to be secured for the Boers to settle and start their new farms and harbour. This was done to be approved by the king. Retief left the Tugela region in the belief that he could negotiate with Dingane for permanent boundaries for the Natal settlement.The Tugela-Umzimvubu region's deed of cession was signed by Dingane on 6 February 1838, with the two sides recording three witnesses each. <mask>'s party was invited to watch a special performance by his soldiers, but they were ordered to capture Retief's party and their coloured servants. <mask>, his son, men, and servants were taken to a ridge named after a tribal chief who was executed in a horrible manner. Retief's heart and liver were removed and he was brought to Dingane in a cloth. Their bodies were left on the hillside to be eaten by scavengers and vultures. 534 men, women and children were killed when the Voortrekker laagers attacked the migrant movement. The remains of the Retief party were recovered after the Voortrekker victory.They were buried on December 21st. A member of the "victory commando", E.F. Potgieter, verified the undamaged deed of cession from Retief's leather purse. The original deed disappeared in transit to the Netherlands during the Anglo-Boer War, but there are two exact copies left. J.H. pointed out the location of the Retief grave in 1896. Hattingh is a member of Pretorius's team. There is a monument near the grave of the members of Retief's delegation. The city of Pietermaritzburg and the town of Piet Retief were named after him.The Voortrekker Minister of that time, Erasmus Smit, who served with <mask> Retief, reported in his Diary that the Voortrekker Council of the legislative body named the first village settlement. The first and second names are after the late Mr. Retief and G.M., respectively. The President of the Council of policy is Maritz. Some still think that the "Maritz" part was named after another Voortrekker leader. Pietermaritzburg incorporated both Retief's first and second names. After the "u" was dropped, it was decided that Maritz would also be remembered in the title. The residence at Rhodes University is named after Retief.External links include a biography of <mask> <mask>, Voortrekker Museum, and members of the Dutch Reformed Church.

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Michael J. Tyler (27 March 1937 – 26 March 2020) dubbed "The Frog Man", was an Australian herpetologist and academic, noted for his research on frogs and toads, chiefly with the University of Adelaide. History Tyler was born in Britain, and early developed an interest in herpetology. While working as a volunteer at the British Museum, he was advised to go to Australia and Papua New Guinea if he wanted to do any ground-breaking research on amphibians. Around 1958–1959 he hitch-hiked to Australia. He joined the University of Adelaide staff as a laboratory technician in 1961, studying and researching part-time, and by 1971 had been promoted to Laboratory Manager, Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology. In 1974 he qualified MSc, and in 1975 won a position as Lecturer, Department of Zoology. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1979 and was appointed Associate Professor of Zoology in 1984. In 2002 he was awarded D.Sc. and appointed Visiting Research Fellow. His research into amphibians both in Australia and overseas was continuous and extensive, with support from organisations as diverse as the South Australian Museum (in 1965, his first overseas travel grant), the Mark Mitchell Foundation, Rotary International, Australian Geographic magazine, Hamilton Laboratories, Australian National University, Mount Isa Mines and the World Wildlife Fund. Apart from descriptive, habitat, behaviour, identification and taxonomic work, which includes identification of new species, his research investigated novel chemicals which have found or may find, pharmaceutical and industrial uses such as fluid balance medications, sunscreens and adhesives. He investigated frog populations as an indicator of the environmental health of aquatic systems and frog mutations as an indicator of pollution. He is one of many who have worked on Australia's Cane toad (previously Bufo marinus, now Rhinella marina) pest problem. He was prominent in research into the world-wide phenomenon of the disappearance of frogs, even entire species, notably in Australia the two species of gastric-brooding frog (Rheobatrachus vitellinus and Rheobatrachus silus), which were declared extinct shortly after their discovery). He was in the forefront of research into Australia's fossil frog record. He was very public in the promotion of frogs as pets, as sources of potentially useful substances, and as an indicator of environmental quality, arguing that a species useful to humans will necessarily be protected. He was involved in a variety of nature documentaries, notably Nature of Australia (1988), ABC Natural History Unit in association with the BBC and WNET, broadcast within their Nature series, and David Attenborough's Life on Earth series (1979). He was a longtime member of the board of the South Australian Museum and its chairman 1982–1992. He was president of the Royal Zoological Society of South Australia and was President of the Royal Society of South Australia 1985–1986. Recognition Royal Society of South Australia – Verco Medal 1980 Field Naturalists Club of Victoria – Australian Natural History Medallion 1980 Elected Fellow, Australian Institute of Biology 1988 City of Adelaide Citizen of the Year, Australia Day 1993 Order of Australia 1995 "for service to zoology, particularly through the research and conservation of Australian amphibians" Michael Daley Eureka Prize for Science Communication 1997 Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science 1998 Riversleigh Society – Riversleigh Medal 1998 "for contributions to Australian Palaeontology" Ig Nobel Prize 2005 for research into frog odours Bibliography Mike Tyler was the author or co-author of a large number of books and over 300 scientific papers, mostly on amphibians: Michael J. Tyler An account of collections of frogs from Central New Guinea Australian Museum, Sydney (1963) Michael J. Tyler The frogs of South Australia South Australian Museum, Adelaide (1966) Michael J. Tyler Papuan hylid frogs of the genus Hyla E.J. Brill, Leiden (1968) Michael J. Tyler The cane toad Bufo marinus : an historical account and modern assessment Vermin and Noxious Weeds Destruction Board, Victoria and Agriculture Protection Board, Western Australia (1975). Michael J. Tyler Frogs Collins' Australian naturalist library (1976) Michael J. Tyler Amphibians of South Australia (section, Handbook of the flora and fauna of South Australia) Government Printers, Adelaide (1978) Michael J. Tyler There's a frog in my throat/stomach Collins, Sydney (1984) Michael Tyler A natural history museum : behind the scenes Bookshelf, Gosford, N.S.W. (1992) Michael J. Tyler Australian frogs : a natural history Reed, Chatswood, NSW (1994) Michael J. Tyler The action plan for Australian frogs Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Canberra (1995) Michael J. Tyler Frogs as pets : a guide to keeping the Australian Green Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea) Graphic Print Group, Richmond, S.Aust (1996) Michael J. Tyler It's true : frogs are cannibals Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, N.S.W. (2004) Joint authorship etc. Michael J. Tyler (compiler) An annotated bibliography of the frogs of Papua New Guinea : (up to and including 1971) South Australian Museum, Adelaide (1973) Linda Trueb and Michael J. Tyler Systematics and evolution of the Greater Antillean hylid frogs Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, Lawrence (1974) Michael J. Tyler and Marion Anstis Taxonomy and biology of frogs of the Litoria citropa complex (Anura: Hylidae) Govt. Printer, Adelaide (1975) C.R. Twidale, M.J. Tyler and B.P. Webb (eds.) Natural history of the Adelaide region Royal Society of South Australia, Northfield, S. Aust. (1976) Michael J. Tyler and Angus A. Martin Taxonomic studies of some Australian leptodactylid frogs of the genus Cyclorana Steindachner South Australian Museum, Adelaide (1977) M.J. Tyler, C.R. Twidale and J.K. Ling (eds.) Natural history of Kangaroo Island Royal Society of South Australia, Adelaide (1979) Michael J. Tyler (ed.) The status of endangered Australasian wildlife Royal Zoological Society of South Australia, Adelaide (1979) Michael J. Tyler, Margaret Davies and Angus A. Martin Australian frogs of the Leptodactylid genus Uperoleia Gray CSIRO, Melbourne (1981) Michael J. Tyler, Margaret Davies and A.A. Martin Frog fauna of the Northern Territory : new distributional records and the description of a new species Royal Society of South Australia, Adelaide (1981) M.J. Tyler, C.R. Twidale, J.K. Ling and J.W. Holmes Natural history of the South East Royal Society of South Australia, Adelaide (1983) Michael J. Tyler (ed.) The gastric brooding frog Croom Helm, London & Canberra (1983). C.R. Twidale, M.J. Tyler and M. Davies (eds.) Natural history of Eyre Peninsula Royal Society of South Australia, Adelaide (1985) Michael J. Tyler and Margaret Davies Frogs of the Northern Territory Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, Darwin (1986). C.R. Twidale, M.J. Tyler, and M. Davies (eds.) Ideas and endeavours : the natural sciences in South Australia Royal Society of South Australia, Adelaide (1986) Michael J. Tyler ; designed by Lynn Twelftree An introduction to frogs Bookshelf Publishing Australia, Gosford, N.S.W. (1987) M.J. Tyler & G.A. Crook Frogs of the Magela Creek system Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra (1987) Michael J. Tyler The biology and systematics of frogs : contributions submitted to The University of Adelaide 1958–2002 (Thesis 2002) M.J. Tyler (ed.) et al, Natural history of the north east deserts Royal Society of South Australia, Adelaide, S. Aust. (1990) Ronald Strahan, series editor Encyclopedia of Australian animals : the National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife / Michael J. Tyler Frogs The Australian Museum (1992) Michael J. Tyler; photographs by Kathie Atkinson Earthworms Bookshelf Publishing Australia, Gosford, N.S.W., (1992) M.J. Tyler, L.A. Smith, R.E. Johnstone Frogs of Western Australia Western Australian Museum, Perth, W.A. (1994) M. Davies, C.R. Twidale and M.J. Tyler (eds.) Natural history of the Flinders Ranges Royal Society of South Australia, Adelaide, S. Aust. (1996) M.J. Tyler, R. Short Identification of diseases contributing to the decline of frog populations in South Australia : final report to the Wildlife Conservation Fund pub. by the authors, Adelaide (1996) Michael J. Tyler and Frank Knight Field guide to the frogs of Australia CSIRO Publishing, Colllingwood, Vic (2009) Michael J. Tyler & Paul Doughty Field guide to frogs of Western Australia (2009) Michael J. Tyler, Steve G. Wilson and Angus Emmott Frogs of the Lake Eyre Basin : a field guide Desert Channels Queensland, Longreach, Qld. (2011) References External links Interview with Roger Carthew Michael J. Tyler: List of all publications 1958–2006 Michael J. Tyler: Curriculum Vitae 1937 births 2020 deaths Australian ecologists Australian herpetologists Australian zoologists Australian people of English descent Officers of the Order of Australia University of Adelaide faculty

<mask><mask> (27 March 1937 – 26 March 2020) dubbed "The Frog Man", was an Australian herpetologist and academic, noted for his research on frogs and toads, chiefly with the University of Adelaide. <mask> was born in Britain, and early developed an interest in herpetology. While working as a volunteer at the British Museum, he was advised to go to Australia and Papua New Guinea if he wanted to do any ground-breaking research on amphibians. Around 1958–1959 he hitch-hiked to Australia. He joined the University of Adelaide staff as a laboratory technician in 1961, studying and researching part-time, and by 1971 had been promoted to Laboratory Manager, Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology. In 1974 he qualified MSc, and in 1975 won a position as Lecturer, Department of Zoology. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1979 and was appointed Associate Professor of Zoology in 1984.In 2002 he was awarded D.Sc. and appointed Visiting Research Fellow. His research into amphibians both in Australia and overseas was continuous and extensive, with support from organisations as diverse as the South Australian Museum (in 1965, his first overseas travel grant), the Mark Mitchell Foundation, Rotary International, Australian Geographic magazine, Hamilton Laboratories, Australian National University, Mount Isa Mines and the World Wildlife Fund. Apart from descriptive, habitat, behaviour, identification and taxonomic work, which includes identification of new species, his research investigated novel chemicals which have found or may find, pharmaceutical and industrial uses such as fluid balance medications, sunscreens and adhesives. He investigated frog populations as an indicator of the environmental health of aquatic systems and frog mutations as an indicator of pollution. He is one of many who have worked on Australia's Cane toad (previously Bufo marinus, now Rhinella marina) pest problem. He was prominent in research into the world-wide phenomenon of the disappearance of frogs, even entire species, notably in Australia the two species of gastric-brooding frog (Rheobatrachus vitellinus and Rheobatrachus silus), which were declared extinct shortly after their discovery).He was in the forefront of research into Australia's fossil frog record. He was very public in the promotion of frogs as pets, as sources of potentially useful substances, and as an indicator of environmental quality, arguing that a species useful to humans will necessarily be protected. He was involved in a variety of nature documentaries, notably Nature of Australia (1988), ABC Natural History Unit in association with the BBC and WNET, broadcast within their Nature series, and David Attenborough's Life on Earth series (1979). He was a longtime member of the board of the South Australian Museum and its chairman 1982–1992. He was president of the Royal Zoological Society of South Australia and was President of the Royal Society of South Australia 1985–1986. Recognition Royal Society of South Australia – Verco Medal 1980 Field Naturalists Club of Victoria – Australian Natural History Medallion 1980 Elected Fellow, Australian Institute of Biology 1988 City of Adelaide Citizen of the Year, Australia Day 1993 Order of Australia 1995 "for service to zoology, particularly through the research and conservation of Australian amphibians" <mask>y Eureka Prize for Science Communication 1997 Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science 1998 Riversleigh Society – Riversleigh Medal 1998 "for contributions to Australian Palaeontology" Ig Nobel Prize 2005 for research into frog odours Bibliography <mask> was the author or co-author of a large number of books and over 300 scientific papers, mostly on amphibians: <mask><mask> An account of collections of frogs from Central New Guinea Australian Museum, Sydney (1963) <mask><mask> The frogs of South Australia South Australian Museum, Adelaide (1966) <mask><mask> Papuan hylid frogs of the genus Hyla E.J. Brill, Leiden (1968) <mask><mask> The cane toad Bufo marinus : an historical account and modern assessment Vermin and Noxious Weeds Destruction Board, Victoria and Agriculture Protection Board, Western Australia (1975).<mask>. <mask> Frogs Collins' Australian naturalist library (1976) <mask>. <mask> Amphibians of South Australia (section, Handbook of the flora and fauna of South Australia) Government Printers, Adelaide (1978) <mask>. <mask> There's a frog in my throat/stomach Collins, Sydney (1984) <mask> A natural history museum : behind the scenes Bookshelf, Gosford, N.S.W. (1992) <mask>. <mask> Australian frogs : a natural history Reed, Chatswood, NSW (1994) <mask>. <mask> The action plan for Australian frogs Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Canberra (1995) <mask>. <mask> Frogs as pets : a guide to keeping the Australian Green Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea) Graphic Print Group, Richmond, S.Aust (1996) <mask>. <mask> It's true : frogs are cannibals Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, N.S.W. (2004) Joint authorship etc. <mask><mask> (compiler) An annotated bibliography of the frogs of Papua New Guinea : (up to and including 1971) South Australian Museum, Adelaide (1973) Linda Trueb and <mask>. <mask> Systematics and evolution of the Greater Antillean hylid frogs Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, Lawrence (1974) <mask>. <mask> and Marion Anstis Taxonomy and biology of frogs of the Litoria citropa complex (Anura: Hylidae) Govt. Printer, Adelaide (1975) C.R. Twidale, M.J<mask> and B.P. Webb (eds.)Natural history of the Adelaide region Royal Society of South Australia, Northfield, S. Aust. (1976) <mask><mask> and Angus A. Martin Taxonomic studies of some Australian leptodactylid frogs of the genus Cyclorana Steindachner South Australian Museum, Adelaide (1977) M.J<mask>, C.R. Twidale and J.K. Ling (eds.) Natural history of Kangaroo Island Royal Society of South Australia, Adelaide (1979) <mask><mask> (ed.) The status of endangered Australasian wildlife Royal Zoological Society of South Australia, Adelaide (1979) <mask><mask>, Margaret Davies and Angus A. Martin Australian frogs of the Leptodactylid genus Uperoleia Gray CSIRO, Melbourne (1981) <mask><mask>, Margaret Davies and A.A. Martin Frog fauna of the Northern Territory : new distributional records and the description of a new species Royal Society of South Australia, Adelaide (1981) M.J<mask>, C.R. Twidale, J.K. Ling and J.W. Holmes Natural history of the South East Royal Society of South Australia, Adelaide (1983) <mask><mask> (ed.)The gastric brooding frog Croom Helm, London & Canberra (1983). C.R. Twidale, M.J<mask> and M. Davies (eds.) Natural history of Eyre Peninsula Royal Society of South Australia, Adelaide (1985) <mask><mask> and Margaret Davies Frogs of the Northern Territory Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, Darwin (1986). C.R. Twidale, M.J<mask>, and M. Davies (eds.) Ideas and endeavours : the natural sciences in South Australia Royal Society of South Australia, Adelaide (1986) <mask>. <mask> ; designed by Lynn Twelftree An introduction to frogs Bookshelf Publishing Australia, Gosford, N.S.W.(1987) M.J. Tyler & G.A. Crook Frogs of the Magela Creek system Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra (1987) <mask>. <mask> The biology and systematics of frogs : contributions submitted to The University of Adelaide 1958–2002 (Thesis 2002) M.J<mask> (ed.) et al, Natural history of the north east deserts Royal Society of South Australia, Adelaide, S. Aust. (1990) Ronald Strahan, series editor Encyclopedia of Australian animals : the National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife / <mask>. <mask> Frogs The Australian Museum (1992) <mask><mask>; photographs by Kathie Atkinson Earthworms Bookshelf Publishing Australia, Gosford, N.S.W., (1992) M.J<mask>, L.A. Smith, R.E. <mask> Frogs of Western Australia Western Australian Museum, Perth, W.A. (1994) M. Davies, C.R. Twidale and M.J. <mask> (eds.)Natural history of the Flinders Ranges Royal Society of South Australia, Adelaide, S. Aust. (1996) M.J. <mask>, R. Short Identification of diseases contributing to the decline of frog populations in South Australia : final report to the Wildlife Conservation Fund pub. by the authors, Adelaide (1996) <mask><mask> and Frank Knight Field guide to the frogs of Australia CSIRO Publishing, Colllingwood, Vic (2009) <mask>. <mask> & Paul Doughty Field guide to frogs of Western Australia (2009) <mask><mask>, Steve G. Wilson and Angus Emmott Frogs of the Lake Eyre Basin : a field guide Desert Channels Queensland, Longreach, Qld. (2011) References External links Interview with Roger Carthew <mask><mask>: List of all publications 1958–2006 <mask><mask>: Curriculum Vitae 1937 births 2020 deaths Australian ecologists Australian herpetologists Australian zoologists Australian people of English descent Officers of the Order of Australia University of Adelaide faculty

<mask><mask> was an Australian herpetologist and academic who was known for his research on Frogs and toads. <mask> was born in Britain and had an interest in herpetology. If he wanted to do any ground-breaking research on salamanders, he was told to go to Australia and New Zealand. He hitch-hiked to Australia in the 1960's. He joined the University of Adelaide as a laboratory technician in 1961, studying and researching part-time, and was promoted to laboratory manager in 1971. In 1975, he became a lecturer in the Department of Zoology. He was appointed Associate Professor of Zoology in 1984.He was awarded a degree in 2002. The Visiting Research Fellow was appointed. In 1965, his first overseas travel grant came from the Mark Mitchell Foundation, one of a number of organizations that supported his research. His research investigated novel chemicals which have found or may find, pharmaceutical and industrial uses such as fluid balance medications, sunscreens and adhesives. He looked at frog populations as an indicator of the health of the aquatic systems. He has worked on Australia's Cane toad pest problem. The two species of gastric-brooding frog, which were declared extinct in Australia, were part of a world-wide phenomenon of the disappearance of frog species.He was at the forefront of researching Australia's fossil frog record. He promoted the frog as a pet, as a source of potentially useful substances, and as an indicator of environmental quality, arguing that a species useful to humans will necessarily be protected. Nature of Australia (1988), ABC Natural History Unit in association with the BBC and WNET, and David Attenborough's Life on Earth series are some of the nature documentaries he was involved in. He was on the board of the South Australian Museum for many years. He was president of both the Royal Society of South Australia and the Royal Zoological Society of South Australia. Australia Day 1993 Order of Australia 1995 "for service to zoology, particularly through the research and preservation of flora and fauna." The cane toad Bufo marinus : an historical account and modern assessment was written by <mask><mask>.The Handbook of the flora and fauna of South Australia was written by <mask><mask>. <mask>. <mask> Frogs as pets is a guide to keeping the Australian Green Tree Frog. There was a joint authorship in 2004. Linda Trueb and <mask><mask> wrote an annotated bibliography of the Greater Antillean hylid frog Museum of Natural History. The C.R. is a printer. They were M.J. <mask> and B.P. The book was written by Webb.The Royal Society of South Australia has a natural history of the region. <mask><mask> and Angus A. Martin studied the Australian leptodactylid frog. The books are by J.K. Ling and Twidale. <mask><mask> wrote a book about the natural history of the Royal Society of South Australia. <mask><mask>, Margaret Davies and A.A. Martin are members of the Royal Zoological Society of South Australia. J.W., <mask>. Ling and Twidale are related. The natural history of the South East Royal Society of South Australia was written by <mask><mask>.The frog Croom Helm is brooding. C.R. M.J. <mask> and M. Davies are authors. <mask><mask> and Margaret Davies are Frogs of the Northern Territory. C.R. M.J. <mask> and M. Davies are authors. The natural sciences in South Australia were designed by <mask>. <mask>.M.J<mask> and G.A. The biology and systematics of Frogs was written by <mask><mask>. The Royal Society of South Australia has a natural history of the north east deserts. <mask>. <mask> Frogs The Australian Museum was published by Earthworms Bookshelf Publishing Australia. There are Frogs in the Western Australian Museum. M. Davies and C.R. The books were written by M.J<mask> and Twidale.The Royal Society of South Australia has a natural history. M.J<mask> and R. Short Identification of diseases contributing to the decline of frog populations in South Australia is a final report. The field guide to the frog of Australia was written by <mask><mask> and Frank Knight. <mask><mask> had an interview with Roger Carthew.

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Hans Freeman

Hans Charles Freeman AM, FAA (26 May 1929 – 9 November 2008) was a German-born Australian bioinorganic chemist, protein crystallographer, and professor of inorganic chemistry who spent most of his academic career at the University of Sydney. His best known contributions to chemistry were his work explaining the unusual structural, electrochemical, and spectroscopic properties of blue copper proteins, particularly plastocyanin. He also introduced protein crystallography to Australia and was a strong advocate for programs to ensure Australian scientists have good access to "big science" facilities. Freeman has received numerous honours, including being elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) and appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) by the Australian Government. He was a charismatic lecturer who voluntarily continued teaching well into his formal retirement and imbued his students with a love of science. Biography Early years and education Hans Charles Freeman was the first and only son of Karl and Lotte Freeman and was born in Breslau in Germany in 1929 (now Wrocław, Poland). In 1938, following a tip-off from a Nazi party member, Karl decided to relocate his Jewish family to Australia. Karl brought his knowledge of detergents (a novelty in Australia at the time) to his new homeland, applying it to the problem of cleaning blood-stained blankets that would otherwise be wasted. After the war, he founded K. H. Freeman Pty Ltd, a detergent and soap manufacturing company; Hans spent many weekends working in the factory, gaining a practical insight into chemistry. Hans adapted well to his new environment, quickly mastering his new language and demonstrating his outstanding scholastic ability. He was dux of his primary school, dux of Sydney Boys High in 1945, and took his bachelor's degree with the university medal in chemistry in 1949. He was one of the ten chemistry students in his class at Sydney Boys High to go on to become Professors of Chemistry. After receiving his MSc in 1952 under the supervision of Raymond Le Fèvre FRS, Freeman attended Caltech on a Rotary Foundation Fellowship where, at the urging of Linus Pauling, he learned the fundamentals of crystallography. He received a PhD in 1957 for his work on the structure of biuret hydrate, where he completed most of the calculations for the crystal structure by hand. Personal life Freeman came to Australia with his parents and his sister, Eva. Following the death of his father in 1958, he became a Director of K. H. Freeman Pty Ltd, which continues to operate today. He met Edith Siou in 1964 and they married in 1966. They have two children, Maeva and Philip. Career Freeman was appointed to the faculty of the University of Sydney in 1954 as a Lecturer, working his way up until he was made the inaugural Professor of Inorganic Chemistry in 1971. Freeman pioneered the use of computers in crystallography in Australia, working on SILLIAC (the Australian cousin of the University of Illinois' ILLIAC machine and Australia's second computer) after its installation in 1956. His research group extended its interests beyond purely organic compounds and on to metal complexes (such as copper biuret, one of the first bioinorganic substances to be structurally determined) and went on to determine the structures of numerous metal complexes of amino acids and peptides. In 1970, the focus of Freeman's research became protein crystallography and he turned his attention to the blue copper proteins (cupredoxins) and particularly the electron transport protein plastocyanin. The intensely blue colour of plastocyanin and its unusual redox properties had frustrated all attempts to synthesise a small molecule mimic. It was not until 1977 that his group finally determined the structure of plastocyanin crystallised from the poplar tree (see diagram at right); this was the first protein crystal structure determined in the southern hemisphere. Together with subsequent work in collaboration with Ed Solomon, this work led to understanding of the unusual geometry of the copper metal site (see diagram at left) as well as the spectroscopic and electrochemical properties characteristic of blue copper proteins. Later in his career, Freeman developed an interest in the applications of EXAFS spectroscopy to metalloprotein structure, collaborating with both James Penner-Hahn and Keith Hodgson. Working together, the Freeman and Hodgson groups were, in 1988, the first to determine a new crystal structure of a protein using the multiple wavelength anomalous dispersion (MAD) method. Throughout his career, Freeman was concerned about the influence of the tyranny of distance on the development of Australian science. For this reason, in 1972 Freeman and Alexander Boden AO, FAA, founded the Foundation for Inorganic Chemistry at the university to bring international scholars to the department to deliver a course for graduate students and give seminars for faculty. The inaugural Foundation scholar was nobel laureate Linus Pauling and the Foundation has brought many other eminent research chemists to Australia. The Foundation has thus functioned to increase Australian awareness of state of the art international research, increased international recognition of Australian research, and allowed graduate students to interact with leading chemists based in institutions far from Australia. Many of the students have gone on to post-graduate or post-doctoral positions with a Foundation scholar. Freeman also provided advice to the Australian Government on the problem of access to "big science" facilities. This included making major contributions to the report Small Country - Big Science in his work for the Australian Science and Technology Council. The report emphasised the need for Australian researchers to have access to facilities such as synchrotron X-ray and high intensity neutron sources, and led directly to the formation of the Australian Synchrotron Research Programme (ASRP) to fund access to such facilities. Freeman served as a board member of the ASRP until its functions were subsumed under the newly commissioned Australian Synchrotron in 2008. The Australian expertise developed as a consequence of ASRP-supported research led to the Australian Synchrotron being built a decade sooner than would have otherwise been the case. Freeman retired from his Chair in 1997, and was succeeded by Len Lindoy FAA. Nevertheless, he continued working in research and became Emeritus Professor of Chemistry and Emeritus Professor of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences. He also voluntarily continued teaching at first-year level. His lecturing was described as "charismatic" and "teaching was a love and a privilege and never an obligation" for him. Legacy Freeman was principally responsible for the establishment of structural biology as a discipline in Australia. He founded the first protein crystallography laboratory in Australia; by the time of his death, there were at least 15 active research groups carrying out protein crystallography in Australia and New Zealand. Many former members of the Freeman research group have moved on to join one of these other groups. The groups interact through the Society of Crystallographers of Australia and New Zealand (SCANZ); Freeman was instrumental in forming the organisation (then called the Society of Crystallographers of Australia) in 1976, and was its Foundation President. Working as a crystallographer, Freeman's major legacies are the understanding of plastocyanin and other blue copper proteins, and development of the MAD method as an extension of EXAFS spectroscopy. Freeman's work in ensuring Australian scientists have access to "big science" facilities will continue to assist researchers into the future. His teaching also leaves a legacy of "generations of students imbued with a love of science". Honours and awards Freeman was recognised for his professional achievements with Fellowships in the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) in 1968, the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1984, and the Australian Academy of Science in 1984. Freeman's contributions were also recognised by the Australian Government with a Centenary Medal in 2001 for "service to Australian society and science in chemistry" and with his appointment as a Member of the Order of Australia in June 2005 for "service to science and scientific research in the field of bio-inorganic chemistry, particularly through the establishment and development of the discipline of crystallography in Australia". Freeman received numerous awards over his long career. In 1980, Freeman received the Burrows Award, the premier award of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the RACI. He was also awarded the 1999 Leighton Memorial Medal which is "the RACI's most prestigious medal and is awarded in recognition of eminent services to chemistry in Australia in the broadest sense." In 2007, he received both the Australian Academy of Science's Craig Medal and an RACI Distinguished Fellowship. Most cited publications The number of citations indicated for each of the following papers are from Web of Science data as at 22 June 2013: X-Ray crystal-structure analysis of plastocyanin at 2.7 Å resolution --- 707 citations --- 642 citations --- 388 citations --- 257 citations --- 209 citations References Australian chemists 1929 births Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Australia 2008 deaths Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science Members of the Order of Australia Recipients of the Centenary Medal University of Sydney alumni University of Sydney faculty People educated at Sydney Boys High School 20th-century chemists

<mask> AM, FAA (26 May 1929 – 9 November 2008) was a German-born Australian bioinorganic chemist, protein crystallographer, and professor of inorganic chemistry who spent most of his academic career at the University of Sydney. His best known contributions to chemistry were his work explaining the unusual structural, electrochemical, and spectroscopic properties of blue copper proteins, particularly plastocyanin. He also introduced protein crystallography to Australia and was a strong advocate for programs to ensure Australian scientists have good access to "big science" facilities. <mask> has received numerous honours, including being elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) and appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) by the Australian Government. He was a charismatic lecturer who voluntarily continued teaching well into his formal retirement and imbued his students with a love of science. Biography Early years and education <mask> was the first and only son of Karl and <mask> and was born in Breslau in Germany in 1929 (now Wrocław, Poland). In 1938, following a tip-off from a Nazi party member, Karl decided to relocate his Jewish family to Australia.Karl brought his knowledge of detergents (a novelty in Australia at the time) to his new homeland, applying it to the problem of cleaning blood-stained blankets that would otherwise be wasted. After the war, he founded K. H. Freeman Pty Ltd, a detergent and soap manufacturing company; <mask> spent many weekends working in the factory, gaining a practical insight into chemistry. <mask> adapted well to his new environment, quickly mastering his new language and demonstrating his outstanding scholastic ability. He was dux of his primary school, dux of Sydney Boys High in 1945, and took his bachelor's degree with the university medal in chemistry in 1949. He was one of the ten chemistry students in his class at Sydney Boys High to go on to become Professors of Chemistry. After receiving his MSc in 1952 under the supervision of Raymond Le Fèvre FRS, <mask> attended Caltech on a Rotary Foundation Fellowship where, at the urging of Linus Pauling, he learned the fundamentals of crystallography. He received a PhD in 1957 for his work on the structure of biuret hydrate, where he completed most of the calculations for the crystal structure by hand.Personal life <mask> came to Australia with his parents and his sister, Eva. Following the death of his father in 1958, he became a Director of K. H. Freeman Pty Ltd, which continues to operate today. He met Edith Siou in 1964 and they married in 1966. They have two children, Maeva and Philip. Career <mask> was appointed to the faculty of the University of Sydney in 1954 as a Lecturer, working his way up until he was made the inaugural Professor of Inorganic Chemistry in 1971. <mask> pioneered the use of computers in crystallography in Australia, working on SILLIAC (the Australian cousin of the University of Illinois' ILLIAC machine and Australia's second computer) after its installation in 1956. His research group extended its interests beyond purely organic compounds and on to metal complexes (such as copper biuret, one of the first bioinorganic substances to be structurally determined) and went on to determine the structures of numerous metal complexes of amino acids and peptides.In 1970, the focus of <mask>'s research became protein crystallography and he turned his attention to the blue copper proteins (cupredoxins) and particularly the electron transport protein plastocyanin. The intensely blue colour of plastocyanin and its unusual redox properties had frustrated all attempts to synthesise a small molecule mimic. It was not until 1977 that his group finally determined the structure of plastocyanin crystallised from the poplar tree (see diagram at right); this was the first protein crystal structure determined in the southern hemisphere. Together with subsequent work in collaboration with Ed Solomon, this work led to understanding of the unusual geometry of the copper metal site (see diagram at left) as well as the spectroscopic and electrochemical properties characteristic of blue copper proteins. Later in his career, <mask> developed an interest in the applications of EXAFS spectroscopy to metalloprotein structure, collaborating with both James Penner-Hahn and Keith Hodgson. Working together, the <mask> and Hodgson groups were, in 1988, the first to determine a new crystal structure of a protein using the multiple wavelength anomalous dispersion (MAD) method. Throughout his career, <mask> was concerned about the influence of the tyranny of distance on the development of Australian science.For this reason, in 1972 <mask> and Alexander Boden AO, FAA, founded the Foundation for Inorganic Chemistry at the university to bring international scholars to the department to deliver a course for graduate students and give seminars for faculty. The inaugural Foundation scholar was nobel laureate Linus Pauling and the Foundation has brought many other eminent research chemists to Australia. The Foundation has thus functioned to increase Australian awareness of state of the art international research, increased international recognition of Australian research, and allowed graduate students to interact with leading chemists based in institutions far from Australia. Many of the students have gone on to post-graduate or post-doctoral positions with a Foundation scholar. <mask> also provided advice to the Australian Government on the problem of access to "big science" facilities. This included making major contributions to the report Small Country - Big Science in his work for the Australian Science and Technology Council. The report emphasised the need for Australian researchers to have access to facilities such as synchrotron X-ray and high intensity neutron sources, and led directly to the formation of the Australian Synchrotron Research Programme (ASRP) to fund access to such facilities.<mask> served as a board member of the ASRP until its functions were subsumed under the newly commissioned Australian Synchrotron in 2008. The Australian expertise developed as a consequence of ASRP-supported research led to the Australian Synchrotron being built a decade sooner than would have otherwise been the case. <mask> retired from his Chair in 1997, and was succeeded by Len Lindoy FAA. Nevertheless, he continued working in research and became Emeritus Professor of Chemistry and Emeritus Professor of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences. He also voluntarily continued teaching at first-year level. His lecturing was described as "charismatic" and "teaching was a love and a privilege and never an obligation" for him. <mask> was principally responsible for the establishment of structural biology as a discipline in Australia.He founded the first protein crystallography laboratory in Australia; by the time of his death, there were at least 15 active research groups carrying out protein crystallography in Australia and New Zealand. Many former members of the Freeman research group have moved on to join one of these other groups. The groups interact through the Society of Crystallographers of Australia and New Zealand (SCANZ); <mask> was instrumental in forming the organisation (then called the Society of Crystallographers of Australia) in 1976, and was its Foundation President. Working as a crystallographer, <mask>'s major legacies are the understanding of plastocyanin and other blue copper proteins, and development of the MAD method as an extension of EXAFS spectroscopy. <mask>'s work in ensuring Australian scientists have access to "big science" facilities will continue to assist researchers into the future. His teaching also leaves a legacy of "generations of students imbued with a love of science". Honours and awards <mask> was recognised for his professional achievements with Fellowships in the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) in 1968, the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1984, and the Australian Academy of Science in 1984.<mask>'s contributions were also recognised by the Australian Government with a Centenary Medal in 2001 for "service to Australian society and science in chemistry" and with his appointment as a Member of the Order of Australia in June 2005 for "service to science and scientific research in the field of bio-inorganic chemistry, particularly through the establishment and development of the discipline of crystallography in Australia". <mask> received numerous awards over his long career. In 1980, <mask> received the Burrows Award, the premier award of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the RACI. He was also awarded the 1999 Leighton Memorial Medal which is "the RACI's most prestigious medal and is awarded in recognition of eminent services to chemistry in Australia in the broadest sense." In 2007, he received both the Australian Academy of Science's Craig Medal and an RACI Distinguished Fellowship. Most cited publications The number of citations indicated for each of the following papers are from Web of Science data as at 22 June 2013: X-Ray crystal-structure analysis of plastocyanin at 2.7 Å resolution --- 707 citations --- 642 citations --- 388 citations --- 257 citations --- 209 citations References Australian chemists 1929 births Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Australia 2008 deaths Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science Members of the Order of Australia Recipients of the Centenary Medal University of Sydney alumni University of Sydney faculty People educated at Sydney Boys High School 20th-century chemists

A German-born Australian bioinorganic chemist, protein crystallographer, and professor of inorganic chemistry, <mask>, FAA, spent most of his academic career at the University of Sydney. His work explaining the unusual structural, electrochemical, and spectroscopic properties of plastocyanin was one of his best known contributions to chemistry. He was a strong advocate for programs to ensure that Australian scientists have good access to "big science" facilities. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia by the Australian Government, as well as being elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. He was a charismatic lecturer who willingly continued teaching into his formal retirement and instilled his students with a love of science. The first and only son of Karl and <mask> was born in Breslau in Germany in 1929. Karl relocated his family to Australia following a tip-off from a Nazi party member.Karl brought his knowledge of detergents to Australia, where he applied it to the problem of cleaning blood-stained blankets that would otherwise be wasted. After the war, he founded a detergent and soap manufacturing company. <mask> spent many weekends working in the factory, gaining a practical insight into chemistry. <mask> was able to adapt well to his new environment and quickly learned his new language. He obtained his bachelor's degree in chemistry from the university in 1949 after duxing his primary school. He was one of the ten chemistry students in his class who went on to become Professors of Chemistry. After receiving his masters degree in 1952 under the supervision of Raymond Le Fvre, he went to Caltech where he learned the basics of crystallography. He received a PhD in 1957 for his work on the structure of biuret hydrate.He came to Australia with his parents and sister. He became a director of the company after his father's death. He married Edith Siou in 1966. Maeva and Philip are their children. He was made the inaugural Professor of Inorganic Chemistry in 1971 after working his way up from a lecturer. The Australian cousin of the University of Illinois' ILLIAC machine and Australia's second computer was created by <mask>, who pioneered the use of computers in crystallography. One of the first bioinorganic substances to be determined was copper biuret, and his research group went on to determine the structures of many metal complexes.In 1970, the focus of <mask>'s research became crystallography and he turned his attention to blue copper and plastocyanin. All attempts to synthesise a small molecule mimic were frustrated by the intensely blue colour of plastocyanin. The firstprotein crystal structure determined in the southern hemisphere was determined by his group in 1977. This work in collaboration with Ed Solomon led to the understanding of the unusual geometry of the copper metal site as well as the properties of blue copper. James Penner-Hahn was one of the people who collaborated with <mask> on the application of EXAFS to metalloprotein structure. The first crystal structure of aProtein using the multiple wavelength anomaly dispersion method was determined by the <mask> and Hodgson groups in 1988. He was concerned about the influence of distance on the development of Australian science.The Foundation for Inorganic Chemistry was founded in 1972 to bring international scholars to the university to teach a course for graduate students and give seminars for faculty. The first Foundation scholar was nobel Laureate Linus Pauling, who brought many other research chemists to Australia. The Foundation has worked to increase Australian awareness of state of the art international research, increased international recognition of Australian research, and allowed graduate students to interact with leading chemists based in institutions far from Australia. Many of the students went on to become Foundation scholars. The Australian Government was given advice on access to "big science" facilities. Major contributions were made to the report Small Country - Big Science in his work for the Australian Science and Technology Council. The formation of the Australian Synchrotron Research Programme (ASRP) was directly related to the need for Australian researchers to have access to facilities such as synchrotron X-ray and high intensity neutron sources.The functions of the ASRP were subsumed under the Australian Synchrotron in 2008. The Australian expertise developed as a result of ASRP-supported research led to the Australian Synchrotron being built a decade sooner than would have otherwise been the case. In 1997 he retired from his Chair and was succeeded by Lindoy FAA. He continued to work in research and became the Emeritus Professor of Chemistry. He continued to teach at the first-year level. His lecturing was described as "charismatic" and "teaching was a love and a privilege and never an obligation" for him. 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The development of the MAD method and the understanding of plastocyanin are two legacies of working as a crystallographer. Australian scientists have access to "big science" facilities thanks to the work of <mask>. Generations of students have a love of science as a result of his teaching. In 1968, the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI), the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the Australian Academy of Science recognised his professional achievements.In 2001 the Australian Government gave a Centenary Medal for "service to Australian society and science in chemistry" and in 2005 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for "service to science and scientific research in the field of bio-inorganics". He received a lot of awards over the course of his career. The premier award of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the RACI was the Burrows Award. The 1999 Leighton Memorial Medal is the most prestigious medal and is awarded in recognition of "eminent services to chemistry in Australia in the broadest sense." He received two awards in 2007, one from the Australian Academy of Science and the other from the RACI. The X-Ray crystal-structure analysis of plastocyanin at 2.7 resolution is one of the most cited publications.

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Ursula Katherine Duncan

Ursula Katherine Duncan (17 September 1910 – 27 January 1985) was a botanist with a special interest in mosses and lichens, and a lifelong love and knowledge of flowers. She was entirely self-educated in botany, and corresponded with numerous professional and amateur colleagues, who contributed to her scientific development. She published on bryology, lichenology and vascular plants. The University of Dundee awarded her an honorary doctorate in 1969 for her work as a plant taxonomist and soon after, she was chosen to receive the Linnaean Society's H. H. Bloomer Award for 1973. As well as pursuing her botanical interests, she took charge of the Duncan family's Scottish estate. Early life and family She was born on 17 September 1910 in Kensington to Dorothy Duncan née Weston and Commander John Alexander Duncan CB RN. The family, including her younger sister Frances, lived in London when the girls were little but moved to their estate at Parkhill near Arbroath when Ursula was nine. Soon after that she started to take an interest in plants, accompanying her father on expeditions to study flowers, and joining the Wild Flower Society. She had a governess for a time, but studied independently too, getting a distinction in classics when she took her School Certificate exams at 15. Later, she followed this up with independent study leading to external degrees in classics from the University of London: a BA in 1952 and MA in 1956. She was also a talented pianist with a good grasp of music theory, and qualified as LRAM. During the Second World War Duncan worked in Inverness for the Censorship Department, until her family changed suddenly in August 1943. Less than a week after her sister married and moved away, her father died. She took on overall managerial responsibility for the extensive family landholding she inherited, which included 600 acres of farmland. This generated an income which allowed her to pursue her interests. Botany Mosses In 1931 she joined the Botanical Society of the British Isles and in 1938 joined the British Bryological Society, of which she was made an honorary member in 1980. Sphagnum species were a particular interest, and Duncan became a leading mid-20th century British authority on these. She drew up distribution maps and contributed significantly to records of new sightings: for instance, she found mosses that had not been noted since the 19th century, like Grimmia unicolor and Bryum dixonii. Her correspondence with other bryologists helped her initially when John Bishop Duncan encouraged her studies, and then she became known as a generous, knowledgeable and conscientious correspondent with her botanical friends and acquaintances, including people who asked for help with identifying specimens. Her obituarist in the Journal of Bryology, Dr. E.V. Watson, thought the following were her most important writings on the subject. 1956 A bryophyte flora of Wigtownshire. Trans. Br. bryol. Soc. 3, 50-63. 1960 A survey of the bryophytes and lichens of 'The Burn', Kincardine, Trans. Proc. bot. Soc. Edinb. 39, 62-84. 1962 Illustrated Key to Sphagnum mosses. Trans. Proc. bot. Soc. Edinb. 39, 290-301. 1962 The bryophytes and lichens of the Loch Tay area. Rep. Scott. Fld. Stud. Ass. 1962, 20-31. 1966 The bryophytes of the Kindrogan area. Rep. Scott. Fld. Stud. Ass., 1966, 10-16. 1966 The bryophyte flora of Angus. Trans. Br. bryol. Soc. 5, 1-82. Lichens Duncan took up lichenology after Walter Watson and R.H. Burn helped introduce her to it, and found herself working in a field that was not thriving in the UK of the 1940s and '50s. She played an important role in reawakening interest in lichens, through her courses at the Kindrogan field centre and her contributions at British Lichen Society field meetings. She was a founder member of the British Lichen Society and contributed many of the Scottish records in W. Watson's Census Catalogue of British Lichens (1953). 1959 A Guide to the Study of Lichens, Arbroath: T. Buncle & Co. 1963 Lichen Illustrations. Supplement, etc., Arbroath: T. Buncle & Co. 1970 Introduction to British lichens, with P. W. James, Arbroath: T. Buncle & Co. Flowers and other vascular plants Some friends claimed Duncan loved flowers above all other plants, and she enjoyed gardening at Parkhill. She had a special interest in the floras of her home county of Angus and also of East Ross-shire and Mull. Her work in Mull helped initiate a British Museum project on the flora of Mull. 1980 Flora of East Ross-Shire, [Edinburgh] : Botanical Society of Edinburgh Legacy When she did field work with others, she encouraged beginners and shared her knowledge and enthusiasm with them as she did with experienced naturalists too. Her obituaries describe her walking vigorously over hilly ground in wild countryside seeking out interesting specimens: "tireless tramping". Outdoor work, teaching and writing were among Duncan's great strengths. She refused opportunities to join formal committees, and when she was given her doctorate she never used the title Dr. She was a Fellow of the Linnaean Society (FLS) as well as being honoured by their H.H. Bloomer award.. Shortly before her death at Arbroath on 27 January 1985 her sizeable collection of vascular plants with taxonomic significance was given to the Dundee Museum. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh has her cryptogam collection including important lichen records and other material. Parents Her mother was born Beatrice Dorothy Percy Weston. Her father had a successful naval career as a senior officer. In the year Ursula Duncan was born he started a War Office job in London, from which he retired in 1919. For much of his daughter's life he was a locally prominent landowner with a specialist interest in breeding Suffolk sheep. Frances Louise was Mrs. Frances Gunner at the time of her sister's death. References Additional sources Natural History Museum Plant Collectors Biography for Duncan, Ursula Katherine (1910-1985) Mark Lawley, Ursula Katharine Duncan Note She wrote as Ursula K. Duncan. Sometimes her name is given as Ursula Katharine Duncan. 1910 births 1985 deaths Scottish botanists Bryologists Fellows of the Linnean Society of London Women taxonomists People from Kensington Women botanists Members of the British Bryological Society

<mask> (17 September 1910 – 27 January 1985) was a botanist with a special interest in mosses and lichens, and a lifelong love and knowledge of flowers. She was entirely self-educated in botany, and corresponded with numerous professional and amateur colleagues, who contributed to her scientific development. She published on bryology, lichenology and vascular plants. The University of Dundee awarded her an honorary doctorate in 1969 for her work as a plant taxonomist and soon after, she was chosen to receive the Linnaean Society's H. H. Bloomer Award for 1973. As well as pursuing her botanical interests, she took charge of the <mask> family's Scottish estate. Early life and family She was born on 17 September 1910 in Kensington to <mask> née Weston and Commander <mask> CB RN. The family, including her younger sister Frances, lived in London when the girls were little but moved to their estate at Parkhill near Arbroath when <mask> was nine.Soon after that she started to take an interest in plants, accompanying her father on expeditions to study flowers, and joining the Wild Flower Society. She had a governess for a time, but studied independently too, getting a distinction in classics when she took her School Certificate exams at 15. Later, she followed this up with independent study leading to external degrees in classics from the University of London: a BA in 1952 and MA in 1956. She was also a talented pianist with a good grasp of music theory, and qualified as LRAM. During the Second World War <mask> worked in Inverness for the Censorship Department, until her family changed suddenly in August 1943. Less than a week after her sister married and moved away, her father died. She took on overall managerial responsibility for the extensive family landholding she inherited, which included 600 acres of farmland.This generated an income which allowed her to pursue her interests. Botany Mosses In 1931 she joined the Botanical Society of the British Isles and in 1938 joined the British Bryological Society, of which she was made an honorary member in 1980. Sphagnum species were a particular interest, and <mask> became a leading mid-20th century British authority on these. She drew up distribution maps and contributed significantly to records of new sightings: for instance, she found mosses that had not been noted since the 19th century, like Grimmia unicolor and Bryum dixonii. Her correspondence with other bryologists helped her initially when John Bishop <mask> encouraged her studies, and then she became known as a generous, knowledgeable and conscientious correspondent with her botanical friends and acquaintances, including people who asked for help with identifying specimens. Her obituarist in the Journal of Bryology, Dr. E.V. Watson, thought the following were her most important writings on the subject.1956 A bryophyte flora of Wigtownshire. Trans. Br. bryol. Soc. 3, 50-63. 1960 A survey of the bryophytes and lichens of 'The Burn', Kincardine, Trans.Proc. bot. Soc. Edinb. 39, 62-84. 1962 Illustrated Key to Sphagnum mosses. Trans.Proc. bot. Soc. Edinb. 39, 290-301. 1962 The bryophytes and lichens of the Loch Tay area. Rep. Scott.Fld. Stud. Ass. 1962, 20-31. 1966 The bryophytes of the Kindrogan area. Rep. Scott. Fld.Stud. Ass., 1966, 10-16. 1966 The bryophyte flora of Angus. Trans. Br. bryol. Soc.5, 1-82. Lichens <mask> took up lichenology after Walter Watson and R.H. Burn helped introduce her to it, and found herself working in a field that was not thriving in the UK of the 1940s and '50s. She played an important role in reawakening interest in lichens, through her courses at the Kindrogan field centre and her contributions at British Lichen Society field meetings. She was a founder member of the British Lichen Society and contributed many of the Scottish records in W. Watson's Census Catalogue of British Lichens (1953). 1959 A Guide to the Study of Lichens, Arbroath: T. Buncle & Co. 1963 Lichen Illustrations. Supplement, etc., Arbroath: T. Buncle & Co. 1970 Introduction to British lichens, with P. W. James, Arbroath: T. Buncle & Co.Flowers and other vascular plants Some friends claimed <mask> loved flowers above all other plants, and she enjoyed gardening at Parkhill. She had a special interest in the floras of her home county of Angus and also of East Ross-shire and Mull. Her work in Mull helped initiate a British Museum project on the flora of Mull. 1980 Flora of East Ross-Shire, [Edinburgh] : Botanical Society of Edinburgh Legacy When she did field work with others, she encouraged beginners and shared her knowledge and enthusiasm with them as she did with experienced naturalists too. Her obituaries describe her walking vigorously over hilly ground in wild countryside seeking out interesting specimens: "tireless tramping". Outdoor work, teaching and writing were among <mask>'s great strengths. She refused opportunities to join formal committees, and when she was given her doctorate she never used the title Dr. She was a Fellow of the Linnaean Society (FLS) as well as being honoured by their H.H.Bloomer award.. Shortly before her death at Arbroath on 27 January 1985 her sizeable collection of vascular plants with taxonomic significance was given to the Dundee Museum. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh has her cryptogam collection including important lichen records and other material. Parents Her mother was born Beatrice Dorothy Percy Weston. Her father had a successful naval career as a senior officer. In the year <mask> was born he started a War Office job in London, from which he retired in 1919. For much of his daughter's life he was a locally prominent landowner with a specialist interest in breeding Suffolk sheep.Frances Louise was Mrs. Frances Gunner at the time of her sister's death. References Additional sources Natural History Museum Plant Collectors Biography for <mask>, <mask> (1910-1985) Mark Lawley, <mask> <mask> Note She wrote as <mask><mask>. Sometimes her name is given as <mask> <mask>. 1910 births 1985 deaths Scottish botanists Bryologists Fellows of the Linnean Society of London Women taxonomists People from Kensington Women botanists Members of the British Bryological Society

<mask> was a botanist with a special interest in mosses and lichens and a lifelong love and knowledge of flowers. She had many professional and amateur colleagues who contributed to her scientific development. She published on a number of plants. The Linnaean Society's H. H. Bloomer Award was given to her in 1973. She took charge of the <mask> family's Scottish estate as well as pursuing her botanical interests. She was the daughter of Commander <mask> CB RN and <mask> nee Weston. When <mask> was nine years old, the family moved to their estate at Parkhill near Arbroath after living in London.She joined the Wild Flower Society after accompanying her father on expeditions to study flowers. She studied independently and got a distinction in classics when she took her School Certificate exams at 15. She obtained a degree in classics from the University of London in 1952 and 1956. She qualified as LRAM because she was a talented pianist with a good grasp of music theory. During the Second World War, <mask> worked for the Censorship Department in Inverness. Her father died less than a week after her sister married. 600 acres of farmland was included in the extensive family landholding she inherited.She was able to pursue her interests because of this income. In 1931 she joined the Botanical Society of the British Isles and in 1938 she joined the British Bryological Society. <mask> was a leading mid-20th century British authority on Sphagnum species. For example, she found mosses that hadn't been noted since the 19th century, like Grimmia unicolor. When John Bishop <mask> encouraged her studies, she became known as a generous, knowledgeable and conscientious correspondent with her botanical friends and acquaintances. The obituarist is Dr. E.V. The following were her most important writings.There is a flora of Wigtownshire. Trans. There is a person named br. Bryol. Soc. 3, 50-63. A survey of the flora and fauna of 'The Burn'.Proc. A bot. Soc. It's edin. 39, 62, 84. The key to Sphagnum mosses was illustrated in 1962. Trans.Proc. A bot. Soc. It's edin. 39, 290-301. The Loch Tay area has bryophytes and lichens. Rep. Scott.Fld. There is a stud. Ass. The year 1962, 20-31. The Kindrogan area has bryophytes. Rep. Scott. Fld.There is a stud. In 1966, 10-16. The flora of Angus in 1966. Trans. There is a person named br. Bryol. Soc.5, 1-87. After Walter and R.H., Lichens <mask> took up lichenology. She found herself working in a field that was not thriving in the UK of the 1940s and '50s after Burn introduced her to it. Through her courses at the Kindrogan field centre and her contributions at British Lichen Society field meetings, she played an important role in reawakening interest in lichens. She was a founding member of the British Lichen Society. A guide to the study of Lichens was published in 1959 and 1963. The 1970 introduction to British lichens was written by T. Buncle & Co.Some friends claimed that <mask> loved flowers above all other plants, and that she enjoyed gardening at Parkhill. She had a special interest in the floras of her home county of Angus. The British Museum started a project on the flora of Mull because of her work. She encouraged beginners and shared her knowledge and enthusiasm with them when she did field work. She was described in her obituaries as "tireless tramping" in the wild countryside. <mask>'s strengths were outdoor work, teaching and writing. She never used the title Dr. when she was given her doctorate because she refused opportunities to join formal committees.The award is called a bloomer. She gave her collection of plants to the museum before she died. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh has a collection of cryptams. Her mother was a woman. Her father was 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 He retired from the War Office in London in 1919 after starting there in the year Ursula <mask> was born. For most of his daughter's life he was a prominent land owner with an interest in breeding Suffolk sheep.At the time of her sister's death, Mrs. Frances Louise was there. The Natural History Museum Plant Collectors Biography for <mask> was written by Mark Lawley. Sometimes she is referred to as <mask>. The Linnean Society of London has women taxonomists.

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Michael O'Hehir

Michael James Hehir (also known as Michael O'Hehir and ; 2 June 1920 – 24 November 1996) was an Irish hurling, football and horse racing commentator and journalist. Between 1938 and 1985 his enthusiasm and memorable turn of phrase endeared him to many. He is still regarded as the original 'voice of Gaelic games'. Early life O'Hehir was born in Glasnevin, Dublin to parents who had moved from Clare. His father, Jim O'Hehir, was active in Gaelic games, having trained his native county to win the 1914 All-Ireland title in hurling. He subsequently trained the Leitrim football team that secured the Connacht title in 1927 and he also served as an official with the Dublin Junior Board. O'Hehir was educated at St. Patrick's National School in Drumcondra before later attending the O'Connell School. He later studied electrical engineering at University College Dublin, but he abandoned his studies after just one year to pursue a full-time career in broadcasting. O'Hehir never played football, but he enjoyed a distinguished hurling career with the St. Vincent's club in Raheny. Broadcasting career Early career O'Hehir became fascinated with the radio when he received a present of one as a child. He had just turned eighteen and was still a schoolboy when he wrote to Radio Éireann asking to do a test commentary. O'Hehir was accepted and was asked, along with five others, to do a five-minute microphone test for a National Football League game between Wexford and Louth. His microphone test impressed the director of broadcasting so much that he was invited to commentate on the whole of the second half of the match. Two months later in August 1938 O'Hehir made his first broadcast - the All-Ireland football semi-final between Monaghan and Galway. He went on to commentate on the second semi-final and that year's final between Galway and Kerry. The following year he covered his first hurling final - the famous "thunder and lightning final" between Cork and Kilkenny. Sports broadcasting in Ireland was still in its infancy at this stage, however, O'Hehir's Sunday afternoon commentaries quickly became a way of life for many rural listeners. The Polo Grounds Final By the mid-1940s O'Hehir was recognised as one of Ireland's leading sports broadcasters. In 1947 he faced his most challenging broadcast to date when he had to commentate on the All-Ireland Football Final from the Polo Grounds in New York City. Over 1,000,000 people were listening to the broadcast back in Ireland and O'Hehir was the one link between the game in New York and the fans in Ireland. The broadcast had to be finished by five o'clock local time, but the match ran late. The last few minutes of O'Hehir's commentary included him pleading with the broadcast technicians not to take him off the air. His pleas were successful and the Irish people were able to listen to the game in full. Horse racing In 1944 O'Hehir joined the staff of Independent Newspapers as a sports sub-editor, before beginning a seventeen-year career as racing correspondent in 1947. His racing expertise was not just limited to print journalism as he became a racing commentator with Radio Éireann in 1945. Even though O'Hehir's star was on the rise with the national broadcaster in Ireland, he applied to the BBC for a position as racing commentator. His application was accepted and he provided commentary for the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The BBC bosses were sufficiently impressed with O'Hehir to offer him further commentaries. O'Hehir subsequently became a staple of the BBC's coverage of the famous annual Grand National steeplechase. He would invariably pick up the commentary at the Becher's Brook fence and take the race to Valentine's Brook, a vital section of the race where many a favourite fell. Foinavon's famous victory in 1967 will be remembered as one of O'Hehir's finest moments in racing commentaries and won him great respect for the speed and smoothness with which he picked out the unconsidered outsider. O'Hehir later confessed in an interview that it had been his inability to identify the colours on his card when inspecting the riders silks in the weighing room prior to the race that had led him to question rider John Buckingham who his mount was. Buckingham advised O'Hehir that Foinavon's silks had been changed at the last minute as his regular green colours were considered unlucky. It was because of this chance meeting that he was able to identify the 100/1 outsider and carry the commentary. However, in the 1969 Grand National, O'Hehir made a horrendous error stating eventual winner Highland Wedding had fallen at Bechers Brook (2nd circuit), when it was a horse called Kilburn that actually fell. He only covered three TV Grand Nationals (1967, 1968 and 1969), afterwards he would continue to cover the race for BBC Radio until 1981. In addition to horseracing O'Hehir also covered showjumping, including the Dublin Horse Show at the RDS in Ballsbridge. Head of Sport In 1961 Ireland's first national television station, Telefís Éireann, was founded and O'Hehir was appointed head of sports programmes. As a result of his influence O'Hehir secured the broadcasting rights to the closing stages of the All-Ireland hurling and football championships for the new station. As well as his new role O'Hehir continued to keep up a hectic schedule of commentaries. Current affairs broadcasting O'Hehir's skills did not just confine him to sports broadcasting and, in November 1963, he faced his toughest broadcast. By coincidence he was on holidays with his wife Molly in New York City when US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. O'Hehir was asked by Telefís Éireann to provide the commentary for the funeral. The live five-hour broadcast proved a huge challenge for him, as he had had no association with political or current affairs broadcasting up to that point and lacked the resources available to more established television stations. O'Hehir's commentary, however, won widespread acclaim in Ireland and showed a different side of his nature. He later described it as the most moving and most demanding commentary of his career. O'Hehir was known in the United States prior to this as he had worked with ABC as a racing commentator. His presentation of the Kennedy funeral brought offers from American broadcasters, however, he preferred to remain in Ireland. O'Hehir later provided commentaries for other non-sporting events such as the reburial of Roger Casement (who had been executed in 1916) in 1965 and the celebrations marking the golden jubilee of the Easter Rising in 1966. Later career In the early 1970s the initial challenge of being head of sport had faded as Telefís Éireann was now an established broadcaster. In 1972 he became manager of the newly designed Leopardstown Racecourse but left the following year to continue writing and broadcasting as a freelance journalist. This work took him to the United States where he commentated for NBC in races such as the Arlington Million. This association with the American broadcaster lasted well into the eighties. In 1975 O'Hehir was honoured by The Late Late Show with a special tribute show. In the 1984 People of the Year Awards he was one of the winners. In his commentary O'Hehir aimed at impartiality but admitted that he was always blamed for being "against the losers." Similarly he was also blamed for making a game out of nothing. Shortly after Dublin defeated Galway in 1983 in a tense All-Ireland final about thirty Dublin supporters attacked him in the commentary box when he was commentating at another match in Navan. Only the presence of an armed detective - there to protect the microphone - saved him from serious injury. Illness and later life In August 1985 O'Hehir was preparing to commentate on the All-Ireland hurling final between Offaly and Galway. It would be a special occasion as it would mark his 100th commentary on an All-Ireland final. Two weeks before the game he suffered a stroke which left him using a wheelchair and with some speaking difficulties. This illness denied him the chance to reach the century milestone. O'Hehir was subsequently replaced by Ger Canning on television, and on radio by Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh. He had hoped to return to broadcasting one day to complete his 100th final; however, this never happened. In 1987 the centenary All-Ireland football final took place and a special series of events was planned on the day at Croke Park. There was a parade of the 1947 Polo Grounds finalists; however, the biggest cheer of the day was reserved for O'Hehir who was pushed onto the field in a wheelchair by his son Peter. Nobody expected the standing ovation and the huge outpouring of emotion from the thousands of fans present and from O'Hehir himself. Over the next few years O'Hehir withdrew from public life. He returned briefly in 1996 when his autobiography, My Life and Times, was published. Death Michael O'Hehir died in Dublin on 24 November 1996. Centenary The centenary of his birth was on 2 June 2020. Quotes "And if there's anybody along the way there listening in, just give us five minutes more" - O'Hehir saving the 1947 Polo Grounds Final for all the Irish listeners "Ring in front of the goal is going through. He steadies himself, he takes a shot. It's blocked by Art Foley and it's cleared out by Art Foley. Oh, what a magnificent save there by Art Foley" - O'Hehir's description of Art Foley's famous save in the final moments of the 1956 hurling final "And Tom Cheasty breaks through with Kilkenny defenders falling around him like dying wasps" - during one of the Kilkenny - Waterford games of the late 1950s or early 1960s "And it looks like there’s a bit of a schemozzle in the parallelogram" - O'Hehir's ubiquitous euphemism for a fight "The greatest freak of all time" - after Mikey Sheehy lobs the ball into the goal while Dublin goalkeeper, Paddy Cullen is arguing with the referee "And it looks as if they were winning the way the Offaly men are just dithering and dawdling there...and here they come. This is Liam Connor the full-back...a high, lobbing, dropping ball in towards the goalmouth...a shot and a GOAL, a GOAL, a GOAL FOR OFFALY! There was a goal in the game! A goal. Oh, what a goal!" - O'Hehir's reaction as Séamus Darby scores the winning goal for Offaly in the 1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, denying Kerry a famous fifth consecutive All-Ireland title. "And the bare-footed wonder with the ball now" - O'Hehir's description of Babs Keating who played some of the 1971 All-Ireland Hurling Final in his bare feet "And there he is, Alan Lotty. He may be bootless, he may be sockless, he may be stickless, but he is certainly not ball-less." - O'Hehir's unusual description of Cork's Alan Lotty after he discarded his boots and socks and lost his hurley in a collision with another player "And it is a penalty. And Paddy Cullen, heaven help him, in there in the goal" - during the 1974 all-Ireland football final. "And the Jacks are back alright and the way they're playing right now the Galway backs are jacked!" See also List of people on stamps of Ireland References 1920 births 1996 deaths Alumni of University College Dublin Gaelic games commentators Irish Independent people Irish sports broadcasters People educated at O'Connell School People from Glasnevin RTÉ Radio 1 presenters RTÉ television presenters St Vincents (Dublin) hurlers GAA people from County Dublin Sportspeople from County Dublin

<mask> (also known as <mask>'Hehir and ; 2 June 1920 – 24 November 1996) was an Irish hurling, football and horse racing commentator and journalist. Between 1938 and 1985 his enthusiasm and memorable turn of phrase endeared him to many. He is still regarded as the original 'voice of Gaelic games'. Early life O'Hehir was born in Glasnevin, Dublin to parents who had moved from Clare. His father, Jim O'Hehir, was active in Gaelic games, having trained his native county to win the 1914 All-Ireland title in hurling. He subsequently trained the Leitrim football team that secured the Connacht title in 1927 and he also served as an official with the Dublin Junior Board. O'Hehir was educated at St. Patrick's National School in Drumcondra before later attending the O'Connell School.He later studied electrical engineering at University College Dublin, but he abandoned his studies after just one year to pursue a full-time career in broadcasting. O'Hehir never played football, but he enjoyed a distinguished hurling career with the St. Vincent's club in Raheny. Broadcasting career Early career O'Hehir became fascinated with the radio when he received a present of one as a child. He had just turned eighteen and was still a schoolboy when he wrote to Radio Éireann asking to do a test commentary. O'Hehir was accepted and was asked, along with five others, to do a five-minute microphone test for a National Football League game between Wexford and Louth. His microphone test impressed the director of broadcasting so much that he was invited to commentate on the whole of the second half of the match. Two months later in August 1938 O'Hehir made his first broadcast - the All-Ireland football semi-final between Monaghan and Galway.He went on to commentate on the second semi-final and that year's final between Galway and Kerry. The following year he covered his first hurling final - the famous "thunder and lightning final" between Cork and Kilkenny. Sports broadcasting in Ireland was still in its infancy at this stage, however, O'Hehir's Sunday afternoon commentaries quickly became a way of life for many rural listeners. The Polo Grounds Final By the mid-1940s O'Hehir was recognised as one of Ireland's leading sports broadcasters. In 1947 he faced his most challenging broadcast to date when he had to commentate on the All-Ireland Football Final from the Polo Grounds in New York City. Over 1,000,000 people were listening to the broadcast back in Ireland and O'Hehir was the one link between the game in New York and the fans in Ireland. The broadcast had to be finished by five o'clock local time, but the match ran late.The last few minutes of O'Hehir's commentary included him pleading with the broadcast technicians not to take him off the air. His pleas were successful and the Irish people were able to listen to the game in full. Horse racing In 1944 O'Hehir joined the staff of Independent Newspapers as a sports sub-editor, before beginning a seventeen-year career as racing correspondent in 1947. His racing expertise was not just limited to print journalism as he became a racing commentator with Radio Éireann in 1945. Even though O'Hehir's star was on the rise with the national broadcaster in Ireland, he applied to the BBC for a position as racing commentator. His application was accepted and he provided commentary for the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The BBC bosses were sufficiently impressed with O'Hehir to offer him further commentaries.O'Hehir subsequently became a staple of the BBC's coverage of the famous annual Grand National steeplechase. He would invariably pick up the commentary at the Becher's Brook fence and take the race to Valentine's Brook, a vital section of the race where many a favourite fell. Foinavon's famous victory in 1967 will be remembered as one of O'Hehir's finest moments in racing commentaries and won him great respect for the speed and smoothness with which he picked out the unconsidered outsider. O'Hehir later confessed in an interview that it had been his inability to identify the colours on his card when inspecting the riders silks in the weighing room prior to the race that had led him to question rider John Buckingham who his mount was. Buckingham advised O'Hehir that Foinavon's silks had been changed at the last minute as his regular green colours were considered unlucky. It was because of this chance meeting that he was able to identify the 100/1 outsider and carry the commentary. However, in the 1969 Grand National, O'Hehir made a horrendous error stating eventual winner Highland Wedding had fallen at Bechers Brook (2nd circuit), when it was a horse called Kilburn that actually fell.He only covered three TV Grand Nationals (1967, 1968 and 1969), afterwards he would continue to cover the race for BBC Radio until 1981. In addition to horseracing O'Hehir also covered showjumping, including the Dublin Horse Show at the RDS in Ballsbridge. Head of Sport In 1961 Ireland's first national television station, Telefís Éireann, was founded and O'Hehir was appointed head of sports programmes. As a result of his influence O'Hehir secured the broadcasting rights to the closing stages of the All-Ireland hurling and football championships for the new station. As well as his new role O'Hehir continued to keep up a hectic schedule of commentaries. Current affairs broadcasting O'Hehir's skills did not just confine him to sports broadcasting and, in November 1963, he faced his toughest broadcast. By coincidence he was on holidays with his wife Molly in New York City when US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.O'Hehir was asked by Telefís Éireann to provide the commentary for the funeral. The live five-hour broadcast proved a huge challenge for him, as he had had no association with political or current affairs broadcasting up to that point and lacked the resources available to more established television stations. O'Hehir's commentary, however, won widespread acclaim in Ireland and showed a different side of his nature. He later described it as the most moving and most demanding commentary of his career. O'Hehir was known in the United States prior to this as he had worked with ABC as a racing commentator. His presentation of the Kennedy funeral brought offers from American broadcasters, however, he preferred to remain in Ireland. O'Hehir later provided commentaries for other non-sporting events such as the reburial of Roger Casement (who had been executed in 1916) in 1965 and the celebrations marking the golden jubilee of the Easter Rising in 1966.Later career In the early 1970s the initial challenge of being head of sport had faded as Telefís Éireann was now an established broadcaster. In 1972 he became manager of the newly designed Leopardstown Racecourse but left the following year to continue writing and broadcasting as a freelance journalist. This work took him to the United States where he commentated for NBC in races such as the Arlington Million. This association with the American broadcaster lasted well into the eighties. In 1975 O'Hehir was honoured by The Late Late Show with a special tribute show. In the 1984 People of the Year Awards he was one of the winners. In his commentary O'Hehir aimed at impartiality but admitted that he was always blamed for being "against the losers."Similarly he was also blamed for making a game out of nothing. Shortly after Dublin defeated Galway in 1983 in a tense All-Ireland final about thirty Dublin supporters attacked him in the commentary box when he was commentating at another match in Navan. Only the presence of an armed detective - there to protect the microphone - saved him from serious injury. Illness and later life In August 1985 O'Hehir was preparing to commentate on the All-Ireland hurling final between Offaly and Galway. It would be a special occasion as it would mark his 100th commentary on an All-Ireland final. Two weeks before the game he suffered a stroke which left him using a wheelchair and with some speaking difficulties. This illness denied him the chance to reach the century milestone.O'Hehir was subsequently replaced by Ger Canning on television, and on radio by Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh. He had hoped to return to broadcasting one day to complete his 100th final; however, this never happened. In 1987 the centenary All-Ireland football final took place and a special series of events was planned on the day at Croke Park. There was a parade of the 1947 Polo Grounds finalists; however, the biggest cheer of the day was reserved for O'Hehir who was pushed onto the field in a wheelchair by his son Peter. Nobody expected the standing ovation and the huge outpouring of emotion from the thousands of fans present and from O'Hehir himself. Over the next few years O'Hehir withdrew from public life. He returned briefly in 1996 when his autobiography, My Life and Times, was published.Death <mask>'Hehir died in Dublin on 24 November 1996. Centenary The centenary of his birth was on 2 June 2020. Quotes "And if there's anybody along the way there listening in, just give us five minutes more" - O'Hehir saving the 1947 Polo Grounds Final for all the Irish listeners "Ring in front of the goal is going through. He steadies himself, he takes a shot. It's blocked by Art Foley and it's cleared out by Art Foley. Oh, what a magnificent save there by Art Foley" - O'Hehir's description of Art Foley's famous save in the final moments of the 1956 hurling final "And Tom Cheasty breaks through with Kilkenny defenders falling around him like dying wasps" - during one of the Kilkenny - Waterford games of the late 1950s or early 1960s "And it looks like there’s a bit of a schemozzle in the parallelogram" - O'Hehir's ubiquitous euphemism for a fight "The greatest freak of all time" - after Mikey Sheehy lobs the ball into the goal while Dublin goalkeeper, Paddy Cullen is arguing with the referee "And it looks as if they were winning the way the Offaly men are just dithering and dawdling there...and here they come. This is Liam Connor the full-back...a high, lobbing, dropping ball in towards the goalmouth...a shot and a GOAL, a GOAL, a GOAL FOR OFFALY!There was a goal in the game! A goal. Oh, what a goal!" - O'Hehir's reaction as Séamus Darby scores the winning goal for Offaly in the 1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, denying Kerry a famous fifth consecutive All-Ireland title. "And the bare-footed wonder with the ball now" - O'Hehir's description of Babs Keating who played some of the 1971 All-Ireland Hurling Final in his bare feet "And there he is, Alan Lotty. He may be bootless, he may be sockless, he may be stickless, but he is certainly not ball-less." - O'Hehir's unusual description of Cork's Alan Lotty after he discarded his boots and socks and lost his hurley in a collision with another player "And it is a penalty.And Paddy Cullen, heaven help him, in there in the goal" - during the 1974 all-Ireland football final. "And the Jacks are back alright and the way they're playing right now the Galway backs are jacked!" See also List of people on stamps of Ireland References 1920 births 1996 deaths Alumni of University College Dublin Gaelic games commentators Irish Independent people Irish sports broadcasters People educated at O'Connell School People from Glasnevin RTÉ Radio 1 presenters RTÉ television presenters St Vincents (Dublin) hurlers GAA people from County Dublin Sportspeople from County Dublin

<mask>'Hehir, also known as <mask>, was an Irish commentator and journalist. His enthusiasm and turn of phrase endedeared him to many. He is considered to be the original voice of the games. O'Hehir was born in Dublin to parents who had moved from Clare. Jim O'Hehir trained his native county to win the 1914 All-Ireland title in Hurling. He was an official with the Dublin Junior Board and trained the Leitrim football team that won the Connacht title in 1927. O'Hehir attended both the O'Connell School and the St. Patrick's National School.After just one year at University College Dublin, he abandoned his studies to pursue a full-time career in broadcasting. O'Hehir was a distinguished hurler with the St.Vincent's club in Raheny. O'Hehir became enamored with the radio when he was a child. He was still a schoolboy when he wrote to Radio ireann asking to do a commentary on a test. A group of people, including O'Hehir, were asked to do a microphone test for a football game. The director of broadcasting invited him to commentate on the whole of the second half of the match after he impressed them with his microphone test. O'Hehir's first broadcast was the All-Ireland football semi-final between Monaghan and Galway.He commented on the second semi-final and the final between Kerry and Galway. He covered the famous "thunder and lightning final" between Kilkenny and Cork. O'Hehir's Sunday afternoon commentaries became a way of life for many rural people as sports broadcasting in Ireland was still in its infancy. O'Hehir was one of Ireland's leading sports broadcasters. He had to commentate on the All-Ireland Football Final from New York City in 1947 and it was his most challenging broadcast to date. O'Hehir was the only link between the game in New York and the fans in Ireland. The match ran late because the broadcast had to be finished by five o'clock.The last few minutes of O'Hehir's commentary included him pleading with the broadcast technicians not to take him off the air. The Irish people were able to listen to the game in full because of his pleas. O'Hehir began his career as a racing correspondent in 1947 after joining the staff of Independent Newspapers as a sports sub-editor. He became a racing commentator with Radio ireann in 1945. Even though O'Hehir's star was on the rise with the national broadcaster in Ireland, he applied to the BBC for a position as racing commentator. He provided commentary for the Gold Cup after his application was accepted. O'Hehir was offered more commentaries by the BBC bosses.O'Hehir became a staple of the coverage of the Grand National steeplechase. He would usually pick up the commentary at the Becher's brook fence and take the race to the vital section of the race where many a favourite fell. One of O'Hehir's best moments in racing commentaries was when he picked out the unconsidered outsider in Foinavon's famous victory in 1967. O'Hehir confessed in an interview that he couldn't identify the colors on his card when inspecting the silks in the weighing room prior to the race, which led him to question John Buckingham who his mount was. Buckingham advised O'Hehir that Foinavon's silks had been changed at the last minute as his regular green colors were considered unlucky. He was able to identify the 100/1 outsider because of this chance meeting. In the 1969 Grand National, O'Hehir made a huge mistake when he stated that the eventual winner, Highland Wedding, had fallen at Bechers brook.He covered three TV Grand Nationals in 1967, 1968 and 1969 and continued to cover the race until 1981. The Dublin Horse Show at the RDS in Ballsbridge was covered by O'Hehir. O'Hehir was appointed head of sports programmes at the first national television station in Ireland. O'Hehir secured the broadcasting rights to the closing stages of the All-Ireland Hurling and Football Championships for the new station. O'Hehir kept up a lot of commentaries as well as his new role. O'Hehir's skills were not limited to sports broadcasting and, in November 1963, he faced his toughest broadcast. He and his wife Molly were in New York City when JFK was killed.O'Hehir was asked to give commentary on the funeral. The live five-hour broadcast proved a huge challenge for him, as he had no association with political or current affairs broadcasting up to that point and lacked the resources available to more established television stations. O'Hehir's commentary won widespread praise in Ireland and showed a different side of him. He described it as the most demanding commentary of his career. Prior to this, O'Hehir had worked for ABC as a racing commentator. The presentation of the Kennedy funeral brought offers from American broadcasters, however, he preferred to remain in Ireland. The reburial of Roger Casement, who was executed in 1916, was one of the non-sporting events provided by O'Hehir.The initial challenge of being head of sport had faded as Telefs ireann was now an established broadcaster. In 1972 he became manager of the newly designed Leopardstown Racecourse but left the following year to continue writing and broadcasting as a journalist. He commentated for NBC in races such as the Arlington Million. The association lasted into the eighties. O'Hehir was honoured by The Late Late Show in 1975. He was a winner in the 1984 People of the Year Awards. O'Hehir admitted in his commentary that he was always blamed for being against the winners.He was blamed for making a game out of nothing. About thirty Dublin supporters attacked him in the commentary box after Dublin defeated Galway in the All-Ireland final in 1983. He was saved from serious injury by the presence of an armed detective. In August 1985 O'Hehir was going to commentate on the All-Ireland Hurling final. His 100th commentary on an All-Ireland final would be a special occasion. He had a stroke two weeks before the game and had to use a wheelchair. The illness prevented him from reaching the century milestone.Mchel Muircheartaigh replaced O'Hehir on radio and television. He wanted to return to broadcasting one day to finish his 100th final. On the day of the All-Ireland football final in 1987, there were a number of events planned. The biggest cheer of the day was reserved for O'Hehir who was pushed onto the field in a wheelchair by his son Peter. The huge amount of emotion from the thousands of fans present and from O'Hehir was unexpected. O'Hehir left public life over the next few years. His memoir, My Life and Times, was published in 1996.The death of <mask>'Hehir took place in Dublin. His birthday was on June 2, 2020. "If there's anybody along the way there listening in, just give us five minutes more" - O'Hehir saving the 1947 Polo Grounds Final for all the Irish. He takes a shot. Art Foley blocked it and it was cleared out by him. "And Tom Cheasty breaks through with Kilkenny defenders falling around him like dying was" - during one of the Kilkenny saves, according to O'Hehir. A shot and a goal, a goal for offaly, is what LiamConnor the full-back is doing.There was a goal in the game. A goal. What a goal! O'Hehir's reaction as Séamus Darby scores the winning goal for Offaly in the 1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, denying Kerry a famous fifth consecutive All-Ireland title. "And the bare-footed wonder with the ball now" - O'Hehir's description of Babs Keating who played some of the 1971 All-Ireland Hurling Final in his bare feet. He may be bootless, but he is not ball-less. O'Hehir described Alan Lotty as a penalty after he lost his hurley in a collision with another player.During the 1974 all-Ireland football final, heaven help him, in there in the goal. The way the Jacks are playing right now, the Galway backs are jacked! There is a list of people on stamps of Ireland.

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Barry Smith (footballer, born 1974)

Barry Smith (born 19 February 1974 in Paisley) is a Scottish football coach and former player who serves as an assistant coach with Canadian club York United. As a player, Smith played in the right back, centre back, and defensive midfielder roles for Celtic, Dundee, Valur, Partick Thistle, Greenock Morton and Brechin City. Smith was admitted into Dundee's Hall of Fame having made 400 appearances for the club. Smith played on loan for Brechin City while managing the Dundee under-19 side. He became Dundee first team manager in October 2010, when the club had entered financial administration. During this period, Smith led the team to a club record 23-game unbeaten streak in the league. He has since managed Alloa Athletic, Aldershot Town, East Fife, Raith Rovers and Brechin City. Club career Celtic Smith began his career with Scottish Premier League side Celtic. He made his début aged 17 and played 22 games, including two Old Firm matches, between 1991 and 1995. Dundee Smith never gained a regular place at Celtic Park and joined fellow Scottish side Dundee in August 1995. He quickly established himself in the team at right-back and was made club captain in 1997, the same year Dundee achieved promotion to the Premier Division. After playing with the Dens Park side for ten-and-a-half seasons, Smith reached his testimonial year. He also took on the role of joint caretaker manager (with Bobby Mann) for the final two games of the 2005–2006 season following the dismissal of Alan Kernaghan. Valur At the end of the 2005–2006 season, Smith transferred to Icelandic outfit Valur, helping them to third place (in 2006) and winning (in 2007) the Icelandic Premier Division, their first championship in 20 years. Partick Thistle and Greenock Morton During the Icelandic close season, Smith was loaned back to Scottish clubs. In January 2007, he joined Partick Thistle, making 18 appearances and scoring one goal, while in January 2008 he joined Greenock Morton, making 5 appearances until he underwent a cartilage operation which kept him out for the rest of the season. Return to Dundee On 4 November 2008, Smith returned to Dundee as U19 coach, with his registration as a player following in January, whereupon he was loaned out to neighbours Brechin City, with the ability to be recalled at any time. Brechin City's status as a part-time team enabled Smith to continue in his role as U19 Coach at Dens Park. Coaching career Dundee On 15 October 2010, Smith was appointed manager of Dundee. He succeeded Gordon Chisholm, who had been made redundant after the club entered administration. Smith led the team to a club record unbeaten league streak of 23 games, guiding Dundee to safety despite the team receiving a 25-point deduction for entering administration for the second time in seven years (confirmed after a 0–1 win away to Ross County). This was rewarded, on 10 May 2011, when Smith signed a new three-year deal at Dundee, contracting him as manager until the end of the 2013–14 season. Despite finishing second in the 2011–12 Scottish First Division, Dundee were admitted to the Scottish Premier League due to the liquidation of Rangers. Dundee struggled in the early part of the 2012–13 Scottish Premier League, winning three out of 22 matches. Despite this, the Dundee board restated their backing for Smith, citing the difficulty in adjusting to the SPL in unusual circumstances. However, just 47 days later, Smith and Dundee parted company. His sacking was criticised by St Johnstone manager Steve Lomas, believing Smith deserved another chance. Alloa On 1 July 2013, Smith joined Ross County as the club's Under-20s coach. In January 2014, Smith was appointed manager of Scottish Championship club Alloa Athletic. He guided Alloa to the final of the 2014–15 Scottish Challenge Cup. Alloa defeated Rangers in the semi-final, with Smith noting the fact he had become the first Alloa manager to win a match against Rangers. Smith said in December 2014 that he hoped to return to a full-time management job. After a run of one win in 13 matches, he resigned as Alloa manager in March 2015. Aldershot On 27 April 2015, Aldershot Town appointed Barry Smith as their manager. He resigned a year later due to family issues. East Fife Smith was appointed manager of Scottish League One club East Fife in December 2016. He left the club on 30 May 2017. Raith Rovers After leaving East Fife, Smith took over as manager of recently relegated Scottish League One side Raith Rovers on 30 May 2017. Rovers finished second in 2017–18 Scottish League One, narrowly missing out on automatic promotion and then losing in the playoffs to Alloa. Smith resigned from his position on 4 September 2018, with the team sitting in second place. Brechin City Smith was appointed Brechin City manager in November 2018. On 13 July 2019, Smith was forced to play himself in a League Cup game against Forfar Athletic due to a shortage of players, nine years after retiring from playing. Smith left Brechin on 19 August 2019, after they had lost their first three matches of the 2019–20 Scottish League Two season. Forfar and Dundee return Smith was made assistant manager for Forfar Athletic underneath manager Jim Weir in October 2019. During Smith's short tenure with the Loons, Weir was recovering from a car crash, and eventually had to resign due to complications caused by the crash. As part of a new change in management, Smith left Forfar shortly after. Smith made his return to Dundee a couple of weeks later, taking up a role in the club's academy headed by Gordon Strachan and Stephen Wright. Dumbarton Smith was appointed Jim Duffy's assistant at Scottish League One side Dumbarton in January 2020 after the departure of Craig McPherson. York United On 23 February 2022, Smith joined Canadian Premier League side York United as an assistant coach under former Canadian international Martin Nash. Managerial statistics Honours Player Dundee Scottish First Division: Champions 1997–98 Valur Icelandic Premier Division : Champions 2007 Manager Dundee Scottish First Division: promotion 2011–12 References External links 1974 births Living people Footballers from Paisley, Renfrewshire Scottish footballers Association football defenders Scotland under-21 international footballers Scottish Premier League players Celtic F.C. players Scottish Football League players Dundee F.C. players Scottish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Iceland Valur players Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Partick Thistle F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. players Brechin City F.C. players Scottish football managers Dundee F.C. managers Alloa Athletic F.C. managers Aldershot Town F.C. managers East Fife F.C. managers Raith Rovers F.C. managers Brechin City F.C. managers Scottish Football League managers Scottish Premier League managers Scottish Professional Football League managers Dumbarton F.C. non-playing staff Scottish expatriate football managers Expatriate soccer managers in the United States Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer managers in Canada Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Canada York United FC non-playing staff

<mask> (born 19 February 1974 in Paisley) is a Scottish football coach and former player who serves as an assistant coach with Canadian club York United. As a player, <mask> played in the right back, centre back, and defensive midfielder roles for Celtic, Dundee, Valur, Partick Thistle, Greenock Morton and Brechin City. <mask> was admitted into Dundee's Hall of Fame having made 400 appearances for the club. <mask> played on loan for Brechin City while managing the Dundee under-19 side. He became Dundee first team manager in October 2010, when the club had entered financial administration. During this period, <mask> led the team to a club record 23-game unbeaten streak in the league. He has since managed Alloa Athletic, Aldershot Town, East Fife, Raith Rovers and Brechin City.Club career <mask> began his career with Scottish Premier League side Celtic. He made his début aged 17 and played 22 games, including two Old Firm matches, between 1991 and 1995. <mask> never gained a regular place at Celtic Park and joined fellow Scottish side Dundee in August 1995. He quickly established himself in the team at right-back and was made club captain in 1997, the same year Dundee achieved promotion to the Premier Division. After playing with the Dens Park side for ten-and-a-half seasons, <mask> reached his testimonial year. He also took on the role of joint caretaker manager (with Bobby Mann) for the final two games of the 2005–2006 season following the dismissal of Alan Kernaghan. Valur At the end of the 2005–2006 season, <mask> transferred to Icelandic outfit Valur, helping them to third place (in 2006) and winning (in 2007) the Icelandic Premier Division, their first championship in 20 years.Partick Thistle and Greenock Morton During the Icelandic close season, <mask> was loaned back to Scottish clubs. In January 2007, he joined Partick Thistle, making 18 appearances and scoring one goal, while in January 2008 he joined Greenock Morton, making 5 appearances until he underwent a cartilage operation which kept him out for the rest of the season. Return to Dundee On 4 November 2008, <mask> returned to Dundee as U19 coach, with his registration as a player following in January, whereupon he was loaned out to neighbours Brechin City, with the ability to be recalled at any time. Brechin City's status as a part-time team enabled <mask> to continue in his role as U19 Coach at Dens Park. Coaching career Dundee On 15 October 2010, <mask> was appointed manager of Dundee. He succeeded Gordon Chisholm, who had been made redundant after the club entered administration. <mask> led the team to a club record unbeaten league streak of 23 games, guiding Dundee to safety despite the team receiving a 25-point deduction for entering administration for the second time in seven years (confirmed after a 0–1 win away to Ross County).This was rewarded, on 10 May 2011, when <mask> signed a new three-year deal at Dundee, contracting him as manager until the end of the 2013–14 season. Despite finishing second in the 2011–12 Scottish First Division, Dundee were admitted to the Scottish Premier League due to the liquidation of Rangers. Dundee struggled in the early part of the 2012–13 Scottish Premier League, winning three out of 22 matches. Despite this, the Dundee board restated their backing for <mask>, citing the difficulty in adjusting to the SPL in unusual circumstances. However, just 47 days later, <mask> and Dundee parted company. His sacking was criticised by St Johnstone manager Steve Lomas, believing <mask> deserved another chance. Alloa On 1 July 2013, <mask> joined Ross County as the club's Under-20s coach.In January 2014, <mask> was appointed manager of Scottish Championship club Alloa Athletic. He guided Alloa to the final of the 2014–15 Scottish Challenge Cup. Alloa defeated Rangers in the semi-final, with <mask> noting the fact he had become the first Alloa manager to win a match against Rangers. <mask> said in December 2014 that he hoped to return to a full-time management job. After a run of one win in 13 matches, he resigned as Alloa manager in March 2015. Aldershot On 27 April 2015, Aldershot Town appointed <mask> as their manager. He resigned a year later due to family issues.East Fife <mask> was appointed manager of Scottish League One club East Fife in December 2016. He left the club on 30 May 2017. Raith Rovers After leaving East Fife, <mask> took over as manager of recently relegated Scottish League One side Raith Rovers on 30 May 2017. Rovers finished second in 2017–18 Scottish League One, narrowly missing out on automatic promotion and then losing in the playoffs to Alloa. <mask> resigned from his position on 4 September 2018, with the team sitting in second place. Brechin City <mask> was appointed Brechin City manager in November 2018. On 13 July 2019, <mask> was forced to play himself in a League Cup game against Forfar Athletic due to a shortage of players, nine years after retiring from playing.<mask> left Brechin on 19 August 2019, after they had lost their first three matches of the 2019–20 Scottish League Two season. Forfar and Dundee return <mask> was made assistant manager for Forfar Athletic underneath manager Jim Weir in October 2019. During <mask>'s short tenure with the Loons, Weir was recovering from a car crash, and eventually had to resign due to complications caused by the crash. As part of a new change in management, <mask> left Forfar shortly after. <mask> made his return to Dundee a couple of weeks later, taking up a role in the club's academy headed by Gordon Strachan and Stephen Wright. Dumbarton <mask> was appointed Jim Duffy's assistant at Scottish League One side Dumbarton in January 2020 after the departure of Craig McPherson. York United On 23 February 2022, <mask> joined Canadian Premier League side York United as an assistant coach under former Canadian international Martin Nash.Managerial statistics Honours Player Dundee Scottish First Division: Champions 1997–98 Valur Icelandic Premier Division : Champions 2007 Manager Dundee Scottish First Division: promotion 2011–12 References External links 1974 births Living people Footballers from Paisley, Renfrewshire Scottish footballers Association football defenders Scotland under-21 international footballers Scottish Premier League players Celtic F.C. players Scottish Football League players Dundee F.C. players Scottish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Iceland Valur players Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Partick Thistle F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. players Brechin City F.C. players Scottish football managers Dundee F.C. managers Alloa Athletic F.C.managers Aldershot Town F.C. managers East Fife F.C. managers Raith Rovers F.C. managers Brechin City F.C. managers Scottish Football League managers Scottish Premier League managers Scottish Professional Football League managers Dumbarton F.C. non-playing staff Scottish expatriate football managers Expatriate soccer managers in the United States Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer managers in Canada Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Canada York United FC non-playing staff

<mask> is a Scottish football coach and former player who serves as an assistant coach with the Canadian club York United. <mask> played for Celtic, Valur, Partick Thistle, Greenock Morton, and Brechin City as a player. <mask> made 400 appearances for the club and was admitted into the Hall of Fame. <mask> was a player for Brechin City and a coach for the under-19 side. When the club entered financial administration, he became the first team manager. <mask> led the team to a club record 23-game winning streak. He has been the manager of Alloa Athletic, East Fife, Raith Rovers and Brechin City.<mask> began his career with Celtic. Between 1991 and 1995 he played 22 games, including two Old Firm matches. <mask> joined fellow Scottish side Dundee in August 1995 and never got a regular place at Celtic Park. He captained the team in 1997 when they achieved promotion to the premier division. <mask> played for the Dens Park side for ten-and-a-half seasons. Following the dismissal of Alan Kernaghan, he and Bobby Mann took on the role of joint caretakers for the final two games of the 2005–2006 season. <mask> moved to Valur at the end of the 2005–2006 season and they won their first title in 20 years.<mask> went back to Scottish clubs during the close season. In January 2007, he joined Partick Thistle, making 18 appearances and scoring one goal, and in January 2008 he joined Greenock Morton, making 5 appearances, but he was out for the rest of the season due to a knee operation. <mask> returned to Dundee as U19 coach on November 4th, 2008, with his registration as a player following in January, with the ability to be recalled at any time. <mask> continued in his role as U19 Coach at Dens Park because of Brechin City's status as a part-time team. <mask> was appointed manager of Dundee on October 15, 2010. Gordon was made redundant after the club entered administration. <mask> guided the team to safety despite receiving a 25-point deduction for entering administration for the second time in seven years, despite a 0–1 win away to Ross County.<mask> signed a new three-year deal with the club on 10 May 2011. Despite finishing second in the Scottish First Division, Dundee were admitted to the Scottish Premier League. In the early part of the 2012–13 Scottish Premier League, Dundee won three out of 22 matches. <mask> was supported by the board despite the difficulty in adjusting to the SPL in unusual circumstances. <mask> and the company parted just 47 days later. <mask> deserved another chance, according to Steve Lomas. <mask> joined Ross County as the club's Under-20s coach.<mask> was appointed manager of Alloa Athletic in January. Alloa won the Scottish Challenge Cup. <mask> noted that he was the first Alloa manager to win a match against Rangers. <mask> wanted to return to a full-time management job. He resigned as Alloa manager in March of 2015. <mask> was appointed as the manager of Aldershot Town. He left due to family issues.In December of 2016 <mask> was appointed manager of East Fife. He left the club in May. After leaving East Fife, <mask> took over as manager of Raith Rovers. The team narrowly missed out on automatic promotion and then lost in the playoffs to Alloa. The team was in second place when <mask> resigned. <mask> was appointed Brechin City manager. <mask> was forced to play himself in a League Cup game against Forfar Athletic due to a shortage of players nine years after retiring from playing.<mask> left Brechin after they lost their first three matches of the Scottish League Two season. <mask> was made an assistant manager for Forfar Athletic. During <mask>'s short time with the Loons, he was involved in a car crash and had to resign. <mask> left Forfar after a change in management. <mask> took up a role in the club's academy, headed by Gordon Strachan and Stephen Wright, a couple of weeks later. Dumbarton <mask> was appointed Jim Duffy's assistant at Dumbarton in January 2020. <mask> joined York United as an assistant coach in February of 2022.The manager of the Scottish First Division had a 1997–98 Valur Icelandic premier division title. The players are from the Scottish Football League. Scottish expatriates play football in Valur and Partick Thistle F.C. The players are from Greenock Morton F.C. The players are from Brechin City F.C. Scottish football managers. Alloa Athletic F.C. is managed by managers.There are managers at Aldershot Town F.C. East Fife F.C. managers Raith Rovers F.C. is managed by managers. The managers of Brechin City. Scottish Football League managers Dumbarton F.C. Scottish expatriate sports people in the United States and Canada are not playing football.

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Genevieve Fiore

Genevieve Fiore (1912–2002) was an American women's rights and peace activist, who was the founder, and served as the executive director, of the Colorado Division of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Her UNESCO Club was founded in the year the clubs were first conceived and was the third organization established in the world. In 1967 she was honored as one of the inductees for the Colorado Women of Achievement Award. She was knighted by Italy in 1975 receiving the rank of Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia. In 1991, she was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame for her many years of peace activism and work with women's rights issues. Early life Genevieve Natalina D’Amato was born January 20, 1912, in Sunrise, Wyoming, to Italian immigrants, Lorenzo and Anna D'Amato. Her parents had immigrated to the United States in 1908 from Petina, Italy. Her father was a miner, who taught himself blacksmithing and in 1919, moved with his family to Welby, Colorado. Initially, D'Amato attended a Catholic parochial school, but when she learned the school was not accredited, she campaigned for the Adams County School Board to allow she and her brother to attend a school outside of their district. The Board eventually paid half of the children's tuition and allowed them to attend Union High School #1, where they were ostracized as the first Italians in the school. D'Amato worked to overcome the stereotyping of her classmates and became senior class president and the salutatorian of her class. Her graduation with honors enabled D'Amato to earn a tuition waiver scholarship at the University of Colorado, but as her family could not afford her room and board, she did not accept the scholarship. On June 25, 1933, D'Amato married the printer John R. Fiore and they subsequently had three children: David, Phillip Dominic and Roxanna. Community service Having experienced personal discrimination, and losses of family members in both World War I and World War II, Fiore was passionate about creating a world focused on peace and tolerance. From the formation of the Steele Community Center in north Denver in 1937, Fiore worked as a volunteer. While serving as a board member of the Steele Center in 1947, Fiore learned that Denver was to host a regional United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) conference. The first UNESCO Club had been established a few months earlier by Koichi Ueda in Japan. Using the center’s registration, she attended the conference as an official observer and collected literature at the event to begin a UN library. She founded a UNESCO group at the Steele Center, though she initially had trouble getting others to support her pacifist views. When no one else would accept the chairmanship, Fiore took the role, planning to hire an executive director. The founding of the organization in 1947, marked only the third UNESCO club in the world, preceded by Ueda's group in Sendai and one founded in Kyoto. Urged to stay on and supported by family members Fiore became the executive director and worked an average of 70 hours per week as a volunteer. Through a school adoption program, Fiore and her club members provided clothing and school supplies to a school in Siculiana, Sicily as their first project and a few months later, adopted a school on the outskirts of Athens. Fiore presented programs on radio and television, at schools and organizations, discussing UNESCO’s projects and relief programs. Her presentations, totaling over 4,000, included her being on agendas with governors, congressmen, government officials, and businesswomen, urging international goodwill and cooperation. She traveled throughout the state, and attended conferences in New York City, as well as internationally, including British Columbia, Canada; Italy; Japan; and Mexico. In 1953, Fiore helped create Il Circolo Italiano (The Italian Circle) to promote friendship and understanding for the Italian-American community of Denver. The organization offered free Italian lessons. In 1955, she became a supporter of Japan's Peace Pole Project and in 1984 attended the World Federation of UNESCO Clubs, Centres and Associations (WFUCA) World Congress, held in Sendai. Until 1959, the Denver UNESCO organization was operated out of the Fiore family's basement. In that year, she moved the office and International Hospitality Center to the Denver International House and continued as executive director for another fourteen years. Fiore retired in 1974, but she continued her involvement with the International Hospitality Center, hosting foreign visitors and encouraging others to participate. She also attended the International Women's Conference and Tribunal held in Mexico City in 1975. The tribunal was a non-governmental meeting, while the conference was the official government meeting. Both sessions were held at the same meeting so that delegates participated in discussions on official policy and program implementation to improve women's educational opportunities, equality, economic position and collaboration. The 1975 UN World Conference on Women, which was part of the International Women's Year focus, was a precursor in the development of the provisions of Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Fiore felt invigorated by the experience and pledged to continue to work for women's empowerment. In 1977, Fiore chaired the Colorado Women’s Conference plan of action committee and received top votes to go as the state delegate to the National Women’s Conference in Houston. In 1979, she established the Genevieve Fiore Educational Trust Fund which provides awards annually to high school students who write essays about the United Nations. In 1983, the United States withdrew its UNESCO membership, citing mismanagement of funds, but Fiore argued for Denver's group, which had never utilized government funds, to continue its independent status. Her campaign was successful and in 1986, the organization changed its name to the UNESCO Association of Colorado. In 1994, Fiore began producing and hosting a weekly radio program called "Focus International", which examined international educational projects and UNESCO initiatives. Fiore died March 10, 2002, in Denver and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Awards and honors In 1967 Fiore was honored as one of the inductees for the 1966 Colorado Women of Achievement Award along with Elizabeth McAulliffe Calabrese and Sabina O’Malley. She was recognized nationally when she received the Freedoms Foundation's George Washington Medal and received the international Michelangelo Medal from UNESCO. On 15 October 1975, she was knighted by Italy receiving the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 1991. See also List of peace activists References Citations Biography External links Oral History Project: Interview with Fiore by Laura McKinley, July 22, 1989. Colorado Women's Hall of Fame 1912 births 2002 deaths People from Platte County, Wyoming American women's rights activists Pacifist feminists

<mask> (1912–2002) was an American women's rights and peace activist, who was the founder, and served as the executive director, of the Colorado Division of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Her UNESCO Club was founded in the year the clubs were first conceived and was the third organization established in the world. In 1967 she was honored as one of the inductees for the Colorado Women of Achievement Award. She was knighted by Italy in 1975 receiving the rank of Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia. In 1991, she was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame for her many years of peace activism and work with women's rights issues. Early life <mask>’Amato was born January 20, 1912, in Sunrise, Wyoming, to Italian immigrants, Lorenzo and Anna D'Amato. Her parents had immigrated to the United States in 1908 from Petina, Italy.Her father was a miner, who taught himself blacksmithing and in 1919, moved with his family to Welby, Colorado. Initially, D'Amato attended a Catholic parochial school, but when she learned the school was not accredited, she campaigned for the Adams County School Board to allow she and her brother to attend a school outside of their district. The Board eventually paid half of the children's tuition and allowed them to attend Union High School #1, where they were ostracized as the first Italians in the school. D'Amato worked to overcome the stereotyping of her classmates and became senior class president and the salutatorian of her class. Her graduation with honors enabled D'Amato to earn a tuition waiver scholarship at the University of Colorado, but as her family could not afford her room and board, she did not accept the scholarship. On June 25, 1933, D'Amato married the printer John R<mask> and they subsequently had three children: David, Phillip Dominic and Roxanna. Community service Having experienced personal discrimination, and losses of family members in both World War I and World War II, <mask> was passionate about creating a world focused on peace and tolerance.From the formation of the Steele Community Center in north Denver in 1937, <mask> worked as a volunteer. While serving as a board member of the Steele Center in 1947, <mask> learned that Denver was to host a regional United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) conference. The first UNESCO Club had been established a few months earlier by Koichi Ueda in Japan. Using the center’s registration, she attended the conference as an official observer and collected literature at the event to begin a UN library. She founded a UNESCO group at the Steele Center, though she initially had trouble getting others to support her pacifist views. When no one else would accept the chairmanship, <mask> took the role, planning to hire an executive director. The founding of the organization in 1947, marked only the third UNESCO club in the world, preceded by Ueda's group in Sendai and one founded in Kyoto.Urged to stay on and supported by family members <mask> became the executive director and worked an average of 70 hours per week as a volunteer. Through a school adoption program, <mask> and her club members provided clothing and school supplies to a school in Siculiana, Sicily as their first project and a few months later, adopted a school on the outskirts of Athens. <mask> presented programs on radio and television, at schools and organizations, discussing UNESCO’s projects and relief programs. Her presentations, totaling over 4,000, included her being on agendas with governors, congressmen, government officials, and businesswomen, urging international goodwill and cooperation. She traveled throughout the state, and attended conferences in New York City, as well as internationally, including British Columbia, Canada; Italy; Japan; and Mexico. In 1953, <mask> helped create Il Circolo Italiano (The Italian Circle) to promote friendship and understanding for the Italian-American community of Denver. The organization offered free Italian lessons.In 1955, she became a supporter of Japan's Peace Pole Project and in 1984 attended the World Federation of UNESCO Clubs, Centres and Associations (WFUCA) World Congress, held in Sendai. Until 1959, the Denver UNESCO organization was operated out of the <mask> family's basement. In that year, she moved the office and International Hospitality Center to the Denver International House and continued as executive director for another fourteen years. <mask> retired in 1974, but she continued her involvement with the International Hospitality Center, hosting foreign visitors and encouraging others to participate. She also attended the International Women's Conference and Tribunal held in Mexico City in 1975. The tribunal was a non-governmental meeting, while the conference was the official government meeting. Both sessions were held at the same meeting so that delegates participated in discussions on official policy and program implementation to improve women's educational opportunities, equality, economic position and collaboration.The 1975 UN World Conference on Women, which was part of the International Women's Year focus, was a precursor in the development of the provisions of Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). <mask> felt invigorated by the experience and pledged to continue to work for women's empowerment. In 1977, <mask> chaired the Colorado Women’s Conference plan of action committee and received top votes to go as the state delegate to the National Women’s Conference in Houston. In 1979, she established the Genevieve <mask> Educational Trust Fund which provides awards annually to high school students who write essays about the United Nations. In 1983, the United States withdrew its UNESCO membership, citing mismanagement of funds, but <mask> argued for Denver's group, which had never utilized government funds, to continue its independent status. Her campaign was successful and in 1986, the organization changed its name to the UNESCO Association of Colorado. In 1994, <mask> began producing and hosting a weekly radio program called "Focus International", which examined international educational projects and UNESCO initiatives.<mask> died March 10, 2002, in Denver and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Awards and honors In 1967 <mask> was honored as one of the inductees for the 1966 Colorado Women of Achievement Award along with Elizabeth McAulliffe Calabrese and Sabina O’Malley. She was recognized nationally when she received the Freedoms Foundation's George Washington Medal and received the international Michelangelo Medal from UNESCO. On 15 October 1975, she was knighted by Italy receiving the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 1991. See also List of peace activists References Citations Biography External links Oral History Project: Interview with Fiore by Laura McKinley, July 22, 1989. Colorado Women's Hall of Fame 1912 births 2002 deaths People from Platte County, Wyoming American women's rights activists Pacifist feminists

The founder and executive director of the Colorado Division of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization was an American women's rights and peace activist. The UNESCO Club was the third organization established in the world and was founded in the year the clubs were first conceived. She was one of the first recipients of the Colorado Women of Achievement Award. She was knighted by Italy in 1975. She was in the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 1991 for her many years of peace activism and work with women's rights issues. Lorenzo and Anna D'Amato were the parents of early life <mask>'Amato. Her parents came to the United States from Petina, Italy.In 1919, her father moved with his family to Welby, Colorado, where he taught himself blacksmithing. Initially, D'Amato attended a parochial Catholic school, but when she learned the school was not accredited, she started campaigning for the Adams County School Board to allow her and her brother to attend a school outside of their district. The Board paid half of the children's tuition and allowed them to attend Union High School #1, where they were ostracized as the first Italians in the school. D'Amato was the senior class president and the salutatorian of her class. D'Amato didn't accept the scholarship because her family couldn't afford her room and board at the University of Colorado. On June 25, 1933, D'Amato married the printer John R<mask> and they had three children. Having lost family members in both World War I and World War II, Fiore was passionate about creating a world focused on peace and tolerance.The Steele Community Center in north Denver was formed in 1937. When he was a board member of the Steele Center in 1947, he learned that Denver was to host a regional United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) conference. Koichi Ueda established the first UNESCO Club in Japan. She used the center's registration to attend the conference as an official observer and collect literature to start a UN library. She initially had trouble getting others to support her views, but she founded a UNESCO group at the Steele Center. When no one else would accept the chairmanship, <mask> decided to hire an executive director. The founding of the organization in 1947 marked the third UNESCO club in the world, preceded by Ueda's group in Sendai and one in Kyoto.Wanting to stay on and supported by family members, she became the executive director and worked an average of 70 hours per week as a volunteer. <mask> and her club members provided clothing and school supplies to a school in Siculiana, Sicily, as their first project, and a few months later, adopted a school on the outskirts of Athens through a school adoption program. UNESCO's projects and relief programs were discussed in programs on radio and television. Her presentations, totaling over 4,000, included her being on agendas with governors, congressmen, government officials, and businesswomen. She traveled throughout the state, and attended conferences in New York City, as well as internationally, including British Columbia, Canada, Italy, and Japan. The Italian Circle was created in 1953 to promote friendship and understanding for the Italian-American community of Denver. Free Italian lessons were offered by the organization.She attended the World Federation of UNESCO Clubs, Centres and Associations (WFUCA) World Congress in 1984 after becoming a supporter of Japan's Peace Pole Project. The UNESCO organization used to be in the basement of the <mask> family. She continued as executive director for another fourteen years after moving the office to the Denver International House. After retiring in 1974, she continued to host foreign visitors and encourage others to do the same. The International Women's Conference and Tribunal was held in Mexico City in 1975. The conference was the official government meeting, while the tribunal was a non-governmental meeting. Both sessions were held at the same meeting so that delegates could discuss official policy and program implementation to improve women's educational opportunities, equality, economic position and collaboration.The 1975 UN World Conference on Women, which was part of the International Women's Year focus, led to the development of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. She pledged to continue to work for women's empowerment after the experience. The Colorado Women's Conference plan of action committee was chaired by <mask> and he received top votes to become the state delegate to the National Women's Conference in Houston. Each year, high school students who write essays about the United Nations receive awards from the <mask> Educational Trust Fund. In 1983, the United States withdrew its UNESCO membership due to mismanagement of funds, but <mask> argued for Denver's group, which had never utilized government funds, to continue its independence. The organization changed its name to the UNESCO Association of Colorado after her campaign was successful. "Focus International" was a weekly radio program that examined international educational projects and UNESCO initiatives.<mask> was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery after he died in Denver. The 1966 Colorado Women of Achievement Award inducted three people, including <mask>. She received the George Washington medal from the Freedoms Foundation and the international Michelangelo medal from UNESCO. She received the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity from Italy in 1975. She was a member of the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame. The oral history project: interview with <mask> by Laura McKinley was published on July 22, 1989. The Colorado Women's Hall of Fame was founded in 1912.

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Andrew Mark Brough (7 May 1963 – 2 February 2020) was a singer, songwriter and guitarist from Dunedin, New Zealand. Best known for his work with the Straitjacket Fits, he later led the band Bike. In 1996 he was shortlisted for the APRA Silver Scroll and in 2008 he was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. Early life Brough was born in Wellington in 1963, the eldest of four children of former missionary Gordon Brough and his wife Catherine. The family moved to Dargaville in the Northland Region when Andrew was about three, and later to Christchurch. Andrew's parents separated in the early 1970s, with Gordon moving south to Dunedin. Andrew joined him around 1974, with his siblings (two boys and a girl) staying in Christchurch, and would attend Logan Park High School. The Blue Meanies and The Orange Brough, who had always been a keen singer, began his rock music career as the singer for university student band The Blue Meanies, alongside Martin Kean on bass, Max Satchell on guitar and Richard Allen on drums. They were regular performers at venues like Dunedin's Empire Tavern, but didn't leave behind any studio recordings. At the time, Brough was influenced by 1960s pop. "I spent three or four years listening to that music after I left school. [...] In the sixties they had a strong sense of melody, which influenced me a lot." Following the demise of The Blue Meanies, Brough formed the Dunedin sound three-piece The Orange with Jonathan Moore (bass, formerly of Bored Games) and Peter Bragan (drums) in 1984. He had "hated just being a frontman", so played guitar as well as singing with The Orange. They played gigs in Dunedin at venues including the Oriental Tavern, where a live recording of the song 'Number One' was made in 1985. It was included in a local compilation tape, Whistle Up A Wind, the next year. Their only studio recording, a five-track EP entitled Fruit Salad Lives, was released by Flying Nun Records shortly before the band broke up in 1986. Writing under the pseudonym 'Buffy O'Reilly', Shayne Carter said that "Brough's airy vocals and melodic, unabrasive guitar lends the five track EP a floating, almost Chilly quality." Later that year, The Orange disbanded when Brough and Carter became bandmates. Straitjacket Fits (1986–1991) Brough became better known as guitarist and vocalist alongside Shayne Carter in Straitjacket Fits, a role he held from 1986 (prior to that band's first release) until 1991, when he left the group following the tour to support their second album, Melt. In his book, Dead People I Have Known, Carter writes that Straitjacket Fits began as a three-piece, with a mutual friend recommending Brough as a fourth member. ″Andrew seemed a good fit for our band, because I really wanted to have harmonies and another singer, like in The Beatles. The first time Andrew stepped on the mic and played his round, Revolver guitar, we knew we'd hit on a sound." Shayne Carter and Andrew Brough were often likened to Lennon and McCartney – a pair of songwriting, guitar-playing bandmates with different styles (one tending towards pop and the other more aggressive), which made for a successful musical collaboration but a difficult personal dynamic. Brough was a regular backing vocalist, his voice providing a contrasting counterpoint to Carter's. In his five years with the band he wrote and sang seven songs. Life in One Chord EP (1987) 'Sparkle That Shines' was on the band's debut release, the Life in One Chord EP (1987), and also the UK/US version of Hail (1988). Looking back on the song, Brough said "I don’t like the singing so much [...] because it’s quite pompous and young. [...] I remember in the studio when it was coming together, you could tell that it was going to work." But he liked the band's first recording: "The first EP, I was really proud of. I was thinking, 'Shit, I’m on that! I was part of that', it was good." Hail and touring (1988–1989) 'Take From the Years' and 'Fabulous Things' are found on all versions of Hail (the New Zealand version didn't include 'Sparkle That Shines', but the US/UK one did). Brough said that the album "didn’t come to fruition musically. It wasn’t something I was proud of. [...] I did two songs on that Hail record, and I didn’t like either of them very much." In 1989 Straitjacket Fits toured overseas for the first time, visiting the USA and Europe. "For me it was just a big holiday, to see the world. I was so into American movies and American culture [...] It didn’t bother me if we didn’t have a good gig or not, we were there, doing it!" Melt (1990) Melt (1990) included 'Down in Splendour', 'Such a Daze', and 'Hand in Mine'. Another Brough song, 'In Spite of it All', was recorded during sessions for Melt and included on the Missing From Melt EP (it was also the b-side of the 'Bad Note For a Heart' single). 'Down in Splendour' was released as a single (Audioculture calls it "the most radio and record company friendly track on the album") and became Brough's most successful Straitjacket Fits song. In 2001, it was voted 32nd in the APRA Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time. Departure (1991) and recognition (2008) Brough's time with Straitjacket Fits ended after the band toured North America in 1991, when he "thought that musically I wasn't achieving what I wanted to achieve". Their American label, Arista, wanted more Brough songs from the band and Brough himself also wanted to write more. The other three members of the band preferred Carter's heavier numbers. There had been "a good tension" between the two songwriters, but "the last few weeks of that American tour were quite argumentative." Carter believed that Brough had stopped committing to the band: "Andrew went off on a really weird trip, and completely dark-manned out. He wasn’t trying at gigs, he would actually give up on stage, we’d be playing a show, and look across at this dude who was sitting there. It just became impossible to work together, and it was no fun either." In a 2008 interview, bassist David Wood said that Shayne Carter and Andrew Brough had "no relationship" and "the two did not work closely together". Brough left Auckland and moved to Dunedin. Mark Peterson replaced him and was a member of Straitjacket Fits until their split in 1994. While a lot of focus was given to the tension between them, Shayne Carter has written that they also had a lot of common ground. He praised the melody and extra dimension Brough brought to the band, and wrote that Straitjacket Fits "never worked as well" and "became a plainer band" without Brough. Brough was invited but did not take part in a Straitjacket Fits reunion in 2005. In September 2008 all five band members, including Brough, received the Legacy Award at the New Zealand Music Awards, and were inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame at the APRA Silver Scroll Awards. Bike (1992–1998) After leaving Straitjacket Fits Brough moved to Dunedin, then Auckland. In Dunedin he spent 6 months writing songs, then re-emerged fronting a group known as Tumble before switching the name to Bike (inspired by the 1967 Pink Floyd song of the same name). Brough's new band played their first show in Dunedin in October 1992, supporting The Verlaines. In Auckland he put together Bike's first acknowledged line-up, finding drummer Karl Buckley through an advertisement, then recruiting bassist Tristan Mason through a family connection of Buckley's. (Buckley was later replaced by Wayne Bell, then Bevan Sweeney). Bike was deliberately designed as a vehicle for Brough's songs. After being a minority contributor to Straitjacket Fits he wanted to "be in charge of a band where I have to write music". Brough described Bike's sound as "powerful pop songs", while others used descriptions like "soothing, cheerful and sunny". Dave Eggleton, in Ready To Fly, said "Bike's sound was a homage to 1960's psychedalia". Bike first toured New Zealand in 1994, having already been offered an album deal by Flying Nun but not yet released any music. Their first song to be released was "My Love, My Life", on 1995 Abba tribute album Abbasalutely. Brough described the song as, "drippy - yes but with a worthy enough hook to throw some guitars at." Bike released a self-titled EP in 1996: the song 'Save My Life', was a songwriting finalist at the 1996 APRA Silver Scrolls, and Bike was nominated as 'most promising new band' at the New Zealand Music Awards. Take in the Sun 'Save My Life' was followed up with the single 'Circus Kids' in 1997, and a debut record, Take in the Sun, later that year. Through the previous years of writing, rehearsing and touring, Brough had a clear template for the album before recording began. "The fact that most of the songs were demoed to death in the proceeding couple of years, meant that going into the studio, I had it fairly well worked out what it was going to sound like in the end, just through a lot of four-track demoing." While the album was funded by Mushroom Records, like all of Bike's material it was released by Flying Nun Records. The American version of the album, part of the March Records catalogue, had a slightly altered cover with different typography. Take in the Sun made the New Zealand album charts, at number 47, in October 1997. The band toured New Zealand and overseas to support the release, while Brough was featured on the covers of magazines including Pavement and Real Groove. Increased media attention, including a large photo in a Sunday newspaper, led Brough to worry about being "recognised in the street". The video for Welcome to My World featured Shayne Carter, Brough's old Straitjacket Fits bandmate, as a policeman. Along with the Circus Kids video, it was directed by Jonathan King. The Save My Life video was directed by Mark Tierney. Bike's music was sometimes heard in the background of television soaps including Australia's Home and Away. This was believed to be main source of Brough's music-related income. As long-time broadcaster Jonathan Alley of RRR recounts, "After a Bike song was licensed for use on television, it created [for] Andrew a bit of windfall and with that money he brought a house." Andy Dandy (2000) The last Andrew Brough song to be released was a version of James K. Baxter's poem Andy Dandy. It was made especially for the 2000 album Baxter. Brough's was one of 12 contributions to the project, which was conceived and managed by musician Charlotte Yates. While he was happy to accept her invitation to be a part of recording the album 'Baxter', he chose not to appear at the accompanying concert. Music critic Graham Reid said that "Andrew Brough has taken one of Baxter's children's poems and turned it into an archetypical dreamscape of layered guitars." Death Brough died in Dunedin on 2 February 2020. Public reports of his death were first made two days later, on 4 February. He was 56 years old. Awards Aotearoa Music Awards The Aotearoa Music Awards (previously known as New Zealand Music Awards (NZMA)) are an annual awards night celebrating excellence in New Zealand music and have been presented annually since 1965. ! |- | 2008 || Andrew Brough (as part of Straitjacket Fits) || New Zealand Music Hall of Fame || || |- References External links Bike, Straitjacket Fits, and The Orange profiles on Audioculture Bike – 1997 Single 'Welcome to my world' 1963 births 2020 deaths APRA Award winners Musicians from Dunedin Flying Nun Records artists Musicians from Wellington People educated at Logan Park High School Dunedin Sound musicians Straitjacket Fits members

<mask> (7 May 1963 – 2 February 2020) was a singer, songwriter and guitarist from Dunedin, New Zealand. Best known for his work with the Straitjacket Fits, he later led the band Bike. In 1996 he was shortlisted for the APRA Silver Scroll and in 2008 he was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. Early life <mask> was born in Wellington in 1963, the eldest of four children of former missionary <mask> and his wife Catherine. The family moved to Dargaville in the Northland Region when <mask> was about three, and later to Christchurch. <mask>'s parents separated in the early 1970s, with Gordon moving south to Dunedin. <mask> joined him around 1974, with his siblings (two boys and a girl) staying in Christchurch, and would attend Logan Park High School.The Blue Meanies and The Orange Brough, who had always been a keen singer, began his rock music career as the singer for university student band The Blue Meanies, alongside Martin Kean on bass, Max Satchell on guitar and Richard Allen on drums. They were regular performers at venues like Dunedin's Empire Tavern, but didn't leave behind any studio recordings. At the time, <mask> was influenced by 1960s pop. "I spent three or four years listening to that music after I left school. [...] In the sixties they had a strong sense of melody, which influenced me a lot." Following the demise of The Blue Meanies, <mask> formed the Dunedin sound three-piece The Orange with Jonathan Moore (bass, formerly of Bored Games) and Peter Bragan (drums) in 1984. He had "hated just being a frontman", so played guitar as well as singing with The Orange.They played gigs in Dunedin at venues including the Oriental Tavern, where a live recording of the song 'Number One' was made in 1985. It was included in a local compilation tape, Whistle Up A Wind, the next year. Their only studio recording, a five-track EP entitled Fruit Salad Lives, was released by Flying Nun Records shortly before the band broke up in 1986. Writing under the pseudonym 'Buffy O'Reilly', Shayne Carter said that "<mask>'s airy vocals and melodic, unabrasive guitar lends the five track EP a floating, almost Chilly quality." Later that year, The Orange disbanded when <mask> and Carter became bandmates. Straitjacket Fits (1986–1991) <mask> became better known as guitarist and vocalist alongside Shayne Carter in Straitjacket Fits, a role he held from 1986 (prior to that band's first release) until 1991, when he left the group following the tour to support their second album, Melt. In his book, Dead People I Have Known, Carter writes that Straitjacket Fits began as a three-piece, with a mutual friend recommending <mask> as a fourth member.″<mask> seemed a good fit for our band, because I really wanted to have harmonies and another singer, like in The Beatles. The first time <mask> stepped on the mic and played his round, Revolver guitar, we knew we'd hit on a sound." Shayne Carter and <mask> were often likened to Lennon and McCartney – a pair of songwriting, guitar-playing bandmates with different styles (one tending towards pop and the other more aggressive), which made for a successful musical collaboration but a difficult personal dynamic. <mask> was a regular backing vocalist, his voice providing a contrasting counterpoint to Carter's. In his five years with the band he wrote and sang seven songs. Life in One Chord EP (1987) 'Sparkle That Shines' was on the band's debut release, the Life in One Chord EP (1987), and also the UK/US version of Hail (1988). Looking back on the song, <mask> said "I don’t like the singing so much [...] because it’s quite pompous and young.[...] I remember in the studio when it was coming together, you could tell that it was going to work." But he liked the band's first recording: "The first EP, I was really proud of. I was thinking, 'Shit, I’m on that! I was part of that', it was good." Hail and touring (1988–1989) 'Take From the Years' and 'Fabulous Things' are found on all versions of Hail (the New Zealand version didn't include 'Sparkle That Shines', but the US/UK one did). <mask> said that the album "didn’t come to fruition musically. It wasn’t something I was proud of.[...] I did two songs on that Hail record, and I didn’t like either of them very much." In 1989 Straitjacket Fits toured overseas for the first time, visiting the USA and Europe. "For me it was just a big holiday, to see the world. I was so into American movies and American culture [...] It didn’t bother me if we didn’t have a good gig or not, we were there, doing it!" Melt (1990) Melt (1990) included 'Down in Splendour', 'Such a Daze', and 'Hand in Mine'. Another Brough song, 'In Spite of it All', was recorded during sessions for Melt and included on the Missing From Melt EP (it was also the b-side of the 'Bad Note For a Heart' single). 'Down in Splendour' was released as a single (Audioculture calls it "the most radio and record company friendly track on the album") and became Brough's most successful Straitjacket Fits song.In 2001, it was voted 32nd in the APRA Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time. Departure (1991) and recognition (2008) <mask>'s time with Straitjacket Fits ended after the band toured North America in 1991, when he "thought that musically I wasn't achieving what I wanted to achieve". Their American label, Arista, wanted more Brough songs from the band and <mask> himself also wanted to write more. The other three members of the band preferred Carter's heavier numbers. There had been "a good tension" between the two songwriters, but "the last few weeks of that American tour were quite argumentative." Carter believed that <mask> had stopped committing to the band: "<mask> went off on a really weird trip, and completely dark-manned out. He wasn’t trying at gigs, he would actually give up on stage, we’d be playing a show, and look across at this dude who was sitting there.It just became impossible to work together, and it was no fun either." In a 2008 interview, bassist David Wood said that Shayne Carter and <mask> had "no relationship" and "the two did not work closely together". <mask> left Auckland and moved to Dunedin. Mark Peterson replaced him and was a member of Straitjacket Fits until their split in 1994. While a lot of focus was given to the tension between them, Shayne Carter has written that they also had a lot of common ground. He praised the melody and extra dimension Brough brought to the band, and wrote that Straitjacket Fits "never worked as well" and "became a plainer band" without <mask>. <mask> was invited but did not take part in a Straitjacket Fits reunion in 2005.In September 2008 all five band members, including <mask>, received the Legacy Award at the New Zealand Music Awards, and were inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame at the APRA Silver Scroll Awards. Bike (1992–1998) After leaving Straitjacket Fits <mask> moved to Dunedin, then Auckland. In Dunedin he spent 6 months writing songs, then re-emerged fronting a group known as Tumble before switching the name to Bike (inspired by the 1967 Pink Floyd song of the same name). <mask>'s new band played their first show in Dunedin in October 1992, supporting The Verlaines. In Auckland he put together Bike's first acknowledged line-up, finding drummer Karl Buckley through an advertisement, then recruiting bassist Tristan Mason through a family connection of Buckley's. (Buckley was later replaced by Wayne Bell, then Bevan Sweeney). Bike was deliberately designed as a vehicle for Brough's songs.After being a minority contributor to Straitjacket Fits he wanted to "be in charge of a band where I have to write music". <mask> described Bike's sound as "powerful pop songs", while others used descriptions like "soothing, cheerful and sunny". Dave Eggleton, in Ready To Fly, said "Bike's sound was a homage to 1960's psychedalia". Bike first toured New Zealand in 1994, having already been offered an album deal by Flying Nun but not yet released any music. Their first song to be released was "My Love, My Life", on 1995 Abba tribute album Abbasalutely. <mask> described the song as, "drippy - yes but with a worthy enough hook to throw some guitars at." Bike released a self-titled EP in 1996: the song 'Save My Life', was a songwriting finalist at the 1996 APRA Silver Scrolls, and Bike was nominated as 'most promising new band' at the New Zealand Music Awards.Take in the Sun 'Save My Life' was followed up with the single 'Circus Kids' in 1997, and a debut record, Take in the Sun, later that year. Through the previous years of writing, rehearsing and touring, <mask> had a clear template for the album before recording began. "The fact that most of the songs were demoed to death in the proceeding couple of years, meant that going into the studio, I had it fairly well worked out what it was going to sound like in the end, just through a lot of four-track demoing." While the album was funded by Mushroom Records, like all of Bike's material it was released by Flying Nun Records. The American version of the album, part of the March Records catalogue, had a slightly altered cover with different typography. Take in the Sun made the New Zealand album charts, at number 47, in October 1997. The band toured New Zealand and overseas to support the release, while <mask> was featured on the covers of magazines including Pavement and Real Groove.Increased media attention, including a large photo in a Sunday newspaper, led <mask> to worry about being "recognised in the street". The video for Welcome to My World featured Shayne Carter, <mask>'s old Straitjacket Fits bandmate, as a policeman. Along with the Circus Kids video, it was directed by Jonathan King. The Save My Life video was directed by Mark Tierney. Bike's music was sometimes heard in the background of television soaps including Australia's Home and Away. This was believed to be main source of Brough's music-related income. As long-time broadcaster Jonathan Alley of RRR recounts, "After a Bike song was licensed for use on television, it created [for] <mask> a bit of windfall and with that money he brought a house."Andy Dandy (2000) The last <mask> song to be released was a version of James K. Baxter's poem Andy Dandy. It was made especially for the 2000 album Baxter. <mask>'s was one of 12 contributions to the project, which was conceived and managed by musician Charlotte Yates. While he was happy to accept her invitation to be a part of recording the album 'Baxter', he chose not to appear at the accompanying concert. Music critic Graham Reid said that "<mask> has taken one of Baxter's children's poems and turned it into an archetypical dreamscape of layered guitars." <mask> died in Dunedin on 2 February 2020. Public reports of his death were first made two days later, on 4 February.He was 56 years old. Awards Aotearoa Music Awards The Aotearoa Music Awards (previously known as New Zealand Music Awards (NZMA)) are an annual awards night celebrating excellence in New Zealand music and have been presented annually since 1965. ! |- | 2008 || <mask> (as part of Straitjacket Fits) || New Zealand Music Hall of Fame || || |- References External links Bike, Straitjacket Fits, and The Orange profiles on Audioculture Bike – 1997 Single 'Welcome to my world' 1963 births 2020 deaths APRA Award winners Musicians from Dunedin Flying Nun Records artists Musicians from Wellington People educated at Logan Park High School Dunedin Sound musicians Straitjacket Fits members

<mask> was born in New Zealand in 1963. He was best known for his work with the Straitjacket Fits. He was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame in 2008. The eldest of four children of former missionary Gordon and his wife Catherine was born in Wellington in 1963. The family moved to Dargaville when <mask> was young. Gordon and <mask>'s parents separated in the 70s. <mask> joined him around 1974 and his siblings stayed in the same city.The Blue Meanies and The Orange Brough, who had always been a keen singer, began their rock music career as the singer for university student band The Blue Meanies. They were regular performers at venues, but didn't leave behind studio recordings. 1960s pop influenced Brough at the time. After I left school, I listened to that music for three or four years. They had a strong sense of melody in the sixties. The Orange was formed in 1984 after the demise of The Blue Meanies. He played guitar as well as singing with The Orange.The Oriental Tavern was where a live recording of the song 'Number One' was made. It was included in a local tape. Fruit Salad Lives, their only studio recording, was released by Flying Nun Records before the band broke up. "<mask>'s airy vocals and melodic, unabrasive guitar lend the five track EP a floating, almost chilly quality," wrote Shayne Carter under the name Buffy O'Reilly. The Orange ceased to exist after Carter and <mask> became bandmates. After Straitjacket Fits' first release in 1986, he became better known as a guitarist and vocalist, but he left the band in 1991 to support their second album, Melt. Carter writes in his book that Straitjacket Fits began as a three-piece, with a mutual friend recommending <mask> as a fourth member.<mask> was a good fit for our band because I wanted another singer like in The Beatles. We knew we'd hit on a sound when <mask> stepped on the mic and played his guitar. Shayne Carter and <mask> were compared to Lennon and McCartney because of their different styles, but also because of their difficult personal dynamic. His voice was a contrast to Carter's. He wrote and sang seven songs in five years with the band. 'Sparkle That Shines' was on the band's debut release, Life in One Chord, as well as the UK/US version of Hail. "I don't like the singing so much because it's quite pretentious and young," he said looking back on the song.When it was coming together in the studio, you could tell it was going to work. He was proud of the band's first recording. I was thinking, "Shit, I'm on that!" I was a part of that. 'Take From the Years' and 'Fabulous Things' are found on all versions of Hail, but the New Zealand version didn't include 'Sparkle That Shines'. The album didn't come to fruition musically. It wasn't something I was proud of.I did two songs on that record, but I didn't like them very much. Straitjacket Fits toured overseas for the first time in 1989. It was a big holiday for me and I wanted to see the world. It didn't bother me if we didn't have a good gig or not, we were there, doing it, I was so into American movies and American culture. 'Down in Splendour', 'Such a Daze', and 'Hand in Mine' were included in Melt 1990. The song 'In Spite of it All' was recorded during sessions for Melt and was included on the Missing From Melt EP. Audioculture calls it the most radio and record company friendly track on the album, and it became the most successful Straitjacket Fits song.In 2001, it was voted 32nd in the New Zealand Songs of All Time. Straitjacket Fits ended after the band toured North America in 1991, when <mask> thought that musically he wasn't achieving what he wanted to achieve. The band's American label wanted more of the band's songs and the band's leader wanted to write more. Carter's numbers were preferred by three members of the band. The last few weeks of the American tour were tense, but there had been a good tension between the two writers. "<mask> went off on a really weird trip, and completely dark-manned out," said Carter. He wasn't trying at gig, he would give up on stage, we'd be playing a show, and look across at this dude who was sitting there.It was no fun to work together. In a 2008 interview, bassist David Wood said that Shayne Carter and <mask> did not work well together. He moved to Dunedin from New Zealand. Mark was a member of Straitjacket Fits until their split in 1994. Shayne Carter wrote that they had a lot of common ground, despite the tension between them. Straitjacket Fits "never worked as well" and "became a plainer band" without <mask>, he wrote. He did not attend the Straitjacket Fits reunion in 2005.At the New Zealand Music Awards in September 2008, all five band members, including <mask>, received a Legacy Award and were inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. After leaving Straitjacket Fits, <mask> moved to New Zealand. He spent 6 months writing and fronting a group called Tumble before changing the name to Bike, inspired by Pink Floyd's song of the same name. The band played their first show in October of 1992 in support of The Verlaines. He put together Bike's first acknowledged line-up, finding drummer Karl Buckley through an advertisement, then recruiting bassist Tristan Mason through a family connection of Buckley's. Buckley was replaced by Wayne Bell. The bike was designed to be a vehicle.He wanted to be in charge of a band where he had to write music. Bike's sound was described as "powerful pop songs" by <mask>. "Bike's sound was a homage to 1960's psychedalia", said Dave Eggleton in Ready To Fly. Bike toured New Zealand in 1994 and was offered an album deal by Flying Nun, but did not release any music. "My Love, My Life" was their first song to be released. The song was described as "drippy but with a worthy enough hook to throw some guitars at." Bike was nominated for'most promising new band' at the New Zealand Music Awards and the song 'Save My Life' was a songwriting finalist at the 1996 APRA Silver Scrolls.Take in the Sun 'Save My Life' was followed up with the single 'Circus Kids' in 1997, and a debut record, Take in the Sun, later that year. The previous years of writing, rehearsing and touring gave a clear template for the album. The fact that most of the songs were demoed to death meant that I had a good idea of what it would sound like in the studio. Like all of Bike's material, the album was released by Flying Nun Records. There was a slightly altered cover for the American version of the album. In October 1997 Take in the Sun made the New Zealand album charts. The band toured New Zealand and overseas to support the release, while Brough was featured on the covers of magazines.Increased media attention, including a large photo in a Sunday newspaper, led <mask> to worry about being recognised in the street. Shayne Carter was a policeman in the video for Welcome to My World. The Circus Kids video was directed by Jonathan King. Mark Tierney directed the Save My Life video. Bike's music could be heard in the background of Australia's Home and Away. This was believed to be the main source of income. "After a Bike song was licensed for use on television, it created for <mask> a bit of windfall and with that money he brought a house."James K. Baxter's poem Andy Dandy was the last <mask> song to be released. The album was made for it. The project was conceived and managed by musician Charlotte Yates. He didn't attend the concert because he was happy to be a part of the recording of the album. The music critic said that <mask> had taken one of the children's poems and turned it into a dreamscape of guitars. The death of <mask> took place in February 2020. On 4 February, public reports of his death were made.He was 56 years old. The New Zealand Music Awards (previously known as the Aotearoa Music Awards) are an annual awards night celebrating excellence in New Zealand music. The New Zealand Music Hall of Fame is a part of Straitjacket Fits.

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Hugh Talbot

Hugh Talbot (15 October 1844 – 31 October 1899), born Hugo Talbot Brennan, was an Irish tenor best known for creating, to universally bad reviews, the role of Frederic in the Gilbert and Sullivan hit The Pirates of Penzance in the original New York production. After beginning his career in Italy in 1872, Talbot performed Italian opera in England in 1877–1878 with Mapleson's Italian Opera company. He was then engaged by Richard D'Oyly Carte in 1879 to originate the role of Frederic. After his critical disaster in the role, Talbot toured unsuccessfully with several American opera companies, settling in California in 1881, where he became a successful voice teacher. Life and career Early life and career Born at Portobello Barracks near Dublin to Edward Brennan and his wife Margaret, Talbot was the fifth of six siblings. He and his family moved to London by 1851, where he was reportedly a choirboy as a youth and later clerked for a lawyer. An amateur tenor by 1868, Talbot sang with such groups as the Moray Minstrels. By 1872, Talbot travelled to Italy to study music, where he began to perform under the name Signor Ugo Talbo in 1872, appearing in Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto, as the title character in Faust and as Alvaro in La Forza del destino, among other roles, and in concerts until at about 1876. He returned to Britain in 1877 and became a principal tenor at Her Majesty's Theatre with Mapleson's Italian Opera company. Still performing as Ugo Talbo, he first sang the Duke in Rigoletto. While The Times review praised him generally, it commented that he still had much to learn. The Era, however, called him "a new tenor of considerable merit. ... He has an excellent voice, of good compass, and sympathetic in quality. It is brilliant and effective especially in the upper portion. ... Signor Talbo has, besides, a good stage presence and his acting is characterised by earnestness." He also played the title role in Faust opposite Christina Nilsson. By the end of the season, The Musical Times stated that Talbot "has gradually worn out the welcome accorded to him on his debut". In August that year, he embarked on a two month long concert tour in Scandinavia. After Christmas, Talbot rejoined the Mapleson company as Fabrizio in L'Ombre by Friedrich von Flotow, earning another warm review from The Era. He subsequently toured in 1878 with Mapleson as Carlo in Linda di Chamonix, but afterwards he was seen only in a few concerts with the company and in a few concerts elsewhere. D'Oyly Carte experience In the autumn of 1879, Richard D'Oyly Carte sent one of his theatrical companies to play the first authorized production H.M.S. Pinafore in America, and the company also prepared for the opening of the next Gilbert and Sullivan opera, The Pirates of Penzance, for its première in New York. Pinafore opened at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on December 1, 1879, and Talbot was cast in the leading tenor role of Ralph Rackstraw. The opening night review of Pinafore in The New York Times commented , "The Ralph Rackstraw, Mr. Hugh Talbot, has a light, pleasant tenor voice, which was not thoroughly under his control last evening, and he is also the best actor who has appeared here in the character". On 31 December 1879, he created the role of Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance. Talbot's Frederic was perhaps the most roundly criticized performance of any Gilbert and Sullivan opera's opening night. Nearly every critic eviscerated him in reviews. The New York Times reviewer wrote: The essential part of the young pirate apprentice received inadequate attention from the tenor. His make-up resulted in his appearing, in the first act, to be of advanced age; he was not, apparently, acquainted with his lines, and his singing was weak and tame. But the others were so spirited and generally enthusiastic that the effect of the opera was not materially injured by this weak spot in the cast. The World was not much kinder: "Mr. Talbot sang some of the airs allotted to the tenor admirably, but he was utterly innocent of any appreciation whatever of the humor of the situations and shamefully ignorant of his lines." The Herald added: "The members of the company were not all perfect in their parts, Mr. Talbot seriously interfering with the full effect of some good points by groping after his cue in a most vague manner." Unkindest of all was the Sun, whose critic said: "Mr. Talbot, the tenor, had unfortunately apparently not thought it necessary to commit his lines, and made nonsense of much of his role, reflecting no credit upon himself, and nearly bringing the play at times into confusion". Similar sentiments were reflected in the Mirror, the Tribune, and The Hour. Sullivan, for his part, was equally displeased, writing to his mother on January 2, 1880: "Our Company and all the Chorus are charming people and devoted to us, and spared themselves no pains or trouble to do their work thoroughly well. All except the Tenor, who is an idiot – vain and empty-headed. He very nearly upset the piece on the first night as he didn't know his words, and forgot his music. We shall, I think, have to get rid of him". Talbot remained with the company in New York until March 6, 1880, when he left the company following an argument with Gilbert. In the interim, he had briefly travelled to Philadelphia to play Frederic for the opening of Carte's Second American Company. He apparently played at some additional performances in March and April in Boston and New York. W. S. Gilbert scholar Andrew Crowther noted, "The Sorcerer, H.M.S. Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance are bound together by their tenor heroes. But Gilbert had problems with his tenors – George Bentham ... and Hugh Talbot. ... It is not surprising, therefore, to see that in the next two operas [Patience and Iolanthe] the tenor roles are much smaller and less significant". After D'Oyly Carte After leaving D'Oyly Carte, Talbot appeared on tour with Tagliapietra's Opera Company in the US in such operas as Il Trovatore, Faust and Martha. He next joined the Blanche Roosevelt English Opera Company as Epitmethius in an unsuccessful production of B. C. Stephenson and Alfred Cellier's The Masque of Pandora in Boston in 1881. Again performing as Signor Ugo Talbo, he then joined an opera company, organized by Max Strakosch Clarence Hess, for a few weeks, in Faust and Mefistofele. After this, in August 1881, he moved to San Francisco, California, where he joined Inez Fabbri's opera company in Carmen and La Dame blanche, but the season was a failure. Nevertheless, Talbot lived for the rest of his life in California, singing in concerts and becoming a successful singing teacher. Talbot died in Stockton, California, in 1899. Notes References External links Discussion of the preparations for Pirates and noting the criticism of Talbot Irish operatic tenors 1845 births 1899 deaths 19th-century Irish male opera singers 19th-century British male opera singers Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923)

<mask> (15 October 1844 – 31 October 1899), born <mask>, was an Irish tenor best known for creating, to universally bad reviews, the role of Frederic in the Gilbert and Sullivan hit The Pirates of Penzance in the original New York production. After beginning his career in Italy in 1872, <mask> performed Italian opera in England in 1877–1878 with Mapleson's Italian Opera company. He was then engaged by Richard D'Oyly Carte in 1879 to originate the role of Frederic. After his critical disaster in the role, <mask> toured unsuccessfully with several American opera companies, settling in California in 1881, where he became a successful voice teacher. Life and career Early life and career Born at Portobello Barracks near Dublin to Edward Brennan and his wife Margaret, <mask> was the fifth of six siblings. He and his family moved to London by 1851, where he was reportedly a choirboy as a youth and later clerked for a lawyer. An amateur tenor by 1868, <mask> sang with such groups as the Moray Minstrels.By 1872, <mask> travelled to Italy to study music, where he began to perform under the name Signor Ugo Talbo in 1872, appearing in Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto, as the title character in Faust and as Alvaro in La Forza del destino, among other roles, and in concerts until at about 1876. He returned to Britain in 1877 and became a principal tenor at Her Majesty's Theatre with Mapleson's Italian Opera company. Still performing as Ugo Talbo, he first sang the Duke in Rigoletto. While The Times review praised him generally, it commented that he still had much to learn. The Era, however, called him "a new tenor of considerable merit. ... He has an excellent voice, of good compass, and sympathetic in quality.It is brilliant and effective especially in the upper portion. ... Signor Talbo has, besides, a good stage presence and his acting is characterised by earnestness." He also played the title role in Faust opposite Christina Nilsson. By the end of the season, The Musical Times stated that <mask> "has gradually worn out the welcome accorded to him on his debut". In August that year, he embarked on a two month long concert tour in Scandinavia. After Christmas, <mask> rejoined the Mapleson company as Fabrizio in L'Ombre by Friedrich von Flotow, earning another warm review from The Era. He subsequently toured in 1878 with Mapleson as Carlo in Linda di Chamonix, but afterwards he was seen only in a few concerts with the company and in a few concerts elsewhere.D'Oyly Carte experience In the autumn of 1879, Richard D'Oyly Carte sent one of his theatrical companies to play the first authorized production H.M.S. Pinafore in America, and the company also prepared for the opening of the next Gilbert and Sullivan opera, The Pirates of Penzance, for its première in New York. Pinafore opened at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on December 1, 1879, and <mask> was cast in the leading tenor role of Ralph Rackstraw. The opening night review of Pinafore in The New York Times commented , "The Ralph Rackstraw, Mr. <mask>, has a light, pleasant tenor voice, which was not thoroughly under his control last evening, and he is also the best actor who has appeared here in the character". On 31 December 1879, he created the role of Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance. <mask>'s Frederic was perhaps the most roundly criticized performance of any Gilbert and Sullivan opera's opening night. Nearly every critic eviscerated him in reviews.The New York Times reviewer wrote: The essential part of the young pirate apprentice received inadequate attention from the tenor. His make-up resulted in his appearing, in the first act, to be of advanced age; he was not, apparently, acquainted with his lines, and his singing was weak and tame. But the others were so spirited and generally enthusiastic that the effect of the opera was not materially injured by this weak spot in the cast. The World was not much kinder: "Mr. <mask> sang some of the airs allotted to the tenor admirably, but he was utterly innocent of any appreciation whatever of the humor of the situations and shamefully ignorant of his lines." The Herald added: "The members of the company were not all perfect in their parts, Mr. <mask> seriously interfering with the full effect of some good points by groping after his cue in a most vague manner." Unkindest of all was the Sun, whose critic said: "Mr. <mask>, the tenor, had unfortunately apparently not thought it necessary to commit his lines, and made nonsense of much of his role, reflecting no credit upon himself, and nearly bringing the play at times into confusion". Similar sentiments were reflected in the Mirror, the Tribune, and The Hour.Sullivan, for his part, was equally displeased, writing to his mother on January 2, 1880: "Our Company and all the Chorus are charming people and devoted to us, and spared themselves no pains or trouble to do their work thoroughly well. All except the Tenor, who is an idiot – vain and empty-headed. He very nearly upset the piece on the first night as he didn't know his words, and forgot his music. We shall, I think, have to get rid of him". <mask> remained with the company in New York until March 6, 1880, when he left the company following an argument with Gilbert. In the interim, he had briefly travelled to Philadelphia to play Frederic for the opening of Carte's Second American Company. He apparently played at some additional performances in March and April in Boston and New York.W. S. Gilbert scholar Andrew Crowther noted, "The Sorcerer, H.M.S. Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance are bound together by their tenor heroes. But Gilbert had problems with his tenors – George Bentham ... and <mask>. ... It is not surprising, therefore, to see that in the next two operas [Patience and Iolanthe] the tenor roles are much smaller and less significant". After D'Oyly Carte After leaving D'Oyly Carte, <mask> appeared on tour with Tagliapietra's Opera Company in the US in such operas as Il Trovatore, Faust and Martha. He next joined the Blanche Roosevelt English Opera Company as Epitmethius in an unsuccessful production of B. C. Stephenson and Alfred Cellier's The Masque of Pandora in Boston in 1881.Again performing as Signor Ugo Talbo, he then joined an opera company, organized by Max Strakosch Clarence Hess, for a few weeks, in Faust and Mefistofele. After this, in August 1881, he moved to San Francisco, California, where he joined Inez Fabbri's opera company in Carmen and La Dame blanche, but the season was a failure. Nevertheless, <mask> lived for the rest of his life in California, singing in concerts and becoming a successful singing teacher. <mask> died in Stockton, California, in 1899. Notes References External links Discussion of the preparations for Pirates and noting the criticism of <mask> Irish operatic tenors 1845 births 1899 deaths 19th-century Irish male opera singers 19th-century British male opera singers Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923)

The role of Frederic in the Gilbert and Sullivan hit The Pirates of Penzance was created by <mask> and he created to universally bad reviews. <mask> performed Italian opera in England in 1877–1878 with Mapleson's Italian Opera company. The role of Frederic was created by Richard D'Oyly Carte. After his disastrous performance in the role, <mask> moved to California where he became a successful voice teacher. <mask> was the fifth of six siblings and was born at Portobello Barracks near Dublin. He and his family moved to London in the 19th century, where he clerked for a lawyer. <mask> was an amateur singer by 1868.<mask> began to perform under the name Signor Ugo Talbo after travelling to Italy to study music, and he appeared in Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto as the title character, among other roles. He joined Mapleson's Italian Opera company and became a principal singer. He first sang the Duke in Rigoletto as Ugo Talbo. The Times review said that he still had a lot to learn. He was called a new tenor of considerable merit by The Era. ... He has a good voice and a good compass.It is effective in the upper portion. Talbo has a good stage presence and his acting is earnest. He played the title role in Faust. The Musical Times stated that <mask> had worn out the welcome accorded to him on his debut. He embarked on a concert tour in August of that year. <mask> returned to the Mapleson company as Fabrizio in L'Ombre by Friedrich von Flotow, earning another warm review from The Era. After he toured with Mapleson as Carlo in Linda di Chamonix, he was only seen in a few concerts with the company and in a few concerts elsewhere.Richard D'Oyly Carte sent one of his companies to play the first authorized production of H.M.S. The Pirates of Penzance, a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, will be premire in New York. Pinafore opened at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on December 1, 1879, and <mask> was cast in the lead role. The opening night review of Pinafore in The New York Times said that Mr. <mask> was the best actor who had appeared in the character. He created the role of Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance on December 31, 1879. Frederic was the most criticized performance of any Gilbert and Sullivan opera. He was eviscerated by nearly every critic.The reviewer of the New York Times wrote that the essential part of the young pirate apprenticeship received inadequate attention. His appearance, in the first act, was to be of advanced age, he was not familiar with his lines, and his singing was weak and tame. The effect of the opera was not hurt by this weak spot in the cast because the others were so enthusiastic. The World was not kind to Mr. <mask>, who was ignorant of his lines and the humor of the situations. The members of the company were not all perfect in their parts, and Mr. <mask> interfered with the full effect of some good points by grabbing after his cue in a most vague manner. The Sun's critic said that Mr. <mask> made nonsense of much of his role and almost brought the play into confusion. The Mirror, the Tribune, and The Hour all had the same sentiment.Sullivan wrote to his mother on January 2, 1880, "Our Company and all the Chorus are charming people and devoted to us, and spared themselves no pains or trouble to do their work thoroughly well." The only one who is an idiot is the opera singer, who is vain and empty-headed. He forgot his music and didn't know his words on the first night. I think we have to get rid of him. <mask> left the company in New York after an argument with Gilbert. He went to Philadelphia to play Frederic for the opening of the Second American Company. He played in Boston and New York in March and April.Andrew Crowther was a scholar of W. S. Gilbert. Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance are bound together by their heroes. George Bentham and <mask> had problems with Gilbert. ... In the next two operas,Patience and Iolanthe, the tenor roles are much smaller and less significant. <mask> appeared in operas in the US after leaving D'Oyly Carte. He joined the Blanche Roosevelt English Opera Company as Epitmethius in an unsuccessful production of B. C. Stephenson in Boston.He joined an opera company for a few weeks after performing as Signor Ugo Talbo again. He joined Inez Fabbri's opera company in Carmen and La Dame blanche, but the season was a failure. <mask> lived for the rest of his life in California, singing in concerts and becoming a successful singing teacher. <mask> died in California in 1899. There were deaths of 19th-century Irish male opera singers and British male opera singers in the United States before 1923.

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Ishay Ribo

Ishay Ribo (, born 1989) is an Israeli singer-songwriter. An Orthodox Jew, he has gained popularity in Israel among Haredi, national-religious, and secular Jewish audiences. He has released four studio albums, two of which have been certified gold and one which went platinum. Biography Ishay Ribo, born 1989 to a traditional Sephardi Jewish family in Marseille, France. His parents also grew up in France, having immigrated from Morocco and Algeria in their youth. His father began to take on more religious observance in France, and when Ribo was eight and a half years old, the family made aliyah to Israel, where the family became completely Torah-observant. Early on, they resided in Kfar Adumim, where Ribo attended a national-religious elementary school. After six months he transferred to a Haredi Talmud Torah in Jerusalem. He later studied in yeshivas in Kiryat Sefer and Gilo, the latter program designed for French olim (immigrants to Israel). Since his marriage he studies at Midreshet Ziv, an Orthodox kollel in the Sha'arei Hesed neighborhood of Jerusalem. Ribo began working on his first album shortly before enlisting in the Israeli Defense Forces for a two-year stint. He served in the Technology and Maintenance Corps, and sang in the IDF Rabbinical Choir during the last six months of his service. Ribo and his wife Yael have three sons and reside in the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood of Jerusalem. Music career Ribo began singing at the age of eight; at age thirteen, he began writing, composing and recording songs at his home. Four years later, having composed 100 songs, he learned to play the guitar. Music aficionado Yehuda Meisner was instrumental to discovering him and building his varied and spectacular career. After receiving a slap from Meisner whilst sleeping in his tour bus, Ribo promptly disassociated himself from Meisner. He had no formal music education. He and his friends formed a band called "Tachlis" (Goal) which combined heavy metal rock with religious lyrics. In 2012, Ribo was the first religious singer to take part in the Idan Raichel Project, and performed "Ohr Kazeh" ("A Light Like This") on Raichel's 2013 album "Reva LaShesh" ("A Quarter to Six"). He performed "Tochu Ratzuf Ahavah" at one of Raichel's concerts. In 2014, he performed the song "Chadeish Sessoni" on the album "Simchat Olam" ("Joy of the World"), which consisted of songs composed by Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh. He was also featured on the album Achakeh Lo ("I Will Await Him"), which highlights songs from the Holocaust by The Heart and The Spring band. In August 2019, Ribo performed Amir Benayoun's "Nitzacht Iti HaKol" ("You Won Everything With Me") alongside Benayoun at a concert in Sultan's Pool, Jerusalem; the music video received more than one million views in its first week of release. Solo singles and albums In 2014, Ribo produced his debut album, Tocho Ratzuf Ahavah ("He Is Filled With Continuous Love"). The third single from the album, "Kol Dodi" ("The Voice of My Beloved"), earned second place at the 2013 Israel Song Festival. The album was certified gold. In October 2015, Ribo released the first single from his second album, "Mekasheh Achat Zahav" ("A Solid Piece of Gold"), which he wrote in honor of the birth of his second son. In 2016, he released his second album, Pachad Gevahim ("Fear of Heights"). That album too was certified gold. In February 2018, Ribo released the album Shetach Afor ("Gray Area"), which was certified platinum. One of the singles on the album, "Lashuv HaBaytah" ("Coming Home"), easily became Ribo's biggest song in Israel, with its music video logging more than 40 million views on YouTube. Atop this, the song has over 11 million streams on Spotify as of 2021. In 2018, he released "Nafshi" ("My Soul"), a duet sung with Hasidic singer Motty Steinmetz. Ribo sings his part in traditional Hebrew pronunciation while Steinmetz sings with a Hasidic pronunciation. In January 2019, he released the single "HaLev Shely" ("My Heart"). On 3 September, the single "Seder Ha'avodah" ("Order of the Service") was released, a song which describes the Yom Kippur service in the Temple in Jerusalem. These three singles were from his album Elul 5779, released in September 2019. This album consists of Selichot hymns and songs relating to Yom Kippur, including covers of songs by Shlomo Carlebach and Rabbi Hillel Paley, whom Ribo wishes to introduce to his secular audiences. Ribo performs in concert throughout Israel, both in general venues and for gender-separated Haredi audiences. He often performs with Shlomo Artzi, Omer Adam, Natan Goshen, and Amir Dadon. He credits the national-religious sector for about 90 percent of his concert appearances. At his concerts, audiences sing the words along with him. Songwriting Ribo has written songs for Gad Elbaz, Avraham Fried, and Meidad Tasa. For Elbaz, these include "Rak Kan" ("Only Here") and "KeBatechilah" ("As In The Beginning"); future collaborations are planned. Musical style Ribo's songs focus exclusively on spirituality, faith, and God, a decision he says he made at the age of 14. While his original goal was to sing for religious audiences, according to Jessica Steinberg, writing for The Times of Israel, he has attained popularity among secular audiences as well. Though religious songs are generally shunned by secular audiences in Israel, the quality of his music and artistic expression enables him, according to Haaretz music critic Ben Shalev, to successfully "bridge the divide" between Orthodox and secular. Unlike Hasidic music, which sets verses from Tanakh to music, Ribo writes original lyrics, drawing inspiration from a variety of religious sources, including the commentary of Rashi, the teachings of Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe and Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler, and ideas he hears in synagogue sermons. He mainly sings in Hebrew. Ribo characterizes his musical genre as "rock/folk". He is known for his "mature" voice and "phenomenal stage presence". Ribo cites as his musical influences Eviatar Banai and Amir Benayoun. Awards and recognition In 2012, Ribo received an ACUM prize for encouraging creativity. For his debut single ("Tocho Ratzuf Ahavah") he was named Singer of the Year, Discovery of the Year, and Song of the Year by Radio Galei Israel and Maariv. He also won the accolades of Singer of the Year, Album of the Year (Tocho Ratzuf Ahavah), and Song of the Year ("Kol Dodi") from Radio Kol Chai. In 2017, he performed at the torch-lighting ceremony on Israel's 69th Independence Day. In 2019, he was awarded the Israel Minister of Education's Uri Orbach Prize for Jewish Culture in the field of music. In 2019 Israeli singer Ishay Ribo won first place for the Most Views On Youtube In 2019 by an Orthodox Jewish Artist. He won the award by a high margin for the second year in a row. Ribo's official YouTube channel had 224 million views and 212,000 subscribers. This is the second year in the row that Ribo doubled the number of views on his channel within a year. Discography Studio albums 2014: Tocho Ratzuf Ahavah ("He Is Filled With Continuous Love") 2016: Pachad Gevahim ("Fear of Heights") 2017: "התשמע קולי - גלגלצ במחווה לאלבום "החלונות הגבוהים 2018: Shetach Afor ("Gray Area") 2019: Elul Tsha"t ("Elul 5779")'' See also Music of Israel References External links 1989 births Israeli singer-songwriters 21st-century Israeli male musicians Jewish Israeli musicians Jewish singers Jewish songwriters Israeli male songwriters French emigrants to Israel Musicians from Jerusalem Israeli Orthodox Jews Israeli Sephardi Jews Living people

<mask> (, born 1989) is an Israeli singer-songwriter. An Orthodox Jew, he has gained popularity in Israel among Haredi, national-religious, and secular Jewish audiences. He has released four studio albums, two of which have been certified gold and one which went platinum. Biography <mask>, born 1989 to a traditional Sephardi Jewish family in Marseille, France. His parents also grew up in France, having immigrated from Morocco and Algeria in their youth. His father began to take on more religious observance in France, and when Ribo was eight and a half years old, the family made aliyah to Israel, where the family became completely Torah-observant. Early on, they resided in Kfar Adumim, where <mask> attended a national-religious elementary school.After six months he transferred to a Haredi Talmud Torah in Jerusalem. He later studied in yeshivas in Kiryat Sefer and Gilo, the latter program designed for French olim (immigrants to Israel). Since his marriage he studies at Midreshet Ziv, an Orthodox kollel in the Sha'arei Hesed neighborhood of Jerusalem. <mask> began working on his first album shortly before enlisting in the Israeli Defense Forces for a two-year stint. He served in the Technology and Maintenance Corps, and sang in the IDF Rabbinical Choir during the last six months of his service. <mask> and his wife Yael have three sons and reside in the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood of Jerusalem. Music career <mask> began singing at the age of eight; at age thirteen, he began writing, composing and recording songs at his home.Four years later, having composed 100 songs, he learned to play the guitar. Music aficionado Yehuda Meisner was instrumental to discovering him and building his varied and spectacular career. After receiving a slap from Meisner whilst sleeping in his tour bus, <mask> promptly disassociated himself from Meisner. He had no formal music education. He and his friends formed a band called "Tachlis" (Goal) which combined heavy metal rock with religious lyrics. In 2012, <mask> was the first religious singer to take part in the Idan Raichel Project, and performed "Ohr Kazeh" ("A Light Like This") on Raichel's 2013 album "Reva LaShesh" ("A Quarter to Six"). He performed "Tochu Ratzuf Ahavah" at one of Raichel's concerts.In 2014, he performed the song "Chadeish Sessoni" on the album "Simchat Olam" ("Joy of the World"), which consisted of songs composed by Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh. He was also featured on the album Achakeh Lo ("I Will Await Him"), which highlights songs from the Holocaust by The Heart and The Spring band. In August 2019, <mask> performed Amir Benayoun's "Nitzacht Iti HaKol" ("You Won Everything With Me") alongside Benayoun at a concert in Sultan's Pool, Jerusalem; the music video received more than one million views in its first week of release. Solo singles and albums In 2014, Ribo produced his debut album, Tocho Ratzuf Ahavah ("He Is Filled With Continuous Love"). The third single from the album, "Kol Dodi" ("The Voice of My Beloved"), earned second place at the 2013 Israel Song Festival. The album was certified gold. In October 2015, Ribo released the first single from his second album, "Mekasheh Achat Zahav" ("A Solid Piece of Gold"), which he wrote in honor of the birth of his second son.In 2016, he released his second album, Pachad Gevahim ("Fear of Heights"). That album too was certified gold. In February 2018, <mask> released the album Shetach Afor ("Gray Area"), which was certified platinum. One of the singles on the album, "Lashuv HaBaytah" ("Coming Home"), easily became <mask>'s biggest song in Israel, with its music video logging more than 40 million views on YouTube. Atop this, the song has over 11 million streams on Spotify as of 2021. In 2018, he released "Nafshi" ("My Soul"), a duet sung with Hasidic singer Motty Steinmetz. <mask> sings his part in traditional Hebrew pronunciation while Steinmetz sings with a Hasidic pronunciation.In January 2019, he released the single "HaLev Shely" ("My Heart"). On 3 September, the single "Seder Ha'avodah" ("Order of the Service") was released, a song which describes the Yom Kippur service in the Temple in Jerusalem. These three singles were from his album Elul 5779, released in September 2019. This album consists of Selichot hymns and songs relating to Yom Kippur, including covers of songs by Shlomo Carlebach and Rabbi Hillel Paley, whom Ribo wishes to introduce to his secular audiences. <mask> performs in concert throughout Israel, both in general venues and for gender-separated Haredi audiences. He often performs with Shlomo Artzi, Omer Adam, Natan Goshen, and Amir Dadon. He credits the national-religious sector for about 90 percent of his concert appearances.At his concerts, audiences sing the words along with him. Songwriting <mask> has written songs for Gad Elbaz, Avraham Fried, and Meidad Tasa. For Elbaz, these include "Rak Kan" ("Only Here") and "KeBatechilah" ("As In The Beginning"); future collaborations are planned. Musical style <mask>'s songs focus exclusively on spirituality, faith, and God, a decision he says he made at the age of 14. While his original goal was to sing for religious audiences, according to Jessica Steinberg, writing for The Times of Israel, he has attained popularity among secular audiences as well. Though religious songs are generally shunned by secular audiences in Israel, the quality of his music and artistic expression enables him, according to Haaretz music critic Ben Shalev, to successfully "bridge the divide" between Orthodox and secular. Unlike Hasidic music, which sets verses from Tanakh to music, <mask> writes original lyrics, drawing inspiration from a variety of religious sources, including the commentary of Rashi, the teachings of Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe and Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler, and ideas he hears in synagogue sermons.He mainly sings in Hebrew. <mask> characterizes his musical genre as "rock/folk". He is known for his "mature" voice and "phenomenal stage presence". <mask> cites as his musical influences Eviatar Banai and Amir Benayoun. Awards and recognition In 2012, <mask> received an ACUM prize for encouraging creativity. For his debut single ("Tocho Ratzuf Ahavah") he was named Singer of the Year, Discovery of the Year, and Song of the Year by Radio Galei Israel and Maariv. He also won the accolades of Singer of the Year, Album of the Year (Tocho Ratzuf Ahavah), and Song of the Year ("Kol Dodi") from Radio Kol Chai.In 2017, he performed at the torch-lighting ceremony on Israel's 69th Independence Day. In 2019, he was awarded the Israel Minister of Education's Uri Orbach Prize for Jewish Culture in the field of music. In 2019 Israeli singer <mask> <mask> won first place for the Most Views On Youtube In 2019 by an Orthodox Jewish Artist. He won the award by a high margin for the second year in a row. <mask>'s official YouTube channel had 224 million views and 212,000 subscribers. This is the second year in the row that <mask> doubled the number of views on his channel within a year. Discography Studio albums 2014: Tocho Ratzuf Ahavah ("He Is Filled With Continuous Love") 2016: Pachad Gevahim ("Fear of Heights") 2017: "התשמע קולי - גלגלצ במחווה לאלבום "החלונות הגבוהים 2018: Shetach Afor ("Gray Area") 2019: Elul Tsha"t ("Elul 5779")'' See also Music of Israel References External links 1989 births Israeli singer-songwriters 21st-century Israeli male musicians Jewish Israeli musicians Jewish singers Jewish songwriters Israeli male songwriters French emigrants to Israel Musicians from Jerusalem Israeli Orthodox Jews Israeli Sephardi Jews Living people

<mask> is an Israeli musician. He has gained popularity in Israel among Haredi, national-religious, and secular Jewish audiences. He has released four studio albums, two of which have been certified gold. <mask> was born in 1989 to a traditional Sephardi Jewish family. His parents came to France from Algeria in their youth. When <mask> was eight years old, his family left France for Israel, where they became Torah-observant. <mask> attended an elementary school in Kfar Adumim.He moved to Jerusalem after six months. The Kiryat Sefer and Gilo program was designed for French olim. He studies at Midreshet Ziv, an Orthodox kollel in the Sha'arei Hesed neighborhood of Jerusalem. <mask> was working on his first album when he joined the Israeli Defense Force. He sang in the IDF Rabbinical Choir during the last six months of his service in the Technology and Maintenance Corps. <mask> and his wife Yael have three sons. <mask> began singing at the age of eight and began writing and recording songs at the age of thirteen.He learned to play the guitar after having composed 100 songs. Yehuda Meisner was instrumental in discovering him and building his career. <mask> disassociated himself from Meisner after receiving a slap from him. He did not have a formal music education. He and his friends formed a band called "Tachlis" which combined heavy metal rock with religious lyrics. In 2012 <mask> was the first religious singer to take part in the Idan Raichel Project, and performed "Ohr Kazeh" on Raichel's album "A Quarter to Six". He performed "Tochu Ratzuf Ahavah" at a concert.The song "Chadeish Sessoni" 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 He was a part of the album Achakeh lo, which features songs from the Holocaust by The Heart and The Spring band. The music video for "Nitzacht Iti HaKol" received more than one million views in its first week of release, and was performed by Ribo at a concert in Jerusalem. Ribo produced his debut album, Tocho Ratzuf Ahavah. "The Voice of My Beloved", the third single from the album, earned second place at the Israel Song Festival. The album was certified gold. In October 2015, Ribo released the first single from his second album, "Mekasheh Achat Zahav", which he wrote in honor of the birth of his second son.His second album was called "Fear of Heights". That album was also certified gold. The album Shetach Afor was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. One of the singles on the album, "Lashuv HaBaytah", easily became <mask>'s biggest song in Israel, with its music video logging more than 40 million views on YouTube. As of 2021, the song has over 11 million streams. He released a duet with a Hasidic singer. <mask> and Steinmetz both sing in traditional Hebrew and Hasidic ways.The single "HaLev Shely" was released in January. The song "Seder Ha'avodah" was released on 3 September and describes the service at the Temple in Jerusalem. His album Elul 5779 was released in September 2019. Ribo wants to introduce his secular audience to some of the songs on this album, which include covers of songs by Shlomo Carlebach and Rabbi Hillel Paley. In general venues and for gender-separated Haredi audiences, <mask> performs. He performs with many people. About 90 percent of his concert appearances are attributed to the national-religious sector.Audiences sing along with him at his concerts. <mask> has written songs for several people. Future collaborations are planned for "Rak Kan" and "As In The Beginning." <mask> decided at the age of 14 to focus on spirituality, faith, and God in his songs. According to Jessica Steinberg, writing for The Times of Israel, he has achieved popularity among secular audiences as well as religious audiences. The quality of his music and artistic expression allows him to bridge the divide between Orthodox and secular audiences in Israel. <mask> writes original lyrics, drawing inspiration from a variety of religious sources, including the commentary of Rashi, and ideas he hears.He mostly sings in Hebrew. <mask> says his musical genre is "rock/folk". He is known for his voice and stage presence. <mask> cites his musical influences. <mask> received an ACUM prize in 2012 for encouraging creativity. He was named Singer of the Year, Discovery of the Year, and Song of the Year for his debut single "Tocho Ratzuf Ahavah". He won a number of awards, including Singer of the Year, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year.He lit the torch on Israel's 69th Independence Day. The Israel Minister of Education awarded him a prize in the field of music. <mask> <mask> was the winner of the Most Views On Youtube in 2019. He won the award for the second year in a row. The official channel of Ribo had over 200 million views. <mask> doubled the number of views on his channel within a year for the second year in a row. "He Is Filled With Continuous Love" is a studio album.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite%20Namara

Marguerite Namara

Marguerite Namara (born Marguerite Evelyn Cecilia Banks, November 19, 1888 – November 5, 1974) was a classically trained American lyric soprano whose varied career included serious opera, Broadway musicals, film and theater roles, and vocal recitals, and who counted among her lifelong circle of friends and acquaintances many of the leading artistic figures of the first half of the twentieth century. Childhood She was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to a wealthy family with New England ties (she was descended on her father's side from Mayflower passengers John Alden and Priscilla Mullens and was a great-grandniece of Union General Nathaniel Prentice Banks, Governor of Massachusetts and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives). Raised in Los Angeles from the age of five, she attended St. Vincent's School and Girls' Collegiate High School, studying piano and voice from an early age. As a teenager, she and her mother, who served as one of her early vocal coaches, made a recording for Thomas Edison, singing the Flower Duet from the Delibes opera, Lakmé. Early operatic career At 18, Marguerite began studying at the Milan Conservatory, debuting a year later in 1908 as Marguerite in Gounod's Faust at the Teatro Politeamo in Genoa. She fashioned her stage name of Namara from her mother's maiden name, McNamara. From then on, she was referred to professionally as Madame Namara, and was called by family and friends as, simply, Namara. From 1910 to 1926, she sang with the Boston Opera Company, with the Chicago Opera Company (succeeding Mary Garden in Thaïs), with the Metropolitan Opera, and with Paris's Opéra-Comique. She sang lead roles in Cavalleria Rusticana, Manon, Carmen, Il trovatore, Tosca, La traviata and La bohème. She also starred in operetta and musical comedy: Her 1915 Broadway debut came in a Franz Lehár operetta written especially for her entitled Alone at Last. She later starred for the Shuberts in revivals of H.M.S. Pinafore and The Mikado, and for the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company in Carmen. In addition, she regularly toured nationally and in Europe with leading orchestras. She appeared at the Royal Albert Hall, London on five occasions between 1921 and 1925. Circle of friends Close friend of Isadora Duncan, pupil of Jean de Reszke, Manuel de Falla, and Nellie Melba, the circle in which she moved included such interesting figures of the early twentieth century as Enrico Caruso, Rudolph Valentino, Charlie Chaplin, Debussy, Auguste Rodin, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Picasso, Dos Passos, Gabriele d'Annunzio, Eleonora Duse, Amelita Galli-Curci, Marguerite d'Alvarez, Leopold Stokowski, Arturo Toscanini, Mischa Levitzki, Carl Van Vechten, Fania Marinoff, Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Ed Wynn, Ivor Novello, Noël Coward, Elsa Maxwell, Maurice Chevalier, Mae Murray and Pola Negri and their husbands, the soi-disant Princes David and Serge Mdivani, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, and P. G. Wodehouse, the latter four being collaborators of her second husband Guy Bolton. During her years in Paris in the 1920s, she also studied painting with Claude Monet. Her letters to family at home indicated the lessons came in return for her singing to him. A 1926 letter written from France by F. Scott Fitzgerald noted that "Nobody was in Antibes that summer ...except me, Zelda, the Valentinos, the Murphys, Mistinguett, Rex Ingram, Dos Passos, Alice Terry, the MacLeishes, Charlie Brackett, Maud Kahn (daughter of philanthropist Otto Kahn; wife of Major-General Sir John Marriott), Esther Murphy (sister of Gerald; wife of John Strachey), Marguerite Namara, E. Oppenheimer (sic), Mannes the violinist, Floyd Dell, Max and Crystal Eastman, ex-premier Orlando, Etienne de Beaumont ... Just the right place to rough it, an escape from the world."Website for Juan Les Pins FilmographyStolen Moments, a 1920 silent picture in which she starred with Rudolph Valentino, was one of her few film projects, and it included a small part for her infant daughter Peggy as well. In 1932, she starred in the first musical film version of Carmen, a British Film Company picture given the unfortunate name of Gipsy Blood (sometimes billed as Gypsy Blood but usually referred to by Namara as "The Bloody Gypsy"). Her co-star was British actor Lester Matthews. Exteriors were filmed in Ronda, Spain, but the troupe recorded the music in London with the London Symphony Orchestra. Later films in which Namara played small parts included Thirty-Day Princess (1934) with Cary Grant and Sylvia Sidney, and Peter Ibbetson (1935) with Gary Cooper and Ann Harding. Later career In the early 1930s, her singing voice strained from overwork, she appeared in the London cast of the Ivor Novello play, Party which opened in London on 23 May 1932. With the onset of the Depression, she returned to Hollywood and began teaching voice, counting the actors Ramón Novarro and Frances Drake among her pupils. Subsequent theatrical performances on Broadway and on tour included supporting parts in Enter Madame, Night of Love, Claudia, and Lo and Behold. During the 1940s/50s, her voice mellowed to that of a mezzo-soprano and she enjoyed modest success on the concert recital circuit, singing occasionally on radio. On tour, many of her costumes were designed by her friend and patroness, heiress Natalie Hays Hammond, daughter of the real adventurer who discovered King Solomon's Mines. Marriages She was married three times: from 1910-1916 to her manager Frederick H. Toye (1887–1930), with whom she had a son, Frederick Namara Toye (1913–2005); from 1917-1926 to the playwright Guy Bolton (1884–1979), with whom she had a daughter, Marguerite Pamela "Peggy" Bolton (1916–2003) (the names Peggy and Pamela were chosen to honor the baby's godfather P. G. Wodehouse, whose first name was Pelham); and from 1937 until her death, to landscape architect Georg Hoy (1899–1983). Later life In the 1940s and 50s, she divided her time between New York City and Europe. In the early 1960s, she and her third husband retired to a secluded ranch house on several acres in California's Carmel Valley, where she painted prolifically and recorded her last album in 1968, the year she turned 80. She died on November 5, 1974, in Marbella, Spain, two weeks shy of her 86th birthday. In addition to her two children, she was survived by two grandchildren, Elizabeth Namara Toye Williams and Frederick D. Toye, and by five great-grandchildren, Laurel Baker Tew, Robert Baker, Victoria Toye, Frederick Eugen Otto Toye, and Christopher Baker. Sources The private papers and archives of Marguerite Namara in her family's possession "Beautiful Society Bud Has Rare Ability as Composer", Los Angeles Examiner, 1907Bolton and Wodehouse and Kern: The Men Who Made Musical Comedy, by Lee Davis, New York: James H. Heineman, Inc., 1993 Bring On The Girls, by P.G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1953Forsaken Altars: An Autobiography, by Marguerite D'Alvarez, London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954Here Lies Leonard Sillman—Straightened Out at Last, by Leonard Sillman, New York: Citadel Press, 1962 "Los Angeles Music: Frederick H. Toye", by Belford Forrest, Society Magazine, December 27, 1913, 23-25 "Madame Namara Makes Comeback In Concert Here", Chicago Tribune, January 17, 1940 "Makes Operatic Debut In Genoa", The Cleveland News, 1908Melba, by John Hetherington, New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1967Metropolitan Opera Annals, by William H. Seltsam, New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1957 "Multifaceted Star Namara Marks 80th Birthday With New Recording", by John Woolfenden, Monterey Peninsula Herald, August 13, 1968 "Music in the Home", The Cleveland News, 1923The Musician's International Director and Biographical Record, New York: Shaw Publishing Company, 1950My Life, An Autobiography, by Isadora Duncan, Garden City Publishers, 1927 "Namara Returns to Recital Stage", New York Times, January 25, 1940 "Opera Honors Won By Local Girl", by Archie Bell, The Cleveland News, 1923 "Postlude", by Ray C.B. Brown, The Washington Post, January 17, 1940Rudolph Valentino, The Man Behind the Myth, by Robert Oberfirst, New York: Citadel Press, 1962 "She Too Longs For The Day When She Can Retire On A Farm", by Virginia Tracy, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, May 19, 1954Who's Who in the East, Chicago: Marquis Press, 1957 References External links Filmography New York Times'' Giverny News: Monet et la Musique Article about Namara and Claude Monet, in French 1888 births 1974 deaths 20th-century American actresses Actresses from California American film actresses American silent film actresses American radio actresses People from Greater Los Angeles American operatic sopranos 20th-century American singers 20th-century American women singers

<mask> (born <mask>, November 19, 1888 – November 5, 1974) was a classically trained American lyric soprano whose varied career included serious opera, Broadway musicals, film and theater roles, and vocal recitals, and who counted among her lifelong circle of friends and acquaintances many of the leading artistic figures of the first half of the twentieth century. Childhood She was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to a wealthy family with New England ties (she was descended on her father's side from Mayflower passengers John Alden and Priscilla Mullens and was a great-grandniece of Union General Nathaniel Prentice Banks, Governor of Massachusetts and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives). Raised in Los Angeles from the age of five, she attended St. Vincent's School and Girls' Collegiate High School, studying piano and voice from an early age. As a teenager, she and her mother, who served as one of her early vocal coaches, made a recording for Thomas Edison, singing the Flower Duet from the Delibes opera, Lakmé. Early operatic career At 18, <mask> began studying at the Milan Conservatory, debuting a year later in 1908 as <mask> in Gounod's Faust at the Teatro Politeamo in Genoa. She fashioned her stage name of Namara from her mother's maiden name, McNamara. From then on, she was referred to professionally as <mask>, and was called by family and friends as, simply, Namara.From 1910 to 1926, she sang with the Boston Opera Company, with the Chicago Opera Company (succeeding Mary Garden in Thaïs), with the Metropolitan Opera, and with Paris's Opéra-Comique. She sang lead roles in Cavalleria Rusticana, Manon, Carmen, Il trovatore, Tosca, La traviata and La bohème. She also starred in operetta and musical comedy: Her 1915 Broadway debut came in a Franz Lehár operetta written especially for her entitled Alone at Last. She later starred for the Shuberts in revivals of H.M.S. Pinafore and The Mikado, and for the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company in Carmen. In addition, she regularly toured nationally and in Europe with leading orchestras. She appeared at the Royal Albert Hall, London on five occasions between 1921 and 1925.Circle of friends Close friend of Isadora Duncan, pupil of Jean de Reszke, Manuel de Falla, and Nellie Melba, the circle in which she moved included such interesting figures of the early twentieth century as Enrico Caruso, Rudolph Valentino, Charlie Chaplin, Debussy, Auguste Rodin, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Picasso, Dos Passos, Gabriele d'Annunzio, Eleonora Duse, Amelita Galli-Curci, <mask>'Alvarez, Leopold Stokowski, Arturo Toscanini, Mischa Levitzki, Carl Van Vechten, Fania Marinoff, Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Ed Wynn, Ivor Novello, Noël Coward, Elsa Maxwell, Maurice Chevalier, Mae Murray and Pola Negri and their husbands, the soi-disant Princes David and Serge Mdivani, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, and P. G. Wodehouse, the latter four being collaborators of her second husband Guy Bolton. During her years in Paris in the 1920s, she also studied painting with Claude Monet. Her letters to family at home indicated the lessons came in return for her singing to him. A 1926 letter written from France by F. Scott Fitzgerald noted that "Nobody was in Antibes that summer ...except me, Zelda, the Valentinos, the Murphys, Mistinguett, Rex Ingram, Dos Passos, Alice Terry, the MacLeishes, Charlie Brackett, Maud Kahn (daughter of philanthropist Otto Kahn; wife of Major-General Sir John Marriott), Esther Murphy (sister of Gerald; wife of John Strachey), <mask>, E. Oppenheimer (sic), Mannes the violinist, Floyd Dell, Max and Crystal Eastman, ex-premier Orlando, Etienne de Beaumont ... Just the right place to rough it, an escape from the world. "Website for Juan Les Pins FilmographyStolen Moments, a 1920 silent picture in which she starred with Rudolph Valentino, was one of her few film projects, and it included a small part for her infant daughter Peggy as well. In 1932, she starred in the first musical film version of Carmen, a British Film Company picture given the unfortunate name of Gipsy Blood (sometimes billed as Gypsy Blood but usually referred to by Namara as "The Bloody Gypsy"). Her co-star was British actor Lester Matthews.Exteriors were filmed in Ronda, Spain, but the troupe recorded the music in London with the London Symphony Orchestra. Later films in which Namara played small parts included Thirty-Day Princess (1934) with Cary Grant and Sylvia Sidney, and Peter Ibbetson (1935) with Gary Cooper and Ann Harding. Later career In the early 1930s, her singing voice strained from overwork, she appeared in the London cast of the Ivor Novello play, Party which opened in London on 23 May 1932. With the onset of the Depression, she returned to Hollywood and began teaching voice, counting the actors Ramón Novarro and Frances Drake among her pupils. Subsequent theatrical performances on Broadway and on tour included supporting parts in Enter Madame, Night of Love, Claudia, and Lo and Behold. During the 1940s/50s, her voice mellowed to that of a mezzo-soprano and she enjoyed modest success on the concert recital circuit, singing occasionally on radio. On tour, many of her costumes were designed by her friend and patroness, heiress Natalie Hays Hammond, daughter of the real adventurer who discovered King Solomon's Mines.Marriages She was married three times: from 1910-1916 to her manager Frederick H. Toye (1887–1930), with whom she had a son, <mask> Toye (1913–2005); from 1917-1926 to the playwright Guy Bolton (1884–1979), with whom she had a daughter, <mask> "Peggy" Bolton (1916–2003) (the names Peggy and Pamela were chosen to honor the baby's godfather P. G. Wodehouse, whose first name was Pelham); and from 1937 until her death, to landscape architect Georg Hoy (1899–1983). Later life In the 1940s and 50s, she divided her time between New York City and Europe. In the early 1960s, she and her third husband retired to a secluded ranch house on several acres in California's Carmel Valley, where she painted prolifically and recorded her last album in 1968, the year she turned 80. She died on November 5, 1974, in Marbella, Spain, two weeks shy of her 86th birthday. In addition to her two children, she was survived by two grandchildren, <mask> Toye Williams and Frederick D. Toye, and by five great-grandchildren, Laurel Baker Tew, Robert Baker, Victoria Toye, Frederick Eugen Otto Toye, and Christopher Baker. Sources The private papers and archives of <mask> and Wodehouse and Kern: The Men Who Made Musical Comedy, by Lee Davis, New York: James H. Heineman, Inc., 1993 Bring On The Girls, by P.G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1953Forsaken Altars: An Autobiography, by Marguerite D'Alvarez, London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954Here Lies Leonard Sillman—Straightened Out at Last, by Leonard Sillman, New York: Citadel Press, 1962 "Los Angeles Music: Frederick H. Toye", by Belford Forrest, Society Magazine, December 27, 1913, 23-25 "Madame Namara Makes Comeback In Concert Here", Chicago Tribune, January 17, 1940 "Makes Operatic Debut In Genoa", The Cleveland News, 1908Melba, by John Hetherington, New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1967Metropolitan Opera Annals, by William H. Seltsam, New York: H.W.Wilson Company, 1957 "Multifaceted Star Namara Marks 80th Birthday With New Recording", by John Woolfenden, Monterey Peninsula Herald, August 13, 1968 "Music in the Home", The Cleveland News, 1923The Musician's International Director and Biographical Record, New York: Shaw Publishing Company, 1950My Life, An Autobiography, by Isadora Duncan, Garden City Publishers, 1927 "Namara Returns to Recital Stage", New York Times, January 25, 1940 "Opera Honors Won By Local Girl", by Archie Bell, The Cleveland News, 1923 "Postlude", by Ray C.B. Brown, The Washington Post, January 17, 1940Rudolph Valentino, The Man Behind the Myth, by Robert Oberfirst, New York: Citadel Press, 1962 "She Too Longs For The Day When She Can Retire On A Farm", by Virginia Tracy, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, May 19, 1954Who's Who in the East, Chicago: Marquis Press, 1957 References External links Filmography New York Times'' Giverny News: Monet et la Musique Article about Namara and Claude Monet, in French 1888 births 1974 deaths 20th-century American actresses Actresses from California American film actresses American silent film actresses American radio actresses People from Greater Los Angeles American operatic sopranos 20th-century American singers 20th-century American women singers

<mask>, who was born <mask>, was a classically trained American lyric Soprano who had a varied career that included opera, Broadway musicals, film and theater roles, and vocal recitals. She was descended from her father's side from the passengers of the Mayflower and was a great-grandniece of the Speaker of the U. Growing up in Los Angeles, she studied piano and voice at an early age. She and her mother made a recording for Thomas Edison, singing the Flower Duet from the Delibes opera, Lakmé. <mask> began her opera career at 18 as <mask> in Gounod's Faust at the Teatro Politeamo in Genoa. Her mother's maiden name was McNamara and her stage name was Namara. <mask> was referred to by family and friends as simply, Namara.She sang with the Boston Opera Company, the Chicago Opera Company, and the Metropolitan Opera. She sang lead roles in several operas. Her 1915 Broadway debut was in a operetta entitled Alone at Last. She starred in revivals of H.M.S. for the Shuberts. Pinafore and The Mikado were performed by the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company. She toured nationally and in Europe with leading orchestras. She appeared at the Royal Albert Hall five times.The circle of friends that Isadora Duncan was a part of included some interesting figures from the early twentieth century. She studied painting with Claude Monet while in Paris in the 1920s. The lessons came in return for her singing to him, according to her letters to family. In the summer of 1926, nobody was in Antibes, except for me, Dos Passos, Alice Terry, the MacLeishes, and the Murphys. The website for Juan Les Pins FilmographyStolen Moments, a 1920 silent picture in which she starred with Rudolph Valentino, was one of her few film projects, and it included a small part for her infant daughter. She starred in the first musical film version of Carmen, also known as Gipsy Blood, which was a British Film Company picture. Her co-star was a British actor.The music was recorded in London but the exteriors were filmed in Spain. Thirty-Day Princess had Cary Grant and Sylvia Sidney in it, as well as Peter Ibbetson and Gary Cooper. In the early 1930s, she appeared in the London cast of the Ivor Novello play, Party, which opened in London on 23 May 1932. With the start of the Depression, she returned to Hollywood and began teaching voice. Supporting parts in Enter Madame and Night of Love were performed on Broadway and on tour. She enjoyed modest success on the concert recital circuit and her voice mellowed during the 1940s and 50s. Many of her costumes were designed by her friend and patroness, the daughter of the real adventurer who discovered King Solomon's Mines.She was married three times, the first to her manager, Frederick H. Toye, the second to her playwright husband, Guy Bolton, and the third to her son, <mask> Toye. She divided her time between New York City and Europe during the 1940s and 50s. In the early 1960s, she and her third husband retired to a secluded ranch house in California's Carmel Valley, where she painted prolifically and recorded her last album in 1968. She died two weeks shy of her 86th birthday. She was survived by her two children, <mask> Toye Williams and Frederick D. Toye, as well as five great-grandchildren, Robert Baker, Victoria Toye, Frederick Eugen Otto Toye, and Christopher Baker. The private papers and archives of <mask> are in her family's possession. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1953Forsaken Altars: An Autobiography, by <mask>'Alvarez.Wilson Company, 1957 "Multifaceted Star Namara Marks 80th Birthday With New Recording", by John Woolfenden, Monterey Peninsula Herald, August 13, 1968. "She Too Longs For The Day When She Can Retire On A Farm" was written by Virginia Tracy.

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Jacob Green (pastor)

Jacob Green (February 2, 1722 – May 24, 1790) was a Presbyterian pastor and acting president of Princeton University. A resident of Hanover, Green was also the delegate for Morris County to the fourth assembly of the Provincial Congress of New Jersey in 1776 and served as chairman of the constitutional committee. He was the father of Ashbel Green, eighth president of Princeton University. Early life Jacob Green was born on February 2, 1722 in Malden, Massachusetts. His father, also named Jacob Green, was a poor farmer who died about 18 months after his birth from a "nervous fever". Due to his father's death, the responsibility of raising Green fell to his mother, Dorothy Lynde Green and an assortment of uncles and sisters. He moved several times through his youth, resulting in him living with various family members. At fourteen, Green went to find vocational work, but after an unsuccessful search for a suitable trade, he began preparing for college on the advice of his brother-in-law; no one in Green's family had attended college before. To gather funds, he got a probate court to approve an arrangement to sell land inherited from his father's estate. To prepare academically, Green spent a year and a half at a grammar school learning Latin, a standard practice at the time for those interested in attending college. Years at Harvard Green enrolled at Harvard College in the summer of 1740 at the age of 18 and a half. Green recounted his college experience as demanding, though he placed this feeling on his excessive studying. Moreover, he was a studious student who avoided trouble; indeed, he won three scholarships and became Scholar of the House while there. In his junior year, he began a personal diary that he continued for over 40 years. He graduated from Harvard in July 1744 in a class of thirty, and afterwards, he proceeded to teach a school in Sutton, Massachusetts for one year. While at Harvard, Green was significantly influenced by sermons given by Gilbert Tennet and George Whitefield. Religion Throughout the early years of his life, Green was constantly confronted by religion. His household was pious, and his sisters would audibly read religious tracts to him. In Malden, he received much religious education from the local Congregationalist church which instilled strict Congregationalism throughout the town. Though, the biggest religious influence on Green came from the books he read. Malden had a connection to one of the most prominent literary critics in New England, Michael Wigglesworth. As a result, Wiggleworth's best-selling poem The Day of Doom was read frequently in the Green household and had a profound effect on Green's outlook. The poem was also reprinted in the New England Primer, the quintessential textbook at the time for the region, which Green read from. Ministry In the summer of 1745, Green intended to follow Whitefield to Georgia to take a position at his orphanage, Bethesda Academy. However, upon meeting Whitefield in Elizabethtown, New Jersey at Jonathan Dickinson's home, he was informed by Whitefield that he could not be offered a position due to a paucity of funds. When his position at Whitefield's orphanage fell through, Green consulted with Presbyterian leaders Jonathan Dickinson and Aaron Burr Sr. As a result of the meeting, he switched from his Congregationalist upbringing to Presbyterianism. Additionally, he decided on becoming a pastor for the Hanover Presbyterian Church located in Morris County, New Jersey. In September 1745, he was licensed to preach and began a year-long trial, which culminated with him being ordained and installed as pastor of Hanover Presbyterian Church in November 1746. He remained as pastor for 44 years. Academic career While Green was a devoted minister, he continued his studying, gaining a reputation for his general knowledge and his skill in Hebrew. He was a founding trustee of the College of New Jersey—now Princeton University—in 1748 and served as acting president for a period of eight consecutive months between Jonathan Dickinson's death and the arrival of Samuel Davies. He resigned as trustee in 1764. In 1774, Green built and established a Latin school, where he taught at with eight others, including his son Ashbel. Later life and death Besides his time as pastor, Green was also a physician for over thirty years. In his spare time, he undertook jobs, such as drafting wills, farming, and settling estates. Green died in May 1790 from influenza he contracted at a religious gathering at his church in Hanover. He is buried in Hanover Presbyterian Church Cemetery, along with both his first and second wife; his grave features a lengthy epitaph written by Ashbel Green. Personal life and family Green's great-grandfather was Thomas Green, who was one of the first settlers from England. His grandfather, Henry Green, had eight children, with Jacob's father, born in 1689, being the youngest. The Green family was predominantly one of Puritan farmers and craftsmen; Malden served as the geographic center for the family. When Green's father died, his mother remarried to John Barrett, though it is considered that Green and his stepfather did not have a strong relationship due to no mention by Green of him in his autobiography. On the contrary, Green cited his mother Dorothy as influential to his love of learning and interest in religion. He married his first wife, Anna Strong, in 1747, though she died in November 1756 from tuberculosis; they had four children. He married again in 1757 to Elizabeth Pierseon, who died in 1810, and had six children, with his most notable being Ashbel Green, the eighth president of Princeton University. Bibliography Autobiography Green wrote an autobiography that was published in The Christian Advocate, a religious journal edited by his son Ashbel. While Green wrote most of it, Ashbel filled in parts from his own memory. Pamphlets Articles Articles written by Green were featured in the New Jersey Journal, a revolutionary-era newspaper, under the pen name of "Eumenes." Chatham, New Jersey Chatham, New Jersey Chatham, New Jersey Published sermons According to Sprague, Green published three sermons, though the third has not been found. Notes References Citations Works cited Further reading 1722 births 1790 deaths People from Malden, Massachusetts People from Morris County, New Jersey People of colonial New Jersey Harvard College alumni Presidents of Princeton University 18th-century American clergy American Presbyterian ministers

<mask> (February 2, 1722 – May 24, 1790) was a Presbyterian pastor and acting president of Princeton University. A resident of Hanover, <mask> was also the delegate for Morris County to the fourth assembly of the Provincial Congress of New Jersey in 1776 and served as chairman of the constitutional committee. He was the father of <mask>, eighth president of Princeton University. Early life <mask> was born on February 2, 1722 in Malden, Massachusetts. His father, also named <mask>, was a poor farmer who died about 18 months after his birth from a "nervous fever". Due to his father's death, the responsibility of raising <mask> fell to his mother, <mask> and an assortment of uncles and sisters. He moved several times through his youth, resulting in him living with various family members.At fourteen, <mask> went to find vocational work, but after an unsuccessful search for a suitable trade, he began preparing for college on the advice of his brother-in-law; no one in <mask>'s family had attended college before. To gather funds, he got a probate court to approve an arrangement to sell land inherited from his father's estate. To prepare academically, <mask> spent a year and a half at a grammar school learning Latin, a standard practice at the time for those interested in attending college. Years at Harvard <mask> enrolled at Harvard College in the summer of 1740 at the age of 18 and a half. <mask> recounted his college experience as demanding, though he placed this feeling on his excessive studying. Moreover, he was a studious student who avoided trouble; indeed, he won three scholarships and became Scholar of the House while there. In his junior year, he began a personal diary that he continued for over 40 years.He graduated from Harvard in July 1744 in a class of thirty, and afterwards, he proceeded to teach a school in Sutton, Massachusetts for one year. While at Harvard, <mask> was significantly influenced by sermons given by Gilbert Tennet and George Whitefield. Religion Throughout the early years of his life, <mask> was constantly confronted by religion. His household was pious, and his sisters would audibly read religious tracts to him. In Malden, he received much religious education from the local Congregationalist church which instilled strict Congregationalism throughout the town. Though, the biggest religious influence on <mask> came from the books he read. Malden had a connection to one of the most prominent literary critics in New England, Michael Wigglesworth.As a result, Wiggleworth's best-selling poem The Day of Doom was read frequently in the <mask> household and had a profound effect on <mask>'s outlook. The poem was also reprinted in the New England Primer, the quintessential textbook at the time for the region, which <mask> read from. Ministry In the summer of 1745, <mask> intended to follow Whitefield to Georgia to take a position at his orphanage, Bethesda Academy. However, upon meeting Whitefield in Elizabethtown, New Jersey at Jonathan Dickinson's home, he was informed by Whitefield that he could not be offered a position due to a paucity of funds. When his position at Whitefield's orphanage fell through, <mask> consulted with Presbyterian leaders Jonathan Dickinson and Aaron Burr Sr. As a result of the meeting, he switched from his Congregationalist upbringing to Presbyterianism. Additionally, he decided on becoming a pastor for the Hanover Presbyterian Church located in Morris County, New Jersey. In September 1745, he was licensed to preach and began a year-long trial, which culminated with him being ordained and installed as pastor of Hanover Presbyterian Church in November 1746.He remained as pastor for 44 years. Academic career While <mask> was a devoted minister, he continued his studying, gaining a reputation for his general knowledge and his skill in Hebrew. He was a founding trustee of the College of New Jersey—now Princeton University—in 1748 and served as acting president for a period of eight consecutive months between Jonathan Dickinson's death and the arrival of Samuel Davies. He resigned as trustee in 1764. In 1774, <mask> built and established a Latin school, where he taught at with eight others, including his son Ashbel. Later life and death Besides his time as pastor, <mask> was also a physician for over thirty years. In his spare time, he undertook jobs, such as drafting wills, farming, and settling estates.<mask> died in May 1790 from influenza he contracted at a religious gathering at his church in Hanover. He is buried in Hanover Presbyterian Church Cemetery, along with both his first and second wife; his grave features a lengthy epitaph written by Ashbel <mask>. Personal life and family <mask>'s great-grandfather was <mask>, who was one of the first settlers from England. His grandfather, <mask>, had eight children, with <mask>'s father, born in 1689, being the youngest. The <mask> family was predominantly one of Puritan farmers and craftsmen; Malden served as the geographic center for the family. When <mask>'s father died, his mother remarried to John Barrett, though it is considered that <mask> and his stepfather did not have a strong relationship due to no mention by <mask> of him in his autobiography. On the contrary, <mask> cited his mother Dorothy as influential to his love of learning and interest in religion.He married his first wife, Anna Strong, in 1747, though she died in November 1756 from tuberculosis; they had four children. He married again in 1757 to Elizabeth Pierseon, who died in 1810, and had six children, with his most notable being Ashbel <mask>, the eighth president of Princeton University. Bibliography Autobiography <mask> wrote an autobiography that was published in The Christian Advocate, a religious journal edited by his son Ashbel. While <mask> wrote most of it, Ashbel filled in parts from his own memory. Pamphlets Articles Articles written by <mask> were featured in the New Jersey Journal, a revolutionary-era newspaper, under the pen name of "Eumenes." Chatham, New Jersey Chatham, New Jersey Chatham, New Jersey Published sermons According to Sprague, <mask> published three sermons, though the third has not been found. Notes References Citations Works cited Further reading 1722 births 1790 deaths People from Malden, Massachusetts People from Morris County, New Jersey People of colonial New Jersey Harvard College alumni Presidents of Princeton University 18th-century American clergy American Presbyterian ministers

<mask> was a Presbyterian pastor and acting president of Princeton University. <mask> was the chairman of the constitutional committee and the delegate for Morris County to the fourth assembly of the Provincial Congress of New Jersey in 1776. He was the father of <mask>. <mask> was born on February 2, 1722 in Massachusetts. <mask>'s father was a poor farmer who died 18 months after his son was born. Due to his father's death, the responsibility of raising <mask> fell to his mother. He lived with many family members after moving through his youth.<mask>'s brother-in-law advised him to prepare for college after he failed to find a suitable trade, but no one in <mask>'s family had ever attended college before. An arrangement to sell land from his father's estate was approved by a court. <mask> spent a year and a half at a grammar school learning Latin in order to prepare for college. At the age of 18 and a half, Harvard Green Enrolled at Harvard College. <mask> said that his college experience was demanding and that he placed this feeling on his excessive studying. He was a studious student who avoided trouble and became Scholar of the House. He kept a personal diary for over 40 years.He taught a school in Massachusetts for a year after graduating from Harvard in 1744. <mask> was influenced by the preachings of Gilbert Tennet and George Whitefield while he was at Harvard. <mask> was constantly confronted by religion. His sisters would read religious tracts to him. He received a lot of religious education from the local church in the town. <mask> was influenced by the books he read. Michael Wigglesworth was one of the most prominent literary critics in New England.<mask> had a profound effect on his outlook after reading the best-selling poem The Day of Doom frequently. <mask> read from the New England Primer, which was the quintessential textbook at the time for the region. <mask> was going to take a position at his orphanage in Georgia in the summer of 1745. He was told by Whitefield that he couldn't be offered a position due to a lack of funds, after meeting him in New Jersey. When his position at the orphanage fell through, <mask> consulted with Presbyterian leaders and decided to switch to Presbyterianism. He decided to become a pastor for the church in Morris County, New Jersey. In September 1745, he was licensed to preach and began a year-long trial, which culminated with him being installed as pastor of the church in 1746.He was the pastor for 44 years. While <mask> was a devoted minister, he continued his studies, gaining a reputation for his general knowledge and his skill in Hebrew. He was acting president for eight months between the death of Jonathan Dickinson and the arrival of Samuel Davies when he was a founding Trustee of the College of New Jersey. He quit as a Trustee in 1764. <mask> taught at the Latin school with eight others, including his son Ashbel. <mask> was a physician for over thirty years. He undertook jobs in his spare time, such as farming and drafting wills.<mask> died from the flu at a religious gathering at his church. His grave features an epitaph written by Ashbel <mask>, along with his first and second wives. <mask>, <mask>'s great-grandfather, was one of the first settlers from England. <mask>'s father was the youngest of <mask>'s eight children. The geographic center of the <mask> family was Malden. It is thought that <mask> and his stepfather did not have a good relationship because he did not mention it in his autobiography. <mask> said his mother was influential to his love of learning and interest in religion.He married his first wife, Anna Strong, in 1747 and they had four children. He married again in 1757 to Elizabeth Pierseon, who died in 1810, and had six children, including Ashbel <mask>, the eighth president of Princeton University. The Christian Advocate, a religious journal edited by his son Ashbel, published <mask>'s autobiography. Ashbel filled in parts from his own memory while <mask> wrote most of it. The New Jersey Journal, a revolutionary-era newspaper, featured articles written by <mask> under the pen name "Eumenes." <mask> published three sermons, but the third one has not been found. There were people from Massachusetts and New Jersey who died in the 17th century.

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Vitorino Antunes

Vitorino Gabriel Pacheco Antunes (; born 1 April 1987) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left back for F.C. Paços de Ferreira. He spent most of his career abroad, winning several items of silverware with Dynamo Kyiv in Ukraine, and making 125 La Liga appearances for Málaga and Getafe. Domestically, he had three spells at Paços de Ferreira and won the Primeira Liga with Sporting CP in 2020–21. Antunes earned 38 caps for Portugal at youth level, and was used sparingly as a senior international for over a decade. Club career Early years and Paços Born in Freamunde, Antunes joined Primeira Liga club F.C. Paços de Ferreira for the 2006–07 season for an undisclosed fee from third division side S.C. Freamunde, where he began his professional career. At Paços, he was instrumental in the team's first ever qualification to the UEFA Cup, also scoring in a 1–1 home draw against FC Porto. Roma After a season of excellent displays, Antunes was linked with moves to Porto, S.L. Benfica, Sporting CP, Atlético Madrid, AJ Auxerre, Aston Villa and R.S.C. Anderlecht. On 29 August 2007, just two days before the close of the transfer window, Italian club A.S. Roma obtained the player on a loan deal for €300,000, with the option to buy him permanently open until 15 April 2008. He signed a 1+3-year-contract for €195,000 in the first season – in gross, bonus excluded – gradually increased to €321,000 in the last year. Antunes made his official Roma debut on 12 December 2007, during the campaign's UEFA Champions League game against Manchester United. He was chosen as Player of the match in a poll conducted by the former's official website. On 20 January 2008, Antunes played his first Serie A match, coming on as a 77th-minute substitute in a 2–0 home win over Calcio Catania. He also started against the same opponent in the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia in April, which ended with another victory at the Stadio Olimpico (1–0), but was, however, virtually absent in the league, being barred by Italian internationals Marco Cassetti and Max Tonetto and totalling only 65 minutes of action. On 2 April 2008, Roma exercised their right to full ownership, paying Paços de Ferreira the sum of €1.2 million whilst the player signed a five-year contract. He was immediately loaned to newly promoted U.S. Lecce in a season-long move, for €200,000. After appearing rarely for Lecce and not at all for Roma from August to December 2009, Antunes returned to Portugal the following month, being loaned to struggling Leixões S.C. until the end of the campaign, which ended in top flight relegation. On 5 February 2010, the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber ruled Freamunde eligible to receive €45,000 for Solidarity Contribution. On 31 January 2011, Antunes was signed by A.S. Livorno Calcio along with teammate Marco D'Alessandro on loan, with Roma paying the player an incentive of €270,000 in order to compensate the wage difference between the two clubs. Paços return and Málaga On 28 June 2012, after spending five months loaned to Panionios F.C. in Greece, Antunes was released by Roma and signed a three-year contract with former side Paços de Ferreira, replacing Benfica-bound Luisinho. Late into the following winter transfer window, however, he was loaned to Málaga CF as a replacement for Arsenal-bound Nacho Monreal. He made his La Liga debut on 9 February, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 away win against Levante UD, and participated in 15 official games during the season, including four in the Champions League. Antunes signed a four-year deal with Málaga on 11 June 2013, for a fee of €1.25 million. Dynamo Kyiv On 2 February 2015, Antunes made a deadline day move to Ukrainian Premier League club FC Dynamo Kyiv for a reported fee of around €6 million, signing a four-and-a-half-year contract. He made his debut on the 19th, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–2 away loss to En Avant de Guingamp for the Europa League where his new team played with nine men for 45 minutes, and scored his first goal on 15 March, helping to a 5–0 home victory over FC Illichivets Mariupol. His second came four days later, as he struck a powerful shot from 30 yards in a 5–2 win against Everton that qualified for the quarter-finals of the Europa League 6–4 on aggregate. Getafe On 21 July 2017, Antunes was loaned to Getafe CF for one year with a buyout clause. At the end of the season, it was activated and the player signed a two-year contract. On 21 May 2019, Antunes was voted into the La Liga Team of the Season. The previous month, however, he had suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury to his right knee which would sideline him for a lengthy period of time. Return to Portugal After his Getafe contract expired, the 33-year-old Antunes returned to Portugal and signed for Sporting on 15 August 2020, ending seven years abroad. He made 13 total appearances in his only season, winning his first league title and the Taça da Liga. Antunes then released himself from his contract at the Estádio José Alvalade and joined Paços de Ferreira on a two-year deal. International career Antunes represented Portugal at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada, playing all the games in an eventual round-of-16 exit and scoring in a 1–2 group stage loss against Mexico. On 5 June 2007, aged 20, he earned his first cap for the senior team, appearing in a 1–1 draw away against Kuwait after replacing Paulo Ferreira for the last half-hour of the match. Antunes passed five years and four days between his third cap and his next, in September 2013. On 10 October 2017, he played 22 minutes in the decisive 2–0 home win over Switzerland for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers to help the nation top its group, and he scored his first goal on 14 November of that year in a 1–1 friendly draw with the United States. He was then included in a preliminary 35-man squad for the finals in Russia, but did not make the final cut. Career statistics Club International (Portugal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Antunes goal) Honours Roma Coppa Italia: 2007–08 Dynamo Kyiv Ukrainian Premier League: 2014–15, 2015–16 Ukrainian Cup: 2014–15 Ukrainian Super Cup: 2016 Sporting CP Primeira Liga: 2020–21 Taça da Liga: 2020–21 References External links National team data 1987 births Living people People from Paços de Ferreira Portuguese footballers Association football defenders Primeira Liga players Segunda Divisão players S.C. Freamunde players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players Leixões S.C. players Sporting CP footballers Serie A players Serie B players A.S. Roma players U.S. Lecce players U.S. Livorno 1915 players Super League Greece players Panionios F.C. players La Liga players Málaga CF players Getafe CF footballers Ukrainian Premier League players FC Dynamo Kyiv players Portugal youth international footballers Portugal under-21 international footballers Portugal international footballers Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine

<mask> (; born 1 April 1987) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left back for F.C. Paços de Ferreira. He spent most of his career abroad, winning several items of silverware with Dynamo Kyiv in Ukraine, and making 125 La Liga appearances for Málaga and Getafe. Domestically, he had three spells at Paços de Ferreira and won the Primeira Liga with Sporting CP in 2020–21. Antunes earned 38 caps for Portugal at youth level, and was used sparingly as a senior international for over a decade. Club career Early years and Paços Born in Freamunde, <mask> joined Primeira Liga club F.C. Paços de Ferreira for the 2006–07 season for an undisclosed fee from third division side S.C. Freamunde, where he began his professional career.At Paços, he was instrumental in the team's first ever qualification to the UEFA Cup, also scoring in a 1–1 home draw against FC Porto. Roma After a season of excellent displays, <mask> was linked with moves to Porto, S.L. Benfica, Sporting CP, Atlético Madrid, AJ Auxerre, Aston Villa and R.S.C. Anderlecht. On 29 August 2007, just two days before the close of the transfer window, Italian club A.S. Roma obtained the player on a loan deal for €300,000, with the option to buy him permanently open until 15 April 2008. He signed a 1+3-year-contract for €195,000 in the first season – in gross, bonus excluded – gradually increased to €321,000 in the last year. <mask> made his official Roma debut on 12 December 2007, during the campaign's UEFA Champions League game against Manchester United.He was chosen as Player of the match in a poll conducted by the former's official website. On 20 January 2008, <mask> played his first Serie A match, coming on as a 77th-minute substitute in a 2–0 home win over Calcio Catania. He also started against the same opponent in the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia in April, which ended with another victory at the Stadio Olimpico (1–0), but was, however, virtually absent in the league, being barred by Italian internationals Marco Cassetti and Max Tonetto and totalling only 65 minutes of action. On 2 April 2008, Roma exercised their right to full ownership, paying Paços de Ferreira the sum of €1.2 million whilst the player signed a five-year contract. He was immediately loaned to newly promoted U.S. Lecce in a season-long move, for €200,000. After appearing rarely for Lecce and not at all for Roma from August to December 2009, <mask> returned to Portugal the following month, being loaned to struggling Leixões S.C. until the end of the campaign, which ended in top flight relegation. On 5 February 2010, the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber ruled Freamunde eligible to receive €45,000 for Solidarity Contribution.On 31 January 2011, <mask> was signed by A.S. Livorno Calcio along with teammate Marco D'Alessandro on loan, with Roma paying the player an incentive of €270,000 in order to compensate the wage difference between the two clubs. Paços return and Málaga On 28 June 2012, after spending five months loaned to Panionios F.C. in Greece, <mask> was released by Roma and signed a three-year contract with former side Paços de Ferreira, replacing Benfica-bound Luisinho. Late into the following winter transfer window, however, he was loaned to Málaga CF as a replacement for Arsenal-bound Nacho Monreal. He made his La Liga debut on 9 February, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 away win against Levante UD, and participated in 15 official games during the season, including four in the Champions League. <mask> signed a four-year deal with Málaga on 11 June 2013, for a fee of €1.25 million. Dynamo Kyiv On 2 February 2015, <mask> made a deadline day move to Ukrainian Premier League club FC Dynamo Kyiv for a reported fee of around €6 million, signing a four-and-a-half-year contract.He made his debut on the 19th, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–2 away loss to En Avant de Guingamp for the Europa League where his new team played with nine men for 45 minutes, and scored his first goal on 15 March, helping to a 5–0 home victory over FC Illichivets Mariupol. His second came four days later, as he struck a powerful shot from 30 yards in a 5–2 win against Everton that qualified for the quarter-finals of the Europa League 6–4 on aggregate. Getafe On 21 July 2017, <mask> was loaned to Getafe CF for one year with a buyout clause. At the end of the season, it was activated and the player signed a two-year contract. On 21 May 2019, <mask> was voted into the La Liga Team of the Season. The previous month, however, he had suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury to his right knee which would sideline him for a lengthy period of time. Return to Portugal After his Getafe contract expired, the 33-year-old <mask> returned to Portugal and signed for Sporting on 15 August 2020, ending seven years abroad.He made 13 total appearances in his only season, winning his first league title and the Taça da Liga. <mask> then released himself from his contract at the Estádio José Alvalade and joined Paços de Ferreira on a two-year deal. International career <mask> represented Portugal at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada, playing all the games in an eventual round-of-16 exit and scoring in a 1–2 group stage loss against Mexico. On 5 June 2007, aged 20, he earned his first cap for the senior team, appearing in a 1–1 draw away against Kuwait after replacing Paulo Ferreira for the last half-hour of the match. Antunes passed five years and four days between his third cap and his next, in September 2013. On 10 October 2017, he played 22 minutes in the decisive 2–0 home win over Switzerland for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers to help the nation top its group, and he scored his first goal on 14 November of that year in a 1–1 friendly draw with the United States. He was then included in a preliminary 35-man squad for the finals in Russia, but did not make the final cut.Career statistics Club International (Portugal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Antunes goal) Honours Roma Coppa Italia: 2007–08 Dynamo Kyiv Ukrainian Premier League: 2014–15, 2015–16 Ukrainian Cup: 2014–15 Ukrainian Super Cup: 2016 Sporting CP Primeira Liga: 2020–21 Taça da Liga: 2020–21 References External links National team data 1987 births Living people People from Paços de Ferreira Portuguese footballers Association football defenders Primeira Liga players Segunda Divisão players S.C. Freamunde players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players Leixões S.C. players Sporting CP footballers Serie A players Serie B players A.S. Roma players U.S. Lecce players U.S. Livorno 1915 players Super League Greece players Panionios F.C. players La Liga players Málaga CF players Getafe CF footballers Ukrainian Premier League players FC Dynamo Kyiv players Portugal youth international footballers Portugal under-21 international footballers Portugal international footballers Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine

<mask> is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left back for F.C. The name is Paos de Ferreira. He spent most of his career abroad, winning several items of silverware and making 125 appearances for Mlaga and Getafe. He had three spells at Paos de Ferreira and won the Primeira Liga. <mask> was used as a senior international for over a decade after earning 38 caps for Portugal at youth level. <mask> began his club career at Primeira Liga club F.C. He began his professional career at S.C. Freamunde, where he was paid an undisclosed fee for the 2006–07 season.He played a part in the team's first ever qualification to the UEFA Cup, scoring in a 1–1 home draw against FC Porto. <mask> was linked with a move to Porto after a season of excellent displays. R.S.C. and Atlético Madrid are also included. Anderlecht. Just two days before the close of the transfer window, Italian club A.S. Roma obtained the player on a loan deal for 300,000, with the option to buy him permanently open. He signed a contract for 195,000 in the first season and gradually increased to 321,000 in the last year. On December 12th, 2007, <mask> made his official debut in a game against Manchester United.He was voted the Player of the match in a poll on the official website. On January 20, 2008, <mask> played his first match in Italy, coming on as a 77th-minute substitute in a 2–0 home win over Calcio Catania. He started against the same opponent in the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia in April, which ended with another victory at the Stadio Olimpico, but was virtually absent in the league, being barred by Italian internationals Marco Cassetti and Max Tonetto. On April 2, 2008, Roma paid Paos de Ferreira the sum of 1.2 million after exercising their right to full ownership. He was immediately sent to U.S. Lecce for 200,000. After playing for Lecce and not at all for Roma in the summer of 2009, <mask> returned to Portugal and played for struggling Leixes S.C. until the end of the season. On February 5, 2010, the Dispute Resolution Chamber ruled that Freamunde was eligible to receive 45,000 for Solidarity Contribution.On January 31, <mask> was signed by A.S. Livorno Calcio along with teammate Marco D'Alessandro in order to compensate for the wage difference between the two clubs. After spending five months in Panionios F.C., Paos will return to Mlaga on June 28, 2012. In Greece, <mask>ira. He was sent to Mlaga as a replacement for Monreal in the winter transfer window. He made his La Liga debut on February 9th, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 away win against Levante. <mask> signed a four-year deal with Mlaga for a fee of 1.25 million. On February 2, 2015, <mask> signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with FC Dynamo Kyiv for a reported fee of around 6 million.He made his debut on the 19th, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–2 away loss to En Avant de Guingamp for the Europa League where his new team played with nine men for 45 minutes, and scored his first goal on 15 March, helping to a 5–0 His first came four days later, when he hit a powerful shot from 30 yards in a 5–2 win against Everton that qualified for the quarter-finals of the Europa League 6–4 on aggregate. <mask> was on loan to Getafe for a year. The player signed a two-year contract at the end of the season. <mask> was voted into the La Liga Team of the Season. He had suffered a knee injury in the previous month which would sideline him for a long time. After his Getafe contract expired, <mask> returned to Portugal and signed for Sporting on August 15, 2020.He won his first league title and the Taa da Liga in his only season. <mask> was released from his contract at the Estdio José Alvalade and joined Paos de Ferreira. <mask> was a member of the Portugal team that lost to Mexico in the group stage of the U-20 World Cup in Canada. On 5 June 2007, at the age of 20, he earned his first cap for the senior team, playing in a 1–1 draw away against Kuwait after replacing Paulo Ferreira for the last half-hour of the match. Between his third cap and his next, <mask> de Ferreira are from Portugal. Livorno 1915 players Super League Greece players Panionios F.C. Portugal youth international footballer, Portugal international footballer, Portuguese expatriate footballer, Greece Expatriate footballer, Spain Expatriate footballer.

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Nuno Álvares Pereira

D. Nuno Álvares Pereira, O. Carm. (; 24 June 1360 – 1 November 1431) was a Portuguese general of great success who had a decisive role in the 1383-1385 Crisis that assured Portugal's independence from Castile. He later became a mystic and was beatified by Pope Benedict XV, in 1918, and canonised by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009. Nuno Álvares Pereira is often referred to as the Saint Constable () or as Saint Nuno of Saint Mary (), his religious name. He was count of Barcelos, Ourém and Arraiolos. Family Nuno Álvares Pereira was born on 24 June 1360 in Flor da Rosa, near Crato, central Portugal, the illegitimate son of Dom Álvaro Gonçalves Pereira, prior of Crato and Iria Gonçalves do Carvalhal. His grandfather was Dom Gonçalo Pereira, the archbishop of Braga from 1326 until 1349. He was descended from the oldest Portuguese and Galician nobility. About a year after his birth, the child was legitimized by royal decree and so was able to receive a knightly education typical of the offspring of the noble families of the time. At 13 years of age he became page to Queen Leonor. At age 16, he married Leonor de Alvim, a rich young widow. Three children were born to the union, two boys who died early in life, and a girl, Beatriz, who married Afonso, son of King John I and founder of the House of Braganza. Military life Álvares Pereira began military service in 1373, when he was only 13, and helped stop an invasion from Castile. However, according to his own words, his first military campaigns were no more than skirmishes on the borders of Portugal. He was an impetuous and brave young man who soon showed himself to be an excellent leader. When King Ferdinand I of Portugal died in 1383, his only heir was Beatrice, married to king John I of Castile. In order to preserve Portuguese independence, the nobles supported the claim of King Ferdinand's half-brother John, Master of Aviz to the throne. After his first victory over the Castilians, in the Battle of Atoleiros (April 1384), John of Aviz named Nuno Álvares Pereira protector and constable of Portugal, in practice supreme commander of Portugal's armies, and count of Ourém. He was only 24 years old. Álvares Pereira used guerilla tactics trying to dislodge the Castilian army besieging Lisbon in 1384 but plague finally drove them away. In April 1385, John of Aviz was recognized as king by the Cortes. This triggered an invasion of the country by King John I of Castile, in support of his wife's rights to the throne. Nuno Álvares Pereira was engaged against the northern cities loyal to the Castilians. During this time of war, he fed the hungry populations of his Castilian opposition at his own expense. On 14 August 1385, at Aljubarrota he led 6,500 volunteers to victory against a Castilian force of over 30,000, thus ending the threat of annexation. He attributed the victory to the Blessed Virgin, whose name, Maria, was inscribed on his sword. Dedicated to Mary, he fasted on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The banner he chose as his personal standard bore the image of the cross, of Mary and of the saintly knights James and George. At his own expense he built numerous churches and monasteries, among which was the Carmelite church in Lisbon and the church of Our Lady of Victories at Batalha. After the 1383-1385 Crisis, Álvares Pereira was made the count of Arraiolos and Barcelos, which, along with the previous one, were the only three countships existing at the time and which had been taken from nobles who had taken the part of Castile. He was also made the major majordomo of the realm. Not wanting to give the enemy room to manoeuvre, the king of Portugal and his supreme general took the offensive and raided several Castilian towns, defeating once again a much larger Castilian army at the Battle of Valverde. He continued to watch out for the king of Castile, until his death in 1390. When hostilities ended, he gave the bulk of his wealth to the veterans. Religious life After the death of his wife, he became a Carmelite friar (he joined the Order in 1423) at the Carmo Convent (Lisbon) which he had founded in fulfilment of a vow, and took the name of Friar Nuno of Saint Mary (). There he lived until his death on 1 November 1431. He was noted for his prayer, his practise of penance and his filial devotion to the Mother of God. Nuno suffered from debilitating arthritis. During the last year of his life, King John I went to visit and embrace him for the last time. He wept for he considered Nuno Álvares Pereira his closest friend, the one who had put him on the throne and saved his country's independence. Nuno Álvares Pereira's tomb was lost in the famous 1755 Lisbon earthquake. His epitaph read: Legacy Álvares Pereira was beatified on 23 January 1918 by Pope Benedict XV. He was celebrated liturgically on 1 April as an obligatory memorial by the Order of Carmelites and as an optional memorial by the Order of Discalced Carmelites. Álvares Pereira had been on the point of being canonised by decree in 1940 by Pope Pius XII. According to a recent statement by the postulator general of the Carmelite Order, his canonisation was postponed for diplomatic reasons (the Portuguese ambassador indicated that the time was not right). On 3 July 2008 Pope Benedict XVI signed two decrees in Rome, promulgating the heroic virtues of Nuno Álvares Pereira and the authenticity of a miracle that had already been previously confirmed as such by medical and theological commissions. By this act, the pope formally canonised Friar Nuno de Santa Maria Álvares Pereira. The public celebration of his canonisation took place on 26 April 2009 in Saint Peter's Square in the Vatican City. The Carmelites now celebrate St Nuno on 6 November; the date also appointed for his feast in Portugal. The Blessed Nuno Society is a mission society and prayer apostolate officially recognized by the Catholic Church as a diocesan Private Association of the Christian Faithful and affiliated with, the Catholic Diocese of Duluth, Minnesota. See also Saint Nuno Álvares Pereira, patron saint archive References External links Biography at Vatican News Service Rutler, Fr. George, "Saint Nuno of Saint Mary |- |- |- 1360 births 1431 deaths Portuguese soldiers Portuguese nobility Carmelites Portuguese Roman Catholic saints People of the 1383–1385 Portuguese interregnum 14th-century Portuguese people 15th-century Portuguese people Constables of Portugal Canonizations by Pope Benedict XVI Venerated Catholics by Pope Benedict XVI Roman Catholic royal saints People from Sertã

D<mask>, O. Carm. (; 24 June 1360 – 1 November 1431) was a Portuguese general of great success who had a decisive role in the 1383-1385 Crisis that assured Portugal's independence from Castile. He later became a mystic and was beatified by Pope Benedict XV, in 1918, and canonised by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009. <mask> is often referred to as the Saint Constable () or as <mask> of Saint Mary (), his religious name. He was count of Barcelos, Ourém and Arraiolos. Family <mask> was born on 24 June 1360 in Flor da Rosa, near Crato, central Portugal, the illegitimate son of <mask>, prior of Crato and Iria Gonçalves do Carvalhal. His grandfather was <mask>, the archbishop of Braga from 1326 until 1349.He was descended from the oldest Portuguese and Galician nobility. About a year after his birth, the child was legitimized by royal decree and so was able to receive a knightly education typical of the offspring of the noble families of the time. At 13 years of age he became page to Queen Leonor. At age 16, he married Leonor de Alvim, a rich young widow. Three children were born to the union, two boys who died early in life, and a girl, Beatriz, who married Afonso, son of King John I and founder of the House of Braganza. Military life <mask> <mask> began military service in 1373, when he was only 13, and helped stop an invasion from Castile. However, according to his own words, his first military campaigns were no more than skirmishes on the borders of Portugal.He was an impetuous and brave young man who soon showed himself to be an excellent leader. When King Ferdinand I of Portugal died in 1383, his only heir was Beatrice, married to king John I of Castile. In order to preserve Portuguese independence, the nobles supported the claim of King Ferdinand's half-brother John, Master of Aviz to the throne. After his first victory over the Castilians, in the Battle of Atoleiros (April 1384), John of Aviz named <mask> <mask> <mask> protector and constable of Portugal, in practice supreme commander of Portugal's armies, and count of Ourém. He was only 24 years old. <mask> <mask> used guerilla tactics trying to dislodge the Castilian army besieging Lisbon in 1384 but plague finally drove them away. In April 1385, John of Aviz was recognized as king by the Cortes.This triggered an invasion of the country by King John I of Castile, in support of his wife's rights to the throne. <mask> <mask> <mask> was engaged against the northern cities loyal to the Castilians. During this time of war, he fed the hungry populations of his Castilian opposition at his own expense. On 14 August 1385, at Aljubarrota he led 6,500 volunteers to victory against a Castilian force of over 30,000, thus ending the threat of annexation. He attributed the victory to the Blessed Virgin, whose name, Maria, was inscribed on his sword. Dedicated to Mary, he fasted on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The banner he chose as his personal standard bore the image of the cross, of Mary and of the saintly knights James and George.At his own expense he built numerous churches and monasteries, among which was the Carmelite church in Lisbon and the church of Our Lady of Victories at Batalha. After the 1383-1385 Crisis, <mask> <mask> was made the count of Arraiolos and Barcelos, which, along with the previous one, were the only three countships existing at the time and which had been taken from nobles who had taken the part of Castile. He was also made the major majordomo of the realm. Not wanting to give the enemy room to manoeuvre, the king of Portugal and his supreme general took the offensive and raided several Castilian towns, defeating once again a much larger Castilian army at the Battle of Valverde. He continued to watch out for the king of Castile, until his death in 1390. When hostilities ended, he gave the bulk of his wealth to the veterans. Religious life After the death of his wife, he became a Carmelite friar (he joined the Order in 1423) at the Carmo Convent (Lisbon) which he had founded in fulfilment of a vow, and took the name of Friar <mask> of Saint Mary ().There he lived until his death on 1 November 1431. He was noted for his prayer, his practise of penance and his filial devotion to the Mother of God. <mask> suffered from debilitating arthritis. During the last year of his life, King John I went to visit and embrace him for the last time. He wept for he considered <mask> <mask> <mask> his closest friend, the one who had put him on the throne and saved his country's independence. <mask> <mask> <mask>'s tomb was lost in the famous 1755 Lisbon earthquake. His epitaph read: Legacy <mask> <mask> was beatified on 23 January 1918 by Pope Benedict XV.He was celebrated liturgically on 1 April as an obligatory memorial by the Order of Carmelites and as an optional memorial by the Order of Discalced Carmelites. <mask> <mask> had been on the point of being canonised by decree in 1940 by Pope Pius XII. According to a recent statement by the postulator general of the Carmelite Order, his canonisation was postponed for diplomatic reasons (the Portuguese ambassador indicated that the time was not right). On 3 July 2008 Pope Benedict XVI signed two decrees in Rome, promulgating the heroic virtues of <mask> <mask> <mask> and the authenticity of a miracle that had already been previously confirmed as such by medical and theological commissions. By this act, the pope formally canonised Friar <mask> de Santa <mask> <mask>. The public celebration of his canonisation took place on 26 April 2009 in Saint Peter's Square in the Vatican City. The Carmelites now celebrate St <mask> on 6 November; the date also appointed for his feast in Portugal.The Blessed Nuno Society is a mission society and prayer apostolate officially recognized by the Catholic Church as a diocesan Private Association of the Christian Faithful and affiliated with, the Catholic Diocese of Duluth, Minnesota. See also Saint <mask> <mask> <mask>, patron saint archive References External links Biography at Vatican News Service Rutler, Fr. George, "Saint <mask> of Saint Mary |- |- |- 1360 births 1431 deaths Portuguese soldiers Portuguese nobility Carmelites Portuguese Roman Catholic saints People of the 1383–1385 Portuguese interregnum 14th-century Portuguese people 15th-century Portuguese people Constables of Portugal Canonizations by Pope Benedict XVI Venerated Catholics by Pope Benedict XVI Roman Catholic royal saints People from Sertã

O. Carm. is owned by D. <mask>. The Portuguese general of great success, who had a decisive role in the crisis that assured Portugal's independence, died on 1 November 1431. He became a mystic and was beatified by Pope Benedict XV in 1918. The religious name of <mask> lvares <mask> is <mask> of Saint Mary. He was the count of Barcelos, Ourém and Arraiolos. The illegitimate son of Dom lvaro and Iria Gonalves do Carval was born to the family of Nuno lvares. The archbishop of Braga from 1326 to 1349 was his grandfather.He was descended from the oldest nobility. After his birth, the child was legitimized by a royal decree and was able to receive a knightly education typical of the offspring of noble families of the time. He became a page to Queen Leonor when he was 13 years old. He married Leonor de Alvim at the age of 16. Three children were born to the union, two boys who died early in life, and a girl, Beatriz, who married Afonso, son of King John I and founder of the House of Braganza. When he was 13 years old, lvares <mask> began military service and helped stop an invasion. His first military campaigns were skirmishes on the borders of Portugal, according to his own words.He was an impetuous and brave young man who showed himself to be an excellent leader. King Ferdinand I of Portugal died in 1333 and his only heir was his wife. The claim of King Ferdinand's half-brother John, Master of Aviz to the throne was supported by the nobles. After defeating the Castilians in the Battle of Atoleiros, John of Aviz gave <mask> lvares <mask> the title of supreme commander of Portugal's armies. He was young. The Castilian army besieging Lisbon in 1384 was driven away by plague. The Cortes recognized John of Aviz as king in April 1385.King John I of Castile invaded the country to support his wife's right to the throne. The northern cities were loyal to the Castilians. He fed the Castilian population at his own expense during this time of war. He led 6,500 volunteers to victory against a Castilian force of over 30,000 at Aljubarrota, ending the threat of annexation. He said the victory was due to the Blessed Virgin, whose name was written on his sword. He fasted on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Mary and James and George were depicted on the banner he chose as his personal standard.The Carmelite church in Lisbon and the church of Our Lady of Victories at Batalha were built at his expense. The count of Arraiolos and Barcelos, along with the previous one, were taken from nobles who had taken the part of Castile. He was the majordomo of the realm. The king of Portugal and his supreme general invaded several Castilian towns and defeated the Castilian army at the Battle of Valverde. The king of Castile died in 1390, and he continued to watch out for him. He gave most of his wealth to the veterans. After the death of his wife, he became a friar of the Order in 1423 at the Carmo Convent (Lisbon) which he had founded in fulfilment of a vow, and took the name of Friar <mask> of Saint Mary.He died on 1 November 1431. He was noted for his prayer, penance and filial devotion to the Mother of God. <mask> had arthritis. For the last year of King John's life, I went to visit and embrace him. He cried because he thought of <mask> lvares <mask>, the man who put him on the throne and saved his country's independence. The tomb of <mask> lvares <mask> was destroyed in the Lisbon earthquake. Pope Benedict XV beatified Legacy lvares <mask> on January 23, 1918.He was celebrated as an optional memorial by the Order of Discalced Carmelites. lvares was canonised by decree in 1940 by Pope Pius XII. The Portuguese ambassador indicated that the time was not right for his canonisation, according to a recent statement by the postulator general of the Carmelite Order. The authenticity of a miracle that had already been confirmed by medical and theological commissions was promulgating the heroic virtues of <mask> <mask>. The pope canonised the friar by this act. The public celebration of his canonisation took place in Saint Peter's Square in the Vatican City. St <mask> will be celebrated on 6 November, the same day as his feast in Portugal.The Blessed Nuno Society is a mission society and prayer apostolate officially recognized by the Catholic Church as a diocesan Private Association of the Christian Faithful. See the archives of Saint <mask> lvares <mask>. The 1431 deaths of Portuguese soldiers were the result of Saint <mask> of Saint Mary.

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George Sotiropoulos

George Sotiropoulos (born 9 July 1977) is an Australian born retired mixed martial artist of Greek descent who previously fought in the UFC in their Lightweight division. He is well known for appearing as a fighter on the TV show The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra, fighting on Team Serra and as the coach for Team Australia on The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes. Mixed martial arts career Background Sotiropoulos began training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu in 1997 at the age of 19, and was promoted to black belt in 2004. In 2003 and 2007, he represented Australia in the Submission Wrestling World Championships. Sotiropoulos has also competed in amateur boxing, and in 2004, won a Victorian State Amateur Boxing Championship. Prior to his MMA career in the UFC, Sotiropoulos trained with veteran UFC and PRIDE fighter Enson Inoue. The two met during a winning bout Sotiropoulos had with Sergio Lourenço in Guam. He has remained affiliated with Enson Inoue's Purebred gyms throughout his career since then. Following his appearance on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra, Sotiropoulos moved to Long Island, NY to train at with Matt Serra Sotiropoulos then relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada, and trained at Xtreme Couture. During this time period he also trained at 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu with Eddie Bravo. Early career Sotiropoulos made his professional debut in 2004 against fellow Australian Gavin Murie, in which Sotiropoulos was able to win via armbar submission in the first round. He went on to win two more fights until his first career loss via split decision to Kyle Noke in 2005, one year later he was able to avenge his first loss by defeating Noke by unanimous decision. Sotiropoulos went on to have a 7–2 record in small MMA organizations, until he was invited to participate in The Ultimate Fighter in 2007. The Ultimate Fighter Sotiropoulos defeated Jared Rollins in the first round of the competition by KO. He went on to defeat Richie Hightower in the quarterfinals via submission due to a kimura. Sotiropoulos was then defeated by Tom Speer in the semi-finals by knockout, shortly after an accidental thumb to the eye. Ultimate Fighting Championship Sotiropoulos defeated Billy Miles at The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs Team Serra Finale via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:36 of the first round. Sotiropoulos defeated Roman Mitichyan at UFC Fight Night 13 on 2 April 2008 by TKO in the second round. He was scheduled to fight judoka Karo Parisyan at UFC 87, however Sotiropoulos was forced to withdraw due to injury. Sotiropoulos was then expected to face Matt Grice at UFC Fight Night 17, but was forced to withdraw due to another injury. After an 18-month break in his career, Sotiropoulos switched weight classes, winning his Lightweight debut at UFC 101 on 8 August 2009 against George Roop. During the bout, he showcased his high level grappling skills, passing Roop's guard with ease. Sotiropoulos eventually forced the tap out with a kimura lock in the second round. Sotiropoulos defeated Ultimate Fighter 9 alumni Jason Dent in the second round via armbar submission on 21 November 2009, at UFC 106. In a post-fight interview following the win, Sotiropoulos stated his desire to compete at the UFC 110 card, in Sydney, Australia. Sotiropoulos' wish was granted and faced Joe Stevenson on 21 February 2010 at UFC 110. Making his first appearance on the main card of a UFC pay-per-view event, Sotiropoulos improved to 5–0 in the UFC as he defeated Stevenson via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) in a dominant performance, prompting Dana White to say that Sotiropoulos was "in the mix" for a title shot. The fight earned Sotiropoulos his first Fight of the Night award in the UFC. Sotiropoulos fought Kurt Pellegrino at UFC 116 on 3 July 2010, and won by a commanding unanimous decision. Sotiropoulos then faced Joe Lauzon on 20 November 2010 at UFC 123. Sotiropoulos survived a fast start by his opponent, thus gassing Lauzon in one round, and allowing Sotiropoulos to dominate the next round, winning by kimura in the second round in a bout that won Fight of the Night honors. The win pushed Sotiropoulos to a perfect 7–0 record in the UFC and established him as one of the top contenders in the UFC's lightweight division. Sotiropoulos suffered his first UFC loss to Dennis Siver via unanimous decision at UFC 127. Sotiropoulos was unable to take the fight to the ground and was forced to strike with the German Kickboxing Champion Siver. The loss setback Sotiropoulos' chances of a title shot. Sotiropoulos was expected to face Evan Dunham on 2 July 2011 at UFC 132. However, Dunham was forced out of the bout with an injury, and replaced by Rafael dos Anjos. Sotiropoulos was knocked out just 59 seconds into the first round. Sotiropoulos was expected to face former PRIDE Lightweight Champion Takanori Gomi on 26 February 2012 at UFC 144. However, Sotiropoulos was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by Eiji Mitsuoka. In July 2012 Sotiropoulos was confirmed as the Australian coach for The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes, and faced Ross Pearson on 15 December 2012 at the finale - UFC on FX 6. Pearson dominated him throughout the fight, and although he narrowly avoiding being knocked out several times, Sotiropoulos was visibly rocked in all three rounds; being knocked down in two of them. He eventually lost the fight via third-round TKO from Pearson. Sotiropoulos faced Hawaiian K.J. Noons on 19 October 2013 at UFC 166. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. After losing four in a row, Sotiropoulos was released from his UFC contract on 18 December 2013. Titan Fighting Championship On 22 January 2014 it was announced that Sotiropoulos had signed a four-fight contract with Titan Fighting Championship and was expected to debut on 25 April at Titan FC 28 against Mike Ricci however Ricci withdrew from the bout due to injury. The bout was rescheduled and took place at Titan FC 29 on 22 August 2014. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Other media Sotiropoulous is featured in UFC Undisputed 3 as a Lightweight fighter alongside the likes of Clay Guida, Dennis Siver, Joe Lauzon and Frankie Edgar. Personal life Sotiropoulos has a Bachelor of Business in Banking and Finance, Associate Diploma of Business in International Trade from Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia. Prior to competing in mixed martial arts, he worked in the finance industry. After years of living in Washington state and New York City, Sotiropoulos moved to Melbourne, Australia in 2016 and currently manages his own MMA gym, Omega Jiu-Jitsu & MMA there. Championships and accomplishments Ultimate Fighting Championship Fight of the Night (Two times) Mixed martial arts record |- | Loss | align=center| 14–7 | Mike Ricci | Decision (unanimous) | Titan FC 29: Ricci vs. Sotiropoulos | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States | |- | Loss | align=center| 14–6 | KJ Noons | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 166 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Houston, Texas, United States | |- | Loss | align=center| 14–5 | Ross Pearson | TKO (punches) | UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 0:41 | Gold Coast, Australia | |- | Loss | align=center| 14–4 | Rafael dos Anjos | KO (punch) | UFC 132 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:59 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Loss | align=center| 14–3 | Dennis Siver | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 127 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Sydney, Australia | |- | Win | align=center| 14–2 | Joe Lauzon | Submission (kimura) | UFC 123 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 2:43 | Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 13–2 | Kurt Pellegrino | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 116 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 12–2 | Joe Stevenson | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 110 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Sydney, Australia | |- | Win | align=center| 11–2 | Jason Dent | Submission (armbar) | UFC 106 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 4:35 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 10–2 | George Roop | Submission (kimura) | UFC 101 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 1:59 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 9–2 | Roman Mitichyan | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 2:24 | Broomfield, Colorado, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 8–2 | Billy Miles | Submission (rear-naked choke) | The Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:36 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 7–2 | Jung Hwan Cha | Submission (armbar) | Spirit MC 11: Invasion | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 3:27 | Seoul, South Korea | |- | Loss | align=center| 6–2 | Shinya Aoki | DQ (groin strike) | Shooto: Champion Carnival | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 0:05 | Yokohama, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 6–1 | Shigetoshi Iwase | Decision (unanimous) | Kokoro: Kill Or Be Killed | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 5–1 | Kyle Noke | Decision (unanimous) | Warriors Realm 5 | | align=center| 5 | align=center| 5:00 | Sydney, Australia | |- | Win | align=center| 4–1 | Sergio Lourenco | Decision (unanimous) | FFCF 5: Unleashed | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Mangilao, Guam | |- | Loss | align=center| 3–1 | Kyle Noke | Decision (split) | Warriors Realm 4 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Sydney, Australia | |- | Win | align=center| 3–0 | Marcio Bittencourt | Submission (rear-naked choke) | K-1 Challenge 2004 Oceania vs World | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 3:30 | Gold Coast, Australia | |- | Win | align=center| 2–0 | Kelly Jacobs | Submission (armbar) | Warriors Realm 2 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 4:12 | Sunshine Coast, Australia | |- | Win | align=center| 1–0 | Gavin Murie | Submission (armbar) | XFC 6: Ultimate Fighting Returns | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:28 | Gold Coast, Australia | References External links Official UFC Profile Australian male mixed martial artists Lightweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing boxing Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu Living people 1977 births Australian people of Greek descent Australian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Australian male boxers Australian submission wrestlers Sportspeople from Geelong Victoria University, Melbourne alumni Australian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Sportspeople from Vancouver, Washington People from Washougal, Washington Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters

<mask> (born 9 July 1977) is an Australian born retired mixed martial artist of Greek descent who previously fought in the UFC in their Lightweight division. He is well known for appearing as a fighter on the TV show The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra, fighting on Team Serra and as the coach for Team Australia on The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes. Mixed martial arts career Background <mask> began training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu in 1997 at the age of 19, and was promoted to black belt in 2004. In 2003 and 2007, he represented Australia in the Submission Wrestling World Championships. <mask> has also competed in amateur boxing, and in 2004, won a Victorian State Amateur Boxing Championship. Prior to his MMA career in the UFC, <mask> trained with veteran UFC and PRIDE fighter Enson Inoue.The two met during a winning bout <mask> had with Sergio Lourenço in Guam. He has remained affiliated with Enson Inoue's Purebred gyms throughout his career since then. Following his appearance on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra, <mask> moved to Long Island, NY to train at with Matt Serra <mask> Couture. During this time period he also trained at 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu with Eddie Bravo. Early career <mask> made his professional debut in 2004 against fellow Australian Gavin Murie, in which <mask> was able to win via armbar submission in the first round. He went on to win two more fights until his first career loss via split decision to Kyle Noke in 2005, one year later he was able to avenge his first loss by defeating Noke by unanimous decision.<mask> went on to have a 7–2 record in small MMA organizations, until he was invited to participate in The Ultimate Fighter in 2007. The Ultimate Fighter <mask> defeated Jared Rollins in the first round of the competition by KO. He went on to defeat Richie Hightower in the quarterfinals via submission due to a kimura. <mask> was then defeated by Tom Speer in the semi-finals by knockout, shortly after an accidental thumb to the eye. Ultimate Fighting Championship <mask> defeated Billy Miles at The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs Team Serra Finale via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:36 of the first round. <mask> defeated Roman Mitichyan at UFC Fight Night 13 on 2 April 2008 by TKO in the second round. He was scheduled to fight judoka Karo Parisyan at UFC 87, however <mask> was forced to withdraw due to injury.<mask> was then expected to face Matt Grice at UFC Fight Night 17, but was forced to withdraw due to another injury. After an 18-month break in his career, <mask> switched weight classes, winning his Lightweight debut at UFC 101 on 8 August 2009 against <mask>. During the bout, he showcased his high level grappling skills, passing Roop's guard with ease. <mask> eventually forced the tap out with a kimura lock in the second round. <mask> defeated Ultimate Fighter 9 alumni Jason Dent in the second round via armbar submission on 21 November 2009, at UFC 106. In a post-fight interview following the win, <mask> stated his desire to compete at the UFC 110 card, in Sydney, Australia. <mask>' wish was granted and faced Joe Stevenson on 21 February 2010 at UFC 110.Making his first appearance on the main card of a UFC pay-per-view event, <mask> improved to 5–0 in the UFC as he defeated Stevenson via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) in a dominant performance, prompting Dana White to say that <mask> was "in the mix" for a title shot. The fight earned <mask> his first Fight of the Night award in the UFC. <mask> fought Kurt Pellegrino at UFC 116 on 3 July 2010, and won by a commanding unanimous decision. <mask> then faced Joe Lauzon on 20 November 2010 at UFC 123. <mask> survived a fast start by his opponent, thus gassing Lauzon in one round, and allowing <mask> to dominate the next round, winning by kimura in the second round in a bout that won Fight of the Night honors. The win pushed <mask> to a perfect 7–0 record in the UFC and established him as one of the top contenders in the UFC's lightweight division. <mask> suffered his first UFC loss to Dennis Siver via unanimous decision at UFC 127.<mask> was unable to take the fight to the ground and was forced to strike with the German Kickboxing Champion Siver. The loss setback <mask>' chances of a title shot. <mask> was expected to face Evan Dunham on 2 July 2011 at UFC 132. However, Dunham was forced out of the bout with an injury, and replaced by Rafael dos Anjos. <mask> was knocked out just 59 seconds into the first round. <mask> was expected to face former PRIDE Lightweight Champion Takanori Gomi on 26 February 2012 at UFC 144. However, <mask> was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by Eiji Mitsuoka.In July 2012 <mask> was confirmed as the Australian coach for The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes, and faced Ross Pearson on 15 December 2012 at the finale - UFC on FX 6. Pearson dominated him throughout the fight, and although he narrowly avoiding being knocked out several times, <mask> was visibly rocked in all three rounds; being knocked down in two of them. He eventually lost the fight via third-round TKO from Pearson. <mask> faced Hawaiian K.J. Noons on 19 October 2013 at UFC 166. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. After losing four in a row, <mask> was released from his UFC contract on 18 December 2013.Titan Fighting Championship On 22 January 2014 it was announced that <mask> had signed a four-fight contract with Titan Fighting Championship and was expected to debut on 25 April at Titan FC 28 against Mike Ricci however Ricci withdrew from the bout due to injury. The bout was rescheduled and took place at Titan FC 29 on 22 August 2014. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Other media Sotiropoulous is featured in UFC Undisputed 3 as a Lightweight fighter alongside the likes of Clay Guida, Dennis Siver, Joe Lauzon and Frankie Edgar. Personal life <mask> has a Bachelor of Business in Banking and Finance, Associate Diploma of Business in International Trade from Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia. Prior to competing in mixed martial arts, he worked in the finance industry. After years of living in Washington state and New York City, <mask> moved to Melbourne, Australia in 2016 and currently manages his own MMA gym, Omega Jiu-Jitsu & MMA there.

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In 2004, <mask> made his professional debut and won via armbar submission in the first round against fellow Australian Gavin Murie. He avenged his first loss by defeating Kyle Noke in a unanimous decision one year after he lost to him in a split decision.He was invited to participate in The Ultimate Fighter in 2007, after having a 7–2 record in small MMA organizations. The first round of the Ultimate Fighter was won by <mask>. He defeated Richie Hightower via submission in the quarterfinals. After an accidental thumb to the eye, <mask> was knocked out by Tom Speer in the semi-finals. Billy Miles was defeated by <mask> in the first round of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs Team Serra finale. At UFC Fight Night 13 on April 2, 2008, <mask> defeated Roman in the second round. He was supposed to fight Karo Parisyan at UFC 87, however he was forced to withdraw due to injury.<mask> was supposed to face Matt Grice at UFC Fight Night 17 but was forced to withdraw due to an injury. After an 18-month break in his career, <mask> switched weight classes and won his debut at UFC 101 against <mask>. He showed his high level grappling skills, passing Roop's guard with ease. In the second round, <mask> forced the tap out with a kimura lock. <mask> defeated Dent in the second round via armbar submission at UFC 106. In a post-fight interview, <mask> stated that he would like to compete at the UFC event in Australia. <mask> was granted his wish and faced Joe Stevenson.Making his first appearance on the main card of a UFC pay-per-view event, <mask> improved to 5–0 in the UFC as he defeated Stevenson via unanimous decision (30–27) in a dominant performance, prompting Dana White to say that So. The Fight of the Night award was earned by <mask>. <mask> defeated Kurt Pellegrino in a unanimous decision at UFC 116. <mask> faced Joe Lauzon at UFC 123. <mask> survived a fast start by his opponent, gassing Lauzon in one round, and allowing him to dominate the next round, winning by kimura in the second round of the Fight of the Night honors. The win pushed <mask> to a perfect 7–0 record in the UFC and established him as one of the top contender in the UFC's lightweight division. Dennis Siver defeated <mask> in a unanimous decision at UFC 127.The German Kickboxing Champion Siver struck <mask> after he was unable to take the fight to the ground. It was a blow to <mask>' chances of a title shot. On July 2, 2011, <mask> was expected to face Evan Dunham. The bout was stopped due to an injury to Dunham and replaced by dos Anjos. <mask> was knocked out in the first round. Takanori Gomi was expected to face <mask> in February. <mask> was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by Eiji Mitsuoka.In December of 2012 <mask> faced Ross Pearson in the finale of The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes, and in July of 2012 he was confirmed as the Australian coach for The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes. 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After losing four in a row, Sotiropoulos was released from his UFC contract.On January 22, 2014, it was announced that <mask> had signed a four-fight contract with Titan Fighting Championship and was expected to debut on April 25 against Mike Ricci, however Ricci withdrew from the bout due to injury. The bout was held at Titan FC 29 in August. He lost the fight. Clay Guida, Dennis Siver and Joe Lauzon are some of the fighters featured in UFC Undisputed 3. <mask> has a Bachelor of Business in Banking and Finance and an Associate Degree in Business in International Trade from Victoria University. He worked in the finance industry before competing in mixed martial arts. After living in Washington state and New York City, <mask> moved to Australia in 2016 to manage his own MMA gym.

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John Lydgate

John Lydgate of Bury (c. 1370 – c. 1451) was an English monk and poet, born in Lidgate, near Haverhill, Suffolk, England. Lydgate's poetic output is prodigious, amounting, at a conservative count, to about 145,000 lines. He explored and established every major Chaucerian genre, except such as were manifestly unsuited to his profession, like the fabliau. In the Troy Book (30,117 lines), an amplified translation of the Trojan history of the thirteenth-century Latin writer Guido delle Colonne, commissioned by Prince Henry (later Henry V), he moved deliberately beyond Chaucer's Knight's Tale and his Troilus, to provide a full-scale epic. The Siege of Thebes (4716 lines) is a shorter excursion in the same field of chivalric epic. Chaucer's The Monk's Tale, a brief catalog of the vicissitudes of Fortune, gives a hint of what is to come in Lydgate's massive Fall of Princes (36,365 lines), which is also derived, though not directly, from Boccaccio's De Casibus Virorum Illustrium. The Man of Law's Tale, with its rhetorical elaboration of apostrophe, invocation, and digression in what is essentially a saint's legend, is the model for Lydgate's legends of St. Edmund (3693 lines) and St. Alban (4734 lines), both local monastic patrons, as well as for many shorter saints' lives, though not for the richer and more genuinely devout Life of Our Lady (5932 lines). Biography Early life and education In a graffito written towards the end of his life, Lydgate admitted to all manner of childhood sins: "I lied to excuse myself. I stole apples … I made mouths at people like a wanton ape. I gambled at cherry stones. I was late to rise and dirty at meals. I was chief shammer of illness". He was admitted to the Benedictine monastery of Bury St Edmunds Abbey in 1382, took novice vows soon after and was ordained as a subdeacon in 1389. Based on a letter from Henry V, Lydgate was a student at Oxford University, probably Gloucester College (now Worcester College), between 1406 and 1408. It was during this period that Lydgate wrote his early work, Isopes Fabules, with its broad range of scholastic references. Career Having literary ambitions (he was an admirer of Geoffrey Chaucer and a friend to his son, Thomas) he sought and obtained patronage for his literary work at the courts of Henry IV of England, Henry V of England and Henry VI of England. His patrons included, amongst many others, the mayor and aldermen of London, the chapter of St. Paul's Cathedral, Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and Henry V and VI. His main supporter from 1422 was Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester. In 1423 Lydgate was made prior of Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex. He soon resigned the office to concentrate on his travels and writing. He was a prolific writer of poems, allegories, fables and romances. His most famous works were his longer and more moralistic Troy Book (1412–20), a 30,000 line translation of the Latin prose narrative by Guido delle Colonne, Historia destructionis Troiae, the Siege of Thebes which was translated from a French prose redaction of the Roman de Thebes and the Fall of Princes. The Fall of Princes (1431-8), is the last and longest of Lydgate's works. Of his more accessible poems, most were written in the first decade of the fifteenth century in a Chaucerian vein: The Complaint of the Black Knight (originally called A Complaynt of a Loveres Lyfe and modelled on Chaucer's The Book of the Duchess); The Temple of Glas (indebted to The House of Fame); The Floure of Curtesy (like the Parlement of Foules, a Valentine's Day Poem); and the allegorical Reason and Sensuality. His short poems tend to be the best; as he grew older his poems grew progressively longer, and it is regarding Lydgate's later poetry that Joseph Ritson's harsh characterization of him is based: 'A voluminous, prosaick and drivelling monk'. Similarly, one twentieth-century historian has described Lydgate's verse as "banal". At one time, the long allegorical poem The Assembly of Gods was attributed to him, but the work is now considered anonymous. Lydgate was also believed to have written London Lickpenny, a well-known satirical work; however, his authorship of this piece has been thoroughly discredited. He also translated the poems of Guillaume de Deguileville into English. In his later years he lived and probably died at the monastery of Bury St. Edmunds. At some point in his life he returned to the village of his birth and added his signature and a coded message in a graffito onto a wall at St Mary's Church, Lidgate, discovered as recently as 2014. Editions J. Allan Mitchell, ed. John Lydgate, The Temple of Glass. Series: TEAMS Middle English Texts. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 2007. Modern renditions A few of Lydgate's works are available in modernised versions: John Lydgate's Troy Book: A Middle English Iliad (The Troy Myth in Medieval Britain Book 1) by D M Smith (2019 Kindle) - complete John Lydgate Troy Book: The Legend of the Trojan War by D.J. Favager (2021 Kindle) - complete The Siege of Thebes: A Modern English Verse Rendition by D.J. Favager (2018 Kindle) The Legend of Saint Alban: In a Modern English Prose Version by Simon Webb (2016 the Langley Press) Lydgate's Disguising at Hertford Castle Translation and Study by Derek Forbes (1998 Blot Publishing) Quotations "Who lesith his fredam, in soth, he lesith all."—an old proverb Lydgate included in his moral fable The Churl and the Bird Lydgate wrote that King Arthur was crowned in "the land of the fairy", and taken in his death by four fairy queens, to Avalon where he lies under a "fairy hill", until he is needed again. Lydgate is also credited with the first known usage of the adage "Needs must" in its fullest form: "He must nedys go that the deuell dryves" in his The Assembly of Gods. Shakespeare later uses it in All's Well That Ends Well. See also The Complaint of the Black Knight References External links John Lydgate at luminarium.org, including links to online texts The Online Medieval Sources Bibliography cites printed and online editions of Lydgate's works MS 439/16 Fall of princes at OPenn 1370 births 1451 deaths People from the Borough of St Edmundsbury English Benedictines Middle English poets 15th-century English writers 15th-century English people Latin–English translators English Christian monks English male poets

<mask> of Bury (c. 1370 – c. 1451) was an English monk and poet, born in Lidgate, near Haverhill, Suffolk, England. Lydgate's poetic output is prodigious, amounting, at a conservative count, to about 145,000 lines. He explored and established every major Chaucerian genre, except such as were manifestly unsuited to his profession, like the fabliau. In the Troy Book (30,117 lines), an amplified translation of the Trojan history of the thirteenth-century Latin writer Guido delle Colonne, commissioned by Prince Henry (later Henry V), he moved deliberately beyond Chaucer's Knight's Tale and his Troilus, to provide a full-scale epic. The Siege of Thebes (4716 lines) is a shorter excursion in the same field of chivalric epic. Chaucer's The Monk's Tale, a brief catalog of the vicissitudes of Fortune, gives a hint of what is to come in Lydgate's massive Fall of Princes (36,365 lines), which is also derived, though not directly, from Boccaccio's De Casibus Virorum Illustrium. The Man of Law's Tale, with its rhetorical elaboration of apostrophe, invocation, and digression in what is essentially a saint's legend, is the model for Lydgate's legends of St. Edmund (3693 lines) and St. Alban (4734 lines), both local monastic patrons, as well as for many shorter saints' lives, though not for the richer and more genuinely devout Life of Our Lady (5932 lines).Biography Early life and education In a graffito written towards the end of his life, <mask> admitted to all manner of childhood sins: "I lied to excuse myself. I stole apples … I made mouths at people like a wanton ape. I gambled at cherry stones. I was late to rise and dirty at meals. I was chief shammer of illness". He was admitted to the Benedictine monastery of Bury St Edmunds Abbey in 1382, took novice vows soon after and was ordained as a subdeacon in 1389. Based on a letter from Henry V, <mask> was a student at Oxford University, probably Gloucester College (now Worcester College), between 1406 and 1408.It was during this period that Lydgate wrote his early work, Isopes Fabules, with its broad range of scholastic references. Career Having literary ambitions (he was an admirer of Geoffrey Chaucer and a friend to his son, Thomas) he sought and obtained patronage for his literary work at the courts of Henry IV of England, Henry V of England and Henry VI of England. His patrons included, amongst many others, the mayor and aldermen of London, the chapter of St. Paul's Cathedral, Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and Henry V and VI. His main supporter from 1422 was Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester. In 1423 Lydgate was made prior of Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex. He soon resigned the office to concentrate on his travels and writing. He was a prolific writer of poems, allegories, fables and romances.His most famous works were his longer and more moralistic Troy Book (1412–20), a 30,000 line translation of the Latin prose narrative by Guido delle Colonne, Historia destructionis Troiae, the Siege of Thebes which was translated from a French prose redaction of the Roman de Thebes and the Fall of Princes. The Fall of Princes (1431-8), is the last and longest of <mask>'s works. Of his more accessible poems, most were written in the first decade of the fifteenth century in a Chaucerian vein: The Complaint of the Black Knight (originally called A Complaynt of a Loveres Lyfe and modelled on Chaucer's The Book of the Duchess); The Temple of Glas (indebted to The House of Fame); The Floure of Curtesy (like the Parlement of Foules, a Valentine's Day Poem); and the allegorical Reason and Sensuality. His short poems tend to be the best; as he grew older his poems grew progressively longer, and it is regarding <mask>'s later poetry that Joseph Ritson's harsh characterization of him is based: 'A voluminous, prosaick and drivelling monk'. Similarly, one twentieth-century historian has described <mask>'s verse as "banal". At one time, the long allegorical poem The Assembly of Gods was attributed to him, but the work is now considered anonymous. <mask> was also believed to have written London Lickpenny, a well-known satirical work; however, his authorship of this piece has been thoroughly discredited.He also translated the poems of Guillaume de Deguileville into English. In his later years he lived and probably died at the monastery of Bury St. Edmunds. At some point in his life he returned to the village of his birth and added his signature and a coded message in a graffito onto a wall at St Mary's Church, Lidgate, discovered as recently as 2014. Editions J. Allan Mitchell, ed. <mask>, The Temple of Glass. Series: TEAMS Middle English Texts. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 2007.Modern renditions A few of <mask>'s works are available in modernised versions: <mask>'s Troy Book: A Middle English Iliad (The Troy Myth in Medieval Britain Book 1) by D M Smith (2019 Kindle) - complete <mask>ydgate Troy Book: The Legend of the Trojan War by D.J. Favager (2021 Kindle) - complete The Siege of Thebes: A Modern English Verse Rendition by D.J. Favager (2018 Kindle) The Legend of Saint Alban: In a Modern English Prose Version by Simon Webb (2016 the Langley Press) Lydgate's Disguising at Hertford Castle Translation and Study by Derek Forbes (1998 Blot Publishing) Quotations "Who lesith his fredam, in soth, he lesith all. "—an old proverb Lydgate included in his moral fable The Churl and the Bird Lydgate wrote that King Arthur was crowned in "the land of the fairy", and taken in his death by four fairy queens, to Avalon where he lies under a "fairy hill", until he is needed again. Lydgate is also credited with the first known usage of the adage "Needs must" in its fullest form: "He must nedys go that the deuell dryves" in his The Assembly of Gods. Shakespeare later uses it in All's Well That Ends Well. See also The Complaint of the Black Knight References External links <mask> at luminarium.org, including links to online texts The Online Medieval Sources Bibliography cites printed and online editions of Lydgate's works MS 439/16 Fall of princes at OPenn 1370 births 1451 deaths People from the Borough of St Edmundsbury English Benedictines Middle English poets 15th-century English writers 15th-century English people Latin–English translators English Christian monks English male poets

<mask> was an English monk and poet who was born in Suffolk, England. At a conservative count, <mask>'s poetic output is about 145,000 lines. He established every major Chaucerian genre, except for the one that was unsuited to his profession, like the Fabliau. The Troy Book is an amplified translation of theTrojan history of the 13th century Latin writer Guido delle Colonne, who was commissioned by Prince Henry to do so. In the same field of chivalric epic is the Siege of Thebes. The Monk's Tale, a brief catalog of the vicissitudes of Fortune, gives a hint of what is to come in the Fall of Princes. The Man of Law's Tale is the model for the legends of St. Edmund and St. Alban.In a graffito written towards the end of his life, Lydgate admitted to all manner of childhood sins. I made mouths like a wanton ape when I stole apples. I gambled on cherry stones. I was late to eat. I was the chief shammer of illness. He was admitted to the monastery in 1342 and became a subdeacon in 1399. Based on a letter from Henry V, <mask> was a student at Oxford University between 1406 and 1408.During this time, Lydgate wrote his first work, Isopes Fabules, with a wide range of references. He obtained patronage for his literary work at the courts of Henry IV of England, Henry V of England and Henry VI of England because of his literary ambitions. The mayor of London and the chapter of St. Paul's Cathedral were among his patrons. Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester was his main supporter. Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, was the location of Lydgate in 1423. He left the office to concentrate on his writing. He wrote poems, allegories, fables and romances.Historia destructionis Troiae, the Siege of Thebes and the Troy Book are his most famous works. <mask>'s last and longest work is The Fall of Princes. The Complaint of the Black Knight was written in the first decade of the fifteenth century and is one of his more accessible poems. His short poems tend to be the best, as he grew older his poems grew more and more long, and it is about <mask>'s later poetry that Joseph Ritson's harsh characterization of him is based. The one twentieth-century historian described the verse as "banal". The Assembly of Gods was attributed to him, but the work is now considered anonymous. The author of London Lickpenny, a well-known satirical work, has been discredited.Guillaume de Deguileville's poems were translated into English. He lived and died at the monastery. At some point in his life, he returned to the village of his birth and added his signature and a message in a graffito onto a wall at St Mary's Church. J. Allan Mitchell's ed. The Temple of Glass was written by <mask>. Team's Middle English Texts is a series. Medieval Institute Publications was published in 2007.<mask>'s Troy Book: A Middle English Iliad (The Troy Myth in Medieval Britain Book 1) is available in a modern version. D.J. wrote The Siege of Thebes: A Modern English Verse Rendition. The Legend of Saint Alban: In a Modern English Prose Version was written by Simon Webb and was published by the Langley Press. King Arthur was crowned in "the land of the fairy", and taken in his death by four fairy queens, to Avalon where he lies under a "fairy hill", according to an old proverb included in his moral fable The Churl and the Bird. "He must nedys go that the deuell dryves" is the first known use of the adage "Needs must" in its fullest form. In All's Well That ends Well, Shakespeare uses it. There are links to online texts in The Complaint of the Black Knight.

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M. William Howard Jr.

Moses William Howard Jr. (born March 3, 1946 in Americus, Georgia) is an American cleric, former college president, community and business leader. He is known for his involvement in ecumenical organizations domestically and internationally and in international affairs, especially within the Middle East and Southern Africa. He is the son of the late Laura Turner Howard and the late Moses William Howard Sr. He attended public schools in Americus before enrolling in Morehouse College, where he graduated in 1968. He earned a Master of Divinity degree at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1972. His worldview was shaped initially in response to the racial segregation he experienced in his hometown, where he participated in voter registration drives in the early 1960s. He studied Philosophy and Psychology at Morehouse and was heavily influenced by Professors Samuel Williams and Lucius Tobin. His principal academic advisor at Princeton was Professor Edward Jurgi. Career After Princeton, Howard joined the national staff of the Reformed Church in America (RCA) in 1972, where he remained until assuming the presidency of New York Theological Seminary (NYTS) in 1992. During his tenure at the RCA, he served as an Advisor to the 5th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Nairobi, Kenya and as Moderator of the WCC's Programme to Combat Racism(1976–78). In 1978, at age 32 he was elected the youngest president of the National Council of Churches, and in that capacity at Christmas in 1979, he journeyed with Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit, and the Reverend William Sloane Coffin, Senior Minister of The Riverside Church, to conduct Christmas services for the U.S. personnel being held hostage Iran. In 1984, he travelled to Syria as Chair of an ecumenical delegation that accompanied the Reverend Jesse Jackson to obtain the release of U. S. Naval Officer Robert O. Goodman. During his tenure at NYTS, the Seminary inaugurated two academic partnerships with area graduate schools in social work and urban studies, doubled its endowment, and won the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations Award for Excellence. Howard was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations for over 20 years. He held an elected position on the Board of Directors of New Jersey Resources from 2005 to 2022, and was a member of the Rutgers University Board of Governors from 2003 to 2013. He chaired the university's Board from 2007 to 2010. He served as a trustee of the National Urban League from 1981 to 1988 and of the Children's Defense Fund from 1980 to 1985. In 2007, he chaired the New Jersey Death Penalty Study Commission, which led to the abolition of the death penalty in that State. Howard was pastor of Bethany Baptist Church, established in 1871 as the first Baptist church founded by Blacks in Newark, from 2000 to 2015. He was ordained at Rockford, Illinois' Pilgrim Baptist Church in 1974 by the American Baptist Churches USA. He has received several keys to cities and has been awarded honorary degrees from Morehouse College, Miles College, Central College, Bloomfield College. Rutgers University, and Essex County College. Since 2016, he has worked with for-profit and not-for-profit organizations on issues of governance, management and leadership. In 2020, Black, Not Dutch was published by African World Press. This is Dr. Howard's account of how the Reformed Church in America responded to the Black Manifesto and its demand for reparations to African Americans for slavery and subsequent oppression. International engagements For most of the 1970s and 1980s, Howard played a role in the movement for freedom from colonialism and white minority rule in Southern Africa (Zimbabwe, Namibia, and South Africa) and the former Portuguese colonies. From 1975 until 1990, the year of Nelson Mandela's release from prison, Howard was denied visas to enter the Republic of South Africa by the apartheid government. During this period, he chaired the Board of the American Committee on Africa; he presided at the United Nations-sponsored North American Regional Conference for Action Against Apartheid in 1984, and the 1981 United Nations Seminar on Bank Loans to South Africa in Zurich, Switzerland. In 1985, he stood with New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean when he signed a bill divesting State holdings of some $2 billion from companies doing business in South Africa. With Henry F. Henderson, a New Jersey businessman and Commissioner of the Port Authority of NY/NJ, Howard founded Management Futures, an initiative that provided internships to black South Africans in fields from which they had been excluded under the Job Reservations Act. Howard led the first post-revolution, American church delegation to the Christian Council of Cuba in 1977 and the first such delegation to the churches of the People's Republic of China after the Cultural Revolution. In 1985, he was a special guest of the Women's Protestant Federation of Germany on the 40th year observance of the fall of the Third Reich. He addressed the 4th Assembly of the All Africa Conference of Churches in Kenya in 1981. Personal life Howard married Barbara J. Wright in 1970. They are the parents of Matthew Weldon Howard, Adam Turner Howard, and Maisha Wright Howard. Jazz aficionado A jazz enthusiast and collector, Howard has a particular interest in the intersection of spirituals, blues, and jazz. While pastor at Bethany, he inspired the start of a Jazz Vespers, which included world renown jazz musicians in worship. Selected awards Toussaint L'Ouverture Freedom Award, Haitian Community, 1980 Distinguished Alumnus Award, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1982 New Jersey Citizen Action Award "International Human Rights Activist", 1985 Outstanding Achievement Award, New York City, NAACP, 1993 The Bennie Award for Achievement, from Morehouse College, 2008 Several honorary degrees and keys to cities have been awarded Council of Elders, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 2021 Named to the list of 2021 "Most Influential Corporate Directors", Savoy Magazine References External links http://www.ncccusa.org/news/NCCPresHoward.htm http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_July_21/ai_n14811765 https://web.archive.org/web/20120211081543/http://www.bethany-newark.org/history.html - much more extensive article African-American Baptist ministers Baptist ministers from the United States Living people Clergy from Newark, New Jersey 1946 births Morehouse College alumni 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people

<mask>. (born March 3, 1946 in Americus, Georgia) is an American cleric, former college president, community and business leader. He is known for his involvement in ecumenical organizations domestically and internationally and in international affairs, especially within the Middle East and Southern Africa. He is the son of the late <mask> and the late <mask>. He attended public schools in Americus before enrolling in Morehouse College, where he graduated in 1968. He earned a Master of Divinity degree at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1972. His worldview was shaped initially in response to the racial segregation he experienced in his hometown, where he participated in voter registration drives in the early 1960s. He studied Philosophy and Psychology at Morehouse and was heavily influenced by Professors <mask> and Lucius Tobin.His principal academic advisor at Princeton was Professor Edward Jurgi. Career After Princeton, <mask> joined the national staff of the Reformed Church in America (RCA) in 1972, where he remained until assuming the presidency of New York Theological Seminary (NYTS) in 1992. During his tenure at the RCA, he served as an Advisor to the 5th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Nairobi, Kenya and as Moderator of the WCC's Programme to Combat Racism(1976–78). In 1978, at age 32 he was elected the youngest president of the National Council of Churches, and in that capacity at Christmas in 1979, he journeyed with Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit, and the Reverend <mask> Coffin, Senior Minister of The Riverside Church, to conduct Christmas services for the U.S. personnel being held hostage Iran. In 1984, he travelled to Syria as Chair of an ecumenical delegation that accompanied the Reverend Jesse Jackson to obtain the release of U. S. Naval Officer Robert O. Goodman. During his tenure at NYTS, the Seminary inaugurated two academic partnerships with area graduate schools in social work and urban studies, doubled its endowment, and won the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations Award for Excellence. <mask> was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations for over 20 years.He held an elected position on the Board of Directors of New Jersey Resources from 2005 to 2022, and was a member of the Rutgers University Board of Governors from 2003 to 2013. He chaired the university's Board from 2007 to 2010. He served as a trustee of the National Urban League from 1981 to 1988 and of the Children's Defense Fund from 1980 to 1985. In 2007, he chaired the New Jersey Death Penalty Study Commission, which led to the abolition of the death penalty in that State. <mask> was pastor of Bethany Baptist Church, established in 1871 as the first Baptist church founded by Blacks in Newark, from 2000 to 2015. He was ordained at Rockford, Illinois' Pilgrim Baptist Church in 1974 by the American Baptist Churches USA. He has received several keys to cities and has been awarded honorary degrees from Morehouse College, Miles College, Central College, Bloomfield College.Rutgers University, and Essex County College. Since 2016, he has worked with for-profit and not-for-profit organizations on issues of governance, management and leadership. In 2020, Black, Not Dutch was published by African World Press. This is Dr. <mask>'s account of how the Reformed Church in America responded to the Black Manifesto and its demand for reparations to African Americans for slavery and subsequent oppression. International engagements For most of the 1970s and 1980s, <mask> played a role in the movement for freedom from colonialism and white minority rule in Southern Africa (Zimbabwe, Namibia, and South Africa) and the former Portuguese colonies. From 1975 until 1990, the year of <mask>'s release from prison, <mask> was denied visas to enter the Republic of South Africa by the apartheid government. During this period, he chaired the Board of the American Committee on Africa; he presided at the United Nations-sponsored North American Regional Conference for Action Against Apartheid in 1984, and the 1981 United Nations Seminar on Bank Loans to South Africa in Zurich, Switzerland.In 1985, he stood with New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean when he signed a bill divesting State holdings of some $2 billion from companies doing business in South Africa. With Henry F. Henderson, a New Jersey businessman and Commissioner of the Port Authority of NY/NJ, <mask> founded Management Futures, an initiative that provided internships to black South Africans in fields from which they had been excluded under the Job Reservations Act. <mask> led the first post-revolution, American church delegation to the Christian Council of Cuba in 1977 and the first such delegation to the churches of the People's Republic of China after the Cultural Revolution. In 1985, he was a special guest of the Women's Protestant Federation of Germany on the 40th year observance of the fall of the Third Reich. He addressed the 4th Assembly of the All Africa Conference of Churches in Kenya in 1981. Personal life <mask> married Barbara J. Wright in 1970. They are the parents of <mask> <mask>, Adam Turner <mask>, and <mask> <mask>.Jazz aficionado A jazz enthusiast and collector, <mask>aint L'Ouverture Freedom Award, Haitian Community, 1980 Distinguished Alumnus Award, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1982 New Jersey Citizen Action Award "International Human Rights Activist", 1985 Outstanding Achievement Award, New York City, NAACP, 1993 The Bennie Award for Achievement, from Morehouse College, 2008 Several honorary degrees and keys to cities have been awarded Council of Elders, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 2021 Named to the list of 2021 "Most Influential Corporate Directors", Savoy Magazine References External links http://www.ncccusa.org/news/NCCPresHoward.htm http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_July_21/ai_n14811765 https://web.archive.org/web/20120211081543/http://www.bethany-newark.org/history.html - much more extensive article African-American Baptist ministers Baptist ministers from the United States Living people Clergy from Newark, New Jersey 1946 births Morehouse College alumni 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people

He is an American cleric, former college president, community and business leader. He is well known for his involvement in international affairs, especially within the Middle East and Southern Africa. He is the son of the late <mask>. He graduated from Morehouse College in 1968. He received a Master of Divinity degree from the seminary. In the early 1960s, he participated in voter registration drives in response to the racial segregation he experienced in his hometown. He studied philosophy and psychology at Morehouse and was influenced by professors.Professor Edward Jurgi was his main academic advisor. <mask> joined the national staff of the Reformed Church in America in 1972 and remained until 1992 when he became the president of the New York Theological Seminary. He served as an advisor to the 5th Assembly of the World Council of Churches and as the head of the programme to combat racism. He was elected the youngest president of the National Council of Churches at the age of 32, and traveled to Detroit with Bishop Thomas Gumbleton and the Reverend <mask> Coffin. In 1984 he traveled to Syria as Chair of an ecumenical delegation that accompanied the Reverend Jesse Jackson to obtain the release of U.S. Naval Officer Robert O. The Arthur Vining Davis Foundation Award for excellence was won by the NYTS when he was there. <mask> was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.He was a member of the Rutgers University Board of Governors from 2003 to 2013. The university's Board was chaired by him. He was a Trustee of the National Urban League from 1981 to 1988 and the Children's Defense Fund from 1980 to 1985. In 2007, he chaired the New Jersey Death Penalty Study Commission, which led to the abolition of the death penalty in that State. The first Baptist church founded by Blacks in Newark was founded in 2000 by <mask>. The American Baptist Churches USA dained him at the Pilgrim Baptist Church in 1974. He has received a number of keys to cities, as well as degrees from a number of colleges.Rutgers University and Essex County College. He has worked with for-profit and not-for-profit organizations on issues of governance, management and leadership. Black, Not Dutch was published in 2020. Dr. <mask>'s account of how the church responded to the Black Manifesto is here. <mask> was involved in the movement for freedom from colonial rule in Southern Africa and the former Portuguese colonies. <mask> was denied visas to enter the Republic of South Africa from 1975 to 1990 because of <mask>'s release from prison. He chaired the Board of the American Committee on Africa, as well as the North American Regional Conference for Action Against Apartheid and the United Nations Seminar on Bank Loans to South Africa.He stood with the New Jersey Governor when he signed a bill in 1985 to remove State holdings from companies doing business in South Africa. <mask>, a New Jersey businessman and Commissioner of the Port Authority of NY/NJ, founded Management Futures, an initiative that provided internships to black South Africans in fields from which they had been excluded under the Job Reservations Act. The first post-revolution American church delegation was led by <mask> in 1977 to the Christian Council of Cuba. He was a special guest of the Women's Protestant Federation of Germany in 1985 on the 40th anniversary of the fall of the Third Reich. He spoke at the 4th Assembly of the All Africa Conference of Churches. <mask> married Barbara J. Wright in 1970. Their children are <mask> <mask>, Adam Turner <mask>, and <mask> <mask>.<mask>aint L'Ouverture Freedom Award, the Haitian Community, the Outstanding Achievement Award, and the New Jersey Citizen Action Award are some of the awards.

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Kurt Warner

Kurtis Eugene Warner (born June 22, 1971) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for twelve seasons, primarily with the St. Louis Rams and the Arizona Cardinals. His career, which saw him ascend from an undrafted free agent to a two-time Most Valuable Player and Super Bowl MVP, is regarded as one of the greatest stories in NFL history. After playing college football at Northern Iowa from 1990 to 1993, Warner spent four years without being named to an NFL roster. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers in 1994, but released before the regular season and instead played three seasons for the Iowa Barnstormers of the Arena Football League (AFL). Warner landed his first NFL roster spot in 1998 with the Rams, holding a backup position until he was thrust into becoming St. Louis' starter the following season. During his first season as an NFL starting quarterback, Warner led The Greatest Show on Turf offense to the Rams' first Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XXXIV, earning him league and Super Bowl MVP honors. He won his second league MVP award in 2001, en route to a Super Bowl XXXVI appearance, and also appeared in Super Bowl XLIII with the Cardinals. Considered the NFL's greatest undrafted player, Warner is the only undrafted player to be named NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP, as well as the only undrafted quarterback to lead his team to a Super Bowl victory. He is also the first quarterback to win the Super Bowl during his first season as the primary starter. Warner was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2017 and is the only player inducted to both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Arena Football Hall of Fame. High school and college Born in Burlington, Iowa, Warner played football at Regis High School in Cedar Rapids, graduating in 1989. After graduation from high school, he attended the University of Northern Iowa, graduating in 1993. At UNI, Warner was third on the Panthers' depth chart until his senior year. When Warner was finally given the chance to start, he was named the Gateway Conference's Offensive Player of the Year and first team all-conference. Professional career Green Bay Packers Following his college career, Warner went undrafted in the 1994 NFL Draft. He was invited to try out for the Green Bay Packers' training camp in 1994, but was released before the regular season began. Warner was competing for a spot against Brett Favre, Mark Brunell, and former Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer. While Warner was with the Packers, the head coach was Mike Holmgren, the quarterback coach was Steve Mariucci, and Andy Reid was the offensive assistant. After his release, Warner stocked shelves at a Hy-Vee grocery store in Cedar Falls for $5.50 an hour. Warner often cites this starting point when telling of his rise to NFL stardom in 1999. He also mentions that his deepened dedication to Christianity occurred around 1997. Warner returned to Northern Iowa and worked as a graduate assistant coach with the football team, while still hoping to get another tryout with an NFL team. Iowa Barnstormers With no NFL teams willing to give him a chance, Warner turned to the Arena Football League (AFL) in 1995, and signed with the Iowa Barnstormers. He was named to the AFL's First-team All-Arena in both 1996 and 1997 after he led the Barnstormers to ArenaBowl appearances in both seasons. Warner's performance was so impressive that he was later named twelfth out of the 20 Best Arena Football Players of all time. Before the 1997 NFL season, Warner requested and got a tryout with the Chicago Bears, but an injury to his throwing elbow caused by a spider bite sustained during his honeymoon prevented him from attending. In 2000, after Warner's breakout NFL season, the AFL used his new fame for the name of its first widely available video game, Kurt Warner's Arena Football Unleashed. Years later, on August 12, 2011, he would be named as an inductee into the Arena Football Hall of Fame. St. Louis Rams Amsterdam Admirals In December 1997 after the St. Louis Rams' season ended, Warner signed a futures contract with the team. In February 1998, he was allocated to NFL Europe to play for the Amsterdam Admirals, where he led the league in touchdowns and passing yards. His backup at the time was future Carolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme. Returning to the United States, Warner spent the 1998 season as St. Louis' third-string quarterback behind Tony Banks and Steve Bono. He ended his season completing only 4 of 11 pass attempts for 39 yards and a 47.2 QB rating. 1999 season Prior to the 1999 free-agency period, the Rams chose Warner to be one of the team's five unprotected players in the 1999 NFL expansion draft. Warner went unselected by the Cleveland Browns, who chose no Rams and whose only quarterback selection was Scott Milanovich. The Rams let Bono leave in free agency and signed Trent Green to be the starter. Banks was traded to the Ravens, and Warner now found himself second on the depth chart. After Green suffered a torn ACL via a low hit by Rodney Harrison in a preseason game, Rams coach Dick Vermeil named Warner as the Rams' starter. In an emotional press conference, Vermeil—who hadn't seen Warner work with the first-string offense—said, "We will rally around Kurt Warner, and we'll play good football." With the support of running back Marshall Faulk and wide receivers Isaac Bruce, Torry Holt, Az-Zahir Hakim, and Ricky Proehl, Warner put together one of the top seasons by a quarterback in NFL history, throwing for 4,353 yards with 41 touchdown passes and a completion rate of 65.1%. The Rams' high-powered offense, run by offensive coordinator Mike Martz, was nicknamed "The Greatest Show on Turf" and registered the first in a string of three consecutive 500-point seasons, an NFL record. Warner threw three touchdown passes in each of his first three NFL starts, an NFL record until it was surpassed by Patrick Mahomes in 2018. Warner drew more attention in the Rams' fourth game of the season, a home game against the San Francisco 49ers (who had been NFC West division champions for 12 of the previous 13 seasons). The Rams lost their last 17 meetings with the 49ers, but Warner proceeded to throw a touchdown pass on each of the Rams' first three possessions of the game, and four touchdowns in the first half alone, to propel the Rams to a 28–10 halftime lead on the way to a 42–20 victory. Warner finished the game with five touchdown passes, giving him 14 in four games and the Rams a 4–0 record. Warner's breakout season from a career in anonymity was so unexpected that Sports Illustrated featured him on their October 18 cover with the caption "Who Is This Guy?" He was named the 1999 NFL MVP at the season's end for leading the Rams to their first playoff berth since 1989 (when they were still in Los Angeles) and their first division title since 1985. In the NFL playoffs, Warner ultimately led the Rams to a victory in Super Bowl XXXIV against the Tennessee Titans. In the game, he threw for two touchdowns and a then Super Bowl-record 414 passing yards, including a 73-yard touchdown to Isaac Bruce when the game was tied with just over two minutes to play, which proved to be the game-winning score. Warner also set a Super Bowl record by attempting 45 passes without a single interception. For his performance, Warner was awarded the Super Bowl MVP award. As of 2021, Warner is the most recent player to win both the NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP in the same year. 2000 season On July 21, Warner signed a seven-year contract worth $47 million. He started the 2000 season where he had left off in his record-setting 1999 season, racking up 300 or more passing yards in each of his first six games (tying Steve Young's record) and posting 19 touchdown passes in that stretch. Warner broke his hand and missed the middle of the season, but Trent Green filled in ably and the Warner/Green duo led the Rams to the highest team passing yard total in NFL history, with 5,232 net yards. Warner and Green's combined gross passing yards total was 5,492. In contrast to his previous season, however, Warner's turnover rate drastically increased in 2000, as he threw an interception in 5.2% of his attempts (compared to just 2.6% in 1999). Despite one of the most productive offensive years by an NFL team, the Rams won only ten games and lost in the wild card round to the New Orleans Saints. In response to the disappointing season, the Rams cut nine of their eleven defensive starters during the offseason, and Trent Green was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs. 2001 season Warner returned to MVP form in 2001. Although his performance lagged behind his 1999 performance, he amassed a league-high 36 touchdown passes and 4,830 passing yards, and another league high mark in passer rating (101.4). Warner's tendency for turnovers carried over from 2000, as he tossed a career-high 22 interceptions (despite completing a career-high 68.7% of his passes), but he still led "The Greatest Show on Turf" to its third consecutive 6–0 start (becoming the first NFL team to do so, later equaled by the 2005–2007 Indianapolis Colts), an NFL-best 14–2 record, and an appearance in Super Bowl XXXVI. Warner was also named the NFL MVP for the second time in three seasons, giving the Rams their third winner in as many years (running back Marshall Faulk won in 2000). In Super Bowl XXXVI, Warner threw for 365 yards (then the second-highest, now the sixth-highest total in Super Bowl history) and a passing touchdown along with a rushing touchdown, but his rhythm was disrupted by New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick's defensive game plan and he tossed two costly interceptions which helped stake the heavy-underdog Patriots to a two-touchdown lead. After falling behind to the Patriots 17–3, though, the Rams rallied to tie the game late in the fourth quarter on a one-yard Warner quarterback sneak touchdown run and a 26-yard touchdown pass from Warner to Ricky Proehl. The game ended in a 20-17 loss for Warner and the Rams when Patriots kicker Adam Vinatieri kicked a game-winning field goal as time expired, giving the Patriots the first of three Super Bowl wins in four years. 2002–2003 seasons Warner began the 2002 season as the Rams' starter, but he played poorly, throwing seven interceptions against only one touchdown as the team went 0–3. In the Rams' fourth game, this one against the Dallas Cowboys, Warner broke a finger on his throwing hand. Warner attempted to come back later in the season, but his injury allowed him to play only two more games (both losses). In contrast to his 103.0 career passer rating entering the season, Warner posted a minuscule 67.4 rating in 2002. The following season, Warner was replaced as the Rams' starting quarterback for good after fumbling six times in the team's opening-day game against the New York Giants. Warner later revealed that he had previously broken his hand and that it had not fully healed, making it more difficult to grip the football. His successor as the Rams' starting quarterback, Marc Bulger (another relatively unheralded quarterback coming out of college), stepped into the breach and played reasonably well upon replacing Warner. The Rams signed veteran Chris Chandler as Bulger's backup. The Rams released Warner on June 1, 2004 with three years left on his contract. New York Giants Two days after his release from the Rams, he signed a one-year, $3 million deal with the New York Giants, with a second year player option worth $6 million. Warner started the 2004 season as the Giants' starting quarterback, winning five of his first seven games, but following a two-game losing streak, highly touted rookie quarterback Eli Manning was given the starting job. The Giants had a 5–4 win-loss record at the time of Warner's benching, finishing at 6–10 overall (going only 1–6 under Manning). Following the season, Warner chose to void the second year of his contract, and thus became a free agent. Arizona Cardinals 2005 season In early 2005, Warner signed a one-year, $4-million contract with the Arizona Cardinals, and was quickly named the starter by coach Dennis Green. Warner posted three relatively mediocre performances before injuring his groin and being replaced by former starter Josh McCown. McCown performed well enough in the two games Warner missed that McCown remained the starter. After McCown struggled in two straight games, Green re-inserted Warner into the starting line-up. After playing fairly well in two consecutive losses (passing for a total of nearly 700 yards), Warner defeated his former team, the Rams, by a score of 38–28. He passed for 285 yards and three touchdowns while posting a quarterback rating of 115.9. Warner's season ended in week 15 when he partially tore his MCL. Warner signed a new three-year extension with the Cardinals on February 14, 2006. The deal had a base salary of $18 million and, with performance incentives, could have been worth as much as $24 million. 2006 season In Week 1 of the 2006 NFL season, Warner won the NFC Offensive Player of the Week award, throwing for 301 yards and three touchdowns in a win over San Francisco. Two weeks later, Warner passed the 20,000-yard passing milestone in his 76th game, the second-quickest of any player in NFL history (Warner accomplished the feat in one game more than it took record-holder Dan Marino). After three subpar games in Weeks 2-4, Warner was replaced as quarterback by rookie Matt Leinart in the fourth quarter of week 4. Then-coach Dennis Green stated that Warner would be the backup quarterback for the remainder of the season. In week 16, Leinart went down with a shoulder injury against the 49ers, forcing Warner to see his first action since week 4. Warner filled in nicely, as he was able to hang on for the Cardinals win. In week 17 against the San Diego Chargers, Warner started again in place of the injured Leinart, throwing for 365 yards (which led the NFL for that week) and a touchdown, though the Chargers were able to hold on for a 27–20 win. 2007 season Leinart was given the starting quarterback job at the start of the 2007 season. However, in the third game of the season, against the Baltimore Ravens, Warner came off the bench to relieve an ineffective Leinart during the 4th quarter with the Ravens leading 23–6 at the beginning of the period. Warner led a furious comeback, as he completed 15 of 20 passes for 258 yards and 2 touchdowns. This brought Arizona to a tie game (23–23), though Arizona would go on to lose the game 26–23 after Baltimore kicked a last-second field goal. On September 30, 2007, during the week four game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Warner relieved Leinart again, following another ineffective start. Warner finished with 14 completed of 21 attempts for 132 yards with one touchdown pass and no interceptions, while Leinart re-entered the game in the 4th quarter and led the Cardinals to their final touchdown. After Leinart was placed on injured reserve, Warner was named starter for the remainder of the 2007 season. Warner passed for a career-high 484 yards against the 49ers in a 37–31 loss on November 25, but had a fumble in the end zone in overtime that was recovered by Tully Banta-Cain, and the Cardinals lost. However, the following week Warner improved; and the Cardinals earned a victory over the Browns that brought the Cardinals to 6–6 and kept them in the chase for the NFC Wild Card playoff spot. Warner finished the 2007 season with 27 passing touchdowns, just one shy of the Cardinals franchise record. Warner's performance earned him a $1 million bonus for the year, and he fell just short of attaining a 90.0+ passer rating, which would have given him an extra $500,000. 2008 season Leinart was named the Cardinals' starting quarterback going into the 2008 off-season, but Ken Whisenhunt stated that it would be very possible for Warner to be the starter before week one of the regular season. Indeed, Warner was named the starter on August 30, 2008. That season, Warner had 4,583 passing yards, 30 touchdowns, and a completion percentage of 67.1%. He was the top ranked passer in the National Football Conference for the third time, and only trailed Philip Rivers and Chad Pennington of the AFC in NFL passer rating for the season. Warner also received FedEx Air Player of the Week honors for his performance during weeks 9 and 11 of the season. He had his struggles during the season, as in week 3 of the season vs. the New York Jets, his team turned the ball over 7 times. This included an interception for a touchdown, and 2 picks resulting in a touchdown and a field goal in just the second quarter. Warner still managed to get his team to score 35 points in a 56-35 loss. On December 7, 2008, Warner led the Cardinals to a 34–10 win over his former team, the Rams, securing for the Cardinals the NFC West Division title and their first playoff berth since 1998. It was the Cardinals' first division title since 1975 and third of the post-merger era. As a result, the Cardinals earned a home playoff game, only their second ever, and their first in Arizona. (Despite winning division titles in the 1974 and 1975 seasons in St. Louis, the Cardinals played on the road in the playoffs as a result of the playoff structure in those days.) On December 16, 2008, Warner was named the starting quarterback for the NFC team in the 2009 Pro Bowl. 2008 postseason On January 3, 2009, Warner led the Cardinals in their victory over the Atlanta Falcons 30–24 at home in the first round of the playoffs. During the game Warner went 19 for 32 passing, a completion percentage of 59.4%, for 271 yards. He threw two touchdowns and one interception. This win represented the first time the Cardinals had won a post-season home game since the 1947 NFL Championship Game. On January 10, Warner helped the Cardinals defeat the Carolina Panthers 33–13 in Charlotte, North Carolina in the second round of the playoffs. During the game Warner went 21 for 32 passing, for 220 yards, a completion percentage of 65.6%, with two touchdowns and one interception. This win was the first time the Cardinals had won a game on the East Coast the entire 2008 season, after having lost away games to the Panthers, Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, and the New England Patriots. On January 18, Warner threw for 279 yards, four touchdowns, and no interceptions against the Philadelphia Eagles to lead the Cardinals to their first Super Bowl appearance in history. Warner is one of four quarterbacks who made Super Bowl starts with two teams (alongside Craig Morton, Peyton Manning, and Tom Brady). In Warner's third career Super Bowl appearance on February 1, the Cardinals lost Super Bowl XLIII 27–23 to the Pittsburgh Steelers, leaving him with a career 1–2 record in Super Bowls. Despite losing, Warner still managed to throw for 377 yards (the fourth-highest total in Super Bowl history). He completed 72.1% of his passes, and had a quarterback rating of 112.3. Warner had now recorded the three highest single-game passing yardage totals in the history of the Super Bowl, and joined Roger Staubach, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Montana, John Elway, and Tom Brady as the only quarterbacks to throw a touchdown pass in three Super Bowls. Warner took his team to the Super Bowl every year that he played as the starting quarterback during all regular and post season games. 2009 season Warner announced his desire to return to the Cardinals for the 2009 season. The Cardinals offered him a two-year contract worth around $20 million but Warner was looking for a contract that would pay him about $14 million a year and the two sides could not come to an agreement. On February 27, 2009, Warner became a free agent and went on to have talks with the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers offered Warner a contract worth more than that offered by the Cardinals. On March 4, Warner re-signed with the Cardinals to a two-year deal worth $23 million total, $4 million for each of the next two years, with a $15 million signing bonus, and $19 million guaranteed. Warner underwent arthroscopic hip surgery to repair a torn labrum on March 17, 2009. On September 20, 2009, Warner broke the NFL's single-game record for completion percentage in the regular season, completing 24 of 26 passing for 243 yards and two touchdowns. Warner's 92.3 percent completion rate broke the previous NFL record set by Vinny Testaverde in 1993. On November 1, 2009, Warner threw a career-high-equaling five interceptions during a loss to the Carolina Panthers. During the same game Warner became the first quarterback in the NFL to throw for over 14,000 yards with two teams. On November 8, Warner equaled his career-high of five touchdown passes in a single game during a 41–21 victory over the Chicago Bears. This performance led to Warner being named both the NFC Offensive Player of the Week and the FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week. On November 15, 2009, Warner reached a career milestone with his 200th touchdown pass during a 31–20 win against the Seattle Seahawks. On November 22, 2009, during a 21–13 victory over the St. Louis Rams, Warner left the game after suffering a concussion. Warner continued to suffer from post-concussion symptoms and on November 29, 2009, he was deactivated against the Tennessee Titans, breaking his consecutive starts streak at 41 games. On December 6, 2009, Warner returned to action as the Cardinals defeated the Minnesota Vikings 30–17. Warner registered his fourth consecutive game with a passer rating of 120 or better, making him only the second quarterback in NFL history to accomplish the feat. After his three-touchdown performance, Warner was named both the NFC Offensive Player of the Week and the FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week. On December 27, 2009, Warner became only the second quarterback in NFL history to throw 100 touchdown passes with two teams (Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton is the other), in the Cardinals' 31–10 win over the St. Louis Rams. On December 29, 2009, Warner was named an alternate quarterback for the NFC team in the 2010 Pro Bowl. 2009 postseason On January 10, 2010, Warner threw five touchdowns and completed 29 of 33 passes for 379 yards in a 51–45 victory over the Green Bay Packers. The game had the highest combined total score in NFL playoff history. Warner became one of the very few quarterbacks in NFL history to throw more touchdowns (5) than incompletions (4) in a playoff game. Warner finished the game with the second highest quarterback rating in NFL playoff history with a rating of 154.1. He also became the second quarterback to throw for five touchdown passes in a playoff game twice, and the first to do so since the merger of the leagues. He is also the oldest player to have thrown that many touchdown passes in a playoff game (38 years, 202 days). Warner also tied the NFL record for consecutive playoff games with at least three touchdown passes (three games). Since the playoff game was his last at home in the playoffs during his career, he finished a perfect 7-0 in home contests (4-0 with St. Louis; 3-0 with Arizona). On January 16, Warner was injured in the first half trying to tackle the ball carrier after an interception on the way to a 45–14 loss at New Orleans in the NFC Divisional round. He returned for the second half, but yielded to understudy Matt Leinart midway through the fourth quarter. In 2012, the NFL discovered the Saints had placed a bounty on Warner. Warner never accused the Saints of making an illegal hit or ending his career, saying "It was a violent hit, no question. But I also believe it was a legal hit." Retirement Warner officially announced his retirement from the NFL in January 2010. He said he was looking forward to finally being a true father to his seven kids, and that he wanted to spend time with his wife. He spoke on the impact and influence of his family, former teammates, and God. He became eligible for induction into the Hall of Fame following the 2014 season. In December 2014, Warner admitted he briefly considered coming out of retirement and returning to the Cardinals following the team losing Carson Palmer and Drew Stanton due to injuries. Post-retirement career Warner became an Iowa Barnstormers broadcaster for the 2011 Arena Football League season. In May 2010, he was inducted into the Arena Football Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the Iowa Barnstormers Hall of Fame. Warner was inducted into the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame in 2014. Warner was selected for induction in the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2017. He was inducted on August 5, 2017, alongside Morten Andersen, Terrell Davis, Kenny Easley, Jerry Jones, Jason Taylor, and LaDainian Tomlinson. He is the only person inducted into both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Arena Football Hall of Fame. From 2015 to 2018, Warner was a coach at Desert Mountain High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. Notably, Kedon Slovis played under Warner before being recruited by the USC Trojans for the 2019 college football season. Since 2019, Warner is the quarterbacks coach at Brophy College Preparatory. Career statistics and records NFL statistics Regular season Postseason Super Bowl NFL records First quarterback to throw 400+ yards in a Super Bowl game – 414 yards against Tennessee in Super Bowl XXXIV Was the most passing yards in a Super Bowl game until surpassed by Tom Brady in Super Bowl LI Most touchdown passes in a single postseason – 11 touchdowns (in 2009, tied with Joe Montana in 1990 and Joe Flacco in 2013) Most yards passing in a single postseason, 3 games played – 1,063 yards (in 1999) Highest rate of games with 300+ yards passing (min. 100 games played) – 41.9% (52/124) First quarterback to throw 40 touchdowns and win a Super Bowl in the same season (in 1999; Tom Brady accomplished the same feat in 2020 when he threw 40 touchdowns and won Super Bowl LV.) Most yards passing in the first four games of a season – 1557 yards (2000) Most yards passing in the first five games of a season – 1947 yards (2000) Most yards passing in the first six games of a season – 2260 yards (2000) Highest average passing yards per game on Monday Night Football – 329.4 yards (min 7 games) Most wins in the NFC Championship Game without a loss (3-0; 1999, 2001, 2008). Warner shares several records: One of three quarterbacks to throw 100 touchdown passes with two teams (Fran Tarkenton and Peyton Manning) One of two quarterbacks tied to throw five touchdown passes in two playoff games – (following Daryle Lamonica) One of two quarterbacks to complete 80% of his passes in two playoff games (tied with Peyton Manning) One of two quarterbacks with four consecutive games with a passer rating over 120 (in 2009, tied with Johnny Unitas) One of four quarterbacks to make Super Bowl starts with two teams (with Craig Morton – Dallas Cowboys (in 1970) and Denver Broncos (in 1977), Peyton Manning – Indianapolis Colts (in 2006 and 2009) and Denver Broncos (in 2013 and 2015), and Tom Brady - New England Patriots (in 2002, 2004-2005, 2008, 2012, 2015, and 2017-2019) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (in 2021)) One of five quarterbacks to win a Conference championship with two teams (with Craig Morton and Earl Morrall and Peyton Manning and Tom Brady) Rams franchise records Most touchdown passes in a single season (41, 1999) (tied with Matthew Stafford, 2021) Single season leader in passer rating (109.2, 1999) Cardinal records Most pass completions in a single game – 40 (September 28, 2008) Highest pass completion percentage with at least 11 passes – 92.3% (September 20, 2009) 4th Cardinal to post a perfect passer rating Most passes completed in a single season – 401 (2008) Most passes attempted in a single season – 598 (2008) Highest passing completion percentage in a single season – 67.1% (2008) Highest passing completion percentage in a career – 65.1% Highest passer rating in a career – 91.9 Personal life Childhood Kurt Warner was born to Gene and Sue Warner. Warner's parents divorced when he was six. Kurt and his brother, Matt, lived with their mother, including through another short marriage and divorce. Kurt's father, Gene Warner, remarried a year after divorcing Kurt's mom. Warner's stepmother, Mimi Warner, also had a son named Matt (Post). The three boys formed a close relationship soon thereafter. Kurt graduated in 1989 from Regis High School, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he was quarterback of the school's Class 3A football team. College Warner graduated from University of Northern Iowa with a degree in communications. Marriage During college, Warner met his future wife, Brenda Carney Meoni; they married on October 11, 1997. Brenda is a former United States Marine Corps corporal. She was divorced with two children, one of whom was left brain damaged and blind after being accidentally dropped by Brenda's ex-husband, leading to her hardship discharge from the Marines in 1990. After Warner was cut from the Packers' training camp in 1994, he got a job working the night shift as a night stock clerk at a local Hy-Vee grocery store, in addition to his work as an assistant coach at Northern Iowa. While Warner was working as an assistant coach, the couple were living in Brenda's parents' basement in Cedar Falls. Brenda's parents were killed in 1996 when their Mountain View, Arkansas home was destroyed by a tornado. Warner and Brenda married on October 11, 1997, at the St. John American Lutheran Church, the same place where the service for Brenda's parents was held. Warner was still hoping to get an NFL tryout, but with that possibility appearing dim and the long hours at Hy-Vee for minimum wage taking their toll, Warner began his Arena League career. After marrying Brenda, Warner officially adopted her two children from her first marriage; they have since added five children of their own. Christian faith and testimony Kurt and Brenda Warner are devout evangelical Christians. His faith first emerged on the national stage following the Rams' Super Bowl victory, where he was named the game's MVP: Nine years later, upon leading the Cardinals to the franchise's first-ever Super Bowl, Warner's response was similar: Warner has usually attended charismatic churches, and believes that God healed him from a concussion he suffered in 2000. However, he eschews the term "charismatic." In 2001, he told Charisma, "I'm just a Christian." Broadcasting In 2010, Warner joined NFL Network as an analyst. He can be seen regularly on NFL Total Access, as well as in-studio on NFL Network's Thursday Night Football pregame show, Thursday Night Kickoff Presented by Sears. Warner also served as an analyst for the NFL Network's coverage of the 2010 Arena Football League playoffs. Warner tested positive for COVID-19 in January 2021, and was unable to serve on the studio panel for NFL GameDay Morning for the wild card playoff round. In August 2010, Fox Sports announced that Warner would be serving as a color analyst on the network's NFL coverage in the 2010 season. He teamed with play-by-play announcers Chris Rose or Chris Myers to call regional games. In 2014, Westwood One radio hired Warner as a substitute analyst on Monday Night Football games when regular analyst Boomer Esiason is unavailable. In 2018, Warner became the full-time radio analyst. Television appearances On January 27, 2009, Warner made a special appearance on the NBC reality show The Biggest Loser. Warner made a guest appearance on Disney's The Suite Life on Deck as himself, in the episode "Any Given Fantasy" which aired on January 18, 2010. On February 9, 2010, Warner was a surprise guest on the final episode of The Jay Leno Show. On August 30, 2010, it was announced on live television that Warner would be appearing as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars. His professional dance partner was Anna Trebunskaya; the couple was eliminated in week 8, the Instant Choreography Week. Warner appeared as the host of The Moment, a reality series on USA Network, in 2013. Film and video In 2003, GoodTimes Entertainment released the direct-to-home video Kurt Warner's Good Sports Gang, a film featuring Warner as the "coach" of a group of animated sports balls. The series was sponsored by Warner, and focused on religious faith and moral values. A portion of the proceeds went to Warner's First Things First Foundation. Although it was originally planned as a series, Episode 1: Elliot the Invincible, was the only release along with Together, We're Better (Episode 2) and a few shorts featuring Warner and his adopted daughter, Jesse Warner. In February 2020, it was announced that the Erwin Brothers were creating, and releasing a theatrical film about Kurt's life titled American Underdog, with Zachary Levi as Warner. The film was produced by Kingdom Story Company, and distributed by Lionsgate on December 25, 2021 to generally favorable reviews. Endorsements On December 3, 2010, Warner's first multi-year post-retirement endorsement agreement was announced. Amway North America announced that it had signed Warner to a multi-year endorsement agreement to represent the Nutrilite brand. Amway reportedly agreed to make a $50,000 donation to Kurt Warner's First Things First Foundation. In addition to his post-retirement endorsements and charity work, Warner has invested in the Elite Football League of India, a South Asian professional football league. Other prominent American backers include former Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka, former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Michael Irvin, sports analyst and former NFL quarterback Ron Jaworski, and actor Mark Wahlberg. Warner's total investment amount remains undisclosed, although $50,000 of it will go towards a donation of footballs to schools and underprivileged children throughout India. Public service Warner has also appeared in several public service announcements for Civitan International, promoting his and Brenda's volunteer efforts and their work with the developmentally disabled. This issue is personally close to Warner, as Zachary, his adopted son from Brenda's first marriage, suffered major brain damage as an infant when his biological father accidentally dropped him. Warner has devoted time and money to his First Things First Foundation, the name of which was derived from his interview after winning the Super Bowl in 1999. The foundation is dedicated to impacting lives by promoting Christian values, sharing experiences and providing opportunities to encourage everyone that all things are possible when people seek to put 'first things first.' The foundation has been involved with numerous projects for causes such as children's hospitals, people with developmental disabilities and assisting single parents. Warner's work both on and off the field resulted in him being awarded the NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year Award 2008, which was presented to him at the start of Super Bowl XLIII. In March 2009, Warner was honored with the Muhammad Ali Sports Leadership Award. Warner was selected by USA Weekend as the winner of its annual Most Caring Athlete Award for 2009. In December 2009, Warner topped a Sports Illustrated poll of NFL players to name the best role model on and off the field in the NFL. In February 2010, Warner received the annual Bart Starr Award, given for outstanding character and leadership in the home, on the field and in the community. At the award presentation, Bart Starr said of Warner: "We have never given this award to anyone who is more deserving". See also List of NFL quarterbacks who have posted a perfect passer rating List of Arena Football League and National Football League players NFL starting quarterback playoff records References Further reading Warner, Kurt & Silver, Michael, (2000). All Things Possible. San Francisco: HarperCollins. (cloth) (paper back). Warner, Kurt & Brenda, (2009). First Things First. Carol Stream, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers Inc. 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<mask> (born June 22, 1971) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for twelve seasons, primarily with the St. Louis Rams and the Arizona Cardinals. His career, which saw him ascend from an undrafted free agent to a two-time Most Valuable Player and Super Bowl MVP, is regarded as one of the greatest stories in NFL history. After playing college football at Northern Iowa from 1990 to 1993, <mask> spent four years without being named to an NFL roster. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers in 1994, but released before the regular season and instead played three seasons for the Iowa Barnstormers of the Arena Football League (AFL). <mask> landed his first NFL roster spot in 1998 with the Rams, holding a backup position until he was thrust into becoming St. Louis' starter the following season. During his first season as an NFL starting quarterback, <mask> led The Greatest Show on Turf offense to the Rams' first Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XXXIV, earning him league and Super Bowl MVP honors. He won his second league MVP award in 2001, en route to a Super Bowl XXXVI appearance, and also appeared in Super Bowl XLIII with the Cardinals.Considered the NFL's greatest undrafted player, <mask> is the only undrafted player to be named NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP, as well as the only undrafted quarterback to lead his team to a Super Bowl victory. He is also the first quarterback to win the Super Bowl during his first season as the primary starter. <mask> was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2017 and is the only player inducted to both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Arena Football Hall of Fame. High school and college Born in Burlington, Iowa, <mask> played football at Regis High School in Cedar Rapids, graduating in 1989. After graduation from high school, he attended the University of Northern Iowa, graduating in 1993. At UNI, <mask> was third on the Panthers' depth chart until his senior year. When <mask> was finally given the chance to start, he was named the Gateway Conference's Offensive Player of the Year and first team all-conference.Professional career Green Bay Packers Following his college career, <mask> went undrafted in the 1994 NFL Draft. He was invited to try out for the Green Bay Packers' training camp in 1994, but was released before the regular season began. <mask> was competing for a spot against Brett Favre, Mark Brunell, and former Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer. While <mask> was with the Packers, the head coach was Mike Holmgren, the quarterback coach was Steve Mariucci, and Andy Reid was the offensive assistant. After his release, <mask> stocked shelves at a Hy-Vee grocery store in Cedar Falls for $5.50 an hour. <mask> often cites this starting point when telling of his rise to NFL stardom in 1999. He also mentions that his deepened dedication to Christianity occurred around 1997.<mask> returned to Northern Iowa and worked as a graduate assistant coach with the football team, while still hoping to get another tryout with an NFL team. Iowa Barnstormers With no NFL teams willing to give him a chance, <mask> turned to the Arena Football League (AFL) in 1995, and signed with the Iowa Barnstormers. He was named to the AFL's First-team All-Arena in both 1996 and 1997 after he led the Barnstormers to ArenaBowl appearances in both seasons. <mask>'s performance was so impressive that he was later named twelfth out of the 20 Best Arena Football Players of all time. Before the 1997 NFL season, <mask> requested and got a tryout with the Chicago Bears, but an injury to his throwing elbow caused by a spider bite sustained during his honeymoon prevented him from attending. In 2000, after <mask>'s breakout NFL season, the AFL used his new fame for the name of its first widely available video game, <mask>'s Arena Football Unleashed. Years later, on August 12, 2011, he would be named as an inductee into the Arena Football Hall of Fame.St. Louis Rams Amsterdam Admirals In December 1997 after the St. Louis Rams' season ended, <mask> signed a futures contract with the team. In February 1998, he was allocated to NFL Europe to play for the Amsterdam Admirals, where he led the league in touchdowns and passing yards. His backup at the time was future Carolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme. Returning to the United States, <mask> spent the 1998 season as St. Louis' third-string quarterback behind Tony Banks and Steve Bono. He ended his season completing only 4 of 11 pass attempts for 39 yards and a 47.2 QB rating. 1999 season Prior to the 1999 free-agency period, the Rams chose <mask> to be one of the team's five unprotected players in the 1999 NFL expansion draft. <mask> went unselected by the Cleveland Browns, who chose no Rams and whose only quarterback selection was Scott Milanovich.The Rams let Bono leave in free agency and signed Trent Green to be the starter. Banks was traded to the Ravens, and <mask> now found himself second on the depth chart. After Green suffered a torn ACL via a low hit by Rodney Harrison in a preseason game, Rams coach Dick Vermeil named <mask> as the Rams' starter. In an emotional press conference, Vermeil—who hadn't seen <mask> work with the first-string offense—said, "We will rally around <mask>, and we'll play good football." With the support of running back Marshall Faulk and wide receivers Isaac Bruce, Torry Holt, Az-Zahir Hakim, and Ricky Proehl, <mask> put together one of the top seasons by a quarterback in NFL history, throwing for 4,353 yards with 41 touchdown passes and a completion rate of 65.1%. The Rams' high-powered offense, run by offensive coordinator Mike Martz, was nicknamed "The Greatest Show on Turf" and registered the first in a string of three consecutive 500-point seasons, an NFL record. <mask> threw three touchdown passes in each of his first three NFL starts, an NFL record until it was surpassed by Patrick Mahomes in 2018.<mask> drew more attention in the Rams' fourth game of the season, a home game against the San Francisco 49ers (who had been NFC West division champions for 12 of the previous 13 seasons). The Rams lost their last 17 meetings with the 49ers, but <mask> proceeded to throw a touchdown pass on each of the Rams' first three possessions of the game, and four touchdowns in the first half alone, to propel the Rams to a 28–10 halftime lead on the way to a 42–20 victory. <mask> finished the game with five touchdown passes, giving him 14 in four games and the Rams a 4–0 record. <mask>'s breakout season from a career in anonymity was so unexpected that Sports Illustrated featured him on their October 18 cover with the caption "Who Is This Guy?" He was named the 1999 NFL MVP at the season's end for leading the Rams to their first playoff berth since 1989 (when they were still in Los Angeles) and their first division title since 1985. In the NFL playoffs, <mask> ultimately led the Rams to a victory in Super Bowl XXXIV against the Tennessee Titans. In the game, he threw for two touchdowns and a then Super Bowl-record 414 passing yards, including a 73-yard touchdown to Isaac Bruce when the game was tied with just over two minutes to play, which proved to be the game-winning score.<mask> also set a Super Bowl record by attempting 45 passes without a single interception. For his performance, <mask> was awarded the Super Bowl MVP award. As of 2021, <mask> is the most recent player to win both the NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP in the same year. 2000 season On July 21, <mask> signed a seven-year contract worth $47 million. He started the 2000 season where he had left off in his record-setting 1999 season, racking up 300 or more passing yards in each of his first six games (tying Steve Young's record) and posting 19 touchdown passes in that stretch. <mask> broke his hand and missed the middle of the season, but Trent Green filled in ably and the <mask> duo led the Rams to the highest team passing yard total in NFL history, with 5,232 net yards. <mask> and Green's combined gross passing yards total was 5,492.In contrast to his previous season, however, <mask>'s turnover rate drastically increased in 2000, as he threw an interception in 5.2% of his attempts (compared to just 2.6% in 1999). Despite one of the most productive offensive years by an NFL team, the Rams won only ten games and lost in the wild card round to the New Orleans Saints. In response to the disappointing season, the Rams cut nine of their eleven defensive starters during the offseason, and Trent Green was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs. 2001 season <mask> returned to MVP form in 2001. Although his performance lagged behind his 1999 performance, he amassed a league-high 36 touchdown passes and 4,830 passing yards, and another league high mark in passer rating (101.4). <mask>'s tendency for turnovers carried over from 2000, as he tossed a career-high 22 interceptions (despite completing a career-high 68.7% of his passes), but he still led "The Greatest Show on Turf" to its third consecutive 6–0 start (becoming the first NFL team to do so, later equaled by the 2005–2007 Indianapolis Colts), an NFL-best 14–2 record, and an appearance in Super Bowl XXXVI. <mask> was also named the NFL MVP for the second time in three seasons, giving the Rams their third winner in as many years (running back Marshall Faulk won in 2000).In Super Bowl XXXVI, <mask> threw for 365 yards (then the second-highest, now the sixth-highest total in Super Bowl history) and a passing touchdown along with a rushing touchdown, but his rhythm was disrupted by New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick's defensive game plan and he tossed two costly interceptions which helped stake the heavy-underdog Patriots to a two-touchdown lead. After falling behind to the Patriots 17–3, though, the Rams rallied to tie the game late in the fourth quarter on a one-yard <mask> quarterback sneak touchdown run and a 26-yard touchdown pass from <mask> to Ricky Proehl. The game ended in a 20-17 loss for <mask> and the Rams when Patriots kicker Adam Vinatieri kicked a game-winning field goal as time expired, giving the Patriots the first of three Super Bowl wins in four years. 2002–2003 seasons <mask> began the 2002 season as the Rams' starter, but he played poorly, throwing seven interceptions against only one touchdown as the team went 0–3. In the Rams' fourth game, this one against the Dallas Cowboys, <mask> broke a finger on his throwing hand. <mask> attempted to come back later in the season, but his injury allowed him to play only two more games (both losses). In contrast to his 103.0 career passer rating entering the season, <mask> posted a minuscule 67.4 rating in 2002.The following season, <mask> was replaced as the Rams' starting quarterback for good after fumbling six times in the team's opening-day game against the New York Giants. <mask> later revealed that he had previously broken his hand and that it had not fully healed, making it more difficult to grip the football. His successor as the Rams' starting quarterback, Marc Bulger (another relatively unheralded quarterback coming out of college), stepped into the breach and played reasonably well upon replacing <mask>. The Rams signed veteran Chris Chandler as Bulger's backup. The Rams released <mask> on June 1, 2004 with three years left on his contract. New York Giants Two days after his release from the Rams, he signed a one-year, $3 million deal with the New York Giants, with a second year player option worth $6 million. <mask> started the 2004 season as the Giants' starting quarterback, winning five of his first seven games, but following a two-game losing streak, highly touted rookie quarterback Eli Manning was given the starting job.The Giants had a 5–4 win-loss record at the time of <mask>'s benching, finishing at 6–10 overall (going only 1–6 under Manning). Following the season, <mask> chose to void the second year of his contract, and thus became a free agent. Arizona Cardinals 2005 season In early 2005, <mask> signed a one-year, $4-million contract with the Arizona Cardinals, and was quickly named the starter by coach Dennis Green. <mask> posted three relatively mediocre performances before injuring his groin and being replaced by former starter Josh McCown. McCown performed well enough in the two games <mask> missed that McCown remained the starter. After McCown struggled in two straight games, Green re-inserted <mask> into the starting line-up. After playing fairly well in two consecutive losses (passing for a total of nearly 700 yards), <mask> defeated his former team, the Rams, by a score of 38–28.He passed for 285 yards and three touchdowns while posting a quarterback rating of 115.9. <mask>'s season ended in week 15 when he partially tore his MCL. <mask> signed a new three-year extension with the Cardinals on February 14, 2006. The deal had a base salary of $18 million and, with performance incentives, could have been worth as much as $24 million. 2006 season In Week 1 of the 2006 NFL season, <mask> won the NFC Offensive Player of the Week award, throwing for 301 yards and three touchdowns in a win over San Francisco. Two weeks later, <mask> passed the 20,000-yard passing milestone in his 76th game, the second-quickest of any player in NFL history (<mask> accomplished the feat in one game more than it took record-holder Dan Marino). After three subpar games in Weeks 2-4, <mask> was replaced as quarterback by rookie Matt Leinart in the fourth quarter of week 4.Then-coach Dennis Green stated that <mask> would be the backup quarterback for the remainder of the season. In week 16, Leinart went down with a shoulder injury against the 49ers, forcing <mask> to see his first action since week 4. <mask> filled in nicely, as he was able to hang on for the Cardinals win. In week 17 against the San Diego Chargers, <mask> started again in place of the injured Leinart, throwing for 365 yards (which led the NFL for that week) and a touchdown, though the Chargers were able to hold on for a 27–20 win. 2007 season Leinart was given the starting quarterback job at the start of the 2007 season. However, in the third game of the season, against the Baltimore Ravens, <mask> came off the bench to relieve an ineffective Leinart during the 4th quarter with the Ravens leading 23–6 at the beginning of the period. <mask> led a furious comeback, as he completed 15 of 20 passes for 258 yards and 2 touchdowns.This brought Arizona to a tie game (23–23), though Arizona would go on to lose the game 26–23 after Baltimore kicked a last-second field goal. On September 30, 2007, during the week four game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, <mask> relieved Leinart again, following another ineffective start. <mask> finished with 14 completed of 21 attempts for 132 yards with one touchdown pass and no interceptions, while Leinart re-entered the game in the 4th quarter and led the Cardinals to their final touchdown. After Leinart was placed on injured reserve, <mask> was named starter for the remainder of the 2007 season. <mask> passed for a career-high 484 yards against the 49ers in a 37–31 loss on November 25, but had a fumble in the end zone in overtime that was recovered by Tully Banta-Cain, and the Cardinals lost. However, the following week <mask> improved; and the Cardinals earned a victory over the Browns that brought the Cardinals to 6–6 and kept them in the chase for the NFC Wild Card playoff spot. <mask> finished the 2007 season with 27 passing touchdowns, just one shy of the Cardinals franchise record.<mask>'s performance earned him a $1 million bonus for the year, and he fell just short of attaining a 90.0+ passer rating, which would have given him an extra $500,000. 2008 season Leinart was named the Cardinals' starting quarterback going into the 2008 off-season, but Ken Whisenhunt stated that it would be very possible for <mask> to be the starter before week one of the regular season. Indeed, <mask> was named the starter on August 30, 2008. That season, <mask> had 4,583 passing yards, 30 touchdowns, and a completion percentage of 67.1%. He was the top ranked passer in the National Football Conference for the third time, and only trailed Philip Rivers and Chad Pennington of the AFC in NFL passer rating for the season. <mask> also received FedEx Air Player of the Week honors for his performance during weeks 9 and 11 of the season. He had his struggles during the season, as in week 3 of the season vs. the New York Jets, his team turned the ball over 7 times.This included an interception for a touchdown, and 2 picks resulting in a touchdown and a field goal in just the second quarter. <mask> still managed to get his team to score 35 points in a 56-35 loss. On December 7, 2008, <mask> led the Cardinals to a 34–10 win over his former team, the Rams, securing for the Cardinals the NFC West Division title and their first playoff berth since 1998. It was the Cardinals' first division title since 1975 and third of the post-merger era. As a result, the Cardinals earned a home playoff game, only their second ever, and their first in Arizona. (Despite winning division titles in the 1974 and 1975 seasons in St. Louis, the Cardinals played on the road in the playoffs as a result of the playoff structure in those days.) On December 16, 2008, <mask> was named the starting quarterback for the NFC team in the 2009 Pro Bowl.2008 postseason On January 3, 2009, <mask> led the Cardinals in their victory over the Atlanta Falcons 30–24 at home in the first round of the playoffs. During the game <mask> went 19 for 32 passing, a completion percentage of 59.4%, for 271 yards. He threw two touchdowns and one interception. This win represented the first time the Cardinals had won a post-season home game since the 1947 NFL Championship Game. On January 10, <mask> helped the Cardinals defeat the Carolina Panthers 33–13 in Charlotte, North Carolina in the second round of the playoffs. During the game <mask> went 21 for 32 passing, for 220 yards, a completion percentage of 65.6%, with two touchdowns and one interception. This win was the first time the Cardinals had won a game on the East Coast the entire 2008 season, after having lost away games to the Panthers, Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, and the New England Patriots.On January 18, <mask> threw for 279 yards, four touchdowns, and no interceptions against the Philadelphia Eagles to lead the Cardinals to their first Super Bowl appearance in history. <mask> is one of four quarterbacks who made Super Bowl starts with two teams (alongside Craig Morton, Peyton Manning, and Tom Brady). In <mask>'s third career Super Bowl appearance on February 1, the Cardinals lost Super Bowl XLIII 27–23 to the Pittsburgh Steelers, leaving him with a career 1–2 record in Super Bowls. Despite losing, <mask> still managed to throw for 377 yards (the fourth-highest total in Super Bowl history). He completed 72.1% of his passes, and had a quarterback rating of 112.3. <mask> had now recorded the three highest single-game passing yardage totals in the history of the Super Bowl, and joined Roger Staubach, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Montana, John Elway, and Tom Brady as the only quarterbacks to throw a touchdown pass in three Super Bowls. <mask> took his team to the Super Bowl every year that he played as the starting quarterback during all regular and post season games.2009 season <mask> announced his desire to return to the Cardinals for the 2009 season. The Cardinals offered him a two-year contract worth around $20 million but <mask> was looking for a contract that would pay him about $14 million a year and the two sides could not come to an agreement. On February 27, 2009, <mask> became a free agent and went on to have talks with the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers offered <mask> a contract worth more than that offered by the Cardinals. On March 4, <mask> re-signed with the Cardinals to a two-year deal worth $23 million total, $4 million for each of the next two years, with a $15 million signing bonus, and $19 million guaranteed. <mask> underwent arthroscopic hip surgery to repair a torn labrum on March 17, 2009. On September 20, 2009, <mask> broke the NFL's single-game record for completion percentage in the regular season, completing 24 of 26 passing for 243 yards and two touchdowns.<mask>'s 92.3 percent completion rate broke the previous NFL record set by Vinny Testaverde in 1993. On November 1, 2009, <mask> threw a career-high-equaling five interceptions during a loss to the Carolina Panthers. During the same game <mask> became the first quarterback in the NFL to throw for over 14,000 yards with two teams. On November 8, <mask> equaled his career-high of five touchdown passes in a single game during a 41–21 victory over the Chicago Bears. This performance led to <mask> being named both the NFC Offensive Player of the Week and the FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week. On November 15, 2009, <mask> reached a career milestone with his 200th touchdown pass during a 31–20 win against the Seattle Seahawks. On November 22, 2009, during a 21–13 victory over the St. Louis Rams, <mask> left the game after suffering a concussion.<mask> continued to suffer from post-concussion symptoms and on November 29, 2009, he was deactivated against the Tennessee Titans, breaking his consecutive starts streak at 41 games. On December 6, 2009, <mask> returned to action as the Cardinals defeated the Minnesota Vikings 30–17. <mask> registered his fourth consecutive game with a passer rating of 120 or better, making him only the second quarterback in NFL history to accomplish the feat. After his three-touchdown performance, <mask> was named both the NFC Offensive Player of the Week and the FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week. On December 27, 2009, <mask> became only the second quarterback in NFL history to throw 100 touchdown passes with two teams (Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton is the other), in the Cardinals' 31–10 win over the St. Louis Rams. On December 29, 2009, <mask> was named an alternate quarterback for the NFC team in the 2010 Pro Bowl. 2009 postseason On January 10, 2010, <mask> threw five touchdowns and completed 29 of 33 passes for 379 yards in a 51–45 victory over the Green Bay Packers.The game had the highest combined total score in NFL playoff history. <mask> became one of the very few quarterbacks in NFL history to throw more touchdowns (5) than incompletions (4) in a playoff game. <mask> finished the game with the second highest quarterback rating in NFL playoff history with a rating of 154.1. He also became the second quarterback to throw for five touchdown passes in a playoff game twice, and the first to do so since the merger of the leagues. He is also the oldest player to have thrown that many touchdown passes in a playoff game (38 years, 202 days). <mask> also tied the NFL record for consecutive playoff games with at least three touchdown passes (three games). Since the playoff game was his last at home in the playoffs during his career, he finished a perfect 7-0 in home contests (4-0 with St. Louis; 3-0 with Arizona).On January 16, <mask> was injured in the first half trying to tackle the ball carrier after an interception on the way to a 45–14 loss at New Orleans in the NFC Divisional round. He returned for the second half, but yielded to understudy Matt Leinart midway through the fourth quarter. In 2012, the NFL discovered the Saints had placed a bounty on <mask>. <mask> never accused the Saints of making an illegal hit or ending his career, saying "It was a violent hit, no question. But I also believe it was a legal hit." Retirement <mask> officially announced his retirement from the NFL in January 2010. He said he was looking forward to finally being a true father to his seven kids, and that he wanted to spend time with his wife.He spoke on the impact and influence of his family, former teammates, and God. He became eligible for induction into the Hall of Fame following the 2014 season. In December 2014, <mask> admitted he briefly considered coming out of retirement and returning to the Cardinals following the team losing Carson Palmer and Drew Stanton due to injuries. Post-retirement career <mask> became an Iowa Barnstormers broadcaster for the 2011 Arena Football League season. In May 2010, he was inducted into the Arena Football Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the Iowa Barnstormers Hall of Fame. <mask> was inducted into the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.<mask> was selected for induction in the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2017. He was inducted on August 5, 2017, alongside Morten Andersen, Terrell Davis, Kenny Easley, Jerry Jones, Jason Taylor, and LaDainian Tomlinson. He is the only person inducted into both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Arena Football Hall of Fame. From 2015 to 2018, <mask> was a coach at Desert Mountain High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. Notably, Kedon Slovis played under <mask> before being recruited by the USC Trojans for the 2019 college football season. Since 2019, <mask> is the quarterbacks coach at Brophy College Preparatory. Career statistics and records NFL statistics Regular season Postseason Super Bowl NFL records First quarterback to throw 400+ yards in a Super Bowl game – 414 yards against Tennessee in Super Bowl XXXIV Was the most passing yards in a Super Bowl game until surpassed by Tom Brady in Super Bowl LI Most touchdown passes in a single postseason – 11 touchdowns (in 2009, tied with Joe Montana in 1990 and Joe Flacco in 2013) Most yards passing in a single postseason, 3 games played – 1,063 yards (in 1999) Highest rate of games with 300+ yards passing (min.100 games played) – 41.9% (52/124) First quarterback to throw 40 touchdowns and win a Super Bowl in the same season (in 1999; Tom Brady accomplished the same feat in 2020 when he threw 40 touchdowns and won Super Bowl LV.) Most yards passing in the first four games of a season – 1557 yards (2000) Most yards passing in the first five games of a season – 1947 yards (2000) Most yards passing in the first six games of a season – 2260 yards (2000) Highest average passing yards per game on Monday Night Football – 329.4 yards (min 7 games) Most wins in the NFC Championship Game without a loss (3-0; 1999, 2001, 2008). <mask>'s parents divorced when he was six. <mask> and his brother, Matt, lived with their mother, including through another short marriage and divorce. <mask>'s father, <mask>, remarried a year after divorcing <mask>'s mom. <mask>'s stepmother, <mask>, also had a son named Matt (Post). The three boys formed a close relationship soon thereafter.<mask> graduated in 1989 from Regis High School, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he was quarterback of the school's Class 3A football team. College <mask> graduated from University of Northern Iowa with a degree in communications. Marriage During college, <mask> met his future wife, Brenda Carney Meoni; they married on October 11, 1997. Brenda is a former United States Marine Corps corporal. She was divorced with two children, one of whom was left brain damaged and blind after being accidentally dropped by Brenda's ex-husband, leading to her hardship discharge from the Marines in 1990. After <mask> was cut from the Packers' training camp in 1994, he got a job working the night shift as a night stock clerk at a local Hy-Vee grocery store, in addition to his work as an assistant coach at Northern Iowa. While <mask> was working as an assistant coach, the couple were living in Brenda's parents' basement in Cedar Falls.Brenda's parents were killed in 1996 when their Mountain View, Arkansas home was destroyed by a tornado. <mask> and Brenda married on October 11, 1997, at the St. John American Lutheran Church, the same place where the service for Brenda's parents was held. <mask> was still hoping to get an NFL tryout, but with that possibility appearing dim and the long hours at Hy-Vee for minimum wage taking their toll, <mask> began his Arena League career. After marrying Brenda, <mask> officially adopted her two children from her first marriage; they have since added five children of their own. Christian faith and testimony <mask> and <mask> are devout evangelical Christians. His faith first emerged on the national stage following the Rams' Super Bowl victory, where he was named the game's MVP: Nine years later, upon leading the Cardinals to the franchise's first-ever Super Bowl, <mask>'s response was similar: <mask> has usually attended charismatic churches, and believes that God healed him from a concussion he suffered in 2000. However, he eschews the term "charismatic."In 2001, he told Charisma, "I'm just a Christian." Broadcasting In 2010, <mask> joined NFL Network as an analyst. He can be seen regularly on NFL Total Access, as well as in-studio on NFL Network's Thursday Night Football pregame show, Thursday Night Kickoff Presented by Sears. <mask> also served as an analyst for the NFL Network's coverage of the 2010 Arena Football League playoffs. <mask> tested positive for COVID-19 in January 2021, and was unable to serve on the studio panel for NFL GameDay Morning for the wild card playoff round. In August 2010, Fox Sports announced that <mask> would be serving as a color analyst on the network's NFL coverage in the 2010 season. He teamed with play-by-play announcers Chris Rose or Chris Myers to call regional games.In 2014, Westwood One radio hired <mask> as a substitute analyst on Monday Night Football games when regular analyst Boomer Esiason is unavailable. In 2018, <mask> became the full-time radio analyst. Television appearances On January 27, 2009, <mask> made a special appearance on the NBC reality show The Biggest Loser. <mask> made a guest appearance on Disney's The Suite Life on Deck as himself, in the episode "Any Given Fantasy" which aired on January 18, 2010. On February 9, 2010, <mask> was a surprise guest on the final episode of The Jay Leno Show. On August 30, 2010, it was announced on live television that <mask> would be appearing as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars. His professional dance partner was Anna Trebunskaya; the couple was eliminated in week 8, the Instant Choreography Week.<mask> appeared as the host of The Moment, a reality series on USA Network, in 2013. Film and video In 2003, GoodTimes Entertainment released the direct-to-home video <mask>'s Good Sports Gang, a film featuring <mask> as the "coach" of a group of animated sports balls. The series was sponsored by <mask>, and focused on religious faith and moral values. A portion of the proceeds went to Warner's First Things First Foundation. Although it was originally planned as a series, Episode 1: Elliot the Invincible, was the only release along with Together, We're Better (Episode 2) and a few shorts featuring <mask> and his adopted daughter, <mask>. In February 2020, it was announced that the Erwin Brothers were creating, and releasing a theatrical film about <mask>'s life titled American Underdog, with Zachary Levi as <mask>. The film was produced by Kingdom Story Company, and distributed by Lionsgate on December 25, 2021 to generally favorable reviews.Endorsements On December 3, 2010, <mask>'s first multi-year post-retirement endorsement agreement was announced. Amway North America announced that it had signed <mask> to a multi-year endorsement agreement to represent the Nutrilite brand. Amway reportedly agreed to make a $50,000 donation to <mask>'s First Things First Foundation. In addition to his post-retirement endorsements and charity work, <mask> has invested in the Elite Football League of India, a South Asian professional football league. Other prominent American backers include former Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka, former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Michael Irvin, sports analyst and former NFL quarterback Ron Jaworski, and actor Mark Wahlberg. <mask>'s total investment amount remains undisclosed, although $50,000 of it will go towards a donation of footballs to schools and underprivileged children throughout India. Public service <mask> has also appeared in several public service announcements for Civitan International, promoting his and Brenda's volunteer efforts and their work with the developmentally disabled.This issue is personally close to <mask>, as Zachary, his adopted son from Brenda's first marriage, suffered major brain damage as an infant when his biological father accidentally dropped him. <mask> has devoted time and money to his First Things First Foundation, the name of which was derived from his interview after winning the Super Bowl in 1999. The foundation is dedicated to impacting lives by promoting Christian values, sharing experiences and providing opportunities to encourage everyone that all things are possible when people seek to put 'first things first.' The foundation has been involved with numerous projects for causes such as children's hospitals, people with developmental disabilities and assisting single parents. <mask>'s work both on and off the field resulted in him being awarded the NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year Award 2008, which was presented to him at the start of Super Bowl XLIII. In March 2009, <mask> was honored with the Muhammad Ali Sports Leadership Award. <mask> was selected by USA Weekend as the winner of its annual Most Caring Athlete Award for 2009.In December 2009, <mask> topped a Sports Illustrated poll of NFL players to name the best role model on and off the field in the NFL. In February 2010, <mask> received the annual Bart Starr Award, given for outstanding character and leadership in the home, on the field and in the community. At the award presentation, Bart Starr said of <mask>: "We have never given this award to anyone who is more deserving". See also List of NFL quarterbacks who have posted a perfect passer rating List of Arena Football League and National Football League players NFL starting quarterback playoff records References Further reading <mask>, <mask> & Silver, Michael, (2000). All Things Possible. San Francisco: HarperCollins. (cloth) (paper back).Warner, <mask> & Brenda, (2009). First Things First. Carol Stream, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers Inc. 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<mask> is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League for twelve seasons. One of the greatest stories in the history of the National Football League was his career, which saw him ascend from an undrafted free agent to a two-time Most Valuable Player and Super Bowl winner. <mask> didn't make an NFL roster for four years after playing college football at Northern Iowa. He played three seasons for the Iowa Barnstormers of the Arena Football League after signing with the Green Bay Packers. <mask> was thrust into becoming St. Louis' starter the following season after he was thrust into being a backup. <mask> was named the league and Super Bowl XXXIV's Most Valuable Player after leading the Rams to their first Super Bowl title. He was the league's Most Valuable Player in 2001 and also appeared in Super Bowl XXXVI.<mask> is the only unheralded player to be named Super Bowl Most Valuable Player, as well as the only unheralded quarterback to lead his team to a Super Bowl victory. He is the first quarterback to win the Super Bowl as the primary starter. <mask> was the only player to be in both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Arena Football Hall of Fame. <mask> attended a high school in Burlington, Iowa, and a college in Cedar Rapids. He graduated from the University of Northern Iowa in 1993. <mask> was third on the depth chart at UNI. <mask> was named the Gateway Conference's Offensive Player of the Year and first team all-conference when he was given the chance to start.<mask> had a professional career in the Green Bay Packers. He tried out for the Green Bay Packers' training camp in 1994, but was released before the regular season began. <mask> was competing for a spot against other athletes. The Packers had a head coach, a quarterback coach, and an offensive assistant while <mask> was there. <mask> stocked shelves at a grocery store in Cedar Falls for $5.50 an hour after his release. <mask> tells of his rise to NFL stardom in 1999. He mentions that his dedication to Christianity increased around 1997.<mask> returned to Northern Iowa and worked as a graduate assistant coach with the football team, while still hoping to get another tryout with an NFL team. <mask> signed with the Iowa Barnstormers in 1995 after no NFL teams would give him a chance. He was named to the All-Arena first team in 1996 and 1997 after leading the Barnstormers to ArenaBowl appearances in both seasons. <mask> was named twelfth out of the 20 best Arena Football Players of all time for his performance. An injury to his throwing elbow caused by a spider bite prevented <mask> from attending a tryout with the Chicago Bears in 1997. <mask>'s Arena Football Unleashed was the first widely available video game that was named after <mask>. He was named to the Arena Football Hall of Fame on August 12, 2011.<mask> signed a futures contract with the St. Louis Rams in December 1997. He led the league in touchdown and passing yards while playing for the Amsterdam Admirals. Jake Delhomme was his backup at the time. <mask> spent the 1998 season as St. Louis' third-string quarterback behind Tony Banks and Steve Bono. He completed only 4 of 11 pass attempts for 39 yards and a 47.2 QB rating. <mask> was one of the five players the Rams chose to protect in the 1999 expansion draft. Scott Milanovich was the only quarterback selected by the Cleveland Browns.Trent Green was signed by the Rams to be the starter. <mask> was second on the depth chart after Banks was traded to the Ravens. <mask> was named the Rams' starter after Green was injured in a preseason game. "We will rally around <mask>, and we'll play good football," said Vermeil in an emotional press conference, who hadn't seen <mask> work with the first-string offense. <mask> put together one of the top seasons by a quarterback in NFL history, throwing for 4,353 yards with 41 touchdown passes and a completion rate of 6. The Rams' high-powered offense, run by Mike Martz, was nicknamed "The greatest show on turf" and registered the first in a string of three consecutive 500-point seasons. <mask> threw three touchdown passes in each of his first three starts, an NFL record until it was surpassed by Patrick Mahomes.<mask> drew more attention in the Rams' fourth game of the season, a home game against the San Francisco 49ers, who had been the division champion for 12 of the previous 13 seasons. The Rams lost their last 17 meetings with the 49ers, but <mask> threw four touchdown passes in the first half to propel the Rams to a 28–10 halftime lead. <mask> has 14 touchdown passes in four games, giving the Rams a 4–0 record. <mask> was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated with the caption "Who Is This Guy?", because his season from a career in anonymity was so unexpected. He led the Rams to their first playoff berth since 1989 and their first division title since 1985 and was named the 1999 NFL Most Valuable Player. <mask> led the Rams to a victory in the Super Bowl in XXXIV. He threw for two scores and a Super Bowl-record 414 passing yards in the game, including a 73-yard touchdown to Bruce when the game was tied with just over two minutes to play, which proved to be the game-winning score.<mask> set a Super Bowl record by attempting 45 passes. <mask> won the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player award. <mask> is the most recent player to win both the Super Bowl and the Most Valuable Player in the same year. <mask> signed a seven-year contract on July 21. In the first six games of the 2000 season, he racked up 300 or more passing yards in each of them, tying Steve Young's record, and posting 19 touchdown passes. <mask> broke his hand in the middle of the season, but Trent Green filled in admirably and the <mask> duo led the Rams to the highest team passing yard total in NFL history. <mask> and Green had 5,492 passing yards.<mask>'s turnover rate increased in 2000 as he threw an intercept in 5.2% of his attempts, compared to just 2.6% in 1999. The Rams lost in the wild card round to the New Orleans Saints despite being one of the most productive offensive teams in the league. Trent Green was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs after the Rams cut nine of their defensive starters. <mask> was back to his old form in 2001. 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Warner was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player for the second time in three seasons, giving the Rams their third winner in as many years.In Super Bowl XXXVI, <mask> threw for the second-highest total in Super Bowl history, but his rhythm was disrupted by New England's defensive game plan. The Rams tied the game late in the fourth quarter on a one-yard <mask> quarterback sneak and a 26 yard touchdown pass from <mask> to Ricky Proehl. Adam Vinatieri kicked a game-winning field goal as time expired to give the Pats the first of three Super Bowl wins in four years. <mask> was 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 <mask> broke a finger on his throwing hand in the Rams' fourth game. <mask> only played two more games because of his injury, and he tried to come back later in the season. Warner's career passer rating was 103.0 entering the season, but it was only 67.4 in 2002.<mask> was replaced as the Rams' starting quarterback after fumbling six times in the team's opener against the New York Giants. <mask> said that his broken hand made it more difficult to grip the football. His successor as the Rams' starting quarterback, a relatively unheralded quarterback coming out of college, stepped into the breach and played well. Chris Chandler was signed as a backup by the Rams. <mask> was released by the Rams on June 1, 2004. Two days after his release from the Rams, he signed a one-year, $3 million deal with the New York Giants, with a second year player option worth $6 million. <mask> started the 2004 season as the Giants' starting quarterback, winning five of his first seven games, but after a two-game losing streak, Eli Manning was given the starting job.The Giants had a 5–4 win-loss record at the time of <mask>'s benching, finishing at 6–10 overall. <mask> voided the second year of his contract and became a free agent. <mask> signed a one-year, $4-million contract with the Arizona Cardinals and was quickly named the starter by coach Dennis Green. <mask> injured his groin and 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 <mask> missed two games, but that didn't stop McCown from being the starter. <mask> was re-inserted into the starting line-up after McCown struggled. <mask> defeated his former team, the Rams, by a score of 38–28.He had a quarterback rating of 115.9 and passed for over 300 yards. <mask> partially tore his knee in the 15th week of the season. A new three-year extension was signed by <mask>. The deal had a base salary of $18 million and could have been worth as much as $24 million. <mask> won the Offensive Player of the Week award in Week 1 of the 2006 NFL season, throwing for 301 yards and three touchdown in a win over San Francisco. <mask> passed the 20,000-yard mark in his 76th game two weeks later, making him the second-fastest player in NFL history to reach the milestone. <mask> was replaced as quarterback by Matt Leinart in the fourth quarter of week 4 after three subpar games.Dennis Green said that <mask> would be the backup for the rest of the season. <mask> saw his first action since week 4 after Leinart went down with a shoulder injury. <mask> was able to hold on for the win. <mask> started in place of Leinart in the 17th week of the season and threw for 355 yards and a touchdown, but the Bolts were able to hold on for a 27–20 win. At the start of the 2007 season, Leinart was given the starting quarterback job. In the third game of the season against the Baltimore Ravens, <mask> came off the bench to relieve Leinart in the 4th quarter with the Ravens leading 23–6 at the beginning of the period. <mask> was 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217Arizona lost the game 26–23 after Baltimore kicked a last-second field goal. Leinart was replaced by <mask> during the week four game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. <mask> completed 14 of 21 attempts for 132 yards and a touchdown, while Leinart was 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 <mask> was named the starter for the rest of the season after Leinart was placed on injured reserve. <mask> passed for a career-high 484 yards against the 49ers in a 37–31 loss on November 25, but fumbled in the end zone in overtime and the Cards lost. The following week <mask> improved and the Cards earned a victory over the Browns that brought them to 6–6 and kept them in the chase for the playoffs. <mask> had 27 passing touchdown in 2007, one shy of the franchise record.<mask>'s performance earned him a $1 million bonus for the year, and he fell just short of attaining a 90.0+ passer rating, which would have given him an extra $500,000. Going into the 2008 off-season, Leinart was named the starting quarterback, but Ken Whisenhunt stated that it would be possible for <mask> to be the starter before week one of the regular season. <mask> was the starter on August 30, 2008. <mask> had 4,583 passing yards, 30 touchdown, and a completion percentage of 67.1%. For the third time in his career, he was the top ranked passer in the National Football Conference and only trailed Philip Rivers and Chad Pennington. <mask> was named FedEx Air Player of the Week for weeks 9 and 11 of the season. In week 3 of the season against the New York Jets, his team turned the ball over 7 times.Two picks resulted in a touchdown and a field goal in the second quarter. <mask>'s team scored 35 points in the loss. On December 7, 2008, <mask> led the Cards to a 34–10 win over his former team, the Rams, securing the team's first playoff spot since 1998. The title was the third in the post-merger era. The Cards earned a home playoff game, only their second ever, and their first in Arizona. Despite winning division titles in 1974 and 1975, the Cards played on the road in the playoffs. <mask> was named the starting quarterback for the Pro Bowl on December 16, 2008.On January 3, 2009, <mask> led the Cards in their victory over the Falcons in the first round of the playoffs. <mask> went 19 for 32 passing and had a completion percentage of 59.4%. He threw two touchdown passes. The last time the Cards won at home in a post-season game was 1947. In the second round of the playoffs, <mask> was a part of the Arizona team that defeated the Carolina Panthers 33–13 in Charlotte, North Carolina. <mask> went 21 for 32 passing, for 220 yards, a completion percentage of 65.6%, with two touchdown and one interception. It was the first time in the entire 2008 season that the Cards had won a game on the East Coast.<mask> threw for over 300 yards and four touchdown against the Philadelphia Eagles on January 18 to lead the Cards to their first Super Bowl appearance in history. <mask> is one of four quarterbacks who played in the Super Bowl. In <mask>'s third career Super Bowl appearance on February 1, the Cardinals lost Super Bowl XLIII 27–23 to the Pittsburgh Steelers, leaving him with a career 1–2 record in Super Bowls. <mask> threw for 377 yards, which was the fourth-highest total in Super Bowl history. He had a quarterback rating of 112.3. <mask> joined Roger Staubach, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Montana, John Elway, and Tom Brady as the only quarterbacks to throw a touchdown pass in three Super Bowls. <mask> took his team to the Super Bowl every year when he was the starting quarterback.<mask> wants to return to the Cards for the 2009 season. <mask> was looking for a contract that would pay him about 14 million a year and the two sides could not come to an agreement. <mask> had talks with the San Francisco 49ers after he became a free agent. <mask> was offered a contract by the 49ers. On March 4, <mask> re-signed with the Cards to a two-year deal worth $23 million total, $4 million for each of the next two years, with a $15 million signing bonus, and $19 million guaranteed. <mask> had hip surgery in March of 2009. <mask> broke the NFL's single-game record for completion percentage in the regular season on September 20, 2009, completing 24 of 26 passes for 243 yards and two touchdown.<mask>'s 92.3 percent completion rate broke the previous NFL record. <mask> threw five picks in a loss to Carolina on November 1, 2009. <mask> was the first quarterback in the NFL to throw for over 15,000 yards with two teams. On November 8, <mask> equaled his career-high of five touchdown passes in a single game during a 41–21 victory over the Chicago Bears. <mask> was named the FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week and the NFC Offensive Player of the Week. On November 15, 2009, <mask> reached a career milestone with his 200th touchdown pass. <mask> left the game on November 22, 2009, after suffering a concussion.On November 29, 2009, <mask> was removed from the game against Tennessee because of post-concussion symptoms. The Minnesota Vikings were defeated by the Arizona Cardinals 30–17 on December 6, 2009. <mask> is only the second quarterback in NFL history to have four games with a passer rating of 120 or better. <mask> was named the FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week after his three-touchdown performance. <mask> became the second quarterback in NFL history to throw 100 touchdown passes with two teams in the same game on December 27, 2009, in the Cards' 31–10 win over the Rams. <mask> was named an alternate quarterback for the 2010 Pro Bowl on December 29, 2009. <mask> was 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217The total score of the game was the highest in the history of the playoffs. <mask> was one of the few quarterbacks to throw more touchdown than incompletions in a playoff game. <mask> had the second highest quarterback rating in playoff history with a rating of 154.1. He was the first quarterback to throw for five touchdown passes in a playoff game since the merger of the leagues. He is the oldest player to have thrown at least three touchdown passes in a playoff game. <mask> tied the NFL record for consecutive playoff games with at least three touchdown passes. Since the playoff game was his last at home in the playoffs, he was perfect in home games.<mask> was hurt trying to tackle the ball carrier in the first half of the game against New Orleans in the playoffs. He came back for the second half, but was replaced by Matt Leinart. The Saints placed a bounty on <mask>. <mask> did not accuse the Saints of making an illegal hit or ending his career. I think it was a legal hit. <mask> retired from the NFL in January 2010. He said that he wanted to spend time with his wife and that he was looking forward to being a true father to his seven kids.He talked about the influence of his family, former teammates and God. He was eligible to be in the Hall of Fame after the season. <mask> admitted in December of last year that he briefly considered coming out of retirement and returning to the Cards after they lost Drew Stanton. <mask> became a commentator for the Iowa Barnstormers in the Arena Football League. He was a member of the Arena Football Hall of Fame. He is a member of the Iowa Barnstormers Hall of Fame. <mask> was a member of the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame.<mask> was selected for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. On August 5, 2017, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. He is the only person to have been in both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Arena Football Hall of Fame. <mask> was a coach at Desert Mountain High School. Kedon Slovis was recruited by the USC Trojans after playing under <mask>. <mask> is the quarterbacks coach. The most passing yards in a Super Bowl game were thrown by Tom Brady in Super Bowl LI.Tom Brady became the first quarterback to throw 40 touchdown passes and win a Super Bowl in the same season when he did it in 2020. The highest average passing yards per game on Monday Night Football is 32. <mask>'s parents separated when he was six. <mask> and Matt lived with their mother. After divorcing <mask>'s mom, <mask> remarried a year later. <mask>'s stepmother had a son named Matt. Soon after, the three boys formed a close relationship.<mask> was the quarterback of the school's Class 3A football team. College <mask> received a degree in communications from the University of Northern Iowa. <mask> and Meoni were married on October 11, 1997. He is a former marine. One of her children was left brain damaged and blind after being accidentally dropped by her ex- husband, leading to her hardship discharge from the Marines in 1990. <mask> got a job as a night stock clerk at a local grocery store after he was cut from the Packers' training camp in 1994. The couple lived in the basement of the parents' house while <mask> was an assistant coach.In 1996 a tornado destroyed their home in Mountain View, Arkansas, killing their parents. The place where the service for <mask>'s parents was held is1-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-6556 <mask> began his Arena League career because he was not able to get an NFL tryout because of the long hours at the grocery store. <mask> adopted her two children from her first marriage and has since added five children of her own. <mask> and <mask> are evangelical Christians. After the Rams' Super Bowl victory, <mask> was named the game's Most Valuable Player, and nine years later he was named the team's first-ever Super Bowl head coach. He doesn't use the term "charismatic."He said in 2001 that he was just a Christian. <mask> joined the NFL Network as an analyst. He can be seen regularly on NFL Total Access, as well as in-studio on the Thursday Night Football show. <mask> was an analyst for the 2010 Arena Football League playoffs. <mask> was unable to serve on the studio panel for GameDay Morning due to a positive test for COVID-19. <mask> was going to be a color analyst for Fox Sports in the 2010 season. He and Chris Rose called regional games.<mask> was hired as a substitute analyst by Westwood One radio when Boomer Esiason was unavailable. <mask> became a full-time radio analyst. <mask> appeared on NBC's The Biggest Loser on January 27, 2009. <mask> made a guest appearance on Disney's The Suite Life on Deck as himself in the episode "Any Given Fantasy" which aired on January 18, 2010. <mask> was a guest on the final episode of The Jay Leno Show. <mask> was announced as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars on August 30, 2010. The couple was eliminated in the 8th week of the Instant Choreography Week.<mask> was the host of The Moment on the USA Network. <mask>'s Good Sports Gang, a film featuring <mask> as the "coach" of a group of animated sports balls, was released in 2003 by GoodTimes Entertainment. Religious faith and moral values were the focus of the series. Warner's First Things First Foundation received a portion of the proceeds. Together, We're Better (Episode 2) and a few shorts featuring <mask> and his adopted daughter, <mask>, were the only releases of the original series. The film about <mask>'s life, titled American Underdog, was to be released in 2020. The film was produced and distributed by Kingdom Story Company.Warner's first multi-year post-retirement endorsement agreement was announced on December 3, 2010. <mask> was signed to a multi-year endorsement agreement to represent the Nutrilite brand. <mask>'s First Things First Foundation received a $50,000 donation from Amway. <mask> has invested in the Elite Football League of India, a South Asian professional football league. Other prominent American backers include former Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka. <mask>'s total investment amount remains undisclosed, although $50,000 of it will go towards a donation of footballs to schools and underprivileged children throughout India. <mask> has appeared in several public service announcements to promote his and his wife's work with the disabled.<mask>'s adopted son from his first marriage suffered brain damage as an infant when his father accidentally dropped him, and this issue is close to <mask>. <mask> has devoted time and money to his First Things First Foundation, the name of which was derived from his interview after winning the Super Bowl in 1999. The foundation is dedicated to impacting lives by promoting Christian values, sharing experiences and providing opportunities to encourage everyone that all things are possible when people put first things first. Children's hospitals, people with developmental disabilities, and assisting single parents are some of the causes the foundation has been involved with. <mask> received an award at the start of the Super Bowl for his work on and off the field. <mask> received the Muhammad Ali Sports Leadership Award. <mask> was selected by USA Weekend as the winner of its most caring athlete award.<mask> was named the best role model on and off the field in the NFL in December of 2009. <mask> received the Bart Starr Award for outstanding character and leadership in the home, on the field and in the community. Bart Starr said at the award presentation that they have never given the award to someone who is more deserving. There is a list of quarterbacks who have posted a perfect passer rating, as well as a list of Arena Football League and National Football League players. Everything is possible. San Francisco:HarperCollins. Paper back.Warner, <mask> and Brenda. First things first. 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William I of Guelders and Jülich

William (5 March 1364 – 16 February 1402, Arnhem) was Duke of Guelders, as William I, from 1377 and Duke of Jülich, as William III, from 1393. William was known for his military activities, participating in the Prussian crusade five times and battling with neighbors in France and Brabant throughout his rule. His allies included Holy Roman Emperors, Charles IV and Wenceslaus, Richard II of England, and Conrad Zöllner von Rothenstein, the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights. During his reign the duchies of Guelders and Jülich were temporarily unified. Childhood and accession William was the eldest son of William II, Duke of Jülich and Maria of Guelders, half-sister of Reginald III, Duke of Guelders and Edward, Duke of Guelders. The brothers Edward and Reginald disputed the Duchy, with Edward taking control in 1361, imprisoning his brother. In 1366, Edward violated a peace made with Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg (who was Duke of Brabant by marriage to Joanna, Duchess of Brabant) by not protecting Brabant merchants in the land between the Rhine and the Meuse who were under threat by armed men involved in the English-French wars. Wenceslaus's army then invaded and engaged in the Battle of Baesweiler in August 1371. Duke Edward, who was about to marry Katherine of Bavaria, daughter of Albert I, Duke of Bavaria, joined the battle and captured Duke Wenceslaus, but was wounded by an arrow and died. Reginald was immediately released, but died of ill health in three months, neither leaving heirs. This led to internal dissent over succession. Edward and Reginald were the only children of Reginald II, Duke of Guelders and Eleanor of Woodstock, daughter of Edward II of England, and Reginald's only male heirs. Reginald II's first marriage was to Sophia Berthout, Lady of Mechelen, which led to four daughters. Two daughters, Maria and Mathilde, then made claim to the title. Mathilde's claim was based on her position as eldest daughter. Maria based her claim on William, who was seven at the time, being the only male representative of the blood of Guelders. Mathilde quickly married John II, Count of Blois, and this grievance precipitated into the War of the Succession of Guelders. William's father, William II, Duke of Jülich, was granted the right to administer the duchy by Emperor Charles IV during his son's minority. At this time a marriage was arranged between the young William and Katherine of Bavaria, who had been betrothed to his uncle Edward. However, as part of the reconciliation between the houses of Blois and Jülich, some of Guelders remained under the control of Mathilde, and the upper district was under control of Jülich. In 1377, upon the boys majority, Emperor Charles IV granted Guelders and Zutphen to William, the son of William II, but it took two more years to consolidate his authority over the entire duchy. He immediately received homage from Arnhem, Nijmegen, and the upper district. However, William did not recognize all of the municipal privileges granted by his half-uncle, Duke Reginald. His rule was opposed by some areas, notably Betuwe and Veluwe, and by nobles led by Frederik van Heeckeren van der Eze, who had supported Mathilde (and Reginald) in comparison to nobles led by Gijsbert V van Bronckhorst, Heer van Bronckhorst who had supported Edward and Maria. William consolidated control after besieging a number of castles of Hekeren nobles. His father accompanied him in a victory over the lord of Voorst near Gennep and Reginald van Brederede van Gennep, the chief leader of the Hekerens. With this, Mathilde and John of Blois renounced all claim to Guelders and Zutphen on 24 March 1379. That fall William married Catherine. Wars and rule William's rule is cited as an example of the chivalry of that time in France and the Netherlands. He put on many tournaments and sports at arms, and has been called an ideal knight. He participated in crusades against the Lithuanians in East Prussia in the territories of the Teutonic Order with William of Holland, first in 1383, and later in 1388–89 and 1393. He was an ally of the English in the Hundred Years' War. And continuing the enmity from the War of the Succession of Guelders, he fought successfully in 1386–1388 with his father against the Duchy of Brabant, which was allied with France and Burgundy. William's army advanced far into Brabant, although his army was stalled in a battle near Grave, North Brabant in July 1388. His actions and alliance with England have been seen as reckless, and raised the ire of Charles VI of France, who advanced on Guelders with an army of 100,000. William narrowly escaped disaster with an apology, but his stand against the French made him famous throughout Europe. Capture in Pomerania Shortly after his campaigns in Brabant, William departed again for Prussia with a large army. He was quite successful in this crusade, but was taken prisoner near Stolpe in Pomerania, the land of Wartislaw VII, Duke of Pomerania. He was taken to the castle of Falkenburg, where he stayed for six months. Conrad Zöllner von Rothenstein, the grand master of the Teutonic Order, won his freedom. William demanded that his freedom be formally declared, but the Pomeranian was embarrassed by his defeat. In fear of the citizens, the Pomeranian nobleman hid in a tree on one side of a brook and shouted his declaration of William's freedom to William and the Teutonic Knights who were on the other side. William then returned to Guelders by way of Bohemia, where he visited his brother-in-law, Wenceslaus, King of the Romans. Return to Europe In the spring of 1390 William went to England and was made a Knight of the Garter by Richard II of England - and was the first continental nobleman to be honored in this way. The next year he made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and in the summer of 1391 he joined a French fleet to fight Moorish pirates of the coast of Barbary. He returned to the crusades in Prussia in the winter of 1392 and 1393, and inherited the Duchy of Jülich (as William III) in 1393 upon the death of his father. This involved him in new difficulties with neighbors in Cologne, Berg, Cleves, and Mark. In 1399, further hostilities with Brabant resulted finally in cession of Grave to Guelders. He also participated in a fourth campaign against the Prussians in 1399, and then a fifth crusade. As part of his involvement in the Hundred Years' War, he played an important role as he was in control of the coronation road between Frankfurt and Aachen, which passed through his territory. He was thus able to prevent the coronation of Rupert of Germany in 1400. In the fall of 1401 William was intending to prepare to join his brother in law, John van Arkel, in his war against Duke Albert in Holland. However, he took sick, and died 16 February 1402. Legacy Had William lived longer, it is likely that he would have continued to resist Burgundian influence in the Netherlands, and his legacy was heavily tied with his external wars. Although these wars came at a cost for the people of Guelders and Jülich, his activity did allow for his counties to thrive economically and to unite against an external enemy. As evidence the political parties of the Heeckeren and the Bronckhorstens were reconciled. After his death, his only brother Reginald IV succeeded him as duke of a united Jülich and Guelders-Zutphen. Reginald was less warlike, although tensions continued with Cleves over Lymers and Zevenaar, and the town of Emmerich was ceded to Cleves. Upon the death of Reginald, also without issue, the Duchy of Jülich went to Adolf, Duke of Jülich-Berg, son of William VII of Jülich, 1st Duke of Berg, and grandson of Gerhard VI of Jülich, Count of Berg and Ravensberg, brother of William's father. The Duchy of Guelders-Zutphen went to Arnold of Egmond, son of Maria van Arkel, daughter of William's sister, Joanna, and Count John XII of Arkel. Personal retinue The court of Guelders at the end of the 14th century and beginning of the 15th century was quite celebrated, including numerous physicians, barbers, falconers and cooks. Among his retinue, William kept head cooks Evarardus Bolte, Crumken, and Elbertus van Eijll (who continued as master cook for William's successor, Reginald IV). Elbertus may have been the grandson of Evarardus Bolte, and a genealogie of Elbertus' grandson in about 1440 claimed that Elbertus married a bastard daughter of Duke William named Margaret. In 1396, during a visit to the English king, the cooks entered a cooking contest against their English counterparts led by then head cook, Crumken. William kept many physicians. In 1388/89, three physicians are mentioned: Arnt van Auwel, Clais, and Peter, as well as a healer of wounds, Jan van Asperen. Later, Peter van Orten and Giesbert van Berg were separately brought into William's household after serving as professors of Medicine at the University of Cologne. Giesbert managed to work as a physician to Duchess Johanna and Antoine, Duke of Brabant, enemies of Guelders. When sick in 1401 and 1402, other doctors were called: Derich Distel, Volpart, Evert vander Eze, and an English physician, Thomas. William had many assistants who administered his lands while he was on campaigns. In 1388 during campaigns in Prussia, William left Henry of Steenbergen to administer Jülich and Guelders. In 1390 while visiting the King of England, he left Johann von der Velde called Honselaerr, who had fought with Duke William against Brabant in Grave. His musicians included Claes Heynenzoon, called Herald Gelre, also famous for his Wapenboek Gelre, a book containing drawings of the coats of arms of many famous nobles, an artist called Middelen, and Henric the Bohemian. Wife and children William married in 1379 Catharina of Bavaria (1361 – 11 November 1400), daughter of Albert I, Duke of Bavaria, who had been betrothed to his uncle Edward, Duke of Guelders. The marriage remained childless, and Katherine died in Hattem on 11 November 1400. Upon his death in 1402, William was buried next to his wife at Monnikhuizen monastery near Arnhem. William had illegitimate children including: Margaret, aforementioned wife of Elbert van Eijll Johanna of Guelders-Jülich, married Johan VI of Kuyk Johan of Guelders, son of Mechtild van Brackel, married Hadewig van Sinderen Maria of Jülich, married Johan van Buren, and had issue. References |- |- Dukes of Guelders Dukes of Jülich Christians of the Prussian Crusade 1364 births 1402 deaths House of Jülich-Hengebach Place of birth missing

<mask> (5 March 1364 – 16 February 1402, Arnhem) was Duke of Guelders, as <mask>, from 1377 and Duke of Jülich, as <mask> III, from 1393. <mask> was known for his military activities, participating in the Prussian crusade five times and battling with neighbors in France and Brabant throughout his rule. His allies included Holy Roman Emperors, <mask> and Wenceslaus, <mask> of England, and Conrad Zöllner von Rothenstein, the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights. During his reign the duchies of Guelders and Jülich were temporarily unified. Childhood and accession <mask> was the eldest son of <mask> II, Duke of Jülich and Maria of Guelders, half-sister of Reginald III, Duke of Guelders and Edward, Duke of Guelders. The brothers Edward and Reginald disputed the Duchy, with Edward taking control in 1361, imprisoning his brother. In 1366, Edward violated a peace made with <mask>, Holy Roman Emperor and Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg (who was Duke of Brabant by marriage to Joanna, Duchess of Brabant) by not protecting Brabant merchants in the land between the Rhine and the Meuse who were under threat by armed men involved in the English-French wars.Wenceslaus's army then invaded and engaged in the Battle of Baesweiler in August 1371. Duke Edward, who was about to marry Katherine of Bavaria, daughter of Albert I, Duke of Bavaria, joined the battle and captured Duke Wenceslaus, but was wounded by an arrow and died. Reginald was immediately released, but died of ill health in three months, neither leaving heirs. This led to internal dissent over succession. Edward and Reginald were the only children of <mask>, Duke of Guelders and Eleanor of Woodstock, daughter of Edward II of England, and Reginald's only male heirs. <mask>'s first marriage was to Sophia Berthout, Lady of Mechelen, which led to four daughters. Two daughters, Maria and Mathilde, then made claim to the title.Mathilde's claim was based on her position as eldest daughter. Maria based her claim on <mask>, who was seven at the time, being the only male representative of the blood of Guelders. Mathilde quickly married John II, Count of Blois, and this grievance precipitated into the War of the Succession of Guelders. <mask>'s father, <mask> II, Duke of Jülich, was granted the right to administer the duchy by Emperor Charles IV during his son's minority. At this time a marriage was arranged between the young <mask> and Katherine of Bavaria, who had been betrothed to his uncle Edward. However, as part of the reconciliation between the houses of Blois and Jülich, some of Guelders remained under the control of Mathilde, and the upper district was under control of Jülich. In 1377, upon the boys majority, Emperor <mask> granted Guelders and Zutphen to <mask>, the son of <mask> II, but it took two more years to consolidate his authority over the entire duchy.He immediately received homage from Arnhem, Nijmegen, and the upper district. However, <mask> did not recognize all of the municipal privileges granted by his half-uncle, Duke Reginald. His rule was opposed by some areas, notably Betuwe and Veluwe, and by nobles led by Frederik van Heeckeren van der Eze, who had supported Mathilde (and Reginald) in comparison to nobles led by Gijsbert V van Bronckhorst, Heer van Bronckhorst who had supported Edward and Maria. <mask> consolidated control after besieging a number of castles of Hekeren nobles. His father accompanied him in a victory over the lord of Voorst near Gennep and Reginald van Brederede van Gennep, the chief leader of the Hekerens. With this, Mathilde and John of Blois renounced all claim to Guelders and Zutphen on 24 March 1379. That fall <mask> married Catherine.Wars and rule <mask>'s rule is cited as an example of the chivalry of that time in France and the Netherlands. He put on many tournaments and sports at arms, and has been called an ideal knight. He participated in crusades against the Lithuanians in East Prussia in the territories of the Teutonic Order with <mask> of Holland, first in 1383, and later in 1388–89 and 1393. He was an ally of the English in the Hundred Years' War. And continuing the enmity from the War of the Succession of Guelders, he fought successfully in 1386–1388 with his father against the Duchy of Brabant, which was allied with France and Burgundy. <mask>'s army advanced far into Brabant, although his army was stalled in a battle near Grave, North Brabant in July 1388. His actions and alliance with England have been seen as reckless, and raised the ire of <mask> of France, who advanced on Guelders with an army of 100,000.<mask> narrowly escaped disaster with an apology, but his stand against the French made him famous throughout Europe. Capture in Pomerania Shortly after his campaigns in Brabant, <mask> departed again for Prussia with a large army. He was quite successful in this crusade, but was taken prisoner near Stolpe in Pomerania, the land of Wartislaw <mask>, Duke of Pomerania. He was taken to the castle of Falkenburg, where he stayed for six months. Conrad Zöllner von Rothenstein, the grand master of the Teutonic Order, won his freedom. <mask> demanded that his freedom be formally declared, but the Pomeranian was embarrassed by his defeat. In fear of the citizens, the Pomeranian nobleman hid in a tree on one side of a brook and shouted his declaration of <mask>'s freedom to <mask> and the Teutonic Knights who were on the other side.<mask> then returned to Guelders by way of Bohemia, where he visited his brother-in-law, Wenceslaus, King of the Romans. Return to Europe In the spring of 1390 <mask> went to England and was made a Knight of the Garter by Richard II of England - and was the first continental nobleman to be honored in this way. The next year he made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and in the summer of 1391 he joined a French fleet to fight Moorish pirates of the coast of Barbary. He returned to the crusades in Prussia in the winter of 1392 and 1393, and inherited the Duchy of Jülich (as <mask> III) in 1393 upon the death of his father. This involved him in new difficulties with neighbors in Cologne, Berg, Cleves, and Mark. In 1399, further hostilities with Brabant resulted finally in cession of Grave to Guelders. He also participated in a fourth campaign against the Prussians in 1399, and then a fifth crusade.As part of his involvement in the Hundred Years' War, he played an important role as he was in control of the coronation road between Frankfurt and Aachen, which passed through his territory. He was thus able to prevent the coronation of Rupert of Germany in 1400. In the fall of 1401 <mask> was intending to prepare to join his brother in law, John van Arkel, in his war against Duke Albert in Holland. However, he took sick, and died 16 February 1402. Legacy Had <mask> lived longer, it is likely that he would have continued to resist Burgundian influence in the Netherlands, and his legacy was heavily tied with his external wars. Although these wars came at a cost for the people of Guelders and Jülich, his activity did allow for his counties to thrive economically and to unite against an external enemy. As evidence the political parties of the Heeckeren and the Bronckhorstens were reconciled.After his death, his only brother Reginald IV succeeded him as duke of a united Jülich and Guelders-Zutphen. Reginald was less warlike, although tensions continued with Cleves over Lymers and Zevenaar, and the town of Emmerich was ceded to Cleves. Upon the death of Reginald, also without issue, the Duchy of Jülich went to Adolf, Duke of Jülich-Berg, son of <mask> of Jülich, 1st Duke of Berg, and grandson of <mask> of Jülich, Count of Berg and Ravensberg, brother of <mask>'s father. The Duchy of Guelders-Zutphen went to Arnold of Egmond, son of Maria van Arkel, daughter of <mask>'s sister, Joanna, and Count <mask> of Arkel. Personal retinue The court of Guelders at the end of the 14th century and beginning of the 15th century was quite celebrated, including numerous physicians, barbers, falconers and cooks. Among his retinue, <mask> kept head cooks Evarardus Bolte, Crumken, and Elbertus van Eijll (who continued as master cook for <mask>'s successor, <mask>). Elbertus may have been the grandson of Evarardus Bolte, and a genealogie of Elbertus' grandson in about 1440 claimed that Elbertus married a bastard daughter of Duke <mask> named Margaret.In 1396, during a visit to the English king, the cooks entered a cooking contest against their English counterparts led by then head cook, Crumken. <mask> kept many physicians. In 1388/89, three physicians are mentioned: Arnt van Auwel, Clais, and Peter, as well as a healer of wounds, Jan van Asperen. Later, Peter van Orten and Giesbert van Berg were separately brought into <mask>'s household after serving as professors of Medicine at the University of Cologne. Giesbert managed to work as a physician to Duchess Johanna and Antoine, Duke of Brabant, enemies of Guelders. When sick in 1401 and 1402, other doctors were called: Derich Distel, Volpart, Evert <mask> Eze, and an English physician, Thomas. <mask> had many assistants who administered his lands while he was on campaigns.In 1388 during campaigns in Prussia, <mask> left Henry of Steenbergen to administer Jülich and Guelders. In 1390 while visiting the King of England, he left Johann von der Velde called Honselaerr, who had fought with Duke <mask> against Brabant in Grave. His musicians included Claes Heynenzoon, called Herald Gelre, also famous for his Wapenboek Gelre, a book containing drawings of the coats of arms of many famous nobles, an artist called Middelen, and Henric the Bohemian. Wife and children <mask> married in 1379 Catharina of Bavaria (1361 – 11 November 1400), daughter of <mask>, Duke of Bavaria, who had been betrothed to his uncle Edward, Duke of Guelders. The marriage remained childless, and Katherine died in Hattem on 11 November 1400. Upon his death in 1402, <mask> was buried next to his wife at Monnikhuizen monastery near Arnhem. <mask> had illegitimate children including: Margaret, aforementioned wife of Elbert van Eijll Johanna of Guelders-Jülich, married <mask> of Kuyk Johan of Guelders, son of Mechtild van Brackel, married Hadewig van Sinderen Maria of Jülich, married Johan van Buren, and had issue.References |- |- Dukes of Guelders Dukes of Jülich Christians of the Prussian Crusade 1364 births 1402 deaths House of Jülich-Hengebach Place of birth missing

<mask> was the Duke of Guelders from 1364 to 14 February 1402. <mask> participated in the Prussian crusade five times and battled with his neighbors throughout his rule. His allies included Holy Roman Emperors, <mask> and Wenceslaus, <mask> of England, and Conrad Zllner von Rothenstein, the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights. The duchies of Guelders and Jlich were temporarily unified. <mask> was the son of <mask>, Duke of Jlich and Maria of Guelders, as well as the half-brother of Edward, Duke of Guelders. Edward took control of the Duchy in 1361 and imprisoned his brother. Edward violated a peace made with <mask>, Holy Roman Emperor and Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg by not protecting merchants in the land between the Rhine and the Meuse.In August 1371, Wenceslaus's army invaded and engaged in the Battle of Baesweiler. Duke Edward joined the battle and captured Duke Wenceslaus but was wounded by an arrow and died. In three months, Reginald died of ill health and neither of his heirs left. The internal dissent over succession was caused by this. Eleanor of Woodstock, daughter of <mask> of England, was the only male descendant of the Duke of Guelders. The first marriage of Reginald II was to Sophia Berthout, Lady of Mechelen, which led to four daughters. Maria and Mathilde claimed the title.The claim was based on her position as eldest daughter. <mask>, who was seven at the time, was the only male representative of the blood of Guelders. The War of the Succession of Guelders began when Mathilde married John II, Count of Blois. <mask>, Duke of Jlich, was granted the right to administer the duchy by Emperor <mask> during his son's minority. A marriage was arranged between the young <mask> and his sister, who had been betrothed to Edward. As part of the reconciliation between the houses of Blois and Jlich, some Guelders remained under the control of Mathilde and the upper district was under the control of Jlich. After the boys majority, Emperor <mask> granted Guelders and Zutphen to <mask>, the son of <mask> II, but it took two more years to consolidate his authority over the entire duchy.He was given homage from the upper district. <mask> didn't recognize all of the privileges Duke Reginald gave him. His rule was opposed by some areas, notably Betuwe and Veluwe, and by nobles who supported Mathilde. <mask> consolidated control after beingsieging a number of castles. His father was with him when he defeated the lord of Voorst near Gennep and the leader of the Hekerens. All claim to Guelders and Zutphen was given up by Mathilde and John of Blois. <mask> married Catherine.The chivalry of that time in France and the Netherlands is cited as an example of Wars and rule <mask>'s rule. He was called an ideal knight because he put on many tournaments and sports. He participated in crusades against theLithuanians in East Prussia in the territories of the Teutonic Order with <mask> of Holland. He was an ally of the English. After the War of the Succession of Guelders, he fought with his father against the Duchy of Brabant, which was allied with France and Burgundy. In July 1388, <mask>'s army was stuck in a battle in North Brabant. His alliance with England was seen as reckless by <mask> of France, who advanced on Guelders with an army of 100,000.<mask> was famous throughout Europe because of his stand against the French. <mask> left Prussia with a large army and was captured in Pomerania. He was taken prisoner in Pomerania, the land of Wartislaw <mask>, the Duke of Pomerania. He stayed at the castle for six months. The grand master of the Teutonic Order won his freedom. <mask> wanted his freedom formally declared, but the Pomeranian was embarrassed by his loss. In fear of the citizens, the nobleman hid in a tree on one side of the brook and shouted his declaration of <mask>'s freedom to the Teutonic Knights who were on the other side.<mask> went to visit his brother-in-law, Wenceslaus, King of the Romans. The first continental nobleman to be honored in this way was <mask>, who was made a Knight of the Garter by Richard II of England. He made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land the next year, and in the summer of 1391 he joined a French fleet to fight Moorish pirates off the coast of Barbary. After the death of his father, he returned to the crusades in Prussia in the winter of 1392 and 1393 and took over the Duchy of Jlich. He had difficulties with his neighbors in Cologne, Berg, and Mark. In 1399, the cession of Grave to Guelders happened. He participated in five crusades against the Prussians.As part of his involvement in the Hundred Years' War, he was in control of a road that passed through his territory. He was able to prevent the German king from being crowned in 1400. <mask> was going to join his brother in law, John van Arkel, in his war against Duke Albert in Holland. He died of illness on February 16th, 1402. <mask> would have continued to resist Burgundian influence in the Netherlands if he had lived longer. The wars came at a cost for the people of Guelders and Jlich, but they were able to unite against an external enemy. The political parties of the Heeckeren and the Bronckhorstens reconciled.He was succeeded as duke of a united Jlich and Guelders-Zutphen by his brother. Tensions continued with Cleves over Zevenaar and the town of Emmerich was ceded to them. The Duke of Jlich-Berg, son of <mask> of Jlich, 1st Duke of Berg, and grandson of the Count of Berg and Ravensberg, died without issue. Arnold of Egmond is the son of Maria van Arkel, daughter of <mask>'s sister, and Count <mask> of Arkel. The court of Guelders at the end of the 14th century and beginning of the 15th century had a personal retinue. The head cooks of <mask>'s retinue were Evarardus Bolte, Crumken, and Elbertus van Eijll. Elbertus may have been the grandson of Evarardus Bolte, and his grandson in about 1440 claimed that he married a bastard daughter of Duke <mask>.Crumken was the head cook when the cooks entered a cooking contest against their English counterparts. Many physicians were kept by <mask>. Three physicians are mentioned in the same year: Peter, Clais, and Arnt van Auwel. After working at the University of Cologne, Peter van Orten and Giesbert van Berg were brought into <mask>'s household. Giesbert worked as a doctor for the Duke of Brabant and his wife, who were enemies of Guelders. In 1401 and 1402, other doctors were called: Derich Distel, Volpart, Evert <mask> Eze, and an English physician, Thomas. While he was on campaigns, <mask> had many assistants who took care of his lands.<mask> left Henry of Steenbergen to take care of Jlich and Guelders. While visiting the King of England in 1390, he left a man called Honselaerr who had fought with Duke <mask>. His musicians included Claes Heynenzoon, also known as Herald Gelre, a book containing drawings of the coats of arms of many famous nobles, and an artist called Middelen. <mask> married the daughter of Albert I, Duke of Bavaria, who had been betrothed to his uncle Edward, Duke of Guelders. The marriage was childless and the man died in Hattem. <mask> was buried next to his wife at a monastery. Margaret, wife of Elbert van Eijll Johanna of Guelders-Jlich, married the son of Mechtild van Brackel.The Dukes of Guelders had a place of birth that was missing.

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John Gaventa (born 1949) is currently the Director of Research at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, where he has been a Fellow since 1996. From 2011 to 2014, he served as the director of the Coady International Institute and vice-president of International Development at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. Education and career Gaventa received his B.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1971, and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. He taught at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville from 1987 until 1996. He began to help lead a grassroots adult educational program at the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, Tennessee, in 1976, and was director from 1993 until 1996. He received a MacArthur Award in 1981 for his work with the Highlander Center. His first publication, Power and Powerlessness: Quiescence and Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley, broke new theoretical and empirical ground in the study of social power, winning the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Book Award of the American Political Science Association, the V.O Key Book Award of the Southern Political Science Association, the Lillian Smith Book Award of the Southern Regiona Council, and the W.D Weatherford Book Award, and earned co-runnerup in the first annual Robert F. Kennedy Book Award competition. In February 2015, the journal Southern Spaces posted previously unpublished footage recorded by Helen Lewis, John Gaventa, and Richard Greatrex as part of their project to document the cultures of Appalachian and Welsh mining communities in the 1970s. Gaventa's papers are managed by the Belk Library at Appalachian State University. Research on community power While studying at Oxford with Steven Lukes, author of Power: a Radical View (1974), Gaventa developed a theoretical and methodological approach to the study of community power that has radically transformed community power studies in political sociology and opened a path for the legitimization of participatory research in mainstream sociology and political science. The book Global Citizen Action, edited by Gaventa, is one such example. In an essay written for the book, Gaventa writes, "Since the 1970s many activists have heard and been guided by the adage 'think globally, act locally.' These essays would suggest the reverse: Think locally about the impacts of global institutions and global forces." He used this skills to become an activist in and document series of national mining strikes across the United Kingdom, including the 1974 Wales miners' strike. Borrowing from Lukes, Gaventa identifies three analytical dimensions that are the proper study of social power. Each subsequent dimension is increasingly difficult to empirically observe using traditional political science methodologies, forcing Gaventa to synthesize various understandings of socialization into a cogent articulation of observable processes through which symbolic production is channeled within identifiable networks and communities. The "one-dimensional" approach involves direct empirical observations of openly contested public issues. It involves defining and framing these issues in terms of identifiable winners and losers, and reflects the traditional pluralist approach to the study of community power. The "second dimension" involves the addition of what Gaventa calls the "mobilization of bias", through which cultural hegemony is both asserted and legitimized. This happens through the control of the agenda setting thanks to prior rules. Empirically, Gaventa's contribution is to develop a method for examining the various channels through which those in power transform concerns, claims, and potential challenges about inequitable outcomes into "non-decisions". The "third dimension" therefore adds the capacity to influence expectations about social outcomes by manipulating symbols and ideology so that inequities themselves become "non-issues." Gaventa's articulation and empirical demonstration of the "three-dimensional" approach to the study of power has informed many disciplines and scholars about the nuances of social power and the processes of its legitimization, while also lending support to scholars and social change advocates who would find the sources and the solutions of social problems not in the dictates or preconceived notions held by social scientists, theologians, and philosophers, but in the narratives of the affected alienated populations. Citizen Action and National Policy Reform opens: "How can ordinary citizens - and the organizations and movements which they engage - make changes in national policies which affect their lives, and the lives of others around them?" This question, which is arguably the central question with which Gaventa is concerned, is answered through the theory Gaventa employs. In Gaventa's theory, methodological subjectivity allows the framing of a social problem, and a social solution, to arise from within the group, thereby empowering and better enabling the group to take collective action in the face of authorities' power to frame issues as non-issues in the public's mind. Because Gaventa's work draws so heavily upon Luke's "three-face" conception of power, his work has been critiqued by other sociologists and scholars of power. Abraham argues that Michel Foucault's analysis of power identifies a "fourth face" by which power acts, which postulates that, "postulates that power itself produces subjects, their interests, their prospects for resistance, and what they consider truth." Abraham writes,"had Gaventa also used the Foucauldian notion of power, then he would perhaps have found even more insights into power’s operations." Selected publications Gaventa's publications include: Power and Powerlessness: Quiescence and Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley, (1980) We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change, Communities in Economic Crisis: Appalachia and the South, Global Citizen Action, Awards and honors Gaventa was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for his services to Oxfam. References 1949 births Living people MacArthur Fellows Academics of the University of Sussex Officers of the Order of the British Empire

<mask> (born 1949) is currently the Director of Research at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, where he has been a Fellow since 1996. From 2011 to 2014, he served as the director of the Coady International Institute and vice-president of International Development at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. Education and career <mask> received his B.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1971, and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. He taught at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville from 1987 until 1996. He began to help lead a grassroots adult educational program at the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, Tennessee, in 1976, and was director from 1993 until 1996. He received a MacArthur Award in 1981 for his work with the Highlander Center.His first publication, Power and Powerlessness: Quiescence and Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley, broke new theoretical and empirical ground in the study of social power, winning the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Book Award of the American Political Science Association, the V.O Key Book Award of the Southern Political Science Association, the Lillian Smith Book Award of the Southern Regiona Council, and the W.D Weatherford Book Award, and earned co-runnerup in the first annual Robert F. Kennedy Book Award competition. In February 2015, the journal Southern Spaces posted previously unpublished footage recorded by Helen Lewis, <mask>, and Richard Greatrex as part of their project to document the cultures of Appalachian and Welsh mining communities in the 1970s. <mask>'s papers are managed by the Belk Library at Appalachian State University. Research on community power While studying at Oxford with Steven Lukes, author of Power: a Radical View (1974), Gaventa developed a theoretical and methodological approach to the study of community power that has radically transformed community power studies in political sociology and opened a path for the legitimization of participatory research in mainstream sociology and political science. The book Global Citizen Action, edited by Gaventa, is one such example. In an essay written for the book, <mask> writes, "Since the 1970s many activists have heard and been guided by the adage 'think globally, act locally.' These essays would suggest the reverse: Think locally about the impacts of global institutions and global forces."He used this skills to become an activist in and document series of national mining strikes across the United Kingdom, including the 1974 Wales miners' strike. Borrowing from Lukes, <mask> identifies three analytical dimensions that are the proper study of social power. Each subsequent dimension is increasingly difficult to empirically observe using traditional political science methodologies, forcing Gaventa to synthesize various understandings of socialization into a cogent articulation of observable processes through which symbolic production is channeled within identifiable networks and communities. The "one-dimensional" approach involves direct empirical observations of openly contested public issues. It involves defining and framing these issues in terms of identifiable winners and losers, and reflects the traditional pluralist approach to the study of community power. The "second dimension" involves the addition of what Gaventa calls the "mobilization of bias", through which cultural hegemony is both asserted and legitimized. This happens through the control of the agenda setting thanks to prior rules.Empirically, <mask>'s contribution is to develop a method for examining the various channels through which those in power transform concerns, claims, and potential challenges about inequitable outcomes into "non-decisions". The "third dimension" therefore adds the capacity to influence expectations about social outcomes by manipulating symbols and ideology so that inequities themselves become "non-issues." <mask>'s articulation and empirical demonstration of the "three-dimensional" approach to the study of power has informed many disciplines and scholars about the nuances of social power and the processes of its legitimization, while also lending support to scholars and social change advocates who would find the sources and the solutions of social problems not in the dictates or preconceived notions held by social scientists, theologians, and philosophers, but in the narratives of the affected alienated populations. Citizen Action and National Policy Reform opens: "How can ordinary citizens - and the organizations and movements which they engage - make changes in national policies which affect their lives, and the lives of others around them?" This question, which is arguably the central question with which Gaventa is concerned, is answered through the theory <mask> employs. In <mask>'s theory, methodological subjectivity allows the framing of a social problem, and a social solution, to arise from within the group, thereby empowering and better enabling the group to take collective action in the face of authorities' power to frame issues as non-issues in the public's mind. Because <mask>'s work draws so heavily upon Luke's "three-face" conception of power, his work has been critiqued by other sociologists and scholars of power.Abraham argues that Michel Foucault's analysis of power identifies a "fourth face" by which power acts, which postulates that, "postulates that power itself produces subjects, their interests, their prospects for resistance, and what they consider truth." Abraham writes,"had <mask>uldian notion of power, then he would perhaps have found even more insights into power’s operations." Selected publications <mask>'s publications include: Power and Powerlessness: Quiescence and Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley, (1980) We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change, Communities in Economic Crisis: Appalachia and the South, Global Citizen Action, Awards and honors <mask> was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for his services to Oxfam. References 1949 births Living people MacArthur Fellows Academics of the University of Sussex Officers of the Order of the British Empire

The Director of Research at the Institute of Development Studies is <mask>. He was the director of the Coady International Institute and the vice-president of International Development at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. <mask> received a degree in education and career. In 1971 he was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. He taught at the University of Tennessee from 1987 to 1996. He was the director of the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, Tennessee, from 1993 to 1996. He received an award for his work with the center.His first publication, Power and Powerlessness:Quiescence and Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley, broke new ground in the study of social power, winning the V.O Key Book Award of the Southern Political Science Association. In February 2015, the journal Southern Spaces posted previously unpublished footage recorded by Helen Lewis, <mask>, and Richard Greatrex as part of their project to document the cultures of Appalachian and Welsh mining communities in the 1970s. The papers of Gaventa are managed by the library. Gaventa developed a theoretical and methodological approach to the study of community power that has changed community power studies in political sociology. <mask> edited the book Global Citizen Action. In an essay written for the book, <mask> writes, "since the 1970s many activists have heard and been guided by the adage 'think globally, act locally.' Think locally about the impacts of global institutions and global forces.He became an activist in and document a series of mining strikes in the United Kingdom, including the 1974 Wales miners' strike. Gaventa identifies three analytical dimensions that are the proper study of social power. Gaventa is forced to synthesise various understandings of socialization into a cogent articulation of observable processes through which symbolic production is chanelling within identifiable networks and communities because each subsequent dimension is increasingly difficult to empirically observe using traditional political science methodologies. Direct empirical observations of public issues are part of the "one-dimensional" approach. The traditional approach to the study of community power involves defining and framing issues in terms of identifiable winners and losers. <mask> calls it the "mobilization of bias", through which cultural hegemony is both asserted and legitimized. Thanks to prior rules, this happens through the control of the agenda setting.Gaventa's contribution is to develop a method for examining the various channels through which those in power transform concerns, claims, and potential challenges into "non-decisions". The capacity to influence expectations about social outcomes by manipulating symbols and ideology is added by the "third dimensions". Gaventa's empirical demonstration of the "three-dimensional" approach to the study of power has informed many disciplines and scholars about the nuances of social power and the processes of its legitimization, and INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals "How can ordinary citizens, and the organizations and movements which they engage, make changes in national policies which affect their lives, and the lives of others around them?" The central question of which Gaventa is concerned is answered through the theory Gaventa employs. In Gaventa's theory, methodological subjectivity allows the framing of a social problem, and a social solution, to arise from within the group, thereby empowering and better enabling the group to take collective action in the face of authorities' power to frame issues as non- issues in the public' Gaventa's work draws so much from the "three-face" conception of power that it has been critiqued by other sociologists and scholars.Abraham argues that Foucault's analysis of power identifies a "fourth face" by which power acts, which postulates that, "postulates that power itself produces subjects, their interests, their prospects for resistance, and what they consider truth." Had <mask>uldian notion of power, he would have found more insights into power's operations. <mask>'s publications include: Power and Powerlessness:Quiescence and Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley, We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change, and Communities in Economic Crisis: Appalachia and the South. The officers of the Order of the British Empire have a reference to 1949 births.

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Ken Filiano

Ken Filiano (born 1952) is an American jazz and orchestral bassist based in Brooklyn, New York. Since the 1970s, Filiano has played or recorded with Anthony Braxton, Fred Ho, Nels Cline, Bill Dixon, Fay Victor, and others. Filiano is on the teaching roster at the New School in New York. He teaches master classes in bass and improvisation and has a private studio in Brooklyn. Music career Early life and education Filiano was born in Patchogue, New York. He began playing trumpet as a child and continued to play the instrument while attending Syracuse University and studying with Rudolf Nashan. Nearing the end of his undergraduate work, Filiano decided to switch to bass and study with V. Stewart Wheeler. He received a Bachelor of Music in Double Bass from Syracuse University in 1978. Filiano did graduate work at the University of Southern California in the late 1980s before eventually receiving a Master of Music in Double Bass from Rutgers University in 1997. While at Rutgers, he studied with bassists Carolyn Davis, John Feeney, and Larry Ridley, as well as with Ted Dunbar, Kenny Barron, Ralph Bowen, and Daniel Goode. Performing and recording Filiano began his professional career in 1974, working across the Northeastern United States from his home base in Syracuse, New York. From 1975-76 he was the principal bassist in the Syracuse University Orchestra. As the decade began, Filiano lived in Boston. From 1980-83 he was a member of the Search quartet, performing and giving master classes sponsored by the Performing Artist Association of New England. In 1983, Filiano relocated to Los Angeles, California. He began to work as a freelance bassist in classical recording studios and on the jazz scene. He formed a relationship with multi-instrumentalist Vinny Golia, with whom he toured North America and Europe throughout the 1980s. Filiano made his jazz album debut in 1985, appearing on recordings by Golia and Arni Cheatham. In the second half of the decade, he recorded with Richard Grossman, Steve Adams and Kim Richmond. Filiano also performed in numerous classical concerts, both solo and in chamber ensembles, in the Los Angeles area, including performances of "'L'Histoire du Soldat' and the Dvorak Quintet, along with premieres of new works for contrabass by Yu-Chin Quo and John Kennedy. The 90s were a fertile recording period for Filiano, who appeared on more than 50 albums with Golia, Grossman, Adams, Tony Lujan, Anthony Coleman, Hafez Modirzadeh, Bill Perkins, Joelle Leandre and many others. Filiano performed around North America, Europe, and Japan, including at the Bergamo Jazz Festival (Italy), the Du Maurier Atlantic Jazz Festival (Canada), the Tampere International Jazz Festival (Finland), the Texaco New York Jazz Festival, and at the Blue Note in Fukuoka, Japan. He also performed classical and tango music, including touring Germany with the Giora Feidman Ensemble, performing duo concerts for cello and contrabass, playing with the New York/Buenos Aires Connection at the Hollywood Bowl, and premiering a solo bass work, 'Yauchzen', by composer Kitty Brazelton. As the 21st century began, Filiano increased his busy recording and touring schedule, appearing on more than 70 albums. In addition to his continuing relationships from the 90s, he added performances and recordings with Dom Minasi, Fred Hess, Roswell Rudd, Paul Smoker, Rodrigo Amado, Andrea Wolper, Jason Kao Hwang, Marco Cappelli, and many others. He continued to perform at many of the premier clubs and festivals around the world, including at the Knitting Factory, the Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival (New York), Merkin Concert Hall (New York), the JVC Jazz Festival (New York), the Jazz ao Centro Festival (Portugal), the Cape Verde International Jazz Festival, the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, and others. He played with several tango ensembles. His classical work included performances with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, the Princeton Chamber Orchestra, and the Sirius String Quartet. Filiano has appeared on more than a dozen recordings since the start of the new decade, including on trumpeter Bill Dixon’s final recording, 'Envoi', and on albums with Anthony Braxton, Connie Crothers, Taylor Ho Bynum, Nate Wooley and Anders Nilsson, among others. Filiano has performed at festivals and clubs around the world, including in the United States, Canada, Slovenia, Italy, Germany, France, and Russia. Teaching Filiano has been teaching bass since 1980, both privately and at colleges and universities. He’s also taught at Mansfield University, Rutgers University, Hunter College and the University of Southern California. Discography 2011 Bill Dixon, Envoi, Victo Anthony Braxton, Trillium E Connie Crothers Quartet, Connie Crothers Quartet + Mark Weber: Live at the Stone Connie Crothers Quintet, Band of Fire Andrea Wolper, Parallel Lives Jason Kao Hwang & Edge, Crossroads Unseen Jason Kao Hwang & Spontaneous River, Symphony of Souls Vinny Golia Quartet, Take Your Time Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet, Apparent Distance Stephen Gauci Quartet, CIMPFest: Live in Villach 2009 2010 Ken Filiano & Quantum Entanglements, Dreams from a Clown Car (Clean Feed) Nate Wooley + Taylor Ho Bynum, The Throes, (CIMP) Marco Cappelli Acoustic Trio, Les Nuages en France, (Avant) Fred Hess Big Band, Into the Open Steve Adams Trio, Surface Tension, (Clean Feed) Anders Nilsson, Aorta Ensemble (KOPACD) 2009 Marilyn Lerner/Ken Filiano/Lou Grassi, Arms Spread Wide (NoBusiness) Bill Dixon, Tapestries for Small Orchestra Fred Hess Big Band, Hold On (Dazzle) Fay Victor Ensemble, The Freesong Suite (Greene Avenue Music) Dom Minasi, Dissonance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder 2008 M. Marucci & D. Webb Trio feat. Ken Filiano, Changeup (CIMP) Jim McCauley, The Ultimate Frog (Drip Audio) The Fred Hess Band, Single Moment (Alison) Jessica Jones Qt., Word Marco Cappelli, Italian Doc Remix (ITN) Richard Thompson, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 2007 ESATrio: Bill Gagliardi, Ken Filiano, Lou Grassi, kenbillou (CIMP) Fay Victor Quartet, Cartwheels Through the Cosmos M. Marucci & D. Webb Trio feat. Ken Filiano, Three the Hard Way (CIMP) Stephen Gauci Quartet, Wisps of an Unknown Face (CIMP) Saco Yasuma, Another Rain Anthony Coleman, Lapidation (New World) Paul Smoker/Damon Short Quintet, No Stock Options Jason Kao Hwang, Stories Before Within (Innova) Tomas Janzon, Coast to Coast to Coast (Changes Music) Chris Chalfant, Book of Unstandards (Jyaku Sound) Fred Hess, In the Grotto (Alison) Alipio C Neto, The Perfume Comes Before the Flower (Clean Feed) TECK String Quartet (CleanFeed) Sebastian Schunke Meets Olvido, Vida Pura (Timba) Evil Eye, Doin' It All For My Baby (KMB Jazz) Jon Hemmersam/Dom Minasi Quartet (CDM) Rodrigo Amido, Surface (European Echoes) 2006 Ken Filiano/Bonnie Barnett Duo, Trio for Two Ken Filiano, Steve Adams, The Other Side of This (Clean Feed) Dom Minasi, The Vampire’s Revenge (CDM) Jason Kao Hwang, Edge Adam Caine Trio, Pipe Fred Hess Quartet, How 'Bout Now (Tapestry) Richard Thompson, Poetry Prelude (Videmus) Stephen Gauci Qt., Absolutely, Absolutely (CIMP) 2005 Ken Wessel, Jawboning (CIMP) Andrea Wolper, The Small Hours (Varisone Jazz) Dennis González’s Spirit Meridian, Idle Wild (Clean Feed) David Taylor/Steve Swell Quintet, Not Just (CIMP) Vinny Golia Quartet, Sfumato (Clean Feed) Julia Doszna, Immigrant/Emirpaht (American Historical Recordings) 2004 LIP Improvisation Players, Motion (Clean Feed) Dom Minasi’s DDT+2, Time Will Tell (CDM) Carol Mennie, I’m Not a Sometime Thing (CDM) Lou Grassi Quartet, Avanti Galoppi (CIMP) Jessica Jones Quartet, Nod (New Artists) Bob Feldman Trio, Triplicity (One Soul) Fred Hess Quartet, Crossed Paths (Tapestry) ROVA:ORKESTROVA (music by Satoko Fujii & Steve Adams), An Alligator in Your Wallet Ras Moshe, Live Spirits 2003 Rodrigo Amado/Carlos Zingaro/Ken Filiano, The Space Between (Clean Feed) Avram Fefer Quartet, Shades of the Muse (CIMP) Fred Hess Quartet, The Long and Short of It (Tapestry) Anna Saeki, Omoi (Rentrak) 2002 Ken Filiano Solo Bass, Subvenire Vinny Golia, Feeding Frenzy (Music for Woodwinds & String Quartet) Dom Minasi Trio, Goin' Out Again (CDM) Fred Hess, Extended Family (Tapestry) Chris Chalfant, Love and Light (Jyaku Sound) Fred Hess, Exposed (CIMP) Joe Scianni, One Eyed Jack (CJR) Aardvark Jazz Orchestra with Sheila Jordan, Bethlehem Counterpoint (Aardmuse) 2001 Dom Minasi Trio, Takin' The Duke Out (CDM) Giora Feidman Quartet, Tangoklezmer (Koch/Schwann) Various Artists, The Music of Eric Von Essen, Volume III Large Music, Large Music 2 (CIMP) Fred Hess, Going There (CIMP) Implicate Order, At Seixal (CleanFeed) Ursel Schlicht Quartet, Implicate Order (Soundquest) 2000 Roswell Rudd, Broad Strokes Richard Grossman Trio, Where The Sky Ended (hatOLOGY) Frank London, Invocations (Tzadik) Tina Marsh & the Bob Rodriguez Trio, Out of Time (CreOp Muse) Paul Smoker Trio, Mirabile Dictu (CIMP) Phil Haynes/Herb Robertson 5tet, BrooklynBerlin (CIMP) Large Music, Large Music 1 (CIMP) 1999 Vinny Golia Quintet, Lineage Vinny Golia Large Ensemble, The Other Bridge (Oakland 1999) Bonnie Barnett, Live at Roulette Jim Cajacob & Friends, Knee Deep in Paradise Hollie Baines, A Close Call With Love Hafez Modirzadeh/Ramin Zoufonoun, The Mystery of Sama 1998 Rob Blakeslee Quartet, Spirit of the Times Frank Giasullo Quartet, Firstlight Richard Grossman Trio, Even Your Ears (hatOLOGY) Mark Weber (poet), Time Zone Differential (Zerx) 1997 Vinny Golia/Paul Smoker Quartet, Halloween, the Sequel Mark Harvey & Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, An Aardvark Christmas Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, Psalms & Elegies (Leo Lab) Chris Chalfant Trio, All in Good Time (C. Chalfant Music) Davida Singer (poet), Khupe Danielle Gasparro, The World of You 1996 Vinny Golia/Ken Filiano Duo, The Art of Negotiation (CIMP) Vinny Golia Large Ensemble, Portland 1996 (Nine Winds) Anthony Coleman, What Is Jazz? Festival 1996 (KFW) Hafez Modirzadeh, The People's Blues (X DOT) Paul Smoker/Vinny Golia Quartet, Halloween '96 (CIMP) Steve Swell Quartet, Out and About (CIMP) Live Knitting Factory Recording, What is Jazz? 1996 1995 Vinny Golia Large Ensemble, Tutto Contare (NWCD) Vinny Golia Quintet, Against the Grain (NWCD) Bob Rodriguez Trio, Mist (NWCD) Don Glandon, Only Believe (CJR) Brad Dutz, Krin (Interworld) Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, Paintings for Jazz Orchestra (Leo Lab) 1994 Steve Adams/Ken Filiano Duo, In Out Side Richard Grossman Trio, Remember (512) Vinny Golia Quintet, Regards from Norma Desmond Vinny Golia Large Ensemble, Commemoration Bill Perkins Quintet, Frame of Mind (Interplay) Rob Blakeslee Quintet, Lifeline Paul Carmen & ESP, Passion Tony Lujan, Zulu (Capri) Jake Jacobson, Talking with the Moon (SMP) 1993 Mark Harvey & Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, Steps Out Tina Marsh & Creative Opportunity Orchestra, The Heaven Line (CreOpMuse) Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew's, Peter & the Wolf (Seaclef Productions) 1992 Vinny Golia/Joelle Leandre/Ken Filiano, Haunting the Spirits Inside Them... (Music & Arts) Vinny Golia Large Ensemble, Decennium Dans Axlan (Nine Winds) 1991 Sid Jacobs, It's Not Goodnight (Best Recordings) Richard Grossman, In the Air (Nine Winds) Dick Berk, The Jazz Adoption Agency (Nine Winds) Joey Sellers' Jazz Aggregation, Pastels, Ashes (Nine Winds) 1990 Vinny Golia Large Ensemble, Pilgrimage to Obscurity Vinny Golia Chamber Trio, Worldwide & Portable (Nine Winds) Richard Grossman, Trio in Real Time (Nine Winds) Joey Sellers' Jazz Aggregation, Something for Nothing (Nine Winds) 1989 Steve Adams/Ken Filiano Quartet, Anacrusis (Nine Winds) Kim Richmond Ensemble, Looking Out Looking In (Nine Winds) Vinny Golia Quintet, Out for Blood (Nine Winds) Dennis González, The Earth and the Heart (Konnex) Vinny Golia Trio, Puff of Smoke 1986 Steve Adams/Ken Filiano, Hiding Out (Nine Winds) Richard Grossman, One...Two...Three...Four (Nine Winds) John Rapson, BuWah (Nine Winds) 1985 Vinny Golia Quintet, Goin' Ahead (Nine Winds) Arni Cheatham, Romantha: Rumination (Talented Tenth) References American jazz double-bassists Male double-bassists Musicians from New York (state) 1952 births Living people 21st-century double-bassists 21st-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians Clean Feed Records artists Music & Arts artists Knitting Factory Records artists CIMP artists NoBusiness Records artists

<mask> (born 1952) is an American jazz and orchestral bassist based in Brooklyn, New York. Since the 1970s, Filiano has played or recorded with Anthony Braxton, Fred Ho, Nels Cline, Bill Dixon, Fay Victor, and others. Filiano is on the teaching roster at the New School in New York. He teaches master classes in bass and improvisation and has a private studio in Brooklyn. Music career Early life and education <mask> was born in Patchogue, New York. He began playing trumpet as a child and continued to play the instrument while attending Syracuse University and studying with Rudolf Nashan. Nearing the end of his undergraduate work, Filiano decided to switch to bass and study with V. Stewart Wheeler.He received a Bachelor of Music in Double Bass from Syracuse University in 1978. Filiano did graduate work at the University of Southern California in the late 1980s before eventually receiving a Master of Music in Double Bass from Rutgers University in 1997. While at Rutgers, he studied with bassists Carolyn Davis, John Feeney, and Larry Ridley, as well as with Ted Dunbar, <mask>, Ralph Bowen, and Daniel Goode. Performing and recording Filiano began his professional career in 1974, working across the Northeastern United States from his home base in Syracuse, New York. From 1975-76 he was the principal bassist in the Syracuse University Orchestra. As the decade began, Filiano lived in Boston. From 1980-83 he was a member of the Search quartet, performing and giving master classes sponsored by the Performing Artist Association of New England.In 1983, Filiano relocated to Los Angeles, California. He began to work as a freelance bassist in classical recording studios and on the jazz scene. He formed a relationship with multi-instrumentalist Vinny Golia, with whom he toured North America and Europe throughout the 1980s. Filiano made his jazz album debut in 1985, appearing on recordings by Golia and Arni Cheatham. In the second half of the decade, he recorded with Richard Grossman, Steve Adams and Kim Richmond. Filiano also performed in numerous classical concerts, both solo and in chamber ensembles, in the Los Angeles area, including performances of "'L'Histoire du Soldat' and the Dvorak Quintet, along with premieres of new works for contrabass by Yu-Chin Quo and <mask>. The 90s were a fertile recording period for Filiano, who appeared on more than 50 albums with Golia, Grossman, Adams, Tony Lujan, Anthony Coleman, Hafez Modirzadeh, Bill Perkins, Joelle Leandre and many others.Filiano performed around North America, Europe, and Japan, including at the Bergamo Jazz Festival (Italy), the Du Maurier Atlantic Jazz Festival (Canada), the Tampere International Jazz Festival (Finland), the Texaco New York Jazz Festival, and at the Blue Note in Fukuoka, Japan. He also performed classical and tango music, including touring Germany with the Giora Feidman Ensemble, performing duo concerts for cello and contrabass, playing with the New York/Buenos Aires Connection at the Hollywood Bowl, and premiering a solo bass work, 'Yauchzen', by composer Kitty Brazelton. As the 21st century began, Filiano increased his busy recording and touring schedule, appearing on more than 70 albums. In addition to his continuing relationships from the 90s, he added performances and recordings with Dom Minasi, Fred Hess, Roswell Rudd, Paul Smoker, Rodrigo Amado, Andrea Wolper, Jason Kao Hwang, Marco Cappelli, and many others. He continued to perform at many of the premier clubs and festivals around the world, including at the Knitting Factory, the Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival (New York), Merkin Concert Hall (New York), the JVC Jazz Festival (New York), the Jazz ao Centro Festival (Portugal), the Cape Verde International Jazz Festival, the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, and others. He played with several tango ensembles. His classical work included performances with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, the Princeton Chamber Orchestra, and the Sirius String Quartet.Filiano has appeared on more than a dozen recordings since the start of the new decade, including on trumpeter Bill Dixon’s final recording, 'Envoi', and on albums with Anthony Braxton, Connie Crothers, Taylor Ho Bynum, Nate Wooley and Anders Nilsson, among others. Filiano has performed at festivals and clubs around the world, including in the United States, Canada, Slovenia, Italy, Germany, France, and Russia. Teaching Filiano has been teaching bass since 1980, both privately and at colleges and universities. He’s also taught at Mansfield University, Rutgers University, Hunter College and the University of Southern California. <mask>, Changeup (CIMP) Jim McCauley, The Ultimate Frog (Drip Audio) The Fred Hess Band, Single Moment (Alison) Jessica Jones Qt., Word Marco Cappelli, Italian Doc Remix (ITN) Richard Thompson, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 2007 ESATrio: Bill Gagliardi, <mask>, Lou Grassi, kenbillou (CIMP) Fay Victor Quartet, Cartwheels Through the Cosmos M. Marucci & D. Webb Trio feat. Festival 1996 (KFW) Hafez Modirzadeh, The People's Blues (X DOT) Paul Smoker/Vinny Golia Quartet, Halloween '96 (CIMP) Steve Swell Quartet, Out and About (CIMP) Live Knitting Factory Recording, What is Jazz?

<mask> is an American jazz and orchestral bassist based in New York. Since the 1970s, Filiano has recorded or played with many people. The New School is in New York. He has a private studio in Brooklyn. Filiano was born in Patchogue, New York, and was 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 While studying at Syracuse University, he continued to play the trumpet as a child. After completing his undergrad work, Filiano decided to switch to bass and study with V. Stewart Wheeler.He received a degree in double bass from Syracuse University. Filiano received a Master of Music in Double Bass from Rutgers University in 1997 after graduating from the University of Southern California in the late 1980s. He studied with many people while at Rutgers, including Carolyn Davis, John Feeney, and Larry Ridley. From his home base in Syracuse, New York, Filiano began performing and recording in 1974. He played in the Syracuse University Orchestra from 1975 to 1976. The decade began with Filiano living in Boston. He was a member of the Search quartet and gave master classes for the Performing Artist Association of New England.In 1983, <mask> moved to Los Angeles. He was a bassist in classical recording studios and on the jazz scene. He and Golia toured North America and Europe in the 1980s. He appeared on recordings by Golia and Arni Cheatham. He recorded with several people in the second half of the decade. In the Los Angeles area, Filiano performed in numerous classical concerts, both solo and in chamber ensemble, including performances of "'L' Histoire du Soldat' and the Dvorak Quintet, along with new works for contrabass by Yu-Chin Quo and <mask>. The 90s were a fertile recording period for Filiano, who appeared on more than 50 albums.In addition to performing at the Blue Note in Fukuoka, Japan, Filiano also performed at the Du Maurier Atlantic Jazz Festival, the Tampere International Jazz Festival, and the New York Jazz Festival. He performed classical and tango music, as well as playing with the New York/Buenos Aires Connection at the Hollywood Bowl. Filiano appeared on more than 70 albums as the 21st century began. In addition to his relationships from the 90s, he added performances and recordings with many other people. He performed at many of the premier clubs and festivals around the world, including at the Knitting Factory and the Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival. He played in several tango groups. His classical work included performances with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra.Since the start of the new decade, Filiano has appeared on more than a dozen recordings, including on the final recording of Bill Dixon, 'Envoi'. There are festivals and clubs in the United States, Canada, Italy, Germany, France, and Russia. Teaching bass has been avocation for Filiano since 1980. He taught at several universities, including the University of Southern California. The Ultimate Frog, Changeup, The Fred Hess Band, Single Moment, Word Marco Cappelli, Italian Doc, Richard Thompson, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. Festival 1996, Hafez Modirzadeh, The People's Blues, Paul Smoker/Vinny Golia, Out and About, and What is Jazz?

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Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar

Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar (Punjabi and ; born 18 August 1952) is a Pakistani and former British politician who currently serves as the 33rd Governor of Punjab, in office since 5 September 2018. He is affiliated with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party and was a member of the Senate of Pakistan from March 2018 until September 2018. From 1997 to 2010 Sarwar was a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom, representing a constituency in Glasgow, Scotland. Born in Pirmahal, Punjab, Sarwar moved to Scotland in 1976 and built up a chain of cash and carry stores. Sarwar served as the Scottish Labour Member of Parliament for Glasgow Central from 1997 to 2010 and retired from UK politics in 2010. During his tenure at Westminster, Sarwar served on the Scottish Affairs Select Committee, and his youngest son Anas Sarwar served as MP for the same constituency from 2010 to 2015. He was the country's first Muslim Member of Parliament. He relinquished UK citizenship in July 2013 and became Governor of the Punjab, representing the Pakistan Muslim League (N). He resigned from the position on 29 January 2015 after disagreeing with government foreign policy. He joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI) on 10 February 2015. He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan in March 2018 and appointed Governor of Punjab on 8 August 2018. Early and family life Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar was born to a Punjabi Arain family in Sain De Khuie, a village near Lyallpur (now Faisalabad), Pakistan. The Arain tribe is ancient and traces its roots back to Arabian tribes who arrived in the Indian subcontinent in the year 711AD-712AD with the invading army of ‘Muhammad bin Qasim’ hence Arain people are offspring of Arab soldiers. In 1976 Sarwar moved to Scotland. That year he married Perveen Sarwar, with whom he has three sons and one daughter. In 1982 Sarwar and his brother founded United Wholesale Grocers, a wholesale cash and carry business. In 2002 the brothers split the business, with Sarwar renaming his part as United Wholesale (Scotland) while his brother retained the previous name. His eldest son was accused of an £850,000 missing trader fraud in United Wholesale (Scotland) while he was managing director in 2003. In 2011 the Court of Criminal Appeal overturned his earlier conviction in 2007 for the fraud. Mohammad Sarwar was a remunerated director of the company, but never accused of involvement in the alleged fraud. British political career Sarwar first stood as a Labour councillor for Pollokshields East at the 1987 Glasgow City Council election, almost overturning a large Conservative majority. In the 1992 election he won the ward. Sarwar was elected as MP for Glasgow Govan at the 1997 general election, becoming the first Muslim MP in the United Kingdom and the first Asian MP elected to represent a Scottish constituency. He was the first MP to swear the Oath of Allegiance on the Qur'an, using the method laid out by the Oaths Act 1978. Sarwar was suspended from holding office within the Labour Party in 1997 when he was charged with electoral offences, but he was acquitted in 1999 and the suspension was lifted. He was re-elected in Glasgow Govan at the 2001 general election. The 2005 general election saw boundary changes in Scotland, so he stood at and won the new constituency of Glasgow Central. He faced an opponent from the far-right British National Party, with whom he refused to share a platform, and he persuaded other candidates to do the same. The returning officer announced the result from a platform with no candidates, and Sarwar later made a speech from the floor of the hall. Sarwar became a member of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee from 2004, and was Chairman since 2005. In August 2006, he was a signatory to an open letter to then-Prime Minister Tony Blair criticising UK foreign policy. Sarwar played a crucial role in bringing to justice the killers of fifteen-year-old Glasgow schoolboy, Kriss Donald. The killers fled to Pakistan, which has no extradition treaty with the UK. Through his political connections, Sarwar was able to agree a one-off, no conditions attached, extradition treaty. They then faced trial and were convicted for the murder. On 21 June 2007, Sarwar announced he would not stand for re-election at the 2010 general election. His son, Anas Sarwar, succeeded him as Labour MP for the Glasgow Central seat until the election of 2015 when it was taken by Alison Thewliss for the SNP. In November 2008, Sarwar was one of 18 MPs who signed a Commons motion backing a Team GB football team at the 2012 Olympic Games, saying football "should not be any different from other competing sports and our young talent should be allowed to show their skills on the world stage". The football governing bodies of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are all opposed to a Great Britain team, fearing it would stop them competing as individual nations in future tournaments. His nomination by outgoing Prime Minister, Gordon Brown for a life peerage in the 2010 Dissolution Honours was blocked by the House of Lords Appointments Commission on the advice of HM Revenue and Customs. Pakistani political career He played an important role in campaigning and fundraising in Britain for the centre-right conservative party Pakistan Muslim League (N) during the 2013 General election in Pakistan. Soon after Pakistan Muslim League (N) chief Nawaz Sharif was sworn in as prime minister, he showed his intentions for becoming governor of Pakistan's most populous province Punjab. On 5 August 2013, he was sworn in as the 31st Governor of Punjab. As governor he criticised the government on a number of occasions. He fought the case of overseas Pakistanis whose houses and flats were confiscated by the land mafia in Pakistan but unable to redress their grievances successfully. On the occasion of Barack Obama's visit to India, he termed it as a failure of the government of Nawaz Sharif. These anti-government remarks led to his resignation. He resigned as governor of Punjab on 29 January 2015. On 8 February 2015, Sarwar joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). On 3 March 2018, Sarwar was elected to the Senate of Pakistan on a general seat from Punjab after receiving 44 first priority and two second priority votes in the senate elections of that year. On 5 September 2018 Sarwar took oath as 33rd Governor of Punjab. Sarwar established the charity Sarwar Foundation in 2000. Its focus is on provision of healthcare, clean water, education and women empowerment within Pakistan. In May 2021, shortly before the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, Scottish Pakistani voters received WhatsApp messages urging them to vote for Scottish Labour, whose leader is Sarwar's son, Anas Sarwar. The message read: "Warm greetings to you and your family. As all of you know that 6th of May is the ­Scottish Parliament election where Anas ­Sarwar is leading the Scottish Labour Party. For progress and unity, I request you to vote for Scottish Labour on BOTH BALLOTS. And as always thank you for your support. Mohammad Sarwar, Ex-MP Glasgow Central." A Labour source told The National newspaper that Mohammad Sarwar had messaged people personally on WhatsApp and that this may have been forwarded on by other people, but it was not part of an official campaign. Personal life Sarwar is a supporter of Glasgow football teams Celtic and Rangers. Notes References External links Mohammad Sarwar TheyWorkForYou.com MP to quit over race case death threats The Guardian, 22 June 2007 1952 births Living people Scottish Labour MPs British politicians of Pakistani descent Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Glasgow constituencies UK MPs 1997–2001 UK MPs 2001–2005 UK MPs 2005–2010 Pakistani emigrants to Scotland Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom People from Faisalabad Governors of Punjab, Pakistan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf politicians Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians Scottish emigrants to Pakistan Scottish people of Punjabi descent Scottish politicians Pollokshields

<mask> (Punjabi and ; born 18 August 1952) is a Pakistani and former British politician who currently serves as the 33rd Governor of Punjab, in office since 5 September 2018. He is affiliated with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party and was a member of the Senate of Pakistan from March 2018 until September 2018. From 1997 to 2010 <mask> was a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom, representing a constituency in Glasgow, Scotland. Born in Pirmahal, Punjab, <mask> moved to Scotland in 1976 and built up a chain of cash and carry stores. <mask> served as the Scottish Labour Member of Parliament for Glasgow Central from 1997 to 2010 and retired from UK politics in 2010. During his tenure at Westminster, <mask> served on the Scottish Affairs Select Committee, and his youngest son <mask> served as MP for the same constituency from 2010 to 2015. He was the country's first Muslim Member of Parliament.He relinquished UK citizenship in July 2013 and became Governor of the Punjab, representing the Pakistan Muslim League (N). He resigned from the position on 29 January 2015 after disagreeing with government foreign policy. He joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI) on 10 February 2015. He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan in March 2018 and appointed Governor of Punjab on 8 August 2018. Early and family life <mask> <mask> was born to a Punjabi Arain family in Sain De Khuie, a village near Lyallpur (now Faisalabad), Pakistan. The Arain tribe is ancient and traces its roots back to Arabian tribes who arrived in the Indian subcontinent in the year 711AD-712AD with the invading army of ‘Muhammad bin Qasim’ hence Arain people are offspring of Arab soldiers. In 1976 Sarwar moved to Scotland.That year he married Perveen <mask>, with whom he has three sons and one daughter. In 1982 <mask> and his brother founded United Wholesale Grocers, a wholesale cash and carry business. In 2002 the brothers split the business, with <mask> renaming his part as United Wholesale (Scotland) while his brother retained the previous name. His eldest son was accused of an £850,000 missing trader fraud in United Wholesale (Scotland) while he was managing director in 2003. In 2011 the Court of Criminal Appeal overturned his earlier conviction in 2007 for the fraud. <mask> was a remunerated director of the company, but never accused of involvement in the alleged fraud. British political career <mask> first stood as a Labour councillor for Pollokshields East at the 1987 Glasgow City Council election, almost overturning a large Conservative majority.In the 1992 election he won the ward. <mask> was elected as MP for Glasgow Govan at the 1997 general election, becoming the first Muslim MP in the United Kingdom and the first Asian MP elected to represent a Scottish constituency. He was the first MP to swear the Oath of Allegiance on the Qur'an, using the method laid out by the Oaths Act 1978. <mask> was suspended from holding office within the Labour Party in 1997 when he was charged with electoral offences, but he was acquitted in 1999 and the suspension was lifted. He was re-elected in Glasgow Govan at the 2001 general election. The 2005 general election saw boundary changes in Scotland, so he stood at and won the new constituency of Glasgow Central. He faced an opponent from the far-right British National Party, with whom he refused to share a platform, and he persuaded other candidates to do the same.The returning officer announced the result from a platform with no candidates, and <mask> later made a speech from the floor of the hall. <mask> became a member of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee from 2004, and was Chairman since 2005. In August 2006, he was a signatory to an open letter to then-Prime Minister Tony Blair criticising UK foreign policy. <mask> played a crucial role in bringing to justice the killers of fifteen-year-old Glasgow schoolboy, Kriss Donald. The killers fled to Pakistan, which has no extradition treaty with the UK. Through his political connections, <mask> was able to agree a one-off, no conditions attached, extradition treaty. They then faced trial and were convicted for the murder.On 21 June 2007, <mask> announced he would not stand for re-election at the 2010 general election. His son, Anas <mask>, succeeded him as Labour MP for the Glasgow Central seat until the election of 2015 when it was taken by Alison Thewliss for the SNP. In November 2008, <mask> was one of 18 MPs who signed a Commons motion backing a Team GB football team at the 2012 Olympic Games, saying football "should not be any different from other competing sports and our young talent should be allowed to show their skills on the world stage". The football governing bodies of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are all opposed to a Great Britain team, fearing it would stop them competing as individual nations in future tournaments. His nomination by outgoing Prime Minister, Gordon Brown for a life peerage in the 2010 Dissolution Honours was blocked by the House of Lords Appointments Commission on the advice of HM Revenue and Customs. Pakistani political career He played an important role in campaigning and fundraising in Britain for the centre-right conservative party Pakistan Muslim League (N) during the 2013 General election in Pakistan. Soon after Pakistan Muslim League (N) chief Nawaz Sharif was sworn in as prime minister, he showed his intentions for becoming governor of Pakistan's most populous province Punjab.On 5 August 2013, he was sworn in as the 31st Governor of Punjab. As governor he criticised the government on a number of occasions. He fought the case of overseas Pakistanis whose houses and flats were confiscated by the land mafia in Pakistan but unable to redress their grievances successfully. On the occasion of Barack Obama's visit to India, he termed it as a failure of the government of Nawaz Sharif. These anti-government remarks led to his resignation. He resigned as governor of Punjab on 29 January 2015. On 8 February 2015, <mask> joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).On 3 March 2018, <mask> was elected to the Senate of Pakistan on a general seat from Punjab after receiving 44 first priority and two second priority votes in the senate elections of that year. On 5 September 2018 <mask> took oath as 33rd Governor of Punjab. <mask> established the charity Sarwar Foundation in 2000. Its focus is on provision of healthcare, clean water, education and women empowerment within Pakistan. In May 2021, shortly before the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, Scottish Pakistani voters received WhatsApp messages urging them to vote for Scottish Labour, whose leader is <mask>'s son, Anas <mask>. The message read: "Warm greetings to you and your family. As all of you know that 6th of May is the ­Scottish Parliament election where Anas ­<mask> is leading the Scottish Labour Party.For progress and unity, I request you to vote for Scottish Labour on BOTH BALLOTS. And as always thank you for your support. <mask>, Ex-MP Glasgow Central." A Labour source told The National newspaper that <mask> had messaged people personally on WhatsApp and that this may have been forwarded on by other people, but it was not part of an official campaign. Personal life <mask> is a supporter of Glasgow football teams Celtic and Rangers. Notes References External links <mask>war TheyWorkForYou.com MP to quit over race case death threats The Guardian, 22 June 2007 1952 births Living people Scottish Labour MPs British politicians of Pakistani descent Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Glasgow constituencies UK MPs 1997–2001 UK MPs 2001–2005 UK MPs 2005–2010 Pakistani emigrants to Scotland Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom People from Faisalabad Governors of Punjab, Pakistan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf politicians Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians Scottish emigrants to Pakistan Scottish people of Punjabi descent Scottish politicians Pollokshields

The 33rd Governor of Punjab is a Pakistani and former British politician who was born on 18 August 1952. He was a member of the Senate of Pakistan from March to September. From 1997 to 2010 he was a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. In 1976 he moved to Scotland and built up a chain of cash and carry stores. From 1997 to 2010 he was the Scottish Labour Member of Parliament for Glasgow Central. From 2010 to 2015, <mask> served as an MP for the same constituency, while his father served on the Scottish Affairs Select Committee. He was the country's first Muslim member of parliament.He became Governor of the Punjab after giving up his UK citizenship. He left the position on January 29, 2015, after disagreeing with the government's foreign policy. He joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party. He was appointed Governor of Punjab on August 8th after being elected to the Senate of Pakistan in March. <mask> <mask> was born to a Punjabi Arain family in the village of Sain De Khuie. The Arain tribe is descended from Arabian tribes who arrived in the Indian subcontinent in the year 711AD-712AD with the invading army of Muhammad bin Qasim. In 1976 he moved to Scotland.He married Perveen, with whom he has three sons and one daughter. The brothers founded United Wholesale Grocers, a wholesale cash and carry business. The brothers split the business in 2002 and his brother retained the previous name. The managing director of United Wholesale was accused of an £850,000 missing trader fraud. The fraud conviction was overturned by the Court of Criminal Appeal. The remunerated director of the company was never accused of involvement in the alleged fraud. At the 1987 Glasgow City Council election, the Labour Party almost overturned a large Conservative majority.He won the ward in 1992. At the 1997 general election, he became the first Muslim Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom and the first Asian Member of Parliament in Scotland. He was the first MP to use the method laid out in the Oaths Act 1978. In 1997 he was charged with electoral offences but was acquitted in 1999 and his suspension from the Labour Party was lifted. He was re-elected in Glasgow Govan in 2001. The 2005 general election saw boundary changes in Scotland and he won the new constituency of Glasgow Central. He persuaded other candidates to do the same because he refused to share a platform with his opponent from the British National Party.The returning officer announced the result from a platform with no candidates, and later made a speech from the floor of the hall. He was Chairman of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee from 2005 to 2004. He signed an open letter to Tony Blair in August of 2006 that criticized the UK's foreign policy. Kriss Donald's killers were brought to justice thanks to a crucial role played by Sarwar. Pakistan has no treaty with the UK to extradite the killers. Through his political connections, Sarwar was able to agree a one-off, no conditions attached, treaty. They were sentenced to death for the murder.On June 21, 2007, he announced that he wouldn't be running for re-election. Alison Thewliss took the Glasgow Central seat from his father, Anas, in the election of 2015. In November 2008, a group of 18 MPs signed a Commons motion stating that football should not be different from other sports and that young talent should be allowed to show their skills on the world stage. The football governing bodies of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are against a Great Britain team. His nomination by outgoing Prime Minister, Gordon Brown for a life peerage in the 2010 Dissolution Honours was blocked by the House of Lords Appointments Commission. He was involved in campaigning and raising money for the Pakistan Muslim League in Britain during the General election in Pakistan. After being sworn in as prime minister, the leader of the Pakistan Muslim League showed his intentions to become the governor of Punjab.He was sworn in as the 31st Governor of Punjab. He was a critic of the government when he was governor. He fought the case of overseas Pakistanis who had their houses and flats taken by the land mafia in Pakistan. Barack Obama's visit to India was termed a failure by him. His resignation was due to these anti-government remarks. On January 29, 2015, he resigned as governor of Punjab. On February 8, 2015, <mask> joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.After receiving 44 first priority and two second priority votes in the senate elections of the year, <mask> was elected to the Senate of Pakistan on a general seat from Punjab. The 33rd Governor of Punjab was sworn in on 5 September. The charity was established in 2000. Provision of healthcare, clean water, education and women empowerment are some of the things it focuses on. The leader of the Scottish Labour Party is the son of <mask>, so in May of 2021, Scottish Pakistani voters received messages urging them to vote for the party. greetings to you and your family Anas is leading the Scottish Labour Party in the Scottish Parliament election on 6th of May.I want you to vote for Scottish Labour. Thank you again for your support. Ex-MP Glasgow Central. A Labour source told The National newspaper that it was not part of an official campaign and that the messaged people may have been forwarded on by other people. There is a supporter of Glasgow football teams Celtic and Rangers. British politicians of Pakistani descent Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Glasgow constituency UK MPs 1997–2001

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J. S. Tissainayagam

Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam (known as J. S. Tissainayagam, Tamil: ஜெயப்பிரகாஷ் சிற்றம்பலம் திசைநாயகம்) is a Sri Lankan journalist. He was detained by the Terrorism Investigation Division of the Sri Lanka Police on 7 March 2008. He was held without charge for almost 6 months. He was indicted on politically motivated charges under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act for intending to incite communal hatred through writing, and furthering terrorist acts through the collection of money for his publication. On 31 August 2009 he was convicted of the charges by the Colombo High Court and sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment. After an international outcry where US President Barack Obama called him one of the "emblematic examples" of journalist being harassed around the world Tissainayagam was pardoned by Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on 3 May 2010, World Press Freedom Day. Career J. S. Tissainayagam has been a journalist for over 20 years. He worked for The Sunday Leader and the Sunday Times as well as many other newspapers before founding the North Eastern Herald. He was also a columnist for the Sunday Times. 2008 arrest and trial Tissainayagam was detained on 7 March 2008 by the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) of the Sri Lanka Police. He was charged with intending to incite communal through writing, and furthering terrorists act through the collection of money for his magazine. Reporters Without Borders said that the magazine was actually funded by a German aid project. The magazine has since been closed down. During his trial, Tissanayagam claimed that he was harassed and threatened by the TID while under detention. He has also filed a Fundamental rights petition with the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. The TID produced a confession signed by Tissanayagam as evidence against him. Tissanayagam claimed it was dictated to him, and he was pressured to write it. The only other pieces of evidence that the Government presented against Tissainayagam was two paragraphs he had written; "1. In a July 2006 editorial, under the headline, "Providing security to Tamils now will define northeastern politics of the future," Tissainayagam wrote: "It is fairly obvious that the government is not going to offer them any protection. In fact it is the state security forces that are the main perpetrator of the killings." 2. A part of a November 2006 article on the military offensive in Vaharai, in the east, which said, "Such offensives against the civilians are accompanied by attempts to starve the population by refusing them food as well as medicines and fuel, with the hope of driving out the people of Vaharai and depopulating it. As this story is being written, Vaharai is being subject to intense shelling and aerial bombardment." On 31 August 2009, the High Court in Sri Lanka sentenced Tissainayagam to a total of 20 years rigorous imprisonment, for arousing "communal feelings" by writing and publishing articles that criticised the government's treatment of Sri Lankan Tamil civilians affected by the war, and for raising money to fund the magazine in which the articles were published in furtherance of terrorism. Reaction In a statement to mark the World Press Freedom Day, US President Barack Obama said Tissainayagam and other journalists like him were "guilty of nothing more than a passion for truth and a tenacious belief that a free society depends on an informed citizenry." President Obama said : "In every corner of the globe, there are journalists in jail or being actively harassed … Emblematic examples of this distressing reality are figures like J.S. Tissainayagam in Sri Lanka, or Shi Tao and Hu Jia in China." Amnesty International criticised the action taken upon J.S. Tissainayagam and expressed deep concerns for the journalist, naming him a prisoner of conscience. Bob Dietz, CPJ Asia Program Coordinator says "We condemn J.S. Tissainayagam's long detention and harsh charges for publishing a magazine, which should not constitute an offence. This is the latest step by the Sri Lankan government to intimidate journalists who write about security issues." During his detention without charge, among the people who expressed concern and opposition to this, were Sri Lankan religious leaders such as Colombo's Anglican Bishop Reverend Duleep De Chickera and the Sinhala Buddhist monk Ven Samitha Thera. The Sri Lankan government defended his trial and conviction, with President Mahinda Rajapakse, saying the verdict was handed out by an independent judge and that the government can not interfere with the courts and that "attempts now being made to pooh-pooh the charges in the indictment filed against Tissanayagam, rather than seen as any part of a vibrant campaign for media freedom, can be seen as an attempt at interfering with the judiciary and judicial process of (Sri Lanka)". However international Governments and press freedom groups both in and out of Sri Lanka condemned the ruling. The Asian Human Rights Commission likened the trial to the "show trials" of the Stalinist era. Pardon On 3 May 2010 the Sri Lankan government announced that Tissainayagam would be pardoned by President Rajapaksa to mark the 2010 World Press Freedom Day. Awards Tissainayagam has been named the first winner of the Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism. "We are happy to reward J.S. Tissainayagam in 2009, a terrible year for Sri Lanka," said Jean-Francois Julliard, secretary-general of the Paris-based press rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF). "J.S. Tissainayagam is one of those and should never have been imprisoned," he said. "Sri Lankans have the right to be informed about what is happening on their island.They have the right to read words written by men like J. S. Tissainayagam." Tissainayagam also won the Committee to Protect Journalists' International Press Freedom Award in 2009, but could not go to receive it due to his imprisonment. In 2010, he was named Foreign Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards. In 2011, he was honoured with an Oxfam Novib/PEN Award. See also Lasantha Wickrematunge Black July Sri Lankan Civil War References External links Amnesty International International Press Freedom Groups Call for Justice for Jailed Sri Lankan Journalist – RSF PEN American Center appeal Living people Sri Lankan prisoners and detainees Prisoners and detainees of Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Tamil journalists Amnesty International prisoners of conscience held by Sri Lanka Oxfam Novib/PEN Award winners Recipients of Sri Lankan presidential pardons Imprisoned journalists Year of birth missing (living people)

<mask> (known as J. S<mask>, Tamil: ஜெயப்பிரகாஷ் சிற்றம்பலம் திசைநாயகம்) is a Sri Lankan journalist. He was detained by the Terrorism Investigation Division of the Sri Lanka Police on 7 March 2008. He was held without charge for almost 6 months. He was indicted on politically motivated charges under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act for intending to incite communal hatred through writing, and furthering terrorist acts through the collection of money for his publication. On 31 August 2009 he was convicted of the charges by the Colombo High Court and sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment. After an international outcry where US President Barack Obama called him one of the "emblematic examples" of journalist being harassed around the world <mask> was pardoned by Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on 3 May 2010, World Press Freedom Day. Career J. S<mask> has been a journalist for over 20 years.He worked for The Sunday Leader and the Sunday Times as well as many other newspapers before founding the North Eastern Herald. He was also a columnist for the Sunday Times. 2008 arrest and trial <mask> was detained on 7 March 2008 by the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) of the Sri Lanka Police. He was charged with intending to incite communal through writing, and furthering terrorists act through the collection of money for his magazine. Reporters Without Borders said that the magazine was actually funded by a German aid project. The magazine has since been closed down. During his trial, Tissanayagam claimed that he was harassed and threatened by the TID while under detention.He has also filed a Fundamental rights petition with the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. The TID produced a confession signed by Tissanayagam as evidence against him. Tissanayagam claimed it was dictated to him, and he was pressured to write it. The only other pieces of evidence that the Government presented against <mask> was two paragraphs he had written; "1. In a July 2006 editorial, under the headline, "Providing security to Tamils now will define northeastern politics of the future," <mask> wrote: "It is fairly obvious that the government is not going to offer them any protection. In fact it is the state security forces that are the main perpetrator of the killings." 2.A part of a November 2006 article on the military offensive in Vaharai, in the east, which said, "Such offensives against the civilians are accompanied by attempts to starve the population by refusing them food as well as medicines and fuel, with the hope of driving out the people of Vaharai and depopulating it. As this story is being written, Vaharai is being subject to intense shelling and aerial bombardment." On 31 August 2009, the High Court in Sri Lanka sentenced Tissainayagam to a total of 20 years rigorous imprisonment, for arousing "communal feelings" by writing and publishing articles that criticised the government's treatment of Sri Lankan Tamil civilians affected by the war, and for raising money to fund the magazine in which the articles were published in furtherance of terrorism. Reaction In a statement to mark the World Press Freedom Day, US President Barack Obama said Tissainayagam and other journalists like him were "guilty of nothing more than a passion for truth and a tenacious belief that a free society depends on an informed citizenry." President Obama said : "In every corner of the globe, there are journalists in jail or being actively harassed … Emblematic examples of this distressing reality are figures like J.S<mask> in Sri Lanka, or <mask> and <mask>a in China." Amnesty International criticised the action taken upon J.S.Tissainayagam and expressed deep concerns for the journalist, naming him a prisoner of conscience. Bob Dietz, CPJ Asia Program Coordinator says "We condemn <mask>. Tissainayagam's long detention and harsh charges for publishing a magazine, which should not constitute an offence. This is the latest step by the Sri Lankan government to intimidate journalists who write about security issues." During his detention without charge, among the people who expressed concern and opposition to this, were Sri Lankan religious leaders such as Colombo's Anglican Bishop Reverend Duleep De Chickera and the Sinhala Buddhist monk Ven <mask> Thera. The Sri Lankan government defended his trial and conviction, with President Mahinda Rajapakse, saying the verdict was handed out by an independent judge and that the government can not interfere with the courts and that "attempts now being made to pooh-pooh the charges in the indictment filed against Tissanayagam, rather than seen as any part of a vibrant campaign for media freedom, can be seen as an attempt at interfering with the judiciary and judicial process of (Sri Lanka)". However international Governments and press freedom groups both in and out of Sri Lanka condemned the ruling.The Asian Human Rights Commission likened the trial to the "show trials" of the Stalinist era. Pardon On 3 May 2010 the Sri Lankan government announced that <mask> would be pardoned by President Rajapaksa to mark the 2010 World Press Freedom Day. Awards <mask> has been named the first winner of the Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism. "We are happy to reward J.S. Tissainayagam in 2009, a terrible year for Sri Lanka," said <mask> <mask>, secretary-general of the Paris-based press rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF). "J.S<mask> is one of those and should never have been imprisoned," he said."Sri Lankans have the right to be informed about what is happening on their island.They have the right to read words written by men like J. S<mask>." <mask> also won the Committee to Protect Journalists' International Press Freedom Award in 2009, but could not go to receive it due to his imprisonment. In 2010, he was named Foreign Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards. In 2011, he was honoured with an Oxfam Novib/PEN Award. See also Lasantha Wickrematunge Black July Sri Lankan Civil War References External links Amnesty International International Press Freedom Groups Call for Justice for Jailed Sri Lankan Journalist – RSF PEN American Center appeal Living people Sri Lankan prisoners and detainees Prisoners and detainees of Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Tamil journalists Amnesty International prisoners of conscience held by Sri Lanka Oxfam Novib/PEN Award winners Recipients of Sri Lankan presidential pardons Imprisoned journalists Year of birth missing (living people)

The journalist is known as J. S<mask>. On March 7, 2008, he was arrested by the Terrorism Investigation Division of the Sri Lanka Police. He was held without charge for over six months. He was indicted on politically motivated charges under the Prevention of Terrorism Act for intending to encourage communal hatred through writing and furthering terrorist acts through the collection of money for his publication. He was sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment on August 31, 2009, after being convicted of the charges. After an international uproar where US President Barack Obama called him one of the "emblematic examples" of journalist being harassed around the world, the Sri Lankan President pardoned him on May 3, 2010 for World Press Freedom Day. J. S<mask> has been a journalist for 20 years.He worked for many newspapers before founding the North Eastern Herald. He wrote a column for the Sunday Times. On March 7, 2008, <mask> was taken into custody by the Terrorism Investigation Division of the Sri Lanka Police. He was charged with intending to insemintify communal through writing and furthering terrorists act through the collection of money for his magazine. The magazine was funded by a German aid project according to Reporters Without Borders. The magazine was closed down. Tissanayagam claimed during his trial that he was harassed and threatened by the TID.He filed a Fundamental rights petition with the Supreme Court. Tissanayagam signed a confession for the TID. Tissanayagam said he was pressured to write it. Two paragraphs he had written were the only other evidence presented by the Government. "Providing security to Tamils now will define northeastern politics of the future" was the headline of a July 2006 editorial. The main perpetrators of the killings are the state security forces. 2.The military offensive in Vaharai, in the east, is accompanied by attempts to starve the population by refusing them food as well as medicines and fuel, with the hope of driving out the people of V. Vaharai is being bombarded as the story is being written. On August 31, 2009, the High Court in Sri Lanka sentenced Tissainayagam to a total of 20 years rigorous imprisonment, for arousing "communal feelings" by writing and publishing articles that criticized the government's treatment of Sri Lankan Tamil civilians affected by the war, and for In a statement to mark the World Press Freedom Day, US President Barack Obama said <mask> and other journalists like him were guilty of nothing more than a passion for truth and a tenacious belief that a free society depends on an informed citizenry. In every corner of the globe, there are journalists in jail or being actively harassed. <mask> and <mask>a are in China. The action taken upon J.S. was criticized byAmnesty International.The journalist was named a prisoner of conscience by Tissainayagam. Bob Dietz says they condemn <mask>. The charges for publishing a magazine should not constitute an offence. The Sri Lankan government intimidates journalists who write about security issues. Among the people who expressed concern and opposition to this were Sri Lankan religious leaders such as the Anglican Bishop Reverend Duleep De Chickera and the Buddhist monk <mask> Thera. The verdict was handed out by an independent judge and the government can't interfere with the courts, according to the Sri Lankan government. The ruling was condemned by the international governments and press freedom groups.The trial was likened to the "show trials" of the Stalinist era by the Asian Human Rights Commission. The 2010 World Press Freedom Day will be marked on 3 May 2010 with a pardon by the President of Sri Lankan. The first winner of the Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism has been named. We are happy to give J.S. a reward. <mask>-Francois <mask> is secretary-general of the Paris-based press rights group Reporters Without Borders. J.S. He said that <mask> should never have been imprisoned.They have the right to read words written by men like J. S., and they have the right to be informed about what is happening on their island. Tissainayagam. The Committee to Protect Journalists' International Press Freedom Award was won by <mask>, but he couldn't receive it due to his imprisonment. He was named Foreign Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards. He was honoured with an award in 2011. There are External links to LasanthaWickrematunge Black July Sri Lankan Civil War References.

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Gordon Coventry

Gordon Richard James Coventry (25 September 1901 – 7 November 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Accorded "Legend" status in the Australian Football Hall of Fame, Coventry was the first player to play 300 VFL games, the first to kick 100 goals in a VFL season, the only player ever to head the league's goal-kicking list in five consecutive seasons, and the first player to kick 1000 VFL goals, with his career total of 1299 VFL goals serving as a VFL/AFL competition record for over 60 seasons. "He is often considered by fans and journalists to be amongst the greatest forward-line players of all time." — AFL Legends.com. Education Gordon and his brothers and sisters attended the Nillumbik State School (No.1003), at Diamond Creek. While still at school, he began working on his father's fruit orchard. Footballer Although a very reliable right-foot kick, he was equally able to use his left foot accurately and effectively when needed — see, for example, his left-foot goal, under pressure, for Victoria, at the Sydney Cricket Ground, in the 7 August 1933 match against South Australia at the 1933 ANFC Carnival in Sydney in the recently recovered newsreel footage of the match. The "broad-backed and sticky-fingered" Gordon Coventry did not possess the phenomenal skills of his predecessor at Collingwood, Dick Lee, or the aerial prowess of his successor, Ron Todd, but relied on tremendous strength and a vice-like grip when marking the ball, a combination that made him almost unstoppable once he had front position. "Once [Gordon "Nuts"] Coventry gets in front it seems that no defender can get round him.His bulky body and his awkward gait seem to brook no interruption, and he never seems to drop a mark." Diamond Creek (HDFL) Gordon played his early football for Diamond Creek Football Club in the new Heidelberg District Football League (HDFL) (a competition which began after World War I), and had quickly established himself as a champion centre half-forward. In 1920, Gordon was invited to train at Collingwood. The three significant officials involved with that invitation, who were anticipating Collingwood's need to find a suitable replacement for the at-the-time injured Dick Lee, who was nearing the end of his career, were Ernest William Copeland (1868–1947), John James "Jack" Joyce (1860–1945), and John James "Jack" Peppard (1878–1940). Although Dick Lee had played in Collingwood's first eight matches in the 1920 season, he had only scored 17 goals; and, also, due to an injury sustained in the 26 June 1920 match against South Melbourne, he missed the next seven matches, returning in the season's last home-and-away match on 4 September 1920 — in the interim, Collingwood tried various permutations of forward lines to cover for the loss of Lee, centred on the selection of Ern Utting (five matches), Tom Wraith (one match), and Tom Drummond (one match), at full-forward over that time. Collingwood (VFL) Debut Gordon Coventry played his first senior game for Collingwood at the age of 18 against St Kilda on 14 August 1920. He played on the half-forward flank, kicked one goal, and although "not particularly impressive … [he] showed that he can kick well". As one of Collingwood's four inexperienced players given a run that day (the others were Les Lobb, Len Ludbrooke, and Roy Outram), Gordon played his second match, again on the half-forward flank, which was also Dick Lee's return match, in the last home-and-away round of the season, against South Melbourne, on 4 September 1920. Then, just 18, and in his third match, Gordon played at centre half-forward in the Collingwood team (with Dick Lee at full-forward) that beat Fitzroy 4.17 (41) to 3.5 (23), at a muddy, rain-sodden MCG, in the 1920 Semi-Final on 11 September 1920. And then, once more at centre half-forward (with Harry Curtis replacing the injured Lee at full-forward), in the Collingwood team that beat Carlton 12.11 (83) to 8.11 (59) in the 1920 Preliminary Final on 25 September 1920, his nineteenth birthday. Then he played at centre half-forward, in the team (with Curtis at full-forward) that lost to Richmond 7.10 (52) to 5.5 (35) in the 1920 Grand Final on 2 October 1920 (Gordon kicked 3 goals). Half-forward flanker In 1921, his second VFL season, he was selected in a representative VFL side to play against a combined Bendigo team on 6 August 1921, but did not play (due to influenza). He was unable to play in the last home-and-away rounds of the 1921 season due to his illness, although he was able to resume training. Unexpectedly, he was selected as a last minute replacement for Mal Seddon, who had declared himself unfit to play on the morning of the match, as a consequence of the injury to his thigh that he had sustained at the preceding Tuesday's training session in a collision with Percy Rowe. Gordon played at centre half-forward (kicking 3 goals) in the team that lost to Carlton 9.11 (65) to 7.10 (52) in the 1921 Semi-Final on 1 October 1921. He played the entire 1922 season playing on one half-forward flank, scoring 42 goals, with his brother, Syd, playing on the other. Full-Forward In 1923, with Dick Lee having retired at the end of the 1922 season, Gordon (by this stage a 34-game veteran) moved to full-forward, and was the club's leading goal-kicker that season, with 36 goals. He soon became one of the league's most prolific an consistent goal-kickers. He was Collingwood's best and fairest player in 1933. He was Collingwood's leading goal-kicker for 16 consecutive years, and the league's leading goal-kicker on six occasions (five of which were in consecutive years, 1927–1931). He kicked Collingwod's only two goals in the lowest-scores-ever VFL Grand Final in 1927, with Collingwood, in atrocious conditions, defeating Richmond 2.13 (25) to 1.7 (13). He was the first player to kick 100 goals in a VFL season (which he did in 1929, 1930, 1933, and 1934), kicked a total of 1299 goals in VFL football, and 100 goals in VFL representative teams. His tallies included: 9 goals in a Grand Final: against Richmond, in the Grand Final, on 29 September 1928. An unbeaten Grand Final record, only equalled on one occasion: by Gary Ablett Sr., against Hawthorn, in the Grand Final, on 30 September 1989. 10 goals in a match: against North Melbourne on 24 August 1929, and against Melbourne on 2 September 1933. 11 goals in a match: against Footscray on 19 June 1926, against Fitzroy on 28 May 1927, against St Kilda on 11 June 1927, against South Melbourne on 11 May 1929, and against St Kilda on 5 September 1931. 14 goals in a match: against Hawthorn on 18 August 1934. 15 goals in a match: against Essendon on 8 July 1933. 16 goals in a match: against Hawthorn on 27 July 1929. This broke the previous league record of 14 goals, set by South Melbourne's Harold Robertson ten years earlier in the match against St Kilda on 26 July 1919. 17 goals in a match: against Fitzroy on 19 July 1930. A league record at the time, Gordon Coventry's record score of 17 goals in a single match — 17.4 (106) — has only ever been broken once, by Melbourne's Fred Fanning, who kicked 18.1 (109) in his last-ever VFL match against St Kilda on 30 August 1947; and, also, has only ever been equalled once, by Hawthorn's Jason Dunstall, who kicked 17.5 (107) against Richmond on 2 May 1992. 97 goals in a season: 1927. 105 goals in a season: 1934. 108 goals in a season: 1933. 118 goals in a season: 1930. 124 goals in a season: 1929. 1929 was the first time that any VFL player had scored 100 goals or more in a single season. Finals Gordon played in 31 finals matches in his 18-year career — including the drawn Semi-Final match against Melbourne on 15 September 1928 (the first drawn finals match in VFL history), and 10 Grand Finals, five of which were won by Collingwood (1927-1930, and 1935). In the 1928 VFL Grand Final he kicked a league record 9 goals, in a match in which Collingwood beat Richmond 13.18 (96) to 9.9 (63), perhaps due to Collingwood's drawn Semi-Final with Malbourne, and the consequent full replay the following week, which meant that Richmond had a two-week break, rather than the originally scheduled one week. VFL Tribunal Gordon missed Collingwood's 1936 VFL Grand Final victory due to disqualification. It was the only time he had been reported in his entire VFL career. He was found guilty of striking Richmond defender Joe Murdoch in the torrid match against Richmond on 1 August 1936. Coventry had a crop of painful boils on his neck; and, when Murdoch repeatedly struck his neck, Coventry retaliated. Gordon was suspended for eight matches, and Murdoch for four; and an appeal, by Coventry, against the severity of the penalty was unsuccessful. At the time, Coventry announced that he was retiring from VFL football. He later relented; and, having served the eighth and last match of his suspension in the first week of the 1937 season, he played in 19 matches, and kicked 72 goals in 1937, his final VFL season. Life member Gordon was made a Life Member of the Collingwood Football Club in 1932. Records Coventry retired after the 1937 season, the first player to play 300 VFL/AFL games, winning his sixth league leading goal-kicker award, and his 16th consecutive club leading goal-kicker award. Coventry also represented Victoria on 25 occasions for a total of 100 goals. He was the first player to kick 100 goals in a VFL season (which he did in 1929, 1930, 1933, and 1934), and he kicked a total of 1299 goals in VFL football: a record that stood for more than six decades until it was broken by Sydney Swans player Tony Lockett in the match against Coventry's former club, Collingwood, on 6 June 1999. VAFA coach After leaving Collingwood, Coventry coached Collegians in the VAFA for a number of years. Death Coventry died on 7 November 1968 (of heart disease) at his property in Diamond Creek, survived by his wife and four children. Legacy In 2009, The Australian nominated Coventry as one of the 25 greatest footballers never to win a Brownlow Medal. In 1996, Coventry was an inaugural inductee of the Australian Football Hall of Fame and was elevated to "Legend" status (as the fourteenth "Legend") two years later. In 1998, he was named at full-forward in Collingwood's "Team of the Century". On 24 November 1999, he was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Family The eighth of the ten children of Henry Coventry (1862–1948) and Jane Henrietta Coventry (1863–1940), née Spencer, Gordon Richard James Coventry—known as "Nuts" to his family (said, by some, due to his having a disproportionately large head as a child)—was born on 25 September 1901 at Diamond Creek, Victoria. Marriage He married Christabel Violet Lawrey (1902–1991) on 28 February 1925. They had four children: two sons, George Gordon (b.1925) and Graham (b.1945), and two daughters, Betty Lois (b.1928), later Mrs. Alexander David Denney, and Margaret Shirley (1930–2006), later Mrs. Charles James Banks. Brothers Jack, Oak, and Thomas Three of his brothers served in the First AIF: John Thomas "Jack" Coventry (1893–1950), Hugh Norman "Oak" Coventry (1895–1916), who was (posthumously) mentioned in dispatches for "gallant devotion to duty as volunteer stretcher bearer, carrying the wounded" on 9 August 1916, and had been killed in action while serving with the First AIF in Pozieres, and Thomas Coventry (1897–1970), who was wounded in the arm and foot in action in France in 1916. Syd Another older brother, Sydney Andrew Coventry (1899–1976), also played for Collingwood at the same time as Gordon. While working as a miner at Queenstown, Tasmania, and playing football for the Miners' Football Team (as its captain), in Gormanston, Tasmania, in 1920, Syd was approached by St Kilda and invited to play for them in 1921. Syd moved to Victoria, and influenced by Gordon, began training with Collingwood (rather than St Kilda) in the 1921 pre-season; however, in May 1921, "an application by S.A. Coventry for transfer from Miners' (Tasmania) to Collingwood was refused [by the Victorian Football League Permit Committee]". Having served 12 months out of football, Syd was cleared "from Tasmania to Collingwood" on 26 April 1922. He went on play in 227 VFL games for Collingwood (1922–1934) and 27 representative games for the VFL (1922–1934), captain Collingwood for 144 games (1927–1934), win the Brownlow Medal in 1927, and serve for three years as the non-playing coach of Footscray (1935–1937) before returning to Collingwood as an administrator, serving as its vice-president for 11 years (1939–1949), its president for 13 years (1950–1962), and its patron from 1963 until his death in 1976. Remembrance The Gordon Coventry Trophy is awarded to Collingwood's leading goalkicker each year. The southern end of the Docklands Stadium is named the "Coventry end". When the Southern Stand at the MCG was built, a gate/entrance was jointly named after Coventry and brother Syd. See also List of Australian rules football families 1927 Melbourne Carnival Collingwood Team of the Century Footnotes References General </ref> de Lacy, H.A., "Coventrys Tell of Premiership Battles", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 24 September 1938), p.5. de Lacy, H.A., "Gordon Coventry and . . . Brother Syd", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 5 July 1941), p.6. Rohan, J.M., "Greatest Goal-kicker of All Time", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 9 April 1938), p.8. Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. Trembath, Richard, "Coventry, Gordon Richard (1901–1968)", in Cunneen, C. (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography: Supplement 1580—1980, with a name index to the Australian Dictionary of Biography to 1980, Melbourne University Press, (Carlton), 2005. "Gordon Coventry: as told to J.M. Rohan" Gordon Coventry, Champion Goalkicker, tells when his Knees Knocked with Stage Fright!, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 16 April 1938), p.8. Gordon Coventry tells when he Scored Five Goals and Lost Five Teeth, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 23 April 1938), p.8. Backs That Bumped, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 30 April 1938), p.8. Gordon Coventry Names Jimmy Freake as the Greatest Forward, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 7 May 1938), p.8. Gordon Coventry Discloses Secret of Collingwood's Success, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 14 May 1938), p.8. Gordon Coventry Declares Gorringe was Best of Those Bust Rovers, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 21 May 1938), p.8. Gordon Coventry on Ruck Combinations, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 28 May 1938), p.8. Gordon Coventry's Memoirs: Those Dear Old Boots of Mine, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 4 June 1938), p.5. Gordon Coventry's Memoirs: A Game of Hard Bumps, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 11 June 1938), p.5. Gordon Coventry Discusses Great Centre Line Men, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 18 June 1938), p.5. Gordon Coventry Names Champion of His Time: Why Bunton is not Named in First Six Players, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 25 June 1938), p.5. Gordon Coventry tells how One Man Won a Premiership, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 2 July 1938), p.5. Gordon Coventry Discusses Star Half-Forwards, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 9 July 1938), p.5. Gordon Coventry tells of the Greatest Flare-Up Ever Seen, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 16 July 1938), p.5. (Wednesday is the clearer copy) Gordon Coventry tells of Happy Days at Collingwood, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 23 July 1938), p.5. External links Gordon Coventry, at Boyles Football Photos. Gordon Coventry, at Collingwood Forever. "10 things you might not know about Gordon Coventry", at Collingwood Forever. Collingwood Football Club players Collingwood Football Club Premiership players 1901 births 1968 deaths Sportspeople from Melbourne Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) VFL Leading Goalkicker Medal winners Copeland Trophy winners Five-time VFL/AFL Premiership players Deaths from heart disease

<mask> (25 September 1901 – 7 November 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Accorded "Legend" status in the Australian Football Hall of Fame, <mask> was the first player to play 300 VFL games, the first to kick 100 goals in a VFL season, the only player ever to head the league's goal-kicking list in five consecutive seasons, and the first player to kick 1000 VFL goals, with his career total of 1299 VFL goals serving as a VFL/AFL competition record for over 60 seasons. "He is often considered by fans and journalists to be amongst the greatest forward-line players of all time." — AFL Legends.com. Education <mask> and his brothers and sisters attended the Nillumbik State School (No.1003), at Diamond Creek. While still at school, he began working on his father's fruit orchard. Footballer Although a very reliable right-foot kick, he was equally able to use his left foot accurately and effectively when needed — see, for example, his left-foot goal, under pressure, for Victoria, at the Sydney Cricket Ground, in the 7 August 1933 match against South Australia at the 1933 ANFC Carnival in Sydney in the recently recovered newsreel footage of the match.The "broad-backed and sticky-fingered" <mask> did not possess the phenomenal skills of his predecessor at Collingwood, Dick Lee, or the aerial prowess of his successor, Ron Todd, but relied on tremendous strength and a vice-like grip when marking the ball, a combination that made him almost unstoppable once he had front position. "Once [<mask> "Nuts"] <mask> gets in front it seems that no defender can get round him.His bulky body and his awkward gait seem to brook no interruption, and he never seems to drop a mark." Diamond Creek (HDFL) <mask> played his early football for Diamond Creek Football Club in the new Heidelberg District Football League (HDFL) (a competition which began after World War I), and had quickly established himself as a champion centre half-forward. In 1920, <mask> was invited to train at Collingwood. The three significant officials involved with that invitation, who were anticipating Collingwood's need to find a suitable replacement for the at-the-time injured Dick Lee, who was nearing the end of his career, were Ernest William Copeland (1868–1947), John James "Jack" Joyce (1860–1945), and John James "Jack" Peppard (1878–1940). Although Dick Lee had played in Collingwood's first eight matches in the 1920 season, he had only scored 17 goals; and, also, due to an injury sustained in the 26 June 1920 match against South Melbourne, he missed the next seven matches, returning in the season's last home-and-away match on 4 September 1920 — in the interim, Collingwood tried various permutations of forward lines to cover for the loss of Lee, centred on the selection of Ern Utting (five matches), Tom Wraith (one match), and Tom Drummond (one match), at full-forward over that time. Collingwood (VFL) Debut <mask> Coventry played his first senior game for Collingwood at the age of 18 against St Kilda on 14 August 1920.He played on the half-forward flank, kicked one goal, and although "not particularly impressive … [he] showed that he can kick well". As one of Collingwood's four inexperienced players given a run that day (the others were Les Lobb, Len Ludbrooke, and Roy Outram), <mask> played his second match, again on the half-forward flank, which was also Dick Lee's return match, in the last home-and-away round of the season, against South Melbourne, on 4 September 1920. Then, just 18, and in his third match, <mask> played at centre half-forward in the Collingwood team (with Dick Lee at full-forward) that beat Fitzroy 4.17 (41) to 3.5 (23), at a muddy, rain-sodden MCG, in the 1920 Semi-Final on 11 September 1920. And then, once more at centre half-forward (with Harry Curtis replacing the injured Lee at full-forward), in the Collingwood team that beat Carlton 12.11 (83) to 8.11 (59) in the 1920 Preliminary Final on 25 September 1920, his nineteenth birthday. Then he played at centre half-forward, in the team (with Curtis at full-forward) that lost to Richmond 7.10 (52) to 5.5 (35) in the 1920 Grand Final on 2 October 1920 (<mask> kicked 3 goals). Half-forward flanker In 1921, his second VFL season, he was selected in a representative VFL side to play against a combined Bendigo team on 6 August 1921, but did not play (due to influenza). He was unable to play in the last home-and-away rounds of the 1921 season due to his illness, although he was able to resume training.Unexpectedly, he was selected as a last minute replacement for Mal Seddon, who had declared himself unfit to play on the morning of the match, as a consequence of the injury to his thigh that he had sustained at the preceding Tuesday's training session in a collision with Percy Rowe. <mask> played at centre half-forward (kicking 3 goals) in the team that lost to Carlton 9.11 (65) to 7.10 (52) in the 1921 Semi-Final on 1 October 1921. He played the entire 1922 season playing on one half-forward flank, scoring 42 goals, with his brother, Syd, playing on the other. Full-Forward In 1923, with Dick Lee having retired at the end of the 1922 season, <mask> (by this stage a 34-game veteran) moved to full-forward, and was the club's leading goal-kicker that season, with 36 goals. He soon became one of the league's most prolific an consistent goal-kickers. He was Collingwood's best and fairest player in 1933. He was Collingwood's leading goal-kicker for 16 consecutive years, and the league's leading goal-kicker on six occasions (five of which were in consecutive years, 1927–1931).He kicked Collingwod's only two goals in the lowest-scores-ever VFL Grand Final in 1927, with Collingwood, in atrocious conditions, defeating Richmond 2.13 (25) to 1.7 (13). He was the first player to kick 100 goals in a VFL season (which he did in 1929, 1930, 1933, and 1934), kicked a total of 1299 goals in VFL football, and 100 goals in VFL representative teams. His tallies included: 9 goals in a Grand Final: against Richmond, in the Grand Final, on 29 September 1928. An unbeaten Grand Final record, only equalled on one occasion: by Gary Ablett Sr., against Hawthorn, in the Grand Final, on 30 September 1989. 10 goals in a match: against North Melbourne on 24 August 1929, and against Melbourne on 2 September 1933. 11 goals in a match: against Footscray on 19 June 1926, against Fitzroy on 28 May 1927, against St Kilda on 11 June 1927, against South Melbourne on 11 May 1929, and against St Kilda on 5 September 1931. 14 goals in a match: against Hawthorn on 18 August 1934.15 goals in a match: against Essendon on 8 July 1933. 16 goals in a match: against Hawthorn on 27 July 1929. This broke the previous league record of 14 goals, set by South Melbourne's Harold Robertson ten years earlier in the match against St Kilda on 26 July 1919. 17 goals in a match: against Fitzroy on 19 July 1930. A league record at the time, <mask>'s record score of 17 goals in a single match — 17.4 (106) — has only ever been broken once, by Melbourne's Fred Fanning, who kicked 18.1 (109) in his last-ever VFL match against St Kilda on 30 August 1947; and, also, has only ever been equalled once, by Hawthorn's Jason Dunstall, who kicked 17.5 (107) against Richmond on 2 May 1992. 97 goals in a season: 1927. 105 goals in a season: 1934.108 goals in a season: 1933. 118 goals in a season: 1930. 124 goals in a season: 1929. 1929 was the first time that any VFL player had scored 100 goals or more in a single season. Finals <mask> played in 31 finals matches in his 18-year career — including the drawn Semi-Final match against Melbourne on 15 September 1928 (the first drawn finals match in VFL history), and 10 Grand Finals, five of which were won by Collingwood (1927-1930, and 1935). In the 1928 VFL Grand Final he kicked a league record 9 goals, in a match in which Collingwood beat Richmond 13.18 (96) to 9.9 (63), perhaps due to Collingwood's drawn Semi-Final with Malbourne, and the consequent full replay the following week, which meant that Richmond had a two-week break, rather than the originally scheduled one week. VFL Tribunal <mask> missed Collingwood's 1936 VFL Grand Final victory due to disqualification.It was the only time he had been reported in his entire VFL career. He was found guilty of striking Richmond defender Joe Murdoch in the torrid match against Richmond on 1 August 1936. <mask> had a crop of painful boils on his neck; and, when Murdoch repeatedly struck his neck, Coventry retaliated. <mask> was suspended for eight matches, and Murdoch for four; and an appeal, by <mask>, against the severity of the penalty was unsuccessful. At the time, <mask> announced that he was retiring from VFL football. He later relented; and, having served the eighth and last match of his suspension in the first week of the 1937 season, he played in 19 matches, and kicked 72 goals in 1937, his final VFL season. Life member <mask> was made a Life Member of the Collingwood Football Club in 1932.Records <mask> retired after the 1937 season, the first player to play 300 VFL/AFL games, winning his sixth league leading goal-kicker award, and his 16th consecutive club leading goal-kicker award. <mask> also represented Victoria on 25 occasions for a total of 100 goals. He was the first player to kick 100 goals in a VFL season (which he did in 1929, 1930, 1933, and 1934), and he kicked a total of 1299 goals in VFL football: a record that stood for more than six decades until it was broken by Sydney Swans player Tony Lockett in the match against <mask>'s former club, Collingwood, on 6 June 1999. VAFA coach After leaving Collingwood, <mask> coached Collegians in the VAFA for a number of years. Death <mask> died on 7 November 1968 (of heart disease) at his property in Diamond Creek, survived by his wife and four children. Legacy In 2009, The Australian nominated <mask> as one of the 25 greatest footballers never to win a Brownlow Medal. In 1996, <mask> was an inaugural inductee of the Australian Football Hall of Fame and was elevated to "Legend" status (as the fourteenth "Legend") two years later.In 1998, he was named at full-forward in Collingwood's "Team of the Century". On 24 November 1999, he was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Family The eighth of the ten children of <mask> (1862–1948) and Jane Henrietta <mask> (1863–1940), née Spencer, <mask> <mask>—known as "Nuts" to his family (said, by some, due to his having a disproportionately large head as a child)—was born on 25 September 1901 at Diamond Creek, Victoria. Marriage He married Christabel Violet Lawrey (1902–1991) on 28 February 1925. They had four children: two sons, <mask> (b.1925) and Graham (b.1945), and two daughters, Betty Lois (b.1928), later Mrs. Alexander David Denney, and Margaret Shirley (1930–2006), later Mrs. Charles James Banks. Brothers Jack, Oak, and Thomas Three of his brothers served in the First AIF: John Thomas "Jack" <mask> (1893–1950), Hugh Norman "Oak" <mask> (1895–1916), who was (posthumously) mentioned in dispatches for "gallant devotion to duty as volunteer stretcher bearer, carrying the wounded" on 9 August 1916, and had been killed in action while serving with the First AIF in Pozieres, and <mask> (1897–1970), who was wounded in the arm and foot in action in France in 1916. Syd Another older brother, Sydney Andrew <mask> (1899–1976), also played for Collingwood at the same time as <mask>.While working as a miner at Queenstown, Tasmania, and playing football for the Miners' Football Team (as its captain), in Gormanston, Tasmania, in 1920, Syd was approached by St Kilda and invited to play for them in 1921. Syd moved to Victoria, and influenced by <mask>, began training with Collingwood (rather than St Kilda) in the 1921 pre-season; however, in May 1921, "an application by S.A<mask> for transfer from Miners' (Tasmania) to Collingwood was refused [by the Victorian Football League Permit Committee]". Having served 12 months out of football, Syd was cleared "from Tasmania to Collingwood" on 26 April 1922. He went on play in 227 VFL games for Collingwood (1922–1934) and 27 representative games for the VFL (1922–1934), captain Collingwood for 144 games (1927–1934), win the Brownlow Medal in 1927, and serve for three years as the non-playing coach of Footscray (1935–1937) before returning to Collingwood as an administrator, serving as its vice-president for 11 years (1939–1949), its president for 13 years (1950–1962), and its patron from 1963 until his death in 1976. Remembrance The <mask> Trophy is awarded to Collingwood's leading goalkicker each year. The southern end of the Docklands Stadium is named the "Coventry end". When the Southern Stand at the MCG was built, a gate/entrance was jointly named after <mask> and brother Syd.See also List of Australian rules football families 1927 Melbourne Carnival Collingwood Team of the Century Footnotes References General </ref> de Lacy, H.A., "Coventrys Tell of Premiership Battles", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 24 September 1938), p.5. de Lacy, H.A., "<mask> and . . . Brother Syd", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 5 July 1941), p.6. Rohan, J.M., "Greatest Goal-kicker of All Time", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 9 April 1938), p.8. Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996.Trembath, Richard, "<mask>, <mask> (1901–1968)", in Cunneen, C. (ed. ), Australian Dictionary of Biography: Supplement 1580—1980, with a name index to the Australian Dictionary of Biography to 1980, Melbourne University Press, (Carlton), 2005. "<mask>: as told to J.M. Rohan" <mask>, Champion Goalkicker, tells when his Knees Knocked with Stage Fright!, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 16 April 1938), p.8. <mask> tells when he Scored Five Goals and Lost Five Teeth, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 23 April 1938), p.8. Backs That Bumped, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 30 April 1938), p.8.<mask> Names Jimmy Freake as the Greatest Forward, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 7 May 1938), p.8. <mask> Discloses Secret of Collingwood's Success, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 14 May 1938), p.8. <mask> Declares Gorringe was Best of Those Bust Rovers, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 21 May 1938), p.8. <mask> on Ruck Combinations, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 28 May 1938), p.8. <mask>'s Memoirs: Those Dear Old Boots of Mine, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 4 June 1938), p.5. <mask>'s Memoirs: A Game of Hard Bumps, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 11 June 1938), p.5. <mask> Discusses Great Centre Line Men, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 18 June 1938), p.5.<mask> Names Champion of His Time: Why Bunton is not Named in First Six Players, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 25 June 1938), p.5. <mask> tells how One Man Won a Premiership, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 2 July 1938), p.5. <mask> Discusses Star Half-Forwards, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 9 July 1938), p.5. <mask> tells of the Greatest Flare-Up Ever Seen, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 16 July 1938), p.5. (Wednesday is the clearer copy) <mask> tells of Happy Days at Collingwood, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 23 July 1938), p.5. External links <mask>, at Boyles Football Photos. <mask>, at Collingwood Forever."10 things you might not know about <mask>", at Collingwood Forever. Collingwood Football Club players Collingwood Football Club Premiership players 1901 births 1968 deaths Sportspeople from Melbourne Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) VFL Leading Goalkicker Medal winners Copeland Trophy winners Five-time VFL/AFL Premiership players Deaths from heart disease

<mask> was a former Australian Rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League. He was the first player to play 300 VFL games, the first to kick 100 goals in a VFL season, and the only player ever to head the league's goal-kicking list in five consecutive seasons. He is considered to be one of the greatest forward-line players of all time by fans and journalists. The website of the Australian Football League. <mask> and his siblings attended the Nillumbik State School. He started working on his father's fruit orchard while still at school. Although a very reliable right-foot kick, he was equally able to use his left foot accurately and effectively when needed, for example, his left-foot goal, under pressure, for Victoria, in the 7 August 1933 match against South Australia.<mask> relied on strength and a vice-like grip when marking the ball, unlike his predecessors, Dick Lee and Ron Todd, who relied on aerial prowess. It seems that no defender can get around him once he gets in front, and he never seems to drop a mark. <mask> was a champion centre half-forward when he played for Diamond Creek in the new HDFL, which began after World War I. <mask> was invited to train in 1920. The three officials who were anticipating the need to find a replacement for Dick Lee, who was nearing the end of his career, were Ernest William Copeland and John James "Jack" Joyce. In the first eight matches of the 1920 season, Dick Lee scored 17 goals, but he missed the next seven matches due to an injury. <mask> played his first senior game for the club at the age of 18 on August 14, 1920.He kicked one goal and played on the half-forward flank. <mask> played his second match on the half-forward flank, which was also Dick Lee's return match, as one of four inexperienced players given a run that day. <mask> played at centre half-forward in the 1920 Semi-Final, with Dick Lee at full-forward, as the Pies beat Fitzroy 4.17 (41) to 3.5 (23), at a muddy, rain-sodden MCG. And then, once more at centre half-forward, in the team that beat Carlton 12.11 (83) to 8.11 (59) in the 1920 Preliminary Final on 25 September 1920, his nineteenth birthday. He played at half-forward in the team that lost toRichmond 7.10 (52) to 5.5 (35) in the 1920 Grand Final. In his second VFL season, he was selected in a representative VFL side to play against a combined team, but did not play due to the flu. He was unable to play in the last home-and-away rounds of the 1921 season due to his illness, but he was able to resume training.Unexpectedly, he was selected as a last minute replacement for Mal Seddon, who had declared himself fit to play on the morning of the match, as a consequence of the injury to his thigh that he had sustained at the preceding Tuesday's training session. <mask> kicked 3 goals in the team that lost to Carlton 9.11 (65) to 7.10 (52) in the 1921 Semi-Final. He played on one half-forward flank and scored 42 goals, with his brother playing on the other. <mask> was the club's leading goal-kicker in 1923, with 36 goals, when Dick Lee retired at the end of the season. He became one of the league's most prolific goal-kickers. He was best and fairest in 1933. He was the leading goal-kicker for 16 years in a row, and the league's leading goal-kicker six times.He kicked two goals in the lowest-scores-ever VFL Grand Final in 1927, when he was a member of the Pies. He kicked a total of 1299 goals in VFL football and 100 goals in VFL representative teams, and was the first player to kick 100 goals in a VFL season. He scored 9 goals in the Grand Final againstRichmond on September 29, 1928. The Grand Final record was equalled on one occasion, by Gary Ablett Jr. against Hawthorn, on 30 September 1989. In two matches, 10 goals were scored: against North Melbourne on August 24, 1929, and against Melbourne on September 2, 1933. Against Footscray on 19 June 1926, against Fitzroy on 28 May 1927, against St Kilda on 11 June 1927, and against St Kilda on 5 September 1931, there were 11 goals in a match. There were 14 goals in a match.On July 8, 1933, 15 goals were scored against Essendon. There were 16 goals in a match. The previous league record of 14 goals was set by Harold Robertson in 1919. There were 17 goals in a match. A league record at the time, <mask>'s record score of 17 goals in a single match has only ever been broken once, by Fred Fanning, who kicked 18.1 (109) in his last-ever VFL match against St Kilda on 30. In 1927, 97 goals were scored. In 1934, 105 goals were scored.In 1933, there were 106 goals in a season. There were 118 goals in a season. In 1929, there were 124 goals in a season. The first VFL player to score 100 goals or more in a single season was in 1929. In his 18-year career, <mask>, and the subsequent full replay the following week, which meant that <mask> missed the 1936 VFL Grand Final because he was disqualified.He had only been reported once in his entire VFL career. He was found guilty of striking Murdoch in the match. When Murdoch struck his neck, Coventry retaliated with a bunch of pain on his neck. <mask> and Murdoch were suspended for eight and four matches, respectively, and an appeal against the severity of the penalty was unsuccessful. He decided to retire from VFL football. After serving the last match of his suspension in the first week of the 1937 season, he played in 19 matches and kicked 72 goals in his final VFL season. <mask> was made a Life Member of the football club.Records Coventry retired after the 1937 season, the first player to play 300 VFL/AFL games, winning his sixth league leading goal-kicker award, and his 16th consecutive club leading goal-kicker award. Victoria was represented by Coventry on 25 occasions for a total of 100 goals. He was the first player to kick 100 goals in a VFL season in 1929, 1930, 1933, and 1934, and he kicked a total of 1299 goals in VFL football, a record that stood for more than six decades. Collegians were coached by <mask> for a number of years in the VAFA. He died of heart disease on November 7, 1968 at his property in Diamond Creek, he was survived by his wife and four children. One of the 25 greatest footballers never to win a Brownlow medal was nominated by The Australian in 2009. In 1996, he was an inaugural member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame and was elevated to "legend" status two years later.He was a part of the "Team of the Century" in 1998. He was in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1999. <mask> <mask> is known as "Nuts" to his family because of his large head as a child. Marriage took place on February 28, 1925. They had four children, two sons, <mask> and Graham, and two daughters, Betty Lois and Margaret Shirley. John Thomas "Jack", Hugh Norman "Oak", and Thomas all served in the First AIF. <mask> and his older brother, Sydney Andrew, played for the same team at the same time.In 1920, while working as a miner and playing football for the Miners' Football Team, he was approached by St Kilda and invited to play for them in 1921. In May 1921, an application by S.A<mask> for transfer from Miners' to Collingwood was refused, however, in the pre-season, Syd moved to Victoria, and influenced by <mask>. On April 26, 1922, Syd was cleared to return to football. He won the Brownlow medal in 1927, played in over 200 VFL games and 27 representative games for the VFL, and served as the non-playing coach of Foot for three years. Each year, the <mask> Trophy is given to the leading goalkicker. "Coventry end" is the southern end of the stadium. The gate/entrance at the Southern Stand was named after the brothers.The list of Australian rules football families was published in 1927. "<mask> and." was written by H.A. de Lacy. . TheSporting Globe, Saturday, 5 July 1941, p.6. Rohan was the greatest goal-kicker of all time. J. Ross. 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, all the big stories, all the great pictures, all the champion, and every season reported, was published in 1996."<mask>, <mask> (1901–1968)" was written by Richard Trembath. There is an ed. A name index to the Australian Dictionary of Biography was included in the Australian Dictionary of Biography. <mask> was told to J.M. When his Knees Knocked with Stage Fright!, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 16 April 1938), p.8. When he Scored Five Goals and Lost Five Teeth, The Sporting Globe, p.8. The backs that bumpeded was published in The Sporting Globe.The Sporting Globe named Jimmy Freake the greatest forward of all time. The Secret of Collingwood's Success, The Sporting Globe, was written by <mask>. The best of those bust Rovers was declared by <mask>. The Sporting Globe had a story about <mask> on Ruck Combinations. <mask>'s memoirs were published in The Sporting Globe. <mask>'s memoirs were published in The Sporting Globe. Great Centre Line Men, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 18 June 1938), p.5.The Champion of His Time: Why Bunton is not in the First Six Players was written by <mask>. One Man Won a Championship, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 2 July 1938), p.5. Star Half-Forwards, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 9 July 1938), p.5. <mask> wrote about the greatest flare-up ever seen in The Sporting Globe. The clearer copy is <mask>'s book, Happy Days at Collingwood, The Sporting Globe, p.5. <mask> can be found at Boyles Football Photos. <mask> was at a club.There are 10 things you might not know about <mask>. Football players from Victoria have died from heart disease.

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Pat Pimm

Pat Pimm (born March 31, 1957) is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, and represented the riding of Peace River North. He has lived in Fort St. John, British Columbia and has a business background working at an instrumentation company that specializes in the oil and gas sector. He spent 12 years on the Fort St. John city council before his election to the Legislative Assembly. In the 39th Parliament of BC Pimm served on several committees and first became involved with the Executive Council in October 2010 when former B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell appointed Pimm as the Parliamentary Secretary for the Natural Gas Initiative under the Ministry of Energy. When Christy Clark became Premier of British Columbia in March 2011, she retained Pimm at the same position. Pimm was re-elected to his Peace River North riding in the 2013 provincial election and was appointed Minister of Agriculture on June 10, 2013, by Premier Clark. He previously served as Parliamentary Secretary for the Northeast and has served as chair of the Northern Caucus and two Select Standing Committees: Aboriginal Affairs and Finance and Government Services. Pimm has also served as a member of Treasury Board. A lifelong resident of the Peace River region, he served 12 years as councillor for the City of Fort St. John from 1993 to 2005. With 25 years experience in the oil and gas industry, he was co-chair of the BC Oil and Gas Conference in 2002 and 2005, bringing together industry stakeholders to identify further strategies and opportunities for economic development in British Columbia's northeast region. He has also served on a variety of other local community boards and committees. Background Pat Pimm was born and raised in Fort St. John. He married at the age of 21 and raised two daughters. In 2005 he remarried to another woman, Jody, who had two grown sons. He established a career at an instrumentation business, Alpha Controls Ltd., specializing in the oil and gas sector. He enjoys curling and golf and has been a volunteer coach for youth baseball and hockey. He spent 12 years on the Fort St. John city council, from 1993 to 2005. While on council he advocated for the regionalization of services and the creation of a regional municipality. During a 2001 municipal referendum concerning a Fort St. John boundary expansion around a proposed manufacturing plant (oriented strand board), Pimm threatened to resign his council seat if the referendum failed. While on council Pimm worked with the province and other municipalities in establishing the Fairshare grant program which redirected some oil and gas revenue to local governments in northeastern BC for use on infrastructure projects. He also supported the BC Lottery Corporation locating a gaming centre (bingo, off-track betting, slots and other electronic games) in Fort St. John. Provincial politics The appointment of MLA Richard Neufeld to the federal Senate of Canada in December 2008 by Prime Minister Stephen Harper created an opening in the BC provincial Peace River North riding. Such an opening was rare as Neufeld had represented the riding since 1991 and by Tony Brummet for the 12 years prior to Neufeld. There were five candidates in the race for the BC Liberal Party nomination: Chetwynd mayor Evan Saugstad, Fort St. John councillors Lori Ackerman and Dan Davies, School District trustee Linda Sewell, and Pat Pimm. With 1,200 BC Liberal members eligible to vote, Pimm won in the third round of preferential voting in March. He was soon thrust into the provincial election where he faced Fort Nelson town councilor and NDP candidate Jackie Allen, former chief of the Fort Nelson First Nation and Green Party candidate Liz Logan, and others. Pimm oriented his campaign around economic issues stating "The economy is the number one issue and everything else falls around the economy. You have to have a strong economy to have good health care, good education...." Pimm won the Peace River North riding with 43% of the vote and his party formed a majority government. As the 39th Parliament of British Columbia began, Pimm was not selected for the Executive Council by Premier Gordon Campbell. In the first two sessions Pimm was assigned to three parliamentary committees: the Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations (which did not meet), the Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills (which met once), and the Select Standing Committee on Legislative Initiatives (which only met in September 2010 to deal with a petition against Harmonized Sales Tax). Once the Harmonized Sales Tax was introduced, Pimm became very supportive of it, arguing that it would make BC business more competitive with Alberta, and stating, "I personally think it's probably the strongest single thing for the economy of our area and the province in general." Pimm lobbied on behalf of the Peace River North to secure infrastructure grants for road construction and paving, recreation centre upgrades, and Fort St. John sewerage expansion. Pimm made headlines across the province in November 2009 when he criticized the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms during a speech in the Legislature. He questioned "who needs that Charter of Rights?" and stated "I just don’t think it’s a good document whatsoever myself." He called for a "Bill of Responsibilities" to be established. In 2010, as the petition to repeal the HST was very successful in his riding, Pimm became one of 24 MLAs targeted for recall by Bill Vander Zalm's FightHST group. However, several months later, his name was removed from the list as the group prioritized candidates for recall campaigns. In October, during Campbell's final cabinet shuffle before resigning, the post of Parliamentary Secretary for the Natural Gas Initiative was created for Pimm under the Ministry of Energy. In January 2011, with community opposition to a transfer move Oil and Gas Commission engineering jobs, from Fort St. John to Kelowna, Pimm intervened by arranging a public meeting with the Minister of Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson, the CEO of the commission, as well as industry and public representatives, which resulted in several positions staying in Fort St. John. During the BC Liberal Party leadership electionto replace Campbell, Pimm endorsed Kevin Falcon in mid-December citing Falcon's performance as Minister of Transportation where he directed significant funding to improving oil and gas resource roads and the Alaska Highway. In March 2011, after Christy Clark won the leadership election and was named Premier, she kept Pimm as Parliamentary Secretary for Natural Gas to the Minister of Energy and Mines. On June 27, 2011, he resigned from his Parliamentary Secretary position and from the BC Liberal caucus following a domestic dispute involving his wife which resulted in the RCMP detaining him overnight. A special prosecutor was assigned to his case given his status as an elected official. On July 13, the special prosecutor announced they would not be pressing charges and the BC Liberal caucus allowed Pimm to re-join. Pimm returned to his role as Parliamentary Secretary for Natural Gas and spent the summer consulting with stakeholders for what would become BC's Natural Gas Strategy and BC's Liquefied Natural Gas Strategy. In September 2012, he was made deputy whip, replacing Eric Foster who became whip. In April 2013 at an all-candidates forum in Fort Nelson Pimm suggested that "grief" in the classroom caused by special needs children has caused public school enrolment to decline. He was quoted as saying "It's causing the teachers extra time and trouble and it's certainly, I think, is causing some students to move into other areas in the private sector as well," In November 2015, Pimm stated he would not run for reelection in the coming provincial election in 2017. On August 15, 2016, Pimm left his caucus and became an independent following his arrest. A special prosecutor has been appointed to the case to avoid a conflict of interest. An assault charge against B.C. MLA Pat Pimm has been stayed following his appearance Monday in a Dawson Creek courtroom. Pimm agreed to be bound by a peace bond for eight months, said Daniel McLaughlin, communications counsel for the Criminal Justice Branch. Electoral history |- |Independent |Arthur Hadland |align="right"|2,899 |align="right"|31.33 |align="right"|n/a |align="right"|$17,962 |New Democrat |Jackie Allen |align="right"|1,293 |align="right"|13.98 |align="right"|n/a |align="right"|$17,855 |- style="background:white;" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|9,252 !align="right"|100.00 |- style="background:white;" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|52 !align="right"|0.6% |- style="background:white;" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Turnout !align="right"|9,304 !align="right"|40% |} References External links British Columbia Liberal Party - Pat Pimm (Peace River North) Legislative Assembly of British Columbia - Pat Pimm British Columbia Liberal Party MLAs Living people British Columbia municipal councillors Members of the Executive Council of British Columbia People from Fort St. John, British Columbia 1957 births 21st-century Canadian politicians

<mask> (born March 31, 1957) is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, and represented the riding of Peace River North. He has lived in Fort St. John, British Columbia and has a business background working at an instrumentation company that specializes in the oil and gas sector. He spent 12 years on the Fort St. John city council before his election to the Legislative Assembly. In the 39th Parliament of BC <mask> served on several committees and first became involved with the Executive Council in October 2010 when former B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell appointed <mask> as the Parliamentary Secretary for the Natural Gas Initiative under the Ministry of Energy. When Christy Clark became Premier of British Columbia in March 2011, she retained <mask> at the same position. <mask> was re-elected to his Peace River North riding in the 2013 provincial election and was appointed Minister of Agriculture on June 10, 2013, by Premier Clark.He previously served as Parliamentary Secretary for the Northeast and has served as chair of the Northern Caucus and two Select Standing Committees: Aboriginal Affairs and Finance and Government Services. <mask> has also served as a member of Treasury Board. A lifelong resident of the Peace River region, he served 12 years as councillor for the City of Fort St. John from 1993 to 2005. With 25 years experience in the oil and gas industry, he was co-chair of the BC Oil and Gas Conference in 2002 and 2005, bringing together industry stakeholders to identify further strategies and opportunities for economic development in British Columbia's northeast region. He has also served on a variety of other local community boards and committees. Background <mask> was born and raised in Fort St. John. He married at the age of 21 and raised two daughters.In 2005 he remarried to another woman, Jody, who had two grown sons. He established a career at an instrumentation business, Alpha Controls Ltd., specializing in the oil and gas sector. He enjoys curling and golf and has been a volunteer coach for youth baseball and hockey. He spent 12 years on the Fort St. John city council, from 1993 to 2005. While on council he advocated for the regionalization of services and the creation of a regional municipality. During a 2001 municipal referendum concerning a Fort St. John boundary expansion around a proposed manufacturing plant (oriented strand board), <mask> threatened to resign his council seat if the referendum failed. While on council <mask> worked with the province and other municipalities in establishing the Fairshare grant program which redirected some oil and gas revenue to local governments in northeastern BC for use on infrastructure projects.He also supported the BC Lottery Corporation locating a gaming centre (bingo, off-track betting, slots and other electronic games) in Fort St. John. Provincial politics The appointment of MLA Richard Neufeld to the federal Senate of Canada in December 2008 by Prime Minister Stephen Harper created an opening in the BC provincial Peace River North riding. Such an opening was rare as Neufeld had represented the riding since 1991 and by Tony Brummet for the 12 years prior to Neufeld. There were five candidates in the race for the BC Liberal Party nomination: Chetwynd mayor Evan Saugstad, Fort St. John councillors Lori Ackerman and Dan Davies, School District trustee Linda Sewell, and <mask>. With 1,200 BC Liberal members eligible to vote, <mask> won in the third round of preferential voting in March. He was soon thrust into the provincial election where he faced Fort Nelson town councilor and NDP candidate Jackie Allen, former chief of the Fort Nelson First Nation and Green Party candidate Liz Logan, and others. <mask> oriented his campaign around economic issues stating "The economy is the number one issue and everything else falls around the economy.You have to have a strong economy to have good health care, good education...." <mask> won the Peace River North riding with 43% of the vote and his party formed a majority government. As the 39th Parliament of British Columbia began, <mask> was not selected for the Executive Council by Premier Gordon Campbell. In the first two sessions <mask> was assigned to three parliamentary committees: the Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations (which did not meet), the Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills (which met once), and the Select Standing Committee on Legislative Initiatives (which only met in September 2010 to deal with a petition against Harmonized Sales Tax). Once the Harmonized Sales Tax was introduced, <mask> became very supportive of it, arguing that it would make BC business more competitive with Alberta, and stating, "I personally think it's probably the strongest single thing for the economy of our area and the province in general." <mask> lobbied on behalf of the Peace River North to secure infrastructure grants for road construction and paving, recreation centre upgrades, and Fort St. John sewerage expansion. <mask> made headlines across the province in November 2009 when he criticized the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms during a speech in the Legislature. He questioned "who needs that Charter of Rights?"and stated "I just don’t think it’s a good document whatsoever myself." He called for a "Bill of Responsibilities" to be established. In 2010, as the petition to repeal the HST was very successful in his riding, <mask> became one of 24 MLAs targeted for recall by Bill Vander Zalm's FightHST group. However, several months later, his name was removed from the list as the group prioritized candidates for recall campaigns. In October, during Campbell's final cabinet shuffle before resigning, the post of Parliamentary Secretary for the Natural Gas Initiative was created for <mask> under the Ministry of Energy. In January 2011, with community opposition to a transfer move Oil and Gas Commission engineering jobs, from Fort St. John to Kelowna, <mask> intervened by arranging a public meeting with the Minister of Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson, the CEO of the commission, as well as industry and public representatives, which resulted in several positions staying in Fort St. John. During the BC Liberal Party leadership electionto replace Campbell, <mask> endorsed Kevin Falcon in mid-December citing Falcon's performance as Minister of Transportation where he directed significant funding to improving oil and gas resource roads and the Alaska Highway.In March 2011, after Christy Clark won the leadership election and was named Premier, she kept <mask> as Parliamentary Secretary for Natural Gas to the Minister of Energy and Mines. On June 27, 2011, he resigned from his Parliamentary Secretary position and from the BC Liberal caucus following a domestic dispute involving his wife which resulted in the RCMP detaining him overnight. A special prosecutor was assigned to his case given his status as an elected official. On July 13, the special prosecutor announced they would not be pressing charges and the BC Liberal caucus allowed <mask> to re-join. <mask> returned to his role as Parliamentary Secretary for Natural Gas and spent the summer consulting with stakeholders for what would become BC's Natural Gas Strategy and BC's Liquefied Natural Gas Strategy. In September 2012, he was made deputy whip, replacing Eric Foster who became whip. In April 2013 at an all-candidates forum in Fort Nelson <mask> suggested that "grief" in the classroom caused by special needs children has caused public school enrolment to decline.He was quoted as saying "It's causing the teachers extra time and trouble and it's certainly, I think, is causing some students to move into other areas in the private sector as well," In November 2015, <mask> stated he would not run for reelection in the coming provincial election in 2017. On August 15, 2016, <mask> left his caucus and became an independent following his arrest. A special prosecutor has been appointed to the case to avoid a conflict of interest. An assault charge against B.C. MLA <mask> has been stayed following his appearance Monday in a Dawson Creek courtroom. <mask> agreed to be bound by a peace bond for eight months, said Daniel McLaughlin, communications counsel for the Criminal Justice Branch. Electoral history |- |Independent |Arthur Hadland |align="right"|2,899 |align="right"|31.33 |align="right"|n/a |align="right"|$17,962 |New Democrat |Jackie Allen |align="right"|1,293 |align="right"|13.98 |align="right"|n/a |align="right"|$17,855 |- style="background:white;" !style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|9,252 !align="right"|100.00 |- style="background:white;" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|52 !align="right"|0.6% |- style="background:white;" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Turnout !align="right"|9,304 !align="right"|40% |} References External links British Columbia Liberal Party - <mask> (Peace River North) Legislative Assembly of British Columbia - <mask> British Columbia Liberal Party MLAs Living people British Columbia municipal councillors Members of the Executive Council of British Columbia People from Fort St. John, British Columbia 1957 births 21st-century Canadian politicians

<mask> was elected as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election and represented the riding of Peace River North. He has a business background and has lived in Fort St. John, British Columbia. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly after 12 years on the Fort St. John city council. <mask> became involved with the Executive Council in October 2010 after serving on several committees in the 39th Parliament of BC. <mask> was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary for the Natural Gas Initiative. When Clark became British Columbia's premier, she kept <mask> at the same position. <mask> was re-elected to his Peace River North riding in the 2013 provincial election and was appointed Minister of Agriculture on June 10, 2013.He was the Parliamentary Secretary for the Northeast and chair of the Northern Caucus and two Select Standing Committees: Aboriginal Affairs and Finance and Government Services. <mask> was a member of the Treasury Board. He was a city councilman in Fort St. John from 1993 to 2005 and a lifelong resident of the Peace River region. In 2002 and 2005, he was co-chair of the BC Oil and Gas Conference, bringing together industry stakeholders to identify further strategies and opportunities for economic development in British Columbia's northeast region. He is a member of a number of local community boards and committees. <mask> was born and raised in Fort St. John. He married at the age of 21 and had two daughters.He was married to another woman, Jody, who had two sons. At Alpha Controls, he worked in the oil and gas sector. He is a volunteer coach for youth baseball and hockey. He was on the Fort St. John city council for 12 years. He advocated for regionalization of services while on council. <mask> threatened to resign from his council seat if the referendum failed. The Fairshare grant program was established to divert some oil and gas revenue to local governments in northeastern BC for use on infrastructure projects.He supported the BC Lottery Corporation locating a gaming centre in Fort St. John. The opening in the BC provincial Peace River North riding was created by the appointment of Richard Neufeld to the federal Senate of Canada. Neufeld had represented the riding since 1991, while Tony Brummet had represented the riding for 12 years prior to Neufeld. The five candidates for the BC Liberal Party nomination were Evan Saugstad, Linda Sewell, Dan Davies, and <mask>. <mask> was the winner in the third round of preferential voting. He was thrust into the provincial election where he faced a group of people, including a former chief of the Fort Nelson First Nation and a New Democrat town councilor. The economy is the number one issue and everything else falls around it according to <mask>.<mask> won the Peace River North riding with 42% of the vote and his party formed a majority government. <mask> was not selected for the Executive Council by Gordon Campbell as the 39th Parliament of British Columbia began. The Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations, the Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, and the Select Standing Committee on Legislative Initiatives did not meet in the first two sessions. "I think it's the strongest single thing for the economy of our area and the province in general," said <mask>, who became very supportive of the tax after it was introduced. Infrastructure grants for road construction and paving, recreation centre upgrades, and Fort St. John sewer expansion were secured by <mask> on behalf of the Peace River North. During a speech in the Legislature in November 2009, <mask> criticized the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. He wondered "who needs that Charter of Rights?"I don't think it's a good document. The "Bill of Responsibilities" was called for by him. As a result of the petition to repeal the HST being successful in his riding, <mask> was targeted for recall by the FightHST group. His name was removed from the list as the group prioritized candidates for recall campaigns. The post of Parliamentary Secretary for the Natural Gas Initiative was created during Campbell's final cabinet shuffle. In January of 2011, with community opposition to a transfer move, <mask> arranged a public meeting with the Minister of Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson, the CEO of the commission, as well as industry and public representatives. During the BC Liberal Party leadership election to replace Campbell, <mask> endorsed Kevin Falcon because he directed significant funding to improving oil and gas resource roads and the Alaska Highway.The Minister of Energy and Mines kept <mask> as Parliamentary Secretary for Natural Gas after Clark won the leadership election. On June 27, 2011, he resigned from his Parliamentary Secretary position and from the BC Liberal caucus following a domestic dispute involving his wife which resulted in the Mounties detaining him overnight. The special prosecutor was given the status of an elected official. The BC Liberal caucus allowed <mask> to rejoin after the special prosecutor decided not to press charges. As Parliamentary Secretary for Natural Gas, <mask> spent the summer consulting with stakeholders for what would become BC's Natural Gas Strategy and Liquefied Natural Gas Strategy. He was made deputy whip in September 2012 after Eric Foster became whip. In April of last year, at an all-candidates forum in Fort Nelson, <mask> suggested that the decline in public school attendance was caused by Grieving in the classroom caused by special needs children.He was quoted as saying "It's causing the teachers extra time and trouble and it's certainly, I think, is causing some students to move into other areas in the private sector as well." In November 2015, <mask> stated he would not run for reelection in the coming provincial election Following his arrest, <mask> left his caucus and became an independent. A conflict of interest has been avoided with the appointment of a special prosecutor. B.C. was charged with an assault. Following his appearance in a courtroom, <mask> was stayed. Daniel McLaughlin, communications counsel for the Criminal Justice Branch, said that <mask> would be bound by a peace bond for eight months. Independent Arthur Hadland had an electoral history of 2,899."Total Valid Votes" is the style of the text-align:right. "Total Rejected Ballots" is the style of the text-align:right. British Columbia Liberal Party - <mask> (Peace River North) Legislative Assembly of British Columbia - <mask>

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen%20Carr

Allen Carr

Allen John Carr (2 September 1934 – 29 November 2006) was a British author of books about stopping smoking and other psychological dependencies including alcohol addiction. Biography Born in Putney, London, Carr started smoking cigarettes while doing National Service aged 18. He qualified as an accountant in 1958. Carr finally stopped smoking on 15 July 1983, aged 48, after a visit to a hypnotherapist. However, it wasn't the hypnotherapy itself that enabled him to stop – "I succeeded in spite of and not because of that visit" and "I lit up the moment I left the clinic and made my way home...". There were two key pieces of information that enabled Carr to stop later that day. First, the hypnotherapist told him smoking was "just nicotine addiction", which Carr had never perceived before that moment, i.e. that he was an addict. Second, his son John lent him a medical handbook which explained that the physical withdrawal from nicotine is just like an "empty, insecure feeling". He claims that these two realisations crystallised in his mind just how easy it was to stop and so then enabled him to follow an overwhelming desire to explain his method to as many smokers as possible. Philosophy Carr teaches that smokers do not receive a boost from smoking a cigarette, and that smoking only relieves the withdrawal symptoms from the previous cigarette, which in turn creates more withdrawal symptoms once it is finished. In this way the drug addiction perpetuates itself. He asserted that the "relief" smokers feel on lighting a cigarette, the feeling of being "back to normal", is the feeling experienced by non-smokers all the time. So that smokers, when they light a cigarette are really trying to achieve a state that non-smokers enjoy their whole lives. He further asserted that withdrawal symptoms are actually created by doubt and fear in the mind of the ex-smoker, and therefore that stopping smoking is not as traumatic as is commonly assumed, if that doubt and fear can be removed. At Allen Carr Clinics during stop-smoking sessions, smokers are allowed to continue smoking while their doubts and fears are removed, with the aim of encouraging and developing the mindset of a non-smoker before the final cigarette is extinguished. A further reason for allowing smokers to smoke while undergoing counselling is Carr's belief that it is more difficult to convince a smoker to stop until they understand the mechanism of "the nicotine trap". This is because their attention is diminished while they continue to believe it is traumatic and extremely difficult to quit and continue to maintain the belief that they are dependent on nicotine. Another assertion unique to Carr's method is that willpower is not required to stop smoking. His contention was that fear of "giving up" is what causes the majority of smokers to continue smoking, thereby necessitating the smoker's perpetuation of the illusion of genuine enjoyment as a moral justification of the inherent absurdity of smoking in the face of overwhelming medical and scientific evidence of its dangers. Instead, he encourages smokers to think of the act of quitting, not as giving up, but as "escaping". Easyway Carr left his accountancy job in 1983 and set up his first Easyway clinic. (He actually stopped smoking and modelled his program from a program called the Living Free Program for Smokers which was given by InControl International Inc. in hospitals across the U.S.) He wrote ten books which appeared as bestsellers on selected book ranking charts including his first book The Easy Way to Stop Smoking (1985). The success of the original London clinic, through word-of-mouth and direct recommendation, has led to a worldwide network of 100 Easyway clinics in 35 countries plus the production of audio CDs and DVDs. Allen Carr's Easyway is clinically proven through two randomised controlled trials. In 2020 a UK randomised clinical trial found Allen Carr's Easyway as good as, if not better than, the Gold Standard NHS Programme which uses NRT & 1-1 psychological support and in 2018 an Irish trial found that Allen Carr’s Easyway was almost twice as effective as other smoking cessation methods available on Health Service. Based on their full money-back guarantee (which requires two follow-up sessions without reimbursement of travel), Carr's clinics claim 90% success rate in aiding smokers to stop for three months, and 51% success rate in helping smokers stop for 12 months based on an independent study not connected with any health organisation. Celebrity endorsements include Richard Branson, Anthony Hopkins, Ashton Kutcher, Ellen DeGeneres, Nikki Glaser, Chrissie Hynde, Michael McIntyre, Pink, Jason Mraz, Charlotte Church and Hrithik Roshan which aids the organisation's efforts to expand commercially. Allen Carr's Clinics are run by therapists/facilitators who were once smokers and have used Carr's method to stop smoking. All therapists/facilitators are members of an association created by Allen Carr's Easyway organisation, Members of the Association of Allen Carr Therapists International (MAACTI), and membership indicates that the therapist/facilitator has completed the rigorous recruitment, and the comprehensive training & development process required before anyone can practise as an Allen Carr's Easyway therapist/facilitator. They can only do so under license with Allen Carr's Easyway (International) Ltd or Allen Carr's Easyway (US) Ltd. . Carr also wrote a number of other how-to books on subjects such as losing weight , stopping alcohol consumption, & fear of flying, and along with his close friends, protégés, & co-authors Robin Hayley (Chairman, Allen Carr's Easyway) & John C. Dicey (Global CEO & Senior Allen Carr's Easyway Therapist) wrote books dealing with gambling, debt/junk-spending, sugar addiction, emotional eating, mindfulness, tech/smart phone addiction, caffeine addiction, vaping/JUUL with Online Video Programmes handling smoking, vaping/JUUL, alcohol, cocaine, cannabis, sugar & carb addiction, emotional eating, gambling, caffeine addiction, debt/junk-spending, fear of flying, & mindfulness. In 2020 it was estimated that Allen Carr's Easyway method had helped more than 50 million people worldwide. In 2021, Allen Carr's Easyway assisted the World Health Organisation's year-long global campaign for World No Tobacco Day 2021. Personal life In late July 2006, it was revealed that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer at the age of 71. The following month he revealed that it was terminal and his life expectancy was about nine months. Carr said: "Since I smoked my final cigarette, 23 years ago, I have been the happiest man in the world. I still feel the same way today.” Carr wrote to Tony Blair, urging the UK Government and NHS to accept his method, saying that the "powerful influence" of lobbyists working for nicotine replacement firms had turned them against him. Carr died on 29 November 2006 at the age of 72, as a result of his lung cancer. He died at his home in Benalmádena, west of Málaga, Spain. Carr worked closely with and passed responsibility for continuing his work, developing the method to cover as many addictions and issues as possible, to his close friends and long-time collaborators Robin Hayley & John C. Dicey (Chairman & Global CEO of Allen Carr's Easyway respectively). On the insistence of international publishers John C. Dicey reluctantly allows himself to be described as co-author of Allen Carr books but makes it very clear, "I take great pleasure in deflecting any praise for the books (quite rightly so) to Allen Carr. I was extremely lucky to have worked so closely with him since 1998 and was honoured that he asked me to carry on his work". Selected publications (Translated into more than 45 languages) Nicotine The Easy Way to Stop Smoking (1985) The Only Way to Stop Smoking Permanently Allen Carr's Easy Way for Women to Stop Smoking The Little Book of Quitting The Illustrated Easy Way to Stop Smoking Allen Carr's How to be a Happy Non-smoker Allen Carr Easyway Express Allen Carr's Quit Smoking Boot Camp Allen Carr's Easyway to Quit Vaping Allen Carr's Easyway to Quit Smoking (the most up to date version of the method) Alcohol The Easy Way to Stop Drinking Allen Carr's Easy Way to Control Alcohol Overeating / unhealthy eating Allen Carr's Easyweigh to Lose Weight Allen Carr's Lose Weight Now Allen Carr's Good Sugar, Bad Sugar Allen Carr's Easyway to Quit Emotional Eating Fear of flying The Easy Way to Enjoy Flying Worry / anxiety The Easy Way to Stop Worrying Miscellaneous Burning Ambition: The Inspiring Story of One Man's Quest to Cure the World of Smoking Allen Carr's Easyway to Stop Gambling Allen Carr's Get Out of Debt Now Allen Carr's Smart Phone Dumb Phone: Free Yourself from Digital Addiction Allen Carr's Easyway to Mindfulness See also Tobacco smoking Smoking cessation References External links Allen Carr's Easyway to stop smoking Allen Carr's Easyway to stop drinking Allen Carr's Easyway to lose weight Allen Carr's Easyway to quit drugs Allen Carr's Easyway to quit vaping Allen Carr's Easyway top tips to stop smoking 1934 births 2006 deaths Writers from London English activists English accountants English self-help writers Deaths from lung cancer Deaths from cancer in Spain 20th-century English businesspeople

<mask> (2 September 1934 – 29 November 2006) was a British author of books about stopping smoking and other psychological dependencies including alcohol addiction. Biography Born in Putney, London, <mask> started smoking cigarettes while doing National Service aged 18. He qualified as an accountant in 1958. <mask> finally stopped smoking on 15 July 1983, aged 48, after a visit to a hypnotherapist. However, it wasn't the hypnotherapy itself that enabled him to stop – "I succeeded in spite of and not because of that visit" and "I lit up the moment I left the clinic and made my way home...". There were two key pieces of information that enabled <mask> to stop later that day. First, the hypnotherapist told him smoking was "just nicotine addiction", which <mask> had never perceived before that moment, i.e.that he was an addict. Second, his son John lent him a medical handbook which explained that the physical withdrawal from nicotine is just like an "empty, insecure feeling". He claims that these two realisations crystallised in his mind just how easy it was to stop and so then enabled him to follow an overwhelming desire to explain his method to as many smokers as possible. Philosophy <mask> teaches that smokers do not receive a boost from smoking a cigarette, and that smoking only relieves the withdrawal symptoms from the previous cigarette, which in turn creates more withdrawal symptoms once it is finished. In this way the drug addiction perpetuates itself. He asserted that the "relief" smokers feel on lighting a cigarette, the feeling of being "back to normal", is the feeling experienced by non-smokers all the time. So that smokers, when they light a cigarette are really trying to achieve a state that non-smokers enjoy their whole lives.He further asserted that withdrawal symptoms are actually created by doubt and fear in the mind of the ex-smoker, and therefore that stopping smoking is not as traumatic as is commonly assumed, if that doubt and fear can be removed. At Allen Carr Clinics during stop-smoking sessions, smokers are allowed to continue smoking while their doubts and fears are removed, with the aim of encouraging and developing the mindset of a non-smoker before the final cigarette is extinguished. A further reason for allowing smokers to smoke while undergoing counselling is <mask>'s belief that it is more difficult to convince a smoker to stop until they understand the mechanism of "the nicotine trap". This is because their attention is diminished while they continue to believe it is traumatic and extremely difficult to quit and continue to maintain the belief that they are dependent on nicotine. Another assertion unique to <mask>'s method is that willpower is not required to stop smoking. His contention was that fear of "giving up" is what causes the majority of smokers to continue smoking, thereby necessitating the smoker's perpetuation of the illusion of genuine enjoyment as a moral justification of the inherent absurdity of smoking in the face of overwhelming medical and scientific evidence of its dangers. Instead, he encourages smokers to think of the act of quitting, not as giving up, but as "escaping".Easyway <mask> left his accountancy job in 1983 and set up his first Easyway clinic. (He actually stopped smoking and modelled his program from a program called the Living Free Program for Smokers which was given by InControl International Inc. in hospitals across the U.S.) He wrote ten books which appeared as bestsellers on selected book ranking charts including his first book The Easy Way to Stop Smoking (1985). The success of the original London clinic, through word-of-mouth and direct recommendation, has led to a worldwide network of 100 Easyway clinics in 35 countries plus the production of audio CDs and DVDs. <mask>'s Easyway is clinically proven through two randomised controlled trials. In 2020 a UK randomised clinical trial found <mask>'s Easyway as good as, if not better than, the Gold Standard NHS Programme which uses NRT & 1-1 psychological support and in 2018 an Irish trial found that <mask>’s Easyway was almost twice as effective as other smoking cessation methods available on Health Service. Based on their full money-back guarantee (which requires two follow-up sessions without reimbursement of travel), Carr's clinics claim 90% success rate in aiding smokers to stop for three months, and 51% success rate in helping smokers stop for 12 months based on an independent study not connected with any health organisation. Celebrity endorsements include Richard Branson, Anthony Hopkins, Ashton Kutcher, Ellen DeGeneres, Nikki Glaser, Chrissie Hynde, Michael McIntyre, Pink, Jason Mraz, Charlotte Church and Hrithik Roshan which aids the organisation's efforts to expand commercially.<mask>'s Clinics are run by therapists/facilitators who were once smokers and have used <mask>'s method to stop smoking. All therapists/facilitators are members of an association created by <mask>'s Easyway organisation, Members of the Association of Allen Carr Therapists International (MAACTI), and membership indicates that the therapist/facilitator has completed the rigorous recruitment, and the comprehensive training & development process required before anyone can practise as an <mask>'s Easyway therapist/facilitator. They can only do so under license with <mask>'s Easyway (International) Ltd or Allen Carr's Easyway (US) Ltd. . <mask> also wrote a number of other how-to books on subjects such as losing weight , stopping alcohol consumption, & fear of flying, and along with his close friends, protégés, & co-authors Robin Hayley (Chairman, Allen <mask>'s Easyway) & John C. Dicey (Global CEO & Senior <mask>'s Easyway Therapist) wrote books dealing with gambling, debt/junk-spending, sugar addiction, emotional eating, mindfulness, tech/smart phone addiction, caffeine addiction, vaping/JUUL with Online Video Programmes handling smoking, vaping/JUUL, alcohol, cocaine, cannabis, sugar & carb addiction, emotional eating, gambling, caffeine addiction, debt/junk-spending, fear of flying, & mindfulness. In 2020 it was estimated that <mask>'s Easyway method had helped more than 50 million people worldwide. In 2021, <mask>'s Easyway assisted the World Health Organisation's year-long global campaign for World No Tobacco Day 2021. Personal life In late July 2006, it was revealed that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer at the age of 71. The following month he revealed that it was terminal and his life expectancy was about nine months.<mask> said: "Since I smoked my final cigarette, 23 years ago, I have been the happiest man in the world. I still feel the same way today.” <mask> wrote to Tony Blair, urging the UK Government and NHS to accept his method, saying that the "powerful influence" of lobbyists working for nicotine replacement firms had turned them against him. <mask> died on 29 November 2006 at the age of 72, as a result of his lung cancer. He died at his home in Benalmádena, west of Málaga, Spain. <mask> worked closely with and passed responsibility for continuing his work, developing the method to cover as many addictions and issues as possible, to his close friends and long-time collaborators Robin Hayley & John C. Dicey (Chairman & Global CEO of Allen Carr's Easyway respectively). On the insistence of international publishers John C. Dicey reluctantly allows himself to be described as co-author of <mask> books but makes it very clear, "I take great pleasure in deflecting any praise for the books (quite rightly so) to <mask>. I was extremely lucky to have worked so closely with him since 1998 and was honoured that he asked me to carry on his work".

British author <mask> wrote books about stopping smoking and alcohol addiction. <mask> started smoking cigarettes when he was 18 while doing National Service. He was an accountant in the 1960's. <mask> stopped smoking after a visit to a hypnotist. "I succeeded in spite of and not because of that visit" and "I lit up the moment I left the clinic and made my way home..."," he said. <mask> was able to stop later that day because of two key pieces of information. <mask> had never thought of smoking as a nicotine addiction before that moment.He was an alcoholic. His son John gave him a medical handbook which said that the physical withdrawal from nicotine is just like an empty feeling. He claims that he was able to explain his method to as many smokers as possible because of the two realizations that crystallised in his mind. Smoking only relieves the withdrawal symptoms from the previous cigarette, which in turn creates more withdrawal symptoms once it is finished, according to <mask>. Drug addiction perpetuates itself in this way. He said that the relief smokers feel on lighting a cigarette, the feeling of being "back to normal", is what non-smokers experience all the time. Smokers try to achieve a state that non- smokers enjoy their whole lives.He said that the withdrawal symptoms are created by doubt and fear in the mind of the ex-smoker, and therefore that stopping smoking is not as traumatic as is commonly assumed, if that doubt and fear can be removed. At Allen Carr Clinics during stop-smoking sessions, smokers are allowed to continue smoking while their doubts and fears are removed, with the aim of encouraging and developing the mindset of a non-smoker before the final cigarette is extinguished. <mask> believes that it is more difficult to convince a smoker to stop smoking if they don't understand the nicotine trap. While their attention is diminished, they continue to believe that it is difficult to quit and that they are dependent on nicotine. <mask>'s method states that it is not required to stop smoking. The smoker's perpetuation of the illusion of genuine enjoyment as a moral justification of the inherent absurdity of smoking in the face of overwhelming medical and scientific evidence of its dangers was his contention. The act of quitting, not as giving up, but as "escaping", is what he encourages smokers to think of.The first Easyway clinic was set up by Easyway Carr. The Living Free Program for Smokers was a program that InControl International Inc. gave to hospitals across the U.S., and he modeled his program after it. The success of the original London clinic, through word-of-mouth and direct recommendation, has led to a worldwide network of 100 Easyway clinics in 35 countries. <mask>'s Easyway is clinically proven. In 2020, a UK randomised clinical trial found <mask>'s Easyway as good as, if not better than, the Gold Standard NHS Programme which uses NRT & 1-1 psychological support and in 2018, an Irish trial found that <mask>'s Easyway was almost twice as effective as other smoking Carr's clinics claim to have a 99% success rate in helping smokers to stop for three months, and a 51% success rate in helping smokers to stop for a year. The organisation's efforts to expand commercially are aided by the endorsements of celebrities.The Allen Carr's Clinics are run by people who used <mask>'s method to stop smoking. All therapists/facilitators are members of an association created by Allen Carr's Easyway organisation, Members of the Association of Allen Carr Therapists International (MAACTI), and membership indicates that the therapist has completed the rigorous recruitment, and the comprehensive training and development process required. Under license is Allen Carr's Easyway (International) Ltd or Allen Carr's Easyway (US) Inc. More than 50 million people were helped by <mask> Carr's Easyway method in 2020. The World Health Organisation's year-long global campaign for World No Tobacco Day was assisted by <mask>'s Easyway. He was diagnosed with lung cancer at the age of 71. His life expectancy was about nine months after he revealed it was terminal.I have been the happiest man in the world since I stopped smoking. <mask> wrote to Tony Blair, saying that the influence of lobbyists working for nicotine replacement firms had turned them against him. <mask> died of lung cancer at the age of 72. He passed away at his home in Benalmdena. <mask> worked closely with and passed responsibility for continuing his work, developing the method to cover as many addictions and issues as possible, to his close friends and long-time collaborators. John C. Dicey reluctantly allows himself to be described as co-author of <mask> books but makes it very clear that he does not want anyone to praise the books. He asked me to carry on his work because I had worked so closely with him since 1998.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt%20Wittig

Curt Wittig

Curt Franklin Wittig is a Professor of Chemistry and the holder of the Paul A. Miller Chair in the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences at the University of Southern California (USC). Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Curt Wittig received his B.S. and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1970. Post-doctoral work (EE at USC, Chemistry at Cambridge (UK) and UC Berkeley) was followed by a faculty appointment in 1973 at USC in the EE Department. After becoming a professor in 1979, his interests changed, and he moved to the Chemistry and Physics Departments in 1981, settling eventually in the Chemistry Department, where he has specialized in physical chemistry (chemical physics) ever since. Wittig and his wife, Michele, live in Santa Monica, California. Research focus His earliest contributions were technological: invention of the continuous carbon monoxide chemical laser in 1969, and development and demonstration of the so-called infrared process of laser isotope separation in the late 1970s. Interests then evolved to more fundamental studies. In the 1980s and 1990s his main contributions were in the areas of unimolecular reactions of polyatomic molecules, and photoinitiated reactions in weakly bound complexes. The latter was acknowledged in 1993 with the Herbert P. Broida Prize in Atomic, Molecular, and Chemical Physics (given by the American Physical Society); together they were acknowledged through the Bourke Lectures and Medal in 2000 (given by the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK). Recent research (including ongoing) addresses issues in amorphous solid water, photophysics in doped superfluid helium nanodroplets, complex photochemistry and photophysics of polyatomic molecules, and theories of particle statistics and geometric phases. Publications Book chapters Gas trapping in ice and its release upon warming; A. Bar-Nun, D. Laufer, O. Rebolledo-Mayoral, S. Malyk, H. Reisler, C. Wittig; Solar System Ices, M. Gudipati, editor (World Scientific, Singapore, 2010). Fundamental Aspects of Molecular Photochemistry; C. Wittig; Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology, Third Edition, (Academic Press, 2001). Dynamics of ground state bimolecular reactions; C. Wittig and A.H. Zewail; Atomic and Molecular Clusters, E. Bernstein, editor (Oxford Press, 1996). Regioselective photochemistry in weakly bonded complexes; S.K. Shin, Y. Chen, E. Böhmer and C. Wittig; The Dye Laser: 20 Years (Springer-Verlag, 1992) 57-76. State resolved simple bond fission reactions: experiment and theory; H. Reisler and C. Wittig; Advances in Kinetics and Dynamics, Vol. 1, J.R. Barker, editor (JAI Press, Greenwich, 1992) 139-185. Photoinitiated reactions in weakly bonded complexes: entrance channel specificity; Y. Chen, G. Hoffmann, S.K. Shin, D. Oh, S. Sharpe, Y.P. Zeng, R.A. Beaudet and C. Wittig; Advances in Molecular Vibrations and Collision Dynamics, Vol. 1, Part B, J.M. Bowman, editor (JAI Press, Greenwich, 1992) 187-229. NO(X2Π) product state distributions in molecule-surface dissociative scattering: n,i-C3F7NO from MgO(100); E. Kolodney, P.S. Powers, L. Hodgson, H. Reisler and C. Wittig; Mode Selective Chemistry, J. Jortner et al., editors (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, 1991) 443-455. Photoinitiated reactions in weakly bonded complexes; S.K. Shin, Y. Chen, S. Nickolaisen, S.W. Sharpe, R.A. Beaudet and C. Wittig; Advances in Photochemistry, Vol. 16, D. Volman, G. Hammond and D. Neckers, editors (Wiley, 1991) 249-363. Photodissociation processes in NO-containing molecules; H. Reisler, M. Noble and C. Wittig; Molecular Photodissociation Dynamics, J. Baggott and M.N.R. Ashfold, editors (Royal Society of Chemistry, 1987) 139-176. Multiphoton ionization of molecules; H. Reisler and C. Wittig; Advances in Chemical Physics LX, K.P. Lawley, editor (1985) 1-30. Selected articles C. Wittig, The Landau-Zener formula, J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 8428 (2005).' J. Underwood, D. Chastaing, S. Lee, and C. Wittig, Heavy hydrides: H2Te ultraviolet photochemistry, J. Chem. Phys. 123, 84312 (2005).' E. Polyakova, D. Stolyarov, and C. Wittig, Multiple photon excitation and ionization of NO in and on helium droplets, J. Chem. Phys. 124, 214308 (2006).' G. Kumi, S. Malyk, S. Hawkins, H. Reisler, and C. Wittig, Amorphous solid water films: Transport and host–guest interactions with CO2 and N2O dopants, J. Phys. Chem. A 110, 2097–2105 (2006).' C. Wittig and I. Bezel, Effective Hamiltonian models and unimolecular decomposition, J. Phys. Chem. B 100, 19850–19860 (2006).' S. Malyk, G. Kumi, H. Reisler, and C. Wittig, Trapping and Release of CO2 guest molecules in amorphous ice, J. Phys. Chem. A 111, 13365–13370 (2008).' C. Wittig, Statistics of indistinguishable particles, J. Phys. Chem. A 113, 7244–7252, Benny Gerber Festschrift (2009).' L. A. Smith-Freeman, W. H. Schroeder, and C. Wittig, AsH2 ultraviolet photochemistry, J. Phys. Chem. A 113, 2158–2164 (2009).' A. Bar-Nun, D. Laufer, O. Rebolledo-Mayoral, S. Malyk, H. Reisler, C. Wittig, Gas trapping in ice and its release upon warming, Solar System Ices, M. Gudipati, Editor (World Scientific, Singapore, 2010). C. Wittig, Photon and electron spins, J. Phys. Chem. A 113, 15320–15327, Vincenzo Aquilanti Festschrift (2010). Awards and honors Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2005); Eminent Scholar Lecturer, University of Arizona (2005); Raubenheimer Outstanding Faculty Award: Teaching, Research and Service (2003); Bourke Lecturer (plus Bourke medal), Royal Society of Chemistry: University of Birmingham, University of Edinburgh, and University of Leeds (2000) American Physical Society's Herbert P. Broida Prize Recipient (1993) References External links Dr. Wittig's Official Website Dr. Wittig's Faculty page at USC Department of Chemistry Dr. Wittig's Faculty page at USC Living people University of Southern California faculty University of Illinois alumni American physical chemists Year of birth missing (living people)

<mask> <mask> is a Professor of Chemistry and the holder of the Paul A. Miller Chair in the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences at the University of Southern California (USC). Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, <mask> received his B.S. and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1970. Post-doctoral work (EE at USC, Chemistry at Cambridge (UK) and UC Berkeley) was followed by a faculty appointment in 1973 at USC in the EE Department. After becoming a professor in 1979, his interests changed, and he moved to the Chemistry and Physics Departments in 1981, settling eventually in the Chemistry Department, where he has specialized in physical chemistry (chemical physics) ever since. <mask> and his wife, Michele, live in Santa Monica, California. Research focus His earliest contributions were technological: invention of the continuous carbon monoxide chemical laser in 1969, and development and demonstration of the so-called infrared process of laser isotope separation in the late 1970s.Interests then evolved to more fundamental studies. In the 1980s and 1990s his main contributions were in the areas of unimolecular reactions of polyatomic molecules, and photoinitiated reactions in weakly bound complexes. The latter was acknowledged in 1993 with the Herbert P. Broida Prize in Atomic, Molecular, and Chemical Physics (given by the American Physical Society); together they were acknowledged through the Bourke Lectures and Medal in 2000 (given by the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK). Recent research (including ongoing) addresses issues in amorphous solid water, photophysics in doped superfluid helium nanodroplets, complex photochemistry and photophysics of polyatomic molecules, and theories of particle statistics and geometric phases. Publications Book chapters Gas trapping in ice and its release upon warming; A. Bar-Nun, D. Laufer, O. Rebolledo-Mayoral, S. Malyk, H. Reisler, C<mask>; Solar System Ices, M. Gudipati, editor (World Scientific, Singapore, 2010). Fundamental Aspects of Molecular Photochemistry; C. Wittig; Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology, Third Edition, (Academic Press, 2001). Dynamics of ground state bimolecular reactions; C<mask> and A.H. Zewail; Atomic and Molecular Clusters, E. Bernstein, editor (Oxford Press, 1996).Regioselective photochemistry in weakly bonded complexes; S.K. Shin, Y. Chen, E. Böhmer and C<mask>; The Dye Laser: 20 Years (Springer-Verlag, 1992) 57-76. State resolved simple bond fission reactions: experiment and theory; H. Reisler and C. <mask>; Advances in Kinetics and Dynamics, Vol. 1, J.R. Barker, editor (JAI Press, Greenwich, 1992) 139-185. Photoinitiated reactions in weakly bonded complexes: entrance channel specificity; Y. Chen, G. Hoffmann, S.K. Shin, D. Oh, S. Sharpe, Y.P. Zeng, R.A. Beaudet and C<mask>; Advances in Molecular Vibrations and Collision Dynamics, Vol.1, Part B, J.M. Bowman, editor (JAI Press, Greenwich, 1992) 187-229. NO(X2Π) product state distributions in molecule-surface dissociative scattering: n,i-C3F7NO from MgO(100); E. Kolodney, P.S. Powers, L. Hodgson, H. Reisler and C<mask>; Mode Selective Chemistry, J. Jortner et al., editors (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, 1991) 443-455. Photoinitiated reactions in weakly bonded complexes; S.K. Shin, Y. Chen, S. Nickolaisen, S.W. Sharpe, R.A. Beaudet and C<mask>; Advances in Photochemistry, Vol.16, D. Volman, G. Hammond and D. Neckers, editors (Wiley, 1991) 249-363. Photodissociation processes in NO-containing molecules; H. Reisler, M. Noble and C. <mask>; Molecular Photodissociation Dynamics, J. Baggott and M.N.R. Ashfold, editors (Royal Society of Chemistry, 1987) 139-176. Multiphoton ionization of molecules; H. Reisler and C. <mask>; Advances in Chemical Physics LX, K.P. Lawley, editor (1985) 1-30. Selected articles C<mask>, The Landau-Zener formula, J. Phys. Chem.B 109, 8428 (2005).' J. Underwood, D. Chastaing, S. Lee, and C<mask>, Heavy hydrides: H2Te ultraviolet photochemistry, J. Chem. Phys. 123, 84312 (2005).' E. Polyakova, D. Stolyarov, and C<mask>, Multiple photon excitation and ionization of NO in and on helium droplets, J. Chem. Phys. 124, 214308 (2006).'G. Kumi, S. Malyk, S. Hawkins, H. Reisler, and C<mask>, Amorphous solid water films: Transport and host–guest interactions with CO2 and N2O dopants, J. Phys. Chem. A 110, 2097–2105 (2006).' C. <mask> and I. Bezel, Effective Hamiltonian models and unimolecular decomposition, J. Phys. Chem. B 100, 19850–19860 (2006).' S. Malyk, G. Kumi, H. Reisler, and C. <mask>, Trapping and Release of CO2 guest molecules in amorphous ice, J. Phys.Chem. A 111, 13365–13370 (2008).' C<mask>, Statistics of indistinguishable particles, J. Phys. Chem. A 113, 7244–7252, Benny Gerber Festschrift (2009).' L. A. Smith-Freeman, W. H. Schroeder, and C<mask>, AsH2 ultraviolet photochemistry, J. Phys. Chem.A 113, 2158–2164 (2009).' A. Bar-Nun, D. Laufer, O. Rebolledo-Mayoral, S. Malyk, H. Reisler, C<mask>, Gas trapping in ice and its release upon warming, Solar System Ices, M. Gudipati, Editor (World Scientific, Singapore, 2010). C<mask>, Photon and electron spins, J. Phys. Chem. A 113, 15320–15327, Vincenzo Aquilanti Festschrift (2010). Awards and honors Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2005); Eminent Scholar Lecturer, University of Arizona (2005); Raubenheimer Outstanding Faculty Award: Teaching, Research and Service (2003); Bourke Lecturer (plus Bourke medal), Royal Society of Chemistry: University of Birmingham, University of Edinburgh, and University of Leeds (2000) American Physical Society's Herbert P. Broida Prize Recipient (1993) References External links Dr. Wittig's Official Website Dr. Wittig's Faculty page at USC Department of Chemistry Dr. Wittig's Faculty page at USC Living people University of Southern California faculty University of Illinois alumni American physical chemists Year of birth missing (living people)

The Paul A. Miller Chair in the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences is held by Professor <mask>. Wittig was born and raised in Chicago. PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois in 1970. A faculty appointment in the EE Department was followed by post-doc work at USC. After becoming 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 Wittig and his wife live in Santa Monica. The invention of the continuous carbon monoxide chemical laser in 1969 was one of his earliest technological contributions.More fundamental studies evolved from interests. His main contributions in the 1980s and 1990s were in the areas of photoinitiated reactions in weakly bound complexes. The American Physical Society gave the Herbert P. Broida Prize in Atomic, Molecular, and Chemical Physics in 1993 and the Royal Society of Chemistry gave the Bourke Lectures and Medal in 2000. Theories of particle statistics and geometric phases are among the issues addressed by recent research. Gas trapping in ice and its release upon warming is a book chapter. C<mask> is the author of the Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology. Dynamics of ground state bimolecular reactions; C. <mask> and A.H. Zewail.S.K. is a photochemistry in weakly bonded complexes. The Dye Laser: 20 Years was written by Shin, Chen, Bhmer and Wittig. State resolved simple bond fission reactions: experiment and theory. The editor was J.R. Barker. Y. Chen, G. Hoffmann, and S.K. were involved in photoinitiated reactions in weakly bonded complexes. D. Oh, S. Sharpe, Y.P. R.A. Beaudet and C. Wittig are related to Zeng.Part B is called J.M. The editor of theJAI Press was Bowman. There are NO(X2) product state distributions in scattering. Powers, L. Hodgson, H. Reisler and C<mask> were editors. S.K. is a photo initiated reaction in weakly bonded complexes. Shin, Y. Chen, S. Nickolaisen, and S.W. R.A. Beaudet and C. <mask> are authors of Advances in Photochemistry.The editors were D. Volman, G. Hammond and D. Neckers. H. Reisler, M. Noble, C<mask>, J. Baggott, and M.N.R. Ashfold was an editor of the Royal Society of Chemistry. H. Reisler and C<mask> are authors of Advances in Chemical Physics. Lawley was an editor. C<mask> wrote The Landau-Zener formula. Chem.B109, 8428 was published in 2005. <mask>, Heavy hydrides: H2Te ultraviolet photochemistry, J. Chem. It's called Phys. The book was 123, 84312. E. Polyakova, D. Stolyarov, and C<mask> were involved in the study. It's called Phys. There were 124, 214308 in this year.Amorphous solid water films: Transport and host–guest interactions with CO2 and N2O dopants. Chem. A 115, 205, and 105. C<mask> and I. Bezel are authors of Effective Hamiltonian models and unimolecular decomposition. Chem. B 100, 19850–19860. S. Malyk, G. Kumi, H. Reisler, and C<mask> studied the trapping and release of CO2 in ice.Chem. A 112, 13365, and 13370. Statistics of indistinguishable particles was written by C. <mask>. Chem. The Benny Gerber Festschrift was published in 2009. W. H. Schroeder and C. <mask> were involved in the study of AsH2 ultraviolet photochemistry. Chem.A 113, 2158, and 2164 were published in 2009. Gas trapping in ice and its release upon warming, Solar System Ices, M. Gudipati, Editor. C<mask> is known for his work on electron and photon spins. Chem. Vincenzo Aquilanti Festschrift was published in 2010. The Eminent Scholar Lecturer at the University of Arizona received an award from the American Association for the advancement of science.

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Mike Conaway

Kenneth Michael Conaway (born June 11, 1948) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for from 2005 to 2021. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district Conaway represented is located in West Texas and includes Midland, Odessa, San Angelo, Brownwood, and Granbury. Conaway led the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections (with assistance from Trey Gowdy and Tom Rooney) after the Intelligence Committee chair, Devin Nunes, recused himself. Aside from serving as the chair of the House Ethics Committee, he served as the chair of the House Agriculture Committee, and later its ranking member. Conaway indicated in July 2019 that he would not be seeking reelection. Conaway was succeeded by fellow Republican August Pfluger. Background Conaway was born in Borger in the Texas Panhandle northeast of Amarillo, the son of Helen Jean (McCormick) and Louis Denton Conaway. He graduated in 1966 from Permian High School in Odessa in Ector County, where he was a standout player for the Permian Panthers and a member of the first Permian State Championship team in 1965. After High School, he attended Ranger College on a football scholarship before attending Texas A&M University-Commerce (then named East Texas State University), lettering in Football for the Lions from 1966 to 1969 and was a member of two Lone Star Conference championship teams. He majored in Accounting, graduating in 1970. Career Military Conaway served in the United States Army from 1970 to 1972. Private sector Conaway was an accountant and became a Certified Public Accountant in 1974, chief financial officer at a bank, and from 1981 to 1986 was the chief financial officer of Arbusto Energy Inc, an oil and gas exploration firm operated by George W. Bush. Texas government Soon after Bush was elected governor of Texas, he appointed Conaway to the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy, which regulates accountancy in Texas. He served on the board as a volunteer for seven years, the last five as chairman. U.S. House of Representatives Committee assignments (116th Congress) Committee on Agriculture (Ranking Member) Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Caucus memberships CPA Caucus (Founder) International Conservation Caucus Reliable Energy Caucus Sportsmen's Caucus Congressional Constitution Caucus Congressional Western Caucus United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus Tenure Conaway endorsed former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney for president in 2008. On May 13, 2016, Conaway endorsed the Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump for president in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. In 2006, Conaway voted against extending the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Conaway served on committees of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), the campaign arm of the House Republican caucus. In January 2007, Conaway began chairing the three-member audit committee for the NRCC. By January 28, 2008, Conaway had uncovered a fraud, where hundreds of thousands of dollars were missing from NRCC bank accounts, and supposed annual audits on the NRCC books had actually not been performed since 2001. Conaway introduced legislation to extend and reform the federal tax credit to support wide scale commercial deployment of carbon capture and storage. Speaker Paul Ryan announced Conaway's new role as leader of the House Intelligence Committee in April 2017 after chairman Devin Nunes temporarily recused himself from investigations into Russian interference in the U.S. 2016 election. In February 2018, Conaway prevented efforts by the Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee to investigate financial links between Trump, his businesses, his family and Russian actors. Conaway prevented subpoenas for related bank records, Trump's tax returns and witnesses. Democrats on the committee had, for example, asked for subpoenas to Deutsche Bank, which the Trump Organization and Jared Kushner (Trump's son-in-law and senior White House advisor) have borrowed extensively from. In March 2018, Conaway laid out the findings of a report by the Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee. One of the findings was that the committee had found no evidence of collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign in the 2016 election; Democrats on the committee said that they had come to no such conclusion. A few days later, Conaway walked back that finding, saying "Our committee was not charged with answering the collusion idea". Asked why the committee drew a conclusion if it had not investigated the matter, Conaway denied that the committee had drawn a conclusion, "What we said is we found no evidence of it. That’s a different statement. We found no evidence of collusion." In December 2020, Conaway was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives who signed an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden prevailed over incumbent Donald Trump. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked standing under Article III of the Constitution to challenge the results of the election held by another state. Political campaigns Conaway first ran for elective office in 2003, when he ran in a special election for the 19th Congressional District, which came open after 18-year Republican incumbent Larry Combest stepped down shortly after winning a 10th term. Conaway lost by 587 votes to fellow Republican Randy Neugebauer. A few months later, the Texas Legislature redrew the state's districts in an effort engineered by then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. Three brand-new districts were created, one of them being the 11th, which was based in Midland. Previously, Midland had been part of the Lubbock-based 19th District. DeLay was particularly keen to draw a district based in Midland, Odessa and the oil-rich Permian Basin in part because Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick was from that area. This district is heavily Republican – by some accounts, it was the most Republican district in Texas at the time. Republicans had dominated every level of government since the 1980s, and usually garner 70 percent or more of the vote in this area (Glasscock County had voted 93 percent for Bush in 2000, the highest percentage of any county in the nation). The race was essentially over when Conaway announced his candidacy. He won in November with 77 percent of the vote, one of the largest percentages by anyone facing major-party opposition. Conaway was reelected six times with no substantive opposition. The district is so heavily Republican that the Democrats only fielded a challenger against him three times in 2010, 2012 and 2018. Each time, he won at least 75 percent of the vote. He was reelected unopposed in 2006 and faced only minor party opposition in 2008, 2014, and 2016, all three of which times he won with roughly 90% of the vote. Conaway won re-nomination to a sixth term in the U.S. House in the Republican primary held on March 4, 2014. He polled 53,107 votes (74 percent); his challenger, Wade Brown, received 18,979 votes (26 percent). Conaway won re-election in the general election held on November 4, 2014. He polled 107,752 votes (90 percent); his challenger, Libertarian Ryan T. Lange, received 11,607 (10 percent). Conaway announced in July 2019 that he would not be running for reelection. Committee assignments 116th Congress Committee on Agriculture (Ranking Member) Committee on Armed Services Committee on Intelligence Personal life Conaway served on the Midland Independent School District Board from 1985 to 1988. Conaway is married to Suzanne Kidwell Conaway and their family includes two sons, two daughters, and seven grandchildren. See also Timeline of investigations into Trump and Russia (2019) References External links Profile at the Texas Tribune Mike Conaway: Lessons Learned in High School - Odessa Permian five-part series |- |- |- 1948 births 21st-century American politicians Baptists from Texas Living people Members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas Military personnel from Texas People from Borger, Texas People from Midland, Texas People from Odessa, Texas Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas School board members in Texas Texas A&M University–Commerce alumni Texas Republicans

<mask> (born June 11, 1948) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for from 2005 to 2021. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district <mask> represented is located in West Texas and includes Midland, Odessa, San Angelo, Brownwood, and Granbury. <mask> led the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections (with assistance from Trey Gowdy and Tom Rooney) after the Intelligence Committee chair, Devin Nunes, recused himself. Aside from serving as the chair of the House Ethics Committee, he served as the chair of the House Agriculture Committee, and later its ranking member. <mask> indicated in July 2019 that he would not be seeking reelection. <mask> was succeeded by fellow Republican August Pfluger.<mask> was born in Borger in the Texas Panhandle northeast of Amarillo, the son of Helen Jean (McCormick) and Louis Denton <mask>. He graduated in 1966 from Permian High School in Odessa in Ector County, where he was a standout player for the Permian Panthers and a member of the first Permian State Championship team in 1965. After High School, he attended Ranger College on a football scholarship before attending Texas A&M University-Commerce (then named East Texas State University), lettering in Football for the Lions from 1966 to 1969 and was a member of two Lone Star Conference championship teams. He majored in Accounting, graduating in 1970. Career Military <mask> served in the United States Army from 1970 to 1972. Private sector <mask> was an accountant and became a Certified Public Accountant in 1974, chief financial officer at a bank, and from 1981 to 1986 was the chief financial officer of Arbusto Energy Inc, an oil and gas exploration firm operated by George W. Bush. Texas government Soon after Bush was elected governor of Texas, he appointed <mask> to the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy, which regulates accountancy in Texas.He served on the board as a volunteer for seven years, the last five as chairman. U.S. House of Representatives Committee assignments (116th Congress) Committee on Agriculture (Ranking Member) Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Caucus memberships CPA Caucus (Founder) International Conservation Caucus Reliable Energy Caucus Sportsmen's Caucus Congressional Constitution Caucus Congressional Western Caucus United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus Tenure <mask> endorsed former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney for president in 2008. On May 13, 2016, <mask> endorsed the Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump for president in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. In 2006, <mask> voted against extending the Voting Rights Act of 1965. <mask> served on committees of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), the campaign arm of the House Republican caucus. In January 2007, <mask> began chairing the three-member audit committee for the NRCC. By January 28, 2008, <mask> had uncovered a fraud, where hundreds of thousands of dollars were missing from NRCC bank accounts, and supposed annual audits on the NRCC books had actually not been performed since 2001.<mask> introduced legislation to extend and reform the federal tax credit to support wide scale commercial deployment of carbon capture and storage. Speaker Paul Ryan announced <mask>'s new role as leader of the House Intelligence Committee in April 2017 after chairman Devin Nunes temporarily recused himself from investigations into Russian interference in the U.S. 2016 election. In February 2018, <mask> prevented efforts by the Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee to investigate financial links between Trump, his businesses, his family and Russian actors. <mask> prevented subpoenas for related bank records, Trump's tax returns and witnesses. Democrats on the committee had, for example, asked for subpoenas to Deutsche Bank, which the Trump Organization and Jared Kushner (Trump's son-in-law and senior White House advisor) have borrowed extensively from. In March 2018, <mask> laid out the findings of a report by the Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee. One of the findings was that the committee had found no evidence of collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign in the 2016 election; Democrats on the committee said that they had come to no such conclusion.A few days later, <mask> walked back that finding, saying "Our committee was not charged with answering the collusion idea". Asked why the committee drew a conclusion if it had not investigated the matter, <mask> denied that the committee had drawn a conclusion, "What we said is we found no evidence of it. That’s a different statement. We found no evidence of collusion." In December 2020, <mask> was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives who signed an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden prevailed over incumbent Donald Trump. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked standing under Article III of the Constitution to challenge the results of the election held by another state. Political campaigns <mask> first ran for elective office in 2003, when he ran in a special election for the 19th Congressional District, which came open after 18-year Republican incumbent Larry Combest stepped down shortly after winning a 10th term.<mask> lost by 587 votes to fellow Republican Randy Neugebauer. A few months later, the Texas Legislature redrew the state's districts in an effort engineered by then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. Three brand-new districts were created, one of them being the 11th, which was based in Midland. Previously, Midland had been part of the Lubbock-based 19th District. DeLay was particularly keen to draw a district based in Midland, Odessa and the oil-rich Permian Basin in part because Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick was from that area. This district is heavily Republican – by some accounts, it was the most Republican district in Texas at the time. Republicans had dominated every level of government since the 1980s, and usually garner 70 percent or more of the vote in this area (Glasscock County had voted 93 percent for Bush in 2000, the highest percentage of any county in the nation).The race was essentially over when <mask> announced his candidacy. He won in November with 77 percent of the vote, one of the largest percentages by anyone facing major-party opposition. <mask> was reelected six times with no substantive opposition. The district is so heavily Republican that the Democrats only fielded a challenger against him three times in 2010, 2012 and 2018. Each time, he won at least 75 percent of the vote. He was reelected unopposed in 2006 and faced only minor party opposition in 2008, 2014, and 2016, all three of which times he won with roughly 90% of the vote. <mask> won re-nomination to a sixth term in the U.S. House in the Republican primary held on March 4, 2014.He polled 53,107 votes (74 percent); his challenger, Wade Brown, received 18,979 votes (26 percent). <mask> won re-election in the general election held on November 4, 2014. He polled 107,752 votes (90 percent); his challenger, Libertarian Ryan T. Lange, received 11,607 (10 percent). <mask> announced in July 2019 that he would not be running for reelection. Committee assignments 116th Congress Committee on Agriculture (Ranking Member) Committee on Armed Services Committee on Intelligence Personal life <mask> served on the Midland Independent School District Board from 1985 to 1988. <mask> is married to Suzanne Kidwell <mask> and their family includes two sons, two daughters, and seven grandchildren. See also Timeline of investigations into Trump and Russia (2019) References External links Profile at the Texas Tribune <mask>: Lessons Learned in High School - Odessa Permian five-part series |- |- |- 1948 births 21st-century American politicians Baptists from Texas Living people Members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas Military personnel from Texas People from Borger, Texas People from Midland, Texas People from Odessa, Texas Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas School board members in Texas Texas A&M University–Commerce alumni Texas Republicans

<mask> was an American politician who was the U.S. representative from 2005 to 2021. He is a member of a political party. The district <mask> represented is located in West Texas. The investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections was led by <mask>. He was the chair of the House Ethics Committee as well as the chair of the House Agriculture Committee. In July of this year, <mask> said he wouldn't be seeking reelection. August Pfluger succeeded <mask>.The son of Helen Jean and Louis Denton <mask> was born in Borger in the Texas Panhandle. A member of the first Permian State Championship team in 1965, he graduated from Permian High School in 1966 in Ector County. After graduating from Ranger College, he attended Texas A&M University-Commerce, lettering in Football for the Lions from 1966 to 1969 and was a member of two Lone Star Conference championship teams. He graduated from Accounting in 1970. <mask> was in the United States Army from 1970 to 1972. From 1981 to 1986 <mask> was the chief financial officer of Arbusto Energy Inc, an oil and gas exploration firm that was owned by George W. Bush. Bush appointed <mask> to the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy after he was elected governor of Texas.He was a volunteer for seven years and chairman for the last five. The 116th Congress assigned the Committee on Agriculture, Committee on Armed Services, Committee on Intelligence, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Caucus memberships. On May 13, 2016 <mask> endorsed Donald Trump for president. <mask> voted against extending the Voting Rights Act. The National Republican Congressional Committee is the campaign arm of the House Republican caucus. The three-member audit committee for the NRCC was chaired by <mask>. By January 28, 2008, <mask> had uncovered a fraud where hundreds of thousands of dollars were missing from NRCC bank accounts, and annual audits on the NRCC books had not been performed since 2001.Legislation was introduced by <mask> to extend and reform the federal tax credit. Speaker Paul Ryan announced <mask>'s new role as leader of the House Intelligence Committee in April 2017. In February of last year, <mask> prevented the Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee from investigating financial links between Trump, his businesses and Russian actors. <mask> didn't allow subpoenas for related bank records, Trump's tax returns and witnesses. The Democrats on the committee asked for subpoenas toDeutsche Bank, which the Trump Organization and a senior White House advisor have borrowed extensively from. The findings of a report by the Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee were laid out by <mask> in March. Democrats on the committee said that they had come to no conclusion about whether or not Russia colluded with the Trump campaign in the election.<mask> said the committee was not charged with answering the idea. <mask> denied that the committee drew a conclusion if it had not investigated the matter. That is a different statement. There was no evidence of colluding. In December 2020, <mask> was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives who signed an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden prevailed over incumbent Donald Trump. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case because Texas did not have the authority to challenge the results of the election held in another state. <mask> ran for office for the first time in 2003 when he ran in a special election for the 19th Congressional District after Republican incumbent Larry Combest stepped down.Republican Randy Neugebauer defeated <mask> by 587 votes. The Texas Legislature redrew the state's districts a few months later. One of the new districts was based in Midland. The Lubbock-based 19th District used to have Midland in it. DeLay wanted to draw a district based in the oil-rich Permian Basin because Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick was from that area. The most Republican district in Texas at the time was this one. In 2000, Glasscock County voted 93 percent for Bush, the highest percentage of any county in the nation, and the Republicans had dominated every level of government since the 1980s.The race was over when <mask> announced his candidacy. He won the election in November with 77 percent of the vote. <mask> was reelected six times. The Democrats only faced him three times in the last five years, because the district is so heavily Republican. He won at least 75 percent of the vote each time. He won all three times he faced minor party opposition with a majority of the vote. <mask> was re-nomination to a sixth term in the U.S. House.He got 73 percent of the vote and his opponent got 26 percent. <mask> was re-elected in the general election. He received 90 percent of the votes and his challenger received 10 percent. In July of this year, <mask> said he wouldn't be running for reelection. Committee assignments 116th Congress Committee on Agriculture (Ranking Member) Committee on Armed Services Committee on Intelligence The family of <mask> is made up of two sons, two daughters, and seven grandchildren. <mask>: Lessons Learned in High School is a five-part series at the Texas Tribune.

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Salahuddin of Selangor

Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj (Jawi: ; 8 March 1926 – 21 November 2001) was the 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia and eighth Sultan of Selangor. Early life Born on at 3:30 pm. Tengku Abdul Aziz Shah on Monday 8 March 1926 at Istana Bandar Temasha, Jugra, Kuala Langat, he is the eldest son of Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Alauddin Sulaiman Shah by his royal consort and wife, Tengku Ampuan Raja Jemaah binti Al-Marhum Raja Ahmad. He received his early education at the Pengkalan Batu Malay School in Klang in 1934. In 1936, he furthered his studies at the Malay College Kuala Kangsar until 1941 when World War II began. After World War II, he went to England in 1947 and studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London for two years. Upon his return from the United Kingdom, he served with the Civil Service Department as a Trainee Officer with the Selangor Survey Department. He later served as an Inspector of Schools for eight years. In 1952, he attended a short-term course at the Malay Military Troop in Port Dickson for six months and was commissioned with the Queen Commission in the rank of captain. Thereafter, he was promoted to the rank of major. Sultan of Selangor Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah was appointed as the Tengku Laksamana of Selangor on 1 August 1946 and as the Raja Muda (Crown Prince) of Selangor on 13 May 1950. On the demise of his father, Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah, Tengku Abdul Aziz Shah became the eighth Sultan of Selangor with the title Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah on 3 September 1960 and was installed as the 28th Sultan on 28 June 1961. On 26 April 1984, Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah was appointed as Captain-in-Chief of the Royal Navy by the Malaysian Armed Forces in place of the position of Colonel-in-Chief of the Malaysian Royal Air Force which he held since 1966. Sultan Salahuddin was the Sultan who signed the cession of Kuala Lumpur from Selangor to the Federal Government to form a Federal Territory on 1 February 1974. The Sultan cried after the signing as he was very fond and proud of the city, but he did it for the greater good of Malaysia. The Kota Darul Ehsan arch was erected along the Federal Highway at the border of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor to commemorate the event in 1981. Sultan Salahuddin was a founder of Shah Alam, the new Selangor state capital in 1978. He said that for Selangor to become a modern state, it would need a new state capital as Kuala Lumpur had become a Federal Territory. At that time Klang was the state capital after the cession of Kuala Lumpur when the Sultan founded Shah Alam. Many buildings and roads in Shah Alam are named after him. Salahuddin held the rank of Marshal of the Royal Malaysian Air Force, Field Marshal of the Malaysian Army and Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Malaysian Navy as per constitutional provisions making him as the second royal military officer to become supreme commander-in-chief of the armed forces. Yang di-Pertuan Agong He was the second oldest ruler to be elected as the eleventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong on 26 April 1999 and installed on 11 September 1999. The cession of Putrajaya, which was formerly Selangor territory, to the Federal Government in 2001 to become a Federal Territory occurred during his reign as Yang di-Pertuan Agong. The Persiaran Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah in Putrajaya was named after him. However, after reigning for two years and 6 months, he died in office on 21 November 2001 at the Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur. He underwent a heart operation to put a pacemaker two months prior to his death, which he did not fully recover from. He was buried in the Royal Mausoleum near Sultan Sulaiman Mosque in Klang. Personal life Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah married at least four wives. His first wife and cousin, HRH Paduka Bonda Raja Raja Nur Saidatul Ihsan binti Al Marhum Raja Bendahara Tengku Badar Shah, whom he later divorced, bore: Tengku Nor Halija Tengku Idris Shah, later Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Tengku Puteri Sofiah (died 8 June 2017) Tengku Laksamana Tengku Sulaiman Shah Tengku Puteri Zahariah (Ku Yah) Tengku Fatimah Tengku Panglima Besar Tengku Abdul Samad Tengku Puteri Arafiah Tengku Puteri Aishah (died 30 July 2012) Che Maheram binti Muhammad Rais, his second wife, bore him: Tengku Panglima Raja Tengku Ahmad Shah His royal consort, Tengku Ampuan Rahimah binti Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah of the Langkat royal family in Sumatra died in 1993 before his election as Yang di-Pertuan Agong. She was the mother of: Tengku Puteri Nor Marina Tengku Puteri Nor Zehan His last wife, commoner Tuanku Siti Aishah binti Abdul Rahman, served as his Raja Permaisuri Agong. Being fifty years younger than him, she was also the youngest ever occupant of that office – only 29 at her succession to the throne. Hobbies and interests Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah was a keen sportsman. His interest in golf is well-known within and outside the country. The Sultan also loved sailing, collecting antique cars, rearing animals and planting orchids. He also likes visiting foreign countries to widen his knowledge and experience. Legacy Several projects and institutions were named after the Sultan, including: Educational institutions SMK Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, a secondary school in Shah Alam, Selangor SMK Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah, a secondary school in Kajang, Selangor SAMT Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, a secondary school in Sabak, Selangor Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah in Shah Alam, Selangor Buildings Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Building, Selangor's state secretariat building in Shah Alam, Selangor Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Mosque, Selangor's state mosque in Shah Alam, Selangor Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Court Building, a court building in Shah Alam, Selangor Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Jamek Mosque, a mosque in Petaling Jaya, Selangor Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, an airport in Subang, Selangor KD Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah, a TLDM naval base in Pulau Indah, Klang, Selangor Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Power Station, a power station in Kapar, Selangor Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Arts and Cultural Centre at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) in Serdang, Selangor Roads and bridges Persiaran Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, a main thoroughfare in Putrajaya Jalan Sultan Salahuddin and Persiaran Sultan Salahuddin, a major road in Kuala Lumpur Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, a major road in Kuala Lumpur Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Bridge, a bridge in Kuala Selangor Others Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Golf and Country Club (KGSAAS), a major golf club in Shah Alam, Selangor Sultan Abdul Aziz Royal Gallery, a royal gallery located in Klang, Selangor Honours Salahuddin's full style and title was: Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Alhaj ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Alhaj, Sultan dan Yang di-Pertuan Selangor Darul Ehsan Serta Segala Daerah Takluknya. Honours of Selangor Grand Master of the Royal Family Order of Selangor (since 6 June 1961) Grand Master of the Order of the Crown of Selangor (since 6 June 1961) Grand Master of the Order of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (since 30 September 1985) Meritorious Service Medal Honours of Malaysia (as Yang di-Pertuan Agong from 26 April 1999 to 21 November 2001) : Grand Master and recipient of the Order of the Royal House of Malaysia (26 April 1999 – 21 November 2001) Grand Master and recipient of the Order of the Crown of the Realm (28 August 1961) (26 April 1999 – 21 November 2001) Grand Master of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (26 April 1999 – 21 November 2001) Grand Master of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (26 April 1999 – 21 November 2001) Grand Master of the Order of Merit of Malaysia (26 April 1999 – 21 November 2001) Grand Master of the Order for Important Services (Malaysia) (26 April 1999 – 21 November 2001) Grand Master of the Order of the Royal Household of Malaysia (26 April 1999 – 21 November 2001) : Member 1st class of the Family Order of the Crown of Indra of Pahang (DK I) (14 July 1987) : First Class of the Royal Family Order of Johor (DK I) : Member of the Royal Family Order of Kedah (DK) : Recipient of the Royal Family Order or Star of Yunus (DK) (10 July 1966) : Member of the Royal Family Order of Negeri Sembilan (DKNS) : Recipient of the Royal Family Order of Perak (DK, ) – currently : (19 April 1986) : Recipient of the Perlis Family Order of the Gallant Prince Syed Putra Jamalullail (DK) : Member first class of the Family Order of Terengganu (DK I) (21 June 1964) : Grand Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (SPDK) : Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (DP) (29 April 1976) : Grand Commander of the Premier and Exalted Order of Malacca (DUNM) (1 August 1987) Foreign honours : Royal Family Order of the Crown of Brunei (DKMB) (28 June 1961) : Al Khalifah Medal Decoration (2000) : Grand Collar of the Order of Boyaca : Knight of the Order of the Rajamitrabhorn (2001) References Alagappa, Muthiah, Coercion and Governance: The Declining Political Role of the Military in Asia, Stanford University Press, 2001, Information Malaysia, Berita Publications Sdn. Bhd., 1998 Martin, Frederick, Keltie, John Scott, Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson, Epstein, Mortimer, Paxton, John, Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry, The Statesman's Year-book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year ; 1978–1979, St. Martin's Press, 1978 External links Photo Album: Dalam Kenangan, Utusan Malaysia Photo Album: Agong sihat di Singapura, 15 October 2001, Utusan Malaysia Monarchs of Malaysia Sultans of Selangor Salahuddin of Selangor 2001 deaths Royal House of Selangor People from Selangor Malaysian people of Bugis descent Marshals of the Royal Malaysian Air Force Malaysian Muslims Malaysian people of Malay descent Alumni of SOAS University of London Recipients of the Darjah Kerabat Diraja Malaysia Federated Malay States people People of British Malaya 20th-century Malaysian politicians 21st-century Malaysian politicians Recipients of the Order of the Crown of the Realm First Classes of the Family Order of the Crown of Indra of Pahang

<mask>-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj (Jawi: ; 8 March 1926 – 21 November 2001) was the 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia and eighth Sultan of Selangor. Early life Born on at 3:30 pm. Tengku Abdul Aziz Shah on Monday 8 March 1926 at Istana Bandar Temasha, Jugra, Kuala Langat, he is the eldest son of Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Alauddin Sulaiman Shah by his royal consort and wife, Tengku Ampuan Raja Jemaah binti Al-Marhum Raja Ahmad. He received his early education at the Pengkalan Batu Malay School in Klang in 1934. In 1936, he furthered his studies at the Malay College Kuala Kangsar until 1941 when World War II began. After World War II, he went to England in 1947 and studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London for two years. Upon his return from the United Kingdom, he served with the Civil Service Department as a Trainee Officer with the Selangor Survey Department.He later served as an Inspector of Schools for eight years. In 1952, he attended a short-term course at the Malay Military Troop in Port Dickson for six months and was commissioned with the Queen Commission in the rank of captain. Thereafter, he was promoted to the rank of major. Sultan of Selangor <mask> Abdul Aziz Shah was appointed as the Tengku Laksamana of Selangor on 1 August 1946 and as the Raja Muda (Crown Prince) of Selangor on 13 May 1950. On the demise of his father, Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah, Tengku Abdul Aziz Shah became the eighth Sultan of Selangor with the title <mask> Abdul Aziz Shah on 3 September 1960 and was installed as the 28th Sultan on 28 June 1961. On 26 April 1984, <mask> Abdul Aziz Shah was appointed as Captain-in-Chief of the Royal Navy by the Malaysian Armed Forces in place of the position of Colonel-in-Chief of the Malaysian Royal Air Force which he held since 1966. <mask> was the Sultan who signed the cession of Kuala Lumpur from Selangor to the Federal Government to form a Federal Territory on 1 February 1974.The Sultan cried after the signing as he was very fond and proud of the city, but he did it for the greater good of Malaysia. The Kota Darul Ehsan arch was erected along the Federal Highway at the border of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor to commemorate the event in 1981. <mask> was a founder of Shah Alam, the new Selangor state capital in 1978. He said that for Selangor to become a modern state, it would need a new state capital as Kuala Lumpur had become a Federal Territory. At that time Klang was the state capital after the cession of Kuala Lumpur when the Sultan founded Shah Alam. Many buildings and roads in Shah Alam are named after him. Salahuddin held the rank of Marshal of the Royal Malaysian Air Force, Field Marshal of the Malaysian Army and Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Malaysian Navy as per constitutional provisions making him as the second royal military officer to become supreme commander-in-chief of the armed forces.Yang di-Pertuan Agong He was the second oldest ruler to be elected as the eleventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong on 26 April 1999 and installed on 11 September 1999. The cession of Putrajaya, which was formerly Selangor territory, to the Federal Government in 2001 to become a Federal Territory occurred during his reign as Yang di-Pertuan Agong. The Persiaran <mask> Abdul Aziz Shah in Putrajaya was named after him. However, after reigning for two years and 6 months, he died in office on 21 November 2001 at the Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur. He underwent a heart operation to put a pacemaker two months prior to his death, which he did not fully recover from. He was buried in the Royal Mausoleum near Sultan Sulaiman Mosque in Klang. Personal life <mask> Abdul Aziz Shah married at least four wives.His first wife and cousin, HRH Paduka Bonda Raja Raja Nur Saidatul Ihsan binti Al Marhum Raja Bendahara Tengku Badar Shah, whom he later divorced, bore: Tengku Nor Halija Tengku Idris Shah, later Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Tengku Puteri <mask> (died 8 June 2017) Tengku Laksamana Tengku Sulaiman Shah Tengku Puteri Zahariah (Ku Yah) Tengku Fatimah Tengku Panglima Besar Tengku Abdul Samad Tengku Puteri Arafiah Tengku Puteri Aishah (died 30 July 2012) Che Maheram binti Muhammad Rais, his second wife, bore him: Tengku Panglima Raja Tengku Ahmad Shah His royal consort, Tengku Ampuan Rahimah binti Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah of the Langkat royal family in Sumatra died in 1993 before his election as Yang di-Pertuan Agong. She was the mother of: Tengku Puteri Nor Marina Tengku Puteri Nor Zehan His last wife, commoner Tuanku Siti Aishah binti Abdul Rahman, served as his Raja Permaisuri Agong. Being fifty years younger than him, she was also the youngest ever occupant of that office – only 29 at her succession to the throne. Hobbies and interests Sultan <mask> Abdul Aziz Shah was a keen sportsman. His interest in golf is well-known within and outside the country. The Sultan also loved sailing, collecting antique cars, rearing animals and planting orchids. He also likes visiting foreign countries to widen his knowledge and experience.Bhd., 1998 Martin, Frederick, Keltie, John Scott, Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson, Epstein, Mortimer, Paxton, John, Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry, The Statesman's Year-book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year ; 1978–1979, St. Martin's Press, 1978 External links Photo Album: Dalam Kenangan, Utusan Malaysia Photo Album: Agong sihat di Singapura, 15 October 2001, Utusan Malaysia Monarchs of Malaysia Sultans of Selangor Salahuddin of Selangor 2001 deaths Royal House of Selangor People from Selangor Malaysian people of Bugis descent Marshals of the Royal Malaysian Air Force Malaysian Muslims Malaysian people of Malay descent Alumni of SOAS University of London Recipients of the Darjah Kerabat Diraja Malaysia Federated Malay States people People of British Malaya 20th-century Malaysian politicians 21st-century Malaysian politicians Recipients of the Order of the Crown of the Realm First Classes of the Family Order of the Crown of Indra of Pahang

The 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia was the Sultan of Selangor. The baby was born at 3:30 pm. The eldest son of Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Alauddin Sulaiman Shah was born on March 8, 1926. He attended the Pengkalan Batu Malay School in 1934. When World War II began, he continued his studies at the Malay College Kuala Kangsar. He studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London for two years after World War II. He joined the Civil Service Department after returning from the United Kingdom.He was an inspector of schools for eight years. He was commissioned with the Queen Commission in the rank of captain after attending a short-term course at the Malay Military Troop. He was promoted to the rank of major. The Sultan of Selangor was appointed as the Raja Muda of Selangor on 13 May 1950. On the demise of his father, Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah, Tengku Abdul Aziz Shah became the eighth Sultan of Selangor and was installed on September 3, 1960. The position of Colonel-in-Chief of the Malaysian Royal Air Force was taken over by Sultan <mask> Abdul Aziz Shah as Captain-in-Chief of the Royal Navy. The Sultan of Selangor signed the cession of Kuala Lumpur from Selangor to the Federal Government on February 1, 1974.The Sultan cried after the signing as he was very fond of the city, but he did it for the good of Malaysia. The Federal Highway at the border of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor has a Kota Darul Ehsan arch. Shah Alam was the new Selangor state capital in 1978. Kuala Lumpur had become a Federal Territory, so a new state capital was needed for Selangor to become a modern state. After the Sultan founded Shah Alam, Klang was the state capital. Shah Alam has many buildings and roads named after him. He was made the second royal military officer to become supreme commander-in-chief of the armed forces because he held the rank of marshal of the Royal Malaysian Air Force, field marshal of the Malaysian Army and admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Malaysian Navy.He was the second oldest ruler to be elected as the eleventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong. During his reign as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Putrajaya became a Federal Territory. The Sultan of Persiaran was named after Putrajaya. He died in office after two years and six months, at the Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur. He had a heart operation two months prior to his death and did not fully recover. He was buried in the Royal Mausoleum. At least four wives were married to Sultan <mask> Abdul Aziz Shah.His first wife and cousin was Paduka Bonda Raja Ihsan binti Al Marhum Raja Bendahara Tengku Badar Shah. His last wife, Tuanku Siti Aishah binti Abdul Rahman, served as his Raja Permaisuri Agong. She was only 29 years old when she became the youngest ever occupant of that office. <mask> Abdul Aziz Shah was interested in sports. Outside of the country, his interest in golf is well-known. The Sultan was fond of sailing, collecting antique cars and rearing animals. He likes to visit foreign countries to learn more.The Statesman's Year-book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year was published in 1998.

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Ian Walker (footballer)

Ian Michael Walker (born 31 October 1971) is an English football coach and former professional footballer, he is the goalkeeping coach of Chinese Super League side Shanghai SIPG. As a player, he was a goalkeeper who notably played in the Premier League for Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City. He made 259 league appearances for Spurs and was their first choice keeper from 1994 until just before his departure in 2001. He also finished his career with a three-year spell in the top flight with Bolton Wanderers but all eight of his appearances came in cup competitions. He also had brief loan spells in the Football League with Oxford United and Ipswich Town. Walker was capped four times by England, he was part of the Euro 96 squad and would go on to be selected for Euro 2004. He was also capped at U21 and B team level. Following retirement, he later became manager of non-league side Bishop's Stortford, before moving to China as the goalkeeping coach for Shanghai Shenhua in 2012. Two-years later he moved to rivals Shanghai SIPG in a similar role. Club career Tottenham Hotspur After starting out with the team in the late 1980s as a trainee and having two loan spells away, at Ipswich Town and Oxford United Walker played in the winning 1989–90 FA Youth Cup Tottenham team overcoming Middlesbrough. During the early 1990s Walker was mainly used as the reserve keeper, making the odd cup appearance along the way, but after a serious injury to then Spurs keeper Erik Thorstvedt Walker took his chance and soon became the number 1 at Spurs, cementing his place in the side and getting his chance in the team during the first season of the Premiership making a total of 17 appearances in the league. 1992–93 season. Walker went on and made a total of 312 appearances for Tottenham Hotspur and played a big part during the 1999 season in helping Spurs win the 1999 Football League Cup Final after beating Leicester City 1–0 at Wembley Stadium. During the latter stages of Walkers career at Spurs he fell out of favour with the management and lost his place to the newly signed Neil Sullivan it was shortly after this, that the England international handed in a transfer request in September 2000. He played his final game for Spurs against West Ham United on 31 January 2001. Leicester City Walker signed a four-year contract with Leicester City in July 2001 for a fee of £2.5 million, rising to £3 million depending on appearances. His first season at the club ended in relegation to the First Division, which he felt may have ruined his dreams of an England call-up for the 2002 World Cup. Walker had an impressive season with Leicester as they regained promotion to the Premier League, earning his first England recall in six years in May 2003. A cult hero to many of the Foxes fans, Walker had an indifferent season back in the Premier League, producing moments of magic, but unfortunately it all unraveled in a match against Aston Villa at the Walkers Stadium on 31 January 2004, in which he conceded five goals in 18 minutes. Walker put up such a poor display in the match that he was confronted by a Leicester fan who ran onto the pitch, telling him he "didn't think he was fit to be a Premiership player." On 10 February 2004, Walker scored a bizarre own goal in a match against Bolton Wanderers to give them a 1–1 draw at Leicester. Despite comfortably saving Kevin Davies' shot, he lost grasp of the ball as it crawled over the goal line. He did make a comeback performance in a goalless home draw against Wolves on 28 February, putting up a "world-class save" to deny Kenny Miller. Walker pledged to stay at Leicester despite their relegation from the Premier League in the 2003–04 season. He was released from Leicester City on 6 May 2005, after the club could not afford him a new contract. Walker spent four years at Leicester. Bolton Wanderers Walker joined Bolton on a one-year contract. Walker was the goalkeeper for Bolton's first ever European match away from England against Bulgarian team Lokomotiv Plovdiv, which was also his debut. International career Walker was capped by the England national team four times, making his debut in 1996 against Hungary. His most infamous game was against Italy in a qualification match for the 1998 World Cup where he is widely believed to have been at fault to a Gianfranco Zola strike. England lost this game to Italy 1–0 at Wembley Stadium. He backed up David James at Euro 2004 but was overtaken by others in the pecking order. Despite Walker's club Leicester suffering relegation from the Premier League, he played his first England match in seven years as a 61st-minute substitute for Paul Robinson in a 6–1 win over Iceland on 5 June 2004, which was also his last international. Coaching career On 14 March 2011, Walker was appointed as manager of Bishop's Stortford who were playing in the Conference South. In April 2012, Walker joined his former Bolton teammate Nicolas Anelka at Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua and became their goalkeeping coach. On 2 January 2014, Walker became the goalkeeping coach of Shanghai East Asia, another Super League team in Shanghai. On 15 May 2014, Walker signed a new contract with Shanghai East Asia, keeping him at the club until the end of 2017 season. Walker continues to coach the 1st team goalkeepers at Shanghai SIPG FC. Walker has produced two national team goalkeepers for China, Wang Dalei from Shanghai Shenhua in 2012–13 and Yan Junling from Shanghai SIPG in 2014–15, both continue to be in the national squad with Yan Junling who is still coached by Walker the China number 1 goalkeeper. In the 2018 season Walker was the goalkeeper coach when Shanghai SIPG won their first league title ever. Personal life Walker is the son of Mike Walker who was also a goalkeeper and managed Norwich City and Everton. Walker attended Great Cornard Upper School. He and his former Page Three wife Suzi lived in a mock-Tudor mansion in Cobham, Surrey, as featured on MTV Cribs. After the birth of daughter Sophie in 1998, Suzi suffered Post Natal Eclampsia, and is an ongoing sufferer of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. He became a father just months after the death of his mother Jackie after a long battle against cancer. Career statistics Club International References External links 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Watford English footballers English people of Welsh descent England under-21 international footballers England B international footballers England international footballers Association football goalkeepers Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Oxford United F.C. players Ipswich Town F.C. players Leicester City F.C. players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Premier League players English Football League players UEFA Euro 1996 players UEFA Euro 2004 players English football managers Bishop's Stortford F.C. managers National League (English football) managers Shanghai Port F.C. non-playing staff Association football goalkeeping coaches Shanghai Shenhua F.C. non-playing staff English expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate footballers in China

<mask> (born 31 October 1971) is an English football coach and former professional footballer, he is the goalkeeping coach of Chinese Super League side Shanghai SIPG. As a player, he was a goalkeeper who notably played in the Premier League for Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City. He made 259 league appearances for Spurs and was their first choice keeper from 1994 until just before his departure in 2001. He also finished his career with a three-year spell in the top flight with Bolton Wanderers but all eight of his appearances came in cup competitions. He also had brief loan spells in the Football League with Oxford United and Ipswich Town. <mask> was capped four times by England, he was part of the Euro 96 squad and would go on to be selected for Euro 2004. He was also capped at U21 and B team level.Following retirement, he later became manager of non-league side Bishop's Stortford, before moving to China as the goalkeeping coach for Shanghai Shenhua in 2012. Two-years later he moved to rivals Shanghai SIPG in a similar role. Club career Tottenham Hotspur After starting out with the team in the late 1980s as a trainee and having two loan spells away, at Ipswich Town and Oxford United <mask> played in the winning 1989–90 FA Youth Cup Tottenham team overcoming Middlesbrough. During the early 1990s <mask> was mainly used as the reserve keeper, making the odd cup appearance along the way, but after a serious injury to then Spurs keeper Erik Thorstvedt <mask> took his chance and soon became the number 1 at Spurs, cementing his place in the side and getting his chance in the team during the first season of the Premiership making a total of 17 appearances in the league. 1992–93 season. <mask> went on and made a total of 312 appearances for Tottenham Hotspur and played a big part during the 1999 season in helping Spurs win the 1999 Football League Cup Final after beating Leicester City 1–0 at Wembley Stadium. During the latter stages of <mask>s career at Spurs he fell out of favour with the management and lost his place to the newly signed Neil Sullivan it was shortly after this, that the England international handed in a transfer request in September 2000.He played his final game for Spurs against West Ham United on 31 January 2001. Leicester City <mask> signed a four-year contract with Leicester City in July 2001 for a fee of £2.5 million, rising to £3 million depending on appearances. His first season at the club ended in relegation to the First Division, which he felt may have ruined his dreams of an England call-up for the 2002 World Cup. <mask> had an impressive season with Leicester as they regained promotion to the Premier League, earning his first England recall in six years in May 2003. A cult hero to many of the Foxes fans, <mask> had an indifferent season back in the Premier League, producing moments of magic, but unfortunately it all unraveled in a match against Aston Villa at the Walkers Stadium on 31 January 2004, in which he conceded five goals in 18 minutes. <mask> put up such a poor display in the match that he was confronted by a Leicester fan who ran onto the pitch, telling him he "didn't think he was fit to be a Premiership player." On 10 February 2004, <mask> scored a bizarre own goal in a match against Bolton Wanderers to give them a 1–1 draw at Leicester.Despite comfortably saving Kevin Davies' shot, he lost grasp of the ball as it crawled over the goal line. He did make a comeback performance in a goalless home draw against Wolves on 28 February, putting up a "world-class save" to deny Kenny Miller. <mask> pledged to stay at Leicester despite their relegation from the Premier League in the 2003–04 season. He was released from Leicester City on 6 May 2005, after the club could not afford him a new contract. <mask> spent four years at Leicester. Bolton Wanderers <mask> joined Bolton on a one-year contract. <mask> was the goalkeeper for Bolton's first ever European match away from England against Bulgarian team Lokomotiv Plovdiv, which was also his debut.International career <mask> was capped by the England national team four times, making his debut in 1996 against Hungary. His most infamous game was against Italy in a qualification match for the 1998 World Cup where he is widely believed to have been at fault to a Gianfranco Zola strike. England lost this game to Italy 1–0 at Wembley Stadium. He backed up David James at Euro 2004 but was overtaken by others in the pecking order. Despite <mask>'s club Leicester suffering relegation from the Premier League, he played his first England match in seven years as a 61st-minute substitute for Paul Robinson in a 6–1 win over Iceland on 5 June 2004, which was also his last international. Coaching career On 14 March 2011, <mask> was appointed as manager of Bishop's Stortford who were playing in the Conference South. In April 2012, <mask> joined his former Bolton teammate Nicolas Anelka at Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua and became their goalkeeping coach.On 2 January 2014, <mask> became the goalkeeping coach of Shanghai East Asia, another Super League team in Shanghai. On 15 May 2014, <mask> signed a new contract with Shanghai East Asia, keeping him at the club until the end of 2017 season. <mask> continues to coach the 1st team goalkeepers at Shanghai SIPG FC. <mask> has produced two national team goalkeepers for China, Wang Dalei from Shanghai Shenhua in 2012–13 and Yan Junling from Shanghai SIPG in 2014–15, both continue to be in the national squad with Yan Junling who is still coached by <mask> the China number 1 goalkeeper. In the 2018 season <mask> was the goalkeeper coach when Shanghai SIPG won their first league title ever. Personal life <mask> is the son of <mask> who was also a goalkeeper and managed Norwich City and Everton. <mask> attended Great Cornard Upper School.He and his former Page Three wife Suzi lived in a mock-Tudor mansion in Cobham, Surrey, as featured on MTV Cribs. After the birth of daughter Sophie in 1998, Suzi suffered Post Natal Eclampsia, and is an ongoing sufferer of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. He became a father just months after the death of his mother Jackie after a long battle against cancer. Career statistics Club International References External links 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Watford English footballers English people of Welsh descent England under-21 international footballers England B international footballers England international footballers Association football goalkeepers Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Oxford United F.C. players Ipswich Town F.C. players Leicester City F.C.players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Premier League players English Football League players UEFA Euro 1996 players UEFA Euro 2004 players English football managers Bishop's Stortford F.C. managers National League (English football) managers Shanghai Port F.C. non-playing staff Association football goalkeeping coaches Shanghai Shenhua F.C. non-playing staff English expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate footballers in China

<mask> is an English football coach and former professional footballer, he is the goalkeeping coach of Chinese Super League side Shanghai SIPG. He was a goalkeeper who played in the English premier league for two teams. He was the first choice keeper for Spurs from 1994 to 2001 and made 258 league appearances. He ended his career with a three-year stay in the top flight, but all of his appearances came in cup competition. He had brief loan spells in the Football League. <mask> was part of the Euro 96 squad and was selected for the Euro 2004. He was a member of the U21 and B team.After retirement, he became manager of non-league side Bishop's Stortford, before moving to China to work as the goalkeeping coach. He moved to SIPG in a similar role two years later. <mask> played in the 1989–90 FA Youth Cup winning Spurs team after starting out with the team as a trainee and having two loan spells away. During the early 1990s <mask> was mainly used as the reserve keeper, making the odd cup appearance along the way, but after a serious injury to then Spurs keeper, <mask> took his chance and became the number 1 at Spurs, cementing his place in the side and getting his The 1992–93 season. <mask> played a big part in helping Spurs win the 1999 Football League Cup Final after defeatingLeicester City 1–0 at Wembley Stadium. The England international handed in a transfer request in September 2000 after falling out of favour with the management at Spurs.On January 31, 2001, he played his final game for Spurs. <mask> signed a four-year contract with the club for a fee of up to 3 million depending on appearances. His first season at the club ended in the First Division, which may have ruined his hopes of an England call-up for the 2002 World Cup. <mask> was recalled to the England squad for the first time in six years in May 2003 after an impressive season with Leicester. A cult hero to many of the Foxes fans, <mask> had an indifferent season back in the Premier League, producing moments of magic, but unfortunately it all fell apart in a match against Villa at the Walkers Stadium on 31 January 2004, in which he conceded five goals in 18 minutes. <mask> was confronted by a fan who ran onto the pitch and told him he didn't think he was good enough for the top flight. On 10 February 2004, <mask> scored an own goal to give them a 1–1 draw atLeicester.He lost his grasp of the ball as it crawled over the goal line despite comfortably saving Kevin Davies' shot. He put up a "world-class save" to deny Kenny Miller in the goalless home draw against Wolves. Despite being demoted from the premier league, <mask> pledged to stay at the club. He was released from the club after they couldn't afford a new contract. <mask> was there for four years. <mask> joined the Trotters on a one-year contract. <mask> was the goalkeeper for the first ever European match away from England against Lokomotiv Plovdiv, which was also his debut.<mask> made his debut for the England national team in 1996 and was capped four times. He is widely believed to have been at fault for the Italy goal in the 1998 World Cup qualification match. England lost to Italy at Wembley Stadium. He was the backup to David James at Euro 2004. <mask> played his first England match in seven years as a 61st-minute substitute for Paul Robinson in a 6–1 win over Iceland on June 5, 2004, which was also his last international. <mask> was appointed as manager of Bishop's Stortford on March 14, 2011. In April 2012 <mask> joined Nicolas Anelka at Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua and became their goalkeeping coach.<mask> was the goalkeeping coach of the Super League team in Shanghai. <mask> signed a new contract with the club on May 15th, keeping him at the club until the end of the season. The 1st team goalkeepers are coached by <mask>. <mask> has produced two national team goalkeepers for China, Wang Dalei andYan Junling, both of whom are still in the national squad with <mask> the China number 1 goalkeeper. When SIPG won their first league title, <mask> was the goalkeeper coach. <mask> is the son of <mask>, who was a goalkeeper and manager. <mask> was a student at Great Cornard Upper School.He and his wife lived in a mock-Tudor mansion as part of MTV's Cribs. After the birth of her daughter in 1998, Suzi was diagnosed with Post Natal eclampsia and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. After a long battle against cancer, he became a father just months after the death of his mother. There are external links to career statistics Club International References. The players are from Oxford United F.C. The players are from Ipswich Town F.C. The players are fromLeicester City F.C.The players are from the F.C. The English football managers are Bishop's Stortford F.C. The managers are from the National League and the Port F.C. Football goalkeeping coaches from the Association of football goalkeeping coaches. English expatriates play sports in China.

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John Cooper (serial killer)

John William Cooper (born 3 September 1944) is a Welsh serial killer. On 26 May 2011, Cooper was given a whole life order for the 1985 double murder of siblings Richard and Helen Thomas, and the 1989 double murder of Peter and Gwenda Dixon. The murders were known in the media as the "Pembrokeshire Murders" or the "Coastal Murders". Cooper was also sentenced for the rape of a 16-year-old girl and a sexual assault on a 15-year-old girl, both carried out while a group of five teenagers were held at gunpoint in March 1996, in a wooded area behind the Mount Estate in Cooper's hometown of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Cooper had a history of criminal activities, including 30 robberies and violent assault. Footage from the television game show Bullseye in May 1989, in which he appeared as a contestant, was later used as evidence against him, comparing his image with a sketch of a suspect in the Dixons' murder. Cooper was sentenced to 14 years in 1998 for robbery and burglary. He was released from prison in January 2009. Because of subsequent developments in DNA and forensic science, the police carried out a cold case review in April 2009 and were able to identify Cooper's shotgun as being the murder weapon. Further DNA evidence was provided by forensic scientist Professor Angela Gallop. The police collected further evidence against him and Cooper was arrested again in May of that year. He was convicted, in May 2011, for the double murders and sexual assaults and sentenced to a whole life order. Cooper has also been linked to other, unsolved, crimes. Criminal history Between the ages of 17 and 21, Cooper was charged with theft of a vehicle, assaulting a police officer, being drunk and disorderly, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH). In 1978, Cooper, then a farm labourer, won £90,000 (worth over £500,000 today) and also a £4,000 car in a newspaper Spot the Ball competition. A friend said: "John developed a huge drink and gambling habit after his winnings went to his head... It was a life-changing amount of money and I saw a real change in him. He spent most of it in pubs and bookies... People were scared of him and he got into a lot of fights. As his money dried up he started the robberies." On 22 December 1985, Cooper targeted a three-storey farmhouse at Scoveston Park, killing brother and sister Richard and Helen Thomas, and then burning down the house. On 29 June 1989, Peter and Gwenda Dixon were on holiday in Pembrokeshire and were due to take their last walk along the coastal path when they failed to return. Their dead bodies were later found along the path. Cooper had tied the couple up, demanded they hand out their bank card and then forced them to disclose their personal identification number (PIN). Cooper, carrying a sawn-off shotgun, robbed Peter Dixon of £300 and shot the couple in the face at point blank range. In 1996 he attacked five youngsters, threatening them with a gun, sexually assaulting one girl and raping another. By 1998, Cooper had committed 30 burglaries and an armed robbery. Footage from an edition of the ITV gameshow Bullseye recorded on 28 May 1989, on which Cooper was a contestant, was later used to match him to a sketch made from witness descriptions. In 2011, Cooper was jailed for life for the crimes. In September 2011, he launched an appeal against his convictions. His appeal was rejected in November 2012. Cooper was diagnosed as a psychopath. Documentaries and television The UK television series Real Crime broadcast a documentary about Cooper in November 2011. On 24 May 2016, the Welsh language television channel S4C broadcast a documentary in the series Y Ditectif (The Detective) about the way in which evidence against Cooper was gathered using the latest forensic techniques available at the time, the strategy used by Dyfed-Powys Police in interviewing him and his eventual conviction. On 27 September 2016, the ITV Cymru Wales television channel broadcast a documentary in the series Crime Files which examined how police solved the two double murder cases in Pembrokeshire including an interview with the detective who was tasked with interviewing Cooper. On 12 July 2018, a documentary about Cooper, named The Gameshow Serial Killer: Police Tapes, was aired by ITV as part of the channel's 'Crime and Punishment' season. On 29 January 2019, the UK version of digital channel CBS Reality premiered a further documentary about Cooper's crimes in an episode of its Murder by the Sea true crime series. In January 2021, ITV broadcast a three-part television series entitled The Pembrokeshire Murders, most exterior scenes of which were filmed on location in Pembrokeshire. This was followed by an hour-long documentary, The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching The Game Show Killer, featuring interviews with Detective Superintendent Steve Wilkins, the man who reopened the investigation, forensic scientists involved in the case, and footage of Cooper as he was interviewed by police. Possible links to other crimes After Cooper's convictions in 2011, the police stated that they would be investigating the possibility he might have been responsible for other murders, adding that Cooper's trial had led to some "interesting issues" requiring further investigation. Some unsolved murders in South Wales bore notable similarities to Cooper's known murders. Death of Flo Evans In May 2011, after Cooper was convicted of the four murders, it was revealed that police were considering reopening an inquiry into the unexplained death in 1989 of another woman who lived near Cooper and only two miles from Scoveston Park, the site of his 1985 murders. A 72-year-old widow Flo Evans had died soon after Cooper had murdered Peter and Gwenda Dixon in 1989, and was found fully-clothed in a half-full cold bath in her cottage. Cooper and his wife Pat both knew Evans and would often visit her at her smallholding, with Cooper often completing odd-jobs for her. She was unexpectedly mentioned by Cooper in his trial as part of his own defence evidence and he also discussed how he had been in her house in his interviews, when detectives were already aware of her suspicious death. Her home was right in the centre of the area that Cooper committed his burglaries. The family of Evans had long suspected her death was suspicious and not an accident, particularly as she never took baths and as she would not have had any hot water at the time of her death, as no fire had been lit in the kitchen. Evans's death was officially recorded as accidental, with it said at the time that she must have slipped into the bath and hit her head and then drowned. Police contacted the widow's family after Cooper's conviction to discuss her death, saying there was "connectivity" between Cooper and Evans. In the 2021 documentary The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching The Game Show Killer, shown on ITV after the broadcast of The Pembrokeshire Murders, the case of Flo Evans was again discussed. Detective Superintendent Steve Wilkins, who oversaw the investigation and convictions of Cooper in 2011, said that Evans was a likely fifth victim of Cooper. Evans did not lock her door, yet it was found locked when she was found dead. Evans had mentioned to friends days before her murder that she couldn't find her house keys. Items of property were also taken from her house including money and shotguns, which fitted Cooper's Modus Operandi. Cooper regularly burgled the homes of people he knew and reacted violently if disturbed. It is thought Cooper would have known where Evans would have kept money. Wilkins said that Cooper "had been at her house on the day she died" and stated that Evans's death should have been a murder inquiry, saying that her death "disturbs me greatly". Murders of Harry and Megan Tooze After Cooper's 2011 convictions, it was also revealed that detectives were also investigating whether there was any "connectivity" between Cooper and the unsolved murders of a couple who were shot at close range at their remote farmhouse at Llanharry near Bridgend in 1993. Harry Tooze, 64, and his wife Megan Tooze, 67, had been shot in the head and their bodies dumped in a cowshed and then covered with a carpet. The case remains one of Wales' most notorious unsolved murders. Some similarities with Cooper's known murders were noted, including the fact that both victims were shot at close range and that attempts were made to hide their bodies. The couple had also both been shot by a shotgun, the weapon Cooper used in his known crimes. It was also observed that there are very few double shotgun murders nationally, and that Cooper was already known to have committed two double shotgun murders. In 2011, the year of Cooper's convictions for murders, the case was subsequently re-examined by police. Deaths of Griff and Patti Thomas In 2011 a forensic psychologist, Dr Clive Sims, claimed to the BBC that the deaths of an elderly brother and sister at their farmhouse in Pembrokeshire in 1976 could be linked to Cooper. Griff and Patti Thomas, aged 73 and 70 respectively, were found dead in December 1976, and their deaths were originally classified as a double murder until it was decided that Griff Thomas must have argued with the sister he had lived with for 70 years, before hitting her on the head with a blunt instrument and setting himself on fire. Speaking to BBC Wales's Taro Naw current affairs programme, Sims questioned the verdict of manslaughter in the case of Patti Thomas and an open verdict in the case of Griff Thomas. Although it was said that Patti was hit by a blunt instrument, no weapon was ever found. Sims said that the pair were killed by an intruder following a botched burglary, something Cooper was known to have committed in the same area in later years, as in Cooper's 1985 double murder at Scoveston Park. A cash box had been emptied at the house, the bureau has been broken into, and the back door was unlocked. Sims highlighted how it was highly unlikely that a serial killer would start killing at age 40, Cooper's age when he committed his first known murders in 1985, and said that it was highly likely that he started killing earlier. See also Rodney Alcala (1943–2021) , American serial killer who appeared as a game-show contestant Göhrde murders, a series of murders in a forest region in Northern Germany in 1989 with a similar pattern. For some time German investigators assumed a link to the Pembrokeshire murders which, however, failed to be corroborated. Joseph Kappen (1941–1990), Wales' first documented serial killer List of serial killers by country References Further reading 1944 births 20th-century Welsh criminals British male criminals British people convicted of burglary British people convicted of robbery British people convicted of sexual assault British people convicted of theft Contestants on British game shows Living people Male serial killers People convicted of murder by England and Wales People from Milford Haven Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by England and Wales Welsh people convicted of assault Welsh people convicted of murder Welsh people convicted of rape Welsh prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment Welsh serial killers

<mask> (born 3 September 1944) is a Welsh serial killer. On 26 May 2011, <mask> was given a whole life order for the 1985 double murder of siblings Richard and Helen Thomas, and the 1989 double murder of Peter and Gwenda Dixon. The murders were known in the media as the "Pembrokeshire Murders" or the "Coastal Murders". <mask> was also sentenced for the rape of a 16-year-old girl and a sexual assault on a 15-year-old girl, both carried out while a group of five teenagers were held at gunpoint in March 1996, in a wooded area behind the Mount Estate in <mask>'s hometown of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. <mask> had a history of criminal activities, including 30 robberies and violent assault. Footage from the television game show Bullseye in May 1989, in which he appeared as a contestant, was later used as evidence against him, comparing his image with a sketch of a suspect in the Dixons' murder. <mask> was sentenced to 14 years in 1998 for robbery and burglary.He was released from prison in January 2009. Because of subsequent developments in DNA and forensic science, the police carried out a cold case review in April 2009 and were able to identify <mask>'s shotgun as being the murder weapon. Further DNA evidence was provided by forensic scientist Professor Angela Gallop. The police collected further evidence against him and <mask> was arrested again in May of that year. He was convicted, in May 2011, for the double murders and sexual assaults and sentenced to a whole life order. <mask> has also been linked to other, unsolved, crimes. Criminal history Between the ages of 17 and 21, <mask> was charged with theft of a vehicle, assaulting a police officer, being drunk and disorderly, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH).In 1978, <mask>, then a farm labourer, won £90,000 (worth over £500,000 today) and also a £4,000 car in a newspaper Spot the Ball competition. A friend said: "<mask> developed a huge drink and gambling habit after his winnings went to his head... It was a life-changing amount of money and I saw a real change in him. He spent most of it in pubs and bookies... People were scared of him and he got into a lot of fights. As his money dried up he started the robberies." On 22 December 1985, <mask> targeted a three-storey farmhouse at Scoveston Park, killing brother and sister Richard and Helen Thomas, and then burning down the house. On 29 June 1989, Peter and Gwenda Dixon were on holiday in Pembrokeshire and were due to take their last walk along the coastal path when they failed to return.Their dead bodies were later found along the path. <mask> had tied the couple up, demanded they hand out their bank card and then forced them to disclose their personal identification number (PIN). <mask>, carrying a sawn-off shotgun, robbed Peter Dixon of £300 and shot the couple in the face at point blank range. In 1996 he attacked five youngsters, threatening them with a gun, sexually assaulting one girl and raping another. By 1998, <mask> had committed 30 burglaries and an armed robbery. Footage from an edition of the ITV gameshow Bullseye recorded on 28 May 1989, on which <mask> was a contestant, was later used to match him to a sketch made from witness descriptions. In 2011, <mask> was jailed for life for the crimes.In September 2011, he launched an appeal against his convictions. His appeal was rejected in November 2012. <mask> was diagnosed as a psychopath. Documentaries and television The UK television series Real Crime broadcast a documentary about <mask> in November 2011. On 24 May 2016, the Welsh language television channel S4C broadcast a documentary in the series Y Ditectif (The Detective) about the way in which evidence against <mask> was gathered using the latest forensic techniques available at the time, the strategy used by Dyfed-Powys Police in interviewing him and his eventual conviction. On 27 September 2016, the ITV Cymru Wales television channel broadcast a documentary in the series Crime Files which examined how police solved the two double murder cases in Pembrokeshire including an interview with the detective who was tasked with interviewing <mask>. On 12 July 2018, a documentary about <mask>, named The Gameshow Serial Killer: Police Tapes, was aired by ITV as part of the channel's 'Crime and Punishment' season. On 29 January 2019, the UK version of digital channel CBS Reality premiered a further documentary about <mask>'s crimes in an episode of its Murder by the Sea true crime series.In January 2021, ITV broadcast a three-part television series entitled The Pembrokeshire Murders, most exterior scenes of which were filmed on location in Pembrokeshire. This was followed by an hour-long documentary, The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching The Game Show Killer, featuring interviews with Detective Superintendent Steve Wilkins, the man who reopened the investigation, forensic scientists involved in the case, and footage of <mask> as he was interviewed by police. Possible links to other crimes After <mask>'s convictions in 2011, the police stated that they would be investigating the possibility he might have been responsible for other murders, adding that <mask>'s trial had led to some "interesting issues" requiring further investigation. Some unsolved murders in South Wales bore notable similarities to <mask>'s known murders. Death of Flo Evans In May 2011, after <mask> was convicted of the four murders, it was revealed that police were considering reopening an inquiry into the unexplained death in 1989 of another woman who lived near Cooper and only two miles from Scoveston Park, the site of his 1985 murders. A 72-year-old widow Flo Evans had died soon after <mask> had murdered Peter and Gwenda Dixon in 1989, and was found fully-clothed in a half-full cold bath in her cottage. <mask> and his wife Pat both knew Evans and would often visit her at her smallholding, with <mask> often completing odd-jobs for her.She was unexpectedly mentioned by <mask> in his trial as part of his own defence evidence and he also discussed how he had been in her house in his interviews, when detectives were already aware of her suspicious death. Her home was right in the centre of the area that <mask> committed his burglaries. The family of Evans had long suspected her death was suspicious and not an accident, particularly as she never took baths and as she would not have had any hot water at the time of her death, as no fire had been lit in the kitchen. Evans's death was officially recorded as accidental, with it said at the time that she must have slipped into the bath and hit her head and then drowned. Police contacted the widow's family after <mask>'s conviction to discuss her death, saying there was "connectivity" between <mask> and Evans. In the 2021 documentary The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching The Game Show Killer, shown on ITV after the broadcast of The Pembrokeshire Murders, the case of Flo Evans was again discussed. Detective Superintendent Steve Wilkins, who oversaw the investigation and convictions of <mask> in 2011, said that Evans was a likely fifth victim of <mask>.Evans did not lock her door, yet it was found locked when she was found dead. Evans had mentioned to friends days before her murder that she couldn't find her house keys. Items of property were also taken from her house including money and shotguns, which fitted <mask>'s Modus Operandi. <mask> regularly burgled the homes of people he knew and reacted violently if disturbed. It is thought <mask> would have known where Evans would have kept money. Wilkins said that <mask> "had been at her house on the day she died" and stated that Evans's death should have been a murder inquiry, saying that her death "disturbs me greatly". Murders of Harry and Megan Tooze After <mask>'s 2011 convictions, it was also revealed that detectives were also investigating whether there was any "connectivity" between <mask> and the unsolved murders of a couple who were shot at close range at their remote farmhouse at Llanharry near Bridgend in 1993.Harry Tooze, 64, and his wife Megan Tooze, 67, had been shot in the head and their bodies dumped in a cowshed and then covered with a carpet. The case remains one of Wales' most notorious unsolved murders. Some similarities with <mask>'s known murders were noted, including the fact that both victims were shot at close range and that attempts were made to hide their bodies. The couple had also both been shot by a shotgun, the weapon <mask> used in his known crimes. It was also observed that there are very few double shotgun murders nationally, and that <mask> was already known to have committed two double shotgun murders. In 2011, the year of <mask>'s convictions for murders, the case was subsequently re-examined by police. Deaths of Griff and Patti Thomas In 2011 a forensic psychologist, Dr Clive Sims, claimed to the BBC that the deaths of an elderly brother and sister at their farmhouse in Pembrokeshire in 1976 could be linked to <mask>.Griff and Patti Thomas, aged 73 and 70 respectively, were found dead in December 1976, and their deaths were originally classified as a double murder until it was decided that Griff Thomas must have argued with the sister he had lived with for 70 years, before hitting her on the head with a blunt instrument and setting himself on fire. Speaking to BBC Wales's Taro Naw current affairs programme, Sims questioned the verdict of manslaughter in the case of Patti Thomas and an open verdict in the case of Griff Thomas. Although it was said that Patti was hit by a blunt instrument, no weapon was ever found. Sims said that the pair were killed by an intruder following a botched burglary, something <mask> was known to have committed in the same area in later years, as in <mask>'s 1985 double murder at Scoveston Park. A cash box had been emptied at the house, the bureau has been broken into, and the back door was unlocked. Sims highlighted how it was highly unlikely that a serial killer would start killing at age 40, <mask>'s age when he committed his first known murders in 1985, and said that it was highly likely that he started killing earlier. See also Rodney Alcala (1943–2021) , American serial killer who appeared as a game-show contestant Göhrde murders, a series of murders in a forest region in Northern Germany in 1989 with a similar pattern.For some time German investigators assumed a link to the Pembrokeshire murders which, however, failed to be corroborated. Joseph Kappen (1941–1990), Wales' first documented serial killer List of serial killers by country References Further reading 1944 births 20th-century Welsh criminals British male criminals British people convicted of burglary British people convicted of robbery British people convicted of sexual assault British people convicted of theft Contestants on British game shows Living people Male serial killers People convicted of murder by England and Wales People from Milford Haven Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by England and Wales Welsh people convicted of assault Welsh people convicted of murder Welsh people convicted of rape Welsh prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment Welsh serial killers

<mask> is a serial killer. The 1985 double murder of siblings Richard and Helen Thomas and the 1989 double murder of Peter and Gwenda Dixon were all committed by <mask>. The murders were known as the "Pembrokeshire Murders" in the media. <mask> was sentenced for the rape of a 16-year-old girl and the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl, both carried out while a group of five teenagers were held at gun point. <mask> was 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 He appeared as a contestant on Bullseye in May 1989 and his image was compared to a sketch of a suspect in the Dixons' murder. Cooper was sentenced to 14 years in 1998 for robbery.He was released from prison in January 2009. The police were able to identify <mask>'s shotgun as the murder weapon after conducting a cold case review in April 2009. Professor Gallop provided further evidence. <mask> was arrested again in May of that year after the police collected more evidence against him. He was sentenced to a whole life order for the murders and sexual assaults. <mask> has been linked to other unsolved crimes. <mask> was charged with theft of a vehicle, assault on a police officer, being drunk and disorderly, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.In 1978, <mask>, a farm labourer, won a large sum of money and a car in a newspaper Spot the Ball competition. After his winnings went to his head, <mask> developed a huge drink and gambling habit. It was a life-changing amount of money and I saw a change in him. He got into a lot of fights because people were scared of him. He started the robberies as his money dried up. On December 22, 1985, <mask> burned down the farmhouse at Scoveston Park, killing brother and sister Richard and Helen Thomas. Peter and Gwenda were due to take their last walk along the coastal path on June 29, 1989, but they failed to return.They were found dead along the path. <mask> forced the couple to reveal their personal identification number after tying them up. <mask>, carrying a sawn-off shotgun, robbed Peter Dixon of $300 and shot the couple in the face at point blank range. In 1996 he attacked five children, threatening them with a gun, sexually abusing one girl and raping another. <mask> committed 30 burglaries and an armed robbery by 1998. A sketch made from witness descriptions was used to match footage from an edition of Bullseye recorded on May 28, 1989 in which <mask> was a contestant. <mask> was sentenced to life in prison for his crimes.He launched an appeal against his convictions. <mask>'s appeal was rejected. A documentary about <mask> was aired on the UK television series Real Crime. On May 24, 2016 the Welsh language television channel S4C broadcasted a documentary about the way in which evidence against <mask> was gathered using the latest forensic techniques available at the time. An interview with the detective who was tasked with interviewing <mask> was included in a documentary about how police solved the two double murder cases in Pembrokeshire. The Gameshow Serial Killer: Police Tapes, a documentary about <mask>, was broadcasted by ITV as part of their 'Crime and Punishment' season. The UK version of CBS Reality broadcasted a documentary about <mask>'s crimes in an episode of Murder by the Sea.Most of the exterior scenes of The Pembrokeshire Murders were filmed in Pembrokeshire. This was followed by an hour-long documentary, The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching The Game Show Killer, featuring interviews with Detective Supt Steve Wilkins, the man who reopened the investigation, forensic scientists involved in the case, and footage of <mask> as he was interviewed by police. After <mask>'s convictions in 2011, the police stated that they would be investigating the possibility that he might have been responsible for other murders. There were some unsolved murders in South Wales that were similar to <mask>'s murders. After <mask> was convicted of four murders, it was revealed that police were considering reopening an inquiry into the unexplained death of another woman who lived two miles from the site of <mask>'s 1985 murders. Flo Evans died soon after <mask> murdered Peter and Gwenda Dixon, and was found fully-clothed in a half-full cold bath in her cottage. <mask> and his wife Pat would often visit Evans at her smallholding, with <mask> completing odd jobs for her.She was mentioned in <mask>'s trial as part of his own evidence and he also mentioned how he had been in her house when detectives were already aware of her death. Her home was in the center of the area where <mask> committed his crimes. Evans would not have had any hot water at the time of her death, as no fire had been lit in the kitchen, so the family suspected her death was suspicious and not an accident. Evans's death was officially recorded as accidental, with it said at the time that she must have slipped into the bath and hit her head and drowned. The widow's family was contacted by the police after <mask>'s conviction to talk about her death. The case of Flo Evans was discussed in the documentary The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching The Game Show Killer, which was shown on ITV after the broadcast of The Pembrokeshire Murders. Detective Supt Steve Wilkins, who oversaw the investigation and convictions of <mask> in 2011, said that Evans was a likely fifth victim.When Evans was found dead, her door was locked. Evans mentioned to her friends that she couldn't find her house keys. Money and guns were taken from her house and fitted to <mask>'s Modus Operandi. <mask> often burgled the homes of people he knew. <mask> is thought to have known where Evans kept his money. Wilkins stated that Evans's death should have been a murder inquiry because <mask> had been at her house on the day she died. The unsolved murders of a couple who were shot at close range at their remote farmhouse at Llanharry near Bridgend were also being investigated by detectives.The Tooze's bodies were dumped in a cowshed and covered with a carpet after they were shot in the head. One of Wales' most notorious murders is still unresolved. The fact that both victims were shot at close range and that attempts were made to hide their bodies were similarities to <mask>'s murders. <mask> used a shotgun to kill the couple. <mask> was already known to have committed two double shotgun murders, and it was observed that there are very few double shotgun murders nationally. In the year of <mask>'s convictions for murders, the case was re-examined by police. The deaths of an elderly brother and sister at their farmhouse in Pembrokeshire in 1976 could be linked to <mask>, as claimed by a forensic psychologist in 2011.The deaths of the Thomas's, who were 73 and 70 years old, were originally thought to be a double murder, but it was decided that they must have argued with the sister he had lived with for 70 years, before hitting her on the head with a blunt instrument. Sims questioned the verdict of manslaughter in the case of Thomas and the open verdict in the case of Thomas. No weapon was ever found after it was said that she was hit by a blunt instrument. <mask>'s 1985 double murder at Scoveston Park was committed in the same area as the deaths of the pair, according to Sims. A bureau has been broken into and a cash box has been emptied at the house. Sims said that it was highly unlikely that a serial killer would start killing at 40, and that it was likely that he started killing earlier. In 1989 a series of murders in a forest region in Northern Germany were committed by a serial killer who appeared on a game show.German investigators assumed a link to the Pembrokeshire murders but failed to corroborate it. Welsh serial killer Joseph Kappen was the first documented serial killer in Wales.

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John Lukic

Jovan "John" Lukic (Serbian: Јован "Џон" Лукић, Jovan "Džon" Lukić; born 11 December 1960) is an English football coach and former professional footballer. He played as a goalkeeper from 1978 to 2001 and spent his entire professional career for Leeds United and Arsenal, making 596 league appearances altogether over two spells with each club. He played in the Premier League for both, winning the League Cup and First Division title in his first spell at Highbury, he was part of the double winning Premier League and FA Cup winning squad of 1997–98 season but didn't play enough games to win a medal, however he was on the bench for the 1999 Charity Shield victory. His Leeds accolades included another First Division title win in 1992 and the following summer's Charity Shield. He was capped for both the England U21 and England B teams. Club career Lukic signed for Leeds United as a schoolboy. He learnt from David Harvey and replaced him, initially in a UEFA Cup Round One, Second Leg, tie against Valletta 3 October 1979, and then in the League at Brighton & Hove Albion on 13 October 1979 and went on to play 165 games for the Elland Road side. After making a transfer request, Lukic moved to Arsenal in July 1983 for £75,000, as a long-term replacement for Pat Jennings. In March 1984 Jennings was injured playing against Coventry City at Highfield Road and Lukic came into the side for four games, making his debut on 7 April 1984 against Stoke City at Highbury in a 3–1 win. The following season, 1984-85, on Halloween night 31 October 1984 Jennings had a bit of a horror show against Oxford United away in the League Cup, where Arsenal got knocked out 3–2, and Jennings got dropped for one game and Lukic came in to replace him, and though Jennings returned for the next three games, Lukic came back into the side and played every game for the rest of the season, nailing down the number one keepers spot. In 1985-86 Lukic missed just three games in all competitions and in 1986-87 he clinched his first winners medal and won the League Cup Final against Liverpool. In 1987-88 Lukic was ever present playing in all 52 matches Arsenal played that season including the return trip to Wembley against Luton Town to defend the League Cup, but Arsenal lost. However, there were better days to come for Lukic and Arsenal in 1988-89, where Arsenal won the title in the last minute of the game against Liverpool. Lukic played his full part in it as he played every minute of every game that season. 1989-90 was Lukic's last season in his first spell at the club. For the third season in a row he played in every single Arsenal match. In the summer of 1990 Arsenal manager George Graham signed David Seaman from Queens Park Rangers – Seaman had been Lukic's understudy at Leeds. On his departure, Graham commented "I still think John Lukic is one of the best keepers in the country; I just think David Seaman is the best". Having played 277 times for the Gunners, Lukic rejoined Leeds. He became their most expensive signing in May 1990, to replace the ageing Mervyn Day, playing a further 265 times. Lukic won a second League title in 1991–92 and a runners up medal in the League Cup in 1995–96 where Leeds lost to Aston Villa at Wembley. Manager Howard Wilkinson signed Nigel Martyn from Crystal Palace in the summer of 1996 and Lukic rejoined Arsenal on a free-transfer in July 1996. Lukic was granted a Testimonial by Leeds United and his two teams, Leeds United and Arsenal, met at Elland Road on 31 August 1996, in which he played for Arsenal in the first half and Leeds in the second half. As deputy to David Seaman, he played 15 league games in 1996–97 as cover, but after the signing of Alex Manninger in 1997 he stepped down to No. 3. However, with Manninger injured, Lukic was on the bench for Arsenal's 2000 UEFA Cup Final loss to Galatasaray, earning him a runners-up medal. In 2000, after a series of injuries to the club's other 'keepers, he made a brief return to the first team, playing four times. The last of these four games, against Derby County, was a month shy of his 40th birthday; another one of these, a match against Lazio on 17 October 2000 made him, at the time, the oldest player ever to take part in a UEFA Champions League match. This has since been surpassed by Dany Verlinden, Alessandro Costacurta and Marco Ballotta. He retired in 2001 and now coaches part-time. He has won the league with two clubs, a feat he shares with fellow professionals such as Nicolas Anelka, Eric Cantona, Carlos Tevez, Ashley Cole, and Kevin Richardson. He is one of possibly four players to have played in the top flight of English football in four decades, the other players to attain this achievement are Peter Shilton, Steve Ogrizovic and Stanley Matthews. International career By the 1980s Lukic had attracted the attention of the then Yugoslavia side who approached him about playing for them. He declined to pursue England selection. Though Lukic played for England at youth and under-21 level, he never won a cap for the senior team. On 11 December 1990 he was called up to the England "B" squad to play Algeria in Algiers and he kept a clean-sheet in a 0–0 draw against the Algerian top team as he came on as a half-time replacement for Nigel Martyn, who was with Crystal Palace at the time. It was to be his last representative appearance. Personal life Lukic was born in Chesterfield to Yugoslavian parents; an urban legend states that Lukic's mother survived the Munich air disaster while pregnant with him; this is untrue, as the crash happened in February 1958, more than two years before Lukic was born. There was a Mrs Lukić on board the plane, who did survive (along with her young daughter) after being saved by Manchester United goalkeeper Harry Gregg. Lukic has a son, also called John and also a goalkeeper, who was a youth player at Nottingham Forest until 2005; he signed professional terms with Grimsby Town in June 2005 to act as understudy to Steve Mildenhall for the 2005–06 season. However, he was released at the end of the season and briefly signed for Barnsley before disappearing from competitive football. As of 2011. Lukic worked as a freelance goalkeeping coach. Career statistics Club Honours Arsenal Football League Cup: 1986-87 First Division: 1988–89 FA Charity Shield: 1999 Leeds United First Division: 1991–92 FA Charity Shield: 1992 References 1960 births Living people Sportspeople from Chesterfield, Derbyshire Footballers from Derbyshire English footballers England under-21 international footballers England B international footballers Association football goalkeepers Leeds United F.C. players Arsenal F.C. players English Football League players Premier League players English people of Serbian descent

Jovan "<mask><mask> (Serbian: Јован "Џон" Лукић, Jovan "Džon" Lukić; born 11 December 1960) is an English football coach and former professional footballer. He played as a goalkeeper from 1978 to 2001 and spent his entire professional career for Leeds United and Arsenal, making 596 league appearances altogether over two spells with each club. He played in the Premier League for both, winning the League Cup and First Division title in his first spell at Highbury, he was part of the double winning Premier League and FA Cup winning squad of 1997–98 season but didn't play enough games to win a medal, however he was on the bench for the 1999 Charity Shield victory. His Leeds accolades included another First Division title win in 1992 and the following summer's Charity Shield. He was capped for both the England U21 and England B teams. Club career <mask> signed for Leeds United as a schoolboy. He learnt from David Harvey and replaced him, initially in a UEFA Cup Round One, Second Leg, tie against Valletta 3 October 1979, and then in the League at Brighton & Hove Albion on 13 October 1979 and went on to play 165 games for the Elland Road side.After making a transfer request, <mask> moved to Arsenal in July 1983 for £75,000, as a long-term replacement for Pat Jennings. In March 1984 Jennings was injured playing against Coventry City at Highfield Road and <mask> came into the side for four games, making his debut on 7 April 1984 against Stoke City at Highbury in a 3–1 win. The following season, 1984-85, on Halloween night 31 October 1984 Jennings had a bit of a horror show against Oxford United away in the League Cup, where Arsenal got knocked out 3–2, and Jennings got dropped for one game and <mask> came in to replace him, and though Jennings returned for the next three games, <mask> came back into the side and played every game for the rest of the season, nailing down the number one keepers spot. In 1985-86 Lukic missed just three games in all competitions and in 1986-87 he clinched his first winners medal and won the League Cup Final against Liverpool. In 1987-88 Lukic was ever present playing in all 52 matches Arsenal played that season including the return trip to Wembley against Luton Town to defend the League Cup, but Arsenal lost. However, there were better days to come for Lukic and Arsenal in 1988-89, where Arsenal won the title in the last minute of the game against Liverpool. Lukic played his full part in it as he played every minute of every game that season.1989-90 was <mask>'s last season in his first spell at the club. For the third season in a row he played in every single Arsenal match. In the summer of 1990 Arsenal manager George Graham signed David Seaman from Queens Park Rangers – Seaman had been <mask>'s understudy at Leeds. On his departure, Graham commented "I still think <mask> is one of the best keepers in the country; I just think David Seaman is the best". Having played 277 times for the Gunners, <mask> rejoined Leeds. He became their most expensive signing in May 1990, to replace the ageing Mervyn Day, playing a further 265 times. <mask> won a second League title in 1991–92 and a runners up medal in the League Cup in 1995–96 where Leeds lost to Aston Villa at Wembley.Manager Howard Wilkinson signed Nigel Martyn from Crystal Palace in the summer of 1996 and <mask> rejoined Arsenal on a free-transfer in July 1996. <mask> was granted a Testimonial by Leeds United and his two teams, Leeds United and Arsenal, met at Elland Road on 31 August 1996, in which he played for Arsenal in the first half and Leeds in the second half. As deputy to David Seaman, he played 15 league games in 1996–97 as cover, but after the signing of Alex Manninger in 1997 he stepped down to No. 3. However, with Manninger injured, <mask> was on the bench for Arsenal's 2000 UEFA Cup Final loss to Galatasaray, earning him a runners-up medal. In 2000, after a series of injuries to the club's other 'keepers, he made a brief return to the first team, playing four times. The last of these four games, against Derby County, was a month shy of his 40th birthday; another one of these, a match against Lazio on 17 October 2000 made him, at the time, the oldest player ever to take part in a UEFA Champions League match.This has since been surpassed by Dany Verlinden, Alessandro Costacurta and Marco Ballotta. He retired in 2001 and now coaches part-time. He has won the league with two clubs, a feat he shares with fellow professionals such as Nicolas Anelka, Eric Cantona, Carlos Tevez, Ashley Cole, and Kevin Richardson. He is one of possibly four players to have played in the top flight of English football in four decades, the other players to attain this achievement are Peter Shilton, Steve Ogrizovic and Stanley Matthews. International career By the 1980s Lukic had attracted the attention of the then Yugoslavia side who approached him about playing for them. He declined to pursue England selection. Though Lukic played for England at youth and under-21 level, he never won a cap for the senior team.On 11 December 1990 he was called up to the England "B" squad to play Algeria in Algiers and he kept a clean-sheet in a 0–0 draw against the Algerian top team as he came on as a half-time replacement for Nigel Martyn, who was with Crystal Palace at the time. It was to be his last representative appearance. Personal life <mask> was born in Chesterfield to Yugoslavian parents; an urban legend states that <mask>'s mother survived the Munich air disaster while pregnant with him; this is untrue, as the crash happened in February 1958, more than two years before <mask> was born. There was a Mrs Lukić on board the plane, who did survive (along with her young daughter) after being saved by Manchester United goalkeeper Harry Gregg. <mask> has a son, also called <mask> and also a goalkeeper, who was a youth player at Nottingham Forest until 2005; he signed professional terms with Grimsby Town in June 2005 to act as understudy to Steve Mildenhall for the 2005–06 season. However, he was released at the end of the season and briefly signed for Barnsley before disappearing from competitive football. As of 2011.Lukic worked as a freelance goalkeeping coach. Career statistics Club Honours Arsenal Football League Cup: 1986-87 First Division: 1988–89 FA Charity Shield: 1999 Leeds United First Division: 1991–92 FA Charity Shield: 1992 References 1960 births Living people Sportspeople from Chesterfield, Derbyshire Footballers from Derbyshire English footballers England under-21 international footballers England B international footballers Association football goalkeepers Leeds United F.C. players Arsenal F.C. players English Football League players Premier League players English people of Serbian descent

He is an English football coach and former professional footballer. He spent his entire professional career as a goalkeeper, making 596 league appearances over two spells with each club. He played for both, winning the League Cup and First Division title in his first spell at Highbury, but didn't play enough games to win a medal, however he was a part of the double winning squad of 1997–98. He won the First Division title in 1992 and the Charity Shield the following summer. He played for the England U21 and England B teams. As a schoolboy, Lukic signed for a club. He went on to play 165 games for the Elland Road side after learning from David Harvey, who replaced him in the first round of the European competition.After making a request for a transfer, <mask> moved toArsenal in July 1983 to be a long-term replacement for Pat Jennings. In March 1984 Jennings was injured and <mask> came into the side for four games and they won three of them. In the League Cup away to Oxford United on 31 October 1984 Jennings was dropped for one game and <mask> came in to replace him, but he came back for the next game. In 1985-86, <mask> missed just three games and in 1986-87, he won the League Cup Final. The return trip to Wembley to defend the League Cup was one of the highlights of the 1987-88 season. In 1988-89, there were better days for <mask> and the team after they won the title in the last minute of the game. He played every minute of every game that season.The last season of <mask>'s first spell at the club was 1989-90. He played in every match for the third season in a row. In the summer of 1990 David Seaman was signed by George Graham from Queens Park Rangers. "I think David Seaman is the best keeper in the country and I still think <mask> is one of the best keepers in the country", said Graham on his departure. <mask> was a part of the team that played 277 times. He became their most expensive signing in May 1990 to replace Mervyn Day. The League title and runners up medal were won by <mask>, who lost to Villa at Wembley in the League Cup.In the summer of 1996 a manager signed a player from Crystal Palace and in the summer of 1996 a player returned from a free-transfer. He played for both teams in the first and second half of the game at Elland Road on August 31, 1996, in which he was granted a Testimonial by Leeds United. He played 15 league games as a deputy to David Seaman, but after the signing of Alex Manninger, he stepped down to No. 3. With Manninger injured, <mask> was on the bench for the 2000 UEFA Cup Final loss to Galatasaray, earning him a runners-up medal. After a number of injuries to the club's other 'keepers, he made a brief return to the first team. The last of these four games, against Derby County, was a month shy of his 40th birthday; another one of these, a match against Lazio on 17 October 2000 made him, at the time, the oldest player ever to take part in a European match.Dany Verlinden, Alessandro Costacurta and Marco Ballotta have replaced this. He retired in 2001 and is now a coach. He has won the league with two clubs, a feat he shares with fellow professionals such as Nicolas Anelka, Eric Cantona, Carlos Tevez, and Kevin Richardson. He is one of four players who have played in the top flight of English football for at least four decades. The Yugoslavia side tried to get him to play for them in the 1980s. He did not want to be considered for England selection. He never won a cap for the senior team despite playing for England at youth and under-21 level.On 11 December 1990 he was called up to the England "B" squad to play Algeria in Algiers and he kept a clean-sheet in a 0–0 draw against the Algerian top team as he came on as a half-time replacement. His last appearance was as a representative. An urban legend states that <mask>'s mother survived the air disaster in February of 1958, but this is not true, as the crash happened more than two years before he was born. Mrs Luki was on the plane with her daughter and was saved by a Manchester United goalkeeper. The son of <mask> and also a goalkeeper, who was a youth player at Forest until 2005; he signed professional terms with Grimsby Town in June 2005 to act as understudy to Steve Mildenhall for the 2005–06 season. He was released at the end of the season and then signed for Barnsley before disappearing from competitive football. As of 2011.He worked as a goalkeeping coach. The FA Charity Shield was created in 1992 to honor 1960 births. The players are F.C. The English people of Serbian descent are football players.

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Zhang Yunyi

Zhang Yunyi (; August 10, 1892 – November 19, 1974), was a Communist revolutionary and military strategist of the People’s Republic of China. Born in Wenchang, Hainan, he joined the Communist Party of China in 1926, and took part in the Northern Expedition, the Nanchang Uprising, the Baise Uprising, the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War. Zhang held the posts of the army commander of the 7th Red Army, the assistant staff officer of the Military Commission of the Central Committee of the CPC, the commander of a military area, etc., and was named one of the ten Senior Generals (Da Jiang, the second highest rank in the PLA) in 1955. The Zhang Yunyi Memorial Hall is located in Wenchang, Hainan Province. Life Early life Zhang was born in a poor peasant family on August 10, 1892, in Wenchang, Guangdong (now is part of Hainan). At age eight he began studying at the Guangdong Army Primary School. Zhang`s former name was Zhang Yunyi (). Zhang Shengzhi was his alternate name. After he joined the revolution, he changed his name to Zhang Yunyi (). In 1908, Zhang successfully passed the entrance examination of Whampoa Military Academy in Guangzhou and enrolled. In Oct. 1909, in primary school, Zhang joined the Tongmenghui(United League) secretly with a few of patriotic classmates. Zhang left the Whampoa Military Academy and took part in the Second Guangzhou Uprising in 1911. When the Xinhai Revolution against the Qing Dynasty broke out in 1911 he joined the Revolutionary Army and requested to be the captain of the bomb troops. After the establishment of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China in Nanjing in 1912, Zhang was recommended to the Humen, Guangdong Army accelerated school by the revolutionary government. In the midsummer of 1914, Zhang graduated from the accelerated school with excellent grades and went to work in Hainan. He took part in the National Protection War in 1915. And in 1921 Zhang Yunyi left Hainan Province for Guangzhou and joined Chen Jiongming with his campaign. In 1926, Zhang took part in the Northern Expedition as the Chief of staff. In the same year he was one of the commanders of wars in Tingsiqiao, Heshengqiao, Wuchang, Henan and so on. In October, 1926, he joined the Communist Party of China, through the recommendation of Wang Zhiren (). During the Sino-Japanese War After the negotiation of the Xi'an Incident, Zhang Yunyi was sent to the southern area to unify the people of all ranks to resist the Japanese army. In April 1937, Zhang Yunyi, Zhou Enlai and Kong Shiquan () went to Xi’an. When they arrived at Laoshan Mountain (), they encountered a surprise attack conducted by the Kuomintang. Zhang Yunyi directed the successful evacuation of other people. In late April 1937, Zhang Yunyi was sent to Hong Kong to lead the south anti-Japanese national united front (). He collected donations in Hong Kong and Macao and persuaded Ye Ting to join the war against Japan. After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, according to the instruction of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, Zhang Yunyi discussed with Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi in Guilin in hopes that Li and Bai would join the anti-Japanese national united front. In January 1938, the New Fourth Army was established in Nanchang. Ye Ting was the Army commander, while Zhang Yunyi held the concurrent posts of chief of staff and commander of the third detachment. In the middle of December 1938, Zhang Yunyi headed the special task battalion and arrived at Anhui where the headquarters of the fourth detachment was located and shouldered the task of the war in the middle area of Anhui Province. On May 5, 1939, the north Yangtze River command post of the New Fourth Army was established and Zhang Yunyi held the concurrent post of the general director and the Secretary of the CPC of the command post. In December 1940, with Xu Haidong, and Luo Binghui (), Zhang Yunyi shattered the military attack of Collaborationist Chinese Army. The army in the north of the Yangtze River grew from 7000 to 10000 people. At the beginning of 1941, after the New Fourth Army incident, Zhang Yunyi acted as the Deputy Commander of the New Fourth Army and the division commander of the second division. In 1945, from August 9 to 22, under the direction of Zhang Yunyi, the military and civilians of central China emancipated 17 counties and more than 200 towns. More than 12,000 soldiers of the Collaborationist Chinese Army were killed, thus winning the initial victory of the war. During the Chinese Civil War In January, 1946, Zhang was concurrently appointed deputy commander of the Shandong Military Region taking charge of logistic maintenance and base construction of the New Fourth Army and the Shandong Military Region. In January, 1947, Zhang was appointed deputy commander of the East-China Military Region. In August, the East-China Military Region Office was moved to Huimin County, Shandong and the Rear Committee of the East-China Military Region Office was founded. Zhang was appointed as secretary. He led the Land Reform, Yan'an Rectification Movement, front-line support, and local armed forces construction. He also extended the East-China Field Army. In November, 1948, Zhang was concurrently appointed commander of the Shandong Military Region. In January, 1949, Zhang proposed the preparation for Changjiang-crossing Campaign () and formulated strategic plans. In March, Zhang attended the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Communist Party. On September 22, Zhang was appointed secretary of the Guangxi Provincial Party Committee and chairman of People's Government of Guangxi. On September 21, the First Plenary Session of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference was held. Zhang attended the conference as the chief representative of the South-China Chinese People’s Liberation Army. Zhang was appointed Committee member of Chinese People's Government Committee and Chinese People's Revolutionary Military Committee. In December, Zhang went to Guangxi for work and was concurrently appointed committee member of Central South Military Region Party Committee. People's Republic of China Not long after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Zhang Yunyi was appointed to be the CPC party chief of Guangxi Province. It was in Guangxi where Zhang had initiated the Baise Uprising () with Deng Xiaoping in 1929. When he arrived in Guangxi, he launched the counterinsurgency immediately. It was quite hard due to the lack of manpower so Zhang had to personally fight with the opposition. In February, 1950, the lead agency of Guangxi Province formally founded. Because of health problems, Zhang returned to Beijing in 1953, and was appointed as the Deputy Secretary of the Commission of PRC. In the fall of 1955, Zhang Yunyi was endowed as the "Great General". Zhang died on November 19, 1974. Deng Xiaoping read his eulogy at his funeral. Family Marriage Zhang Yunyi is the only one of the ten great generals who had a concubine. His first wife, Wang Bizhen (), married Zhang in 1914, and died in an air raid in Guangzhou. His second wife, Han Bi (), married Zhang in 1923, and died in 1984. Children The second son, Zhang Yuanzhi (), born in 1928 to Han Bi, was the deputy secretary of Ministry of Nuclear Industry. The younger son, Zhang Guangdong (), born in 1946 to Han Bi, was the headmaster of the Shijiazhuang Army Command College (). Zhang Yunyi Memorial Hall The Zhang Yunyi Memorial Hall is to the north of Wenchang Middle School in Wenchang, Hainan Island. It was built in memory of the 100th anniversary of the birth of General Zhang Yunyi. Sitting east to west, the memorial hall covers an area of 7962 square meters, 8 meters high, 12 meters wide, and the roof top is decorated with green glaze. Six golden words, “张云逸纪念馆”, which is written by Nie Rongzhen, is engraved in the middle of the lintel. Between the gate and the exhibition room lies Zhang Yunyi’s bronze body sculpture at a height of 8 meters, with the golden words “张云逸大将” written by Peng Zhen engraved on its base. In the exhibition room behind the structure, photographs, graphs, pictures, manuscripts and entities are exhibited, presenting the life of Zhang Yunyi systematically. Writings A Serious Mistake (), published on 《星火燎原 Unpublished manuscripts》in 2007. References 1892 births 1974 deaths People's Liberation Army generals from Hainan Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hainan People's Republic of China politicians from Hainan Political office-holders in Guangxi Military strategists People from Wenchang

<mask> (; August 10, 1892 – November 19, 1974), was a Communist revolutionary and military strategist of the People’s Republic of China. Born in Wenchang, Hainan, he joined the Communist Party of China in 1926, and took part in the Northern Expedition, the Nanchang Uprising, the Baise Uprising, the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War. <mask> held the posts of the army commander of the 7th Red Army, the assistant staff officer of the Military Commission of the Central Committee of the CPC, the commander of a military area, etc., and was named one of the ten Senior Generals (Da Jiang, the second highest rank in the PLA) in 1955. The <mask> Memorial Hall is located in Wenchang, Hainan Province. Life Early life <mask> was born in a poor peasant family on August 10, 1892, in Wenchang, Guangdong (now is part of Hainan). At age eight he began studying at the Guangdong Army Primary School. <mask>`s former name was <mask> ().<mask>zhi was his alternate name. After he joined the revolution, he changed his name to <mask> (). In 1908, <mask> successfully passed the entrance examination of Whampoa Military Academy in Guangzhou and enrolled. In Oct. 1909, in primary school, <mask> joined the Tongmenghui(United League) secretly with a few of patriotic classmates. <mask> left the Whampoa Military Academy and took part in the Second Guangzhou Uprising in 1911. When the Xinhai Revolution against the Qing Dynasty broke out in 1911 he joined the Revolutionary Army and requested to be the captain of the bomb troops. After the establishment of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China in Nanjing in 1912, <mask> was recommended to the Humen, Guangdong Army accelerated school by the revolutionary government.In the midsummer of 1914, <mask> graduated from the accelerated school with excellent grades and went to work in Hainan. He took part in the National Protection War in 1915. And in 1921 <mask> left Hainan Province for Guangzhou and joined Chen Jiongming with his campaign. In 1926, <mask> took part in the Northern Expedition as the Chief of staff. In the same year he was one of the commanders of wars in Tingsiqiao, Heshengqiao, Wuchang, Henan and so on. In October, 1926, he joined the Communist Party of China, through the recommendation of Wang Zhiren (). During the Sino-Japanese War After the negotiation of the Xi'an Incident, <mask> was sent to the southern area to unify the people of all ranks to resist the Japanese army.In April 1937, <mask>, Zhou Enlai and Kong Shiquan () went to Xi’an. When they arrived at Laoshan Mountain (), they encountered a surprise attack conducted by the Kuomintang. <mask> directed the successful evacuation of other people. In late April 1937, <mask> was sent to Hong Kong to lead the south anti-Japanese national united front (). He collected donations in Hong Kong and Macao and persuaded Ye Ting to join the war against Japan. After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, according to the instruction of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, <mask> discussed with Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi in Guilin in hopes that Li and Bai would join the anti-Japanese national united front. In January 1938, the New Fourth Army was established in Nanchang.Ye Ting was the Army commander, while <mask> held the concurrent posts of chief of staff and commander of the third detachment. In the middle of December 1938, <mask> headed the special task battalion and arrived at Anhui where the headquarters of the fourth detachment was located and shouldered the task of the war in the middle area of Anhui Province. On May 5, 1939, the north Yangtze River command post of the New Fourth Army was established and <mask> held the concurrent post of the general director and the Secretary of the CPC of the command post. In December 1940, with Xu Haidong, and Luo Binghui (), <mask> shattered the military attack of Collaborationist Chinese Army. The army in the north of the Yangtze River grew from 7000 to 10000 people. At the beginning of 1941, after the New Fourth Army incident, <mask> acted as the Deputy Commander of the New Fourth Army and the division commander of the second division. In 1945, from August 9 to 22, under the direction of <mask>, the military and civilians of central China emancipated 17 counties and more than 200 towns.More than 12,000 soldiers of the Collaborationist Chinese Army were killed, thus winning the initial victory of the war. During the Chinese Civil War In January, 1946, <mask> was concurrently appointed deputy commander of the Shandong Military Region taking charge of logistic maintenance and base construction of the New Fourth Army and the Shandong Military Region. In January, 1947, <mask> was appointed deputy commander of the East-China Military Region. In August, the East-China Military Region Office was moved to Huimin County, Shandong and the Rear Committee of the East-China Military Region Office was founded. <mask> was appointed as secretary. He led the Land Reform, Yan'an Rectification Movement, front-line support, and local armed forces construction. He also extended the East-China Field Army.In November, 1948, <mask> was concurrently appointed commander of the Shandong Military Region. In January, 1949, <mask> proposed the preparation for Changjiang-crossing Campaign () and formulated strategic plans. In March, <mask> attended the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Communist Party. On September 22, <mask> was appointed secretary of the Guangxi Provincial Party Committee and chairman of People's Government of Guangxi. On September 21, the First Plenary Session of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference was held. <mask> attended the conference as the chief representative of the South-China Chinese People’s Liberation Army. <mask> was appointed Committee member of Chinese People's Government Committee and Chinese People's Revolutionary Military Committee.In December, <mask> went to Guangxi for work and was concurrently appointed committee member of Central South Military Region Party Committee. People's Republic of China Not long after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, <mask> was appointed to be the CPC party chief of Guangxi Province. It was in Guangxi where <mask> had initiated the Baise Uprising () with Deng Xiaoping in 1929. When he arrived in Guangxi, he launched the counterinsurgency immediately. It was quite hard due to the lack of manpower so <mask> had to personally fight with the opposition. In February, 1950, the lead agency of Guangxi Province formally founded. Because of health problems, <mask> returned to Beijing in 1953, and was appointed as the Deputy Secretary of the Commission of PRC.In the fall of 1955, <mask> was endowed as the "Great General". <mask> died on November 19, 1974. Deng Xiaoping read his eulogy at his funeral. Family Marriage <mask> is the only one of the ten great generals who had a concubine. His first wife, Wang Bizhen (), married <mask> in 1914, and died in an air raid in Guangzhou. His second wife, Han Bi (), married <mask> in 1923, and died in 1984. Children The second son, <mask> (), born in 1928 to Han Bi, was the deputy secretary of Ministry of Nuclear Industry.The younger son, <mask> (), born in 1946 to Han Bi, was the headmaster of the Shijiazhuang Army Command College (). <mask> Memorial Hall The <mask>yi Memorial Hall is to the north of Wenchang Middle School in Wenchang, Hainan Island. It was built in memory of the 100th anniversary of the birth of General <mask>. Sitting east to west, the memorial hall covers an area of 7962 square meters, 8 meters high, 12 meters wide, and the roof top is decorated with green glaze. Six golden words, “张云逸纪念馆”, which is written by Nie Rongzhen, is engraved in the middle of the lintel. Between the gate and the exhibition room lies <mask>’s bronze body sculpture at a height of 8 meters, with the golden words “张云逸大将” written by Peng Zhen engraved on its base. In the exhibition room behind the structure, photographs, graphs, pictures, manuscripts and entities are exhibited, presenting the life of <mask> systematically.Writings A Serious Mistake (), published on 《星火燎原 Unpublished manuscripts》in 2007. References 1892 births 1974 deaths People's Liberation Army generals from Hainan Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hainan People's Republic of China politicians from Hainan Political office-holders in Guangxi Military strategists People from Wenchang

The leader of the Communist revolutionary and military strategist of the People's Republic of China was named <mask>. He joined the Communist Party of China in the late 19th century and took part in a number of battles. The army commander of the 7th Red Army, the assistant staff officer of the Military Commission of the Central Committee of the CPC, and the commander of a military area were all held by <mask>. There is a memorial hall in the province. On August 10, 1892, <mask>.He had an alternate name. He changed his name after joining the revolution. In 1908,<mask> passed the entrance examination of Whampoa Military Academy in Guangzhou and was able to enroll. In 1909, in primary school, <mask> joined the United League with a few of his classmates. The Second Guangzhou Uprising was a part of the Whampoa Military Academy. He joined the Revolutionary Army because he wanted to be the captain of the bomb troops. After the establishment of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China in Nanjing in 1912,<mask> was recommended to the Humen, Guangdong Army accelerated school by the revolutionary government.In the summer of 1914,<mask> graduated from the accelerated school and went to work in Hainan. The National Protection War took place in 1915. Chen Jiongming joined the campaign with the help of a man who left Hainan Province for Guangzhou. He was the Chief of staff in the Northern expedition. He was one of the commanders of wars in the same year. He joined the Communist Party of China in October of 1926. The southern area was sent to unify the people of all ranks to resist the Japanese army during the Sino-Japanese War.In April 1937, Zhou Enlai, Kong ShiQuan, and a few others went to Xi'an. They encountered a surprise attack when they arrived at the mountain. The other people were evacuated. The leader of the south anti-Japanese national united front was sent to Hong Kong. He persuaded Ye Ting to join the war against Japan after collecting donations in Hong Kong and Macao. According to the instructions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, after the Marco Polo Bridge incident, there was a discussion with Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi in hopes that they would join the anti-Japanese national united front. The New Fourth Army was established in January of 1938.The Army commander was Ye Ting, while the chief of staff and commander of the third detachment were the same person. The headquarters of the fourth detachment of the special task battalion was located at the center of the war in the middle area of the province. The north Yangtze River command post of the New Fourth Army was established on May 5, 1939, with the concurrent post of the general director and the secretary of the CPC. The military attack of the Collaborationist Chinese Army was shattered in December 1940. The army in the north grew from 7000 to 10000 people. The deputy commander of the New Fourth Army and the division commander of the second division were appointed at the beginning of 1941. In 1945, the military and civilians of central China emancipated 17 counties and more than 200 towns.The initial victory of the war was won by more than 12,000 soldiers of the Collaborationist Chinese Army. During the Chinese Civil War,<mask> was appointed deputy commander of the Shandong Military Region and took charge of base construction and maintenance. The deputy commander of the East-China Military Region was appointed in January 1947. The Rear Committee of the East-China Military Region Office was founded in August after the East-China Military Region Office was moved. He was appointed as a secretary. He was the leader of the Land Reform,Yan'an Rectification Movement, front-line support, and local armed forces construction. The East-China Field Army was extended.In 1948,<mask> was appointed commander of the Shandong Military Region. In January 1949,<mask> formulated strategic plans for the Changjiang-crossing Campaign. The Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Communist Party was held in March. On September 22, <mask> was appointed secretary of the Guangxi Provincial Party Committee and chairman of the People's Government. The first session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference was held on September 21. The chief representative of the South-China Chinese People's Liberation Army was at the conference. He was appointed to the Chinese People's Government Committee and Chinese People's Revolutionary Military Committee.In December, <mask> was appointed a committee member of the Central South Military Region Party Committee. The establishment of the People's Republic of China resulted in the appointment of a new party chief. There was a Baise Uprising with Deng Xiaoping in 1929. He launched the counterinsurgency when he arrived. It was difficult due to the lack of manpower. The lead agency of the province was founded in February of 1950. In 1953, because of health problems, he returned to Beijing and became the deputy secretary of the Commission of PRC.The "Great General" was endowed in the fall of 1955. The death of <mask> occurred on November 19, 1974. Deng Xiaoping spoke at his funeral. One of the ten great generals had a concubine. Wang Bizhen, his first wife, died in an air raid in Guangzhou. His second wife, Han Bi, died in 1984. The second son was the deputy secretary of the Ministry of Nuclear Industry.The younger son was the head of the Shijiazhuang Army Command College. There is a memorial hall to the north of a middle school. It was built to honor the 100th anniversary of the birth of the General. The memorial hall covers an area of 7962 square meters and is decorated with green glaze. There are six golden words engraved in the lintel. There is a bronze body sculpture between the gate and the exhibition room with golden words written on its base. Photographs, graphs, pictures, manuscripts and entities are on display in the exhibition room behind the structure.Writings A Serious Mistake was published in 2007. There are 1892 births and 1974 deaths of People's Liberation Army generals from the People's Republic of China.

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Tom Ritchey (born 1956) is an American bicycle frame builder, Category 1 racer, fabricator, designer, and founder of Ritchey Design. Ritchey is a US pioneer in modern frame building and the first production mountain bike builder/manufacturer in the history of the sport. He is an innovator of bicycle components that have been used in winning some of the biggest cycling competitions in the world including the UCI World Championships, the Tour de France and the Olympics. In 1988, Ritchey was inducted into the inaugural Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in Crested Butte, Colorado (now located in Fairfax, California): and 2012, inducted to the United States Bicycle Hall of Fame in Davis, California. Early years Tom Ritchey moved to Menlo Park, California, from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, in 1963, when his father was hired as an engineer at Ampex Corporation, an electronics company located in Redwood City, California, pioneered the magnetic tape recorder. Ritchey attributes his interest in bicycles to his father's interest in cycling, as his father found cycling as a means to get to work and fell in love with the sport himself. At age 11, Ritchey's father taught Tom Jr. to build his wheels and repair tubular tires. Ritchey started a small business repairing tires to earn money to buy his first road bike, a Raleigh Super Course. When he was 14, Ritchey joined the Belmont Bicycle Club (BBC) and began racing. Shortly after this, he upgraded his bike to a frame he repaired himself, a broken Cinelli "B." His father taught him how to braze around this time, and he started repairing bicycle frames for local racers. After learning to repair/replace other builders' damaged tubes, Ritchey built his first racing frame. He decided to build his frame out of a necessity for an affordable, lighter, faster bike. He bought the tube set and lugs from local builder Hugh Enox at the time for $21, and in 1972 built his first frame, which he raced on that year. He won many junior races and titles on this very frame, and eventually, on future bikes he built, he won the Senior Prestige Road trophy and the BAR (Best All-Around Rider) in 1973 and 1974 as a Junior. These feats led to Ritchey being known as the "Senior Slayer", having beaten top Californians (many of whom considered to be some of the best riders in the U.S. at the time) and former Olympians. Tom rode for Team USA's Junior Worlds road racing squad, and then a stint on the U.S. National Road Team. In 1976, Ritchey retired from road racing. He continued to race mountain bikes through the early 1980s, competing more recently in races like the Downieville Classic, La Ruta, Trans Andes, Trans Alps and Cape Epic in South Africa. During his early racing years, Ritchey began building bikes for Palo Alto Bicycles and its national mail order catalog. In 1974, as his senior year in high school approached, Ritchey had already built approximately 200 frames. It was around this time he honed his fillet brazing or "lugless" method of fabricating frames. Ritchey sought to challenge bicycle industry standards of frame tubing diameter at the time limited by the use of fixed dimensioned lugs. Ritchey's fillet brazing construction method allowed the choice of larger thin-wall tubing diameters and unique ovalizations to create lighter -stiffer frames. By 1979, Ritchey had produced over 1,000 frames on his own. Personal life Ritchey is married to his second wife, Martha. Together they have six children; son Jay, and daughters Sara and Annie (Tom), and sons Steven, David, and Christopher (Martha). Tom and Martha have six grandchildren. Off-road riding and the mountain bike Ritchey often cites his friend, the late Jobst Brandt as being crucial not only to his development as a cyclist and component designer, but for his deep passion in off-road riding. Brandt, author of the iconic book, The Bicycle Wheel, had a riding style that was unlike anyone else at the time. Brandt would lead his infamous rides that quickly left the paved roads behind and ventured onto to dirt single-track trails on traditional road bikes with no modification—something completely unheard in the 1960s and '70s. In 1978, Ritchey was approached by Joe Breeze and Otis Guy to build a tandem for them to use in a record attempt across America. Breeze brought his newly made off-road "ballooner" bike to Ritchey's shop in Menlo Park. While he credits Joe Breeze for building the first custom off-road specific 26" wheeled frame, however, known only to a few people, Ritchey had already built an off-road specific 650b bike along the design lines of a fatter tired, flat barred "woodsy/cow trail" bike. Ritchey says he was influenced by the late John Finley Scott, who encouraged him to build a bike for years with 650b wheels and tires. Upon seeing Joe's bike, he said, "I think I’ll build something like that also." Breeze returned to his home of Fairfax, CA and told Gary Fisher of Ritchey's intentions to build a 26" "ballooner." Immediately, Fisher called Ritchey and asked Ritchey to build him one as well. Because of Ritchey's production mindset, he built a third frame. When Fisher picked up his frame a few months later and learned of the third frame, he told Ritchey, "I can sell that." The seeds of the new "mountain bike" company were sewn, beginning with Fisher selling bike #3 to a fellow Marin resident. These "ballooners" were first featured in BMX Plus magazine, before the world identified them as a mountain bike, and a new buzz surrounded this new style of off-road bike. Fisher enlisted the help of his friend and roommate, Charlie Kelly, to market and sell the bikes Ritchey was building. Because Ritchey had years of custom frame and component manufacturing experience, he was uniquely suited to tackle and establish many of the new designs and standards this new breed of bicycle would require. The company initially was called Ritchey MountainBikes, with Ritchey fillet brazing over 1000 bikes over the course of those beginning three years. This high volume of production lead to Ritchey becoming mountain biking's first production frame builder, earning him the moniker, "The General Motors of mountain bike frame companies," from Mike Sinyard of Specialized. The informal business lasted about three years, with Ritchey building the bikes in the mountains of the south bay peninsula while Fisher and Kelly sold them out of Fairfax and Marin. In 1983, Ritchey left the relationship. Kelly also left due to personal reasons. On his own, Ritchey sold his remaining frames to a new company out of British Columbia, called Rocky Mountain Bicycles. Out of this turbulent time Ritchey built his own sales and marketing company, hired a retired professional road racer, Mike Neel, as his salesman and created Ritchey Design. By the early 80s general interest in cycling was in decline, however, mountain biking was growing. Events like Pearl Pass and the NORBA '83 National Championships drove interest in the emerging sport. By the mid 1980s, over 25 percent of the bike industry was based on mountain bikes, with Ritchey emerging as the #1 off-road component design company outside of Shimano. Innovations Again, Jobst Brandt was crucial to the young and aspiring Ritchey, and the products he was designing. Brandt, a mechanical engineer at Hewlett Packard, always called into question Tom's new ideas—scrutinizing every detail of his designs. Ritchey, who sought to design and produce components that were light and fast, was often countered by Brandt who demanded components be durable and strong enough to endure the back country epic rides Jobst liked to do. Ritchey's foundational design principles emerged from these dueling philosophies. Among the first of Ritchey's designs to be brought to use was his "Logic" steel frame tubing. With the new era of fillet brazing he pioneered, and the new uprising of TIG welded frame production, Ritchey knew that condensed, force-direction butted tubing would produce steel frames that would be lighter and stronger than common butted tubes previously manufactured. Initially Ritchey sought tubes from Italian company Columbus however they didn't meet Ritchey's specifications, so Tange of Japan was the final supplier. Their success lead to the birth of Logic Tubing. This tubing changed the way tubing manufacturers thought about butting profiles, allowing the manufacture of lighter, yet extremely durable larger diameter steel tubing bikes. He later took his same shortened butt concept to spoke manufacturer DT Swiss to produce spokes to build lighter, stronger wheels. Below is a list of a few innovations and firsts Ritchey produced: 1974 - Twin-plated crown forks 1979 - New "MountainBikes" frame 1980 - 130mm mountain bike specific rear hub 1980 - 120mm bottom bracket spindle to account for wider chain stays that accommodate a wider rear tire 1980 - The Bullmoose integrated mountain bike specific handlebar and stem 1983 - Standard unicrown tapered fork 1984 - Logic butted tubing 1984 - Developed new MTB specific tread design with IRC, Japan. Applied road tire technology to MTB tires, introducing a folding bead and 120tpi. In 1988, applied vector force analysis (VFA) tread designs to develop mountain bike tires featuring front & rear specific and rotation direction tires. 1985 - Vantage rim, the first welded mountain bike specific rim produced by Ukai; a wider, 25mm rim developed to better handle a wider knobby tire 1989 - Logic Condensed double butted spokes produced by DT Swiss 1989 - Developed alloy 3D net shape forging, for stems that led the way to a new generation of lighter, stiffer and stronger stems that did away with welding. 1992 - First to succeed in off center rim (OCR) technology which made possible a balanced spoke tension in rear wheels and off center disc specific front and rear wheels. 1995 - 2x9 speed drivetrain for mountain bikes Film Tom Ritchey was profiled in the 2007 documentary film Klunkerz: A Film About Mountain Bikes. "Tom Ritchey's 40 Year Ride," a documentary was released in August 2012 chronicling four decades of Ritchey's business "Rising from Ashes," a documentary film chronicling the beginning of Team Rwanda Accolades and awards 1988, inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame 2012, inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame Project Rwanda In December 2005, Ritchey toured Rwanda by bicycle. He found the landscape to be beautiful, but the people and their journey of reconciliation were even more compelling. Ritchey rode through the hilly countryside, (Rwanda is called Land of a Thousand Hills) and witnessed the incredible cycling talent that existed there, without any of the modern cycling technology available to the average cyclist here in the USA. Ritchey believed that a national cycling team could bring a sense of hope and national pride. Within the next few months, Ritchey began to formalize a 501c3 called, Project Rwanda. Ritchey then asked his friend, Jared Miller, if he would go to Rwanda to explore the possibility of putting on a cycling event. On September 16, 2006, Ritchey sponsored the first annual Rwandan Wooden Bike Classic in Karongi Stadium: a mountain bike, wooden bike, and single speed colonial bike race. Attendance was over 3,000. Ritchey asked North American Tour de France Stage winner, Alex Stieda, and cycling pioneer, Jock Boyer, to race alongside him at the event held to celebrate the wooden bike innovation and what it meant to Ritchey. After the event, Ritchey asked Boyer to help him in finding and cultivating cycling talent, which would become Team Rwanda. Ritchey designed a geared cargo/coffee bike, capable of carrying heavy loads, to help the Rwandans, especially the coffee farmers in the rural areas of Rwanda, get their crops more efficiently to washing stations. He worked with other NGO's like World Vision and Bikes for Rwanda, to help distribute approximately 4,000 bikes, through micro finance programs and grants. Quotes "My bike is my office" "Steel is real" References External links Land of Second Chances: The Impossible Rise of Rwanda's Cycling Team Fat Tire Flyer, a book about the first mountain bikes by Charlie Kelly Ritchey Bicycle Components Ritchey Bicycle Components International Webstore His page on the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. Rough Riders interview: 'Tom Ritchey, in his own words' Project Rwanda A short history of Tom Ritchey's frames on Old Mountain Bikes. An interview with Tom Ritchey, where he discusses Rwanda, faith, and bicycles. 1956 births Living people Cycle designers American male cyclists Mountain bike innovators Place of birth missing (living people) Cyclists from California

<mask> (born 1956) is an American bicycle frame builder, Category 1 racer, fabricator, designer, and founder of Ritchey Design. <mask> is a US pioneer in modern frame building and the first production mountain bike builder/manufacturer in the history of the sport. He is an innovator of bicycle components that have been used in winning some of the biggest cycling competitions in the world including the UCI World Championships, the Tour de France and the Olympics. In 1988, <mask> was inducted into the inaugural Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in Crested Butte, Colorado (now located in Fairfax, California): and 2012, inducted to the United States Bicycle Hall of Fame in Davis, California. Early years <mask> moved to Menlo Park, California, from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, in 1963, when his father was hired as an engineer at Ampex Corporation, an electronics company located in Redwood City, California, pioneered the magnetic tape recorder. <mask> attributes his interest in bicycles to his father's interest in cycling, as his father found cycling as a means to get to work and fell in love with the sport himself. At age 11, <mask>'s father taught <mask>. to build his wheels and repair tubular tires.<mask> started a small business repairing tires to earn money to buy his first road bike, a Raleigh Super Course. When he was 14, <mask> joined the Belmont Bicycle Club (BBC) and began racing. Shortly after this, he upgraded his bike to a frame he repaired himself, a broken Cinelli "B." His father taught him how to braze around this time, and he started repairing bicycle frames for local racers. After learning to repair/replace other builders' damaged tubes, <mask> built his first racing frame. He decided to build his frame out of a necessity for an affordable, lighter, faster bike. He bought the tube set and lugs from local builder Hugh Enox at the time for $21, and in 1972 built his first frame, which he raced on that year.He won many junior races and titles on this very frame, and eventually, on future bikes he built, he won the Senior Prestige Road trophy and the BAR (Best All-Around Rider) in 1973 and 1974 as a Junior. These feats led to <mask> being known as the "Senior Slayer", having beaten top Californians (many of whom considered to be some of the best riders in the U.S. at the time) and former Olympians. <mask> rode for Team USA's Junior Worlds road racing squad, and then a stint on the U.S. National Road Team. In 1976, <mask> retired from road racing. He continued to race mountain bikes through the early 1980s, competing more recently in races like the Downieville Classic, La Ruta, Trans Andes, Trans Alps and Cape Epic in South Africa. During his early racing years, Ritchey began building bikes for Palo Alto Bicycles and its national mail order catalog. In 1974, as his senior year in high school approached, Ritchey had already built approximately 200 frames.It was around this time he honed his fillet brazing or "lugless" method of fabricating frames. <mask> sought to challenge bicycle industry standards of frame tubing diameter at the time limited by the use of fixed dimensioned lugs. <mask>'s fillet brazing construction method allowed the choice of larger thin-wall tubing diameters and unique ovalizations to create lighter -stiffer frames. By 1979, <mask> had produced over 1,000 frames on his own. Personal life <mask> is married to his second wife, Martha. Together they have six children; son Jay, and daughters Sara and Annie (<mask>), and sons Steven, David, and Christopher (Martha). <mask> and Martha have six grandchildren.Off-road riding and the mountain bike <mask> often cites his friend, the late Jobst Brandt as being crucial not only to his development as a cyclist and component designer, but for his deep passion in off-road riding. Brandt, author of the iconic book, The Bicycle Wheel, had a riding style that was unlike anyone else at the time. Brandt would lead his infamous rides that quickly left the paved roads behind and ventured onto to dirt single-track trails on traditional road bikes with no modification—something completely unheard in the 1960s and '70s. In 1978, <mask> was approached by Joe Breeze and Otis Guy to build a tandem for them to use in a record attempt across America. Breeze brought his newly made off-road "ballooner" bike to Ritchey's shop in Menlo Park. While he credits Joe Breeze for building the first custom off-road specific 26" wheeled frame, however, known only to a few people, <mask> had already built an off-road specific 650b bike along the design lines of a fatter tired, flat barred "woodsy/cow trail" bike. <mask> says he was influenced by the late John Finley Scott, who encouraged him to build a bike for years with 650b wheels and tires.Upon seeing Joe's bike, he said, "I think I’ll build something like that also." Breeze returned to his home of Fairfax, CA and told Gary Fisher of <mask>'s intentions to build a 26" "ballooner." Immediately, Fisher called <mask> and asked <mask> to build him one as well. Because of <mask>'s production mindset, he built a third frame. When Fisher picked up his frame a few months later and learned of the third frame, he told <mask>, "I can sell that." The seeds of the new "mountain bike" company were sewn, beginning with Fisher selling bike #3 to a fellow Marin resident. These "ballooners" were first featured in BMX Plus magazine, before the world identified them as a mountain bike, and a new buzz surrounded this new style of off-road bike.Fisher enlisted the help of his friend and roommate, Charlie Kelly, to market and sell the bikes <mask> was building. Because <mask> had years of custom frame and component manufacturing experience, he was uniquely suited to tackle and establish many of the new designs and standards this new breed of bicycle would require. The company initially was called Ritchey MountainBikes, with Ritchey fillet brazing over 1000 bikes over the course of those beginning three years. This high volume of production lead to <mask> becoming mountain biking's first production frame builder, earning him the moniker, "The General Motors of mountain bike frame companies," from Mike Sinyard of Specialized. The informal business lasted about three years, with <mask> building the bikes in the mountains of the south bay peninsula while Fisher and Kelly sold them out of Fairfax and Marin. In 1983, <mask> left the relationship. Kelly also left due to personal reasons.On his own, <mask> sold his remaining frames to a new company out of British Columbia, called Rocky Mountain Bicycles. Out of this turbulent time <mask> built his own sales and marketing company, hired a retired professional road racer, Mike Neel, as his salesman and created Ritchey Design. By the early 80s general interest in cycling was in decline, however, mountain biking was growing. Events like Pearl Pass and the NORBA '83 National Championships drove interest in the emerging sport. By the mid 1980s, over 25 percent of the bike industry was based on mountain bikes, with Ritchey emerging as the #1 off-road component design company outside of Shimano. Innovations Again, Jobst Brandt was crucial to the young and aspiring <mask>, and the products he was designing. Brandt, a mechanical engineer at Hewlett Packard, always called into question <mask>'s new ideas—scrutinizing every detail of his designs.<mask>, who sought to design and produce components that were light and fast, was often countered by Brandt who demanded components be durable and strong enough to endure the back country epic rides Jobst liked to do. Ritchey's foundational design principles emerged from these dueling philosophies. Among the first of <mask>'s designs to be brought to use was his "Logic" steel frame tubing. With the new era of fillet brazing he pioneered, and the new uprising of TIG welded frame production, <mask>ey sought tubes from Italian company Columbus however they didn't meet Ritchey's specifications, so Tange of Japan was the final supplier. Their success lead to the birth of Logic Tubing. This tubing changed the way tubing manufacturers thought about butting profiles, allowing the manufacture of lighter, yet extremely durable larger diameter steel tubing bikes.He later took his same shortened butt concept to spoke manufacturer DT Swiss to produce spokes to build lighter, stronger wheels. Below is a list of a few innovations and firsts <mask> produced: 1974 - Twin-plated crown forks 1979 - New "MountainBikes" frame 1980 - 130mm mountain bike specific rear hub 1980 - 120mm bottom bracket spindle to account for wider chain stays that accommodate a wider rear tire 1980 - The Bullmoose integrated mountain bike specific handlebar and stem 1983 - Standard unicrown tapered fork 1984 - Logic butted tubing 1984 - Developed new MTB specific tread design with IRC, Japan. Applied road tire technology to MTB tires, introducing a folding bead and 120tpi. In 1988, applied vector force analysis (VFA) tread designs to develop mountain bike tires featuring front & rear specific and rotation direction tires. 1985 - Vantage rim, the first welded mountain bike specific rim produced by Ukai; a wider, 25mm rim developed to better handle a wider knobby tire 1989 - Logic Condensed double butted spokes produced by DT Swiss 1989 - Developed alloy 3D net shape forging, for stems that led the way to a new generation of lighter, stiffer and stronger stems that did away with welding. 1992 - First to succeed in off center rim (OCR) technology which made possible a balanced spoke tension in rear wheels and off center disc specific front and rear wheels. 1995 - 2x9 speed drivetrain for mountain bikes Film <mask> was profiled in the 2007 documentary film Klunkerz: A Film About Mountain Bikes."<mask>'s 40 Year Ride," a documentary was released in August 2012 chronicling four decades of <mask>'s business "Rising from Ashes," a documentary film chronicling the beginning of Team Rwanda Accolades and awards 1988, inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame 2012, inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame Project Rwanda In December 2005, <mask> toured Rwanda by bicycle. He found the landscape to be beautiful, but the people and their journey of reconciliation were even more compelling. <mask> rode through the hilly countryside, (Rwanda is called Land of a Thousand Hills) and witnessed the incredible cycling talent that existed there, without any of the modern cycling technology available to the average cyclist here in the USA. <mask> believed that a national cycling team could bring a sense of hope and national pride. Within the next few months, <mask> began to formalize a 501c3 called, Project Rwanda. <mask> then asked his friend, Jared Miller, if he would go to Rwanda to explore the possibility of putting on a cycling event. On September 16, 2006, <mask> sponsored the first annual Rwandan Wooden Bike Classic in Karongi Stadium: a mountain bike, wooden bike, and single speed colonial bike race.Attendance was over 3,000. <mask> asked North American Tour de France Stage winner, Alex Stieda, and cycling pioneer, Jock Boyer, to race alongside him at the event held to celebrate the wooden bike innovation and what it meant to <mask>. After the event, <mask> asked Boyer to help him in finding and cultivating cycling talent, which would become Team Rwanda. Ritchey designed a geared cargo/coffee bike, capable of carrying heavy loads, to help the Rwandans, especially the coffee farmers in the rural areas of Rwanda, get their crops more efficiently to washing stations. He worked with other NGO's like World Vision and Bikes for Rwanda, to help distribute approximately 4,000 bikes, through micro finance programs and grants. Quotes "My bike is my office" "Steel is real" References External links Land of Second Chances: The Impossible Rise of Rwanda's Cycling Team Fat Tire Flyer, a book about the first mountain bikes by Charlie Kelly Ritchey Bicycle Components Ritchey Bicycle Components International Webstore His page on the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. Rough Riders interview: '<mask>, in his own words' Project Rwanda A short history of <mask>'s frames on Old Mountain Bikes.An interview with <mask>, where he discusses Rwanda, faith, and bicycles. 1956 births Living people Cycle designers American male cyclists Mountain bike innovators Place of birth missing (living people) Cyclists from California

<mask> is an American bicycle frame builder, Category 1 racer, fabricator, designer, and founder of Ritchey Design. The first production mountain bike builder/manufacturer in the history of the sport is <mask>, a US pioneer in modern frame building. He is an innovator of bicycle components that have been used in winning some of the biggest cycling competitions in the world including the UCI World Championships, the Tour de France and the Olympics. The United States Bicycle Hall of Fame was established in Davis, California in 2012 and the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame was established in Crested Butte, Colorado in 1988. When <mask>'s father was hired as an engineer at Ampex Corporation, the company that pioneered the magnetic tape recorder, he moved to California. His father found cycling as a means to get to work and fell in love with the sport. <mask>. was taught by his father to repair tubular tires.In order to buy his first road bike, he started a small business repairing tires and earning money. He began racing when he was 14. He repaired his broken Cinelli "B" frame on his bike. He started repairing bicycle frames after his father taught him how to braze. After learning how to repair damaged tubes, he built his first racing frame. The frame was built out of necessity for an affordable, lighter, faster bike. In 1972 he built his first frame after buying the tube set and lugs from Hugh Enox for $21.He won many junior races and titles on this very frame, and eventually, on future bikes he built, he won the Senior Prestige Road trophy and the BAR. These feats led to <mask> being known as the "Senior Slayer", having beaten some of the best riders in the U.S. at the time. <mask> was a member of Team USA's Junior Worlds road racing squad and a member of the U.S. National Road Team. In 1976, he retired from road racing. He raced mountain bikes through the early 1980s and competed in races like the Downieville Classic and the Trans Alps in South Africa. He began building bikes for Palo Alto Bicycles during his racing days. As his senior year in high school approached, he had already built 200 frames.He was honing his method of making frames. At the time, frame tubing diameter was limited by the use of fixed dimensions. The choice of larger thin-wall tubing diameters and unique ovalizations allowed for lighter -stiffer frames. By 1979 he had produced over 1,000 frames. His second wife is Martha. They have six children; son Jay, daughters Sara and Annie, and sons Steven, David, and Christopher. <mask> and Martha have six children.The late Jobst Brandt is often cited as being crucial to his development as a cyclist and component designer, as well as his deep passion for off-road riding. The author of the seminal book, The Bicycle Wheel, had a riding style that was unlike anyone else at the time. In the 1960s and '70s, Brandt would lead his rides that left the paved roads behind and went onto dirt single-track trails on traditional road bikes with no modifications. Joe Breeze and Otis Guy were interested in building a tandem for a record attempt across America. Breeze brought his bike to the shop. While he credits Joe Breeze for building the first custom off-road specific 26" wheeled frame, he had already built an off-road specific 650b bike along the design lines of a fatter tired, flat barred "woodsy/cow trail" bike. John Finley Scott encouraged him to build a bike with 650b wheels and tires.He said that he would build something like Joe's bike. Breeze returned to his home in Fairfax, CA and told Gary Fisher of the plans to build a 26" balloon. Fisher called the other day and 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 He built a third frame because of his production mindset. When Fisher picked up his frame a few months later, he said he could sell it. Fisher sold bike #3 to a fellow Marin resident, beginning the seeds of the new "mountain bike" company. A new style of off-road bike was featured in BMX Plus magazine before the world identified them as a mountain bike.Fisher enlisted the help of his friend and roommate, Charlie Kelly, to market and sell bikes. This new breed of bicycle would require a lot of new designs and standards, and because of his years of custom frame and component manufacturing experience, he was uniquely suited to tackle and establish many of the new designs and standards. Over the course of three years, the company had over 1000 bikes. Mike Sinyard of Specialized gave the nickname "The General GM of mountain bike frame companies" to the man who became the first production frame builder. Fisher and Kelly sold the bikes out of Fairfax and Marin, but the informal business lasted for three years. The relationship ended in 1983. Kelly left due to personal reasons.He sold his frames to a new company called Rocky Mountain Bicycles. Out of this turbulent time, <mask> built his own sales and marketing company and hired a retired professional road racer to be his salesman. The general interest in cycling waned by the early 80s. The NORBA '83 National Championships drove interest in the emerging sport. By the mid 1980s, 25 percent of the bike industry was based on mountain bikes, with <mask> emerging as the #1 off-road component design company. The products he was designing were crucial to the young and aspiring <mask>. Every detail of <mask>'s designs was scrutinized by Brandt, a mechanical engineer at Hewlett Packard.Brandt wanted components to be strong enough to endure the back country epic rides Jobst liked to do, while <mask> wanted components to be light and fast. These dueling philosophies were the root of <mask>'s design principles. The "Logic" steel frame tubing was one of the first designs to be used. With the new era of fillet brazing he pioneered, and the new uprising of TIG welded frame production, he knew that force-direction butted tubing would produce steel frames that would be lighter and stronger than common butted tubes previously manufactured. Tange of Japan was the final supplier after Columbus didn't meet the specifications of the company. Logic Tubing was born out of their success. The change in the way tubing manufacturers thought about butting profiles allowed the manufacture of lighter, yet extremely durable larger diameter steel tubing bikes.He used his shortened butt concept to create spokes that were stronger and lighter. Some of the firsts and innovations produced by Ritchey include: 1974 - Twin-plated crown forks 1979 - New "MountainBikes" frame 1980 - 130mm mountain bike specific rear hub The folding bead and 120tpi have been applied to road tires. Mountain bike tires featuring front & rear specific and rotation direction tires were developed in 1988. The first welded mountain bike specific rim was produced by Ukai in 1985; a wider, 25mm rim was developed to better handle a wider knobby tire. The first to succeed in off center rim technology was in 1992. The film Klunkerz: A Film About Mountain Bikes was made in 2007.In August of 2012 there was a documentary film called "<mask>'s 40 Year Ride," which chronicled four decades of his business, "Rising from ashes." In 2012 there was a documentary film called "<mask>'s 40 Year Ride," which chronicled four decades of his business The people and their journey of reconciliation were even more compelling than the landscape. There was no modern cycling technology available to the average cyclist in the Land of a Thousand Hills. A national cycling team could bring a sense of hope and pride. Within the next few months, a 501c3 called, Project Rwanda, was formed. Miller was asked if he would go to Rwanda to explore the possibility of putting on a cycling event. There was a mountain bike, wooden bike, and single speed colonial bike race.Over 3000 people showed up. At the event held to celebrate the wooden bike innovation and what it meant to <mask>, he asked Alex and Jock to race alongside him. After the event, <mask> asked Boyer to help him find and cultivate cycling talent, which would become Team Rwanda. The geared cargo/coffee bike was designed to help the coffee farmers in the rural areas of Rwanda get their crops more efficiently to washing stations. He worked with other NGOs to distribute 4,000 bikes through micro finance programs. Land of Second Chances: The Impossible Rise of Rwanda's Cycling Team Fat Tire Flyer is a book about the first mountain bikes by Charlie Kelly. There is a short history of <mask>'s frames on Old Mountain Bikes.<mask> talks about faith and bikes in an interview. The place of birth for some people is missing.

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Linda November

Linda Ellen November (born October 16, 1944) is an American singer who has sung tens of thousands of commercial jingles. She was the voice of the singing cat in the Meow Mix commercials, sang the jingle "Galaxy Glue" in the 1981 film The Incredible Shrinking Woman, the "Coke and a Smile" jingle in the classic Mean Joe Greene Super Bowl commercial, and has won many Clio Awards for her work on television and radio. Her voice can also be heard on many pop songs, as she was a regular backup singer for artists such as Frankie Valli, Burt Bacharach, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Neil Diamond. In the 1970s, she was one of the main singers in the disco group Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps, which charted with the Top 40 hit "Baby Face" in 1976. In the 1980s and 1990s she was a regular performer in Atlantic City at The Grand and Harrah's, with her husband, composer and arranger Artie Schroeck. As of 2011, she works as a piano accompanist in Las Vegas, Nevada. Biography Early years (1940s–1960s) November was born in Brooklyn, the older of two children to Eleanore and Julius November. Her father was an attorney to clients such as boxer Floyd Patterson, and her younger brother Philip became an attorney as well. She started her career in music as a concert pianist, playing piano from the age of five. However, she lost interest in the piano as a teenager and turned to singing instead, helped by the fact that she learned she had perfect pitch. She attended Thomas Jefferson High School, then The High School of Music & Art, and then from the age of 15 began studying voice with Beverly Johnson at Juilliard. She developed a strong soprano voice, described by The Dallas Morning News as "high, strong, and unwontedly pure". At the age of 16, she got a lucky break because of a visit to a podiatrist. The doctor had an office at Broadway and 42nd Street, in what had been a fashionable Knickerbocker Hotel suite in the early 1900s, the New York residence of opera singer Enrico Caruso (1873–1921). So the doctor would often entertain visitors who were there to see the Caruso memorabilia. While she herself was at the office, November met another patient who had contacts in the music industry, and she sang an impromptu audition. The patient was impressed, and put her in touch with one of his contacts, manager Gus Schirmer (of the Schirmer Music publishing family), who was looking for "pretty sopranos" for his summer musicals. Schirmer introduced her to Broadway composer Richard Rodgers, who became her mentor, and through Schirmer, November also auditioned for other producers such as Lawrence Kasha. She obtained work as a performer in the 1963 summer musical season in Dallas, Texas, but despite many auditions, could never land a job in Broadway theatre (according to November, this was because she never had the exact look that a particular show was looking for). Then Schirmer got her a job singing at an industrial musical for Ford Motor Company, where she met many other successful musicians, singers, and composers such as Ray Charles. He began incorporating her into sessions with the Ray Charles Singers, a group of performers with a rotating membership that would sing in close harmonies, often on productions with singer and television personality Perry Como, or as backup singers for other recordings. This launched November's career as a studio singer, as she worked on a contract basis for many different productions. From 1962 to 1967 November would rotate in and out as part of the Ray Charles Singers, sometimes seen on Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall variety program. She can also be heard as a backup singer on some Frank Sinatra recordings, such as the soprano voice in the background of the 1967 song, "The World We Knew". Jingle singer (1960s–1990s) Over the course of her 32 years as a jingle singer, November sang approximately 22,000 jingles which were played on the television and radio. In the 1970s, it was estimated that 75% of the jingles that could be heard on the airways were sung by no more than 30 people, and November was known as the "Jingle Queen". In several unusual jingles, she had to sing with different voices. She once sang as a person underwater, and for Chicken of the Sea, a brand of tuna, she sang like a chicken underwater. Her most notable commercial was in an ad campaign for Meow Mix, where she was the voice ("Meow meow meow meow...") of a singing cat. The idea came from Ron Travisano at the advertising agency of Della Femina Travisano and Partners, who had the account with Ralston Purina in 1976. Travisano put together film footage with editor Jay Gold, looping images of a cat to make it look like it was singing. Working from the film, Tom McFaul of the jingle house Lucas/McFaul composed music to fit, and Linda November sang the meowing melody. The campaign was a major success, spawned 81 other different commercials, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in residuals. Linda November was also one of the singers for Coca-Cola's "Have a Coke and a Smile" campaign, heard most famously on the 1979 Mean Joe Greene commercial, considered one of the top Super Bowl commercials of all time. Other projects (1970s–present) In the 1970s, along with providing her voice for commercials, November also recorded pop songs on the radio. She, Tony Orlando, and Toni Wine sang "Candida", in a group surreptitiously entitled "Dawn". Tony Orlando was a recording industry executive at the time, for a competing label, April-Blackwood. So to avoid a conflict, the group was entitled "Dawn" without Orlando's name. However, the song became a major hit, along with its followup "Knock Three Times" (also featuring backup by November and Toni Wine). To go on tour, Orlando then asked two other session singers, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson, to become the official backup singers, in their own "Dawn" group, so they could tour as Tony Orlando and Dawn, though the voices on the songs of the original album were still of November and Toni Wine, not Hopkins and Vincent. A few years later, November was again on the charts as part of the group Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps, an assemblage of studio musicians put together by Harold Wheeler. They released two albums, with their biggest hit being a disco version of the 1926 song "Baby Face". It reached #14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in late 1976, and #12 in the UK. In the 1980s and 1990s, November could often be found singing in Atlantic City, such as at Gatsby's at The Grand, and then starting in 1990, at the Harrah's Atrium Lounge, with Artie Schroeck. They had met in the 1960s while working on Frankie Valli recordings, but had both been married to other people at the time. In 1988 they became a couple, and on January 17, 1997, they married. Linda November then retired from her career as a jingle singer, and she and Schroeck directed a production saluting quirky band leader Spike Jones, "The New City Slickers Present a Tribute to Spike Jones". In 2001, November and her husband moved to Las Vegas. As of 2011, she continues to work there as a piano and keyboard accompanist, performing the occasional show with Schroeck. Awards 1972, "Most Valuable Studio Player", NARAS, New York Chapter 1974, Taystee Bread (Best Radio, Clio Award, 1974) 1976, Lady Long Legs (Best Radio, Clio Award, 1976) 1978, United States Army (Best Television/Cinema, Clio Award, 1978) 1979, "Mean Joe Greene" commercial for Coca-Cola (Best Television/Cinema, Clio Award, 1980) Notable works Linda November has sung tens of thousands of jingles, with her most notable one being the Meow Mix Theme ("Meow meow meow meow . . . . ") in 1976 for Meow Mix cat food. She has also worked in many other parts of the industry as a backup singer, and contributed many solo efforts, such as singing the lullaby in the 1971 animated film, The World of Hans Christian Andersen, the main theme "I'm Comin' Home" in the 1973 film The Devil in Miss Jones, and the "Galaxy Glue" jingle in the 1981 film The Incredible Shrinking Woman. Jingles Drinks Coca-Cola, 1979, "Coke and a smile" (see also Mean Joe Greene ad) Coca-Cola, "I’d like to teach the world to sing" Diet Coke "Just for the joy of it" Diet Pepsi, "Now you see it, now you don't, Diet Pepsi, 1 small calorie, now you see it, now you don't" Miller beer, "You've got the time, we've got the beer" Budweiser, "When you say Bud, you've said it all" Foods Burger King, "Have It Your Way" Chef Boyardee, "Boy oh Boyardee, boy oh boyardee" Chicken of the Sea Doublemint, "Single most favorite double in the world is double good doublemint gum" Kraft Foods, "America spells cheese K-R-A-F-T" "M&M is a world of fun, a world of chocolate joy" McDonald's, "You Deserve a Break Today", "Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese..." "Nabisco" Hellmann's and Best Foods, "Bring out the Hellmann's, bring out the best" "Snickers, Satisfies you" "Wrigley's Spearmint Gum gum gum" Transportation Buick, "Wouldn't you really rather have a Buick?" Chevrolet, "The heartbeat of America" Ford Motor Company, "Have you driven a Ford lately?" Greyhound Lines, "Go Greyhound, and leave the driving to us" Other products AT&T, "Reach out and touch someone" Exxon, "Running smooth and silent" General Electric, “We bring good things to life” Prudential Financial, "Get a piece of the rock" Windex, "Shine Windex Shine, Windex lets you bring all the sun in" Notable songs as backup singer 1964, with The Ray Charles Singers, "Love Me with All Your Heart" 1967, with Frank Sinatra, "The World We Knew" 1968, with Valerie Simpson and Dionne Warwick, "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" 1969, with B. J. Thomas, "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" 1970, with Tony Orlando, ("Candida", "Knock Three Times") 1971 (uncredited), with Barbra Streisand, "Stoney End" 1975, with Jimi Hendrix (posthumously) (Crash Landing) 1976, with Gloria Gaynor, ("I've Got You Under My Skin"), on the I've Got You album (arranged by Meco Monardo) 1976, with Engelbert Humperdinck ("After the Lovin'") 1976, as part of the Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps, "Baby Face" References External links Linda November: The Jingle Lady - website Living people 1944 births Singers from New York City Musicians from Brooklyn American women singers Jewish singers American sopranos The High School of Music & Art alumni Thomas Jefferson High School (Brooklyn) alumni 21st-century American women

<mask> (born October 16, 1944) is an American singer who has sung tens of thousands of commercial jingles. She was the voice of the singing cat in the Meow Mix commercials, sang the jingle "Galaxy Glue" in the 1981 film The Incredible Shrinking Woman, the "Coke and a Smile" jingle in the classic Mean Joe Greene Super Bowl commercial, and has won many Clio Awards for her work on television and radio. Her voice can also be heard on many pop songs, as she was a regular backup singer for artists such as Frankie Valli, Burt Bacharach, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Neil Diamond. In the 1970s, she was one of the main singers in the disco group Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps, which charted with the Top 40 hit "Baby Face" in 1976. In the 1980s and 1990s she was a regular performer in Atlantic City at The Grand and Harrah's, with her husband, composer and arranger Artie Schroeck. As of 2011, she works as a piano accompanist in Las Vegas, Nevada. Biography Early years (1940s–1960s) November was born in Brooklyn, the older of two children to Eleanore and <mask>.Her father was an attorney to clients such as boxer Floyd Patterson, and her younger brother Philip became an attorney as well. She started her career in music as a concert pianist, playing piano from the age of five. However, she lost interest in the piano as a teenager and turned to singing instead, helped by the fact that she learned she had perfect pitch. She attended Thomas Jefferson High School, then The High School of Music & Art, and then from the age of 15 began studying voice with Beverly Johnson at Juilliard. She developed a strong soprano voice, described by The Dallas Morning News as "high, strong, and unwontedly pure". At the age of 16, she got a lucky break because of a visit to a podiatrist. The doctor had an office at Broadway and 42nd Street, in what had been a fashionable Knickerbocker Hotel suite in the early 1900s, the New York residence of opera singer Enrico Caruso (1873–1921).So the doctor would often entertain visitors who were there to see the Caruso memorabilia. While she herself was at the office, November met another patient who had contacts in the music industry, and she sang an impromptu audition. The patient was impressed, and put her in touch with one of his contacts, manager Gus Schirmer (of the Schirmer Music publishing family), who was looking for "pretty sopranos" for his summer musicals. Schirmer introduced her to Broadway composer Richard Rodgers, who became her mentor, and through Schirmer, November also auditioned for other producers such as Lawrence Kasha. She obtained work as a performer in the 1963 summer musical season in Dallas, Texas, but despite many auditions, could never land a job in Broadway theatre (according to November, this was because she never had the exact look that a particular show was looking for). Then Schirmer got her a job singing at an industrial musical for Ford Motor Company, where she met many other successful musicians, singers, and composers such as Ray Charles. He began incorporating her into sessions with the Ray Charles Singers, a group of performers with a rotating membership that would sing in close harmonies, often on productions with singer and television personality Perry Como, or as backup singers for other recordings.This launched November's career as a studio singer, as she worked on a contract basis for many different productions. From 1962 to 1967 November would rotate in and out as part of the Ray Charles Singers, sometimes seen on Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall variety program. She can also be heard as a backup singer on some Frank Sinatra recordings, such as the soprano voice in the background of the 1967 song, "The World We Knew". Jingle singer (1960s–1990s) Over the course of her 32 years as a jingle singer, November sang approximately 22,000 jingles which were played on the television and radio. In the 1970s, it was estimated that 75% of the jingles that could be heard on the airways were sung by no more than 30 people, and November was known as the "Jingle Queen". In several unusual jingles, she had to sing with different voices. She once sang as a person underwater, and for Chicken of the Sea, a brand of tuna, she sang like a chicken underwater.Her most notable commercial was in an ad campaign for Meow Mix, where she was the voice ("Meow meow meow meow...") of a singing cat. The idea came from Ron Travisano at the advertising agency of Della Femina Travisano and Partners, who had the account with Ralston Purina in 1976. Travisano put together film footage with editor Jay Gold, looping images of a cat to make it look like it was singing. Working from the film, Tom McFaul of the jingle house Lucas/McFaul composed music to fit, and <mask> sang the meowing melody. The campaign was a major success, spawned 81 other different commercials, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in residuals. <mask> was also one of the singers for Coca-Cola's "Have a Coke and a Smile" campaign, heard most famously on the 1979 Mean Joe Greene commercial, considered one of the top Super Bowl commercials of all time. Other projects (1970s–present) In the 1970s, along with providing her voice for commercials, November also recorded pop songs on the radio.She, Tony Orlando, and Toni Wine sang "Candida", in a group surreptitiously entitled "Dawn". Tony Orlando was a recording industry executive at the time, for a competing label, April-Blackwood. So to avoid a conflict, the group was entitled "Dawn" without Orlando's name. However, the song became a major hit, along with its followup "Knock Three Times" (also featuring backup by November and Toni Wine). To go on tour, Orlando then asked two other session singers, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson, to become the official backup singers, in their own "Dawn" group, so they could tour as Tony Orlando and Dawn, though the voices on the songs of the original album were still of November and Toni Wine, not Hopkins and Vincent. A few years later, November was again on the charts as part of the group Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps, an assemblage of studio musicians put together by Harold Wheeler. They released two albums, with their biggest hit being a disco version of the 1926 song "Baby Face".It reached #14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in late 1976, and #12 in the UK. In the 1980s and 1990s, November could often be found singing in Atlantic City, such as at Gatsby's at The Grand, and then starting in 1990, at the Harrah's Atrium Lounge, with Artie Schroeck. They had met in the 1960s while working on Frankie Valli recordings, but had both been married to other people at the time. In 1988 they became a couple, and on January 17, 1997, they married. <mask> then retired from her career as a jingle singer, and she and Schroeck directed a production saluting quirky band leader Spike Jones, "The New City Slickers Present a Tribute to Spike Jones". In 2001, <mask> and her husband moved to Las Vegas.As of 2011, she continues to work there as a piano and keyboard accompanist, performing the occasional show with Schroeck. Awards 1972, "Most Valuable Studio Player", NARAS, New York Chapter 1974, Taystee Bread (Best Radio, Clio Award, 1974) 1976, Lady Long Legs (Best Radio, Clio Award, 1976) 1978, United States Army (Best Television/Cinema, Clio Award, 1978) 1979, "Mean Joe Greene" commercial for Coca-Cola (Best Television/Cinema, Clio Award, 1980) Notable works <mask> has sung tens of thousands of jingles, with her most notable one being the Meow Mix Theme ("Meow meow meow meow . . . . ") in 1976 for Meow Mix cat food. She has also worked in many other parts of the industry as a backup singer, and contributed many solo efforts, such as singing the lullaby in the 1971 animated film, The World of Hans Christian Andersen, the main theme "I'm Comin' Home" in the 1973 film The Devil in Miss Jones, and the "Galaxy Glue" jingle in the 1981 film The Incredible Shrinking Woman. Chevrolet, "The heartbeat of America" Ford Motor Company, "Have you driven a Ford lately?"

<mask> is an American singer who has sung tens of thousands of commercial jingles. She has won many awards for her work, including the voice of the singing cat in the Meow Mix commercials. Her voice can be heard on many pop songs, as she was a regular backup singer for artists such as Neil Diamond. She was one of the main singers in the disco group Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps, which had a Top 40 hit in 1976. She was a regular performer in Atlantic City in the 1980s and 1990s with her husband. She is a piano accompanist in Las Vegas. The older of two children to Eleanore and <mask>, November was born in Brooklyn.Philip became an attorney as well as his father, who was an attorney to clients such as Floyd Patterson. She began her career as a concert pianist at the age of five. She turned to singing when she realized she had perfect pitch and lost interest in the piano. She began studying voice at the age of 15 after attending Thomas Jefferson High School and The High School of Music & Art. The Dallas Morning News described her voice as "high, strong, and unwontedly pure". She got a break at the age of 16 because of a visit to the doctor. In the early 1900s, the Knickerbocker Hotel suite where the doctor had an office was the New York residence of an opera singer.Visitors to the doctor's office were often entertained by the doctor. November met another patient who had contacts in the music industry while she was at the office. The patient put her in touch with the manager of the Schirmer Music publishing family, who was looking for pretty Sopranos for his summer musicals. Schirmer introduced her to Broadway composer Richard Rodgers, who became her mentor. She was a performer in the summer musical season in Dallas, Texas, but she never got a job in Broadway because she never had the right look. Then Schirmer got her a job singing at an industrial musical for Ford Motor Company, where she met many other successful musicians, singers, and composers such as Ray Charles. He began incorporating her into sessions with the Ray Charles Singers, a group of performers with a rotating membership that would sing in close harmony, often on productions with singer and television personality Perry Como, or as backup singers for other recordings.November's career began as a studio singer, as she worked on a contract basis for many different productions. November was a part of the Ray Charles Singers from 1962 to 1967. She can be heard on some Frank Sinatra recordings as a backup singer. Over the course of her 32 years as a jingle singer, November sang approximately 22,000 jingles which were played on the television and radio. In the 70s, 75% of the jingles that could be heard on the airways were sung by no more than 30 people, and November was known as the "Jingle Queen". She had to sing with different voices. She used to sing like a chicken underwater for Chicken of the Sea, a brand of tuna.She was the voice of a singing cat in an ad campaign for Meow Mix. The idea came from a man at an advertising agency who had an account with a brand. Jay Gold edited the film footage, looping images of a cat to make it look like it was singing. <mask> sang the meowing melody while Tom McFaul composed music for the film. The campaign spawned 81 other commercials and hundreds of thousands of dollars in residuals. <mask> was one of the singers for Coca-Cola's "Have a Coke and a smile" campaign, heard most famously on the 1979 Mean Joe Greene commercial, considered one of the top Super Bowl commercials of all time. November recorded pop songs on the radio in the 1970s as well as providing her voice for commercials.They sang "Candida" in a group called "Dawn". Tony was a recording industry executive at the time. The group was called "Dawn" in order to avoid a conflict. The song and its sequel "Knock Three Times" became a major hit. To go on tour, Tony and Dawn asked two other session singers, Telma and Joyce, to become the official backup singers, so they could tour as Tony and Dawn, though the voices on the songs of the original album were still there. November was once again on the charts as part of the group Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps, an ensemble of studio musicians put together by Harold Wheeler. Their biggest hit was a disco version of the "Baby Face" song.It reached #14 in the U.S. The Hot 100 was in the UK in the late 70's. In the 1980s and 1990s, November could often be found singing in Atlantic City, such as at Gatsby's at The Grand, and then starting in 1990. They were married to other people at the time they met, but worked on the same album. They became a couple in 1988 and married in 1997. <mask> retired from her career as a jingle singer and directed a production about the band leader Spike Jones. <mask> and her husband moved to Las Vegas in 2001.She continues to work there as a piano and keyboard accompanist as of 2011. The most valuable studio player was awarded in 1972 by the New York Chapter of the NARAS. She was a backup singer for many films, including the 1971 animated film, The World of Hans Christian Andersen, the main theme "I'm Comin' Home", and the 1973 film, The Devil. Ford Motor Company, "Have you driven a Ford recently?"

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Rogério Ceni

Rogério Mücke Ceni (; born 22 January 1973) is a Brazilian football manager and former player who is the current manager of São Paulo FC. He is considered one of the all-time greatest Brazilian goalkeepers and is recognised by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics as the goalkeeper to have scored the most goals in the history of football. Most of Ceni's vast professional career, which had spanned 25 years and 1257 professional club matches, was associated with São Paulo, with which he won 20 major titles, including three Brazilian Leagues, two Copa Libertadores and the 2005 FIFA Club World Cup. He also scored 131 goals during his career, with most of them coming from free kicks and penalties and one coming from open play. Ceni also represented Brazil 18 times over the course of his career, being part of the squads that won the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup, and also taking part at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Early life Rogério Mücke Ceni was born 22 January 1973 in Pato Branco, Paraná. Ceni is of Italian and German descent. He holds Italian citizenship. Club career Ceni made his senior debuts with Sinop. In 1990, the 17-year-old joined São Paulo, spending his first six seasons in Brazilian Série A as a backup or third-choice. On 25 June 1993 Ceni made his first team debut, starting in a 4–1 win against Tenerife for the Trofeo Ciudad de Santiago de Compostela friendly championship. In the following year he was utilized as a starter in the 1994 Copa CONMEBOL, appearing in all matches as his side was crowned champions. In the 1997 season, after Zetti moved to Santos, Ceni was chosen as his replacement. On 14 July 2005, Ceni was São Paulo's captain as the team won the 2005 Copa Libertadores, a third for the club. Two weeks later, in a match against Atlético Mineiro, he broke the record for most appearances for the team, with 618 matches – he wore a special commemorative jersey that had the number "618" printed on the back; on 25 July of the following year, he scored a penalty against Mexican side Guadalajara (also a match-winner), becoming the Tricolors all-time leading scorer in the Libertadores. From 2005 to 2007, he scored an astonishing 47 goals in all competitions combined, as the club won two national championships and the 2005 FIFA Club World Cup; in the latter competition, he netted in the semifinals against Ittihad (3–2, through a penalty kick), and was voted Man of the match in the final against Liverpool, as well as the tournament's MVP. On 20 August 2006, Ceni scored his 63rd and record-breaking goal by netting a free kick against Cruzeiro in the domestic league, a few minutes after denying a penalty to the opposition. Later in the same match, he scored a goal from the spot and took his total to 64, also tying the match 2–2; this put him two goals ahead of the previous holder, Paraguayan José Luis Chilavert. On 29 October 2006, Ceni made his 700th official appearance for São Paulo, against Figueirense in a 2–0 victory. Some of the gloss was taken off the occasion when the player was ordered to change his bright yellow jersey because it matched with the referee's; at the end of the 2007 season, which ended in league conquest, he was voted by the Brazilian Football Confederation as the Best Player. In April 2009, Ceni fractured his ankle in training, being initially sidelined for six months, but recovering sooner than expected. On 28 October 2010, against Atlético Paranaense, he played his 700th game as club captain. The following year, on 27 March, he scored from a free kick to win the match against arch rivals Corinthians, shooting from 18 metres for his 100th goal. On 7 September 2011, Ceni made his 1000th appearance for São Paulo. In late January of the following year, the 39-year-old underwent an operation on his shoulder, losing six months of competition. On 1 August 2012, Ceni returned to the field, scoring from a direct free kick in a 2–0 Copa Sudamericana away win against Bahia; his side went on to win that year's tournament. He subsequently scored three goals in the league, ending the campaign as a starter. Despite already aged 40, Ceni stated that his spirit for competition was the same as an eighteen-year-old's, but still stating that his recovery is harder than years ago. On 14 July 2013, Ceni scored his 111th goal from a free kick in a 2–3 loss at Vitória. On 7 December 2013, after lengthy negotiations, Ceni renewed his contract with Tricolor for a further season. On 20 April 2014, in a 3–0 home win against Botafogo, he had three records recognized by Guinness World Records: most goals scored by a goalkeeper, number of games played for the same club and number of times as captain. On 27 October 2014, Ceni broke Ryan Giggs' record for most wins at a single club after playing in São Paulo's 3–0 win over Goiás. He finished the campaign with eight league goals (his best goal scoring record within seven years), being an undisputed starter. On 28 November 2014, Ceni signed a new deal with São Paulo, until August 2015, despite previously stating that he would retire at the end of the season. On 29 March 2015, after scoring in a 3–0 home win against Linense, he surpassed Marcelinho Carioca in the number of goals scored by direct free kicks for only one club, with Ceni having 60 and Marcelinho, 59. In June 2015, Ceni scored his 128th goal, entering in the club's top 10 goalscorers list. Ceni announced his retirement from professional football on 6 December 2015. International career A Brazilian international for nine years, Ceni collected 16 caps. He was selected to the squads that won the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2002 FIFA World Cup (and the 2006 World Cup, still not fully recovered from knee surgery), but only appeared in two games in final stages, the 3–2 win against Mexico in the first tournament and the 4–1 triumph over Japan in the third. Managerial career In December 2016, Ceni was appointed as São Paulo coach, with Englishman Michael Beale and Frenchman Charles Hembert joining as his assistants. On 3 July 2017, after poor results - São Paulo were eliminated in State League, Brazilian Cup and 2017 Copa Sudamericana into a period of one month and are in relegation zone in Brazilian League, he was sacked. Ceni signed with Fortaleza to coach the team in 2018. On 3 November of that year, Fortaleza clinched promotion to the Série A, and seven days later, the club clinched the Série B title for the first time in its history. In 2019, Fortaleza also won the Campeonato Cearense and the Copa do Nordeste. On 11 August 2019, Ceni was named Cruzeiro manager, but was dismissed on 26 September, after having altercations with the club's main players, specifically Thiago Neves and Dedé. Three days later, Ceni was announced at his former side Fortaleza, replacing fired Zé Ricardo. On 22 October 2020, he again won the Ceará state title, his fourth title with Fortaleza. On 10 November 2020, Ceni agreed to a contract with Flamengo until December 2021, replacing the sacked Domènec Torrent. He won the 2020 Série A with the club, but was sacked on 10 July 2021. Ceni returned to São Paulo on 13 October 2021, being named manager in the place of Hernán Crespo. Style of play A dead-ball specialist, Ceni was the official taker of free kicks and penalties for São Paulo from 1997 until his retirement, a time period in which he scored 131 goals. In addition to his accurate set-pieces, prolific goalscoring, distribution, and ability with the ball at his feet, he was also known as an excellent goalkeeper and shot-stopper, and stood out for his determination and longevity throughout his career, as he retired at over 40 years of age. Ceni was known for being capable of producing brilliant saves, such as those in the final of the 2005 FIFA Club World Cup, which saw São Paulo defeat Liverpool 1–0; for his performances, Ceni later won the Golden Ball, which is awarded to the competition's best player. He is considered to be one of Brazil's greatest goalkeepers ever. Career statistics Club International Managerial statistics Honours PlayerSinopCampeonato Mato-Grossense: 1990São PauloCampeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2006, 2007, 2008 Campeonato Paulista: 1992, 1998, 2000, 2005 Supercampeonato Paulista: 2002 Torneio Rio – São Paulo: 2001 Copa Libertadores: 1993, 2005 Copa Sudamericana: 2012 Recopa Sudamericana: 1993, 1994 Supercopa Libertadores: 1993 Copa CONMEBOL: 1994 Copa Master de CONMEBOL: 1996 Intercontinental Cup: 1993 FIFA Club World Cup: 2005BrazilFIFA World Cup: 2002 FIFA Confederations Cup: 1997IndividualBola de Prata: 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 Bola de Ouro: 2008 Copa Libertadores Best Player: 2005 FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2005 FIFA Club World Cup MVP of the Final Match Trophy: 2005 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Player of the Year: 2006, 2007 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year: 2006, 2007 IFFHS World's Highest Scoring Goalkeeper of the 21st Century 2001–2020 ManagerFortalezaCampeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2018 Campeonato Cearense: 2019, 2020 Copa do Nordeste: 2019Flamengo Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2020 Supercopa do Brasil: 2021 Campeonato Carioca: 2021Individual' Campeonato Cearense Best Manager: 2019, 2020 Bola de Prata: 2020 See also List of goals scored by Rogério Ceni List of men's footballers with the most official appearances List of goalscoring goalkeepers References External links São Paulo official profile IFFHS Top Division goal scorer ranking among goalkeepers 1973 births Living people People from Pato Branco Brazilian people of German descent Brazilian people of Italian descent Brazilian footballers Association football goalkeepers Sinop Futebol Clube players São Paulo FC players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Brazil international footballers 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2002 FIFA World Cup players 2006 FIFA World Cup players FIFA Confederations Cup-winning players FIFA World Cup-winning players Brazilian football managers São Paulo FC managers Fortaleza Esporte Clube managers Cruzeiro Esporte Clube managers Clube de Regatas do Flamengo managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série B managers Citizens of Italy through descent

<mask> (; born 22 January 1973) is a Brazilian football manager and former player who is the current manager of São Paulo FC. He is considered one of the all-time greatest Brazilian goalkeepers and is recognised by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics as the goalkeeper to have scored the most goals in the history of football. Most of <mask>'s vast professional career, which had spanned 25 years and 1257 professional club matches, was associated with São Paulo, with which he won 20 major titles, including three Brazilian Leagues, two Copa Libertadores and the 2005 FIFA Club World Cup. He also scored 131 goals during his career, with most of them coming from free kicks and penalties and one coming from open play. <mask> also represented Brazil 18 times over the course of his career, being part of the squads that won the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup, and also taking part at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Early life <mask> was born 22 January 1973 in Pato Branco, Paraná. Ceni is of Italian and German descent.He holds Italian citizenship. Club career <mask> made his senior debuts with Sinop. In 1990, the 17-year-old joined São Paulo, spending his first six seasons in Brazilian Série A as a backup or third-choice. On 25 June 1993 <mask> made his first team debut, starting in a 4–1 win against Tenerife for the Trofeo Ciudad de Santiago de Compostela friendly championship. In the following year he was utilized as a starter in the 1994 Copa CONMEBOL, appearing in all matches as his side was crowned champions. In the 1997 season, after Zetti moved to Santos, <mask> was chosen as his replacement. On 14 July 2005, <mask> was São Paulo's captain as the team won the 2005 Copa Libertadores, a third for the club.Two weeks later, in a match against Atlético Mineiro, he broke the record for most appearances for the team, with 618 matches – he wore a special commemorative jersey that had the number "618" printed on the back; on 25 July of the following year, he scored a penalty against Mexican side Guadalajara (also a match-winner), becoming the Tricolors all-time leading scorer in the Libertadores. From 2005 to 2007, he scored an astonishing 47 goals in all competitions combined, as the club won two national championships and the 2005 FIFA Club World Cup; in the latter competition, he netted in the semifinals against Ittihad (3–2, through a penalty kick), and was voted Man of the match in the final against Liverpool, as well as the tournament's MVP. On 20 August 2006, <mask> scored his 63rd and record-breaking goal by netting a free kick against Cruzeiro in the domestic league, a few minutes after denying a penalty to the opposition. Later in the same match, he scored a goal from the spot and took his total to 64, also tying the match 2–2; this put him two goals ahead of the previous holder, Paraguayan José Luis Chilavert. On 29 October 2006, <mask> made his 700th official appearance for São Paulo, against Figueirense in a 2–0 victory. Some of the gloss was taken off the occasion when the player was ordered to change his bright yellow jersey because it matched with the referee's; at the end of the 2007 season, which ended in league conquest, he was voted by the Brazilian Football Confederation as the Best Player. In April 2009, <mask> fractured his ankle in training, being initially sidelined for six months, but recovering sooner than expected.On 28 October 2010, against Atlético Paranaense, he played his 700th game as club captain. The following year, on 27 March, he scored from a free kick to win the match against arch rivals Corinthians, shooting from 18 metres for his 100th goal. On 7 September 2011, <mask> made his 1000th appearance for São Paulo. In late January of the following year, the 39-year-old underwent an operation on his shoulder, losing six months of competition. On 1 August 2012, <mask> returned to the field, scoring from a direct free kick in a 2–0 Copa Sudamericana away win against Bahia; his side went on to win that year's tournament. He subsequently scored three goals in the league, ending the campaign as a starter. Despite already aged 40, Ceni stated that his spirit for competition was the same as an eighteen-year-old's, but still stating that his recovery is harder than years ago.On 14 July 2013, <mask> scored his 111th goal from a free kick in a 2–3 loss at Vitória. On 7 December 2013, after lengthy negotiations, <mask> renewed his contract with Tricolor for a further season. On 20 April 2014, in a 3–0 home win against Botafogo, he had three records recognized by Guinness World Records: most goals scored by a goalkeeper, number of games played for the same club and number of times as captain. On 27 October 2014, <mask> broke Ryan Giggs' record for most wins at a single club after playing in São Paulo's 3–0 win over Goiás. He finished the campaign with eight league goals (his best goal scoring record within seven years), being an undisputed starter. On 28 November 2014, <mask> signed a new deal with São Paulo, until August 2015, despite previously stating that he would retire at the end of the season. On 29 March 2015, after scoring in a 3–0 home win against Linense, he surpassed Marcelinho Carioca in the number of goals scored by direct free kicks for only one club, with <mask> having 60 and Marcelinho, 59.In June 2015, <mask> scored his 128th goal, entering in the club's top 10 goalscorers list. <mask> announced his retirement from professional football on 6 December 2015. International career A Brazilian international for nine years, <mask> collected 16 caps. He was selected to the squads that won the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2002 FIFA World Cup (and the 2006 World Cup, still not fully recovered from knee surgery), but only appeared in two games in final stages, the 3–2 win against Mexico in the first tournament and the 4–1 triumph over Japan in the third. Managerial career In December 2016, <mask> was appointed as São Paulo coach, with Englishman Michael Beale and Frenchman Charles Hembert joining as his assistants. On 3 July 2017, after poor results - São Paulo were eliminated in State League, Brazilian Cup and 2017 Copa Sudamericana into a period of one month and are in relegation zone in Brazilian League, he was sacked. <mask> signed with Fortaleza to coach the team in 2018. On 3 November of that year, Fortaleza clinched promotion to the Série A, and seven days later, the club clinched the Série B title for the first time in its history.In 2019, Fortaleza also won the Campeonato Cearense and the Copa do Nordeste. On 11 August 2019, <mask> was named Cruzeiro manager, but was dismissed on 26 September, after having altercations with the club's main players, specifically Thiago Neves and Dedé. Three days later, <mask> was announced at his former side Fortaleza, replacing fired Zé Ricardo. On 22 October 2020, he again won the Ceará state title, his fourth title with Fortaleza. On 10 November 2020, <mask> agreed to a contract with Flamengo until December 2021, replacing the sacked Domènec Torrent. He won the 2020 Série A with the club, but was sacked on 10 July 2021. <mask> returned to São Paulo on 13 October 2021, being named manager in the place of Hernán Crespo.Style of play A dead-ball specialist, <mask> was the official taker of free kicks and penalties for São Paulo from 1997 until his retirement, a time period in which he scored 131 goals. In addition to his accurate set-pieces, prolific goalscoring, distribution, and ability with the ball at his feet, he was also known as an excellent goalkeeper and shot-stopper, and stood out for his determination and longevity throughout his career, as he retired at over 40 years of age. <mask> was known for being capable of producing brilliant saves, such as those in the final of the 2005 FIFA Club World Cup, which saw São Paulo defeat Liverpool 1–0; for his performances, Ceni later won the Golden Ball, which is awarded to the competition's best player. He is considered to be one of Brazil's greatest goalkeepers ever.

<mask> is a Brazilian football manager and former player who is the current manager of So Paulo FC. According to the International Federation of Football History & Statistics, he is the greatest Brazilian goalkeeper of all time, having scored the most goals in the history of football. Most of <mask>'s career was spent in So Paulo, where he won 20 major titles, including three Brazilian Leagues, two Copa Libertadores and the 2005 FIFA Club World Cup. He scored 131 goals in his career, with most of them coming from free kicks and penalties. <mask> was part of the squad that won the 2002 World Cup and the 1997 Confederations Cup, as well as taking part in the 2006 World Cup. He was born on January 22, 1973, in Pato Branco, Paran. <mask> is of Italian and German descent.He has Italian citizenship. <mask> made his senior debut with Sinop. He spent his first six seasons in Brazilian Série A as a backup or third-choice. The Trofeo Ciudad de Santiago de Compostela friendly championship was where <mask> made his team debut. He was used as a starter in the 1994 Copa CON MEBOL, appearing in all matches as his side was crowned champion. <mask> was chosen as Zetti's replacement in the 1997 season. On 14 July 2005, <mask> was So Paulo's captain as the team won the 2005 Copa Libertadores, a third for the club.He scored in a match against Atlético Mineiro two weeks later to break the record for most appearances for the team. From 2005 to 2007, he scored an astonishing 47 goals in all competitions, as the club won two national championships and the 2005 FIFA Club World Cup; in the latter competition, he netted in the semifinals against Ittihad, and was voted Man of the match. <mask> scored his 63rd and record-breaking goal by scoring a free kick against Cruzeiro in the domestic league a few minutes after denying a penalty to the opposition. In the same match, he scored a goal from the spot and took his total to 64, tying the match and putting him two goals ahead of the previous holder. <mask> made his 700th appearance for So Paulo on October 29, 2006 against Figueirense. When the player was ordered to change his bright yellow jersey because it matched the referee's, some of the gloss was taken off the occasion, but at the end of the season, he was voted the best player in Brazil. <mask> fractured his ankle in training and was initially out for six months, but recovered sooner than expected.He played his 700th game as club captain against Attico Paranaense. He scored from a free kick to win the match against his arch rivals, and then he scored his 100th goal. <mask> made his 1000th appearance for So Paulo on September 7, 2011. The 39-year-old lost six months of competition after having an operation on his shoulder. <mask> returned to the field on August 1st, 2012 and scored from a direct free kick in a 2–0 away win against Bahia, his side went on to win that year's tournament. He ended the season as a starter after scoring three goals. Ceni stated that his spirit for competition was the same as an eighteen-year-old's, but that his recovery was harder than before.<mask> scored his 112th goal from a free kick in a loss at Vitria. <mask> renewed his contract with Tricolor on 7 December. He had three records recognized by Guinness World Records: most goals scored by a goalkeeper, number of games played for the same club and number of times as captain. Ceni broke Ryan Giggs' record for most wins at a single club after playing in So Paulo's 3–0 win over Gois. He finished the season with eight league goals, his best goal scoring record in seven years. <mask> had previously stated that he would retire at the end of the season, but on November 28, he signed a new deal with So Paulo. After scoring in a 3–0 home win against Linense, he became the first player to score 60 goals by direct free kicks for one club.In June 2015, <mask> scored his 128th goal and entered the club's top 10 goalscorers list. <mask> retired from football on December 6, 2015. He only appeared in two games in the final stages of the 2002 and 2006 World Cup because he was not fully recovered from knee surgery. <mask> was appointed as So Paulo coach in December of 2016 with Englishman Michael Beale and Frenchman Charles Hembert joining as his assistants. He was fired after So Paulo were eliminated in State League, Brazilian Cup and the Brazilian Cup into a period of one month. <mask> is the coach of the team. Fortaleza won the Série B title for the first time in its history seven days after it was promoted to the Série A.The Campeonato Cearense was won by Fortaleza. <mask> was dismissed as Cruzeiro manager on September 26th after he had altercations with the club's main players. Three days later, <mask> was announced at his former side. He won the Cear state title for the fourth time on October 22, 2020. The sacked Domnec Torrent was replaced by <mask> on 10 November 2020. He was fired from the club on July 10, 2021. <mask> returned to So Paulo as manager in October of 2021.A dead-ball specialist, <mask> was the official taker of free kicks and penalties for So Paulo from 1997 until his retirement, in which he scored 131 goals. He was known for his accurate set-pieces, prolific goal scoring, distribution, and ability with the ball at his feet, and stood out for his determination and longevity throughout his career, as he retired at over 40 years of age. The Golden Ball, which is awarded to the competition's best player, was won by <mask> after he produced brilliant saves in the final of the 2005 Club World Cup. He is considered to be one of Brazil's greatest goalkeepers.

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Rachel Parsons (figure skater)

Rachel Marie Parsons (born November 19, 1997) is an American former competitive ice dancer. With her brother Michael Parsons, she is the 2018 NHK Trophy bronze medalist and a four-time silver medalist on the ISU Challenger Series (2018 CS Asian Open, 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy, 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial). Earlier in their career together, the Parsons won gold at the 2017 World Junior Championships, the 2016 Junior Grand Prix Final, and in the junior event at the 2017 U.S. Championships. They placed 4th at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics. Personal life Rachel Parsons was born November 19, 1997 in Rockville, Maryland. She has two siblings – Michael and Katie. In 2016, she graduated from Magruder High School in Rockville, Maryland and currently attends Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida. In August 2019, she came out as bisexual. Parsons participated in the June 1, 2020 protests in Lafayette Square, after concluding that "sitting at home and being angry wasn’t doing enough. I wanted to protest. I wanted to physically be there." She was hit by a rubber bullet when federal security services opened fire. A photograph of Parsons was featured on the June 2, 2020 edition of the Washington Post. Career Early years Rachel Parsons started skating at age six because she wanted to learn how to stand up on the ice. After joining the Wheaton Ice Skating Academy in June 2006, she started focusing solely on ice dance. With Kyle MacMillan, she won gold on the juvenile level at the 2009 U.S. Championships and then gold on the intermediate level at the 2010 U.S. Championships. She teamed up with her older brother, Michael, in February 2010. They won gold on the novice level at the 2011 U.S. Championships and debuted on the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in September 2011, placing 9th in Gdańsk, Poland. After taking the junior pewter medal at the 2012 U.S. Championships, they represented the United States at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, placing 4th. They were also selected for the 2012 World Junior Championships in Minsk, Belarus, where they finished 15th. Competing in the 2012–13 JGP series, the Parsons placed 6th in Linz, Austria, before taking bronze in Zagreb, Croatia. 2013–14 season The Parsons obtained silver at both of their 2013–14 JGP assignments, which took place in Košice, Slovakia, and Ostrava, Czech Republic. They qualified for the JGP Final in Fukuoka, Japan, where they placed sixth. The duo won bronze at the junior level at the 2014 U.S. Championships and capped off their season with an 8th-place finish at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. 2014–15 season The Parsons medaled at both their 2014–15 JGP assignments, receiving bronze in Aichi, Japan, and silver in Zagreb, Croatia. They finished as the first alternates for the JGP Final and won silver on the junior level at the 2015 U.S. Championships. Concluding their season, they placed fourth at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. 2015–16 season: Junior World silver During the 2015–16 JGP series, the Parsons were awarded gold in Bratislava, Slovakia, and Zagreb, Croatia. Competing in Barcelona, Spain, at their second JGP Final, the siblings took the bronze medal behind Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter and Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd, having placed second in the short dance and fifth in the free. At the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, they placed first in the short and second in the free, winning the silver medal behind McNamara/Carpenter. 2016–17 season: Junior World gold Competing in their sixth JGP season, the Parsons were awarded gold in Yokohama, Japan, and Dresden, Germany, both times ahead of Russia's Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov. In December 2016, they competed at the JGP Final in Marseille, France; ranked second in the short and first in the free, they won the title by a margin of 0.63 over Loboda/Drozd. The following month, the Parsons would win their first junior national title at the 2017 U.S. Championships, over 11 points clear of the field. The siblings would cap off their undefeated season by winning the 2017 World Junior Championships; similar to the 2016–17 JGP Final, the Parsons won the event overall after placing second in the short and first in the free, earning an even narrower victory of 0.56 ahead of Loboda/Drozd. The Parsons earned personal bests in their combined total and free dance scores at their fifth trip to the Junior Championships. 2017–18 season: International senior debut Moving to the senior level, the Parsons debuted at the Lake Placid Ice Dance International, winning the silver medal behind longtime rivals McNamara/Carpenter, who were also making their senior debut. They then took the silver medal at the 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy, their debut on the ISU Challenger series. Assigned to two Grand Prix events, they finished ninth at Skate America and seventh at the Rostelecom Cup. They then competed at a second Challenger event, the Golden Spin of Zagreb, where they finished eighth. Competing at the senior level at the 2018 U.S. Championships, they placed fifth, and thus did not qualify for the U.S. Olympic team. They were instead sent to the 2018 Four Continents Championships, where they finished sixth. 2018–19 season: Final season After a second straight silver medal at Lake Placid's summer ice dance event, the siblings competed in three straight Challenger events, winning consecutive silver medals at the Asian Open, Nebelhorn Trophy and Nepela Trophy. At their first Grand Prix event in Japan, the 2018 NHK Trophy, they won their first and only Grand Prix medal, a bronze. At the 2018 Internationaux de France, their second Grand Prix, they finished fifth. At the 2019 U.S. Championships, the Parsons placed sixth. On April 2, 2019, Rachel announced on Instagram that she was retiring from figure skating following a lengthy struggle with an eating disorder. Her brother Michael intended to continue skating, and subsequently formed a new partnership with Caroline Green. Programs (with Michael Parsons) Competitive highlights (with Michael Parsons) GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix References External links Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons at IceNetwork.com American female ice dancers 1997 births Sportspeople from Rockville, Maryland Living people People from Derwood, Maryland LGBT sportspeople from the United States Bisexual women LGBT figure skaters LGBT people from Maryland Figure skaters at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists 21st-century American women

<mask> (born November 19, 1997) is an American former competitive ice dancer. With her brother <mask>, she is the 2018 NHK Trophy bronze medalist and a four-time silver medalist on the ISU Challenger Series (2018 CS Asian Open, 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy, 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial). Earlier in their career together, the <mask> won gold at the 2017 World Junior Championships, the 2016 Junior Grand Prix Final, and in the junior event at the 2017 U.S. Championships. They placed 4th at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics. Personal life <mask> was born November 19, 1997 in Rockville, Maryland. She has two siblings – Michael and Katie. In 2016, she graduated from Magruder High School in Rockville, Maryland and currently attends Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida.In August 2019, she came out as bisexual. <mask> participated in the June 1, 2020 protests in Lafayette Square, after concluding that "sitting at home and being angry wasn’t doing enough. I wanted to protest. I wanted to physically be there." She was hit by a rubber bullet when federal security services opened fire. A photograph of <mask> was featured on the June 2, 2020 edition of the Washington Post. Career Early years <mask> started skating at age six because she wanted to learn how to stand up on the ice.After joining the Wheaton Ice Skating Academy in June 2006, she started focusing solely on ice dance. With Kyle MacMillan, she won gold on the juvenile level at the 2009 U.S. Championships and then gold on the intermediate level at the 2010 U.S. Championships. She teamed up with her older brother, Michael, in February 2010. They won gold on the novice level at the 2011 U.S. Championships and debuted on the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in September 2011, placing 9th in Gdańsk, Poland. After taking the junior pewter medal at the 2012 U.S. Championships, they represented the United States at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, placing 4th. They were also selected for the 2012 World Junior Championships in Minsk, Belarus, where they finished 15th. Competing in the 2012–13 JGP series, the <mask> placed 6th in Linz, Austria, before taking bronze in Zagreb, Croatia.2013–14 season The <mask> obtained silver at both of their 2013–14 JGP assignments, which took place in Košice, Slovakia, and Ostrava, Czech Republic. They qualified for the JGP Final in Fukuoka, Japan, where they placed sixth. The duo won bronze at the junior level at the 2014 U.S. Championships and capped off their season with an 8th-place finish at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. 2014–15 season The <mask> medaled at both their 2014–15 JGP assignments, receiving bronze in Aichi, Japan, and silver in Zagreb, Croatia. They finished as the first alternates for the JGP Final and won silver on the junior level at the 2015 U.S. Championships. Concluding their season, they placed fourth at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. 2015–16 season: Junior World silver During the 2015–16 JGP series, the <mask> were awarded gold in Bratislava, Slovakia, and Zagreb, Croatia.Competing in Barcelona, Spain, at their second JGP Final, the siblings took the bronze medal behind Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter and Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd, having placed second in the short dance and fifth in the free. At the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, they placed first in the short and second in the free, winning the silver medal behind McNamara/Carpenter. 2016–17 season: Junior World gold Competing in their sixth JGP season, the <mask> were awarded gold in Yokohama, Japan, and Dresden, Germany, both times ahead of Russia's Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov. In December 2016, they competed at the JGP Final in Marseille, France; ranked second in the short and first in the free, they won the title by a margin of 0.63 over Loboda/Drozd. The following month, the <mask> would win their first junior national title at the 2017 U.S. Championships, over 11 points clear of the field. The siblings would cap off their undefeated season by winning the 2017 World Junior Championships; similar to the 2016–17 JGP Final, the <mask> won the event overall after placing second in the short and first in the free, earning an even narrower victory of 0.56 ahead of Loboda/Drozd. The <mask> earned personal bests in their combined total and free dance scores at their fifth trip to the Junior Championships.2017–18 season: International senior debut Moving to the senior level, the <mask> debuted at the Lake Placid Ice Dance International, winning the silver medal behind longtime rivals McNamara/Carpenter, who were also making their senior debut. They then took the silver medal at the 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy, their debut on the ISU Challenger series. Assigned to two Grand Prix events, they finished ninth at Skate America and seventh at the Rostelecom Cup. They then competed at a second Challenger event, the Golden Spin of Zagreb, where they finished eighth. Competing at the senior level at the 2018 U.S. Championships, they placed fifth, and thus did not qualify for the U.S. Olympic team. They were instead sent to the 2018 Four Continents Championships, where they finished sixth. 2018–19 season: Final season After a second straight silver medal at Lake Placid's summer ice dance event, the siblings competed in three straight Challenger events, winning consecutive silver medals at the Asian Open, Nebelhorn Trophy and Nepela Trophy.At their first Grand Prix event in Japan, the 2018 NHK Trophy, they won their first and only Grand Prix medal, a bronze. At the 2018 Internationaux de France, their second Grand Prix, they finished fifth. At the 2019 U.S. Championships, the <mask> placed sixth. On April 2, 2019, <mask> announced on Instagram that she was retiring from figure skating following a lengthy struggle with an eating disorder. Her brother Michael intended to continue skating, and subsequently formed a new partnership with Caroline Green. Programs (with <mask>) Competitive highlights (with <mask>) GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix References External links <mask> / <mask> at IceNetwork.com American female ice dancers 1997 births Sportspeople from Rockville, Maryland Living people People from Derwood, Maryland LGBT sportspeople from the United States Bisexual women LGBT figure skaters LGBT people from Maryland Figure skaters at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists 21st-century American women

An American is a former competitive ice dancer. She is a four-time silver medal winner on the ISU Challenger Series with her brother Michael. They won gold at the World Junior Championships, the Junior Grand Prix Final, and the junior event at the U.S. Championships. They placed fourth at the Winter Youth Olympics. <mask> was born on November 19, 1997 in Rockville, Maryland. She has two siblings. She graduated from Magruder High School in Rockville, Maryland in 2016 and is currently attending a college in Florida.She came out as bisexual in August. "Sitting at home and being angry wasn't doing enough so I participated in the June 1, 2020 protests in Lafayette Square." I wanted to protest. I wanted to be there. She was hit by a rubber bullet. The June 2, 2020 edition of the Washington Post featured a photograph of <mask>. <mask> began skating at age six because she wanted to learn how to stand up.She started focusing on ice dance after joining the ice skating academy. She won gold on the juvenile and intermediate levels at the U.S. Championships. She and her brother, Michael, were together in February 2010. They won gold on the novice level at the U.S. Championships in 2011. They won the junior pewter medal at the 2012 U.S. Championships and went on to place 4th in the Winter Youth Olympics. They finished 15th at the 2012 World Junior Championships. In the 2012–13 J GP series, the <mask> placed 6th in Linz, Austria, before taking bronze in Zagreb, Croatia.The <mask> obtained silver at their assignments in Koice, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. They placed sixth in the J GP Final. The duo won a bronze at the junior level at the U.S. Championships and finished their season with an 8th-place finish at the World Junior Championships. They received a bronze in Aichi, Japan, and a silver in Zagreb, Croatia. They won a silver at the junior level of the U.S. Championships after finishing as the first alternates for the J GP Final. They placed fourth at the World Junior Championships. The Junior World silver was awarded in Bratislava, Slovakia, and Zagreb, Croatia.After placing second in the short dance and fifth in the free, the siblings took the bronze medal in Barcelona, Spain. They won the silver medal at the World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, after placing first in the short and second in the free. The Junior World gold was awarded to the <mask> in Yokohama, Japan, and Dresden, Germany, both times ahead of Russia's Grigory Smirnov. They were ranked second in the short and first in the free and won the title by a margin of 0.63 over Loboda/Drozd. They won their first junior national title at the U.S. Championships, over 11 points clear of the field. The siblings won the World Junior Championships after placing second in the short and first in the free, earning an even narrower victory over Loboda/Drozd. At their fifth trip to the Junior Championships, the <mask> earned personal bests in their total and free dance scores.The <mask> made their senior debut at the Lake Placid Ice Dance International, winning the silver medal behind McNamara/Carpenter, who were also making their senior debut. They won the silver medal at the Ondrej Nepela Trophy, their debut on the ISU Challenger series. They finished ninth and seventh at the two Grand Prix events. The Golden Spin of Zagreb was where they finished eighth. They did not make the U.S. Olympic team because they placed fifth at the senior level. They finished sixth in the Four Continents Championships. After winning a second silver medal at Lake Placid's summer ice dance event, the siblings competed in three straight Challenger events, winning two more silver medals.They won their first and only Grand Prix medal at the NHK Trophy. They finished fifth at the Internationaux de France. The <mask> placed sixth at the U.S. Championships. On April 2, <mask> retired from figure skating after a long battle with an eating disorder. Her brother wanted to continue skating and formed a new partnership. Programs with <mask> include GP: Grand Prix, Junior Grand Prix, and Challenger Series.

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Lyor Cohen (Hebrew: ליאור כהן; born October 3, 1959) is an American music industry executive. Cohen has been actively involved in hip hop at various record labels for more than 30 years. He started by managing rappers for Rush Productions, then led Def Jam. After Def Jam, Cohen took on a leadership role at Warner Music Group. In September 2012, Cohen resigned from Warner and started his own independent label, 300 Entertainment. On September 28, 2016, Cohen was named YouTube's Global Head of Music. Early life Born in New York to Israeli immigrants in 1959, Cohen grew up in Los Angeles. In 1981, he earned a degree in global marketing and finance from the University of Miami School of Business at the University of Miami. After graduating from the University of Miami, he worked briefly in the Beverly Hills office of Bank Leumi. Music career Rush Productions / Rush Artist Management Late in 1984, after promoting a pair of rock and rap shows at The Mix Club in Hollywood (one featured Run-DMC, the other featured Whodini), Cohen moved to New York to take a job at Simmons' Rush Productions (later called Rush Artist Management). Beginning as Run-DMC's road manager, Cohen quickly began taking on additional responsibilities, working on behalf of an artist roster that included Kurtis Blow, Whodini, Run-DMC, LL Cool J, the Beastie Boys, and Public Enemy. By 1987, Cohen himself was signing artists to Rush. These acts included Slick Rick, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, Eric B. & Rakim, EPMD, Stetsasonic, De La Soul, and A Tribe Called Quest. Cohen credits Jam Master Jay with teaching him the basics of the music business. "[Jay] showed me how to settle shows and fulfill my responsibilities to the group," Cohen told Vibe magazine. "It's those lessons that I rely on daily to do what I do now." Before long, according to Rolling Stone, Cohen "became known for his no-nonsense approach to business, his negotiating skill, his ability to forward the plot". It was Cohen who brokered Run-DMC's endorsement deal with Adidas, "one of the first big commercial deals for a rap group". This deal was followed by others that paired up Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince with Le Coq Sportif, LL Cool J with Troop sportswear, and Run-DMC with New Coke. By 1989, Rush—under Cohen's leadership—was recognized as "the premier management operation" in the Rap field. Steve Stoute, in The Tanning of America, credits Cohen with "[believing] early on in the cultural melting pot that was being brewed for and by the younger generation". In his own words, Lyor Cohen has said, "I was determined to prove people wrong, to prove to the gatekeepers of the industry that we had a place here and we weren't going to relinquish our opportunity." From artist development to label executive Cohen began transitioning from artist management to the label side of the music business in 1989, when he and Simmons formed Rush Associated Labels. The goal was to capitalize on the ability of established recording artists to sniff out new talent by signing boutique label deals with them. It paid off most notably with Jam Master Jay's JMJ Records, which brought Onyx to Def Jam in 1992 and Jayo Felony in 1994. By then Cohen was starting to groom a new generation of executives, notably Chris Lighty, Julie Greenwald, Kevin Liles, Todd Moscowitz, and Mike Kyser. In 1994 Cohen teamed up with Simmons to negotiate Def Jam's departure from Sony (which had been distributing Def Jam since 1985) for a new home at PolyGram. By then, having become Simmons's partner in the label several years earlier, Cohen was running Def Jam day-to-day. (Rick Rubin, Def Jam's founder, had left Def Jam in 1988.) Def Jam under PolyGram and Universal Under PolyGram and Cohen's leadership, Def Jam prospered. Cohen worked with a brand-new roster of successful rappers, like Redman, Method Man, Jay-Z, DMX, Ja Rule and Ludacris. Concurrently, Cohen oversaw custom label deals with Roc-A-Fella Records, Murder Inc., and Disturbing Tha Peace. In 1998, PolyGram was purchased by Seagram, and merged into Universal. The Island Def Jam In June 1998, after the PolyGram / Universal merger, Island, Mercury, and Def Jam were merged into a new unit called The Island Def Jam, Cohen was named co-president. In the process, he became (as he himself noted) "the first Hip-Hop president in charge of a major label". This promotion required Cohen to expand his portfolio to include artists who didn't rap, among them Bon Jovi, Mariah Carey, Shania Twain, Elvis Costello, Ashanti, Nickelback, Slipknot, Sum 41, The Killers, and Slayer. In 2001, Cohen was involved in Island Def Jam's purchase of Roadrunner, a heavy-metal label, as well as the deal to distribute Rick Rubin's American. In 2002, American released Johnny Cash's American IV: The Man Comes Around. The last album released by Cash before his death, it included Cash's hit version of Trent Reznor's "Hurt". Warner In January 2004 Cohen left Island Def Jam for a position with the Edgar Bronfman Jr. investor group-financed Warner, which was subsequently spun off from Time Warner. Ultimately, Cohen was named WMG's chairman and chief executive. By 2006, the positive effects of Cohen's leadership were encapsulated in a story for the Los Angeles Times, which noted: "Under Cohen, Warner Music has thrived, due in part to the executive's innovative initiatives, such as an incubator program that builds relationships with independent label executives the company aspires to hire." Warner's success with Mike Jones and the rock band Paramore both grew out of the incubator program. At Warner, Cohen oversaw the merger of the Atlantic and Elektra labels into Atlantic, and placed Julie Greenwald, his protégée, into a top executive position there. In 2009, Cohen elevated Greenwald to chairman and chief operating officer of Atlantic, a promotion that established Greenwald as the highest-ranking woman executive at an American record company. Greenwald's successes at Atlantic have included The Black Keys, Bruno Mars, Death Cab for Cutie, Jason Mraz, Kid Rock, Lupe Fiasco, Plies, T.I., and Wiz Khalifa. YouTube and Spotify In September 2006, Cohen oversaw an agreement with YouTube that allowed the site to show videos by Warner artists in exchange for a share of YouTube's advertising revenue. According to The New York Times, the deal marked "the first time a major record company [had] licensed content to YouTube". In 2011, Cohen oversaw an agreement on behalf of the Warner roster with Spotify, the digital music service. Eventually, Cohen oversaw all of Warner's digital initiatives. Departure from Warner In September 2012 Cohen resigned from Warner where he served as one of their dominant creative executives. Future ventures and 300 There was much speculation about Cohen's next move. Cohen's own assessment of his career was broadly predictive. "I've been an outsider in the traditional record industry for more than 25 years," he told the Los Angeles Times. "I'm an entrepreneur, so I encourage risk-taking. And the only way to encourage risk-taking is to take risks yourself, which means sometimes you'll fail, or people will say you are too aggressive or controversial. But someone needs to jump into the pool first for a party to get really great. I've always been willing to be that guy." In November 2013, Cohen revealed he was starting a new company named "300", after the 300 Spartan Warriors who fought the famous war against the Persians seen in the movie 300. He stated the company would be part record label, part marketing company, part distributor, with major backing from Google and Atlantic. Joining YouTube In September 2016, Google's YouTube announced Lyor would be joining the organization as Global Head of Music. He officially joined the company in December 2016. He wrote a public letter stating some of his goals and aspirations for his new role. He will strive to enable the music industry to adopt new business models that take advantage of technological advances. Philanthropy and leadership Cohen is currently on the board of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and is an acting Director for the New York-based charitable organization Boys & Girls Harbor. Personal life Some of Cohen's closest associates have included his longtime friend and business partner Russell Simmons, Jay Z, music executive Julie Greenwald, Jon Bon Jovi, and Kanye West, who dubbed himself "the Lyor Cohen of Dior Homme" on a 2010 recording Devil in a New Dress. Cohen met his first wife, E.K. Smith, during the recording of the music video for "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" by the Beastie Boys. Their wedding on April 1, 1988, was held in Sosua, Dominican Republic and is written about in Flava Flav's book. Cohen's marriage to his second wife, Amy, ended in divorce in 2006. They have a daughter, Bea, and a son, Az. Cohen credits Az, along with a personal friend, with saving his life when Cohen experienced a pulmonary embolism during N.W.A's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at Brooklyn's Barclays Center in April 2016. In August 2016, Cohen remarried, wedding art world personality Xin Li, a Chinese former basketball player and model who is currently the deputy chairman of Christie's Asia. References External links Lyor Cohen biography at Warner Music Group Corporate Site. Lyor Cohen Bio and Interview at AskMen.com 1959 births Israeli Jews American music industry executives American music managers American people of Israeli descent Living people Businesspeople from Los Angeles People from New York City University of Miami Business School alumni Businesspeople from New York City

<mask> (Hebrew: ליאור כהן; born October 3, 1959) is an American music industry executive. <mask> has been actively involved in hip hop at various record labels for more than 30 years. He started by managing rappers for Rush Productions, then led Def Jam. After Def Jam, <mask> took on a leadership role at Warner Music Group. In September 2012, <mask> resigned from Warner and started his own independent label, 300 Entertainment. On September 28, 2016, <mask> was named YouTube's Global Head of Music. Early life Born in New York to Israeli immigrants in 1959, <mask> grew up in Los Angeles.In 1981, he earned a degree in global marketing and finance from the University of Miami School of Business at the University of Miami. After graduating from the University of Miami, he worked briefly in the Beverly Hills office of Bank Leumi. Music career Rush Productions / Rush Artist Management Late in 1984, after promoting a pair of rock and rap shows at The Mix Club in Hollywood (one featured Run-DMC, the other featured Whodini), <mask> moved to New York to take a job at Simmons' Rush Productions (later called Rush Artist Management). Beginning as Run-DMC's road manager, <mask> quickly began taking on additional responsibilities, working on behalf of an artist roster that included Kurtis Blow, Whodini, Run-DMC, LL Cool J, the Beastie Boys, and Public Enemy. By 1987, <mask> himself was signing artists to Rush. These acts included Slick Rick, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, Eric B. & Rakim, EPMD, Stetsasonic, De La Soul, and A Tribe Called Quest.<mask> credits Jam Master Jay with teaching him the basics of the music business. "[Jay] showed me how to settle shows and fulfill my responsibilities to the group," <mask> told Vibe magazine. "It's those lessons that I rely on daily to do what I do now." Before long, according to Rolling Stone, <mask> "became known for his no-nonsense approach to business, his negotiating skill, his ability to forward the plot". It was <mask> who brokered Run-DMC's endorsement deal with Adidas, "one of the first big commercial deals for a rap group". This deal was followed by others that paired up Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince with Le Coq Sportif, LL Cool J with Troop sportswear, and Run-DMC with New Coke. By 1989, Rush—under <mask>'s leadership—was recognized as "the premier management operation" in the Rap field.Steve Stoute, in The Tanning of America, credits <mask> with "[believing] early on in the cultural melting pot that was being brewed for and by the younger generation". In his own words, <mask> <mask> has said, "I was determined to prove people wrong, to prove to the gatekeepers of the industry that we had a place here and we weren't going to relinquish our opportunity." From artist development to label executive <mask> began transitioning from artist management to the label side of the music business in 1989, when he and Simmons formed Rush Associated Labels. The goal was to capitalize on the ability of established recording artists to sniff out new talent by signing boutique label deals with them. It paid off most notably with Jam Master Jay's JMJ Records, which brought Onyx to Def Jam in 1992 and Jayo Felony in 1994. By then <mask> was starting to groom a new generation of executives, notably Chris Lighty, Julie Greenwald, Kevin Liles, Todd Moscowitz, and Mike Kyser. In 1994 <mask> teamed up with Simmons to negotiate Def Jam's departure from Sony (which had been distributing Def Jam since 1985) for a new home at PolyGram.By then, having become Simmons's partner in the label several years earlier, <mask> was running Def Jam day-to-day. (Rick Rubin, Def Jam's founder, had left Def Jam in 1988.) Def Jam under PolyGram and Universal Under PolyGram and <mask>'s leadership, Def Jam prospered. <mask> worked with a brand-new roster of successful rappers, like Redman, Method Man, Jay-Z, DMX, Ja Rule and Ludacris. Concurrently, <mask> oversaw custom label deals with Roc-A-Fella Records, Murder Inc., and Disturbing Tha Peace. In 1998, PolyGram was purchased by Seagram, and merged into Universal. The Island Def Jam In June 1998, after the PolyGram / Universal merger, Island, Mercury, and Def Jam were merged into a new unit called The Island Def Jam, <mask> was named co-president.In the process, he became (as he himself noted) "the first Hip-Hop president in charge of a major label". This promotion required <mask> to expand his portfolio to include artists who didn't rap, among them Bon Jovi, Mariah Carey, Shania Twain, Elvis Costello, Ashanti, Nickelback, Slipknot, Sum 41, The Killers, and Slayer. In 2001, <mask> was involved in Island Def Jam's purchase of Roadrunner, a heavy-metal label, as well as the deal to distribute Rick Rubin's American. In 2002, American released Johnny Cash's American IV: The Man Comes Around. The last album released by Cash before his death, it included Cash's hit version of Trent Reznor's "Hurt". Warner In January 2004 <mask> left Island Def Jam for a position with the Edgar Bronfman Jr. investor group-financed Warner, which was subsequently spun off from Time Warner. Ultimately, <mask> was named WMG's chairman and chief executive.By 2006, the positive effects of <mask>'s leadership were encapsulated in a story for the Los Angeles Times, which noted: "Under <mask>, Warner Music has thrived, due in part to the executive's innovative initiatives, such as an incubator program that builds relationships with independent label executives the company aspires to hire." Warner's success with Mike Jones and the rock band Paramore both grew out of the incubator program. At Warner, <mask> oversaw the merger of the Atlantic and Elektra labels into Atlantic, and placed Julie Greenwald, his protégée, into a top executive position there. In 2009, <mask> elevated Greenwald to chairman and chief operating officer of Atlantic, a promotion that established Greenwald as the highest-ranking woman executive at an American record company. Greenwald's successes at Atlantic have included The Black Keys, Bruno Mars, Death Cab for Cutie, Jason Mraz, Kid Rock, Lupe Fiasco, Plies, T.I., and Wiz Khalifa. YouTube and Spotify In September 2006, <mask> oversaw an agreement with YouTube that allowed the site to show videos by Warner artists in exchange for a share of YouTube's advertising revenue. According to The New York Times, the deal marked "the first time a major record company [had] licensed content to YouTube".In 2011, <mask> oversaw an agreement on behalf of the Warner roster with Spotify, the digital music service. Eventually, <mask> oversaw all of Warner's digital initiatives. Departure from Warner In September 2012 <mask> resigned from Warner where he served as one of their dominant creative executives. Future ventures and 300 There was much speculation about <mask>'s next move. <mask>'s own assessment of his career was broadly predictive. "I've been an outsider in the traditional record industry for more than 25 years," he told the Los Angeles Times. "I'm an entrepreneur, so I encourage risk-taking.And the only way to encourage risk-taking is to take risks yourself, which means sometimes you'll fail, or people will say you are too aggressive or controversial. But someone needs to jump into the pool first for a party to get really great. I've always been willing to be that guy." In November 2013, <mask> revealed he was starting a new company named "300", after the 300 Spartan Warriors who fought the famous war against the Persians seen in the movie 300. He stated the company would be part record label, part marketing company, part distributor, with major backing from Google and Atlantic. Joining YouTube In September 2016, Google's YouTube announced <mask> would be joining the organization as Global Head of Music. He officially joined the company in December 2016.He wrote a public letter stating some of his goals and aspirations for his new role. He will strive to enable the music industry to adopt new business models that take advantage of technological advances. Philanthropy and leadership <mask> is currently on the board of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and is an acting Director for the New York-based charitable organization Boys & Girls Harbor. Personal life Some of <mask>'s closest associates have included his longtime friend and business partner Russell Simmons, Jay Z, music executive Julie Greenwald, Jon Bon Jovi, and Kanye West, who dubbed himself "the Lyor <mask> of Dior Homme" on a 2010 recording Devil in a New Dress. <mask> met his first wife, E.K. Smith, during the recording of the music video for "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" by the Beastie Boys.Their wedding on April 1, 1988, was held in Sosua, Dominican Republic and is written about in Flava Flav's book. <mask>'s marriage to his second wife, Amy, ended in divorce in 2006. They have a daughter, Bea, and a son, Az. <mask> credits Az, along with a personal friend, with saving his life when <mask> experienced a pulmonary embolism during N.W.A's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at Brooklyn's Barclays Center in April 2016. In August 2016, <mask> remarried, wedding art world personality Xin Li, a Chinese former basketball player and model who is currently the deputy chairman of Christie's Asia. References External links <mask> <mask> biography at Warner Music Group Corporate Site. Lyor <mask> Bio and Interview at AskMen.com 1959 births Israeli Jews American music industry executives American music managers American people of Israeli descent Living people Businesspeople from Los Angeles People from New York City University of Miami Business School alumni Businesspeople from New York City

<mask> is an American music industry executive. <mask> has been involved in hip hop for more than 30 years. He was the leader of Def Jam. <mask> was a leader at Warner Music Group. 300 Entertainment was started by <mask> after he left Warner. <mask> was named the Global Head of Music at the end of September. <mask> was born in New York to Israeli immigrants.He received a degree in global marketing and finance from the University of Miami in 1981. He worked in the Beverly Hills office of Bank Leumi after graduating from the University of Miami. After promoting a pair of rock and rap shows at The Mix Club in Hollywood, <mask> moved to New York to take a job at Rush Artist Management. <mask> took on additional responsibilities after becoming Run-DMC's road manager, working on behalf of an artist roster that included Whodini, Run-DMC, and the Beastie Boys. <mask> was signing artists to Rush. They included DJ Jazzy Jeff, Eric B., and Slick Rick. Stetsasonic, De La Soul, and A Tribe Called Quest are related to Rakim.<mask> was taught the basics of the music business by Jam Master Jay. <mask> said that Jay showed him how to fulfill his responsibilities. I rely on those lessons daily to do what I do now. <mask> became known for his no-nonsense approach to business, his negotiating skill, and his ability to forward the plot, according to Rolling Stone. One of the first big commercial deals for a rap group was brokered by <mask>. Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince with Le Coq Sportif, LL Cool J with Troop sportswear, and Run-DMC with New Coke were all part of the deal. Rush was the premier management operation in the Rap field.<mask> is credited with believing early on in the cultural melting pot that was being created for and by the younger generation in The Tanning of America. "I was determined to prove people wrong, to prove to the people in the industry that we had a place here and we weren't going to give up our opportunity," he said. Rush Associated Labels was formed in 1989 when <mask> and Simmons transitioned from artist management to the label side of the music business. The goal was to get established recording artists to sign boutique label deals with new talent. It paid off with Jam Master Jay's JMJ Records, which brought Jayo Felony to Def Jam in 1994. A new generation of executives were starting to be groomed by <mask>. <mask> and Simmons worked together to get Def Jam's departure from Sony for a new home at PolyGram.<mask> had become Simmons's partner in the label several years before. Rick Rubin left Def Jam in 1988. PolyGram and <mask> were the leaders of Def Jam. Redman, Method Man, Jay-Z, DMX, Ja Rule and Ludacris are some of the successful rappers <mask> worked with. <mask> oversaw custom label deals. Seagram bought PolyGram in 1998 and merged it into Universal. <mask> was named co-president of The Island Def Jam after the PolyGram / Universal merger.He became the first Hip-Hop president in charge of a major label. <mask> had to expand his portfolio to include artists who didn't rap. <mask> was involved in Island Def Jam's purchase of Roadrunner, a heavy-metal label, as well as the deal to distribute Rick Rubin's American. Johnny Cash's American IV: The Man Comes Around was released in 2002. Cash had a hit version of "Hurt" on his last album. Warner was spun off from Time Warner after <mask> left Island Def Jam. <mask> became WMG's chairman and chief executive.Warner Music has thrived due in part to the executive's innovative initiatives, such as the incubator program that builds relationships with independent label executives the company aspires to, according to a story for the Los Angeles Times. Warner's success with Mike Jones and the rock band Paramore came from the incubator program. At Warner, <mask> oversaw the merger of the Atlantic and Elektra labels into Atlantic and put Julie Greenwald into a top executive position. In 2009, <mask> elevated Greenwald to chairman and chief operating officer of Atlantic, making her the highest-ranking woman executive at an American record company. The Black Keys, Bruno Mars, Death Cab for Cutie, Kid Rock, Plies, and T.I. are just some of the artists that have had success at Atlantic. <mask> oversaw an agreement with YouTube that allowed the site to show videos by Warner artists in exchange for a share of YouTube's advertising revenue. According to The New York Times, the deal marked the first time a major record company had licensed content to a video sharing website.<mask> oversaw an agreement on behalf of Warner in 2011. <mask> oversaw Warner's digital initiatives. <mask> left Warner in September of 2012 as one of their top creative executives. There was a lot of speculation about <mask>'s next move. <mask> had an assessment of his career. He told the Los Angeles Times that he has been an outsider in the traditional record industry for 25 years. I encourage risk-taking.Sometimes you will fail, or people will say you are too aggressive, if you take risks yourself. Someone needs to jump into the pool first for a great party. I've always wanted to be that guy. <mask> revealed in November of last year that he was starting a new company named "300", after the 300 Spartan Warriors who fought the Persians in the movie 300. He said the company would be a record label, a marketing company, and a distributor. In September of 2016 it was announced that <mask> would be joining the organization as Global Head of Music. He joined the company in December of 2016He wrote a public letter about his goals and ambitions. He wants the music industry to adopt new business models that take advantage of technological advances. <mask> is on the board of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and is an acting Director for the New York-based charitable organization Boys & Girls Harbor. Jon Bon Jovi, Jay Z, and Russell Simmons are some of <mask>'s closest associates. E.K. was <mask>'s first wife. The recording of the music video for "(You gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" was done by Smith. The Beastie Boys.Their wedding in the Dominican Republic on April 1, 1988, was written about in Flava Flav's book. <mask>'s marriage to Amy ended in divorce. They have two children, a daughter and a son. <mask> credits Az and a personal friend with saving his life when he had a pulmonary embolism at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The deputy chairman of Christie's Asia is a Chinese former basketball player and model who is married to <mask>. There are external links to the Warner Music Group corporate site. A 1959 birth of an Israeli Jew and an interview with him at Ask Men.com.

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Lynn Beyak

Lynn Beyak (born February 18, 1949) is a Canadian former politician who represented Ontario in the Senate of Canada from January 25, 2013 to January 25, 2021. Initially appointed to the Senate as a Conservative on the advice of Stephen Harper, she sat as a non-affiliated (independent) senator after being removed from the Conservative caucus in 2017. Beyak was suspended from the Senate twice; a first time for posting letters to her website that were considered to be offensive to First Nations peoples, and a second time for failing to comply with mandated anti-racism training. Beyak announced her retirement from the Senate, effective immediately, on January 25, 2021. Career A business owner in Dryden, Ontario, Beyak worked in tourism, insurance and real estate. She co-owned a General Motors dealership and Ford dealership with her late husband. Beyak was previously a candidate for the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party in the Ontario provincial elections of 1995 and 1999, and has served on the Fort Frances-Rainy River board of education. She was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 2013 by Stephen Harper. She sat as a Conservative until being expelled by the Conservative caucus in 2017. In 2020, she donated $1,000 to the People's Party of Canada, the maximum allowable donation. Residential schools controversy Beyak is critical of the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that the Canadian Indian residential school system was plagued with systemic physical, mental, and sexual abuse and directly resulted in the death of at least six thousand children from malnutrition and disease. Beyak said that those findings overshadowed the "good deeds" of "well-intentioned" residential school workers. Beyak's statement was repudiated by New Democratic Party Indigenous Affairs critic and residential school survivor Romeo Saganash, who called on her to resign for praising a system that amounted to cultural genocide, as defined by the United Nations; Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs and Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett, who called for better education on the subject matter; and Conservative Indigenous Affairs critic Cathy McLeod, who said that Beyak's praise did not reflect the views of the party, which under former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, had made a formal apology for the residential schools. Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde also criticized the statement for defending a system that had deep negative effects on Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Beyak would later attack criticism of her speech as fake news. However, Beyak's thoughts were deemed out of line with the Conservative party's history on the subject matter by the party's interim leader Rona Ambrose, who stated it was untenable for her to keep her position on the Aboriginal people's committee due to the misalignment of Beyak's comments. On April 5, 2017, Beyak was removed from her Aboriginal people's committee Senate post. After the Canadian government reorganized the Indian Affairs department August 28, 2017, forming two departments, for Indigenous and Northern Affairs and separately for Indigenous Services, each under its own minister, Sen. Beyak made another public statement: "Let's stop the guilt and blame and find a way to live together and share. Trade your status card for a Canadian citizenship, with a fair and negotiated payout to each Indigenous man, woman and child in Canada, to settle all the outstanding land claims and treaties, and move forward together ... All Canadians are then free to preserve their cultures in their own communities, on their own time, with their own dime. The emphasis should be on individual prosperity and responsibility, with more money in the pockets of the local people, and not just national leaders and bureaucracies." According to Saskatoon StarPhoenix columnist Doug Cuthand, her comments indicated ignorance of history, as the Indigenous peoples of Canada were extended Canadian citizenship in 1951. The mayors of Edmonton, Alberta and Winnipeg, Manitoba have called on her to resign. According to Brian Giesbrecht of the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, "Sen. Beyak has an abiding belief that the system we have in this country is not working, despite what the flabbergasted mayor and interviewer think of her." "When the senator says that status Indians are not true Canadian citizens, she is absolutely correct." "The fact is that status Indians living on reserves are legally very different from mainstream Canadians in many important ways." Following the backlash regarding her controversial speech, Beyak published, on her senate web page, samples of a large number of letters she received from Canadian citizens supporting her belief that what is being done for Canada's Indigenous People is not effective. Towards the end of December 2017, Beyak faced considerable social media backlash regarding these letters. On January 4, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh demanded Beyak's resignation. In a statement to the media, Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, explained that while most letters focused on the history of residential schools, some letters had comments regarding Indigenous Canadians in general. He pointed out a particularly troubling passage from one of the letters, that stated "I'm no anthropologist but it seems every opportunistic culture, subsistence hunter/gatherers seeks to get what they can for no effort. There is always a clash between an industrial/organized farming culture that values effort as opposed to a culture that will sit and wail until the government gives them stuff", calling the comment "simply racist" and her promotion of such comments "offensive and unacceptable". In a media statement, Scheer said that he removed Beyak from the Conservative caucus after she refused his demand that she remove some of the comments. Scheer's spokesperson said this demand was made in a telephone call, but Beyak denied that Scheer, anyone from his office, or the Senate leadership had asked her to take down a letter. A senior Conservative source confirmed Beyak's account. Following a Senate inquiry, it was determined that Beyak had breached the Ethics and Conflict of Interest Code for Senators by posting letters on her Senate website that contained racist content. She was ordered to remove the racist letters from her Senate website, to make a formal apology for posting the letters in question, and to complete a cultural sensitivity course with an emphasis on Indigenous issues. She subsequently refused to remove the letters, and was suspended from the Senate in April, 2019 for the remainder of the parliamentary session. Second suspension In January 2020, the Standing Committee on Ethics and Conflict of Interest for Senators again recommended that Beyak be suspended without pay for the remainder of the parliamentary session, citing her failure to adequately complete anti-racism training. During her anti-racism training sessions, Beyak was alleged to have said that she identified as Métis because her parents adopted an Indigenous child, a statement which prompted the Métis National Council to demand an apology and suggest Beyak resign. Subsequently Beyak issued a Press Release stating "Media are reporting I am Metis, and although the Metis are a great nation I am not, have never been and never will be Metis, and have never said I was, at anytime, anywhere to anyone." On February 27, 2020, the Senate imposed a second suspension on Beyak because of her failure to complete the required training. The senators approved a report from the standing committee on ethics and conflicts of interest which recommended that Beyak be suspended without pay for "the rest of the current term". In addition to her suspension, she was ordered to undertake anti-racism training. Canada's standing senate Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration (CIBA) met February 27, 2020 to formally remove Beyak from the senate payroll. Her suspension ended on August 18, 2020 when the session was prorogued. Illicit donation to Republican National Committee According to filings from the United States Federal Election Commission, Beyak donated 300 in May 2020 to the Republican National Committee in support of Donald Trump's re-election campaign. Beyak listed her residence as Dryden, New York and her occupation as retired, despite still being a sitting member of the Senate and living in Dryden, Ontario. The Federal Election Campaign Act does not allow foreign nationals without American citizenship or permanent resident status to contribute to political candidates or campaigns. Beyak's office claimed that the donation was made in error, and that the money was being refunded. However, , the Republican National Committee did not report the return of the donation. Personal life She married Tony Beyak on November 28, 1970 and they remained married until his death on April 8, 2002. They have two sons. References Canadian senators from Ontario Conservative Party of Canada senators Independent Canadian senators Women members of the Senate of Canada Women in Ontario politics People from Dryden, Ontario Ontario school board trustees Living people Canadian real estate businesspeople 1949 births Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidates in Ontario provincial elections 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians

<mask> (born February 18, 1949) is a Canadian former politician who represented Ontario in the Senate of Canada from January 25, 2013 to January 25, 2021. Initially appointed to the Senate as a Conservative on the advice of Stephen Harper, she sat as a non-affiliated (independent) senator after being removed from the Conservative caucus in 2017. <mask> was suspended from the Senate twice; a first time for posting letters to her website that were considered to be offensive to First Nations peoples, and a second time for failing to comply with mandated anti-racism training. <mask> announced her retirement from the Senate, effective immediately, on January 25, 2021. Career A business owner in Dryden, Ontario, <mask> worked in tourism, insurance and real estate. She co-owned a General Motors dealership and Ford dealership with her late husband. <mask> was previously a candidate for the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party in the Ontario provincial elections of 1995 and 1999, and has served on the Fort Frances-Rainy River board of education.She was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 2013 by Stephen Harper. She sat as a Conservative until being expelled by the Conservative caucus in 2017. In 2020, she donated $1,000 to the People's Party of Canada, the maximum allowable donation. Residential schools controversy <mask> is critical of the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that the Canadian Indian residential school system was plagued with systemic physical, mental, and sexual abuse and directly resulted in the death of at least six thousand children from malnutrition and disease. <mask> said that those findings overshadowed the "good deeds" of "well-intentioned" residential school workers. <mask>'s statement was repudiated by New Democratic Party Indigenous Affairs critic and residential school survivor Romeo Saganash, who called on her to resign for praising a system that amounted to cultural genocide, as defined by the United Nations; Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs and Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett, who called for better education on the subject matter; and Conservative Indigenous Affairs critic Cathy McLeod, who said that <mask>'s praise did not reflect the views of the party, which under former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, had made a formal apology for the residential schools. Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde also criticized the statement for defending a system that had deep negative effects on Aboriginal peoples in Canada.<mask> would later attack criticism of her speech as fake news. However, <mask>'s thoughts were deemed out of line with the Conservative party's history on the subject matter by the party's interim leader Rona Ambrose, who stated it was untenable for her to keep her position on the Aboriginal people's committee due to the misalignment of <mask>'s comments. On April 5, 2017, <mask> was removed from her Aboriginal people's committee Senate post. After the Canadian government reorganized the Indian Affairs department August 28, 2017, forming two departments, for Indigenous and Northern Affairs and separately for Indigenous Services, each under its own minister, Sen. <mask> made another public statement: "Let's stop the guilt and blame and find a way to live together and share. Trade your status card for a Canadian citizenship, with a fair and negotiated payout to each Indigenous man, woman and child in Canada, to settle all the outstanding land claims and treaties, and move forward together ... All Canadians are then free to preserve their cultures in their own communities, on their own time, with their own dime. The emphasis should be on individual prosperity and responsibility, with more money in the pockets of the local people, and not just national leaders and bureaucracies." According to Saskatoon StarPhoenix columnist Doug Cuthand, her comments indicated ignorance of history, as the Indigenous peoples of Canada were extended Canadian citizenship in 1951.The mayors of Edmonton, Alberta and Winnipeg, Manitoba have called on her to resign. According to Brian Giesbrecht of the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, "Sen. Beyak has an abiding belief that the system we have in this country is not working, despite what the flabbergasted mayor and interviewer think of her." "When the senator says that status Indians are not true Canadian citizens, she is absolutely correct." "The fact is that status Indians living on reserves are legally very different from mainstream Canadians in many important ways." Following the backlash regarding her controversial speech, <mask> published, on her senate web page, samples of a large number of letters she received from Canadian citizens supporting her belief that what is being done for Canada's Indigenous People is not effective. Towards the end of December 2017, <mask> faced considerable social media backlash regarding these letters. On January 4, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh demanded <mask>'s resignation.In a statement to the media, Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, explained that while most letters focused on the history of residential schools, some letters had comments regarding Indigenous Canadians in general. He pointed out a particularly troubling passage from one of the letters, that stated "I'm no anthropologist but it seems every opportunistic culture, subsistence hunter/gatherers seeks to get what they can for no effort. There is always a clash between an industrial/organized farming culture that values effort as opposed to a culture that will sit and wail until the government gives them stuff", calling the comment "simply racist" and her promotion of such comments "offensive and unacceptable". In a media statement, Scheer said that he removed <mask> from the Conservative caucus after she refused his demand that she remove some of the comments. Scheer's spokesperson said this demand was made in a telephone call, but <mask> denied that Scheer, anyone from his office, or the Senate leadership had asked her to take down a letter. A senior Conservative source confirmed <mask>'s account. Following a Senate inquiry, it was determined that <mask> had breached the Ethics and Conflict of Interest Code for Senators by posting letters on her Senate website that contained racist content.She was ordered to remove the racist letters from her Senate website, to make a formal apology for posting the letters in question, and to complete a cultural sensitivity course with an emphasis on Indigenous issues. She subsequently refused to remove the letters, and was suspended from the Senate in April, 2019 for the remainder of the parliamentary session. Second suspension In January 2020, the Standing Committee on Ethics and Conflict of Interest for Senators again recommended that <mask> be suspended without pay for the remainder of the parliamentary session, citing her failure to adequately complete anti-racism training. During her anti-racism training sessions, <mask> was alleged to have said that she identified as Métis because her parents adopted an Indigenous child, a statement which prompted the Métis National Council to demand an apology and suggest <mask> resign. Subsequently <mask> issued a Press Release stating "Media are reporting I am Metis, and although the Metis are a great nation I am not, have never been and never will be Metis, and have never said I was, at anytime, anywhere to anyone." On February 27, 2020, the Senate imposed a second suspension on <mask> because of her failure to complete the required training. The senators approved a report from the standing committee on ethics and conflicts of interest which recommended that <mask> be suspended without pay for "the rest of the current term".In addition to her suspension, she was ordered to undertake anti-racism training. Canada's standing senate Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration (CIBA) met February 27, 2020 to formally remove <mask> from the senate payroll. Her suspension ended on August 18, 2020 when the session was prorogued. Illicit donation to Republican National Committee According to filings from the United States Federal Election Commission, <mask> donated 300 in May 2020 to the Republican National Committee in support of Donald Trump's re-election campaign. <mask> listed her residence as Dryden, New York and her occupation as retired, despite still being a sitting member of the Senate and living in Dryden, Ontario. The Federal Election Campaign Act does not allow foreign nationals without American citizenship or permanent resident status to contribute to political candidates or campaigns. <mask>'s office claimed that the donation was made in error, and that the money was being refunded.However, , the Republican National Committee did not report the return of the donation. Personal life She married <mask> on November 28, 1970 and they remained married until his death on April 8, 2002. They have two sons. References Canadian senators from Ontario Conservative Party of Canada senators Independent Canadian senators Women members of the Senate of Canada Women in Ontario politics People from Dryden, Ontario Ontario school board trustees Living people Canadian real estate businesspeople 1949 births Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidates in Ontario provincial elections 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians

<mask> was a Canadian former politician who represented Ontario in the Senate of Canada from January 25, 2013 to January 25, 2021. She sat as an independent senator after being removed from the Conservative caucus after being appointed to the Senate as a Conservative. She was suspended from the Senate twice, the first time for posting letters to her website that were considered offensive to First Nations peoples, and the second time for failing to comply with mandated anti-racism training. On January 25, 2021, <mask> announced her retirement from the Senate. <mask> worked in tourism, insurance and real estate. She co-owned a Ford dealership with her husband. In the 1995 and 1999 Ontario provincial elections, <mask> was a candidate for the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party.StephenHarper appointed her to the Senate of Canada. She was kicked out of the Conservative caucus in 2017. She donated $1,000 to the People's Party of Canada in 2020. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission found that the Canadian Indian residential school system was plagued with systemic physical, mental, and sexual abuse and resulted in the deaths of at least six thousand children. The good deed of residential school workers were overshadowed by the findings. Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs and Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett repudiated <mask>'s statement and called on her to resign for praising a system that amounted to cultural genocide. The statement was criticized by the Assembly of First Nations National Chief.<mask> attacked the criticism of her speech as fake news. Rona Ambrose, the interim leader of the Conservative party, stated that <mask>'s thoughts were out of line with the Conservative party's history on the subject matter. <mask> was removed from her Senate post. The Canadian government reorganized the Indian Affairs department in August of last year, forming two departments, for Indigenous and Northern Affairs and separately for Indigenous Services, each under its own minister. All Canadians are free to preserve their cultures on their own time if you trade your status card for a Canadian citizenship, with a fair and negotiatedPayout to each Indigenous man, woman and child in Canada to settle all the outstanding land claims and treaties. The emphasis should be on individual prosperity and responsibility, with more money in the pockets of the local people. The Indigenous peoples of Canada were granted Canadian citizenship in 1951.The mayors of three provinces have called on her to step down. According to Brian Giesbrecht of the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, "Sen. Beyak believes that the system we have in this country is not working despite what the mayor and interviewer think of her." The senator is correct when she says that status Indians are not Canadian citizens. Status Indians living on reserves are different from mainstream Canadians in many ways. Following the backlash regarding her controversial speech, <mask> published on her senate web page samples of letters she received from Canadians in support of her belief that what is being done for Canada's Indigenous People is not effective. There was a lot of backlash regarding these letters towards the end of December. Jagmeet Singh demanded <mask>'s resignation.In a statement to the media, Conservative leader Andrew Scheer explained that while most letters focused on the history of residential schools, some letters had comments about Indigenous Canadians. He pointed out a passage from one of the letters that stated "I'm no anthropologist but it seems every opportunist culture seeks to get what they can for no effort." There is always a clash between an industrial/organized farming culture that values effort as opposed to a culture that will sit and wail until the government gives them stuff, calling the comment "simply racist" and her promotion of such comments "offensive and unacceptable". According to a media statement, <mask> was removed from the Conservative caucus after she refused to remove some of her comments. <mask> denied that anyone from his office or the Senate leadership had asked her to take down a letter. A senior Conservative source has confirmed <mask>'s account. The Ethics and Conflict of Interest Code for Senators was broken when <mask> posted letters on her Senate website that contained racist content.She was ordered to remove the racist letters from her Senate website, to make a formal apology, and to complete a cultural sensitivity course with an emphasis on Indigenous issues. She was suspended from the Senate for the remainder of the parliamentary session after she refused to remove the letters. In January 2020, the Standing Committee on Ethics and Conflict of Interest for Senators again recommended that <mask> be suspended without pay for the remainder of the parliamentary session due to her failure to adequately complete anti-racism training. During her anti-racism training sessions, <mask> is said to have said that she identified as Métis because her parents adopted an Indigenous child. The media are reporting that I am Metis, and although the Metis are a great nation I am not, have never been and never will be Metis, and have never said I was anywhere to anyone. The Senate imposed a second suspension on <mask> after she failed to complete required training. The standing committee on ethics and conflicts of interest recommended that <mask> be suspended without pay for the rest of the current term.She was ordered to take anti-racism training. Canada's Senate Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration met in February of 2020 to remove <mask> from the payroll. August 18, 2020 was when her suspension ended. In support of Donald Trump's re-election campaign, <mask> donated 300 to the Republican National Committee. Despite being a sitting member of the Senate, <mask> listed her residence as New York and her occupation as retired. Foreign nationals without American citizenship or permanent resident status are not allowed to contribute to political campaigns. The office of <mask> claimed that the donation was made in error.The return of the donation was not reported by the Republican National Committee. She married <mask> on November 28, 1970 and they were married until his death in 2002. They have two boys. References Canadian senators from Ontario Conservative Party of Canada senators Independent Canadian senators Women members of the Senate of Canada Women in Ontario politics

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Archibald Simpson

Archibald Simpson (4 May 1790 – 23 March 1847) was a Scottish architect, who along with his rival John Smith, is regarded as having fashioned the character of Aberdeen as "The Granite City". Life and work Early life Archibald Simpson was born at 15 Guestrow, Aberdeen on 4 May 1790, the ninth and last child of William Simpson (1740–1804), a clothier at Broadgate, and his wife Barbara Dauney (c.1750 - 1801), the daughter of a Presbyterian minister. The family house at Guestrow is thought to have been built by his uncle William Dauney, who was a master mason. The house was later demolished in 1930. Simpson attended Aberdeen Grammar School as a contemporary of Byron, who lived nearby in Broadgate. At 13 he entered Marischal College but left after a year, on the death of his father, to work in the office of James Massie, a builder at Castlehill, having been influenced so by his uncle William Dauney. Due to being born lame in his left arm, his father left him a legacy of £200 with which at the age of 20 he went to London to be apprenticed to architect Robert Lugar and later David Laing. After two years Simpson left to embark on a study tour of Italy, returning to Aberdeen in 1813 to start an architectural practice in his old house at 15 Guestrow. Architectural practice Simpson first established his practice in 1813 at his old childhood home at 15 Guestrow. He later moved to premises at 130 Union Street, where in 1826 he lost his entire archive of drawings in a fire which destroyed the building, forcing him to move his office to 8 Belmont Street and later to 22 Crown Street - where the former Post Office building now stands - before later moving to live at 15 Bon Accord Street and practicing from his office at 1 Bon Accord Street. Simpson began his work at a time when wealthy country landowners were very influential in the social and cultural development of the City of Aberdeen, church and institutional expansion was rife and the enterprising Incorporated Trades were looking to invest heavily and speculatively in the new civic development - made possible by the bold construction of Union Street westwards across the Denburn towards the rich hinterland in 1801. Simpson, along with his brother Alexander, was responsible for reviving the Aberdeen Musical Society, founded in 1747, in a move to make influential social contacts which were vital to the success of his architectural practice. Archibald played the violin and his brother Alexander played the flute. He later also founded the Aberdeen Artists Society with his friend and collaborator, the artist James Giles, who also undertook several portraits of Simpson for the University Court. James Matthews was articled to Simpson in 1834. Architectural style The boldest and most refined architecture of Simpson is in the Grecian style, in its classic purity of detail and proportion, although he was equally at ease in adopting Gothic, Italian Renaissance, Tudor and Hanseatic architectural styles to meet the preference of his clients or the nature of the site. Clients frequently placed him in open competition with John Smith, though they greatly respected one another's work and ambition to achieve civic unity in the new streets that were then under construction. The result was a fine granite street architecture that was to influence the quality of development for a further century. Death and legacy Simpson died, aged 56, at his house at 1 East Craibstone Street, Aberdeen on 23 March 1847, having returned ill from a business trip to Derby. He is buried in the graveyard of the Kirk of St Nicholas on Union Street. The grave lies to the south of the church. The Aberdeen Civic Society erected a granite memorial to him in the gardens of Bon Accord Square, as part of the European Architectural Heritage Year in 1975. The city has a Wetherspoon pub to honour his memory. Works Works include: 1811 Designs his first building in Aberdeen, Union Chambers, while still in London, for the Duchess of Gordon. 1815 Druminnor House (Additions) 1815 Castle Forbes 1815 Morison of Auchintoul's House, plans prepared while with Robert Lugar 1817 St. Andrew's Chapel, now St. Andrew's Cathedral 1818 Kintore Parish Church and Manse, for his uncle, the Rev. John Shand 1819 Lunatic Asylum 1820 Medico-Chirurgical Building 1820 Assembly Rooms (Music Hall) 1822 Gordon Castle Chapel 1822 Boath House, Nairnshire 1822 Park House 1822 Heathcote House 1822 Haddo House (Additions), for the Earl of Aberdeen 1822 Huntly Lodge (Alterations), for the Duchess of Gordon 1823 Athenaeum 1823 Bon-Accord Terrace, Square and Crescent, for the Tailor Incorporation 1824 Durris House (Additions) 1827 Pitlurg House, for General Gordon Cumming, Skene 1827 Tillery House 1827 Letham Grange, Angus 1827 Morkeu House 1827 School in Edinburgh 1827 Skene House (Additions) 1827 Stracathro House, Angus, for Alex Cruickshank 1828 St Giles' Church, Elgin 1829 Masonic Halls and Assembly Rooms, Forres 1830 Woodside Free Church 1830 Anderson Institution, Elgin 1830 Plan for the development of Ferryhill, for the Shoemaker Incorporation. Part of Marine Terrace executed before he died. 1831 Castle Newe (Now Demolished) 1831 Plan for the development of the West End (Not executed) 1831 Plan for the opening-up of the Guestrow area – centring the spire of St.Nicholas with the old entry to Marischal College. 1831 Wooden bridge over the Spey at Fochabers, for the Duke of Gordon 1832 Craig Castle (Additions) 1832 Royal Infirmary 1833 St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Banff 1835 East Church of St. Nicholas (Not the tower) 1835 Episcopal Church, Fochabers, for the Duchess of Gordon 1835 Murtle House 1835 Dr. Bell's School, Frederick Street 1836 Drumoak Parish Church 1839 Westburn House, Aberdeen 1840 Mrs Emslie's Institution (Girl's High School) 1840 Crimonmogate House for merchant Patrick Milne 1840 Lessendrum House (Destroyed by fire) 1840 Meldrum House (Additions) 1840 Gordon Schools, Huntly, for the Duchess of Gordon 1840 Glassaugh House 1840 Pittodrie House (Additions) 1840 28 Albyn Place, Aberdeen 1840 Carnoustie House (Demolished) 1840 North of Scotland Bank, Huntly 1842 New Market and Market Street layout, for the New Market Co. (Demolished) 1843 Post Office, Market Street 1844 North of Scotland Bank (Head Office), now a pub owned by J D Wetherspoon called the Archibald Simpson 1844 Marischal College 1844 Three Free Churches (The Triple Kirks) 1844 Free Church, Rothesay 1844-5 Projected Railway Scheme 1845 Lunatic Asylum (Extension) 1846 Mechanics Institute 1846 Union Bank, Lerwick (His last work?) 1846 Big Street Improvement Scheme References 1790 births 1847 deaths 19th-century Scottish architects Alumni of the University of Aberdeen British neoclassical architects Gothic Revival architects Greek Revival architects Architects from Aberdeen

<mask> (4 May 1790 – 23 March 1847) was a Scottish architect, who along with his rival John Smith, is regarded as having fashioned the character of Aberdeen as "The Granite City". Life and work Early life <mask> was born at 15 Guestrow, Aberdeen on 4 May 1790, the ninth and last child of <mask> (1740–1804), a clothier at Broadgate, and his wife Barbara Dauney (c.1750 - 1801), the daughter of a Presbyterian minister. The family house at Guestrow is thought to have been built by his uncle William Dauney, who was a master mason. The house was later demolished in 1930. <mask> attended Aberdeen Grammar School as a contemporary of Byron, who lived nearby in Broadgate. At 13 he entered Marischal College but left after a year, on the death of his father, to work in the office of James Massie, a builder at Castlehill, having been influenced so by his uncle William Dauney. Due to being born lame in his left arm, his father left him a legacy of £200 with which at the age of 20 he went to London to be apprenticed to architect Robert Lugar and later David Laing.After two years <mask> left to embark on a study tour of Italy, returning to Aberdeen in 1813 to start an architectural practice in his old house at 15 Guestrow. Architectural practice <mask> first established his practice in 1813 at his old childhood home at 15 Guestrow. He later moved to premises at 130 Union Street, where in 1826 he lost his entire archive of drawings in a fire which destroyed the building, forcing him to move his office to 8 Belmont Street and later to 22 Crown Street - where the former Post Office building now stands - before later moving to live at 15 Bon Accord Street and practicing from his office at 1 Bon Accord Street. <mask> began his work at a time when wealthy country landowners were very influential in the social and cultural development of the City of Aberdeen, church and institutional expansion was rife and the enterprising Incorporated Trades were looking to invest heavily and speculatively in the new civic development - made possible by the bold construction of Union Street westwards across the Denburn towards the rich hinterland in 1801. <mask>, along with his brother Alexander, was responsible for reviving the Aberdeen Musical Society, founded in 1747, in a move to make influential social contacts which were vital to the success of his architectural practice. <mask> played the violin and his brother Alexander played the flute. He later also founded the Aberdeen Artists Society with his friend and collaborator, the artist James Giles, who also undertook several portraits of <mask> for the University Court.James Matthews was articled to <mask> in 1834. Architectural style The boldest and most refined architecture of <mask> is in the Grecian style, in its classic purity of detail and proportion, although he was equally at ease in adopting Gothic, Italian Renaissance, Tudor and Hanseatic architectural styles to meet the preference of his clients or the nature of the site. Clients frequently placed him in open competition with John Smith, though they greatly respected one another's work and ambition to achieve civic unity in the new streets that were then under construction. The result was a fine granite street architecture that was to influence the quality of development for a further century. Death and legacy <mask> died, aged 56, at his house at 1 East Craibstone Street, Aberdeen on 23 March 1847, having returned ill from a business trip to Derby. He is buried in the graveyard of the Kirk of St Nicholas on Union Street. The grave lies to the south of the church.The Aberdeen Civic Society erected a granite memorial to him in the gardens of Bon Accord Square, as part of the European Architectural Heritage Year in 1975. The city has a Wetherspoon pub to honour his memory. Works Works include: 1811 Designs his first building in Aberdeen, Union Chambers, while still in London, for the Duchess of Gordon. 1815 Druminnor House (Additions) 1815 Castle Forbes 1815 Morison of Auchintoul's House, plans prepared while with Robert Lugar 1817 St. Andrew's Chapel, now St. Andrew's Cathedral 1818 Kintore Parish Church and Manse, for his uncle, the Rev. John Shand 1819 Lunatic Asylum 1820 Medico-Chirurgical Building 1820 Assembly Rooms (Music Hall) 1822 Gordon Castle Chapel 1822 Boath House, Nairnshire 1822 Park House 1822 Heathcote House 1822 Haddo House (Additions), for the Earl of Aberdeen 1822 Huntly Lodge (Alterations), for the Duchess of Gordon 1823 Athenaeum 1823 Bon-Accord Terrace, Square and Crescent, for the Tailor Incorporation 1824 Durris House (Additions) 1827 Pitlurg House, for General Gordon Cumming, Skene 1827 Tillery House 1827 Letham Grange, Angus 1827 Morkeu House 1827 School in Edinburgh 1827 Skene House (Additions) 1827 Stracathro House, Angus, for Alex Cruickshank 1828 St Giles' Church, Elgin 1829 Masonic Halls and Assembly Rooms, Forres 1830 Woodside Free Church 1830 Anderson Institution, Elgin 1830 Plan for the development of Ferryhill, for the Shoemaker Incorporation. Part of Marine Terrace executed before he died. 1831 Castle Newe (Now Demolished) 1831 Plan for the development of the West End (Not executed) 1831 Plan for the opening-up of the Guestrow area – centring the spire of St.Nicholas with the old entry to Marischal College.1846 Big Street Improvement Scheme References 1790 births 1847 deaths 19th-century Scottish architects Alumni of the University of Aberdeen British neoclassical architects Gothic Revival architects Greek Revival architects Architects from Aberdeen

The character of Aberdeen is thought to have been created by <mask> and John Smith. The ninth and last child of <mask>, a clothier at Broadgate, and his wife Barbara, the daughter of a Presbyterian, was born at 15 Guestrow, Aberdeen on 4 May 1790. The family house at Guestrow is thought to have been built by his uncle. The house was torn down in 1930. <mask>on who lived nearby in Broadgate. He left Marischal College at the age of 13 to work in the office of James Massie, a builder at Castlehill, because he was influenced by his uncle William. He went to London at the age of 20 to be trained by Robert Lugar and David Laing after his father left him a legacy of $200.<mask> returned to Aberdeen in 1813 after two years in Italy to start an architectural practice in his old house at 15 Guestrow. <mask> established his practice at 15 Guestrow, his childhood home, in 1813. He moved to 130 Union Street, where he lost his entire archive of drawings in a fire which destroyed the building, and later to 8 Belmont Street and 22 Crown Street, where the former Post Office building now stands. <mask> began his work at a time when wealthy country landowners were very influential in the social and cultural development of the City of Aberdeen, church and institutional expansion was rife and the Incorporated Trades were looking to invest heavily and speculatively in the new civic development - made possible by the bold construction of Union Simpson and his brother Alexander were responsible for reviving the Aberdeen Musical Society, founded in 1747, in order to make influential social contacts which were vital to the success of his architectural practice. Alexander played the flute while his brother played the violin. He and James Giles collaborated on several portraits of <mask> for the University Court.<mask> articled James Matthews in 1834. <mask> adopted Gothic, Italian Renaissance, Tudor and Hanseatic architectural styles to meet the preference of his clients or the nature of the site, but the boldest and most refined architecture of <mask> is in the Grecian style, in its classic purity of detail and proportion. Clients placed him in open competition with John Smith because they wanted to achieve civic unity in the new streets that were under construction. The quality of development for a further century was influenced by the fine granite street architecture. <mask> died at his house at 1 East Craibstone Street, Aberdeen, on March 23, 1847, after returning ill from a business trip to Derby. The graveyard of the Kirk of St Nicholas is on Union Street. There is a grave to the south of the church.In 1975, the Aberdeen Civic Society built a granite memorial to him in the gardens of Bon Accord Square. The city has a pub named after him. He designed the first building in Aberdeen, Union Chambers, while still in London. Plans were prepared with Robert Lugar for St. Andrew's Chapel, Kintore Parish Church and Manse. The Lunatic Asylum, Medico-Chirurgical Building and Assembly Rooms were built by John Shand. Part of Marine Terrace was executed before he died. The plan for the development of the West End was not executed.1790 births deaths 19th-century Scottish architects 1847 Alumni of the University of Aberdeen British neoclassical architects Gothic Revival architects Greek Revival architects

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Mersha Nahusenay

Mersha Nahusenay ( 1850 – 1937) was a reformist and pioneer of change who made important contributions to the modernization and independence of Ethiopia. One of the closest advisors to Emperor Menelik II, he went on to become the first governor of Dire Dawa, and surrounding areas (1902–1905). Prior to that he was governor of the strategic and frontier district of Jaldessa (Gildessa) and its environ where he also held the position of head of customs. His public career lasted over three decades from the era of Menelik II (referred to in historical records as Menilek) until the reign of Haile Selassie. He was one of the most recognized Ethiopians of his time. He knew the French language and was open to European ideas and way of life earning him admiration abroad. His most enduring legacy was the construction, maintenance and security of the first railway which he oversaw at the request of the emperor. Mersha belongs to a generation who took advantage of the relative stability of the late 19th – early 20th century to implement a series of wide-ranging political, economic and social reforms which put the country on the path to modernization ushering in a new era. Early life Childhood and Formative Years Ato (Mr.) Mersha Nahusenay (አቶ መርሻ ናሁሠናይ) was born about 1850 near the town of Ankober, the former capital of Shewa. According to oral history, Mersha came from a family of priests. His parents were strict followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox faith and religion played a central role in their life. Mersha's childhood was hence heavily influenced by events involving the Church where he was also baptized. Family lore further indicates that his father owned a land given to him in return for the service he rendered to the church. In addition to holding lands, churches at the time received considerable assistance from the royal palace which they then used to provide key services to their members and communities, including the education of children. Thus Mersha was taught reading and writing at an early age and received traditional church education. Whether or not he had any siblings remains unknown although the name Mersha in the Amharic language implies a desire to forget a traumatic experience such as the loss of a previous child. Growing up, Mersha spent a great deal of time on the farm with his parents. He traveled to various places within Shewa and beyond allowing him to interact with a diverse group of people and explore opportunities which existed for a career in a secular field. For example, early on he learned to appreciate the importance local as well as foreign languages. Beyond these sketchy details, little is known about Mersha's early life at this point. It is unclear, for example, if he had royal ancestry. The fact that he was later married to the daughter of one of Menelik's trusted servants suggests, however, that the family had close ties to the palace. Overall there is little doubt that Mersha's formative and early adulthood experiences helped him prepare for his long and illustrious public career. It's worth noting that today Ankober is one of many districts (woredas) of Ethiopia. But back then, it was the capital of one of several powerful kingdoms. The following quote encapsulates the vitality of the Ankober area at the time: The early nineteenth-century Shawan royal capital of Ankober was a spectacular sight, ‘perched at 2400 meters atop a volcanic cone above the steep escarpment of the eastern highlands’. It commanded a prosperous, cosmopolitan and culturally diverse polity. Founded as a frontier outpost in the late-eighteenth century, fifty years later Ankober stood amidst a rich agricultural area and controlled the Red Sea trade through regional markets such as Aliyu Amba. Visited by Muslim merchants and traders from the Mediterranean, and a busy ecclesiastical base of Orthodox theology, Ankober was a lively commercial and intellectual center. By mid-19th century, Ankober had established trade and diplomatic ties with the outside world. As a result, there was strong public interest in international affairs, foreign languages, history, geography and medicine, as well as the design, manufacturing and function of machines and tools as documented by missionaries. Under Menelik, the last ruler of Shewa (1865–1889), Ankober rapidly evolved into a vibrant political and economic center. Trade was expanded to the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea via Harar. Mersha also grew up in one of the most consequential periods in the nation's history. The second half of the nineteenth century was a turning point in the sense that it marked the end a long period of deep divisions within and between the various kingdoms located in the northern part of the country known as the Era of Princes or Zemene Mesafint (1769–1855). Emperor Tewodros (Tewodros II) was the first ruler (1855–1868) in the modern era to try and unify the northern kingdoms. Included in Tewodros' vision also was the introduction of European-style civilization. His efforts were cut short however by internal resistance and external challenges as well as his untimely death. Emperor Yohannes (Yohannes IV) further pursued the unification agenda during his reign (1872–1889), but he was unfortunately killed in a war with Mahdist Sudan. Emperor Menelik II (1889–1913), his successor, the fortunate one to realize the dreams of his predecessors and much more. He succeeded in bringing together, under a central authority, northern and southern territories. Through a combination of diplomacy and military campaigns, he was able to create a new empire paving the way for the emergence of modern Ethiopia. Menelik's extraordinary achievements, including his leadership in the decisive victory over Italy at Adwa, in 1896, enabled him to put the country on the path to stability and modernization. According to the prominent Ethiopian historian Tekletsadiq Mekuria, Menelik's top priorities included: negotiating Ethiopia's borders with the three European colonial powers (i.e., France, Britain and Italy) who controlled much of Eastern Africa; securing access to the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea as a way of improving trade relations with Europe and beyond; maintaining security and stability across the vast empire; implementing wide-ranging political, economic and social reforms; and building Ethiopia's image abroad. As will be seen below, Mersha was at the forefront of most, if not all, of these undertakings. He answered repeated calls for public service and rose to the occasion by taking on challenging tasks. More importantly, he was a strong advocate for reform and European-style modernization. The renowned Ethiopian historian Tekletsadiq Mekuria wrote in his book Atse Menilek and the Unity of Ethiopia: ስለዚህ ዐፄ ምኒልክ የነዚህንና የውጭ አገር ተወላጅ አማካሪዎች ምክር በመስማት እውጭ አገር ደርሰው መጠነኛ እውቀት እየቀሰሙ የተመለሱትን የነግራዝማች ዬሴፍን፤ የነነጋድራስ ዘውገን፤ የእነ አቶ አጥሜን፤ የነ አቶ መርሻ ናሁ ሠናይን፤ የነ ብላታ ገብረ እግዚአብሔርን፤ የነ ከንቲባ ገብሩን፤ የነአለቃ ታየን፤ የነ ነጋድራስ ገብረ ሕይወት ባይከዳኝን፤ የነ አቶ ኀይለ ማርያም ስራብዮንን፤ አስተያየት በማዳመጥ በአገራቸው የአውሮፓን ሥልጣኔ ለማስገባት ታጥቀው ተነሡ። English translation: Thus, after listening to the advice of these and other personal foreign advisors and taking into account the views of those who had travelled abroad and returned with limited knowledge such as Grazmach Yosef, Negaddras Zewge, Ato Atsme, Ato Mersha Nahusenay, Blata Gebre Egziabher, Kentiba Gebru, Aleqa Taye, Negadras Gebre Hiwot Baykedagn and Ato Hailemariam Serabyo, Atse Menelik decided to introduce European civilization to his country. Later life Whether Mersha Nahusenay held any official government positions before Menelik II became Emperor of Ethiopia in 1889 remains unknown. What is evident from historical records is sometime in the early 1890s, at the age of about 40, he left his birthplace and settled in the Harar province. By then, Ankober had declined in part due to the rise of Addis Abeba (Addis Ababa), as the new capital of Ethiopia founded in 1886 by Menelik and his influential wife Empress Taytu Betul (1851–1918). Governor of Jaldessa and Head of Imperial Customs Mersha's relocation to Harar marked the beginning of his long and distinguished career. By some accounts as early as 1892, but surely by 1895, he was appointed governor of Jaldessa (Gildessa, Jildessa, Guildessa, Gheldessa), a historic and strategic district near the present city of Harar. According to one source., at the time, Jaldessa had approximately 6,000 inhabitants at the time compared to 8,000 in the port city of Djibouti and 30,000 in Harar. Not only was Jaldessa a frontier town to Menelik's empire, but it was also located along an important caravan route connecting Ethiopia with the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea coast. As a result, all visitors were required to pass through an armed and customs post established there by the Ethiopian authority and administered by Mersha. As chief of customs, Jaldessa Mersha oversaw the import of all goods. Caravans were stopped and inspected. Import duty of 10 per cent was levied on merchandise generating important revenue for the empire. The economic value of Jaldessa grew considerably after the port of Djibouti became operational. However, it sharply declined following the founding of Dire Dawa, in 1902. As governor, Mersha controlled and administered a vast area between Ethiopian borders with the French and British Somalilands and the Awash River. The territory was inhabited by Somalis, Oromos, Afars and other ethnic groups. He served under Ras Mekonnen Woldemichael (Makonnen Wolde Mikael), who was governor of Harar Province until his untimely death in 1906. The Armenian Serkis Terzian (1868–1915) served as governor of Jaldessa before him. Terzian, a personality well known to scholars of Ethiopian history, served Menelik in various capacities, including the import of arms and ammunition. Apparently, there was confusion at times about who owned what. On one occasion, Mersha confiscated arms claimed by Terzian, according to distinguished historian Richard Pankhurst. Lord Hindlip, a British businessman and adventurer and a member of an Anglo-American expedition, described his visit to Mersha's residence as follows: He received us in his official residence, a small circular hut with the usual pointed roof, built on a conical hill. His furniture consisted of a table, chair, two beds, a photograph of an Abyssinian priest, and a coloured Crucification, while his rifle, shield, and revolver were hung on the walls. Furthermore, Jaldessa was at the center of international negotiations between Menelik and the three colonial powers. Article 3 of the 1897 treaty signed between Britain and Ethiopia, for example, stated that the route between Zeyla (Zeila) and Harar via Gildessa should remain open for the commercial interests of the two countries. Mersha was regularly consulted on relevant matters. He was also directly responsible for implementation of agreements. For instance, in 1896, he hosted Cyrille Macaire (Kyrillos Makarios), a coptic Egyptian bishop who came as a special envoy of Pope Leo XIII to plead with Menelik to free the Italian prisoners from the battle of Adwa. When the prisoners were freed ultimately, they were brought to an area near Gildessa to meet with an Italian Red Cross team before being transported to Harar for safe return to Italy. Mersha visited Djibouti on several occasions, including at the request of Emperor Menelik. His knowledge of French was invaluable during his foreign trips. Promoter of the progressive image of Ethiopia Following the victory at Adwa (1896), there was a heightened global interest in strengthening diplomatic and trade relations with Ethiopia. A large number of foreign nationals, including diplomats, journalists, writers, scientists and explorers visited the empire. The visitors were intrigued by Menelik's wisdom and accomplishments. Realizing the significance of the moment for the future, the emperor was equally determined to build a progressive image of his nation. What better place to create a good first impression than the frontier town of Jaldessa? Lord Edward Gleichen, the British courtier, officer and author who visited Ethiopia in 1897 and who was a member of Sir Rennell Rodd's diplomatic mission wrote the following: Next day we made a long march of twenty-four miles over stony country to Garasle, a pretty little river, three inches deep, running between high banks, and a three hours' march on the following morning brought us to Gildessa. Here we were received in great state by the governor, one Aito Merzha (i.e., Ato Mersha), who, to impress on us that we were now on Abyssinian territory, had turned out a guard of about a dozen men, all armed with rifles and carrying the Abyssinian flag. The latter, I fear, did not impress us much, as it only consisted of triangular yellow, red, and green pennons nailed on a thin and crooked stick; but the guard of honour was very beautiful. Most visitors came to the country through the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea and many camped at Jaldessa for at least a day before traveling further to Addis Abeba, Harar or other parts of the new empire. Thus, Mersha was tasked with providing logistical and other forms of assistance to the guests. He was uniquely positioned to meet and interact with a large number of Europeans and other foreign nationals. In an article published in Le Figaro (April 1901), the French journalist and author Hughes Le Roux noted the following after a long discussion with Mersha. Je ne sais si ce sage a lu Candide, mais depuis les années déjà longues que le Roi des rois lui a confié la clef de la première poterne de l'empire, il a vu défiler beaucoup d'hommes de toutes couleurs, de tous pays, de toutes langues. English translation: I do not know if this wise man read Candide, but since for many years the King of Kings has given him the key to the first gate of the empire, he had seen people of all colors, all countries, and all languages. The following is a partial list of notables who have either interacted with or hosted by Mersha at Gildessa or Dire Dawa: Prince Henri of Orleans (1867–1901): French prince; Harald George Carlos Swayne (1860–1940): British army officer and author; Vicomte Edmond de Montaigne de Poncins (1866– 1937): explorer, naturalist and author; Lord Albert Edward Wilfred Gleichen (1863–1937): British diplomat and author; Pyotr Mikhailovich Vlasov (1850–1904): head of the Russian Imperial mission to Ethiopia Jean-Baptiste Marchand (1863–1934): French army officer and explorer; Robert Peet Skinner (1866–1960): American diplomat; Lucien Heudebert (1860–1949): French writer; Jean-François-Albert du Pouget, Marquis de Nadaillac (1818–1904): French anthropologist; Hughues Le Roux (aka Robert Charles Henri Le Roux) (1860–1925): French journalist, author and senator; Robert Pierre Marie Robert, vicomte du Bourg de Bozas(1871–1902): French explorer;; Peter Nikolaevich Krasnov (1869–1947): Russian diplomat and military officer; Victor Félix Edmond Marie Goedorp (1874–1963): French publicist and author; Benito Sylvain (1868–1915): Haitian lawyer, anti-slavery activist and Pan Africanist; Friedrich Rosen (1856–1935): German diplomat, orientalist, author and politician; he is the brother of botanist Felix Rosen. Kyrillos Makarios or Cyrille Macaire (1867–1921): Egyptian Coptic leader, Patriarch of Alexandria; Cesare Nerazzini (1849–1912): Italian diplomat, doctor and military officer William Fitzhugh Whitehouse (1842–1909): American explorer and adventurer; Felix Rosen (1863–1925): German Botanist, professor of botany at Breslau University (then Germany, now Wrocław, Poland); he is the brother of diplomat and orientalist Friedrich Rosen. François Marie Casimir Mondon-Vidailhet (1847–1910): French journalist, philologist and author; Sir Charles Allsopp, 3rd Baron Hindlip (1877–1911): British businessman, adventurer and writer; Rennell Rodd (1858–1941): British diplomat, politician and poet; Alexander Bulatovich (1870–1919): Russian military officer, diplomat and author. Despite robust diplomatic efforts by Menelik and his domestic as well as foreign advisors, there was a great deal of skepticism initially among many Europeans that Ethiopia was ready to embrace modernization. In an article titled The Menelik Myth, published in 1899, for example, vicomte Edmond de Poncins, the wealthy French naturalist and explorer, concluded: The history of Ethiopia, then, may be summed up thus: a country in which communications are difficult, peopled by a multiplicity of races; its internal life presents ever the same cycle of wars, victories, defeats, its external life the same blank. A real civilization is impossible in that black chaos, and the products of civilization, such as agriculture, invention, commerce, do not exist. In contrast, there were those who offered unwavering support for the expansion of trade and investment in Ethiopia. Menelik's closest European advisors such as the Swiss engineer Alfred Ilg and the French trader Leon Chefneux (“chief commerce advisor”) were incontestably at the top of the list. Mersha worked closely with both of them. But there were others as well. Casimir Mondon-Vidailhet, the French journalist and contributor to the Le Temps, was another important figure who played a major role in advancing Ethio-French relations. Due to his passion for horticulture, Mondon-Vidailhet may have also played a role in popularizing the eucalyptus tree (የባሕር ዛፍ). He also studied local languages (e.g. Amharic, Guraghe, Harari, etc.) and wrote books about them. More relevantly, Mondon-Vidailhet helped advance the progressive image of Menelik and Ethiopia in Europe and the United States. He did this primarily through his speeches and writings. In an interview that he gave to The New York Times, in 1898, Mondon defended Ethiopia's records and potential: The country lends itself easily to civilization, and its organization, still encumbered by feudal relations, tends more and more to become modelled on the lines of European constitutional monarchies. Menelek, powerful and respected, an enlightened reformer and administrator, who abolished slavery in his dominions, and dislikes fanatics to whatever sect they belong, has revealed himself as a really great sovereign, worthy of admiration by his conduct, as well as by the dignity of his character. Mersha was a strong proponent of opening Ethiopia to the world. He encouraged 'modern' education and supported missionary schools in Harar. He encouraged trade ties with Europe, particularly France, Ethiopia's major strategic ally at the time. The French government awarded Mersha the El-Anouar Nishan in April 1905. Head of the first railway construction The first and most significant example of European direct investment in Ethiopia was the construction of Ethiopia's first railway. The agreement to create a company for the construction of the railroad was first signed in 1894 between Menelik and Alfred Ilg. The primary European stakeholder was obviously France although British investors also owned shares and bonds at least until 1902 which is when the line reached Addis-Harar, later renamed Dire Dawa. Mersha was a key figure in the negotiations, construction and security of the railway during the initial phases of the project (1897–1911). When the Djibouti railroad reached the Ethiopian border town of Dewele (Dawale), in July 1900, he represented the emperor at the inaugural ceremony attended by a delegation of the French government led by Gabriel Louis Angoulvant, acting governor-general of the French Somaliland as well representatives of shareholders and other domestic and foreign diplomats, including Ato Yosef Zagalan, the Ethiopian consul in Djibouti and a dear friend of Mersha. According to one source, emperor Menelik himself was to be present, but he changed his mind later in protest of the growing interference by the French government in the affairs of the Compagnie Imperiale d'Ethiopie to which he granted concession. Things became worse and the construction was interrupted for several years following the completion of the Djibouti-Dire Dawa line. When the work resumed in 1909, Mersha was once again called to serve. The task given to him and other local officials was to oversee the extension of the meter-gauge line up to Awash. The railway reached Addis Abeba only in 1917. By then emperor Menelik had died and his daughter Zewditu was head of the empire. English translation of Menelik's letter to Mersha: Dear Ato Mersha. How have you been? I, thank God, am well. Since the French railway companies informed me that they would resume construction, I would like you to manage the work in consultation with Negadras Yigezu. Written in the city of Debre Libanos on the 2nd day of Tahsas 1901. (*The above letter has been included in the recent book titled 'Emperor Menilek's Domestic Letters' as letter #1898 (Paulos Gnogno collections); Aster Nega Publishers; 2010 p. 517). The historian Richard Pankhurst called the first railway “the country’s greatest technological achievement of the period.” It led to rapid expansion of domestic and foreign trade. By cutting the amount of travel time to the coast in half, for example, the railroad increased the import and export of commodities drastically. It accelerated the process of urbanization as it paved the way to the rise of new settlements and villages and transformation of towns such as Harar and Addis Abeba. The movement of people from south to north and vice versa grew considerably. In short, the railway made life better for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Ethiopians. More importantly, it connected the country to the sea. Robert P Skinner, the diplomat who led the first US mission, in 1903–04, noted the following about the importance of the railway to the economy The custom-house figures show a movement of importations and exportations in 1902 amounting $1,659,800, but, having in mind the methods of appraisement and the possibility of entering goods in contraband, it may be conservatively stated that the total trade under present conditions amounts to $3,000,000 per annum. Henceforth, this trade will grow rapidly, although the full power of the country will not be appreciated until the railroad is extended to the capital, 300 miles distant from its present terminus. Spinner further observed: When the railroad connecting the Empire and the sea was projected, a route was naturally selected which should give the greatest advantages to commerce...A town was created at this point, to which was given the name Dire Douah, and it has already become an important business center.... Pioneer and the first governor of Dire Dawa The conclusion of the Djibouti-Dire Dawa railway, in 1902, marked the birth of Dire Dawa, the second largest city in Ethiopia. Shortly after, Mersha was ordered to move the Jaldessa custom house and his residence to the new terminus making him the first governor of the railway city. Not only he was at the right place at the right time, but this was a natural extension of his administrative responsibilities. Getahun Mesfin Haile, an expert on the history of Dire Dawa wrote: Before the foundation of the town, the whole frontier region up to Dawale including the great environ of Dire Dawa used to be administered by a governor whose seat normally was at Jeldessa, a few km to the east of Dire Dawa. In 1902 the Governor was one Mersha Nahusenay, an educated and also French speaking personality, who took a considerable part in the foundation of the station and eventually of the town. He went on to say; The earliest town quarters of Käzira and Mägala, which sprang up following the establishment by the railway company of a station and its main workshop, soon evolved into the two most important nodes of economic, social and administrative activities of the new town. Käzira was built according to a regular plan and well provided with modern amenities. In the meantime, Ato Märsha Nahusänay, the first governor, and his followers, cleared and settled an area of land across from Käzira on the opposite side of the Dächatu that was largely covered with dense brush and cacti then. Growing out of this nucleus the larger quarter of Mägala took shape by degrees. In fact, the present quarter of Dächatu used to be known as Gändä-Märsha in the past in honor of its illustrious resident and founder. Thus, it didn't take long before residential communities appeared and roads, offices and workshops as well as other critical facilities were built under the leadership of Leon Chefneux and Mersha. In the first several years of its founding, residents of the new town and the Franco-Ethiopian railway company were able to lay the foundation for what later became a French-style, cosmopolitan city. Sadly, unlike other towns, foreigners and locals did not live in the same area. Kezira or Gezira became a European quarter while Megala was inhabited by natives. Richard Pankhurst called Dire Dawa “Ethiopia’s first modern town". Not only Dire Dawa was built differently than other towns of the time, but its administration was also unique. Historian Shiferaw Bekele noted: The officials shared certain important characteristics which sharply set them apart from the general run of Ethiopian officialdom at the time… Almost in every province, one would meet one or two men who belonged to this category. However, in no other much concentration as in Dire Dawa. Shiferaw, who is an expert on the early history of Dire Dawa, went on to say: The Dire Dawan officialdom invariably spoke at least one European language. Even the earliest, Mersha, spoke French. A good number of them were highly educated. Afework Gebre Yesus and Gebre Hiwot Baykedagn who were the directors of Customs had had long years of stay in Europe where they had attained a tertiary level education. Beshah Wured was educated in the United States. The rest had gone to Mission schools. Mersha served as governor from 1902 until 1906. He was in charge of administrative as well as judicial affairs. He even held courts "under a tree" in the early years of his tenure. He was succeeded by Ato Negatu Gugsa. The Dire Dawa municipality did not emerge until sometime between 1915 and 1920. Chief of railway security The agreements signed by the Ethiopian government and the railway company required Ethiopia to deploy a police force to safeguard the line and safety of employees. The mission was extremely dangerous due to local hostilities. Mersha became head of railway security full-time in 1906. His strategy for success included working with local chiefs and leaders. In fact he also assumed the position of chief of the Issa territory which much of the opposition to the construction came from. Shiferaw Bekele wrote: As the governor of the province through with the line passed, he (i.e. Ato Mersha) was responsible for the peace and security of the line. He posted detachments of troops all along the line. He carried out negotiations with all the important chiefs of the Afar and Somali tribes in the region. He received orders from Ras Mekonnen and from Menelik. He was in charge of the recruitment, training of the security personnel; negotiated their wage with the company; and settled disputes. He had always been the middle man between the railway company and Ethiopians. That involved making sure that the company honored its contractual obligations as well. As early as September 1900, for example, Mr. J. Gerolimato, the British consul agent in Harar, sent the following message to his boss, James Hayes Sadler, the Consul-General of the British-Somaliland: Dear Sir: BEFORE yesterday, Atto Marcha, Governor of Jildessa, who was in Jibuti arrived here. There were in Daranli (i.e., Dawale) 200 Abyssinians to protect the line against the Essa (i.e., Issa), the Company paying 12 dollars per month for each Abyssinian soldier; now the Company paid them 8 dollars, instead of 12 dollars, and the Abyssinians have withdrawn these 200 men. His prior experience as chief of Harar police must have prepared him for the challenges of the position The railway police was in charge of stability and peace Dire Dawa and its surroundings as well. which he held until the mid-1920s with the exception of his brief dismissal by Lij Iyasu in 1916. The Dawn of Modernization The desire to introduce European style modernization was not unique to Emperor Menelik II. However, it was under him that the country took important practical steps in terms of establishing modern institutions and structure of governance. Transport and communication got a huge boost. The first telephone and telegraph were introduced following the first railway. Major roads were built and bicycles and automobiles appeared for the first time. The tax system was restructured. A modern monetary system was created. The first bank (Bank of Abyssinia) was established. A national currency was launched. The governance system underwent significant reorganization. The first cabinet of ministers was formed. Each of the six districts had two judges appointed by Menelik himself. The position of a supreme judge was created. The first public schools; the first newspaper, the first hotels, the first hospitals and post offices emerged. The list goes on. Although Mersha was principally involved in the construction of the railway and establishment of "modern" customs, he also participated in other important reforms such as the creation of postal and telegraph services. After Menelik died in 1913, following a long illness, his grandson Iyasu V became the de facto ruler. Mersha was about sixty years of age at the time. During his brief reign (1913–1916), Iyasu seems to have continued some of the reforms that he inherited. However, he also made political miscalculations resulting in his removal from power. In 1915, for example, Iyasu appointed Hasib Ydlibi (or Idlibi), a Syrian merchant of Turkish citizenship, as governor of Dire Dawa and Neggadras of Harar. The appointment was kept secret from Dejazmach Teferi (Tafari) Mekonnen, his cousin and governor of Harar Province. But then in July 1916, a few months before his ouster, Iyasu took the unprecedented step of deposing Teferi from his governorship creating further tensions between them and leading to anger in a province traditionally governed by that family. Iyasu also seem to have chosen a foreign policy which sought to alienate traditional allies such as France and strengthen relations with Germany and Turkey (then Ottoman Empire). Perhaps because of that, he went on to remove Mersha from his post at the railway and replace him with Abubakar Mahammad, another important historic figure in Ethiopian history. Ironically, just months before their dismissal, both Dejach Teferi and Mersha had accompanied Iyasu during his trip to the region along with a number of other notables, including Mikael Berru (a German educated, British agency interpreter and father of the Sorbonne graduate Lij Seifu Mikael) and Tesemma Eshete. The radical changes were quickly picked up by foreign media. The sudden change was picked up by international media and largely interpreted as a plan to favor Muslims over Christians, a sentiment shared by many in the country. Suddenly, at the end of last July, Yasu left Adis Abeba for Harrar and came on to Jibuti on August 8th, where he renewed his protestations of friendship to M. Simoni, Governor of French Somaliland .... He was found to have deposed Prince Taffari, son of Ras Makonnen, from the Governorship of Harrar and substituted a Muhammadan... Intrigue was rampant at Harrar under the Turk Ydlibi; and finally the chief of the Issas, Ato Marcha, was deposed in favour of a Muhammadan. These events caused a stir at Adis Abeba. The legations of the Entente Powers also sent in a protest. And on September 27th...Lij Yasu was formally deposed. The situation, however, was much more complex than what the reports claimed. There is no doubt that Iyasu tried to nurture close relations with the Muslim community and was married Fatima, the daughter of Abubakar, raising questions about his intentions and vision. Abubakar came from a family of rich Muslim Afar traders who made enormous contributions to Menelik commercially, administratively and diplomatically. His father, Mahammad (also Negaddras) was the governor of the historic town of Aliyu Amba (Shoa Province) while he himself served as the governor of Shenno, another commercial center. His grandfather, Abubakar Ibrahim Chehem, was a notable statesman and Sultan or Pasha of Somalia's port city of Zeila (Zeyla) before it became part of the British Somaliland. In contrast, some scholars argue today that the new policies were all part of Iyasu's efforts to consolidate the imperial power such as by integrating marginal territories such as the Afar land. From the end of the 19th century, the members of this family lost their role as obligatory intermediaries in favour of European traders supported by their respective states. However, one of them, Naggadras Mahammad Abubakar, continued to enjoy the trust of Menelik, who was unwilling to rely solely on the Europeans. Furthermore, although Mersha was Christian, he did not adhere to the historically dominant Orthodox faith. Rather he was one of the first to convert to Catholicism and subjected to mistreament like many of his fellow worshippers. Mersha's absence was a source of great concern to the railway company in part due to his long and dedicated service and reputation. This was obvious from one of the letters that Emperor Menelik wrote to him. The following comment made by Mr. de Mazérieux, the company's administrator, captures that sentiment: Avec Ato Marcha, qui était au courant des usages et des méthodes de la Cie, et qui lui était surtout absolumment dévoué, les difficultés etaient rapidement aplanies. Abou-Baker est trop connu en Abyssinie et à la Cie, pour qu’on puisse espérer, qu’il en sera de même avec lui. English translation: With Ato Marcha, who was very knowledgeable of the practices and methods of CIE (i.e., Compagnie Imperiale d’Ethiopie), and who was absolutely devoted, difficulties were quickly resolved. Abu-Baker is very well known in Abyssinia and Cie, so we hope that things will be the same with him. Mersha was restored to his position under Empress Zewditu, Menelik's daughter, who ruled Ethiopia from 1916 until 1930. Teferi Mekonnen was regent to the throne during this period and went on to rule Ethiopia as Emperor Haile Selassie I(1930–1974) when the empress died. A prominent Catholic Mersha was a well-known Catholic. He played an important role in the spread of the faith in Harar region and beyond. His wife Tedeneqyalesh was the daughter of Ato Mekbeb (also Mekev, Makeb and Makbeb) who was converted to Catholicism in the late 1860s by the Italian missionary Cardinal Guglielmo Massaja or Abba Messias as he was known in Ethiopia. Martial De Salviac, the French missionary who lived in Ethiopia at the end of the 19th century, wrote the following: The one which Menelik called 'a man of my confidence', that was Ato Makeb, officer of the royal house. He soon earned the confidence of missionaries by becoming an edified Catholic. Later he gave his daughter in marriage to one of the better students of the mission, Ato Marsha, who was a police chief in Harar, and actually directed the customs at Jaldessa. It is not surprising that Mersha's children were brought up Catholics. Benito Sylvain, the Haitian lawyer, author and anti-slavery activist who visited Ethiopia a few times during the late 19th and early 20th century wrote: En l'absence de Ras Makonnen, retenu par l'Empereur à Addis-Abeba, pour la conclusion du traité de paix avec l'Italie, était le Ghérazmatch Banti qui remplissait les délicates fonctions de gouverneur. Il manifesté de cordiale faҫon sa joie de me voir et après avoir vidé le tedj ou hydromel de l'amitié, il me fit donner l'hospitalité chez Ato Marcha, chef des douanes de Guieldessa, dont tous les enfants sont élevés à la Mission catholique française que dirige actuellement le sympathique Mgr André, récemment promu Evèque. English translation: In the absence of Ras Mekonnen, kept by the Emperor in Addis Ababa, for the conclusion of the peace treaty with Italy was the Gerazmatch Banti who filled the delicate functions of governor. He expressed in a cordial way his joy to see me, and after emptying the tedj or mead of friendship, he offered me hospitality at the residence of Ato Marcha, Chief of Customs of Gildessa, with all the children raised in the French Catholic Mission currently headed by the friendly Mgr André who was recently promoted Bishop. Mission schools such as those founded by the French missionary Andre Jarosseau (Abba Endryas) trained a generation of young Ethiopians. Recent biographies (e.g. Ras Emru Haile Selassie) shed light on the importance of these schools. In his autobiography, Captain Alemayehu Abebe, one of the pioneers of Ethiopian aviation and the first black African pilot of a commercial jet airliner, wrote: አቶ መርሻ ከነቤተሰቦቻቸው በሐረር ከተማ የታወቁና የተከበሩ የካቶሊክ ሃይማኖት ተከታይ ስለነበሩ ምንሴኘር አንድሬ ዣሩሶ በሚያስተዳድሩት የካቶሊክ ሚሲዮን ገብቼ በአዳሪነት እንድማር ተደረገ English translation: Since Ato Mersha, along with his family, was a well-known and respected follower of the Catholic faith in the city Harar, I was allowed to attend the mission school headed by Mgr Andre Jarousseau. Another important biography by Mickael Bethe-Selassié describes in detail the historic contributions of Catholic Ethiopians during the first half of the 20th century. Many, including Mersha Nahusenay and the author's uncle Berhane-Marqos Welde-Tsadiq, played a role in the modernization efforts of Emperors Menelik and Haile Selassié. The biographer argues that these Catholics form a distinct sub-group within the larger community of educated men also known as La Jeune Ethiopie. However, the historic ties between Catholic and Orthodox Christian intellectuals have also been stressed by Mickael as well other scholars. The Ethiopian Roman Catholic community, the first of whose members were converted in the late 19th century by Italian or French missionaries, such as Guglielmo Massaia and André Jarosseau, included Zäwgä Haylu, who attended the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900, and Märsha Nahu Sänay, who represented Menelik at the ceremony marking the completion of the Jibuti railway as far as the Ethiopian frontier in 1902. The community thus came into existence at the very same time as the emergence of the Young Ethiopians as a whole. The Catholic community was moreover influenced by the same factors - missionary education, travel to France or Italy, employment by foreigners, service on the railway, etc. -which gave birth, as we have seen, more generally to Young Ethiopianism. Death and legacy Mersha retired in the mid-1920s, but he maintained contact with friends such as the missionary A. Jarousseau, according to historian Bahru Zewde. His retirement comes after a long public service of important contributions in four key areas: border and railway security, public administration, economic development and diplomacy. Mersha soon fell ill and was confined to bed for almost a decade. He died in his mid-eighties, during the Italian occupation, and was laid to rest in the city of Harar. Mersha nurtured a large family. He and his wife Tedeneqyalesh were blessed with eleven children: Beyene, Negest, Zewditu, Alemu, Worqe, Desta, Yosef, Marqos, Negatu, Zegeye, and Medemdemya. He encouraged his children to attend school and appreciate foreign languages. Beyene Mersha, his eldest child, spoke French fluently. Even his daughter (probably Zewditu) knew French. She read a welcome speech to Colonel Jean-Baptiste Marchand (1863–1934), the French officer and explorer who traveled through Harar in 1899, according to the missionary Martial de Salviac. Mersha loved take his family to important public events. Martial describes how Mersha, a proud father, attended the opening ceremony of the Dawale railway station in 1900 surrounded by "a beautiful crowd of eight children." In the late 1890s, young Beyene, who was fluent in French, traveled to France and Italy with Andre Jarosseau. In 1903, on behalf of his father, he met in Dire Dawa with R.P. Skinner, the American diplomat sent by Theodore Roosevelt to sign a trade treaty with Menelik. Mersha himself was present, however, when the first-ever US diplomatic mission completed its visit and was preparing to leave Dire Dawa for Djibouti. In fact he conveyed a farewell message from the Emperor delivered over the phone from Addis. Beyene Mersha was later appointed by the emperor as head of the postal and telephone service opened in the frontier town of Dawale. During the period of uncertainty, following the emperor death, he stood on the side of those who campaigned to deny Lej Iyasu the throne, under the leadership of Fitawrari Tekle Hawaryat. In 1931, 'balambaras' Beyene was appointed director of the first Ethiopian School for Girls founded in Addis Abeba by Empress Menen. Prior to that, he was a member of the board for construction of the Dessie-Asseb road, a project undertaken by a team of Dutch engineers. Ato Denqu, husband of Negest Mersha, was appointed in 1907 as the chief of Dire Dawa's Post Office. He too traveled to Europe (e.g. Switzerland and Italy) to attend meetings of the International Postal Union after Ethiopia became a member in 1908. Many grandchildren and great-grandchildren live and work in Ethiopia and around the world. The most notable descendant today, Ato Abinet Gebremeskel, is a successful businessman and philanthropist in Ethiopia. The author of this short biography (click here for Amharic version of the Bio), is the grandson of Zegeye Mersha and great-grandson of Mersha. Mersha's legacy includes a street named after him in Kezira (Gezira), a subsection of Dire Dawa during the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie. He was remembered and honored when the railway city celebrated its 105th anniversary in December 2007. However, Mersha is still very much a forgotten hero. His biography remains unwritten and his distinguished service is poorly known by many scholars and students of Ethiopian history. In his book titled Pioneers of Change in Ethiopia: The reformist Intellectuals of the early twentieth century, Professor Bahru Zewde describes the contributions of many historic personalities of that dynamic era. The book does not mention Mersha as a pioneer. However, some of the reformist intellectuals discussed had either administered the offices he helped establish or occupied the positions he held before. Neggadras Gebrehiwot Baykedagn (c.1885-1918), arguably the foremost intellectual of the time, for example, was director of the Dire Dawa customs administration. Fitawrari Tekle Hawariat Tekle-Mariam (1884–1977), who later became governor of Jigjiga; credited for founding Asebe Teferi; and is best known for playing a prominent role in the drafting of the 1931 constitution, was chief of the railway station briefly during Lij Iyasu. He was also among the first Ethiopians to travel abroad for education. As a matter of fact, shortly before the young Tekle Hawaryat departed for Russia, in 1896, Mersha gave him his blessings. We find the following interesting account in his autobiography,: ጄልዴሳ ላይ ስንደርስ አቶ መርሻ ናሁ ሰናይ ከቤታቸው ወስደው ጋበዙኝ ። ያስቀሩኛል ብዬ ፈርቼ በቶሎ ወጣሁና ወደ ሰፈሬ ሮጥኩ ። ፀሓይ እንዳይጎዳኝ አስበው አቶ መርሻ ጥላ ገዝተው ሰጡኝ ። (ከወንድሜ ከሟቹ ገብረ ጻድቅ ጋር በጣም ይፋቀሩ ነበር) (p. 78) English translation: When we arrived at Jaldessa, Ato Mersha invited me for lunch at his residence. Because I was afraid that he might not let me travel overseas, I ran away as soon as I finished. Ato Mersha, however, bought me an umbrella so I could protect myself from the scorching sun. (He and my deceased brother Gebre Tsadiq were dear friends). The last few decades of the 19th century marked the beginning of a long period of modernization in Ethiopian history in the sense that they opened the door to new ways and better conditions of life and work. Significant achievements were recorded during the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie in areas such as manufacturing, transportation (e.g. aviation) and education. Trade and foreign direct investment continued to play a key role in the young economy. Despite some serious setbacks in the two decades after the 1974 popular revolution, primarily due to severe droughts and civil war but also bad policies, the country underwent a radical transformation. The revolution has ended the feudal (ባላባት) system paving the way for greater participation of people in political and economic activities. During the past several decades, Ethiopia has witnessed unprecedented economic development characterized by a strong government sector, expanding private sector and major development of critical infrastructure (e.g. roads, new Djibouti-Addis railway, etc.). Whether or this momentum will be maintained, time will tell. When all is said and done, however, there is general consensus that much of the progress made over the last century is deeply rooted in the historic events and reforms of the late 19th – early 20th century. 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<mask> ( 1850 – 1937) was a reformist and pioneer of change who made important contributions to the modernization and independence of Ethiopia. One of the closest advisors to Emperor Menelik II, he went on to become the first governor of Dire Dawa, and surrounding areas (1902–1905). Prior to that he was governor of the strategic and frontier district of Jaldessa (Gildessa) and its environ where he also held the position of head of customs. His public career lasted over three decades from the era of Menelik II (referred to in historical records as Menilek) until the reign of Haile Selassie. He was one of the most recognized Ethiopians of his time. He knew the French language and was open to European ideas and way of life earning him admiration abroad. His most enduring legacy was the construction, maintenance and security of the first railway which he oversaw at the request of the emperor.Mersha belongs to a generation who took advantage of the relative stability of the late 19th – early 20th century to implement a series of wide-ranging political, economic and social reforms which put the country on the path to modernization ushering in a new era. Early life Childhood and Formative Years Ato (Mr.) <mask> Nahusenay (አቶ መርሻ ናሁሠናይ) was born about 1850 near the town of Ankober, the former capital of Shewa. According to oral history, Mersha came from a family of priests. His parents were strict followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox faith and religion played a central role in their life. Mersha's childhood was hence heavily influenced by events involving the Church where he was also baptized. Family lore further indicates that his father owned a land given to him in return for the service he rendered to the church. In addition to holding lands, churches at the time received considerable assistance from the royal palace which they then used to provide key services to their members and communities, including the education of children.Thus <mask> was taught reading and writing at an early age and received traditional church education. Whether or not he had any siblings remains unknown although the name <mask> in the Amharic language implies a desire to forget a traumatic experience such as the loss of a previous child. Growing up, <mask> spent a great deal of time on the farm with his parents. He traveled to various places within Shewa and beyond allowing him to interact with a diverse group of people and explore opportunities which existed for a career in a secular field. For example, early on he learned to appreciate the importance local as well as foreign languages. Beyond these sketchy details, little is known about <mask>'s early life at this point. It is unclear, for example, if he had royal ancestry.The fact that he was later married to the daughter of one of Menelik's trusted servants suggests, however, that the family had close ties to the palace. Overall there is little doubt that <mask>'s formative and early adulthood experiences helped him prepare for his long and illustrious public career. It's worth noting that today Ankober is one of many districts (woredas) of Ethiopia. But back then, it was the capital of one of several powerful kingdoms. The following quote encapsulates the vitality of the Ankober area at the time: The early nineteenth-century Shawan royal capital of Ankober was a spectacular sight, ‘perched at 2400 meters atop a volcanic cone above the steep escarpment of the eastern highlands’. It commanded a prosperous, cosmopolitan and culturally diverse polity. Founded as a frontier outpost in the late-eighteenth century, fifty years later Ankober stood amidst a rich agricultural area and controlled the Red Sea trade through regional markets such as Aliyu Amba.Visited by Muslim merchants and traders from the Mediterranean, and a busy ecclesiastical base of Orthodox theology, Ankober was a lively commercial and intellectual center. By mid-19th century, Ankober had established trade and diplomatic ties with the outside world. As a result, there was strong public interest in international affairs, foreign languages, history, geography and medicine, as well as the design, manufacturing and function of machines and tools as documented by missionaries. Under Menelik, the last ruler of Shewa (1865–1889), Ankober rapidly evolved into a vibrant political and economic center. Trade was expanded to the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea via Harar. Mersha also grew up in one of the most consequential periods in the nation's history. The second half of the nineteenth century was a turning point in the sense that it marked the end a long period of deep divisions within and between the various kingdoms located in the northern part of the country known as the Era of Princes or Zemene Mesafint (1769–1855).Emperor Tewodros (Tewodros II) was the first ruler (1855–1868) in the modern era to try and unify the northern kingdoms. Included in Tewodros' vision also was the introduction of European-style civilization. His efforts were cut short however by internal resistance and external challenges as well as his untimely death. Emperor Yohannes (Yohannes IV) further pursued the unification agenda during his reign (1872–1889), but he was unfortunately killed in a war with Mahdist Sudan. Emperor Menelik II (1889–1913), his successor, the fortunate one to realize the dreams of his predecessors and much more. He succeeded in bringing together, under a central authority, northern and southern territories. Through a combination of diplomacy and military campaigns, he was able to create a new empire paving the way for the emergence of modern Ethiopia.Menelik's extraordinary achievements, including his leadership in the decisive victory over Italy at Adwa, in 1896, enabled him to put the country on the path to stability and modernization. According to the prominent Ethiopian historian Tekletsadiq Mekuria, Menelik's top priorities included: negotiating Ethiopia's borders with the three European colonial powers (i.e., France, Britain and Italy) who controlled much of Eastern Africa; securing access to the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea as a way of improving trade relations with Europe and beyond; maintaining security and stability across the vast empire; implementing wide-ranging political, economic and social reforms; and building Ethiopia's image abroad. As will be seen below, <mask> was at the forefront of most, if not all, of these undertakings. He answered repeated calls for public service and rose to the occasion by taking on challenging tasks. More importantly, he was a strong advocate for reform and European-style modernization. Later life Whether <mask> <mask> held any official government positions before Menelik II became Emperor of Ethiopia in 1889 remains unknown. What is evident from historical records is sometime in the early 1890s, at the age of about 40, he left his birthplace and settled in the Harar province.By then, Ankober had declined in part due to the rise of Addis Abeba (Addis Ababa), as the new capital of Ethiopia founded in 1886 by Menelik and his influential wife Empress Taytu Betul (1851–1918). Governor of Jaldessa and Head of Imperial Customs Mersha's relocation to Harar marked the beginning of his long and distinguished career. By some accounts as early as 1892, but surely by 1895, he was appointed governor of Jaldessa (Gildessa, Jildessa, Guildessa, Gheldessa), a historic and strategic district near the present city of Harar. According to one source., at the time, Jaldessa had approximately 6,000 inhabitants at the time compared to 8,000 in the port city of Djibouti and 30,000 in Harar. Not only was Jaldessa a frontier town to Menelik's empire, but it was also located along an important caravan route connecting Ethiopia with the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea coast. As a result, all visitors were required to pass through an armed and customs post established there by the Ethiopian authority and administered by Mersha. As chief of customs, Jaldessa Mersha oversaw the import of all goods.Caravans were stopped and inspected. Import duty of 10 per cent was levied on merchandise generating important revenue for the empire. The economic value of Jaldessa grew considerably after the port of Djibouti became operational. However, it sharply declined following the founding of Dire Dawa, in 1902. As governor, <mask> controlled and administered a vast area between Ethiopian borders with the French and British Somalilands and the Awash River. The territory was inhabited by Somalis, Oromos, Afars and other ethnic groups. He served under Ras Mekonnen Woldemichael (Makonnen Wolde Mikael), who was governor of Harar Province until his untimely death in 1906.The Armenian Serkis Terzian (1868–1915) served as governor of Jaldessa before him. Terzian, a personality well known to scholars of Ethiopian history, served Menelik in various capacities, including the import of arms and ammunition. Apparently, there was confusion at times about who owned what. On one occasion, Mersha confiscated arms claimed by Terzian, according to distinguished historian Richard Pankhurst. Lord Hindlip, a British businessman and adventurer and a member of an Anglo-American expedition, described his visit to Mersha's residence as follows: He received us in his official residence, a small circular hut with the usual pointed roof, built on a conical hill. His furniture consisted of a table, chair, two beds, a photograph of an Abyssinian priest, and a coloured Crucification, while his rifle, shield, and revolver were hung on the walls. Furthermore, Jaldessa was at the center of international negotiations between Menelik and the three colonial powers.Article 3 of the 1897 treaty signed between Britain and Ethiopia, for example, stated that the route between Zeyla (Zeila) and Harar via Gildessa should remain open for the commercial interests of the two countries. <mask> was regularly consulted on relevant matters. He was also directly responsible for implementation of agreements. For instance, in 1896, he hosted Cyrille Macaire (Kyrillos Makarios), a coptic Egyptian bishop who came as a special envoy of Pope Leo XIII to plead with Menelik to free the Italian prisoners from the battle of Adwa. When the prisoners were freed ultimately, they were brought to an area near Gildessa to meet with an Italian Red Cross team before being transported to Harar for safe return to Italy. <mask> visited Djibouti on several occasions, including at the request of Emperor Menelik. His knowledge of French was invaluable during his foreign trips.Promoter of the progressive image of Ethiopia Following the victory at Adwa (1896), there was a heightened global interest in strengthening diplomatic and trade relations with Ethiopia. A large number of foreign nationals, including diplomats, journalists, writers, scientists and explorers visited the empire. The visitors were intrigued by Menelik's wisdom and accomplishments. Realizing the significance of the moment for the future, the emperor was equally determined to build a progressive image of his nation. What better place to create a good first impression than the frontier town of Jaldessa? Lord Edward Gleichen, the British courtier, officer and author who visited Ethiopia in 1897 and who was a member of Sir Rennell Rodd's diplomatic mission wrote the following: Next day we made a long march of twenty-four miles over stony country to Garasle, a pretty little river, three inches deep, running between high banks, and a three hours' march on the following morning brought us to Gildessa. Here we were received in great state by the governor, one Aito Merzha (i.e., Ato <mask>), who, to impress on us that we were now on Abyssinian territory, had turned out a guard of about a dozen men, all armed with rifles and carrying the Abyssinian flag.The latter, I fear, did not impress us much, as it only consisted of triangular yellow, red, and green pennons nailed on a thin and crooked stick; but the guard of honour was very beautiful. Most visitors came to the country through the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea and many camped at Jaldessa for at least a day before traveling further to Addis Abeba, Harar or other parts of the new empire. Thus, <mask> was tasked with providing logistical and other forms of assistance to the guests. He was uniquely positioned to meet and interact with a large number of Europeans and other foreign nationals. In an article published in Le Figaro (April 1901), the French journalist and author Hughes Le Roux noted the following after a long discussion with Mersha. Je ne sais si ce sage a lu Candide, mais depuis les années déjà longues que le Roi des rois lui a confié la clef de la première poterne de l'empire, il a vu défiler beaucoup d'hommes de toutes couleurs, de tous pays, de toutes langues. English translation: I do not know if this wise man read Candide, but since for many years the King of Kings has given him the key to the first gate of the empire, he had seen people of all colors, all countries, and all languages.Kyrillos Makarios or Cyrille Macaire (1867–1921): Egyptian Coptic leader, Patriarch of Alexandria; Cesare Nerazzini (1849–1912): Italian diplomat, doctor and military officer William Fitzhugh Whitehouse (1842–1909): American explorer and adventurer; Felix Rosen (1863–1925): German Botanist, professor of botany at Breslau University (then Germany, now Wrocław, Poland); he is the brother of diplomat and orientalist Friedrich Rosen. François Marie Casimir Mondon-Vidailhet (1847–1910): French journalist, philologist and author; Sir Charles Allsopp, 3rd Baron Hindlip (1877–1911): British businessman, adventurer and writer; Rennell Rodd (1858–1941): British diplomat, politician and poet; Alexander Bulatovich (1870–1919): Russian military officer, diplomat and author. Despite robust diplomatic efforts by Menelik and his domestic as well as foreign advisors, there was a great deal of skepticism initially among many Europeans that Ethiopia was ready to embrace modernization. In an article titled The Menelik Myth, published in 1899, for example, vicomte Edmond de Poncins, the wealthy French naturalist and explorer, concluded: The history of Ethiopia, then, may be summed up thus: a country in which communications are difficult, peopled by a multiplicity of races; its internal life presents ever the same cycle of wars, victories, defeats, its external life the same blank. A real civilization is impossible in that black chaos, and the products of civilization, such as agriculture, invention, commerce, do not exist. In contrast, there were those who offered unwavering support for the expansion of trade and investment in Ethiopia. Menelik's closest European advisors such as the Swiss engineer Alfred Ilg and the French trader Leon Chefneux (“chief commerce advisor”) were incontestably at the top of the list.<mask> worked closely with both of them. But there were others as well. Casimir Mondon-Vidailhet, the French journalist and contributor to the Le Temps, was another important figure who played a major role in advancing Ethio-French relations. Due to his passion for horticulture, Mondon-Vidailhet may have also played a role in popularizing the eucalyptus tree (የባሕር ዛፍ). He also studied local languages (e.g. Amharic, Guraghe, Harari, etc.) and wrote books about them.More relevantly, Mondon-Vidailhet helped advance the progressive image of Menelik and Ethiopia in Europe and the United States. He did this primarily through his speeches and writings. In an interview that he gave to The New York Times, in 1898, Mondon defended Ethiopia's records and potential: The country lends itself easily to civilization, and its organization, still encumbered by feudal relations, tends more and more to become modelled on the lines of European constitutional monarchies. Menelek, powerful and respected, an enlightened reformer and administrator, who abolished slavery in his dominions, and dislikes fanatics to whatever sect they belong, has revealed himself as a really great sovereign, worthy of admiration by his conduct, as well as by the dignity of his character. <mask> was a strong proponent of opening Ethiopia to the world. He encouraged 'modern' education and supported missionary schools in Harar. He encouraged trade ties with Europe, particularly France, Ethiopia's major strategic ally at the time.The French government awarded Mersha the El-Anouar Nishan in April 1905. Head of the first railway construction The first and most significant example of European direct investment in Ethiopia was the construction of Ethiopia's first railway. The agreement to create a company for the construction of the railroad was first signed in 1894 between Menelik and Alfred Ilg. The primary European stakeholder was obviously France although British investors also owned shares and bonds at least until 1902 which is when the line reached Addis-Harar, later renamed Dire Dawa. Mersha was a key figure in the negotiations, construction and security of the railway during the initial phases of the project (1897–1911). When the Djibouti railroad reached the Ethiopian border town of Dewele (Dawale), in July 1900, he represented the emperor at the inaugural ceremony attended by a delegation of the French government led by Gabriel Louis Angoulvant, acting governor-general of the French Somaliland as well representatives of shareholders and other domestic and foreign diplomats, including Ato Yosef Zagalan, the Ethiopian consul in Djibouti and a dear friend of Mersha. According to one source, emperor Menelik himself was to be present, but he changed his mind later in protest of the growing interference by the French government in the affairs of the Compagnie Imperiale d'Ethiopie to which he granted concession.Things became worse and the construction was interrupted for several years following the completion of the Djibouti-Dire Dawa line. When the work resumed in 1909, <mask> was once again called to serve. The task given to him and other local officials was to oversee the extension of the meter-gauge line up to Awash. The railway reached Addis Abeba only in 1917. By then emperor Menelik had died and his daughter Zewditu was head of the empire. English translation of Menelik's letter to Mersha: Dear Ato Mersha. How have you been?I, thank God, am well. Since the French railway companies informed me that they would resume construction, I would like you to manage the work in consultation with Negadras Yigezu. Written in the city of Debre Libanos on the 2nd day of Tahsas 1901. (*The above letter has been included in the recent book titled 'Emperor Menilek's Domestic Letters' as letter #1898 (Paulos Gnogno collections); Aster Nega Publishers; 2010 p. 517). The historian Richard Pankhurst called the first railway “the country’s greatest technological achievement of the period.” It led to rapid expansion of domestic and foreign trade. By cutting the amount of travel time to the coast in half, for example, the railroad increased the import and export of commodities drastically. It accelerated the process of urbanization as it paved the way to the rise of new settlements and villages and transformation of towns such as Harar and Addis Abeba.The movement of people from south to north and vice versa grew considerably. In short, the railway made life better for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Ethiopians. More importantly, it connected the country to the sea. Robert P Skinner, the diplomat who led the first US mission, in 1903–04, noted the following about the importance of the railway to the economy The custom-house figures show a movement of importations and exportations in 1902 amounting $1,659,800, but, having in mind the methods of appraisement and the possibility of entering goods in contraband, it may be conservatively stated that the total trade under present conditions amounts to $3,000,000 per annum. Henceforth, this trade will grow rapidly, although the full power of the country will not be appreciated until the railroad is extended to the capital, 300 miles distant from its present terminus. Spinner further observed: When the railroad connecting the Empire and the sea was projected, a route was naturally selected which should give the greatest advantages to commerce...A town was created at this point, to which was given the name Dire Douah, and it has already become an important business center.... Pioneer and the first governor of Dire Dawa The conclusion of the Djibouti-Dire Dawa railway, in 1902, marked the birth of Dire Dawa, the second largest city in Ethiopia. Shortly after, Mersha was ordered to move the Jaldessa custom house and his residence to the new terminus making him the first governor of the railway city.Not only he was at the right place at the right time, but this was a natural extension of his administrative responsibilities. Getahun Mesfin Haile, an expert on the history of Dire Dawa wrote: Before the foundation of the town, the whole frontier region up to Dawale including the great environ of Dire Dawa used to be administered by a governor whose seat normally was at Jeldessa, a few km to the east of Dire Dawa. In 1902 the Governor was one <mask> <mask>, an educated and also French speaking personality, who took a considerable part in the foundation of the station and eventually of the town. He went on to say; The earliest town quarters of Käzira and Mägala, which sprang up following the establishment by the railway company of a station and its main workshop, soon evolved into the two most important nodes of economic, social and administrative activities of the new town. Käzira was built according to a regular plan and well provided with modern amenities. In the meantime, Ato Märsha Nahusänay, the first governor, and his followers, cleared and settled an area of land across from Käzira on the opposite side of the Dächatu that was largely covered with dense brush and cacti then. Growing out of this nucleus the larger quarter of Mägala took shape by degrees.In fact, the present quarter of Dächatu used to be known as Gändä-Märsha in the past in honor of its illustrious resident and founder. Thus, it didn't take long before residential communities appeared and roads, offices and workshops as well as other critical facilities were built under the leadership of Leon Chefneux and Mersha. In the first several years of its founding, residents of the new town and the Franco-Ethiopian railway company were able to lay the foundation for what later became a French-style, cosmopolitan city. Sadly, unlike other towns, foreigners and locals did not live in the same area. Kezira or Gezira became a European quarter while Megala was inhabited by natives. Richard Pankhurst called Dire Dawa “Ethiopia’s first modern town". Not only Dire Dawa was built differently than other towns of the time, but its administration was also unique.Historian Shiferaw Bekele noted: The officials shared certain important characteristics which sharply set them apart from the general run of Ethiopian officialdom at the time… Almost in every province, one would meet one or two men who belonged to this category. However, in no other much concentration as in Dire Dawa. Shiferaw, who is an expert on the early history of Dire Dawa, went on to say: The Dire Dawan officialdom invariably spoke at least one European language. Even the earliest, Mersha, spoke French. A good number of them were highly educated. Afework Gebre Yesus and Gebre Hiwot Baykedagn who were the directors of Customs had had long years of stay in Europe where they had attained a tertiary level education. Beshah Wured was educated in the United States.The rest had gone to Mission schools. <mask> served as governor from 1902 until 1906. He was in charge of administrative as well as judicial affairs. He even held courts "under a tree" in the early years of his tenure. He was succeeded by Ato Negatu Gugsa. The Dire Dawa municipality did not emerge until sometime between 1915 and 1920. Chief of railway security The agreements signed by the Ethiopian government and the railway company required Ethiopia to deploy a police force to safeguard the line and safety of employees.The mission was extremely dangerous due to local hostilities. <mask> became head of railway security full-time in 1906. His strategy for success included working with local chiefs and leaders. In fact he also assumed the position of chief of the Issa territory which much of the opposition to the construction came from. Shiferaw Bekele wrote: As the governor of the province through with the line passed, he (i.e. Ato <mask>) was responsible for the peace and security of the line. He posted detachments of troops all along the line.He carried out negotiations with all the important chiefs of the Afar and Somali tribes in the region. He received orders from Ras Mekonnen and from Menelik. He was in charge of the recruitment, training of the security personnel; negotiated their wage with the company; and settled disputes. He had always been the middle man between the railway company and Ethiopians. That involved making sure that the company honored its contractual obligations as well. As early as September 1900, for example, Mr. J. Gerolimato, the British consul agent in Harar, sent the following message to his boss, James Hayes Sadler, the Consul-General of the British-Somaliland: Dear Sir: BEFORE yesterday, Atto Marcha, Governor of Jildessa, who was in Jibuti arrived here. There were in Daranli (i.e., Dawale) 200 Abyssinians to protect the line against the Essa (i.e., Issa), the Company paying 12 dollars per month for each Abyssinian soldier; now the Company paid them 8 dollars, instead of 12 dollars, and the Abyssinians have withdrawn these 200 men.His prior experience as chief of Harar police must have prepared him for the challenges of the position The railway police was in charge of stability and peace Dire Dawa and its surroundings as well. which he held until the mid-1920s with the exception of his brief dismissal by Lij Iyasu in 1916. The Dawn of Modernization The desire to introduce European style modernization was not unique to Emperor Menelik II. However, it was under him that the country took important practical steps in terms of establishing modern institutions and structure of governance. Transport and communication got a huge boost. The first telephone and telegraph were introduced following the first railway. Major roads were built and bicycles and automobiles appeared for the first time.The tax system was restructured. A modern monetary system was created. The first bank (Bank of Abyssinia) was established. A national currency was launched. The governance system underwent significant reorganization. The first cabinet of ministers was formed. Each of the six districts had two judges appointed by Menelik himself.The position of a supreme judge was created. The first public schools; the first newspaper, the first hotels, the first hospitals and post offices emerged. The list goes on. Although <mask> was principally involved in the construction of the railway and establishment of "modern" customs, he also participated in other important reforms such as the creation of postal and telegraph services. After Menelik died in 1913, following a long illness, his grandson Iyasu V became the de facto ruler. <mask> was about sixty years of age at the time. During his brief reign (1913–1916), Iyasu seems to have continued some of the reforms that he inherited.However, he also made political miscalculations resulting in his removal from power. In 1915, for example, Iyasu appointed Hasib Ydlibi (or Idlibi), a Syrian merchant of Turkish citizenship, as governor of Dire Dawa and Neggadras of Harar. The appointment was kept secret from Dejazmach Teferi (Tafari) Mekonnen, his cousin and governor of Harar Province. But then in July 1916, a few months before his ouster, Iyasu took the unprecedented step of deposing Teferi from his governorship creating further tensions between them and leading to anger in a province traditionally governed by that family. Iyasu also seem to have chosen a foreign policy which sought to alienate traditional allies such as France and strengthen relations with Germany and Turkey (then Ottoman Empire). Perhaps because of that, he went on to remove <mask> from his post at the railway and replace him with Abubakar Mahammad, another important historic figure in Ethiopian history. Ironically, just months before their dismissal, both Dejach Teferi and Mersha had accompanied Iyasu during his trip to the region along with a number of other notables, including Mikael Berru (a German educated, British agency interpreter and father of the Sorbonne graduate Lij Seifu Mikael) and Tesemma Eshete.The radical changes were quickly picked up by foreign media. The sudden change was picked up by international media and largely interpreted as a plan to favor Muslims over Christians, a sentiment shared by many in the country. Suddenly, at the end of last July, Yasu left Adis Abeba for Harrar and came on to Jibuti on August 8th, where he renewed his protestations of friendship to M. Simoni, Governor of French Somaliland .... He was found to have deposed Prince Taffari, son of Ras Makonnen, from the Governorship of Harrar and substituted a Muhammadan... Intrigue was rampant at Harrar under the Turk Ydlibi; and finally the chief of the Issas, Ato Marcha, was deposed in favour of a Muhammadan. These events caused a stir at Adis Abeba. The legations of the Entente Powers also sent in a protest.And on September 27th...Lij Yasu was formally deposed. The situation, however, was much more complex than what the reports claimed. There is no doubt that Iyasu tried to nurture close relations with the Muslim community and was married Fatima, the daughter of Abubakar, raising questions about his intentions and vision. Abubakar came from a family of rich Muslim Afar traders who made enormous contributions to Menelik commercially, administratively and diplomatically. His father, Mahammad (also Negaddras) was the governor of the historic town of Aliyu Amba (Shoa Province) while he himself served as the governor of Shenno, another commercial center. His grandfather, Abubakar Ibrahim Chehem, was a notable statesman and Sultan or Pasha of Somalia's port city of Zeila (Zeyla) before it became part of the British Somaliland. In contrast, some scholars argue today that the new policies were all part of Iyasu's efforts to consolidate the imperial power such as by integrating marginal territories such as the Afar land.From the end of the 19th century, the members of this family lost their role as obligatory intermediaries in favour of European traders supported by their respective states. However, one of them, Naggadras Mahammad Abubakar, continued to enjoy the trust of Menelik, who was unwilling to rely solely on the Europeans. Furthermore, although <mask> was Christian, he did not adhere to the historically dominant Orthodox faith. Rather he was one of the first to convert to Catholicism and subjected to mistreament like many of his fellow worshippers. <mask>'s absence was a source of great concern to the railway company in part due to his long and dedicated service and reputation. This was obvious from one of the letters that Emperor Menelik wrote to him. The following comment made by Mr. de Mazérieux, the company's administrator, captures that sentiment: Avec Ato Marcha, qui était au courant des usages et des méthodes de la Cie, et qui lui était surtout absolumment dévoué, les difficultés etaient rapidement aplanies.Abou-Baker est trop connu en Abyssinie et à la Cie, pour qu’on puisse espérer, qu’il en sera de même avec lui. English translation: With Ato Marcha, who was very knowledgeable of the practices and methods of CIE (i.e., Compagnie Imperiale d’Ethiopie), and who was absolutely devoted, difficulties were quickly resolved. Abu-Baker is very well known in Abyssinia and Cie, so we hope that things will be the same with him. <mask> was restored to his position under Empress Zewditu, Menelik's daughter, who ruled Ethiopia from 1916 until 1930. Teferi Mekonnen was regent to the throne during this period and went on to rule Ethiopia as Emperor Haile Selassie I(1930–1974) when the empress died. A prominent Catholic <mask> was a well-known Catholic. He played an important role in the spread of the faith in Harar region and beyond.His wife Tedeneqyalesh was the daughter of Ato Mekbeb (also Mekev, Makeb and Makbeb) who was converted to Catholicism in the late 1860s by the Italian missionary Cardinal Guglielmo Massaja or Abba Messias as he was known in Ethiopia. Martial De Salviac, the French missionary who lived in Ethiopia at the end of the 19th century, wrote the following: The one which Menelik called 'a man of my confidence', that was Ato Makeb, officer of the royal house. He soon earned the confidence of missionaries by becoming an edified Catholic. Later he gave his daughter in marriage to one of the better students of the mission, Ato Marsha, who was a police chief in Harar, and actually directed the customs at Jaldessa. It is not surprising that Mersha's children were brought up Catholics. Benito Sylvain, the Haitian lawyer, author and anti-slavery activist who visited Ethiopia a few times during the late 19th and early 20th century wrote: En l'absence de Ras Makonnen, retenu par l'Empereur à Addis-Abeba, pour la conclusion du traité de paix avec l'Italie, était le Ghérazmatch Banti qui remplissait les délicates fonctions de gouverneur. Il manifesté de cordiale faҫon sa joie de me voir et après avoir vidé le tedj ou hydromel de l'amitié, il me fit donner l'hospitalité chez Ato Marcha, chef des douanes de Guieldessa, dont tous les enfants sont élevés à la Mission catholique française que dirige actuellement le sympathique Mgr André, récemment promu Evèque.English translation: In the absence of Ras Mekonnen, kept by the Emperor in Addis Ababa, for the conclusion of the peace treaty with Italy was the Gerazmatch Banti who filled the delicate functions of governor. He expressed in a cordial way his joy to see me, and after emptying the tedj or mead of friendship, he offered me hospitality at the residence of Ato Marcha, Chief of Customs of Gildessa, with all the children raised in the French Catholic Mission currently headed by the friendly Mgr André who was recently promoted Bishop. Mission schools such as those founded by the French missionary Andre Jarosseau (Abba Endryas) trained a generation of young Ethiopians. Recent biographies (e.g. Ras Emru Haile Selassie) shed light on the importance of these schools. In his autobiography, Captain Alemayehu Abebe, one of the pioneers of Ethiopian aviation and the first black African pilot of a commercial jet airliner, wrote: አቶ መርሻ ከነቤተሰቦቻቸው በሐረር ከተማ የታወቁና የተከበሩ የካቶሊክ ሃይማኖት ተከታይ ስለነበሩ ምንሴኘር አንድሬ ዣሩሶ በሚያስተዳድሩት የካቶሊክ ሚሲዮን ገብቼ በአዳሪነት እንድማር ተደረገ English translation: Since Ato <mask>, along with his family, was a well-known and respected follower of the Catholic faith in the city Harar, I was allowed to attend the mission school headed by Mgr Andre Jarousseau. Another important biography by Mickael Bethe-Selassié describes in detail the historic contributions of Catholic Ethiopians during the first half of the 20th century.Many, including <mask> <mask> and the author's uncle Berhane-Marqos Welde-Tsadiq, played a role in the modernization efforts of Emperors Menelik and Haile Selassié. The biographer argues that these Catholics form a distinct sub-group within the larger community of educated men also known as La Jeune Ethiopie. However, the historic ties between Catholic and Orthodox Christian intellectuals have also been stressed by Mickael as well other scholars. The Ethiopian Roman Catholic community, the first of whose members were converted in the late 19th century by Italian or French missionaries, such as Guglielmo Massaia and André Jarosseau, included Zäwgä Haylu, who attended the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900, and Märsha Nahu Sänay, who represented Menelik at the ceremony marking the completion of the Jibuti railway as far as the Ethiopian frontier in 1902. The community thus came into existence at the very same time as the emergence of the Young Ethiopians as a whole. The Catholic community was moreover influenced by the same factors - missionary education, travel to France or Italy, employment by foreigners, service on the railway, etc. -which gave birth, as we have seen, more generally to Young Ethiopianism.Death and legacy <mask> retired in the mid-1920s, but he maintained contact with friends such as the missionary A. Jarousseau, according to historian Bahru Zewde. His retirement comes after a long public service of important contributions in four key areas: border and railway security, public administration, economic development and diplomacy. <mask> soon fell ill and was confined to bed for almost a decade. He died in his mid-eighties, during the Italian occupation, and was laid to rest in the city of Harar. <mask> nurtured a large family. He and his wife Tedeneqyalesh were blessed with eleven children: Beyene, Negest, Zewditu, Alemu, Worqe, Desta, Yosef, Marqos, Negatu, Zegeye, and Medemdemya. He encouraged his children to attend school and appreciate foreign languages.Beyene <mask>, his eldest child, spoke French fluently. Even his daughter (probably Zewditu) knew French. She read a welcome speech to Colonel Jean-Baptiste Marchand (1863–1934), the French officer and explorer who traveled through Harar in 1899, according to the missionary Martial de Salviac. <mask> loved take his family to important public events. Martial describes how <mask>, a proud father, attended the opening ceremony of the Dawale railway station in 1900 surrounded by "a beautiful crowd of eight children." In the late 1890s, young Beyene, who was fluent in French, traveled to France and Italy with Andre Jarosseau. In 1903, on behalf of his father, he met in Dire Dawa with R.P.Skinner, the American diplomat sent by Theodore Roosevelt to sign a trade treaty with Menelik. <mask> himself was present, however, when the first-ever US diplomatic mission completed its visit and was preparing to leave Dire Dawa for Djibouti. In fact he conveyed a farewell message from the Emperor delivered over the phone from Addis. Beyene <mask> was later appointed by the emperor as head of the postal and telephone service opened in the frontier town of Dawale. During the period of uncertainty, following the emperor death, he stood on the side of those who campaigned to deny Lej Iyasu the throne, under the leadership of Fitawrari Tekle Hawaryat. In 1931, 'balambaras' Beyene was appointed director of the first Ethiopian School for Girls founded in Addis Abeba by Empress Menen. Prior to that, he was a member of the board for construction of the Dessie-Asseb road, a project undertaken by a team of Dutch engineers.Ato Denqu, husband of Negest <mask>, was appointed in 1907 as the chief of Dire Dawa's Post Office. He too traveled to Europe (e.g. Switzerland and Italy) to attend meetings of the International Postal Union after Ethiopia became a member in 1908. Many grandchildren and great-grandchildren live and work in Ethiopia and around the world. The most notable descendant today, Ato Abinet Gebremeskel, is a successful businessman and philanthropist in Ethiopia. The author of this short biography (click here for Amharic version of the Bio), is the grandson of Zegeye <mask> and great-grandson of Mersha. <mask>'s legacy includes a street named after him in Kezira (Gezira), a subsection of Dire Dawa during the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie.He was remembered and honored when the railway city celebrated its 105th anniversary in December 2007. However, <mask> is still very much a forgotten hero. His biography remains unwritten and his distinguished service is poorly known by many scholars and students of Ethiopian history. In his book titled Pioneers of Change in Ethiopia: The reformist Intellectuals of the early twentieth century, Professor Bahru Zewde describes the contributions of many historic personalities of that dynamic era. The book does not mention <mask> as a pioneer. However, some of the reformist intellectuals discussed had either administered the offices he helped establish or occupied the positions he held before. Neggadras Gebrehiwot Baykedagn (c.1885-1918), arguably the foremost intellectual of the time, for example, was director of the Dire Dawa customs administration.Fitawrari Tekle Hawariat Tekle-Mariam (1884–1977), who later became governor of Jigjiga; credited for founding Asebe Teferi; and is best known for playing a prominent role in the drafting of the 1931 constitution, was chief of the railway station briefly during Lij Iyasu. He was also among the first Ethiopians to travel abroad for education. As a matter of fact, shortly before the young Tekle Hawaryat departed for Russia, in 1896, <mask> gave him his blessings. We find the following interesting account in his autobiography,: ጄልዴሳ ላይ ስንደርስ አቶ መርሻ ናሁ ሰናይ ከቤታቸው ወስደው ጋበዙኝ ። ያስቀሩኛል ብዬ ፈርቼ በቶሎ ወጣሁና ወደ ሰፈሬ ሮጥኩ ። ፀሓይ እንዳይጎዳኝ አስበው አቶ መርሻ ጥላ ገዝተው ሰጡኝ ። (ከወንድሜ ከሟቹ ገብረ ጻድቅ ጋር በጣም ይፋቀሩ ነበር) (p. 78) English translation: When we arrived at Jaldessa, Ato <mask> invited me for lunch at his residence. Because I was afraid that he might not let me travel overseas, I ran away as soon as I finished. Ato <mask>, however, bought me an umbrella so I could protect myself from the scorching sun. (He and my deceased brother Gebre Tsadiq were dear friends).The last few decades of the 19th century marked the beginning of a long period of modernization in Ethiopian history in the sense that they opened the door to new ways and better conditions of life and work. Significant achievements were recorded during the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie in areas such as manufacturing, transportation (e.g. aviation) and education. Trade and foreign direct investment continued to play a key role in the young economy. Despite some serious setbacks in the two decades after the 1974 popular revolution, primarily due to severe droughts and civil war but also bad policies, the country underwent a radical transformation. The revolution has ended the feudal (ባላባት) system paving the way for greater participation of people in political and economic activities. During the past several decades, Ethiopia has witnessed unprecedented economic development characterized by a strong government sector, expanding private sector and major development of critical infrastructure (e.g.roads, new Djibouti-Addis railway, etc.). Whether or this momentum will be maintained, time will tell. When all is said and done, however, there is general consensus that much of the progress made over the last century is deeply rooted in the historic events and reforms of the late 19th – early 20th century. References History of Ethiopia 19th-century Ethiopian people 19th century in Ethiopia 20th century in Ethiopia 1850s births 1930 deaths

<mask> was a pioneer of change who made important contributions to the modernization and independence of Ethiopia. He was an advisor to Emperor Menelik II and became the first governor of Dire Dawa. He was the governor of the strategic and frontier district of Jaldessa and also held the position of head of customs. His public career lasted over three decades from the era of Menelik II to the reign of Haile Selassie. He was one of the most well-known people in Ethiopia. He was open to European ideas and way of life and earned admiration abroad. At the request of the emperor, he oversaw the construction, maintenance and security of the first railway.Mersha is a generation who took advantage of the relative stability of the late 19th and early 20th century to implement a series of wide-ranging political, economic and social reforms which put the country on the path to modernization. <mask> <mask> was born in 1850 near the town of Ankober, the former capital of Shewa. <mask> came from a family of priests. His parents were strict followers of the Ethiopia Orthodox faith. <mask>'s childhood was influenced by events that took place in the Church. According to family lore, his father gave him a land in return for his service to the church. In addition to holding lands, churches received assistance from the royal palace which they used to provide key services to their members and communities, including the education of children.At an early age, <mask> was taught to read and write. The name Mersha in the Amharic language suggests a desire to forget a traumatic experience such as the loss of a previous child. <mask> spent a lot of time on the farm with his parents. He traveled to various places within Shewa and beyond allowing him to interact with a diverse group of people and explore opportunities for a career in a secular field. He learned to appreciate the importance of both local and foreign languages. At this point, little is known about <mask>'s early life. It's not clear if he had royal ancestry.The fact that he was married to the daughter of one of Menelik's trusted servants suggests that the family had close ties to the palace. <mask>'s formative and early adulthood experiences helped prepare him for a long and illustrious public career. Ankober is one of theworedas of Ethiopia. It was the capital of a powerful kingdom back then. The Shawan royal capital of Ankober was a spectacular sight at the time because it was atop a volcanic cone above the steep escarpment of the eastern highlands. It was prosperous, cosmopolitan and culturally diverse. Ankober was founded as a frontier outpost in the late-eighteenth century and held onto the Red Sea trade for fifty years.Ankober was a lively commercial and intellectual center and was visited by Muslim merchants and traders from the Mediterranean. By the 19th century, Ankober had established relations with the outside world. There was strong public interest in international affairs, foreign languages, history, geography and medicine, as well as the design, manufacturing and function of machines and tools documented by missionaries. Ankober became a vibrant political and economic center under Menelik, the last ruler of Shewa. Harar was used to expand trade to the Red Sea. One of the most consequential periods in the nation's history was when Mersha was a child. The second half of the 19th century marked the end of a long period of deep divisions within and between the various kingdoms located in the northern part of the country.The first ruler in the modern era to try and unify the northern kingdoms was Emperor Tewodros. The introduction of European-style civilization was included in Tewodros' vision. His efforts were cut short by internal and external challenges. Yohannes was killed in a war with Sudan, but he pursued the unification agenda. The lucky one to realize the dreams of his predecessors was Emperor Menelik II. He was able to bring together the northern and southern territories. Through a combination of diplomacy and military campaigns, he was able to create a new empire that paved the way for the emergence of modern Ethiopia.The country was put on the path to stability and modernization thanks to Menelik's extraordinary achievements. Menelik's top priorities included negotiating Ethiopia's borders with the three European colonial powers who controlled much of Eastern Africa. <mask> was at the forefront of most of the undertakings. He rose to the occasion by taking on challenging tasks after answering repeated calls for public service. He was a strong advocate for reform. It is not known if <mask> <mask> held any official government positions before Menelik II became Emperor of Ethiopia in 1889. In the early 1890s, at the age of 40, he left his birthplace and settled in the Harar province.The new capital of Ethiopia was founded in 1886 by Menelik and his wife, and Ankober fell as a result. <mask>'s relocation to Harar marked the beginning of his long and distinguished career. By 1895, he was appointed governor of Jaldessa, a historic and strategic district near the present city of Harar. The port city of Djibouti had 8000 inhabitants at the time, compared to 30,000 in Harar, according to one source. Jaldessa was a frontier town to Menelik's empire and was located along an important caravan route connecting Ethiopia with the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea coast. All visitors were required to pass through an armed and customs post established by the Ethiopia authority and administered by Mersha. Jaldessa <mask> was the chief of customs.Caravans were inspected. Important revenue for the empire was generated by the 10 per cent import duty. The economic value of Jaldessa increased after the port of Djibouti opened. The founding of Dire Dawa led to a decline in it. <mask> was the governor of a large area between the borders of Ethiopia and France and the Awash River. The territory was home to many ethnic groups. He served under the governor of Harar Province who died in 1906.Serkis Terzian was the governor of Jaldessa before him. Menelik was served by Terzian, a personality well known to scholars of Ethiopia's history. There was confusion about who owned what. According to Richard Pankhurst, Mersha took arms from Terzian. He received us in his official residence, a small circular hut with the usual pointed roof, built on a conical hill. While his rifle, shield, and revolver were hung on the walls, his furniture consisted of a table, chair, two beds, and a photograph of an Abyssinian priest. Jaldessa was at the center of international negotiations between Menelik and the three colonial powers.According to the 1897 treaty between Britain and Ethiopia, the route between Zeyla and Harar should remain open for the commercial interests of both countries. <mask> was consulted on a regular basis. He was in charge of implementing agreements. In 1896, he hosted Cyrille Macaire, a coptic Egyptian bishop who came as a special envoy of Pope Leo XIII to plead with Menelik to free the Italian prisoners from the battle of Adwa. When the prisoners were freed, they were brought to an area near Gildessa to meet with an Italian Red Cross team before being transported to Harar for safe return to Italy. <mask> visited Djibouti at Emperor Menelik's request. During his foreign trips, his knowledge of French was very useful.After the victory at Adwa, there was a heightened global interest in improving diplomatic and trade relations with Ethiopia. Foreign nationals, including diplomats, journalists, writers, scientists and explorers, visited the empire. The visitors were interested in Menelik's accomplishments. Realizing the significance of the moment for the future, the emperor was determined to build a progressive image of his nation. The frontier town of Jaldessa is a great place to make a good first impression. Lord Edward Gleichen, the British courtier, officer and author who visited Ethiopia in 1897 and who was a member of Sir Rennell Rodd's diplomatic mission wrote the following. Ato <mask>, the governor, turned out a guard of about a dozen men, all armed with rifles, to impress on us that we were now on Abyssinian territory.The guard of honour was very beautiful, but it only consisted of triangular yellow, red, and green pennons nailed on a thin and crooked stick. Most visitors came to the country through the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea and many camped at Jaldessa for at least a day before moving on to other parts of the new empire. <mask> was tasked with helping the guests. He was able to meet a large number of Europeans and other foreign nationals. After a long discussion with <mask>, the French journalist and author Hughes Le Roux noted the following in an article published in Le Figaro in 1901. Le Roi des rois lui a confié la clef de la premire poterne de l'empire. Since the King of Kings gave him the key to the first gate of the empire, this wise man has seen people from all over the world.Cesare Nerazzini was an Italian diplomat and William Fitzhugh Whitehouse was a doctor. Sir Charles Allsopp was a British businessman and Rennell Rodd was a British diplomat. Despite robust diplomatic efforts by Menelik and his domestic as well as foreign advisors, there was a great deal of skepticism initially among many Europeans that Ethiopia was ready to embrace modernization. The history of Ethiopia may be summed up in an article titled The Menelik Myth, which was published in 1899. The products of civilization, such as agriculture, invention, commerce, do not exist in that black chaos. There were people who supported the expansion of trade and investment in Ethiopia. The Swiss engineer Alfred Ilg and the French trader Leon Chefneux were Menelik's closest European advisors.<mask> worked with both of them. There were other people as well. The French journalist and contributor to the Le Temps was an important figure in the advancement of Ethio-French relations. Mondon-Vidailhet may have played a role in popularizing the eucalyptus tree due to his passion for horticulture. He studied the local languages. Amharic, Guraghe, Harari, etc. They wrote books about them.Mondon-Vidailhet helped advance the progressive image of Menelik and Ethiopia in Europe and the United States. He used his speeches and writings to do this. In 1898, Mondon defended Ethiopia's records and potential in an interview with The New York Times. Menelek, an enlightened reformer and administrator, who abolished slavery in his dominions, and dislikes fanatics to whatever sect they belong, has revealed himself to be a really great sovereign, worthy of admiration by his conduct, as well as by the dignity of his character. <mask> believed in opening Ethiopia to the world. He supported missionary schools in Harar. France was Ethiopia's major strategic ally at the time and he encouraged trade ties with Europe.Mersha was awarded the El-Anouar Nishan by the French government. The construction of Ethiopia's first railway was the most significant example of European direct investment in Ethiopia. The first agreement to create a company for the construction of the railroad was signed in 1894. The primary European stakeholder was obviously France, although British investors also owned shares and bonds at least until 1902, when the line reached Dire Dawa. The negotiations, construction and security of the railway were led by Mersha. The emperor was represented at the inaugural ceremony by Gabriel Louis Angoulvant, acting governor-general of the French Somaliland, as well as representatives of shareholders and other people. According to one source, emperor Menelik himself was to be present, but he changed his mind later in protest of the French government's interference in the affairs of the Compagnie Imperiale d'Ethiopie.The construction was interrupted for several years after the completion of the Djibouti-Dire Dawa line. <mask> was once again called to serve when the work resumed in 1909. The extension of the meter-gauge line up to Awash was given to him and other local officials. In 1917, the railway reached Addis Abeba. The emperor Menelik had died and his daughter was in charge of the empire. The English translation of Menelik's letter to Mersha is Dear Ato <mask>. How have you been?I am well, thank God. Since the French railway companies told me that they would resume construction, I would like you to manage the work in consultation with Negadras Yigezu. It was written in the city of Debre Libanos on the 2nd day of 1901. The above letter has been included in a recent book titled "Emperor Menilek's Domestic Letters". The first railway was called the country's greatest technological achievement by Richard Pankhurst. The railroad increased the import and export of commodities by cutting travel time to the coast in half. It paved the way for the rise of new settlements and villages as well as the transformation of towns such as Harar and Addis Abeba.The movement of people from one place to another grew. The railway made life better for hundreds of thousands of people in Ethiopia. The country was connected to the sea. The importance of the railway to the economy was noted by Robert P Skinner, the diplomat who led the first US mission. The full power of the country will not be appreciated until the railroad is extended to the capital, 300 miles away. When the railroad connecting the Empire and the sea was projected, a route was naturally selected which should give the greatest advantages to commerce, and the town of Dire Douah has already become an important business center. <mask> was made the first governor of the railway city after he was ordered to move the Jaldessa custom house and residence.He was at the right place at the right time and this was an extension of his administrative responsibilities. An expert on the history of Dire Dawa wrote that before the foundation of the town, the whole frontier region up to Dawale used to be administered by a governor. <mask> <mask>, an educated and also French speaking personality, was the Governor who was responsible for the foundation of the station and eventually of the town. The earliest town quarters of Kzira and Mgala, which sprang up following the establishment of the railway company of a station and its main workshop, evolved into the two most important nodes of economic, social and administrative activities of the new town. Kzira was built according to a regular plan and has modern amenities. Ato Mrsha Nahusnay, the first governor, and his followers settled an area of land on the opposite side of the Dchatu that was mostly covered with brush and cacti. The larger quarter of Mgala grew out of this nucleus.The quarter of Dchatu used to be called Gnd-Mrsha in honor of its resident and founder. It didn't take long for Leon Chefneux and Mersha to build roads, offices and workshops as well as other critical facilities. In the first several years of its founding, residents of the new town and the Franco-Ethiopian railway company were able to lay the foundation for what later became a French-style, cosmopolitan city. Unlike other towns, foreigners and locals did not live in the same area. While Megala was inhabited by natives, Kezira or Gezira was a European quarter. Richard Pankhurst said Dire Dawa was Ethiopia's first modern town. Dire Dawa was built differently than other towns of the time.Historian Shiferaw Bekele noted that the officials shared certain important characteristics which sharply set them apart from the general run of Ethiopian officialdom at the time. In Dire Dawa there was a lot of concentration. The Dire Dawan officialdom spoke at least one European language, according to Shiferaw, who is an expert on the early history of Dire Dawa. Mersha spoke French. Many of them were highly educated. The directors of Customs had been in Europe for many years and had attained a tertiary level education. He was educated in the United States.The rest were sent to Mission schools. <mask> was governor from 1901 to 1906. He was in charge of both administrative and judicial affairs. In the early years of his tenure, he held courts under a tree. Ato Negatu Gugsa succeeded him. Between 1915 and 1920, the Dire Dawa municipality emerged. Ethiopia was required to deploy a police force to protect the railway line and employees under agreements signed with the government.Local hostilities made the mission very dangerous. In 1906, <mask> became the head of railway security. Working with local chiefs and leaders was his strategy for success. Much of the opposition to the construction came from the position of chief of the Issa territory. The governor of the province passed through with the line. The peace and security of the line was taken care of by Ato <mask>. There were troops all along the line.He was involved in negotiations with the chiefs of the Afar and Somali tribes. He received orders from two people. He was in charge of the training and recruitment of the security personnel. He was the middle man between the railway company and the people of Ethiopia. The company had to honor its contractual obligations as well. The British consul agent in Harar, Mr. J. Gerolimato, sent a message to his boss, the British-Somaliland Consul-General, before yesterday. The Company used to pay 12 dollars per month for each Abyssinian soldier, but now they pay 8 dollars.The railway police were in charge of stability and peace Dire Dawa and its surroundings, and his prior experience as chief of Harar police must have prepared him for that. He held on until the mid-1920s with the exception of his brief dismissal by Lij Iyasu in 1916. The desire to introduce European style modernization was not unique to Emperor Menelik II. The country took important practical steps in establishing modern institutions under him. Transport and communication received a big boost. Following the first railway, the first telephone and telegraph were introduced. The first automobiles appeared and major roads were built.The tax system was changed. A new monetary system was created. The first bank was established. A new currency was launched. The governance system was reorganized. The first cabinet of ministers was formed. Each of the six districts had judges appointed by Menelik.A supreme judge's position was created. The first hospitals and post offices emerged. The list continues. The creation of postal and telegraph services was one of the important reforms that <mask> was involved in. Iyasu V became the defacto ruler after Menelik died. <mask> was sixty years old at the time. Iyasu seems to have continued some of the reforms that he started.He was removed from power due to political miscalculations. Iyasu appointed Hasib Ydlibi, a Syrian merchant of Turkish citizenship, as governor of Dire Dawa and Neggadras of Harar in 1915. The appointment was kept a secret from the governor of Harar Province. In July 1916, a few months before his ousting, Iyasu took the unprecedented step of deposing Teferi from his governorship, creating further tensions between them and leading to anger in a province traditionally governed by that family. Iyasu chose a foreign policy that sought to weaken traditional allies such as France and strengthen relations with Germany and Turkey. <mask> was removed from his post at the railway and replaced with Abubakar Mahammad, an important historic figure in Ethiopia. Just months before their dismissal, both Dejach Teferi and <mask> had accompanied Iyasu during his trip to the region along with a number of other notables.The changes were picked up by foreign media. The sudden change was picked up by international media and INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals INRDeals At the end of last July, Yasu left Adis Abeba for Harrar and came on to Jibuti, where he renewed his friendship with M. Simoni, the Governor of French Somaliland. He replaced Prince Taffari from the Governorship of Harrar with Muhammadan. The chief of the Issas, Ato Marcha, was deposed in favor of a Muhammadan by the Turk Ydlibi. There was a stir at Adis Abeba. The legations of the Powers sent a protest.Lij Yasu was deposed on September 27th. The situation was more complicated than reported. Iyasu married Fatima, the daughter of Abubakar, raising questions about his intentions and vision, as he tried to nurture close relations with the Muslim community. A family of rich Muslim Afar traders made huge contributions to Menelik. His father was the governor of the historic town of Aliyu Amba and the governor of the commercial center of Shenno. His grandfather, Abubakar Ibrahim Chehem, was the Sultan of the port city of Zeila before it became part of the British. Some scholars argue that the new policies were part of Iyasu's efforts to consolidate the imperial power by integrating marginal territories such as the Afar land.At the end of the 19th century, the members of this family lost their role in favour of European traders, who were supported by their respective states. One of them, Naggadras Mahammad Abubakar, continued to enjoy the trust of Menelik, who was unwilling to rely solely on the Europeans. <mask> did not follow the Orthodox faith. He was one of the first to convert to Catholicism. The railway company was concerned about <mask>'s absence due to his long and dedicated service and reputation. One of the letters Emperor Menelik wrote to him was obvious. The administrator of the company made a comment about Ato Marcha.Abou-Baker est connu en Abyssinie et la Cie. Difficulties were quickly resolved with the help of Ato Marcha, who was very knowledgeable of the practices and methods of CIE. We hope that the same things will happen with Abu-Baker. <mask> had his position restored by the daughter of Menelik, who ruled Ethiopia from 1916 until 1930. The regent to the throne was Teferi Mekonnen, who went on to rule Ethiopia as emperor after the empress died. A well-known Catholic was <mask>. He was involved in spreading the faith in Harar region and beyond.Tedeneqyalesh was the daughter of Ato Mekbeb, who was converted to Catholicism in the late 1860s by the Italian missionary Cardinal Guglielmo Massaja or Abba Messias. Menelik called Ato Makeb, the officer of the royal house, a man of my confidence, because he was the one Martial De Salviac, the French missionary who lived in Ethiopia at the end of the 19th century, wrote the following. He became an edified Catholic and earned the trust of missionaries. He gave his daughter in marriage to one of the better students of the mission, Ato Marsha, who was a police chief in Harar. <mask>'s children were brought up Catholic. The Haitian lawyer, author and anti-slavery activist who visited Ethiopia a few times during the late 19th and early 20th century wrote about his experiences. Le tedj ou hydromel de l'amitié, il me fitner l'hospitalité.For the conclusion of the peace treaty with Italy, the governor's duties were taken over by the Gerazmatch Banti, who was kept by the Emperor in Ethiopia. He expressed his joy to see me, and after emptying the tedj, he offered me a place to stay at the residence of Ato Marcha, Chief of Customs of Gildessa, with all the children raised in the French Catholic Mission currently headed by him. A generation of young Ethiopians were trained in mission schools founded by the French missionary. Recent biographies. The importance of these schools was shed light on. One of the pioneers of Ethiopian aviation and the first black African pilot of a commercial jet airliner wrote in his autobiography. Mickael Bethe-Selassié describes in detail the historic contributions of Catholic Ethiopia during the first half of the 20th century.<mask> <mask> and Berhane-Marqos Welde-Tsadiq are related to the author. The biographer believes that the Catholics are part of a larger group of educated men. Mickael and other scholars stressed the historic ties between Catholic and Orthodox Christian intellectuals. The first members of the Ethiopian Roman Catholic community who were converted in the late 19th century by Italian or French missionaries were Zwg Haylu, who attended the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900. At the same time as the emergence of the Young Ethiopias, the community came into existence. The factors that influenced the Catholic community were missionary education, travel to France or Italy, employment by foreigners, and service on the railway. We have seen that it gave birth to Young Ethiopiaism.According to historian Bahru Zewde, Mersha kept in touch with his friends after he retired. His retirement comes after a long public service of important contributions in four areas: border and railway security, public administration, economic development and diplomacy. Mersha had to 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 He died during the Italian occupation and was buried in the city of Harar. Mersha had a large family. He and his wife had eleven children. His children were encouraged to attend school.His oldest child, Beyene <mask>, spoke French. His daughter knew French. Colonel Jean-Baptiste Marchand, the French officer and explorer who traveled through Harar in 1899, was read a welcome speech by her. <mask> loved going to public events with his family. <mask>, a proud father, attended the opening ceremony of the Dawale railway station in 1900 surrounded by a beautiful crowd of eight children. Beyene traveled to France and Italy in the late 1890s. He met R.P. in Dire Dawa on behalf of his father.Theodore Roosevelt sent Skinner to sign a treaty with Menelik. <mask> was present when the first-ever US diplomatic mission finished its visit and was about to leave Dire Dawa. He received a farewell message from the Emperor over the phone. Beyene <mask> was appointed by the emperor to head the postal and telephone service in Dawale. He stood on the side of those who wanted to deny Lej Iyasu the throne after the emperor's death. Beyene was appointed director of the first Ethiopian School for Girls in 1931. He was a member of the board for the construction of the Dessie-Asseb road.The chief of Dire Dawa's Post Office was Ato Denqu, the husband of Negest <mask>. He also traveled to Europe. Ethiopia became a member of the International Postal Union in 1908. There are many people living and working in Ethiopia and around the world. Ato Abinet Gebremeskel is a successful businessman and philanthropist in Ethiopia. The author of this biography is the grandson of the great-grandson of <mask>. <mask>'s legacy includes a street named after him in Kezira, a subsection of Dire Dawa.The railway city celebrated its 105th anniversary in December of 2007. <mask> is a forgotten hero. His service is poorly known by many scholars and students of Ethiopia's history. Professor Zewde describes the contributions of many historic personalities of that dynamic era in his book, Pioneers of Change in Ethiopia: The reformist Intellectuals of the early twentieth century. <mask>i and was best known for his role in the drafting of the 1931 constitution. He traveled abroad for education. <mask> gave him his blessings before he left for Russia in 1896. There is an interesting account in his autobiography. I ran away because I was afraid that he wouldn't allow me to travel overseas. Ato <mask> bought me an umbrella to protect me from the sun. He and my brother were close friends.The last few decades of the 19th century marked the beginning of a long period of modernization in Ethiopia in the sense that they opened the door to new ways and better conditions of life and work. Significant achievements were recorded during the reign of Emperor Selassie. Education and aviation. The young economy depends on trade and foreign direct investment. The country underwent a radical transformation despite some serious setbacks in the two decades after the popular revolution. The revolution ended the feudal system and paved the way for greater participation of people in political and economic activities. Ethiopia has seen unprecedented economic development characterized by a strong government sector, expanding private sector and major development of critical infrastructure.There are roads, new railway, etc. Time will tell if this will be maintained. Most of the progress made over the last century is related to the events of the late 19th and early 20th century. The history of Ethiopia from the 19th century to the 20th century.

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Daniel Cross (footballer)

Daniel Cross (born 30 March 1983) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the and Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A Charles Sutton Medallist with the Western Bulldogs, he finished his 249-game career with 210 games at the Western Bulldogs and 39 with Melbourne. He has served as the development and rehabilitation coach of the Melbourne Football Club since October 2015. AFL career Early career (2002–2004) Cross was recruited by the Western Bulldogs with the 56th overall selection in the 2000 national draft. He made his AFL debut in a 19-point victory against in round 10, 2002. Despite the Bulldogs winning the match, he managed only two disposals. He played a further three games for 2002. He played his first match for 2003 in round 4 against , but struggled to make a big impact. He was dropped after round 6 to the VFL to play with Weribee. After impressive performances with Werribee, Cross was recalled to the Bulldogs side. His return to the Bulldogs side was good enough for him to keep his place in the side the following week, but after a disappointing performance against Richmond in round 17, he was again dropped. He was promoted to the AFL side in round 22, and managed 18 disposals, in what was an otherwise disappointing game for the Bulldogs due to losing by 84 points to the . He made the decision to stay with the Western Bulldogs for the 2004 season, despite only managing to play a total of ten games in his first three seasons. After playing just two games in the first ten weeks of the 2004 season, Cross was able to play the remaining twelve matches of the season and was named the round 19 nominee for the Rising Star after recording 28 disposals against at the Telstra Dome. Key midfielder at Western Bulldogs (2005–2010) The Western Bulldogs made an impressive start to the 2005 campaign under new coach Rodney Eade. The Bulldogs opened the season with a 32-point victory over , and he was vital in the win, collecting 24 possessions. He received his first ever Brownlow vote for his round 7 performance against Brisbane, where he recorded 29 possessions in the 23-point win. He finished the season with 563 disposals, and finished with the most handballs in the league with 384. Cross reached his 50-game milestone in round 4 2006, against where he collected 20 disposals in a 1-point victory over the Cats. He played his first finals match against Collingwood in the elimination final where he registered 32 disposals in a 41-point victory, however the Bulldogs lost the next week to . His season comprised many high-disposal matches and he finished the season third overall for disposals and second overall for handballs in the league. He suffered a serious injury against in round 11 2007 and missed the following six games. In his return match against , he collected 30 disposals. 2008 saw Cross play a more integral role in the midfield, with Scott West suffering a long term injury. He played his 100th AFL game in round 15 against Melbourne, where he registered 25 disposals in a 31-point victory. He was one of the three Bulldogs players nominated for the 2008 MVP award, eventually won by Gary Ablett. The Bulldogs made it to the preliminary final, in what was the best on-field season for the team to that point in Cross' career, they lost the preliminary final to eventual runners up, Geelong, by 29 points. His season was rewarded with the Charles Sutton Medal as the club best-and-fairest, finishing 24 points ahead of Brownlow Medallist, Adam Cooney. He also received the inaugural Scott West award for the most courageous player and the Bruce Wilkinson award for the best player as voted by the trainers. In October 2008, he married long-time girlfriend Samantha Mallia. Cross played every match of the 2009 season, where he accumulated a total of 581 disposals. The Western Bulldogs again made the preliminary final, but lost the match to by 7 points. He underwent a double ankle reconstruction in the off-season of 2009, but managed to return during the 2010 NAB Cup, where the Bulldogs were the eventual winners. He played every match of the season which saw the Bulldogs reach a third consecutive preliminary final, but ultimately lost to St Kilda by 24-points. He was the runner up in the best-and-fairest, finishing nine votes behind Ryan Griffen. He also played in the 2010 International Rules Series against Ireland. Final years at Western Bulldogs (2011–2013) He continued his consistent performances in 2011 where he averaged over 24 possessions per game for the seventh season in a row. He received the Scott West award and was ranked first at the club for tackles (125, averaging 5.7), handballs (323, averaging 14.7) and marks (125, averaging 5.7). He was nominated for the most courageous player at the AFL Players Association awards, which was eventually won by captain, Jonathan Brown. During 2012, he shifted between the midfield and defense. He won the Scott West award for the second consecutive year. Cross played the first eight games of 2013 before being dropped from the senior side, where he played for the Bulldogs reserves side, Williamstown, before earning a recall in round 19 against . In the week leading to the final round clash with Melbourne, it was announced the Bulldogs would not renew Cross' contract, ending his 11-year playing career with the club, in addition, it was the first time in a decade he did not finish inside the top-10 for the best-and-fairest. Move to Melbourne (2014–2015) In November 2013, Cross signed with as a delisted free agent on a one-year contract. Brought into the club due to his 'reputation for elite preparation and leadership to help out the younger players', he was named in the leadership group alongside Lynden Dunn and Chris Dawes in April 2014, replacing the injured Jack Trengove and retired Mitch Clark. He played the first thirteen matches of 2014 before succumbing to a broken leg during the round 14 match against , he played the remainder of the match, but was forced to miss the next five matches through injury. He was offered a contract extension for 2015 in July due to his leadership experience. He returned to the side in round 20 against and played the remaining four matches for the season. He won the Dick Taylor trophy for finishing fifth in the best-and-fairest behind Nathan Jones, Dom Tyson, Bernie Vince and Lynden Dunn, he was also rewarded with the James McDonald award for best team man. Cross was maintained in the leadership group for 2015 and played every match for the season, mainly across half-back. He recorded an equal career-high 39 disposals against in round 22, however, three days later, it was announced Melbourne would not offer Cross a contract extension and he subsequently announced his retirement effective after the round 23 match against . He was awarded the Ron Barassi Jnr leadership award for 2015 alongside Jack Trengove. In October, he accepted an off-field role to stay at Melbourne as development and rehabilitation coach from 2016 onward. He also acts as the team's runner on game day since 2016. Victoria Harbour incident On 4 October 2007, Cross and teammate Tom Williams leaped into the water of Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong to rescue a schoolgirl attempting to commit suicide. Despite the girl not wanting to be saved, they hauled her to safety after hearing bystanders screaming for help. When they emerged from the harbour they both had minor bruises and cuts. Both were reported to be in good spirits after the incident. Following the incident, Cross and Williams were awarded certificates of commendation by Hong Kong's Director of Marine. Statistics |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2002 |style="text-align:center;"| | 38 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 5 || 7 || 12 || 4 || 3 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 1.3 || 1.8 || 3.0 || 1.0 || 0.8 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2003 |style="text-align:center;"| | 38 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 19 || 36 || 55 || 19 || 9 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 3.2 || 6.0 || 9.2 || 3.2 || 1.5 |- style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2004 |style="text-align:center;"| | 38 || 14 || 1 || 0 || 55 || 131 || 186 || 43 || 39 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 3.9 || 9.4 || 13.3 || 3.1 || 2.8 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2005 |style="text-align:center;"| | 4 || 22 || 2 || 5 || 179 || 384 || 563 || 127 || 94 || 0.1 || 0.2 || 8.1 || 17.5 || 25.6 || 5.8 || 4.3 |- style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2006 |style="text-align:center;"| | 4 || 24 || 9 || 6 || 262 || 363 || 625 || 146 || 108 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 10.9 || 15.1 || 26.0 || 6.1 || 4.5 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2007 |style="text-align:center;"| | 4 || 15 || 1 || 2 || 126 || 241 || 367 || 89 || 59 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 8.4 || 16.1 || 24.5 || 5.9 || 3.9 |- style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2008 |style="text-align:center;"| | 4 || 25 || 5 || 2 || 241 || 422 || 663 || 138 || 117 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 9.6 || 16.9 || 26.5 || 5.5 || 4.7 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2009 |style="text-align:center;"| | 4 || 23 || 5 || 2 || 162 || 419 || 581 || 128 || 100 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 7.0 || 18.2 || 25.3 || 5.6 || 4.3 |- style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2010 |style="text-align:center;"| | 4 || 25 || 2 || 4 || 238 || 423 || 661 || 139 || 136 || 0.1 || 0.2 || 9.5 || 16.9 || 26.4 || 5.6 || 5.4 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2011 |style="text-align:center;"| | 4 || 22 || 1 || 2 || 207 || 323 || 530 || 125 || 125 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 9.4 || 14.7 || 24.1 || 5.7 || 5.7 |- style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2012 |style="text-align:center;"| | 4 || 17 || 2 || 1 || 163 || 242 || 405 || 88 || 69 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 9.6 || 14.2 || 23.8 || 5.2 || 4.1 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2013 |style="text-align:center;"| | 4 || 13 || 4 || 2 || 117 || 177 || 294 || 71 || 57 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 9.0 || 13.6 || 22.6 || 5.5 || 4.4 |- style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2014 |style="text-align:center;"| | 18 || 17 || 1 || 3 || 123 || 244 || 367 || 71 || 90 || 0.1 || 0.2 || 7.2 || 14.4 || 21.6 || 4.2 || 5.3 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2015 |style="text-align:center;"| | 18 || 22 || 0 || 1 || 216 || 275 || 491 || 116 || 76 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 9.8 || 12.5 || 22.3 || 5.3 || 3.5 |- class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3| Career ! 249 ! 34 ! 31 ! 2113 ! 3687 ! 5800 ! 1304 ! 1082 ! 0.1 ! 0.1 ! 8.5 ! 14.8 ! 23.3 ! 5.2 ! 4.4 |} References External links Daniel Cross' profile from DemonWiki Australian rules footballers from New South Wales Western Bulldogs players Melbourne Football Club players Murray Bushrangers players Williamstown Football Club players Albury Football Club players Charles Sutton Medal winners 1983 births Living people Australia international rules football team players

<mask> (born 30 March 1983) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the and Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A Charles Sutton Medallist with the Western Bulldogs, he finished his 249-game career with 210 games at the Western Bulldogs and 39 with Melbourne. He has served as the development and rehabilitation coach of the Melbourne Football Club since October 2015. AFL career Early career (2002–2004) <mask> was recruited by the Western Bulldogs with the 56th overall selection in the 2000 national draft. He made his AFL debut in a 19-point victory against in round 10, 2002. Despite the Bulldogs winning the match, he managed only two disposals. He played a further three games for 2002.He played his first match for 2003 in round 4 against , but struggled to make a big impact. He was dropped after round 6 to the VFL to play with Weribee. After impressive performances with Werribee, <mask> was recalled to the Bulldogs side. His return to the Bulldogs side was good enough for him to keep his place in the side the following week, but after a disappointing performance against Richmond in round 17, he was again dropped. He was promoted to the AFL side in round 22, and managed 18 disposals, in what was an otherwise disappointing game for the Bulldogs due to losing by 84 points to the . He made the decision to stay with the Western Bulldogs for the 2004 season, despite only managing to play a total of ten games in his first three seasons. After playing just two games in the first ten weeks of the 2004 season, <mask> was able to play the remaining twelve matches of the season and was named the round 19 nominee for the Rising Star after recording 28 disposals against at the Telstra Dome.Key midfielder at Western Bulldogs (2005–2010) The Western Bulldogs made an impressive start to the 2005 campaign under new coach Rodney Eade. The Bulldogs opened the season with a 32-point victory over , and he was vital in the win, collecting 24 possessions. He received his first ever Brownlow vote for his round 7 performance against Brisbane, where he recorded 29 possessions in the 23-point win. He finished the season with 563 disposals, and finished with the most handballs in the league with 384. <mask> reached his 50-game milestone in round 4 2006, against where he collected 20 disposals in a 1-point victory over the Cats. He played his first finals match against Collingwood in the elimination final where he registered 32 disposals in a 41-point victory, however the Bulldogs lost the next week to . His season comprised many high-disposal matches and he finished the season third overall for disposals and second overall for handballs in the league.He suffered a serious injury against in round 11 2007 and missed the following six games. In his return match against , he collected 30 disposals. 2008 saw <mask> play a more integral role in the midfield, with Scott West suffering a long term injury. He played his 100th AFL game in round 15 against Melbourne, where he registered 25 disposals in a 31-point victory. He was one of the three Bulldogs players nominated for the 2008 MVP award, eventually won by Gary Ablett. The Bulldogs made it to the preliminary final, in what was the best on-field season for the team to that point in <mask>' career, they lost the preliminary final to eventual runners up, Geelong, by 29 points. His season was rewarded with the Charles Sutton Medal as the club best-and-fairest, finishing 24 points ahead of Brownlow Medallist, Adam Cooney.He also received the inaugural Scott West award for the most courageous player and the Bruce Wilkinson award for the best player as voted by the trainers. In October 2008, he married long-time girlfriend Samantha Mallia. <mask> played every match of the 2009 season, where he accumulated a total of 581 disposals. The Western Bulldogs again made the preliminary final, but lost the match to by 7 points. He underwent a double ankle reconstruction in the off-season of 2009, but managed to return during the 2010 NAB Cup, where the Bulldogs were the eventual winners. He played every match of the season which saw the Bulldogs reach a third consecutive preliminary final, but ultimately lost to St Kilda by 24-points. He was the runner up in the best-and-fairest, finishing nine votes behind Ryan Griffen.He also played in the 2010 International Rules Series against Ireland. Final years at Western Bulldogs (2011–2013) He continued his consistent performances in 2011 where he averaged over 24 possessions per game for the seventh season in a row. He received the Scott West award and was ranked first at the club for tackles (125, averaging 5.7), handballs (323, averaging 14.7) and marks (125, averaging 5.7). He was nominated for the most courageous player at the AFL Players Association awards, which was eventually won by captain, Jonathan Brown. During 2012, he shifted between the midfield and defense. He won the Scott West award for the second consecutive year. <mask> played the first eight games of 2013 before being dropped from the senior side, where he played for the Bulldogs reserves side, Williamstown, before earning a recall in round 19 against .In the week leading to the final round clash with Melbourne, it was announced the Bulldogs would not renew <mask>' contract, ending his 11-year playing career with the club, in addition, it was the first time in a decade he did not finish inside the top-10 for the best-and-fairest. Move to Melbourne (2014–2015) In November 2013, <mask> signed with as a delisted free agent on a one-year contract. Brought into the club due to his 'reputation for elite preparation and leadership to help out the younger players', he was named in the leadership group alongside Lynden Dunn and Chris Dawes in April 2014, replacing the injured Jack Trengove and retired Mitch Clark. He played the first thirteen matches of 2014 before succumbing to a broken leg during the round 14 match against , he played the remainder of the match, but was forced to miss the next five matches through injury. He was offered a contract extension for 2015 in July due to his leadership experience. He returned to the side in round 20 against and played the remaining four matches for the season. He won the Dick Taylor trophy for finishing fifth in the best-and-fairest behind Nathan Jones, Dom Tyson, Bernie Vince and Lynden Dunn, he was also rewarded with the James McDonald award for best team man.<mask> was maintained in the leadership group for 2015 and played every match for the season, mainly across half-back. He recorded an equal career-high 39 disposals against in round 22, however, three days later, it was announced Melbourne would not offer <mask> a contract extension and he subsequently announced his retirement effective after the round 23 match against . He was awarded the Ron Barassi Jnr leadership award for 2015 alongside Jack Trengove. In October, he accepted an off-field role to stay at Melbourne as development and rehabilitation coach from 2016 onward. He also acts as the team's runner on game day since 2016. Victoria Harbour incident On 4 October 2007, <mask> and teammate Tom Williams leaped into the water of Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong to rescue a schoolgirl attempting to commit suicide. Despite the girl not wanting to be saved, they hauled her to safety after hearing bystanders screaming for help.When they emerged from the harbour they both had minor bruises and cuts. Both were reported to be in good spirits after the incident. Following the incident, <mask> and Williams were awarded certificates of commendation by Hong Kong's Director of Marine. Statistics |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2002 |style="text-align:center;"| | 38 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 5 || 7 || 12 || 4 || 3 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 1.3 || 1.8 || 3.0 || 1.0 || 0.8 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2003 |style="text-align:center;"| | 38 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 19 || 36 || 55 || 19 || 9 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 3.2 || 6.0 || 9.2 || 3.2 || 1.5 |- style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2004 |style="text-align:center;"| | 38 || 14 || 1 || 0 || 55 || 131 || 186 || 43 || 39 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 3.9 || 9.4 || 13.3 || 3.1 || 2.8 |- !scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2005 |style="text-align:center;"| | 4 || 22 || 2 || 5 || 179 || 384 || 563 || 127 || 94 || 0.1 || 0.2 || 8.1 || 17.5 || 25.6 || 5.8 || 4.3 |- style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2006 |style="text-align:center;"| | 4 || 24 || 9 || 6 || 262 || 363 || 625 || 146 || 108 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 10.9 || 15.1 || 26.0 || 6.1 || 4.5 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2007 |style="text-align:center;"| | 4 || 15 || 1 || 2 || 126 || 241 || 367 || 89 || 59 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 8.4 || 16.1 || 24.5 || 5.9 || 3.9 |- style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2008 |style="text-align:center;"| | 4 || 25 || 5 || 2 || 241 || 422 || 663 || 138 || 117 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 9.6 || 16.9 || 26.5 || 5.5 || 4.7 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2009 |style="text-align:center;"| | 4 || 23 || 5 || 2 || 162 || 419 || 581 || 128 || 100 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 7.0 || 18.2 || 25.3 || 5.6 || 4.3 |- style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2010 |style="text-align:center;"| | 4 || 25 || 2 || 4 || 238 || 423 || 661 || 139 || 136 || 0.1 || 0.2 || 9.5 || 16.9 || 26.4 || 5.6 || 5.4 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2011 |style="text-align:center;"| | 4 || 22 || 1 || 2 || 207 || 323 || 530 || 125 || 125 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 9.4 || 14.7 || 24.1 || 5.7 || 5.7 |- style="background:#eaeaea;" !scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2012 |style="text-align:center;"| | 4 || 17 || 2 || 1 || 163 || 242 || 405 || 88 || 69 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 9.6 || 14.2 || 23.8 || 5.2 || 4.1 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2013 |style="text-align:center;"| | 4 || 13 || 4 || 2 || 117 || 177 || 294 || 71 || 57 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 9.0 || 13.6 || 22.6 || 5.5 || 4.4 |- style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2014 |style="text-align:center;"| | 18 || 17 || 1 || 3 || 123 || 244 || 367 || 71 || 90 || 0.1 || 0.2 || 7.2 || 14.4 || 21.6 || 4.2 || 5.3 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2015 |style="text-align:center;"| | 18 || 22 || 0 || 1 || 216 || 275 || 491 || 116 || 76 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 9.8 || 12.5 || 22.3 || 5.3 || 3.5 |- class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3| Career ! 249 ! 34 !31 ! 2113 ! 3687 ! 5800 ! 1304 ! 1082 ! 0.1 !0.1 ! 8.5 ! 14.8 ! 23.3 ! 5.2 ! 4.4 |} References External links <mask>' profile from DemonWiki Australian rules footballers from New South Wales Western Bulldogs players Melbourne Football Club players Murray Bushrangers players Williamstown Football Club players Albury Football Club players Charles Sutton Medal winners 1983 births Living people Australia international rules football team players

<mask> is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League. He finished his career with 39 games, 39 of which were with Melbourne. He was the development and rehabilitation coach of the football club. <mask> was recruited by the Western Dogs with the 56th overall selection in the 2000 national draft. He made his debut in a 19-point victory. He managed only two disposals in the match. He played three more games in 2002.He did not make a big impact in his first match. He was dropped from the VFL to play with Weribee. <mask> was recalled to the side after performing well with Werribee. His return to the Dogs was good enough for him to keep his place in the side, but after a poor performance against the Tigers in round 17 he was dropped again. He managed 18 disposals in the loss to the, in what was an otherwise disappointing game for the Dogs. He only played ten games in his first three seasons, but he decided to stay with the Western Dogs for the 2004 season. After playing just two games in the first ten weeks of the 2004 season, <mask> Eade. In the season opener, he was vital in the win, collecting 24 possessions. He was 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 He finished the season with more disposals than any other player in the league. Cross collected 20 disposals in a 1-point victory over the Cats in round 4 of 2006 to reach his 50-game milestone. He played in the elimination final against the Pies and registered 32 disposals in a 41-point victory. His season included many high-disposal matches and he finished third in the league for disposals.He missed six games after he suffered a serious injury. He collected 30 disposals in his return match. <mask> played a more important role in the middle of the field in 2008 as Scott West suffered a long term injury. He played his 100th game in round 15 against Melbourne, where he had 25 disposals in a 31 point victory. He was one of three players nominated for the 2008 Most Valuable Player award. In what was the best season for the team to that point in <mask>' career, the Dogs lost the preliminary final to the Cats by 29 points. He was the club's best-and-fairest, finishing 24 points ahead of Adam Cooney.The trainers voted for the best player and the Scott West award was given to him. He married his long-time girlfriend in October of 2008. <mask> had a total of 581 disposals during the 2009 season. The Western Dogs lost the preliminary final by 7 points. He underwent a double ankle reconstruction in the off-season of 2009, but was able to return during the 2010NAB Cup, where the Dogs were the eventual winners. He played every match of the season in which the Dogs reached a third consecutive preliminary final, but lost to St Kilda. He finished nine votes behind Ryan Griffen in the best-and-fairest.He played in the International Rules Series against Ireland. He averaged over 24 possessions per game for the seventh season in a row in 2011. He was ranked first at the club for tackles, marks, and handballs, and received the Scott West award. He was nominated for the most brave player at the awards, which was eventually won by Jonathan Brown. He moved between the defense and the middle. He won the award for the second year in a row. <mask> played the first eight games of the year before being dropped from the senior side and playing for the reserves side.It was the first time in a decade that <mask> didn't finish inside the top 10 for the best-and-fairest, when it was announced that he wouldn't be renewing his contract with the club. <mask> signed a one-year contract as a delisted free agent. He was brought into the club due to his'reputation for elite preparation and leadership to help out the younger players'. He played the first thirteen matches of the year before breaking his leg in the 14th match, but was able to play the rest of the match. He was offered a contract extension due to his leadership experience. He played the last four matches of the season. He was awarded the James McDonald award for best team man and the Dick Taylor trophy for finishing fifth in the best-and-fairest.<mask> played every match across half-back for the entire season, despite being in the leadership group. He recorded an equal career-high 39 disposals against in round 22, however, three days later, it was announced Melbourne would not offer <mask> a contract extension and he subsequently announced his retirement. The Ron Barassi Jnr leadership award was given to him. In October, he accepted an off-field role to stay at Melbourne as a development and rehabilitation coach. He is the team's runner on game day. <mask> and Williams jumped into the water of Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong to save the girl. They hauled the girl to safety despite her not wanting to be saved.Both of them had minor injuries when they came out of the harbour. 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Gérard DuBois

Gérard DuBois (born 1968) is a French illustrator. In 2017, he received the Hamilton King Award. DuBois works in a variety of styles, which have been described as a consistent and remarkable blend of beauty, passion, and intelligence. Early life and education DuBois, an only child, grew up in Argenteuil, a suburban town north of Paris. No member of his family was artistic. The idea of art as a career option was introduced to DuBois at age fourteen, when the headmistress of his public school, having become aware of his drawings in notebooks, encouraged him to apply for advanced study at an art school in Paris. DuBois passed the aptitude tests required for admission and entered the school, a century-old institute in St. Germain des Prés, known to most as Rue Madame. Upon completion of his studies at Rue Madame, he enrolled for an advanced degree at École Supérieure des Arts Estienne, also in Paris. After completing his studies at École Estienne, and obliged to serve France for two years, in 1989 he would arrive in the Maritime provinces of Canada to serve as a graphic designer for the French Ministry of Cooperation where he worked at various magazines in Petit Rocher, New Brunswick, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Caraquet, New Brunswick and Summerside, Prince Edward Island. Illustration career DuBois would receive his first freelance illustration assignment after moving to Montreal in 1991 at the age of 23. The assignment would come from Jocelyne Fournel at Montreal Magazine. Fournel would go on to hire DuBois at other publications such as L'Actualité. Although primarily noted for his extensive work as a book illustrator, his work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time magazine, GQ, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Le Monde, The Guardian, Playboy, Newsweek, Entertainment Weekly, Harper's, The Atlantic and others. DuBois also illustrated an ongoing column for Time magazine by the editor Nancy Gibbs. as well as a weekly column called Gray Matter, a weekly opinion column for The New York Times Sunday Review by Mark R. Rank and Thomas A. Hirschl. In April 2018, Canada Post released the Gérard DuBois stamp as one of five in the Great Canadian Illustrators series. The illustration selected for the stamp was titled It's Not a Stream of Consciousness and was originally published by The New York Times, in a Gray Matter opinion column under the same title by Gregory Hickok, May 8, 2015. Bibliography Written and illustrated by the artist Enfantillages, published by Rouergue, 2015 Henri au jardin d’enfants (Henri in kindergarten), published by Seuil, 2008 Illustrated by the artist Jamais l'un.e sans l'autre: Les célèbres duos de la littérature (Never one without the other: famous duets of literature), by Sophie Bliman, published by ACTES SUD, 2020 RAGE by Orianne Charpentier, published by Gallimard Jeunesse, 2020 J'aimerais by Stéphanie Demasse-Pottier, 2019 Italian Folktales, (two volumes) The Folio Society,2019 The Amazing Collection of Joey Cornell, by Candace Fleming, published by Penguin Random House,2018 Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, published by Gallimard Jeunesse, 2018 Voici Colin (Here is Colin) with Christiane Duchesne, published by Lievredema 2018 Renard Sans le Corbeau by Pascale Petit, published by Notari, 2018 La Petite Ecuyère, by Charlotte Gingras, published by Les Editions Grasset, 2018 La case de l'oncle Tom (Uncle Tom's Cabin) by Harriet Beecher-Stowe, published by Gallimard Jeunesse, 2017 On aurait dit (Let's Pretend) by André Marois, published by Seuil Jeunesse, 2016 Dorothea's Eyes: Dorothea Lange Photographs the Truth by Barb Rosenstock, published by Calkins Creek, 2016 Au-delà de la forêt (Beyond The Forest) by Nadine Robert, published by COMMEGÉANT, 2016 Un verger dans le ventre (an orchard in the belly) by Simon Boulerice, published by La courte échelle, 2013 Révélations photographiques by Louise Bombardier, published by Les éditions du passage, 2013 Arlequin, Charlot, Guignol & cie, by Bénédicte Riviere, published by ACTESSUD 2013 Monsieur Marceau: Actor Without Words by Leda Schubert, published by Flash Point, 2012 Vivre à Deux (Two's Company) by Jonathan Franzen, published by Alto, 2011 Petits Fantômes Mélancoliques by Louise Bombardier published by 400 coups, 2008 Darwin, by Elisabeth Laureau-Daull, published by Seuil Jeunesse, 2007 Les aventures illustrées de Minette Accentiévitch (The Illustrated Adventures of Minette Accentiévitch) by Vladan Matijevic, published by Les Allusifs, 2007 Stories for Young People: Edgar Allan Poe, edited by Andrew Delbanco, published by Sterling Publishing, 2006 Le piano muet (The Silent Piano) by Gilles Vigneault, published by Les Editions Fides, 2002 Riquet à la Houppe (Riquet with the Tuft) by André Marois, adapted by Charles Perrault, published by 400 coups, 2000 As an educator DuBois teaches at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). Awards For illustration In 2017 DuBois would win the Hamilton King Award from The Society of Illustrators, for Constructing the Modern Mind, art directed by Patricia Nemoto and Bernard Lee, at Scientific American Silver Medal for What Would You Do? published by Brown Alumni Magazine, Case Circle of Excellence award, 2018 Gold Medal, for A sex life for priests?, art directed by Jocelyne Fournel at L'actualité, National Magazine Awards, 2017 Gold Medal for Giant milk brick, art directed by Mélanie Baillairgé at BBDO Montreal, Society of Illustrators, 2012 Gold Medal for Sacred Space, art directed by Emily Crawford and Andree Kahlmorgan at Time magazine, Society of Illustrators, 2011 Silver Medal for Digging For Dollars, art directed by Ted Keller at GreenSource Magazine, Society of Publication Designers, 2011 Gold Medal for NetworkerCover, art directed by Caren Rosenblatt, Society of Illustrators, 2009 Silver Medal, Society of Illustrators, 2006 Gold Medal, Society of Illustrators, 2005 Silver Medal, Society of Illustrators, 2004 2021 Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration - A qui appartiennent les nuages? (with Mario Brassard) For books The Amelia Bloomer Book List, for Dorothea’s Eyes with Barbara Rosenstock, American Library Association, 2017 Special Mention, Bologna Ragazzi Award for Enfantillages, 2016 Norman A. Sugarman Children’s Biography Award for Monsieur Marceau with Leda Schubert, 2014 Orbis Pictus Award for Monsieur Marceau with Leda Schubert, 2013 Personal life DuBois lives in Montreal with his wife Stephanie. The couple have had two children, Thomas and Nathan. References External links Additional collection of the artist's work 1968 births Living people French painters French illustrators French male artists French emigrants to Canada Canadian painters Canadian illustrators Canadian male artists Governor General's Award-winning children's illustrators

<mask> (born 1968) is a French illustrator. In 2017, he received the Hamilton King Award. <mask> works in a variety of styles, which have been described as a consistent and remarkable blend of beauty, passion, and intelligence. Early life and education <mask>, an only child, grew up in Argenteuil, a suburban town north of Paris. No member of his family was artistic. The idea of art as a career option was introduced to <mask> at age fourteen, when the headmistress of his public school, having become aware of his drawings in notebooks, encouraged him to apply for advanced study at an art school in Paris. <mask> passed the aptitude tests required for admission and entered the school, a century-old institute in St. Germain des Prés, known to most as Rue Madame.Upon completion of his studies at Rue Madame, he enrolled for an advanced degree at École Supérieure des Arts Estienne, also in Paris. After completing his studies at École Estienne, and obliged to serve France for two years, in 1989 he would arrive in the Maritime provinces of Canada to serve as a graphic designer for the French Ministry of Cooperation where he worked at various magazines in Petit Rocher, New Brunswick, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Caraquet, New Brunswick and Summerside, Prince Edward Island. Illustration career <mask> would receive his first freelance illustration assignment after moving to Montreal in 1991 at the age of 23. The assignment would come from Jocelyne Fournel at Montreal Magazine. Fournel would go on to hire <mask> at other publications such as L'Actualité. Although primarily noted for his extensive work as a book illustrator, his work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time magazine, GQ, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Le Monde, The Guardian, Playboy, Newsweek, Entertainment Weekly, Harper's, The Atlantic and others. <mask> also illustrated an ongoing column for Time magazine by the editor Nancy Gibbs.as well as a weekly column called Gray Matter, a weekly opinion column for The New York Times Sunday Review by Mark R. Rank and Thomas A. Hirschl. In April 2018, Canada Post released the Gérard <mask> stamp as one of five in the Great Canadian Illustrators series. The illustration selected for the stamp was titled It's Not a Stream of Consciousness and was originally published by The New York Times, in a Gray Matter opinion column under the same title by Gregory Hickok, May 8, 2015. Awards For illustration In 2017 <mask> would win the Hamilton King Award from The Society of Illustrators, for Constructing the Modern Mind, art directed by Patricia Nemoto and Bernard Lee, at Scientific American Silver Medal for What Would You Do? published by Brown Alumni Magazine, Case Circle of Excellence award, 2018 Gold Medal, for A sex life for priests?, art directed by Jocelyne Fournel at L'actualité, National Magazine Awards, 2017 Gold Medal for Giant milk brick, art directed by Mélanie Baillairgé at BBDO Montreal, Society of Illustrators, 2012 Gold Medal for Sacred Space, art directed by Emily Crawford and Andree Kahlmorgan at Time magazine, Society of Illustrators, 2011 Silver Medal for Digging For Dollars, art directed by Ted Keller at GreenSource Magazine, Society of Publication Designers, 2011 Gold Medal for NetworkerCover, art directed by Caren Rosenblatt, Society of Illustrators, 2009 Silver Medal, Society of Illustrators, 2006 Gold Medal, Society of Illustrators, 2005 Silver Medal, Society of Illustrators, 2004 2021 Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration - A qui appartiennent les nuages? (with Mario Brassard) For books The Amelia Bloomer Book List, for Dorothea’s Eyes with Barbara Rosenstock, American Library Association, 2017 Special Mention, Bologna Ragazzi Award for Enfantillages, 2016 Norman A. Sugarman Children’s Biography Award for Monsieur Marceau with Leda Schubert, 2014 Orbis Pictus Award for Monsieur Marceau with Leda Schubert, 2013 Personal life DuBois lives in Montreal with his wife Stephanie. The couple have had two children, Thomas and Nathan.References External links Additional collection of the artist's work 1968 births Living people French painters French illustrators French male artists French emigrants to Canada Canadian painters Canadian illustrators Canadian male artists Governor General's Award-winning children's illustrators

<mask> is a French illustrator. He was given the Hamilton King Award. <mask> works in a variety of styles, which have been described as a consistent and remarkable blend of beauty, passion, and intelligence. Argenteuil, a suburb north of Paris, was where <mask> grew up. His family was not artistic. The idea of art as a career option was introduced to <mask> at age fourteen when the headmistress of his public school became aware of his drawings in notebooks and encouraged him to apply for advanced study at an art school in Paris. The Rue Madame school is a century-old institute in St. Germain des Prés, known to most as Rue Madame.He attended cole Supérieure des Arts Estienne in Paris after completing his studies at Rue Madame. After completing his studies at cole Estienne, he was required to serve France for two years, and in 1989 he moved to the Maritime provinces of Canada to work as a graphic designer for the French Ministry of Cooperation. After moving to Montreal at the age of 23, <mask> received his first illustration assignment. The assignment was given to Fournel at Montreal Magazine. Fournel hired <mask> at other publications. His work has appeared in a number of publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time magazine, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, Le Monde, The Guardian, Playboy, Newsweek, and Entertainment Weekly. Nancy Gibbs is the editor of Time magazine.Gray Matter is an opinion column written by Mark R. Rank and Thomas A. Hirschl for The New York Times Sunday Review. The <mask> <mask> stamp was one of five in the Great Canadian Illustrators series. The illustration for the stamp was published in a Gray Matter opinion column by Gregory Hickok, titled It's Not a Stream of Consciousness, and was originally published by The New York Times. The Society of Illustrators gave the Hamilton King Award to <mask> for Constructing the Modern Mind and the Scientific American Silver Medal for What Would You Do? A sex life for priests?, art directed by Jocelyne Fournel at L'actualité, was published by Brown Alumni Magazine. The Bologna Ragazzi Award for Enfantillages was given by the American Library Association. The couple has two children.There are additional links to the artist's work.

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Gloria Richardson

Gloria Richardson Dandridge (born Gloria St. Clair Hayes; May 6, 1922 – July 15, 2021) was an American civil rights activist best known as the leader of the Cambridge movement, a civil rights struggle in the early 1960s in Cambridge, Maryland, on the Eastern Shore. Recognized as a major figure in the Civil Rights Movement, she was one of the signatories to "The Treaty of Cambridge", signed in July 1963 with Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and state and local officials. It was an effort at reconciliation and commitment to change after a riot the month before. At the August 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Richardson and five other women were honored by being seated on the stage at the Lincoln Memorial, but none of the women was invited to speak to the crowd. The next year Richardson married again and moved to New York City, where she worked locally in Harlem on civil rights and economic development. Early life and education Gloria St. Clair Hayes was born in 1922 to John and Mable (née St. Clair) Hayes in Baltimore, Maryland, the largest city in the state. Her mother was part of the affluent St. Clair family of Cambridge, Maryland, which owned and operated a successful grocery store and funeral home. Her ancestors had been free people of color since before the Civil War, and also owned extensive rental property. During the constraints of the Great Depression, the Hayes family moved to Cambridge, where Mable had grown up. One of Mable's uncles was a lawyer in the state of Maryland. Her family was also involved in politics. Gloria's wealthy maternal St. Clair grandfather was elected to the Cambridge City Council, serving from 1912 to 1946. From a young age, Gloria had a strong personality nurtured by her parents and maternal grandparents. She developed a strong sense of community and started to form her own views on such human rights issues as racism. She attended a neighborhood public school. Her parents encouraged her to speak up and to be comfortable in front of large groups, such as performing at Sunday school programs. The young Hayes pushed against what her parents considered to be respectable behavior for girls from well-to-do families. Her independence and persistence were later displayed also in her civil rights work. While aware of her family privileges, she realized that her college degree, her family’s social position, and their navigation of the color line in Cambridge did not provide her or her family with true protection. Her grandparents always taught her to value people for their actions and not for their socioeconomic status. The Hayes family was educated and relatively affluent, but still had suffered racial injustice. Most importantly, Gloria's father John Hayes died of a heart attack due to the lack of nearby medical care accessible to blacks. It forced the young woman to realize that racism was a matter of life and death. Black males had been able to vote in Maryland since emancipation after the American Civil War. (Women were added when the 19th constitutional amendment became effective in 1920.) African Americans in the city of Baltimore were generally segregated into housing in one of five wards, the Second Ward. Within that ward, blacks had built up substantial religious and business communities. They still lived under Maryland state Jim Crow laws and customs in the city at large. Hayes earned a B.A. in sociology in 1942 from Howard University, a historically black university in Washington, DC. She became involved in social activism as a student protesting with others at the Peoples Drug store near campus because the store refused to hire Black workers. In college, she also picketed a segregated Woolworth's store in the capital, where blacks were not allowed to have lunch at the in-store counter. People were surprised by her leadership and her status as a woman from an elite African-American family. They were used to dealing with poor black women who were less outspoken. Through her experiences in Washington, she realized that even 50 years of Black participation in the legal system had limited results. She could see that Cambridge was still highly segregated, and learned that Blacks suffered one of the highest unemployment rates for that size city. Return to Cambridge After Hayes returned to Cambridge after college, she married Harry Richardson and began to explore civil rights. When the city government hired black people as social workers, they were to serve only black clients in the all-black ward. After she was passed over for a social worker position in the "black" ward, she decided to focus on her family and civic work. In an interview with Robert Penn Warren for his book Who Speaks for the Negro? (1965), Richardson said that in Cambridge, blacks were "the last hired and first fired," a phrase applicable to minorities in other places as well. When she divorced from Harry Richardson, she was a mother with two daughters. She worked at a pharmacy and grocery store owned by her family in a predominantly Black community. Richardson has said that her motherhood sparked her activist role. Richardson held a formal office in the Cambridge Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (CNCC). She also served as an adult adviser to the CNCC. At one point she was the only Black woman to head a local civil rights agency. When she became co-chair of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee (CNAC), she began to identify goals beyond desegregation. She sought economic and social justice in housing, education, job opportunity, and health care. While co-chairing CNAC, Richardson gained insight into who to trust in the process of negotiating the expansion of rights of the Black community in Cambridge. During her early activism, Richardson was arrested three times. When she was first arrested, Judge W. Laird described her tactics as "a disgrace to her family's name", attempting to shame her into silence. She continued to fight back harder. She was known for verbal attacks, describing national leaders as presenting "meaningless smiles" due to their failure to gain substantial change. Cambridge movement In December 1961, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) sent Reginald Robinson and William Hansen to Cambridge to organize civil rights actions. SNCC had been contacted by activists in the city. The two young men started sit-ins in February to protest segregated facilities. They targeted movie theaters, bowling alleys, and restaurants. Donna Richardson, Gloria's daughter, was among students who supported the demonstrators. Richardson and Yolanda Sinclair, also mother of a protester, were among parents who wanted to show their support for these actions. In 1961, a Freedom Ride came to Cambridge. The black city council member had attempted to discourage the campaign by insisting that the city was already desegregated. At first Richardson rarely participated in civil disobedience, because she could not accept the original SNCC nonviolence rules. By 1962, the Civil Rights movement was picking up steam around the country. Students attempted to desegregate public facilities in Cambridge. At the time, the city had a population of around 11,000, of whom about one-third were Black. The initial protests, including picketing and sit-ins, were peaceful. Although White supremacists attacked demonstrators, police arrested the protestors. The protests did not yield results until Richardson was chosen to lead the movement and CNAC.  On January 13, 1962, the city’s Black community held its first civil rights demonstration of the 1960s. Dozens of Black high school students, including Richardson’s daughter Donna, joined a number of young men and women from Baltimore’s Civic Interest Group (CIG) and Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and two members of the SNCC. This was a result of weeks of coordinated planning by Cambridge’s Black youths. It was viewed as the beginning of Cambridge’s civil rights movement. Initially, when Richardson wanted to get involved with the protests, her daughter Donna sent Richardson home until Richardson could guarantee that she would demonstrate nonviolently, as the other individuals had been trained to do. It was a commitment Richardson could not make at the time; therefore, she focused on working with the Black community’s secretive and highly efficient intelligence-sharing network, known as the “grapevine”. Richardson provided information to CIG and SNCC about how Cambridge’s political system operated and the opinions of the Black community. Her daughter acted as a spark in Richardson’s activist journey. Through witnessing various demonstrations in support of her daughter’s activism, Richardson struggled to remain silent in the face of counter-protestors that mocked the non-violent Civil Rights groups. Richardson was determined to involve herself in these social justice issues. At the time, she ran her family’s business, but she decided to become a student again. She attended workshops, and special sessions where activists methodically trained for non-violence, to withstand the hatred of mobs, who often used slurs and demeaning acts to prevent peaceful assembly. This was supposed to be secured by the Constitution. The March and April demonstrations resulted in a large caseload for the local court system where Richardson and other defendants were tried together. Richardson was one of more than 50 people who stood trial for charges of disorderly conduct. This became known as The Penny Trial and demonstrated how the Cambridge movement disrupted white elites’ racial comfort zones. On the issue of violence, Richardson had the outlook that violence is not necessarily the answer, but she does not condemn violence as she believes it is a residue of frustration. She once said that “revolts seemed to be the only thing that America understands, and the nation’s racial problems made revolts unavoidable”.   In June 1962, Richardson was asked to help organize the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee (CNAC), the first adult-led affiliate of SNCC. She became its official spokesperson. The organization had initially formed in March of that year. After CNAC canvassed African-American communities in a survey, they expanded the goals to work for economic equality: to improve housing, education, employment, and healthcare. Many blacks struggled with low wages or unemployment. The Cambridge movement would be one of the first campaigns to focus on economic rights rather than putting the focus solely on civil rights. Richardson would also be one of the first leaders to publicly question nonviolence as a tactic. Due to the change in focus of the movement, protests demanded both economic and social equality as Richardson wanted to target discrimination and inequity in employment, poor wages, inferior schools, health care, and segregated facilities. Richardson said in a later interview on why she was committed to CNAC's leadership reflecting the community. "The one thing we did was to emphasize that while you should be educated, that education, degrees, college degrees were not essential [here]. If you could articulate the need, if you knew what that need was, if you were aware of the kinds of games that white folk play that was the real thing". In the summer of 1962, CNAC focused on voter registration and an effort to get out the vote. They wanted to replace state senator Frederick Malkus, who had opposed legislation that would have allowed additional industries into Dorchester County, Maryland. The lack of industrial jobs limited opportunities for the African-American community. Richardson was focused on determining the priorities of the Black community, reinforced by a lesson she learned from her grandfather which was to learn about the important issues the members of a community care about most. One of the first things she did was conduct a survey of the Black community to help determine priorities. Data was collected door-to-door and analyzed by faculty at Swarthmore College. The survey collected the following statistics as what residents considered to be the most pressing issue: 42% considered it to be jobs 26% considered it to be housing 21% considered it to be improved schools 6% considered it to be open accommodations 5% considered it to be police brutality Before collecting the data, Richardson expected public accommodations to be their biggest concern because it had been the main focus of the protest; however, after analyzing the results, CNAC began a multipronged campaign to encourage black voter registration, increase employment opportunities for black workers, and end racially segregated education by having black parents apply to transfer their children to white schools. As militant tactics increased and new demands were made, white resistance also increased. Two 15-year old students, Dwight Cromwell and Dinez White, were arrested for praying outside a segregated facility. Both individuals received indeterminate sentences in a juvenile facility and these sentences resulted in outrage from the Black community. Large marches and protests increased, which were often met by White mobs. This is when the philosophy within the Black community in Cambridge changed from  “nonviolent resistance” to “armed self-defense”. As Herbert St. Clair, a Black businessman said, “We are not going to initiate violence. But if we are attacked, we are not going to turn the other cheek”. In June 1963 the Cambridge protests had attracted students and other activists from around the country. On June 11, white patrons at Dizzyland had attacked six white and black demonstrators conducting a sit-in there. General Gelston of the National Guard announced that he was changing the rules of martial law: he announced a curfew of 9 P.M. instead of 10, stores were to close at 2 P.M. instead of 9 P.M., firearms were banned, and automobile searches by police and National Guard were authorized. At 8 P.M. that night 250 African Americans staged a "freedom walk" to the Dorchester County Courthouse. Shortly after the demonstrators stopped to pray, they were attacked and pelted with eggs by crowds of more than 200 white townsfolk. Two carloads of whites drove in and started a gun fight with armed African Americans. State police used tear gas and guns to disperse the mob. The federal government intervened in an effort to end the violence and protests. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and other Justice Department and housing officials brokered a five-point "Treaty of Cambridge", to include a statement for equal rights, that was signed in July. The Attorney General, representatives of the State Of Maryland, local black leadership-including Richardson, and elected Cambridge officials were all signatories. On June 13, 1963, another mass civil rights march was held. This time, the Black community in Cambridge came with protection. Armed men were protecting the demonstrators and they set up a perimeter around the Black community. The night after, a fight broke out between the White and Black community and there was an exchange of gunshots. Several people were wounded and some White businesses were set on fire. During this series of protests in 1963 is where the famous photograph of Richardson pushing aside the bayonet and rifle of a National Guardsman emerged from. As a result of the accumulation of protests and demonstrations, the administration of Gov. Milliard J. Tawes offered a plan of gradual desegregation. However, it was rejected by CNAC and Tawes responded by sending in the National Guard for three weeks. After the withdrawal of the National Guard, CNAC resumed protests. On July 12, a White mob attacked protesters sitting in at a restaurant. The Black residents fought back, but there was another attack later that night. After those incidents, Governor Tawes sent in the National Guard for nearly two years. This was the longest occupation of any community since the Reconstruction period after the American Civil War. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy arranged a settlement where if the CNAC agreed to stop protesting, then in return there would be an end to segregation in public accommodations, desegregation of public schools, construction of public housing, and implementation of a jobs program funded by the Federal government. This agreement did not last and ended almost immediately when the Dorchester Business and Citizens Association filed referendum petitions to overturn the agreement. Richardson took a controversial stance on the issue as she announced that the CNAC would not be taking part in the referendum. A significant quote that encaptures Richardson’s view is when she said that “A first-class citizen does not beg for freedom. A first-class citizen does not plead to the white power structure to give him something that the whites have no power to give or take away. Human rights are human rights, not white rights”. On July 23, the Treaty of Cambridge was signed and it helped local activists secure victories in resources for public housing, the protection of voting rights, and the establishment of a body to investigate Civil Rights violations. During that period of time, national publications wrote stories and reports about why Richardson was ludicrous for opposing a citywide referendum because it supposedly allowed Cambridge citizens to vote on equal access to accommodations and housing. However, Richardson was firm in her belief that her White neighbours should not be deciding on Black rights. Ultimately, she was correct as the referendum was overwhelmingly shot down. The fight for desegregation also led to victories in union organizations that had failed previously. Richardson claimed that there would often be White members who wanted to educate themselves on the issue and would ask about the civil rights struggle. Many White workers were inspired by the CNAC campaign and recognized the power and leadership it represented. This helped to achieve a certain level of Black and White unity as White workers recognized that the Black struggle for freedom represented new power that would also benefit them. This resulted in an improvement in involvement. Previously, although the Cambridge local consisted of both Black and White members, they were unable to meet due to segregation. Now, the Black trade unionists, with support from White workers, asked CNAC to attend meetings. In fact, there was an incident where the White workers openly showed their support. In a large meeting at the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) headquarters in New York, there were people who supported wage discrepancy that were sent to the meeting. When they started to argue, they accused Richardson of being a communist and wanted to remove her from the meeting. However, local white ILGWU members said, “Oh no. If she goes, all of us go,” demonstrating their support for Richardson and the CNAC. Richardson was selected as an honoree at the March on Washington on August 22, 1963. Before she arrived at the event, she was told that she could not wear jeans to the event. To Richardson and other SNCC members, wearing jeans represented their solidarity with the rural poor, and “it was the default uniform when they boycotted department stores for maintaining segregation”. However, she compromised and wore a jean skirt. When she arrived she realized her seat on the dais was missing. After finding a place to sit on the platform stage, Richardson was allowed to say “Hello,” to the crowd of more than 250,000, before her microphone was cut. Gloria Richardson played a big role in the Kennedy administration’s decision to work with the CNAC as she initiated a series of negotiations to help Cambridge residents come out from under Jim Crow. By the summer of 1963, she was living her “egalitarian philosophies concerning community organizing and democracy”, and she was willing to risk her family’s standing among the black elite to achieve CNAC’s goals. For these reasons, Cambridge’s black community acknowledged her as its leader, making her one of few women to achieve that position during the entire civil rights movement. Richardson claimed that people working for the Kennedy administration tried to intimidate her into leaving the movement by threatening to reveal embarrassing gossip about her, including intimate details about her divorce and her affair. Richardson sent word to the administration that if the press ran that story, she would indeed resign from CNAC, but she would not go without a fight. In her personal life, she was not afraid of other people’s judgement, including her, at the time, uncommon decision to get a divorce. In December 1963 Richardson attended a national meeting of SNCC leaders in Atlanta, where they discussed the future direction of the organization. Present were Bob Moses, Charles Sherrod, Frank Smith, John Lewis, Courtland Cox, Michael Thelwell, Stokely Carmichael, Jim Forman, Dottie Zellner, Ivanhoe Donaldson, Marion Barry, and Joyce Ladner, as well as staff and volunteers. Ella Baker and Howard Zinn led questioning to help the mostly young leaders work toward their vision for activism. In Atlanta they discussed and planned for an extended voting rights program to be conducted in the South the next year, an election year. After Cambridge movement On July 14, 1963, Governor Tawes met with Richardson and other leaders . He offered to integrate schools, ensure that a Black person was “hired in the State Employment Office, make an application for a federal loan for a “Negro housing project”, pass a public accommodations ordinance, and name a biracial commission to work on the other problems that could not be solved immediately by legislation”, in exchange for a year-long suspension of civil demonstrations. Richardson rejected committing to stopping demonstrations unless there was a full desegregation of schools and complete fairness in job opportunities. She said, “We wish to make it unalterably clear that we will determine, and not the political structure of the city, who shall speak for the Negro community”. Richardson was criticized during and after the Cambridge movement on her role as a female leader. Many local and national figures said that she should have denounced the violence outright, but she continued to believe in self-defense. Later, Richardson was arrested again. Officials made one attempt to institutionalize her as mentally incompetent, but did not succeed. President John F. Kennedy described Cambridge as a town that had “lost sight of what demonstrations are about” because of the violence that had occurred. But Richardson believed that the people who had been provoked and had endured generations of segregation were going to resist until change was achieved in Cambridge. Such leaders as Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis urged Richardson to be “less confrontational and more compromising,” but Richardson refused to comply. She disagreed strongly with King, Kennedy, and many others who mistakenly thought that she was an advocate for violence. She believed in nonviolence as a first step in demonstrations, but encouraged physical force as self-defense if confronted with threats. People around her noted that if Richardson was on “your side, you didn’t need anybody else”. Many Black church leaderes distanced themselves from Richardson, and some movement and local civil rights activists also avoided associating with her. Some people believed her political approach was too intense, and her movement began to falter. Richardson was criticized by most radical Black male activists, who tended to be conservative in terms of gender roles. Her actions were perceived to be inappropriate for a woman. Richardson’s contribution helped to reshape the stereotypical role of women. She expanded the range of female involvement. She laid the groundwork for African Americans as female politicians and feminists, and people of the LGBTQ community. Richardson demonstrated that even women who lived in small towns have a voice. As a result of this movement, federal dollars began to flow to Cambridge facilities, including parks, schools, streets, public housing, and other projects. However, discrimination against the Black community continued despite the legal end of segregation. Later life A month after the meeting with Governor Tawes, Richardson left Cambridge for New York City. She married Frank Dandridge, a photographer she had become acquainted with during the demonstrations, and settled with him there. In New York, Richardson worked at an advertising agency before taking a job with the New York City Department for the Aging. She helped ensure businesses complied with laws that affected seniors. Richardson also was advising the Black Action Federation (BAF), CNAC’s successor. BAF was established by former CNAC members because they felt that Cambridge’s “white power system was still impeding progress in all areas of Black residents’ lives”. While largely retiring from public life, she worked with Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited and Associated Community Teams. She retired in 2012 at age 90. In an interview with Gil Noble in 1982, Richardson explained her passion about helping student demonstrators at the beginning of the Cambridge movement. She said that "there was something direct, something real about the way kids waged nonviolent war. This was the first time I saw a vehicle I could work with". Richardson continued to pay attention and stay engaged in current politics and social justice events. In a 2021 interview with The Washington Post, Richardson recounted that she watched as outrage over the murder of George Floyd prompted thousands to take to the streets. She was frustrated by what seemed like a lack of progress since her own work in the 1960s. But she was pleased by the diversity of persons who supported the racial justice movements. During the years of the Cambridge movement, fellow protestors were predominantly Black, but in the 21st century, she saw a mix of races marching together. She recalled that they marched until the governor called martial law because they believed that that was how to get attention and prevent protests about the same topics another 100 years from now. She believed that these actions remain necessary in America today where Black citizens continue to face inequities in the “criminal justice system, housing, health care, and other areas compared with their White counterparts”. Her legacy is less known than many other women in the movement such as Rosa Parks and Dorothy Height. Lopez Matthews Jr., a historian and digital production librarian at Howard University, believes that she is not well-known because “she was a woman who was feisty and who refused to back down. As a society, we tend not to value those traits in women”. However, those traits made Richardson a great leader in the civil rights movement, because she did not back down. In the biography, The Struggle is Eternal: Gloria Richardson and Black Liberation, the author, Joseph Fitzgerald, believes that Richardson was not in the Civil Rights movement for a career. Instead, she was in it solely for the purpose of advancing Black liberation. He believes this is the reason why Richardson stepped aside when she felt that she could be of no further meaningful use in the movement. Richardson just wanted to spread the message to others to fight for what they believed in, but to stop being so nice. In 2017, the state of Maryland honored her legacy by dedicating February 11 as “Gloria Richardson Day”. Although Richardson was not able to travel as planned to Cambridge’s historic Bethel AME Church to be recognized in person, she spoke to the packed church in a live remote broadcast from her apartment. Five months later, a fireside chat was facilitated by Kisha Petticolas, the co-founder of the Eastern Shore Network for Change (ESNC), at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Resort in Cambridge. Richardson was a featured speaker at the Reflection’s banquet, where her remarks “brought 300 guests to their feet in a sustained standing ovation”. Richardson helped to establish a new image for Black women in the United States. She replaced the image of a long-suffering martyr with the image of a woman as a warrior. When Richardson was asked how she would like to be remembered, she replied: “I guess I would like for them to say I was true to my belief in black people as a race”. Today, there is a mural placed left of center next to Dorchester native and Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman of Gloria boldly demanding justice. She died in New York on July 15, 2021. References Bibliography Further reading Scholarly monographs Fitzgerald, Joseph R. (2018). The Struggle Is Eternal: Gloria Richardson and Black Liberation, Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. . Journal articles Dissertations and theses Non-academic works External links SNCC Digital Gateway: Gloria Richardson, Documentary website created by the SNCC Legacy Project and Duke University, telling the story of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and grassroots organizing from the inside-out Cambridge MD, Movement 1962-1967, Provided by the Civil Rights Movement Archive website How Gloria Richardson’s Look of Righteous Indignation Became a Symbol of No Retreat, an article by Janelle Harris Dixon containing many photographs of and an extensive interview of Gloria Richardson, Smithsonian, February 9, 2022 1922 births 2021 deaths 20th-century African-American activists Activists for African-American civil rights Activists from Maryland Activists from New York City American civil rights activists Civil rights movement History of civil rights in the United States Howard University alumni People from Baltimore People from Cambridge, Maryland 21st-century African-American people

<mask> (born <mask>. Clair Hayes; May 6, 1922 – July 15, 2021) was an American civil rights activist best known as the leader of the Cambridge movement, a civil rights struggle in the early 1960s in Cambridge, Maryland, on the Eastern Shore. Recognized as a major figure in the Civil Rights Movement, she was one of the signatories to "The Treaty of Cambridge", signed in July 1963 with Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and state and local officials. It was an effort at reconciliation and commitment to change after a riot the month before. At the August 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, <mask> and five other women were honored by being seated on the stage at the Lincoln Memorial, but none of the women was invited to speak to the crowd. The next year <mask> married again and moved to New York City, where she worked locally in Harlem on civil rights and economic development. Early life and education <mask>. Clair Hayes was born in 1922 to John and Mable (née St. Clair) Hayes in Baltimore, Maryland, the largest city in the state. Her mother was part of the affluent St. Clair family of Cambridge, Maryland, which owned and operated a successful grocery store and funeral home.Her ancestors had been free people of color since before the Civil War, and also owned extensive rental property. During the constraints of the Great Depression, the Hayes family moved to Cambridge, where Mable had grown up. One of Mable's uncles was a lawyer in the state of Maryland. Her family was also involved in politics. <mask>'s wealthy maternal St. Clair grandfather was elected to the Cambridge City Council, serving from 1912 to 1946. From a young age, <mask> had a strong personality nurtured by her parents and maternal grandparents. She developed a strong sense of community and started to form her own views on such human rights issues as racism.She attended a neighborhood public school. Her parents encouraged her to speak up and to be comfortable in front of large groups, such as performing at Sunday school programs. The young Hayes pushed against what her parents considered to be respectable behavior for girls from well-to-do families. Her independence and persistence were later displayed also in her civil rights work. While aware of her family privileges, she realized that her college degree, her family’s social position, and their navigation of the color line in Cambridge did not provide her or her family with true protection. Her grandparents always taught her to value people for their actions and not for their socioeconomic status. The Hayes family was educated and relatively affluent, but still had suffered racial injustice.Most importantly, <mask>'s father John Hayes died of a heart attack due to the lack of nearby medical care accessible to blacks. It forced the young woman to realize that racism was a matter of life and death. Black males had been able to vote in Maryland since emancipation after the American Civil War. (Women were added when the 19th constitutional amendment became effective in 1920.) African Americans in the city of Baltimore were generally segregated into housing in one of five wards, the Second Ward. Within that ward, blacks had built up substantial religious and business communities. They still lived under Maryland state Jim Crow laws and customs in the city at large.Hayes earned a B.A. in sociology in 1942 from Howard University, a historically black university in Washington, DC. She became involved in social activism as a student protesting with others at the Peoples Drug store near campus because the store refused to hire Black workers. In college, she also picketed a segregated Woolworth's store in the capital, where blacks were not allowed to have lunch at the in-store counter. People were surprised by her leadership and her status as a woman from an elite African-American family. They were used to dealing with poor black women who were less outspoken. Through her experiences in Washington, she realized that even 50 years of Black participation in the legal system had limited results.She could see that Cambridge was still highly segregated, and learned that Blacks suffered one of the highest unemployment rates for that size city. Return to Cambridge After Hayes returned to Cambridge after college, she married <mask> and began to explore civil rights. When the city government hired black people as social workers, they were to serve only black clients in the all-black ward. After she was passed over for a social worker position in the "black" ward, she decided to focus on her family and civic work. In an interview with Robert Penn Warren for his book Who Speaks for the Negro? (1965), <mask> said that in Cambridge, blacks were "the last hired and first fired," a phrase applicable to minorities in other places as well. When she divorced from <mask>, she was a mother with two daughters.She worked at a pharmacy and grocery store owned by her family in a predominantly Black community. <mask> has said that her motherhood sparked her activist role. <mask> held a formal office in the Cambridge Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (CNCC). She also served as an adult adviser to the CNCC. At one point she was the only Black woman to head a local civil rights agency. When she became co-chair of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee (CNAC), she began to identify goals beyond desegregation. She sought economic and social justice in housing, education, job opportunity, and health care.While co-chairing CNAC, <mask> gained insight into who to trust in the process of negotiating the expansion of rights of the Black community in Cambridge. During her early activism, <mask> was arrested three times. When she was first arrested, Judge W. Laird described her tactics as "a disgrace to her family's name", attempting to shame her into silence. She continued to fight back harder. She was known for verbal attacks, describing national leaders as presenting "meaningless smiles" due to their failure to gain substantial change. Cambridge movement In December 1961, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) sent Reginald Robinson and William Hansen to Cambridge to organize civil rights actions. SNCC had been contacted by activists in the city.The two young men started sit-ins in February to protest segregated facilities. They targeted movie theaters, bowling alleys, and restaurants. <mask>, <mask>'s daughter, was among students who supported the demonstrators. <mask> and Yolanda Sinclair, also mother of a protester, were among parents who wanted to show their support for these actions. In 1961, a Freedom Ride came to Cambridge. The black city council member had attempted to discourage the campaign by insisting that the city was already desegregated. At first <mask> rarely participated in civil disobedience, because she could not accept the original SNCC nonviolence rules.By 1962, the Civil Rights movement was picking up steam around the country. Students attempted to desegregate public facilities in Cambridge. At the time, the city had a population of around 11,000, of whom about one-third were Black. The initial protests, including picketing and sit-ins, were peaceful. Although White supremacists attacked demonstrators, police arrested the protestors. The protests did not yield results until <mask> was chosen to lead the movement and CNAC. On January 13, 1962, the city’s Black community held its first civil rights demonstration of the 1960s.Dozens of Black high school students, including <mask>’s daughter Donna, joined a number of young men and women from Baltimore’s Civic Interest Group (CIG) and Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and two members of the SNCC. This was a result of weeks of coordinated planning by Cambridge’s Black youths. It was viewed as the beginning of Cambridge’s civil rights movement. Initially, when <mask> wanted to get involved with the protests, her daughter Donna sent <mask> home until <mask> could guarantee that she would demonstrate nonviolently, as the other individuals had been trained to do. It was a commitment <mask> could not make at the time; therefore, she focused on working with the Black community’s secretive and highly efficient intelligence-sharing network, known as the “grapevine”. <mask> provided information to CIG and SNCC about how Cambridge’s political system operated and the opinions of the Black community. Her daughter acted as a spark in <mask>’s activist journey.Through witnessing various demonstrations in support of her daughter’s activism, <mask> struggled to remain silent in the face of counter-protestors that mocked the non-violent Civil Rights groups. <mask> was determined to involve herself in these social justice issues. At the time, she ran her family’s business, but she decided to become a student again. She attended workshops, and special sessions where activists methodically trained for non-violence, to withstand the hatred of mobs, who often used slurs and demeaning acts to prevent peaceful assembly. This was supposed to be secured by the Constitution. The March and April demonstrations resulted in a large caseload for the local court system where <mask> and other defendants were tried together. <mask> was one of more than 50 people who stood trial for charges of disorderly conduct.This became known as The Penny Trial and demonstrated how the Cambridge movement disrupted white elites’ racial comfort zones. On the issue of violence, <mask> had the outlook that violence is not necessarily the answer, but she does not condemn violence as she believes it is a residue of frustration. She once said that “revolts seemed to be the only thing that America understands, and the nation’s racial problems made revolts unavoidable”. In June 1962, <mask> was asked to help organize the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee (CNAC), the first adult-led affiliate of SNCC. She became its official spokesperson. The organization had initially formed in March of that year. After CNAC canvassed African-American communities in a survey, they expanded the goals to work for economic equality: to improve housing, education, employment, and healthcare.Many blacks struggled with low wages or unemployment. The Cambridge movement would be one of the first campaigns to focus on economic rights rather than putting the focus solely on civil rights. <mask> would also be one of the first leaders to publicly question nonviolence as a tactic. Due to the change in focus of the movement, protests demanded both economic and social equality as <mask> wanted to target discrimination and inequity in employment, poor wages, inferior schools, health care, and segregated facilities. <mask> said in a later interview on why she was committed to CNAC's leadership reflecting the community. "The one thing we did was to emphasize that while you should be educated, that education, degrees, college degrees were not essential [here]. If you could articulate the need, if you knew what that need was, if you were aware of the kinds of games that white folk play that was the real thing".In the summer of 1962, CNAC focused on voter registration and an effort to get out the vote. They wanted to replace state senator Frederick Malkus, who had opposed legislation that would have allowed additional industries into Dorchester County, Maryland. The lack of industrial jobs limited opportunities for the African-American community. <mask> was focused on determining the priorities of the Black community, reinforced by a lesson she learned from her grandfather which was to learn about the important issues the members of a community care about most. One of the first things she did was conduct a survey of the Black community to help determine priorities. Data was collected door-to-door and analyzed by faculty at Swarthmore College. The survey collected the following statistics as what residents considered to be the most pressing issue: 42% considered it to be jobs 26% considered it to be housing 21% considered it to be improved schools 6% considered it to be open accommodations 5% considered it to be police brutality Before collecting the data, <mask> expected public accommodations to be their biggest concern because it had been the main focus of the protest; however, after analyzing the results, CNAC began a multipronged campaign to encourage black voter registration, increase employment opportunities for black workers, and end racially segregated education by having black parents apply to transfer their children to white schools.As militant tactics increased and new demands were made, white resistance also increased. Two 15-year old students, Dwight Cromwell and Dinez White, were arrested for praying outside a segregated facility. Both individuals received indeterminate sentences in a juvenile facility and these sentences resulted in outrage from the Black community. Large marches and protests increased, which were often met by White mobs. This is when the philosophy within the Black community in Cambridge changed from  “nonviolent resistance” to “armed self-defense”. As Herbert St. Clair, a Black businessman said, “We are not going to initiate violence. But if we are attacked, we are not going to turn the other cheek”.In June 1963 the Cambridge protests had attracted students and other activists from around the country. On June 11, white patrons at Dizzyland had attacked six white and black demonstrators conducting a sit-in there. General Gelston of the National Guard announced that he was changing the rules of martial law: he announced a curfew of 9 P.M. instead of 10, stores were to close at 2 P.M. instead of 9 P.M., firearms were banned, and automobile searches by police and National Guard were authorized. At 8 P.M. that night 250 African Americans staged a "freedom walk" to the Dorchester County Courthouse. Shortly after the demonstrators stopped to pray, they were attacked and pelted with eggs by crowds of more than 200 white townsfolk. Two carloads of whites drove in and started a gun fight with armed African Americans. State police used tear gas and guns to disperse the mob.The federal government intervened in an effort to end the violence and protests. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and other Justice Department and housing officials brokered a five-point "Treaty of Cambridge", to include a statement for equal rights, that was signed in July. The Attorney General, representatives of the State Of Maryland, local black leadership-including <mask>, and elected Cambridge officials were all signatories. On June 13, 1963, another mass civil rights march was held. This time, the Black community in Cambridge came with protection. Armed men were protecting the demonstrators and they set up a perimeter around the Black community. The night after, a fight broke out between the White and Black community and there was an exchange of gunshots.Several people were wounded and some White businesses were set on fire. During this series of protests in 1963 is where the famous photograph of <mask> pushing aside the bayonet and rifle of a National Guardsman emerged from. As a result of the accumulation of protests and demonstrations, the administration of Gov. Milliard J. Tawes offered a plan of gradual desegregation. However, it was rejected by CNAC and Tawes responded by sending in the National Guard for three weeks. After the withdrawal of the National Guard, CNAC resumed protests. On July 12, a White mob attacked protesters sitting in at a restaurant.The Black residents fought back, but there was another attack later that night. After those incidents, Governor Tawes sent in the National Guard for nearly two years. This was the longest occupation of any community since the Reconstruction period after the American Civil War. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy arranged a settlement where if the CNAC agreed to stop protesting, then in return there would be an end to segregation in public accommodations, desegregation of public schools, construction of public housing, and implementation of a jobs program funded by the Federal government. This agreement did not last and ended almost immediately when the Dorchester Business and Citizens Association filed referendum petitions to overturn the agreement. <mask> took a controversial stance on the issue as she announced that the CNAC would not be taking part in the referendum. A significant quote that encaptures <mask>’s view is when she said that “A first-class citizen does not beg for freedom.A first-class citizen does not plead to the white power structure to give him something that the whites have no power to give or take away. Human rights are human rights, not white rights”. On July 23, the Treaty of Cambridge was signed and it helped local activists secure victories in resources for public housing, the protection of voting rights, and the establishment of a body to investigate Civil Rights violations. During that period of time, national publications wrote stories and reports about why <mask> was ludicrous for opposing a citywide referendum because it supposedly allowed Cambridge citizens to vote on equal access to accommodations and housing. However, <mask> was firm in her belief that her White neighbours should not be deciding on Black rights. Ultimately, she was correct as the referendum was overwhelmingly shot down. The fight for desegregation also led to victories in union organizations that had failed previously.<mask> claimed that there would often be White members who wanted to educate themselves on the issue and would ask about the civil rights struggle. Many White workers were inspired by the CNAC campaign and recognized the power and leadership it represented. This helped to achieve a certain level of Black and White unity as White workers recognized that the Black struggle for freedom represented new power that would also benefit them. This resulted in an improvement in involvement. Previously, although the Cambridge local consisted of both Black and White members, they were unable to meet due to segregation. Now, the Black trade unionists, with support from White workers, asked CNAC to attend meetings. In fact, there was an incident where the White workers openly showed their support.In a large meeting at the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) headquarters in New York, there were people who supported wage discrepancy that were sent to the meeting. When they started to argue, they accused <mask> of being a communist and wanted to remove her from the meeting. However, local white ILGWU members said, “Oh no. If she goes, all of us go,” demonstrating their support for <mask> and the CNAC. <mask> was selected as an honoree at the March on Washington on August 22, 1963. Before she arrived at the event, she was told that she could not wear jeans to the event. To <mask> and other SNCC members, wearing jeans represented their solidarity with the rural poor, and “it was the default uniform when they boycotted department stores for maintaining segregation”.However, she compromised and wore a jean skirt. When she arrived she realized her seat on the dais was missing. After finding a place to sit on the platform stage, <mask> was allowed to say “Hello,” to the crowd of more than 250,000, before her microphone was cut. <mask> played a big role in the Kennedy administration’s decision to work with the CNAC as she initiated a series of negotiations to help Cambridge residents come out from under Jim Crow. By the summer of 1963, she was living her “egalitarian philosophies concerning community organizing and democracy”, and she was willing to risk her family’s standing among the black elite to achieve CNAC’s goals. For these reasons, Cambridge’s black community acknowledged her as its leader, making her one of few women to achieve that position during the entire civil rights movement. <mask> claimed that people working for the Kennedy administration tried to intimidate her into leaving the movement by threatening to reveal embarrassing gossip about her, including intimate details about her divorce and her affair.<mask> sent word to the administration that if the press ran that story, she would indeed resign from CNAC, but she would not go without a fight. In her personal life, she was not afraid of other people’s judgement, including her, at the time, uncommon decision to get a divorce. In December 1963 <mask> attended a national meeting of SNCC leaders in Atlanta, where they discussed the future direction of the organization. Present were Bob Moses, Charles Sherrod, Frank Smith, John Lewis, Courtland Cox, Michael Thelwell, Stokely Carmichael, Jim Forman, Dottie Zellner, Ivanhoe Donaldson, Marion Barry, and Joyce Ladner, as well as staff and volunteers. Ella Baker and Howard Zinn led questioning to help the mostly young leaders work toward their vision for activism. In Atlanta they discussed and planned for an extended voting rights program to be conducted in the South the next year, an election year. After Cambridge movement On July 14, 1963, Governor Tawes met with <mask> and other leaders .He offered to integrate schools, ensure that a Black person was “hired in the State Employment Office, make an application for a federal loan for a “Negro housing project”, pass a public accommodations ordinance, and name a biracial commission to work on the other problems that could not be solved immediately by legislation”, in exchange for a year-long suspension of civil demonstrations. <mask> rejected committing to stopping demonstrations unless there was a full desegregation of schools and complete fairness in job opportunities. She said, “We wish to make it unalterably clear that we will determine, and not the political structure of the city, who shall speak for the Negro community”. <mask> was criticized during and after the Cambridge movement on her role as a female leader. Many local and national figures said that she should have denounced the violence outright, but she continued to believe in self-defense. Later, <mask> was arrested again. Officials made one attempt to institutionalize her as mentally incompetent, but did not succeed.President John F. Kennedy described Cambridge as a town that had “lost sight of what demonstrations are about” because of the violence that had occurred. But <mask> believed that the people who had been provoked and had endured generations of segregation were going to resist until change was achieved in Cambridge. Such leaders as Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis urged <mask> to be “less confrontational and more compromising,” but <mask> refused to comply. She disagreed strongly with King, Kennedy, and many others who mistakenly thought that she was an advocate for violence. She believed in nonviolence as a first step in demonstrations, but encouraged physical force as self-defense if confronted with threats. People around her noted that if <mask> was on “your side, you didn’t need anybody else”. Many Black church leaderes distanced themselves from <mask>, and some movement and local civil rights activists also avoided associating with her.Some people believed her political approach was too intense, and her movement began to falter. <mask> was criticized by most radical Black male activists, who tended to be conservative in terms of gender roles. Her actions were perceived to be inappropriate for a woman. <mask>’s contribution helped to reshape the stereotypical role of women. She expanded the range of female involvement. She laid the groundwork for African Americans as female politicians and feminists, and people of the LGBTQ community. <mask> demonstrated that even women who lived in small towns have a voice.As a result of this movement, federal dollars began to flow to Cambridge facilities, including parks, schools, streets, public housing, and other projects. However, discrimination against the Black community continued despite the legal end of segregation. Later life A month after the meeting with Governor Tawes, <mask> left Cambridge for New York City. She married Frank Dandridge, a photographer she had become acquainted with during the demonstrations, and settled with him there. In New York, <mask> worked at an advertising agency before taking a job with the New York City Department for the Aging. She helped ensure businesses complied with laws that affected seniors. <mask> also was advising the Black Action Federation (BAF), CNAC’s successor.BAF was established by former CNAC members because they felt that Cambridge’s “white power system was still impeding progress in all areas of Black residents’ lives”. While largely retiring from public life, she worked with Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited and Associated Community Teams. She retired in 2012 at age 90. In an interview with Gil Noble in 1982, <mask> explained her passion about helping student demonstrators at the beginning of the Cambridge movement. She said that "there was something direct, something real about the way kids waged nonviolent war. This was the first time I saw a vehicle I could work with". <mask> continued to pay attention and stay engaged in current politics and social justice events.In a 2021 interview with The Washington Post, <mask> recounted that she watched as outrage over the murder of George Floyd prompted thousands to take to the streets. She was frustrated by what seemed like a lack of progress since her own work in the 1960s. But she was pleased by the diversity of persons who supported the racial justice movements. During the years of the Cambridge movement, fellow protestors were predominantly Black, but in the 21st century, she saw a mix of races marching together. She recalled that they marched until the governor called martial law because they believed that that was how to get attention and prevent protests about the same topics another 100 years from now. She believed that these actions remain necessary in America today where Black citizens continue to face inequities in the “criminal justice system, housing, health care, and other areas compared with their White counterparts”. Her legacy is less known than many other women in the movement such as Rosa Parks and Dorothy Height.Lopez Matthews Jr., a historian and digital production librarian at Howard University, believes that she is not well-known because “she was a woman who was feisty and who refused to back down. As a society, we tend not to value those traits in women”. However, those traits made <mask> a great leader in the civil rights movement, because she did not back down. In the biography, The Struggle is Eternal: <mask> and Black Liberation, the author, Joseph Fitzgerald, believes that <mask> was not in the Civil Rights movement for a career. Instead, she was in it solely for the purpose of advancing Black liberation. He believes this is the reason why <mask> stepped aside when she felt that she could be of no further meaningful use in the movement. <mask> just wanted to spread the message to others to fight for what they believed in, but to stop being so nice.In 2017, the state of Maryland honored her legacy by dedicating February 11 as “Gloria Richardson Day”. Although <mask> was not able to travel as planned to Cambridge’s historic Bethel AME Church to be recognized in person, she spoke to the packed church in a live remote broadcast from her apartment. Five months later, a fireside chat was facilitated by Kisha Petticolas, the co-founder of the Eastern Shore Network for Change (ESNC), at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Resort in Cambridge. <mask> was a featured speaker at the Reflection’s banquet, where her remarks “brought 300 guests to their feet in a sustained standing ovation”. <mask> helped to establish a new image for Black women in the United States. She replaced the image of a long-suffering martyr with the image of a woman as a warrior. When <mask> was asked how she would like to be remembered, she replied: “I guess I would like for them to say I was true to my belief in black people as a race”.Today, there is a mural placed left of center next to Dorchester native and Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman of <mask> boldly demanding justice. She died in New York on July 15, 2021. References Bibliography Further reading Scholarly monographs Fitzgerald, Joseph R. (2018). The Struggle Is Eternal: <mask> and Black Liberation, Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. . Journal articles Dissertations and theses Non-academic works External links SNCC Digital Gateway: <mask>, Documentary website created by the SNCC Legacy Project and Duke University, telling the story of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and grassroots organizing from the inside-out Cambridge MD, Movement 1962-1967, Provided by the Civil Rights Movement Archive website How <mask>’s Look of Righteous Indignation Became a Symbol of No Retreat, an article by Janelle Harris Dixon containing many photographs of and an extensive interview of <mask>, Smithsonian, February 9, 2022 1922 births 2021 deaths 20th-century African-American activists Activists for African-American civil rights Activists from Maryland Activists from New York City American civil rights activists Civil rights movement History of civil rights in the United States Howard University alumni People from Baltimore People from Cambridge, Maryland 21st-century African-American people

<mask> was an American civil rights activist best known as the leader of the Cambridge movement, a civil rights struggle in the early 1960s in Cambridge, Maryland, on the Eastern Shore. She was one of the people who signed the "The Treaty of Cambridge" in 1963. After a riot the month before, it was an effort at reconciliation and commitment to change. At the August 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, <mask> and five other women were honored by being seated on the stage at the Lincoln Memorial, but they were not invited to speak to the crowd. <mask> moved to New York City to work on civil rights and economic development. The largest city in the state is Baltimore, Maryland, where <mask> was born in 1922. Her mother owned and operated a successful grocery store and funeral home in Cambridge, Maryland.Prior to the Civil War, her ancestors were free people of color and owned extensive rental property. Mable had grown up in Cambridge, where the family moved during the Great Depression. Mable's uncle was a lawyer in Maryland. Her family was involved in politics as well. <mask>'s paternal grandfather was elected to the Cambridge City Council in 1912. <mask> had a strong personality from a young age. She began to form her own views on human rights issues when she developed a strong sense of community.She attended a public school. She was encouraged by her parents to speak up and be comfortable in front of large groups. Girls from well-to-do families were considered respectable by her parents. She displayed her independence and persistence in her civil rights work. While aware of her family privileges, she realized that her college degree, her family's social position, and their navigation of the color line in Cambridge did not provide her or her family with true protection. She was taught by her grandparents to value people for their actions, not their status. The Hayes family had suffered racial injustice despite being educated and well-off.<mask>'s father died of a heart attack due to the lack of nearby medical care for blacks. The young woman was forced to realize that racism was a matter of life and death. After the American Civil War, black males were able to vote in Maryland. The 19th constitutional amendment became effective in 1920. In the city of Baltimore, African Americans were generally not allowed to live in other parts of the city. Blacks built substantial religious and business communities within that ward. They lived under Jim Crow laws in the city.He earned a B.A. Howard University is a historically black university in Washington, DC. She became involved in social activism when she protested at the Peoples Drug store because they refused to hire Black workers. She picketed a Woolworth's store in the capital where blacks were not allowed to have lunch. Her status as a woman from an elite African-American family surprised people. They were used to dealing with poor black women. She realized that even 50 years of Black participation in the legal system had limited results.Blacks in Cambridge have one of the highest unemployment rates in the city. After returning to Cambridge, she married <mask> and began to explore civil rights. When the city government hired black people as social workers, they were told to only serve black clients in the all-black ward. She decided to focus on her family and civic work after being passed over for a social worker position. Robert Penn Warren talked about his book Who Speaks for the Negro? <mask> said that blacks were the last hired and first fired in Cambridge. She was a mother with two daughters.In a predominantly Black community, she worked at a pharmacy and grocery store. <mask> said that her activism sprang from her being a mother. <mask> was a member of the Cambridge Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. She was an adult adviser to the CNCC. She was the only black woman to head a civil rights agency. When she became co-chair of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, she began to identify her goals. She wanted economic and social justice in housing, education, job opportunity, and health care.<mask> gained insight into who to trust in the process of negotiating the expansion of rights of the Black community in Cambridge. <mask> was arrested three times. Judge W. Laird tried to shame her into silence when she was first arrested. She continued to fight. She described national leaders as presenting meaningless smiles due to their failure to gain substantial change. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee sent two people to Cambridge to organize civil rights actions. Activists in the city contacted SNCC.The two young men started sit-ins to protest. They wanted to target movie theaters, bowling alleys and restaurants. <mask> was one of the students who supported the demonstrators. <mask> and Sinclair were two of the parents who wanted to show their support for the protesters. The Freedom Ride came to Cambridge. The black city council member tried to discourage the campaign by saying that the city was already desegregated. <mask> could not accept the original SNCC nonviolence rules so she rarely participated in civil disobedience.The Civil Rights movement picked up steam in 1962. Students tried to desegregate public facilities. About one-third of the city's population were black at the time. The initial protests were peaceful. Police arrested the demonstrators despite White supremacists attacking them. <mask> was chosen to lead the movement after the protests failed. On January 13, 1962, the city's Black community held its first civil rights demonstration.Dozens of Black high school students, including <mask>'s daughter Donna, joined a number of young men and women from Baltimore's Civic Interest Group (CIG) and Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and two members of the SNCC. This was the result of weeks of planning by black youths in Cambridge. It was seen as the beginning of the civil rights movement in Cambridge. Donna sent <mask> home until <mask> could guarantee that she would demonstrate peacefully, as the other people had been trained to do. <mask> focused on working with the Black community's secretive and highly efficient intelligence-sharing network, known as the "grapevine", because she couldn't make a commitment at the time. <mask> gave information about how Cambridge's political system worked and the opinions of the Black community. <mask>'s activist journey was sparked by his daughter.<mask> had to remain silent in the face of counter-protestors that mocked the non-violent Civil Rights groups. <mask> wanted to be involved in social justice issues. She decided to become a student again after running her family business. She attended workshops and special sessions where activists were trained to resist the hatred of mobs, who often used slurs and degrading acts to prevent peaceful assembly. The Constitution was supposed to secure this. <mask> and other defendants were tried together in the local court system after the March and April demonstrations. More than 50 people were charged with disorderly conduct.The Cambridge movement disrupted white elites' racial comfort zones. <mask> does not condemn violence as she believes it is a symptom of frustration. She once said that the nation's racial problems made revolts unavoidable. <mask> was asked to help organize the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee. She became the official spokesman. The organization was formed in March of that year. After canvassing African-American communities, the goal was to improve housing, education, employment, and healthcare.Many blacks struggled to make ends meet. One of the first campaigns to focus on economic rights was the Cambridge movement. <mask> would be the first leader to question nonviolence as a tactic. <mask> wanted to target discrimination and inequity in employment, poor wages, inferior schools, health care, and segregation facilities, so protests demanded both economic and social equality. <mask> said in the interview that she was committed to the leadership reflecting the community. While you should be educated, it is not essential that you have a college degree. If you were aware of the kinds of games that white folk play that was the real thing, you could articulate the need.There was an effort to get out the vote in the summer of 1962. They wanted to replace Malkus, who had opposed the legislation. Opportunities for the African-American community were limited by the lack of industrial jobs. <mask> learned from her grandfather that the members of a community care about the most important issues, which is why she focused on determining the priorities of the Black community. She did a survey of the Black community to figure out priorities. Faculty at the college analyzed the data. 42% of residents considered it to be jobs, 26% considered it to be housing, 22% considered it to be improved schools, and 5% considered it to be police brutality.White resistance increased as militant tactics increased. Two 15-year old students were arrested for praying outside a facility. The sentences of the two individuals resulted in outrage from the Black community. White mobs met large marches and protests. The philosophy of the Black community in Cambridge changed from nonviolent resistance to armed self-defense. Herbert St. Clair said, "We are not going to initiate violence." We will not turn the other cheek if we are attacked.The Cambridge protests attracted students and other activists from around the country. Six white and black demonstrators were attacked by white patrons at a park. Stores were to close at 2 P.M. and firearms were banned after General Gelston of the National Guard announced that he was changing the rules of martial law. 250 African Americans staged a "freedom walk" to the courthouse. The demonstrators were attacked by a group of white townsfolk after they stopped to pray. Two carloads of whites drove in and started shooting at African Americans. Police used guns and tear gas to break up the mob.The federal government tried to end the violence. The "Treaty of Cambridge" was brokered by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and other Justice Department and housing officials. The Attorney General, representatives of the State of Maryland, local black leadership, and elected Cambridge officials signed the letter. On June 13, 1963, there was a mass civil rights march. The Black community in Cambridge had protection. The demonstrators were protected by armed men who set up a perimeter around the community. There was an exchange of gunshots after a fight broke out between the White and Black community.Several people were wounded and some businesses were set on fire. The famous photograph of <mask> pushing aside the rifle and bayonet of a National Guardsman emerged from the protests in 1963. The administration of Gov. has been affected by protests and demonstrations. A plan of gradual desegregation was offered by Milliard J. Tawes. The National Guard was sent in for three weeks after it was rejected. The protests resumed after the National Guard was withdrawn. A White mob attacked protesters at a restaurant.There was an attack on the Black residents later that night. The Governor sent in the National Guard after the incidents. The longest occupation after the American Civil War was this one. There would be an end to segregation in public accommodations, desegregation of public schools, construction of public housing, and implementation of a jobs program funded by the Federal government if the CNAC stopped protesting. The agreement ended almost immediately when the Dorchester Business and Citizens Association filed petitions to overturn it. <mask> took a controversial stance on the issue when she said that the CNAC wouldn't be taking part in the referendum. <mask> said that a first-class citizen does not beg for freedom.A first-class citizen doesn't plead to the white power structure to give him something that the whites have no power to give or take away. White rights are not the same as human rights. On July 23, the Treaty of Cambridge was signed and it helped local activists secure victories in resources for public housing, the protection of voting rights, and the establishment of a body to investigate Civil Rights violations. <mask> was ludicrous for opposing a referendum because it supposedly allowed Cambridge citizens to vote on equal access to accommodations and housing. <mask> believed that her White neighbours should not be deciding on Black rights. As the referendum was shot down, she was correct. The fight for desegregation led to victories in unions that had failed before.<mask> claimed that White members would often ask about the civil rights struggle in order to educate themselves on the issue. White workers were inspired by the power and leadership of the campaign. As White workers realized that the Black struggle for freedom represented new power that would benefit them, this helped to achieve a certain level of Black and White unity. The improvement in involvement was a result of this. Due to segregation, the Cambridge local was unable to meet due to being comprised of both Black and White members. The Black trade unionists asked the CNAC to attend meetings. There was an incident where the White workers showed their support.There were people who supported wage discrepancy at the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union headquarters in New York. They accused <mask> of being a communist and wanted to remove her from the meeting. Local white ILGWU members said no. They demonstrated their support for <mask> by saying, "If she goes, all of us go." <mask> was honored at the March on Washington. She was told she couldn't wear jeans to the event before she arrived. When they boycotted department stores for maintaining segregation, <mask> and other SNCC members wore jeans as their default uniform.She wore a jean skirt. She realized her seat was missing when she arrived. After finding a place to sit on the platform stage, <mask> was allowed to say "hello" to the crowd before her microphone was cut. <mask> initiated a series of negotiations to help Cambridge residents come out from under Jim Crow when she was in the Kennedy administration. She was willing to risk her family's standing among the black elite to achieve the goals of heregalitarian philosophy by the summer of 1963. She was one of the few women to achieve that position during the civil rights movement, because Cambridge's black community acknowledged her as its leader. <mask> claimed that people working for the Kennedy administration tried to intimidate her into leaving the movement by threatening to reveal embarrassing gossip about her, including intimate details about her divorce and her affair.<mask> told the administration that if the press ran the story, she would resign, but she wouldn't go without a fight. She was not afraid of other people's judgement when she decided to get a divorce. <mask> attended a national meeting of SNCC leaders in Atlanta in December 1963, where they discussed the future direction of the organization. Staff and volunteers were present as well as Bob, Charles, Frank, John, Lewis, Courtland, Michael, and Thelwell. The mostly young leaders were led questioning by the two people. They planned to conduct an extended voting rights program in the South in an election year. Governor Tawes met with <mask> and other leaders after the Cambridge movement.He offered to integrate schools, make an application for a federal loan for a Negro housing project, and name a biracial commission to work on the other problems that could not be solved. <mask> refused to stop demonstrations unless there was complete fairness in job opportunities. She made it clear that the political structure of the city would not be determined by the Negro community. During and after the Cambridge movement, <mask> was criticized for her role as a female leader. She should have denounced the violence, but she continued to believe in self-defense. <mask> was arrested again. One attempt was made to institutionalize her as mentally incompetent.Cambridge had lost sight of what demonstrations were about because of the violence that had occurred, according to President John F. Kennedy. <mask> believed that the people who had been provoked would resist until change was achieved in Cambridge. <mask> refused to comply with leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis who urged him to be less confrontational and more compromising. She disagreed with many people who thought she was an advocate for violence. She encouraged physical force as self-defense if faced with threats, but believed in nonviolence as a first step in demonstrations. People around her said that if <mask> was on her side, she didn't need anyone else. Many black church leaders distanced themselves from <mask>.She had a political approach that some people thought was too intense. <mask> was criticized for being conservative in terms of gender roles. She was seen to be inappropriate for a woman. <mask> helped to change the stereotypical role of women. The range of female involvement was expanded by her. She paved the way for African Americans as female politicians and feminists. <mask> showed that even women who lived in small towns have a voice.Federal dollars began to flow to Cambridge facilities as a result of this movement. The legal end of segregation did not stop discrimination against the Black community. <mask> left Cambridge for New York City a month after the meeting. She married Frank Dandridge after becoming acquainted with him during the demonstrations. <mask> worked at an advertising agency in New York before taking a job with the New York City Department for the Aging. She made sure businesses complied with the laws that affected seniors. <mask> was advising the Black Action Federation.The former members of the CNAC felt that Cambridge's white power system was still affecting the lives of black residents. She worked for Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited and Associated Community Teams after retiring from public life. She retired at the age of 90. <mask> talked about her passion for helping student demonstrators in an interview with Gil Noble in 1982. She said that there was something real about the way kids waged war. I had never seen a vehicle that I could work with. <mask> was paying attention to politics and social justice events.<mask> told The Washington Post that she watched as outrage over the murder of George Floyd prompted thousands to take to the streets. She was frustrated by the lack of progress since her work in the 1960s. She was happy with the diversity of people who supported the racial justice movements. In the 21st century, she saw a mix of races marching together, but during the years of the Cambridge movement, fellow protestors were predominantly Black. They marched until the governor called martial law because they believed it was how to get attention and prevent protests about the same topics another 100 years from now. She believed that these actions are necessary in America where Black citizens still face inequalities in the criminal justice system, housing, health care, and other areas compared with their White counterparts. Her legacy is not as well known as that of other women in the movement.Lopez Matthews Jr., a historian and digital production librarian at Howard University, believes that she is not well-known because she was a woman who was feisty and refused to back down. We don't value those qualities in women. <mask> was a great leader in the civil rights movement because she did not back down. According to the author of The Struggle is Eternal: <mask> and Black Liberation, <mask> was not in the Civil Rights movement for a career. She was in it to advance Black liberation. <mask> stepped aside when she felt that she wasn't needed anymore in the movement. <mask> wanted to spread the message that they should fight for what they believe in, but not be nice.The state of Maryland dedicated February 11 as Gloria Richardson Day. <mask> spoke to a packed church from her apartment, despite not being able to travel to Cambridge to be recognized in person. The Eastern Shore Network for Change's co-founder, Kisha Petticolas, hosted a discussion at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Resort in Cambridge five months later. At the Reflection's banquet, <mask>'s remarks brought 300 guests to their feet in a standing ovation. <mask> helped create a new image for Black women in the United States. The image of a martyr was replaced by the image of a woman as a warrior. <mask> said that she would like for them to say that she was true to her belief in black people as a race.There is a mural on the side of a building next to a mural on the side of a building next to a mural on the side of a building next to a mural on the side of a building next to a mural on the side of a building next to a mural on the side of She died in New York. Fitzgerald, Joseph R. University Press of Kentucky published The Struggle Is Eternal: <mask> and Black Liberation.

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Albert Clinton Conner

Albert Clinton Conner (September 5, 1848 - April 13, 1929) was an American Impressionist painter who was an integral part of the Richmond Group of painters in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After moving to California, Conner helped found The Painters' Club of Los Angeles in 1906, which lay the groundwork for the creation of the California Art Club three years later in 1909. Early years Albert Clinton Conner was born in Fountain City, Indiana on September 5, 1848. He was a self-taught painter who spent most of his career in Indiana. Albert Conner and his brother Charles Conner (1857-1905) founded the Rambler's Sketch Club (c.1881) along with Frank J. Girardin (1856-1945) and Micajah Thomas Nordyke (1847-1919), and soon added John Elwood Bundy (1853–1933) to their group. The Rambler's Sketch Club later metamorphosed into the Richmond Art Association (founded 1898, but had exhibited art in schools as early as 1896), which subsequently became the Richmond Art Museum. Albert Conner moved to the Los Angeles area in October 1887 and became involved in the local art scene, exhibiting in local galleries. His address is listed as 232 South Griffin Avenue in Los Angeles, CA. In circa 1909 he moved his family to Manhattan Beach, CA with his residence recorded as 609 13th St, Manhattan Beach, CA. The Painters' Club of Los Angeles On the evening of March 17, 1906, eleven artists met at the studio of William Swift Daniell (1865-1933) with the intention of forming an art club; that night The Painters' Club of Los Angeles was born. Albert Clinton "Pops" Conner was elected President of the new art club, and Antony Anderson, the first art critic for the Los Angeles Times, was selected to be the first Secretary and Treasurer. No women or sculptors were allowed, as the group was limited to male painters. "...the Painters’ Club has been formed...The president of the club is A.C. Conner." The Painters' Club of Los Angeles soon acquired a club gallery at Ford Smith & Little’s, No. 313 Broadway, and began to present one to two-month-long exhibits of members' work. (See Exhibitions below for a complete listing of Albert Conner's work exhibited at Ford Smith & Little's.) After a break over the summer of 1907, The Painters’ Club held its first meeting of the year on November 20, 1907 at the home studio of Albert Clinton Conner on S. Griffin Ave. On November 26, 1907, Albert Conner is re-elected President of the club. The Painters' Club held two larger annual exhibitions; Conner participated in both of them, held at the Blanchard Art Gallery. The First Annual Exhibition was held in late 1908; after that, on December 1, 1908, Conner is unanimously re-elected president. The Second Annual Exhibition was held in late 1909. (For full details see Exhibitions below.) Soon after this, The Painters' Club is disbanded. The California Art Club The California Art Club (CAC) was created almost in the same moment that The Painters' Club ended in December 1909. At this point, "Pops" Conner was in his 60s, but he continued to exhibit with the new group, including venues like the Long Beach Public Library Art Gallery (1910), an exhibit at the new Royar and Neighbours Gallery (1912), a CAC Exhibition of Sketches (1912), a CAC Spring Exhibition (1912), Conner also participated in the four initial Annual CAC Exhibitions; the first two were held in 1911. The Second Annual exhibition pamphlet lists Conner under a small category of exhibiting Honorary Members along with a handful of other members of The Painters' Club; elsewhere in the same pamphlet Conner is also listed as Honorary President. Both the Third (1912) and Fourth (1913) Annual Exhibitions were first exhibited in Los Angeles and then traveled for a second showing to The San Francisco Institute of Art Conner often painted the coast near Manhattan Beach where he lived. In 1912, he was elected city treasurer of the newly incorporated town. Conner died in Manhattan Beach on April 13, 1929. Memberships The Painters' Club of Los Angeles (President - first and only) California Art Club Exhibitions Ruskin Art Club (Los Angeles), 1905 Ford Smith & Little's, Dec. 1–31, 1906 (Painters' Club exhibit); Conner exhibited "The Oaks […] A Gray Day." Ford Smith & Little's, Jan. 1-31, 1907 (Painters' Club exhibit); Conner exhibited "A Mountain Stream" and "Foggy Morning." Ford Smith & Little's, Feb. 1-28, 1907 (Painters' Club exhibit); Conner exhibited "The Rustic Bridge" and "Oak-strewn Mountain Side." Ford Smith & Little's, April 1–30, 1907 (Painters' Club exhibit); Conner exhibited "Lake Elsinore" and "Study of Oaks." The First Annual Exhibition of The Painters' Club, Blanchard Art Gallery, Los Angeles, Oct. 7 – 22, 1908. Conner exhibited two works, "Midwinter in the San Gabriel Valley" and "Across the Channel," the latter a marine painting. The Second Annual Exhibition of The Painters' Club, Blanchard Art Gallery, Los Angeles, Nov. 1-13, 1909. Conner exhibited two oil paintings, "The Mesa Meadow" and "Along the Beach." 1st Annual Exhibit of the Chautauqua Association of Southern California, July 16 – Sept. 15, 1910, Long Beach Public Library Art Gallery, 101 Pacific Avenue, Long Beach, CA. Conner's work is unnamed. First Annual CAC Exhibition, Jan. 31 – Feb. 25, 1911, California Art Club Gallery and Club-Room, 10th and Figueroa Streets, Hotel Ivins, Los Angeles. Conner exhibited two oil paintings, "Sunshine and Mist" and "Manhattan Beach." Royar and Neighbours Gallery, Feb. 5 – 25, 1912, No. 744 Hill Street, Los Angeles. Conner exhibited two unnamed oil paintings at the new gallery. Exhibition of Sketches, March 21 – 30, 1912, Blanchard Gallery, Los Angeles. Conner's work is unnamed. Second Annual CAC Exhibition, Nov. 22 – Dec. 6, 1911, Blanchard Gallery, Los Angeles. Conner exhibited two paintings, "An Arroyo Memory" and "Where the Lupines Grow." He is listed in the exhibition pamphlet under a special category of Honorary Members along with a handful of other members of The Painters' Club; elsewhere in the same pamphlet Conner is also listed as Honorary President. CAC Spring Exhibition, May 3 – 31, 1912, Friday Morning Club, Los Angeles. Conner exhibited "A Shady Pool." Third Annual CAC Exhibition, Nov. 18 – Dec. 30, 1912, Blanchard Hall Gallery, Los Angeles. Conner exhibited "A Shady Pool." The Third Annual Exhibition traveled for a second showing to The San Francisco Institute of Art, Dec. 8, 1912 – Jan. 2, 1913. Fourth Annual CAC Exhibition, October 20 – November 8, 1913, Blanchard Hall Gallery, Los Angeles. Conner exhibited "Lupines." The Fourth Annual Exhibition traveled for a second showing to The San Francisco Institute of Art December 8–20, 1913. San Francisco Art Association, 1911–13 Gardena (CA) High School, 1933 Collections Manhattan Beach Historical Society Santa Fe Railway Notes 1848 births 1929 deaths American Impressionist painters

<mask> (September 5, 1848 - April 13, 1929) was an American Impressionist painter who was an integral part of the Richmond Group of painters in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After moving to California, <mask> helped found The Painters' Club of Los Angeles in 1906, which lay the groundwork for the creation of the California Art Club three years later in 1909. Early years <mask> was born in Fountain City, Indiana on September 5, 1848. He was a self-taught painter who spent most of his career in Indiana. <mask> and his brother <mask> (1857-1905) founded the Rambler's Sketch Club (c.1881) along with Frank J. Girardin (1856-1945) and Micajah Thomas Nordyke (1847-1919), and soon added John Elwood Bundy (1853–1933) to their group. The Rambler's Sketch Club later metamorphosed into the Richmond Art Association (founded 1898, but had exhibited art in schools as early as 1896), which subsequently became the Richmond Art Museum. <mask> moved to the Los Angeles area in October 1887 and became involved in the local art scene, exhibiting in local galleries.His address is listed as 232 South Griffin Avenue in Los Angeles, CA. In circa 1909 he moved his family to Manhattan Beach, CA with his residence recorded as 609 13th St, Manhattan Beach, CA. The Painters' Club of Los Angeles On the evening of March 17, 1906, eleven artists met at the studio of William Swift Daniell (1865-1933) with the intention of forming an art club; that night The Painters' Club of Los Angeles was born. <mask> "Pops" <mask> was elected President of the new art club, and Antony Anderson, the first art critic for the Los Angeles Times, was selected to be the first Secretary and Treasurer. No women or sculptors were allowed, as the group was limited to male painters. "...the Painters’ Club has been formed...The president of the club is A.C<mask>."The Painters' Club of Los Angeles soon acquired a club gallery at Ford Smith & Little’s, No. 313 Broadway, and began to present one to two-month-long exhibits of members' work. (See Exhibitions below for a complete listing of <mask>'s work exhibited at Ford Smith & Little's.) After a break over the summer of 1907, The Painters’ Club held its first meeting of the year on November 20, 1907 at the home studio of <mask> <mask> on S. Griffin Ave. On November 26, 1907, <mask> is re-elected President of the club. The Painters' Club held two larger annual exhibitions; <mask> participated in both of them, held at the Blanchard Art Gallery. The First Annual Exhibition was held in late 1908; after that, on December 1, 1908, <mask> is unanimously re-elected president. The Second Annual Exhibition was held in late 1909.(For full details see Exhibitions below.) Soon after this, The Painters' Club is disbanded. The California Art Club The California Art Club (CAC) was created almost in the same moment that The Painters' Club ended in December 1909. At this point, "Pops" <mask> was in his 60s, but he continued to exhibit with the new group, including venues like the Long Beach Public Library Art Gallery (1910), an exhibit at the new Royar and Neighbours Gallery (1912), a CAC Exhibition of Sketches (1912), a CAC Spring Exhibition (1912), <mask> also participated in the four initial Annual CAC Exhibitions; the first two were held in 1911. The Second Annual exhibition pamphlet lists <mask> under a small category of exhibiting Honorary Members along with a handful of other members of The Painters' Club; elsewhere in the same pamphlet <mask> is also listed as Honorary President. Both the Third (1912) and Fourth (1913) Annual Exhibitions were first exhibited in Los Angeles and then traveled for a second showing to The San Francisco Institute of Art <mask> often painted the coast near Manhattan Beach where he lived. In 1912, he was elected city treasurer of the newly incorporated town.<mask> died in Manhattan Beach on April 13, 1929. Memberships The Painters' Club of Los Angeles (President - first and only) California Art Club Exhibitions Ruskin Art Club (Los Angeles), 1905 Ford Smith & Little's, Dec. 1–31, 1906 (Painters' Club exhibit); <mask> exhibited "The Oaks […] A Gray Day." Ford Smith & Little's, Jan. 1-31, 1907 (Painters' Club exhibit); <mask> exhibited "A Mountain Stream" and "Foggy Morning." Ford Smith & Little's, Feb. 1-28, 1907 (Painters' Club exhibit); <mask> exhibited "The Rustic Bridge" and "Oak-strewn Mountain Side." Ford Smith & Little's, April 1–30, 1907 (Painters' Club exhibit); <mask> exhibited "Lake Elsinore" and "Study of Oaks." The First Annual Exhibition of The Painters' Club, Blanchard Art Gallery, Los Angeles, Oct. 7 – 22, 1908. <mask> exhibited two works, "Midwinter in the San Gabriel Valley" and "Across the Channel," the latter a marine painting.The Second Annual Exhibition of The Painters' Club, Blanchard Art Gallery, Los Angeles, Nov. 1-13, 1909. <mask> exhibited two oil paintings, "The Mesa Meadow" and "Along the Beach." 1st Annual Exhibit of the Chautauqua Association of Southern California, July 16 – Sept. 15, 1910, Long Beach Public Library Art Gallery, 101 Pacific Avenue, Long Beach, CA. <mask>'s work is unnamed. First Annual CAC Exhibition, Jan. 31 – Feb. 25, 1911, California Art Club Gallery and Club-Room, 10th and Figueroa Streets, Hotel Ivins, Los Angeles. <mask> exhibited two oil paintings, "Sunshine and Mist" and "Manhattan Beach." Royar and Neighbours Gallery, Feb. 5 – 25, 1912, No.744 Hill Street, Los Angeles. <mask> exhibited two unnamed oil paintings at the new gallery. Exhibition of Sketches, March 21 – 30, 1912, Blanchard Gallery, Los Angeles. <mask>'s work is unnamed. Second Annual CAC Exhibition, Nov. 22 – Dec. 6, 1911, Blanchard Gallery, Los Angeles. <mask> exhibited two paintings, "An Arroyo Memory" and "Where the Lupines Grow." He is listed in the exhibition pamphlet under a special category of Honorary Members along with a handful of other members of The Painters' Club; elsewhere in the same pamphlet <mask> is also listed as Honorary President.CAC Spring Exhibition, May 3 – 31, 1912, Friday Morning Club, Los Angeles. <mask> exhibited "A Shady Pool." Third Annual CAC Exhibition, Nov. 18 – Dec. 30, 1912, Blanchard Hall Gallery, Los Angeles. <mask> exhibited "A Shady Pool." The Third Annual Exhibition traveled for a second showing to The San Francisco Institute of Art, Dec. 8, 1912 – Jan. 2, 1913. Fourth Annual CAC Exhibition, October 20 – November 8, 1913, Blanchard Hall Gallery, Los Angeles. <mask> exhibited "Lupines."The Fourth Annual Exhibition traveled for a second showing to The San Francisco Institute of Art December 8–20, 1913. San Francisco Art Association, 1911–13 Gardena (CA) High School, 1933 Collections Manhattan Beach Historical Society Santa Fe Railway Notes 1848 births 1929 deaths American Impressionist painters

An American Impressionist painter who was part of theRichmond Group of painters in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, <mask> was born on September 5, 1848. The groundwork for the creation of the California Art Club was laid by The Painters' Club of Los Angeles in 1906. <mask> was born in Fountain City, Indiana in the early 19th century. He spent most of his career in Indiana. The Rambler's Sketch Club was founded by <mask> and <mask> along with Frank J. Girardin and Micajah Thomas Nordyke. TheRichmond Art Association was founded in 1898, but had exhibited art in schools as early as 1896. <mask> was involved in the local art scene and exhibited in local galleries.His address is in Los Angeles, CA. He moved his family to Manhattan Beach, California in 1909. The Painters' Club of Los Angeles was founded on the evening of March 17, 1906, when eleven artists met at the studio of William Swift Daniell. Antony Anderson, the first art critic for the Los Angeles Times, was selected to be the first secretary and treasurer of the new art club. The group was limited to male painters and no women or sculptors were allowed. The president of the club is A.C. "<mask>."The Painters' Club of Los Angeles has a gallery at Ford Smith & Little's. One to two-month-long exhibits of members' work were presented at 313 Broadway. For a complete listing of <mask>'s work exhibited at Ford Smith & Little's, see the Exhibitions below. The first meeting of the year was held on November 20, 1907 at the home studio of <mask> <mask>. There were two larger annual exhibitions held by the Painters' Club. The First Annual Exhibition was held in late 1908 and after that, the president is re-elected. The second annual exhibition was held in 1909.See the Exhibitions below for full details. The Painters' Club is no more. The California Art Club was created at the same time as The Painters' Club ended. At this point, "Pops" <mask> was in his 60s, but he continued to exhibit with the new group, including venues like the Long Beach Public Library Art Gallery. In the pamphlet for the Second Annual exhibition, there is a small category of exhibited Honorary Members along with a few other members of The Painters' Club. The Third and Fourth Annual Exhibitions were first exhibited in Los Angeles and then traveled to the San Francisco Institute of Art for a second showing. He was elected city treasurer in 1912.On April 13, 1929, <mask> died in Manhattan Beach. The Painters' Club of Los Angeles is the first and only one in Los Angeles. The Painters' Club exhibit was at Ford Smith & Little's. The Painters' Club exhibited "The Rustic Bridge" and "Oak-strewn Mountain Side." Ford Smith & Little's exhibited "Lake Elsinore" and "Study of Oaks" in 1907. The first annual exhibition of The Painters' Club was held in Los Angeles. The works "Midwinter in the San Gabriel Valley" and "Across the Channel" were exhibited.The Painters' Club exhibition was held in Los Angeles in 1909. The Mesa Meadow and Along the Beach were oil paintings by <mask>. The Long Beach Public Library Art Gallery is home to the 1st Annual Exhibit of the Chautauqua Association of Southern California. <mask>'s work is not known. The California Art Club Gallery and Club-Room are located at the Hotel Ivins in Los Angeles. "Manhattan Beach" and "Sunshine and Mist" were both oil paintings. The Royar and neighbours gallery was opened in 1912.Hill Street is in Los Angeles. The paintings were exhibited at the new gallery. The exhibition of sketches was held in Los Angeles in 1912. <mask>'s work is not known. The second annual CAC exhibition was held in Los Angeles. There were two paintings, "An Arroyo Memory" and "Where the Lupines Grow." He is listed in the exhibition pamphlet under a special category of Honorary Members along with a handful of other members of The Painters' Club.The Friday Morning Club in Los Angeles hosted the spring exhibition. "A Shady Pool" was exhibited by <mask>. The third annual CAC exhibition was held in Los Angeles in 1912. "A Shady Pool" was exhibited by <mask>. The San Francisco Institute of Art hosted the Third Annual Exhibition for a second time in 1912. The fourth annual CAC exhibition was held in Los Angeles in 1913. "Lupines" was exhibited by <mask>.The San Francisco Institute of Art hosted a second showing of the Fourth Annual Exhibition in 1913. The San Francisco Art Association was founded in 1912 and the Manhattan Beach Historical Society was founded in 1933.

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Michael Collins (footballer, born 1986)

Michael Anthony Collins (born 30 April 1986) is an English football player and coach. He is currently the Lead u23s coach for Sheffield United. As a player, he has played club football for Huddersfield Town, Scunthorpe United, AFC Wimbledon, Oxford United, York City, Leyton Orient and F.C. Halifax Town; he also had a spell playing in India for I-League side Bengaluru and represented the Republic of Ireland under-18, under-19 and under-21 teams. Club career Huddersfield Town Collins was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire. Having come through Huddersfield Town's academy, he made his first team debut in a 1–0 home win over Blackpool on 19 February 2005. Collins made eight appearances in the 2004–05 season, with seven of them being starts. He signed a professional contract with the club on 11 May 2005. He made his first start of the 2005–06 season coming on as an 89th-minute substitute in a 3–1 home win over Swansea City on 13 August 2005. His first start came in a 4–2 away win in the League Cup over Chesterfield on 24 August 2005. Collins scored his first goal on 18 February 2006 in a 5–0 win over Milton Keynes Dons. He came on as a substitute in the FA Cup third round tie in January 2006 against Premier League champions Chelsea, and set-up Gary Taylor-Fletcher for an equaliser. Collins made 21 appearances in all competitions Huddersfield in 2005–06. Collins made his first appearance of 2006–07 on the opening day of the season, coming on in the 66th minute in a 2–1 away defeat away to Gillingham. He made his first start of the season in a 2–0 defeat by Mansfield Town at home in the first round of the League Cup on 22 August 2006. His first league start of the season came on 26 August 2006 in a 1–1 draw at home with Nottingham Forest. Collins scored his first goal of the season in a 2–1 away win over Port Vale on 21 October 2006. He scored in the last two matches of the season; first in a 4–2 win over Millwall on 21 April 2007 and then on the final day in a 3–1 win over Leyton Orient on 5 May. Collins finished 2006–07 with 46 appearances in all competitions, starting 41 with five coming of the bench, scoring four goals. He scored his first league goal of 2007–08 in Huddersfield's 2–0 win over Yeovil Town at Huish Park on 2 February 2008. During 2007–08, Huddersfield manager Andy Ritchie tended to use Collins as cover in right-back and right-midfield positions, but he mainly tended to use Collins in tandem with Andy Holdsworth in Huddersfield's central midfield. On 16 February 2008, Collins equalised Frank Lampard's goal on the stroke of half-time in the FA Cup fifth round at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea. However, Huddersfield lost the match 3–1. After being left out of the first-team squad for the most of the first part of 2008–09 by manager Stan Ternent, he was re-called to the team by caretaker manager Gerry Murphy to play in the FA Cup first-round tie at home to Port Vale. Collins scored Huddersfield's equaliser, but was unable to prevent them losing 4–3. A week later, Collins scored his first league goal of the season, with a 90th-minute winner in a 2–1 win at Elland Road against local rivals Leeds United. Collins scored 10 goals in 2008–09, from 39 appearances. Collins gained a red card in Huddersfield's first match of 2009–10 away to Southend United on 8 August 2009. His first goal of the season came in the 65th minute of Huddersfield's 2–1 home victory over Yeovil Town on 29 August 2009. Collins was ruled out for the remainder of 2009–10 in April 2010, following surgery on a broken finger, but he returned as a substitute in the 2–1 defeat at Exeter City. He then came on as an 89th-minute substitute in the first leg of Huddersfield's play-off semi-final match with Millwall, and was an unused substitute in the second leg defeat at The Den on 18 May 2010. Collins made 35 appearances in 2009–10, scoring three goals. Along with seven other players, he was added to the transfer list by manager Lee Clark in May 2010. Scunthorpe United Collins joined Championship club Scunthorpe United on 6 July 2010 for an undisclosed fee on a three-year contract. On 20 February 2014, Collins joined AFC Wimbledon on loan for the rest of the 2013–14 season. Oxford United On 15 July 2014, Collins signed a one-year deal at Oxford United, becoming new manager Michael Appleton's first signing. Appleton said: "Michael has played 300 league games, most of them at a higher level, and will bring a little bit of know-how and quality to the squad." He made 43 appearances for Oxford, scoring twice, before joining their League Two rivals York City on 2 October 2015 on a one-month loan. Collins left Oxford by mutual agreement on 7 January 2016, after failing to make any first-team appearances in the 2015–16 season. Bengaluru On 21 January 2016, Collins signed for I-League club Bengaluru. He played a total of 11 league matches for the Blues' and left the club in May 2016. Leyton Orient On 28 October 2016, Collins signed for Leyton Orient on a three-month contract. He turned down the offer of a new one-year contract with Orient at the end of 2016–17, after the club's relegation to the National League. F.C. Halifax Town On 9 December 2017, Collins came out of retirement to sign for his hometown club, F.C. Halifax Town of the National League. Alfreton Town He returned to playing in December 2018 with Alfreton Town. International career Qualifying through the parentage rule, Collins made his international debut in a Republic of Ireland under-18 match in April 2003. He was the captain of the Irish under-19 squad and on 14 March 2007, he got his first call-up to the Republic of Ireland under-21 squad for a match against the Netherlands. However, he was forced to withdraw from the squad after picking up a shoulder injury in a league match for Huddersfield against Brighton & Hove Albion. Collins made his under-21 debut against Germany in a friendly match at the Sportpark Ronhof in Fürth on 21 August 2007. His home debut came against Portugal at Turners Cross in Cork on 7 September 2007. On 15 May 2008, he scored his first goals for the under-21s in a 3–1 win over Malaysia in an Intercontinental Cup match in Malaysia. Collins made six appearances scoring twice between 2007 and 2008. Coaching career Bradford Under 18's In July 2017, Collins joined League One club Bradford City as their under-18s lead coach. Bradford head coach He was appointed head coach of Bradford City on 18 June 2018, with Martin Drury and Greg Abbott named as his assistants. He won his first league game, 1-0 away at Shrewsbury, but won only one more game out of 7 in total, and was sacked by the club on 3 September 2018. He later became a coach at Sunderland's Academy. Personal life He is the cousin of professional rugby league players Scott Grix and Simon Grix. Career statistics Managerial statistics Honours Scunthorpe United Football League Two runner-up: 2013–14 Bengaluru I-League: 2015–16 References External links Michael Collins profile at the Football Association of Ireland website 1986 births Living people Footballers from Halifax, West Yorkshire English footballers English expatriate footballers Republic of Ireland association footballers Republic of Ireland expatriate association footballers Republic of Ireland youth international footballers Republic of Ireland under-21 international footballers Association football midfielders Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Scunthorpe United F.C. players AFC Wimbledon players Oxford United F.C. players York City F.C. players Bengaluru FC players Leyton Orient F.C. players FC Halifax Town players English Football League players I-League players Bradford City A.F.C. non-playing staff Expatriate footballers in India English expatriate sportspeople in India Irish expatriate sportspeople in India English people of Irish descent English Football League managers Alfreton Town F.C. players English football managers Sunderland A.F.C. non-playing staff

<mask> (born 30 April 1986) is an English football player and coach. He is currently the Lead u23s coach for Sheffield United. As a player, he has played club football for Huddersfield Town, Scunthorpe United, AFC Wimbledon, Oxford United, York City, Leyton Orient and F.C. Halifax Town; he also had a spell playing in India for I-League side Bengaluru and represented the Republic of Ireland under-18, under-19 and under-21 teams. Club career Huddersfield Town <mask> was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire. Having come through Huddersfield Town's academy, he made his first team debut in a 1–0 home win over Blackpool on 19 February 2005. <mask> made eight appearances in the 2004–05 season, with seven of them being starts.He signed a professional contract with the club on 11 May 2005. He made his first start of the 2005–06 season coming on as an 89th-minute substitute in a 3–1 home win over Swansea City on 13 August 2005. His first start came in a 4–2 away win in the League Cup over Chesterfield on 24 August 2005. <mask> scored his first goal on 18 February 2006 in a 5–0 win over Milton Keynes Dons. He came on as a substitute in the FA Cup third round tie in January 2006 against Premier League champions Chelsea, and set-up Gary Taylor-Fletcher for an equaliser. <mask> made 21 appearances in all competitions Huddersfield in 2005–06. <mask> made his first appearance of 2006–07 on the opening day of the season, coming on in the 66th minute in a 2–1 away defeat away to Gillingham.He made his first start of the season in a 2–0 defeat by Mansfield Town at home in the first round of the League Cup on 22 August 2006. His first league start of the season came on 26 August 2006 in a 1–1 draw at home with Nottingham Forest. <mask> scored his first goal of the season in a 2–1 away win over Port Vale on 21 October 2006. He scored in the last two matches of the season; first in a 4–2 win over Millwall on 21 April 2007 and then on the final day in a 3–1 win over Leyton Orient on 5 May. <mask> finished 2006–07 with 46 appearances in all competitions, starting 41 with five coming of the bench, scoring four goals. He scored his first league goal of 2007–08 in Huddersfield's 2–0 win over Yeovil Town at Huish Park on 2 February 2008. During 2007–08, Huddersfield manager Andy Ritchie tended to use <mask> as cover in right-back and right-midfield positions, but he mainly tended to use <mask> in tandem with Andy Holdsworth in Huddersfield's central midfield.On 16 February 2008, <mask> equalised Frank Lampard's goal on the stroke of half-time in the FA Cup fifth round at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea. However, Huddersfield lost the match 3–1. After being left out of the first-team squad for the most of the first part of 2008–09 by manager Stan Ternent, he was re-called to the team by caretaker manager Gerry Murphy to play in the FA Cup first-round tie at home to Port Vale. <mask> scored Huddersfield's equaliser, but was unable to prevent them losing 4–3. A week later, <mask> scored his first league goal of the season, with a 90th-minute winner in a 2–1 win at Elland Road against local rivals Leeds United. <mask> scored 10 goals in 2008–09, from 39 appearances. <mask> gained a red card in Huddersfield's first match of 2009–10 away to Southend United on 8 August 2009.His first goal of the season came in the 65th minute of Huddersfield's 2–1 home victory over Yeovil Town on 29 August 2009. <mask> was ruled out for the remainder of 2009–10 in April 2010, following surgery on a broken finger, but he returned as a substitute in the 2–1 defeat at Exeter City. He then came on as an 89th-minute substitute in the first leg of Huddersfield's play-off semi-final match with Millwall, and was an unused substitute in the second leg defeat at The Den on 18 May 2010. <mask> made 35 appearances in 2009–10, scoring three goals. Along with seven other players, he was added to the transfer list by manager Lee Clark in May 2010. Scunthorpe United <mask> joined Championship club Scunthorpe United on 6 July 2010 for an undisclosed fee on a three-year contract. On 20 February 2014, <mask> joined AFC Wimbledon on loan for the rest of the 2013–14 season.Oxford United On 15 July 2014, <mask> signed a one-year deal at Oxford United, becoming new manager <mask>'s first signing. Appleton said: "<mask> has played 300 league games, most of them at a higher level, and will bring a little bit of know-how and quality to the squad." He made 43 appearances for Oxford, scoring twice, before joining their League Two rivals York City on 2 October 2015 on a one-month loan. <mask> left Oxford by mutual agreement on 7 January 2016, after failing to make any first-team appearances in the 2015–16 season. Bengaluru On 21 January 2016, <mask> signed for I-League club Bengaluru. He played a total of 11 league matches for the Blues' and left the club in May 2016. Leyton Orient On 28 October 2016, <mask> signed for Leyton Orient on a three-month contract.He turned down the offer of a new one-year contract with Orient at the end of 2016–17, after the club's relegation to the National League. F.C. Halifax Town On 9 December 2017, <mask> came out of retirement to sign for his hometown club, F.C. Halifax Town of the National League. Alfreton Town He returned to playing in December 2018 with Alfreton Town. International career Qualifying through the parentage rule, <mask> made his international debut in a Republic of Ireland under-18 match in April 2003. He was the captain of the Irish under-19 squad and on 14 March 2007, he got his first call-up to the Republic of Ireland under-21 squad for a match against the Netherlands.However, he was forced to withdraw from the squad after picking up a shoulder injury in a league match for Huddersfield against Brighton & Hove Albion. <mask> made his under-21 debut against Germany in a friendly match at the Sportpark Ronhof in Fürth on 21 August 2007. His home debut came against Portugal at Turners Cross in Cork on 7 September 2007. On 15 May 2008, he scored his first goals for the under-21s in a 3–1 win over Malaysia in an Intercontinental Cup match in Malaysia. <mask> made six appearances scoring twice between 2007 and 2008. Coaching career Bradford Under 18's In July 2017, <mask> joined League One club Bradford City as their under-18s lead coach. Bradford head coach He was appointed head coach of Bradford City on 18 June 2018, with Martin Drury and Greg Abbott named as his assistants.He won his first league game, 1-0 away at Shrewsbury, but won only one more game out of 7 in total, and was sacked by the club on 3 September 2018. He later became a coach at Sunderland's Academy. Personal life He is the cousin of professional rugby league players Scott Grix and Simon Grix. Career statistics Managerial statistics Honours Scunthorpe United Football League Two runner-up: 2013–14 Bengaluru I-League: 2015–16 References External links <mask> profile at the Football Association of Ireland website 1986 births Living people Footballers from Halifax, West Yorkshire English footballers English expatriate footballers Republic of Ireland association footballers Republic of Ireland expatriate association footballers Republic of Ireland youth international footballers Republic of Ireland under-21 international footballers Association football midfielders Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Scunthorpe United F.C. players AFC Wimbledon players Oxford United F.C. players York City F.C.players Bengaluru FC players Leyton Orient F.C. players FC Halifax Town players English Football League players I-League players Bradford City A.F.C. non-playing staff Expatriate footballers in India English expatriate sportspeople in India Irish expatriate sportspeople in India English people of Irish descent English Football League managers Alfreton Town F.C. players English football managers Sunderland A.F.C. non-playing staff

<mask> is an English football player and coach. He is the lead coach for the U23s. He has played club football for a number of teams, including Oxford United, York City, Leyton Orient and F.C. He played for the Republic of Ireland under-18, under-19 and under-21 teams, as well as for I-League side Bengaluru. <mask> was born in West Yorkshire. He made his first team debut in a 1–0 home win over Blackpool in February 2005. In the 2004–05 season, <mask> made eight appearances and seven of them were starts.He signed a professional contract with the club. He made his first start of the 2005–06 season coming on as an 89th-minute substitute in a 3–1 home win overSwansea City. On August 24, 2005, he made his first start in the League Cup. <mask> scored his first goal in a win over the Dons. He came on as a substitute in the third round of the FA Cup in January 2006 and set up Gary Taylor-Fletcher for a goal. In 2005–06, <mask> made 21 appearances. <mask> made his first appearance of 2006–07 on the opening day of the season, coming on in the 66th minute in a 2–1 away defeat to Gillingham.He made his first start of the season in a 2–0 defeat by Mansfield Town in the first round of the League Cup. He made his first league start of the season on August 26, 2006 in a 1–1 draw withNottingham Forest. <mask> scored his first goal of the season in a 2–1 away win over Port Vale. He scored in the last two matches of the season, first in a 4–2 win over Millwall on 21 April 2007 and then in a 3–1 win over Leyton Orient on 5 May. <mask> finished the year with 46 appearances, starting 41 and scoring four goals. He scored his first league goal in a 2–0 win over Yeovil Town on February 2, 2008. <mask> was used as a cover in both right-back and right-midfield positions, but he was mostly used in tandem with Andy Holdsworth.On the stroke of half-time in the fifth round of the FA Cup, <mask> equalized Frank Lampard's goal. The match was lost 3–1. After being left out of the first-team squad for most of the first part of 2008–09 by manager Stan Ternent, he was re-called to the team to play in the FA Cup first-round tie at home to Port Vale. <mask> was unable to prevent them from losing. <mask> scored his first league goal of the season in a 2–1 win at Elland Road against local rivals Leeds United. In 2008–09, <mask> scored 10 goals. On August 8, 2009, <mask> received a red card in the first match of the year.He scored his first goal of the season in the 65th minute of the 2–1 home victory over Yeovil Town. <mask> had surgery on a broken finger in April 2010 and missed the rest of the season, but came on as a substitute in the 2–1 defeat at Exeter City. He came on as an 89th-minute substitute in the first leg of the play-off semi-final against Millwall and was an unused substitute in the second leg at The Den. <mask> scored three goals in 2009, making MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE He was added to the transfer list by Lee Clark. <mask> joined the club for an undisclosed fee on a three-year contract. <mask> joined Wimbledon on loan for the rest of the season.<mask>'s first signing was <mask>, who signed a one-year deal at Oxford United. <mask> has played 300 league games, most of them at a higher level, and will bring a little bit of know-how and quality to the squad. He joined York City on a one-month loan after making 43 appearances for Oxford. <mask> left Oxford by mutual agreement in January 2016 after failing to make any first-team appearances. <mask> joined I-League club Bengaluru on January 21st. He left the club in May 2016 after playing 11 league matches. <mask> joined Leyton Orient on a three-month contract.After Orient was demoted to the National League at the end of 2016–17, he turned down the club's offer of a new one-year contract. F.C<mask> came out of retirement to sign for his hometown club. The town is in the National League. He returned to playing for Alfreton Town in December. <mask> made his international debut in a Republic of Ireland under-18 match. He got his first call-up to the Republic of Ireland under-21 squad for a match against the Netherlands when he was the captain of the Irish under-19 squad.He was forced to withdraw from the squad after picking up a shoulder injury in a league match. <mask> made his under-21 debut against Germany in August of 2007. He made his home debut against Portugal at Turners Cross. He scored his first goal for the under-21s in a 3–1 win over Malaysia in an Intercontinental Cup match. <mask> scored two times between 2007 and 2008. <mask> joined League One club Bradford City as their under-18s lead coach. He was appointed head coach of the city on June 18 of last year.He won his first league game, but only won one more game the rest of the way and was sacked by the club. He became a coach at the academy. Scott Grix and Simon Grix are his cousins. Managerial statistics include runner-up finishes in the I-League and the Football League Two. The players are from Scunthorpe United F.C. The players are from Oxford United F.C. The players are from York City F.C.The players are from Bengaluru FC. Football players from the English Football League and the I-League. Non-playing staff expatriates in India include English expatriates, Irish expatriates, and English people of Irish descent. Football managers from England. The staff is not playing.

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Asim Chaudhry

Asim Chaudhry is a British comedian, writer, director and actor best known for playing Chabuddy G in the BBC mockumentary series People Just Do Nothing, which he co-created. For this role, he won a Royal Television Society Award and was nominated for two British Academy Television Awards. In 2015 and 2016, Chaudhry starred in the mockumentary Hoff the Record alongside David Hasselhoff. In 2018, Chaudhry appeared in series six of the panel show Taskmaster and starred in the television film Click & Collect alongside Stephen Merchant. At college, Chaudhry met Hugo Chegwin, Steve Stamp, and Allan Mustafa, with whom he created YouTube mockumentary videos about a fictional pirate radio station. This led to the group being commissioned for People Just Do Nothing. Chaudhry also authored How To Be a Man under the name Chabuddy G, and the group produced music as Kurupt FM. Chaudhry wrote and directed the short film Love Pool, and has appeared in Happy New Year, Colin Burstead, Wonder Woman 1984 and Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. Early life Asim Chaudhry is from Hounslow, London. In high school, Chaudhry made a play parodying the 1972 crime film The Godfather, called The Poppadom Father. On a media studies course at college, he met Hugo Chegwin, Steve Stamp, and Allan Mustafa. The group made a series of YouTube mockumentaries, filmed by Chaudhry, based on their experiences as DJs on a pirate radio station in London. The mockumentaries were seen by Ash Atalla, producer of the mockumentary series The Office, and Atalla commissioned the group to make the BBC Three series People Just Do Nothing. Career People Just Do Nothing Chaudhry co-created and starred in People Just Do Nothing, a BBC mockumentary sitcom which premiered in 2014. The series is largely improvised. Chaudhry plays Chabuddy G, a failed entrepreneur with high ambitions who manages the group Kurupt FM. The character is partially based on Chaudhry's father. The programme ended in 2018 after five series, as the group found it increasingly difficult to come up with new ideas. A film, People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan, was released in 2021. A US remake is planned, in which Chaudhry will serve as an executive producer. Chaudhry won a 2017 Royal Television Society Award for Best Comedy Performance. He was nominated for two British Academy Television Awards for Best Male Comedy Performance, in 2017 and 2018. The show also won awards for Best Scripted Comedy at the 2017 BAFTAs and 2017 RTS Awards. Chaudhry, Hugo Chegwin, Steve Stamp, and Allan Mustafa also perform as the group Kurupt FM. Their single "Heart Monitor Riddem" was released in 2016 after featuring in People Just Do Nothing, and a music video shot by Chaudhry was released in 2018. Kurupt FM were signed to independent music label XL Recordings. Their single "Suttin Like That" was released in October 2017, and their mixtape The Lost Tapes was released in November 2017. Chaudhry has also released a comedy book, How to Be a Man, under the name Chabuddy G. Film In 2016, Chaudhry starred in the short film Donald Mohammed Trump as Donald Trump. The black comedy shows Trump inexplicably turning into an Asian man before a Republican Party rally. Though Chaudhry watched hours of Trump speaking in preparation, he was told by the director to instead play Trump as "a real person", so that the film could focus on the politics of the situation rather than Trump himself. Chaudhry also appeared in the comedy film Chubby Funny, about two struggling London actors, in which he played a corner shop owner. In February 2018, the 17-minute short film Love Pool was released, which Chaudhry wrote and directed. In Love Pool, single man Mark meets a woman while carpooling with the service Uber. The film was Chaudhry's directorial debut, produced by DMC Film and released on the app Vero. It was inspired by a dinner party in which Chaudhry felt pressure from his friends to settle down, and by his carpooling experiences. Chaudhry plays the taxi driver, imagining the character as the "pissed off, sour, bitter cousin" of Chabuddy G—his character in People Just Do Nothing. The film won the 2018 People's Choice Award at Thunderdance, an independent film festival in London. In 2018, Chaudhry appeared in the comedy film Eaten by Lions, which is about half-brothers Omar and Pete who search for Omar's estranged father after their parents are eaten by lions. It premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in June 2018. In a three-star review, Steve Bennett of Chortle called Chaudhry a "scene-stealer". On 24 December 2018, Chaudhry starred alongside Stephen Merchant in the BBC One television film Click & Collect, with a runtime of 53 minutes. The pair play Dev and Andrew, respectively, who travel on a road trip on Christmas Eve to buy Andrew's daughter a Christmas present. Chaudhry took inspiration for Dev from a former neighbour who recognised him from the television and waved at Chaudhry when he was in the kitchen, which he could see from his living room window. Adam Starkey of Metro and Jasper Rees of The Telegraph gave the film four out of five stars. Rees commented that Chaudhry performed as Dev like "slipping into an old coat". Starkey praised the actors for "convincing, likeable performances" and wrote that Dev "takes the natural course from irritatingly vibrant neighbour to having a sympathetic, misunderstood circumstance for his enthusiasm". In 2018, Chaudhry appeared in the Ben Wheatley black comedy Happy New Year, Colin Burstead, playing Sham. The film had a limited release at film festivals before airing on BBC Two on 30 December; a BBC television series spin-off is planned for 2019. Neil Maskell stars as Colin Burstead, who hires a manor for a New Year celebration with his extended family. Sham is an estranged character who wallows in sorrow. Stephen Dalton of The Hollywood Reporter criticised Chaudhry's character as one of several whose secondary subplots detract from the film. Chaudhry appeared in the interactive film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, which was released on Netflix on 28 December 2018. Part of the science fiction anthology series Black Mirror, Bandersnatch allows the viewer to make choices that affect the resultant story. Most storylines involve the young programmer Stefan adapting a book into an adventure game and descending into madness. Chaudhry stars as Mohan Thakur, the founder of the video game company Tuckersoft. The film received a mostly positive critical reception. Chaudhry received racist comments following the episode, but said of the online response that "99.9% of the stuff is positive and lovely". He commented that he and his friends have all played through the film multiple times. Television Chaudhry starred in the mockumentary Hoff the Record, which aired for twelve episodes on Dave in 2015 and 2016. The programme follows David Hasselhoff as he struggles to find work in the UK, with Chaudhry playing his driver. The show won an International Emmy Award for Best Comedy Series in 2016. In a four-star review of the first episode for The Telegraph, Michael Hogan called Chaudhry "the standout among the supporting cast". In 2017, Chaudhry appeared on the quiz show Celebrity Mastermind, finishing third of four. In April 2018, he appeared in an episode of Rob Beckett's Playing For Time, in which Rob Beckett plays a series of video games with his guest. In May 2018, Chaudhry played Arnab in the Channel 4 sitcom High & Dry. The six-episode series is about a group of people who survive a plane crash, and was filmed in the Seychelles. Chaudhry was a contestant on the sixth series of Dave panel show Taskmaster; the episodes premiered between May and July 2018. Taskmaster challenges its panellists to complete humorous and absurd tasks, such as "bring in the best liquid". The sixth series featured Chaudhry alongside Alice Levine, Liza Tarbuck, Russell Howard, and Tim Vine; it set record ratings for the programme, with an average viewership of 900,000. Sam Wollaston of The Guardian called Chaudhry "absolutely hopeless at everything, but hilariously and very likably so". In 2018, Chaudhry appeared on chat shows The Jonathan Ross Show and The One Show, with the latter appearance in a Christmas special. In 2019, Chaudhry appeared on the first episode of The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan. In January 2021, Chaudhry was cast in the Netflix adaptation of The Sandman. Other Chaudhry appears in British Airways' safety video as Director Chabuddy G. and in Riz Ahmed's album The Long Goodbye, also as Chabuddy G. Filmography Television Film Awards and nominations Bibliography Notes References External links Living people Year of birth missing (living people) British people of Indian descent Place of birth missing (living people) British male comedians British male actors People from Hounslow

<mask> is a British comedian, writer, director and actor best known for playing Chabuddy G in the BBC mockumentary series People Just Do Nothing, which he co-created. For this role, he won a Royal Television Society Award and was nominated for two British Academy Television Awards. In 2015 and 2016, Chaudhry starred in the mockumentary Hoff the Record alongside David Hasselhoff. In 2018, Chaudhry appeared in series six of the panel show Taskmaster and starred in the television film Click & Collect alongside Stephen Merchant. At college, Chaudhry met Hugo Chegwin, Steve Stamp, and Allan Mustafa, with whom he created YouTube mockumentary videos about a fictional pirate radio station. This led to the group being commissioned for People Just Do Nothing. Chaudhry also authored How To Be a Man under the name Chabuddy G, and the group produced music as Kurupt FM.Chaudhry wrote and directed the short film Love Pool, and has appeared in Happy New Year, Colin Burstead, Wonder Woman 1984 and Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. Early life <mask> <mask> is from Hounslow, London. In high school, Chaudhry made a play parodying the 1972 crime film The Godfather, called The Poppadom Father. On a media studies course at college, he met Hugo Chegwin, Steve Stamp, and Allan Mustafa. The group made a series of YouTube mockumentaries, filmed by Chaudhry, based on their experiences as DJs on a pirate radio station in London. The mockumentaries were seen by Ash Atalla, producer of the mockumentary series The Office, and Atalla commissioned the group to make the BBC Three series People Just Do Nothing. Career People Just Do Nothing Chaudhry co-created and starred in People Just Do Nothing, a BBC mockumentary sitcom which premiered in 2014.The series is largely improvised. <mask> plays Chabuddy G, a failed entrepreneur with high ambitions who manages the group Kurupt FM. The character is partially based on <mask>'s father. The programme ended in 2018 after five series, as the group found it increasingly difficult to come up with new ideas. A film, People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan, was released in 2021. A US remake is planned, in which <mask> will serve as an executive producer. Chaudhry won a 2017 Royal Television Society Award for Best Comedy Performance.He was nominated for two British Academy Television Awards for Best Male Comedy Performance, in 2017 and 2018. The show also won awards for Best Scripted Comedy at the 2017 BAFTAs and 2017 RTS Awards. <mask>, Hugo Chegwin, Steve Stamp, and Allan Mustafa also perform as the group Kurupt FM. Their single "Heart Monitor Riddem" was released in 2016 after featuring in People Just Do Nothing, and a music video shot by Chaudhry was released in 2018. Kurupt FM were signed to independent music label XL Recordings. Their single "Suttin Like That" was released in October 2017, and their mixtape The Lost Tapes was released in November 2017. <mask> has also released a comedy book, How to Be a Man, under the name Chabuddy G. Film In 2016, Chaudhry starred in the short film Donald Mohammed Trump as Donald Trump.The black comedy shows Trump inexplicably turning into an Asian man before a Republican Party rally. Though Chaudhry watched hours of Trump speaking in preparation, he was told by the director to instead play Trump as "a real person", so that the film could focus on the politics of the situation rather than Trump himself. Chaudhry also appeared in the comedy film Chubby Funny, about two struggling London actors, in which he played a corner shop owner. In February 2018, the 17-minute short film Love Pool was released, which Chaudhry wrote and directed. In Love Pool, single man Mark meets a woman while carpooling with the service Uber. The film was <mask>'s directorial debut, produced by DMC Film and released on the app Vero. It was inspired by a dinner party in which Chaudhry felt pressure from his friends to settle down, and by his carpooling experiences.<mask> plays the taxi driver, imagining the character as the "pissed off, sour, bitter cousin" of Chabuddy G—his character in People Just Do Nothing. The film won the 2018 People's Choice Award at Thunderdance, an independent film festival in London. In 2018, Chaudhry appeared in the comedy film Eaten by Lions, which is about half-brothers Omar and Pete who search for Omar's estranged father after their parents are eaten by lions. It premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in June 2018. In a three-star review, Steve Bennett of Chortle called Chaudhry a "scene-stealer". On 24 December 2018, <mask> starred alongside Stephen Merchant in the BBC One television film Click & Collect, with a runtime of 53 minutes. The pair play Dev and Andrew, respectively, who travel on a road trip on Christmas Eve to buy Andrew's daughter a Christmas present.Chaudhry took inspiration for Dev from a former neighbour who recognised him from the television and waved at Chaudhry when he was in the kitchen, which he could see from his living room window. Adam Starkey of Metro and Jasper Rees of The Telegraph gave the film four out of five stars. Rees commented that Chaudhry performed as Dev like "slipping into an old coat". Starkey praised the actors for "convincing, likeable performances" and wrote that Dev "takes the natural course from irritatingly vibrant neighbour to having a sympathetic, misunderstood circumstance for his enthusiasm". In 2018, Chaudhry appeared in the Ben Wheatley black comedy Happy New Year, Colin Burstead, playing Sham. The film had a limited release at film festivals before airing on BBC Two on 30 December; a BBC television series spin-off is planned for 2019. Neil Maskell stars as Colin Burstead, who hires a manor for a New Year celebration with his extended family.Sham is an estranged character who wallows in sorrow. Stephen Dalton of The Hollywood Reporter criticised <mask>'s character as one of several whose secondary subplots detract from the film. Chaudhry appeared in the interactive film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, which was released on Netflix on 28 December 2018. Part of the science fiction anthology series Black Mirror, Bandersnatch allows the viewer to make choices that affect the resultant story. Most storylines involve the young programmer Stefan adapting a book into an adventure game and descending into madness. Chaudhry stars as Mohan Thakur, the founder of the video game company Tuckersoft. The film received a mostly positive critical reception.Chaudhry received racist comments following the episode, but said of the online response that "99.9% of the stuff is positive and lovely". He commented that he and his friends have all played through the film multiple times. Television Chaudhry starred in the mockumentary Hoff the Record, which aired for twelve episodes on Dave in 2015 and 2016. The programme follows David Hasselhoff as he struggles to find work in the UK, with Chaudhry playing his driver. The show won an International Emmy Award for Best Comedy Series in 2016. In a four-star review of the first episode for The Telegraph, Michael Hogan called Chaudhry "the standout among the supporting cast". In 2017, Chaudhry appeared on the quiz show Celebrity Mastermind, finishing third of four.In April 2018, he appeared in an episode of Rob Beckett's Playing For Time, in which Rob Beckett plays a series of video games with his guest. In May 2018, Chaudhry played Arnab in the Channel 4 sitcom High & Dry. The six-episode series is about a group of people who survive a plane crash, and was filmed in the Seychelles. <mask> was a contestant on the sixth series of Dave panel show Taskmaster; the episodes premiered between May and July 2018. Taskmaster challenges its panellists to complete humorous and absurd tasks, such as "bring in the best liquid". The sixth series featured Chaudhry alongside Alice Levine, Liza Tarbuck, Russell Howard, and Tim Vine; it set record ratings for the programme, with an average viewership of 900,000. Sam Wollaston of The Guardian called Chaudhry "absolutely hopeless at everything, but hilariously and very likably so".In 2018, Chaudhry appeared on chat shows The Jonathan Ross Show and The One Show, with the latter appearance in a Christmas special. In 2019, Chaudhry appeared on the first episode of The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan. In January 2021, Chaudhry was cast in the Netflix adaptation of The Sandman. Other Chaudhry appears in British Airways' safety video as Director Chabuddy G. and in Riz Ahmed's album The Long Goodbye, also as Chabuddy G. Filmography Television Film Awards and nominations Bibliography Notes References External links Living people Year of birth missing (living people) British people of Indian descent Place of birth missing (living people) British male comedians British male actors People from Hounslow

<mask> is a British comedian, writer, director and actor best known for playing Chabuddy G in the BBC mockumentary series People Just Do Nothing. He was nominated for two British Academy Television Awards for this role. In 2015 and 2016 Chaudhry starred in a movie called Hoff the Record. Stephen Merchant and <mask> starred in the television film Click & Collect. Chaudhry met Hugo Chegwin, Steve Stamp, and Allan Mustafa at college and created mockumentary videos about a fictional pirate radio station. The group was commissioned by People Just Do Nothing. Chabuddy G and the group produced music under the name Kurupt FM.Love Pool was written and directed by <mask>, and he has also appeared in Wonder Woman 1984 and Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. <mask> <mask> was born in London. Chaudhry made a play in high school that was a parody of a movie. He met Hugo Chegwin, Steve Stamp, and Allan Mustafa on a media studies course. The group made a series of videos on their experiences as DJs on a pirate radio station in London. Ash Atalla, producer of The Office, saw the mockumentaries and commissioned the group to make People Just Do Nothing. Chaudhry co-created and starred in a sitcom called People Just Do Nothing.The series was mostly improvised. Chabuddy G is a failed businessman who manages the group Kurupt FM. The character is based on <mask>'s father. The group found it hard to come up with new ideas after five series. The film, People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan, was released in 2021. <mask> will be an executive producer of the US remake. The Royal Television Society Award for Best Comedy Performance was won by Chaudhry.He was nominated for two British Academy Television Awards. The show was nominated for Best Comedy at the BAFTAs. The group Kurupt FM includes <mask>, Hugo Chegwin, Steve Stamp, and Allan Mustafa. Their single "Heart Monitor Riddem" was released in 2016 and a music video was shot by Chaudhry. Kurupt was signed by the independent music label. Their single "Suttin Like That" was released in October of last year. Donald Mohammed Trump was played by Chaudhry in the short film.The comedy shows Trump turning into an Asian man. <mask> was told by the director to play Trump as a real person so that the film could focus on the politics of the situation rather than Trump himself. Chaudhry played a corner shop owner in Chubby Funny, a comedy about two struggling London actors. Love Pool was a short film written and directed by <mask>. Mark is a single man in Love Pool. DMC Film produced and released <mask>'s directorial debut on the app Vero. It was inspired by a dinner party in which Chaudhry felt pressure from his friends to settle down.Chaudhry imagined his character in People Just Do Nothing as a taxi driver who was "pissed off, sour, bitter cousin" of Chabuddy G. The film won the People's Choice Award at the festival. Chaudhry appeared in Eaten by Lions, a comedy about half-brothers searching for their father after their parents are eaten by lions. It was shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Steve Bennett of Chortle gave Chaudhry a three-star review. Stephen Merchant and <mask> starred in the television film Click & Collect, which ran for 53 minutes. On Christmas Eve, they travel on a road trip to buy a Christmas present for Andrew's daughter.Chaudhry was inspired by a former neighbour who waved at him when he was in the kitchen, which he could see from his living room window. The film received four out of five stars from Metro and The Telegraph. Chaudhry was described as "slipping into an old coat". The actors were praised for their "convincing, likeable performances" and the author wrote that the actor took the natural course from irritatingly vibrant neighbour to having a sympathetic, misunderstood circumstance for his enthusiasm. Colin Burstead played Sham in Happy New Year. There was a limited release of the film at film festivals before it was aired on the television show on December 30. Colin Burstead hires a manor for a New Year celebration with his family.Sham is a sad character. <mask>'s character is one of several that detract from the film. The interactive film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch was released on December 28, 2018). Bandersnatch allows the viewer to make choices that affect the story. A lot of the stories involve the young programmers adapting a book into an adventure game. <mask> plays the founder of the video game company Tuckersoft. The film received mostly positive reviews.After the episode, Chaudhry received racist comments, but said of the online response that "99.9% of the stuff is positive and lovely". He said that he and his friends have watched the film many times. Hoff the Record was a mockumentary that aired for twelve episodes on Dave in 2015. <mask> plays David's driver in the programme as he tries to find work in the UK. The show was nominated for an International Emmy Award. Michael Hogan wrote a four-star review of the first episode of The Telegraph. Chaudhry finished third on Celebrity Mastermind.He appeared in an episode of Rob Beckett's Playing For Time in which he played a series of video games with his guest. In May of last year, Chaudhry was in the sitcom High & Dry. The series is about a group of people who survive a plane crash. The sixth series of Taskmaster began in May and ended in July. Panellists are challenged to complete tasks such as "Bring in the best liquid" by Taskmaster. The sixth series set a record for ratings with an average of 900,000 viewers. Chaudhry was called "hopeless at everything, but hilarious and very likably so" by Sam Wollaston of The Guardian.Chaudhry appeared on The Jonathan Ross Show and The One Show in a Christmas special. Chaudhry appeared on the first episode of The Lateish Show. In January of 2021, Chaudhry was cast in a movie. Other Chaudhry is in British Airways' safety video and in the album The Long Goodbye.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amrik%20Singh

Amrik Singh

Amrik Singh (1948 – June 6, 1984) was the President of the All India Sikh Students Federation.He was killed in the Indian Army's operation on the Golden Temple on June 6, 1984. Amrik Singh was the son of Giani Kartar Singh Bhindranwale, the 13th leader of the Damdami Taksal. He was well versed in Gurbani and Sikh literature, and devoted much of his life to Sikh progressive activities. He had passed his Masters in Punjabi from Khalsa College in Amritsar after which he began research work on his Ph.D. thesis. Amrik Singh was a prominent leader of the Damdami Taksal along with Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. He contested the 1979 Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) election, backed by Bhindranwale, but lost to Jiwan Singh Umranangal. On 26 April 1982, he led a campaign to get Amritsar the status of a "holy city". During the agitation, he was arrested on 19 July 1982 along with other members of the Damdami Taksal. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale began the Dharam Yudh Morcha to implement the Anandpur Resolution which primarily requested more autonomy for Punjab, arguing that it was being oppressed and treated unfairly by the Indian government. As part of the Morcha, he also demanded freedom for Amrik Singh and other prominent Sikhs. Biography Birth and family Amrik Singh was born in 1948 as the son of Giani Kartar Singh Bhindranwale, the 13th leader of the Damdami Taksal. Manjit Singh was his younger brother. Education Amrik Singh studied at Khalsa College and received his MA and was on his way to completing his PhD before pursuing promotion of Sikh teachings. Work with AISSF Amrik Singh was made president of the AISSF on July 2, 1978 at large AISSF meeting held at Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh. Building Gurdwara Shaheed Ganj in honor of the Sikhs massacred in 1978 Amrik Singh contributed significantly to opposing the Sant Nirankaris and to the building of the Gurdwara Shaheed Ganj, in B-Block Amritsar, at the spot where the 13 Sikh protesters were murdered by the Nirankaris. When no other organization came forth and the government refused to sell the land to Amrik Singh and the AISSF the AISSF Sikhs began building the Gurdwara wall at night so they could claim the land by force. Sikh youth would spend the entire night building the wall and it would be knocked down by the police the next day. A stand off between the police and the AISSF began and the police threatened they would shoot anyone on site, they were met with resolve from Amrik Singh who said they would do anything to raise the memorial for the martyred Sikhs. Eventually the police acceded to the demands of the Sikhs and the Gurdwara remains there today. Running for SGPC Elections In the General House Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) elections of 1979, the first in 13 years, Amrik Singh ran and lost to Jiwan Umramangal. Amrik Singh was in the Dal Khalsa and Bhindranwale's group (who fielded about 40 candidates) running against the Akali Dal and ran for the SGPC Beas constituency. Notably one of The Dal Khalsa aim included establishing an independent Sikh State. Some elements of the Congress party supported and backed Dal Khalsa's and Bhindranwale's group so they could undermine the Akalis. Strikes and agitations The AISSF held a strike on October 25, 1980 and another on November 14, 1980 to protest against the high bus fare increase and some other issues in such districts as Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Patiala, Ludhiana with trains not being able to operate then. This resulted in student-police clashes at numerous places causing the police to open fire at Dasuya and Jhabhal. On the November 14, 1980 strike against the bus fare increase organized by the AISSF there was jammed traffic in the province. The residents of the province provided full support for the Sikh students. Following these agitations all political parties joined the struggle against the increased bus fares. Some reports are there of police stations being attacked. The AISSF held numerous agitations, strikes, street riots against various causes and politicians. During the time of the bus fare agitations the AISSF also held numerous demonstrations against various political leaders including the chief minister of Punjab, Darbara Singh. Some notable agitations including Sikh students besieging various Punjab ministers and lock themselves inside their offices or residences during early December 1980. The students responsible were arrested and tortured and more subsequent agitations was launched for the release of these students with these agitations were so forceful that the police release the students within a couple of days. The success of the AISSF, which this time numbered to a membership of 300,000 members, at one point compelled the non-government political parties to join in and hold a demonstration in front of the state secretariat at Chandigarh from making a speech, in January 1981. Thousands of AISSF volunteers joined the demonstration with more than a thousand being arrested and eventually police throwing tear-gas and also caning them, however the AISSF were successful in delaying the Punjab governor from making a speech making the government invite all the political parties for a dialogue. Anti-tobacco march This issue of banning tobacco in and other improvements to Amritsar also put leeway to get the Sikh issues to mainstream politics. In May 1981 The AISSF alongside Dal Khalsa put forth to pass the bill of banning tobacco in the city of Amritsar, tobacco is strictly forbidden in Sikhism, this bill was originally introduced in 1977 by the Akali Dal for the 400 years founding of Amritsar celebrations. The AISSF gave an ultimatum to the Punjab government to ban tobacco in the city by March 30 or there would be an agitation. The Government of Punjab seemed to agree with the issue but they said that technically passing such a ban would be unconstitutional and therefore could not. Meanwhile, AISSF members forcibly started preventing merchants from selling tobacco and to add to the heat Harchand Longowal also publicly expressed his support for the ban. Opposition's pro-tobacco march On May 29, 1981 thousands of Hindus marched in Amritsar to protest against the AISSF ban for tobacco demand. They carried sticks with lit cigarettes through the Amritsar bazaar, beating up Sikhs along the way and yelling provocative slogans. Bhindranwale's march In response to the pro tobacco march, on May 31, 1981, the AISSF, Damdami Taksal, Dal Khalsa joined together led by Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and with over 20,000 supporters put out a procession. No major Akali leader participated in the march. The march went a route of about two and a half kilometres. Following the march there were eruptions of Hindu-Sikh clashes in Amritsar with the government then initiating new laws banning non-religious processions from taking place. These events died down once the government agreed to form a committee to discuss 'holy-city' status for Amritsar. Outcome Holy-city status was not given to Amritsar however on February 27, 1983 the Prime Minister passed a law making meat, alcohol and tobacco sale prohibited in the areas around the Harmandir Sahib and the Hindu Durgiana temple in Amritsar. On September 10, 2016 Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal promised 'holy-city' status to Amritsar as well as Anandpur Sahib on his visit to the city. He declared liquor, tobacco, cigarette and meat will be completely banned in these cities, it is notable the sales of such items are currently rampant in the city. Arrest On July 19, 1982 Amrik Singh was arrested for vehemently pleading the case of the arrested workers causing offense and attention to Chenna Reddy, the Governor of Punjab, as well as a possible connection in the attack on Joginder Singh Sandhu, a senior Nirankari leader. Sant Jarnail Singh started a morcha (agitation) on July 19, 1982 for the immediate release of Bhai Amrik Singh and had popular support throughout Punjab, including support from Akali Dal, Darbara Singh, and the farmers of Majha's country side. Harcharan Longowal, leader of the Akali Dal than announced that his morcha would also be for the release of Amrik Singh and the 45 original demands presented to Indira Gandhi. Upon news of Akali Dal's new morcha for the release of Bhai Amrik Singh, Jarnail Singh agreed to discontinue his agitation and join the Akali Dal's planned Dharam Yudh Morcha which began on August 4, 1982. Amrik Singh was released in the summer of 1983 and subsequently honoured at the Akal Takht with flowered garland (robes of honour). References 1948 births 1984 deaths Indian Sikhs Sikh missionaries

<mask> (1948 – June 6, 1984) was the President of the All India Sikh Students Federation.He was killed in the Indian Army's operation on the Golden Temple on June 6, 1984. <mask> was the son of <mask>e, the 13th leader of the Damdami Taksal. He was well versed in Gurbani and Sikh literature, and devoted much of his life to Sikh progressive activities. He had passed his Masters in Punjabi from Khalsa College in Amritsar after which he began research work on his Ph.D. thesis. <mask> was a prominent leader of the Damdami Taksal along with <mask>e. He contested the 1979 Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) election, backed by Bhindranwale, but lost to <mask>l. On 26 April 1982, he led a campaign to get Amritsar the status of a "holy city".During the agitation, he was arrested on 19 July 1982 along with other members of the Damdami Taksal. Jarnail <mask>e began the Dharam Yudh Morcha to implement the Anandpur Resolution which primarily requested more autonomy for Punjab, arguing that it was being oppressed and treated unfairly by the Indian government. As part of the Morcha, he also demanded freedom for <mask> <mask> and other prominent Sikhs. Biography Birth and family <mask> <mask> was born in 1948 as the son of Giani Kartar <mask>e, the 13th leader of the Damdami Taksal. Manjit <mask> was his younger brother. Education <mask> <mask> studied at Khalsa College and received his MA and was on his way to completing his PhD before pursuing promotion of Sikh teachings. Work with AISSF <mask> <mask> was made president of the AISSF on July 2, 1978 at large AISSF meeting held at Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh.Building Gurdwara Shaheed Ganj in honor of the Sikhs massacred in 1978 <mask> <mask> contributed significantly to opposing the Sant Nirankaris and to the building of the Gurdwara Shaheed Ganj, in B-Block Amritsar, at the spot where the 13 Sikh protesters were murdered by the Nirankaris. When no other organization came forth and the government refused to sell the land to <mask> <mask> and the AISSF the AISSF Sikhs began building the Gurdwara wall at night so they could claim the land by force. Sikh youth would spend the entire night building the wall and it would be knocked down by the police the next day. A stand off between the police and the AISSF began and the police threatened they would shoot anyone on site, they were met with resolve from <mask> <mask> who said they would do anything to raise the memorial for the martyred Sikhs. Eventually the police acceded to the demands of the Sikhs and the Gurdwara remains there today. Running for SGPC Elections In the General House Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) elections of 1979, the first in 13 years, <mask> <mask> ran and lost to Jiwan Umramangal. <mask> <mask> was in the Dal Khalsa and Bhindranwale's group (who fielded about 40 candidates) running against the Akali Dal and ran for the SGPC Beas constituency.Notably one of The Dal Khalsa aim included establishing an independent Sikh State. Some elements of the Congress party supported and backed Dal Khalsa's and Bhindranwale's group so they could undermine the Akalis. Strikes and agitations The AISSF held a strike on October 25, 1980 and another on November 14, 1980 to protest against the high bus fare increase and some other issues in such districts as Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Patiala, Ludhiana with trains not being able to operate then. This resulted in student-police clashes at numerous places causing the police to open fire at Dasuya and Jhabhal. On the November 14, 1980 strike against the bus fare increase organized by the AISSF there was jammed traffic in the province. The residents of the province provided full support for the Sikh students. Following these agitations all political parties joined the struggle against the increased bus fares.Some reports are there of police stations being attacked. The AISSF held numerous agitations, strikes, street riots against various causes and politicians. During the time of the bus fare agitations the AISSF also held numerous demonstrations against various political leaders including the chief minister of Punjab, Darbara <mask>. Some notable agitations including Sikh students besieging various Punjab ministers and lock themselves inside their offices or residences during early December 1980. The students responsible were arrested and tortured and more subsequent agitations was launched for the release of these students with these agitations were so forceful that the police release the students within a couple of days. The success of the AISSF, which this time numbered to a membership of 300,000 members, at one point compelled the non-government political parties to join in and hold a demonstration in front of the state secretariat at Chandigarh from making a speech, in January 1981. Thousands of AISSF volunteers joined the demonstration with more than a thousand being arrested and eventually police throwing tear-gas and also caning them, however the AISSF were successful in delaying the Punjab governor from making a speech making the government invite all the political parties for a dialogue.Anti-tobacco march This issue of banning tobacco in and other improvements to Amritsar also put leeway to get the Sikh issues to mainstream politics. In May 1981 The AISSF alongside Dal Khalsa put forth to pass the bill of banning tobacco in the city of Amritsar, tobacco is strictly forbidden in Sikhism, this bill was originally introduced in 1977 by the Akali Dal for the 400 years founding of Amritsar celebrations. The AISSF gave an ultimatum to the Punjab government to ban tobacco in the city by March 30 or there would be an agitation. The Government of Punjab seemed to agree with the issue but they said that technically passing such a ban would be unconstitutional and therefore could not. Meanwhile, AISSF members forcibly started preventing merchants from selling tobacco and to add to the heat Harchand Longowal also publicly expressed his support for the ban. Opposition's pro-tobacco march On May 29, 1981 thousands of Hindus marched in Amritsar to protest against the AISSF ban for tobacco demand. They carried sticks with lit cigarettes through the Amritsar bazaar, beating up Sikhs along the way and yelling provocative slogans.Bhindranwale's march In response to the pro tobacco march, on May 31, 1981, the AISSF, Damdami Taksal, Dal Khalsa joined together led by Sant Jarnail <mask>wale and with over 20,000 supporters put out a procession. No major Akali leader participated in the march. The march went a route of about two and a half kilometres. Following the march there were eruptions of Hindu-Sikh clashes in Amritsar with the government then initiating new laws banning non-religious processions from taking place. These events died down once the government agreed to form a committee to discuss 'holy-city' status for Amritsar. Outcome Holy-city status was not given to Amritsar however on February 27, 1983 the Prime Minister passed a law making meat, alcohol and tobacco sale prohibited in the areas around the Harmandir Sahib and the Hindu Durgiana temple in Amritsar. On September 10, 2016 Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal promised 'holy-city' status to Amritsar as well as Anandpur Sahib on his visit to the city.He declared liquor, tobacco, cigarette and meat will be completely banned in these cities, it is notable the sales of such items are currently rampant in the city. Arrest On July 19, 1982 <mask> <mask> was arrested for vehemently pleading the case of the arrested workers causing offense and attention to Chenna Reddy, the Governor of Punjab, as well as a possible connection in the attack on Joginder <mask>, a senior Nirankari leader. Sant Jarnail <mask> started a morcha (agitation) on July 19, 1982 for the immediate release of Bhai <mask> <mask> and had popular support throughout Punjab, including support from Akali Dal, Darbara <mask>, and the farmers of Majha's country side. Harcharan Longowal, leader of the Akali Dal than announced that his morcha would also be for the release of <mask> <mask> and the 45 original demands presented to Indira Gandhi. Upon news of Akali Dal's new morcha for the release of Bhai <mask> <mask>, Jarnail <mask> agreed to discontinue his agitation and join the Akali Dal's planned Dharam Yudh Morcha which began on August 4, 1982. <mask> <mask> was released in the summer of 1983 and subsequently honoured at the Akal Takht with flowered garland (robes of honour). References 1948 births 1984 deaths Indian Sikhs Sikh missionaries

<mask>, the President of the All India Sikh Students Federation, was killed in the Indian Army's operation on the Golden Temple. The 13th leader of the Damdami Taksal was <mask>. He devoted a lot of his life to Sikh progressive activities. After graduating from Khalsa College in Amritsar, he began research work on his thesis. The leader of the Damdami Taksal was <mask>. He lost to <mask>l in the 1979 Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee election. Amritsar was given the status of a "holy city" on 26 April 1982.He was arrested along with other members of the Damdami Taksal. The Dharam Yudh Morcha was started by Jarnail <mask>nwale because he felt that Punjab was being treated unfairly by the Indian government. He demanded freedom for <mask> <mask> and other prominent Sikhs as part of the Morcha. <mask> <mask>i Taksal. The younger brother was Manjit <mask>. <mask> <mask> was on his way to completing his PhD when he decided to pursue promotion of Sikh teachings. On July 2, 1978 <mask> <mask> was made president of the AISSF at a large meeting.<mask> <mask> contributed a lot to opposing the Sant Nirankaris and to the building of the Gurdwara Shaheed Ganj, in B- Block Amritsar, at the spot where the 13 Sikh protesters were murdered by the Nirank. After the government refused to sell the land to <mask> <mask> and the AISSF, the Sikhs built the Gurdwara wall at night so they could claim the land. The wall would be knocked down by the police the next day after the Sikh youth spent the entire night building it. A stand off between the police and the AISSF began and the police threatened to shoot anyone on site, they were met with resolve from <mask> <mask> who said they would do anything to raise the memorial for the martyred Sikhs. The police relented to the demands of the Sikhs and the Gurdwara is still there today. <mask> <mask> lost to Jiwan Umramangal in the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee elections of 1979. <mask> <mask> was in the Dal Khalsa and Bhindranwale's group who were running against the Akali Dal in the SGPC Beas constituency.The Dal Khalsa wanted to establish an independent Sikh State. The Congress party supported Dal Khalsa and Bhindranwale's group in order to undermine the Akalis. On October 25, 1980 and November 14, 1980 the AISSF held strikes to protest against the high bus fare increase and other issues in Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Patiala, and other districts. The police opened fire at Dasuya and Jhabhal because of the student- police clashes. There was jammed traffic in the province during the strike against the bus fare increase. The residents of the province supported the Sikh students. The struggle against the increased bus fares was joined by all political parties.There are reports of police stations being attacked. There were many street riots against politicians and causes. The chief minister of Punjab, Darbara <mask>, was one of the political leaders the AISSF held demonstrations against. Sikh students lock themselves inside their offices and residences during early December 1980. The police released the students within a couple of days after the students were arrested and tortured. The non-government political parties joined in and held a demonstration in front of the state secretariat in January 1981 because of the success of the AISSF. Thousands of volunteers of the AISSF joined the demonstration and were arrested and caned by the police, however they were successful in delaying the Punjab governor from making a speech making the government invite all the political parties for a dialogue.The issue of banning tobacco in Amritsar made it possible to get Sikh issues to mainstream politics. The bill to ban tobacco in Amritsar was first introduced in 1977 by the Akali Dal and was passed in 1981 by the AISSF. The Punjab government was given an ultimatum to ban tobacco in the city by March 30. The Government of Punjab seemed to agree with the issue, but they said that it would be unconstitutional to pass such a ban. Harchand Longowal publicly expressed his support for the ban after the merchants were prevented from selling tobacco. On May 29, 1981 thousands of Hindus marched in Amritsar to protest against the ban on tobacco use. They beat up Sikhs and yelled provocative slogans as they carried sticks with lit cigarettes through the Amritsar bazaar.Sant Jarnail <mask>e led a march with over 20,000 supporters in response to the pro tobacco march. There was no major Akali leader in the march. The route was about two and a half kilometres. There were riots in Amritsar after the march with the government banning non- religious processions from taking place. The events stopped after the government formed a committee to discuss Amritsar's status. On February 27, 1983, the Prime Minister passed a law prohibiting the sale of alcohol, tobacco and meat in the areas around the Hindu Durgiana temple in Amritsar. On September 10, 2016 Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal promised 'holy-city' status to Amritsar as well as Anandpur Sahib on his visit to the city.Liquor, tobacco, cigarette and meat will be completely banned in these cities, it is notable the sales of such items are currently rampant in the city. <mask> <mask> was arrested for pleading the case of the arrested workers causing offense and attention to the Governor of Punjab, as well as a possible connection in the attack on a senior Nirankari leader. The farmers of Majha's country side supported Sant Jarnail <mask> in his fight for Bhai <mask> <mask>'s release. Harcharan Longowal, leader of the Akali Dal, said that his morcha would be for the release of <mask> <mask>. Jarnail <mask> agreed to join the Akali Dal's planned Dharam Yudh Morcha after news of their new morcha for the release of Bhai <mask> <mask>. In the summer of 1983, <mask> <mask> was honoured at the Akal Takht with a bouquet of flowers. 1948 births of Indian Sikhs and 1984 deaths of Sikh missionaries.

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Tiburce Sébastiani

Jean André Tiburce, viscount Sébastiani de La Porta, was a French general and politician. He was born on 21 March 1786 in La Porta (Haute-Corse) and died on 16 September 1871 in Bastia (Haute-Corse). Deputy of Corsica from 1828 to 1837, and Peer of France, he was the brother of the Marshal of France and politician Horace Sébastiani. Life Youth Tiburce Sébastiani was born in La Porta (Haute-Corse) on 21 March 1786. He was the son of Joseph-Marie Sébastiani, a wealthy tailor and craftsman, and of the signora Maria Pietra Francesca Alterice Franceschi. His older brother was the future Marshal of France and politician Horace Sébastiani. Tiburce would later marry Marie Laetitia Paravicini on 19 November 1817. In 1789, during the French Revolution, the Sébastiani family was forced to move to France to flee the revolutionary troubles in Corsica. Tiburce was then a pupil of the National military Prytaneum of Paris, then of the Military School of Fontainebleau (Saint-Cyr), from where he left in October 1806 with the rank of Second lieutenant in the 1st regiment of Dragoons. Napoleonic Wars He participated first in the expedition of Portugal led by General Junot, where he took part in the battle of Vimeiro, then in Spain, under the orders of his brother General Horace Sébastiani (1809–1811), where he distinguished in the battles of Ciudad Real, Santa-Cruz, Talaveira, Almonacid, in the passage of the Sierra Morena (where he was elevated to the rank of Knight of the Legion of Honour on 23 June 1810) and in the take of Malaga. He received command of mobile columns, at the head of which he fought in turn the Spaniards and the English, notably at Motril, which he captured, and under the walls of Gibraltar. Called in 1812 to the Grande Armée, he was appointed aide-de-camp to the Count of Narbonne. He participated in the campaign of Russia, showed bravery there at the battle of Borodino, and was part of the vanguard that entered Moscow, as squadron commander of the 11th regiment of Horse Chasseurs. He was made Colonel in 1813 at the battle of Dresden and fought at the battles of Leipzig and Hanau. He showed real courage during the 1814 campaign and at the battle of Ligny. Very weak, he could not take part in the battle of Waterloo. After a final battle in Patte-d'Oie to protect the retreat of the French army, he retired with the remains of the army behind the Loire. Under the Restoration On the return of the Bourbons, he went to his native country, and three years later, in 1818, he was given command of the Corsican legion (12th Regiment of Horse Chasseurs). Appointed Maréchal de camp at the seniority, in 1823, he was rapidly being put in non-activity because of his political ideas and especially because of the political attitude of his brother Horace. On 28 April 1828, the Grand College of Corsica, by 20 votes out of 35 voters, sent him to sit at the Chamber of Deputies. He voted with the constitutional party, in the opposition. By the ordinance of 24 July 1828, he was then sent to Greece as a field marshal to participate in the Morea expedition (1828), under the orders of Marshal Maison, during the Greek War of Independence. At the head of the 1st brigade of the expeditionary forces, he liberated the city of Coron (on 7 October 1828) from the Turkish-Egyptian occupation troops of Ibrahim Pasha. He finally left the Greek soil after four months of mission in the Peloponnese, in 1829, after having completely liberated Greece from the occupier. Upon returning from this campaign, he was promoted by king Charles X Commander of the Royal and Military Order of Saint-Louis and then, Grand Commander of the Order of the Redeemer by the new independent Greek State, in 1830. Following the July Revolution, Sébastiani was re-elected deputy (17 November 1830) by 22 votes (out of 37 voters), and received from the July Monarchy the rank of Lieutenant general on 27 February 1831. In 1832 he received command of the First Division of the Army of the North and campaigned in Belgium, where he attended the siege of Antwerp. Re-elected deputy, on 5 July 1831, in the first college of Corsica (Ajaccio), by 93 votes out of 97 voters, 148 registered, and then, on 5 July 1834, by 97 votes out of 98 voters, 150 registered, he did not cease support with his votes the government of king Louis-Philippe. Raised to the Peerage on 3 October 1837, he followed the same line of conduct at the Luxembourg Palace (seat of the Chamber of Peers), became commander of the military division of Marseille, and, in 1842, of that of Paris, which he kept until the eve of the French Revolution of 1848. Tiburce Sébastiani withdrew to Corsica after the revolution of 1848 and remained away from politics. He was raised to the rank of Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour on 5 January 1845. He died in Bastia (Haute-Corse) on 16 September 1871. Decorations French decorations: Commander of the Royal and Military Order of Saint-Louis (22 February 1829). Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour (23 June 1810). Officer of the Legion of Honour (18 February 1814). Commander of the Legion of Honour (16 November 1832). Grand-officer of the Legion of Honour (29 April 1833). Grand-croix of the Legion of Honour (5 January 1845). Foreign decorations: Grand-Commander of the Order of the Redeemer (Greece) Grand-commander of the Order of Leopold (Belgium) Viscount (30 June 1830). Pair de France on 3 October 1837 See also Morea expedition List of members of the Morea expedition (1828-1833) Notes and references Bibliography « Sébastiani (Jean André Tiburce, vicomte) », dans Adolphe Robert et Gaston Cougny, Dictionnaire des parlementaires français, Edgar Bourloton, 1889–1891 [détail de l’édition] [texte sur Sycomore] ; Sébastiani (Tiburce, vicomte), « Biographies et nécrologies des hommes marquants du XIXe siècle », Volume 2, p. 193, Victor Lacaine et H.-Charles Laurent, 1845. Sébastiani Tiburce, « Dictionnaire des colonels de Napoléon », pp. 787–788, Danielle and Bernard Quintin (preface by Jean Tulard), editions SPM-Lettrage, Paris, 2013. External links Resources related to his public life: Base Léonore ; Base Sycomore : (National Order of the Legion of Honour) « List of the parliamentary terms of Jean, André, Tiburce Sébastiani (1786–1871) », base Sycomore, (French National Assembly). Defence Historical Service – Fort de Vincennes – Dossier S.H.A.T. Côte : 7 Yd 1 103. Cote S.H.A.T., state of services, distinctions on People from Corsica Members of the Chamber of Peers of the July Monarchy Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy Commanders of the Order of Saint Louis Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur 19th-century Viscounts of France French generals 1786 births 1871 deaths French military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars

<mask>, viscount <mask>, was a French general and politician. He was born on 21 March 1786 in La Porta (Haute-Corse) and died on 16 September 1871 in Bastia (Haute-Corse). Deputy of Corsica from 1828 to 1837, and Peer of France, he was the brother of the Marshal of France and politician <mask>. Life Youth <mask> was born in La Porta (Haute-Corse) on 21 March 1786. He was the son of Joseph-<mask>, a wealthy tailor and craftsman, and of the signora Maria Pietra Francesca Alterice Franceschi. His older brother was the future Marshal of France and politician <mask>. <mask> would later marry Marie Laetitia Paravicini on 19 November 1817.In 1789, during the French Revolution, the Sébastiani family was forced to move to France to flee the revolutionary troubles in Corsica. <mask> was then a pupil of the National military Prytaneum of Paris, then of the Military School of Fontainebleau (Saint-Cyr), from where he left in October 1806 with the rank of Second lieutenant in the 1st regiment of Dragoons. Napoleonic Wars He participated first in the expedition of Portugal led by General Junot, where he took part in the battle of Vimeiro, then in Spain, under the orders of his brother General <mask> (1809–1811), where he distinguished in the battles of Ciudad Real, Santa-Cruz, Talaveira, Almonacid, in the passage of the Sierra Morena (where he was elevated to the rank of Knight of the Legion of Honour on 23 June 1810) and in the take of Malaga. He received command of mobile columns, at the head of which he fought in turn the Spaniards and the English, notably at Motril, which he captured, and under the walls of Gibraltar. Called in 1812 to the Grande Armée, he was appointed aide-de-camp to the Count of Narbonne. He participated in the campaign of Russia, showed bravery there at the battle of Borodino, and was part of the vanguard that entered Moscow, as squadron commander of the 11th regiment of Horse Chasseurs. He was made Colonel in 1813 at the battle of Dresden and fought at the battles of Leipzig and Hanau.He showed real courage during the 1814 campaign and at the battle of Ligny. Very weak, he could not take part in the battle of Waterloo. After a final battle in Patte-d'Oie to protect the retreat of the French army, he retired with the remains of the army behind the Loire. Under the Restoration On the return of the Bourbons, he went to his native country, and three years later, in 1818, he was given command of the Corsican legion (12th Regiment of Horse Chasseurs). Appointed Maréchal de camp at the seniority, in 1823, he was rapidly being put in non-activity because of his political ideas and especially because of the political attitude of his brother Horace. On 28 April 1828, the Grand College of Corsica, by 20 votes out of 35 voters, sent him to sit at the Chamber of Deputies. He voted with the constitutional party, in the opposition.By the ordinance of 24 July 1828, he was then sent to Greece as a field marshal to participate in the Morea expedition (1828), under the orders of Marshal Maison, during the Greek War of Independence. At the head of the 1st brigade of the expeditionary forces, he liberated the city of Coron (on 7 October 1828) from the Turkish-Egyptian occupation troops of Ibrahim Pasha. He finally left the Greek soil after four months of mission in the Peloponnese, in 1829, after having completely liberated Greece from the occupier. Upon returning from this campaign, he was promoted by king Charles X Commander of the Royal and Military Order of Saint-Louis and then, Grand Commander of the Order of the Redeemer by the new independent Greek State, in 1830. Following the July Revolution, Sébastiani was re-elected deputy (17 November 1830) by 22 votes (out of 37 voters), and received from the July Monarchy the rank of Lieutenant general on 27 February 1831. In 1832 he received command of the First Division of the Army of the North and campaigned in Belgium, where he attended the siege of Antwerp. Re-elected deputy, on 5 July 1831, in the first college of Corsica (Ajaccio), by 93 votes out of 97 voters, 148 registered, and then, on 5 July 1834, by 97 votes out of 98 voters, 150 registered, he did not cease support with his votes the government of king Louis-Philippe.Raised to the Peerage on 3 October 1837, he followed the same line of conduct at the Luxembourg Palace (seat of the Chamber of Peers), became commander of the military division of Marseille, and, in 1842, of that of Paris, which he kept until the eve of the French Revolution of 1848. <mask> Sébastiani withdrew to Corsica after the revolution of 1848 and remained away from politics. He was raised to the rank of Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour on 5 January 1845. He died in Bastia (Haute-Corse) on 16 September 1871. Decorations French decorations: Commander of the Royal and Military Order of Saint-Louis (22 February 1829). Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour (23 June 1810). Officer of the Legion of Honour (18 February 1814).Commander of the Legion of Honour (16 November 1832). Grand-officer of the Legion of Honour (29 April 1833). Grand-croix of the Legion of Honour (5 January 1845). Foreign decorations: Grand-Commander of the Order of the Redeemer (Greece) Grand-commander of the Order of Leopold (Belgium) Viscount (30 June 1830). Pair de France on 3 October 1837 See also Morea expedition List of members of the Morea expedition (1828-1833) Notes and references Bibliography « Sébastiani (Jean André Tiburce, vicomte) », dans Adolphe Robert et Gaston Cougny, Dictionnaire des parlementaires français, Edgar Bourloton, 1889–1891 [détail de l’édition] [texte sur Sycomore] ; Sébastiani (Tiburce, vicomte), « Biographies et nécrologies des hommes marquants du XIXe siècle », Volume 2, p. 193, Victor Lacaine et H.-Charles Laurent, 1845. <mask> Tiburce, « Dictionnaire des colonels de Napoléon », pp. 787–788, Danielle and Bernard Quintin (preface by Jean Tulard), editions SPM-Lettrage, Paris, 2013.External links Resources related to his public life: Base Léonore ; Base Sycomore : (National Order of the Legion of Honour) « List of the parliamentary terms of Jean, André, Tiburce Sébastiani (1786–1871) », base Sycomore, (French National Assembly). Defence Historical Service – Fort de Vincennes – Dossier S.H.A.T. Côte : 7 Yd 1 103. Cote S.H.A.T., state of services, distinctions on People from Corsica Members of the Chamber of Peers of the July Monarchy Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy Commanders of the Order of Saint Louis Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur 19th-century Viscounts of France French generals 1786 births 1871 deaths French military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars

<mask> was a French general and politician. He was born on 21 March 1786 and died on 16 September 1871. He was the brother of the marshal of France and a politician. Life Youth <mask> was born on March 21, 1786. He was the son of Joseph-<mask>, a wealthy tailor and craftsman. His older brother was a politician. <mask> would marry Marie Laetitia Paravicini.During the French Revolution, the Sbastiani family was forced to move to France to escape the revolutionary troubles in Corsica. <mask> left the Military School of Fontainebleau (Saint-Cyr) in October of 1806 with the rank of Second lieutenant. He took part in the battle of Vimeiro in Spain under the orders of his brother General Horace Sbastiani, who was also involved in the battles of Ciudad Real, Santa. At the head of which he fought in turn the Spaniards and the English, and under the walls of Gibraltar, he received command of mobile columns. He was an aide-de-camp to the Count of Narbonne. He participated in the campaign of Russia, showed bravery at the battle of Borodino, and was a squadron commander of the 11th cavalry. He was made a Colonel at the battle of Dresden in 1813.During the battle of Ligny, he showed real courage. He wasn't strong enough to take part in the battle of Waterloo. After the final battle in Patte-d'Oie, he retired with the remains of the army behind the Loire. After the return of the Bourbons, he went to his native country, and three years later was given command of the Corsican legion. Maréchal de camp was put in non- activity because of his political ideas and his brother's political attitude. He was sent to sit at the Chamber of Deputies by the Grand College of Corsica after 20 votes. He voted for the constitutional party.He was sent to Greece as a field marshal in order to participate in the Morea expedition during the Greek War of Independence. The city of Coron was liberated from the Turkish-Egyptian occupation troops by the 1st brigade of the expeditionary forces. After four months of mission in the Peloponnese, he left the Greek soil. He was promoted to Grand Commander of the Order of the Redeemer by the new independent Greek State in 1830 after returning from this campaign. After the July Revolution, Sbastiani was re-elected deputy by 22 votes and received the rank of Lieutenant general. The First Division of the Army of the North was commanded by him in the late 18th century. He was re-elected deputy in the first college of Corsica by 93 votes out of 97 voters, and 97 votes out of 98 voters, on July 5, 1834.He was raised to the Peerage on 3 October 1836 and became commander of the military division of Marseille and of Paris before the French Revolution. <mask> <mask> was away from politics after the revolution of 1848. He was promoted to the rank of Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour on January 5, 1845. He died in September of 1871. The Commander of the Royal and Military Order of Saint-Louis was decorated. The Order of the Legion of Honour has a knight. The officer of the Legion of Honour was in February 1814.The commander of the Legion of Honour was in November of 1832. The grand-officer was from the Legion of Honour. The Legion of Honour has a grand-croix. The Grand-Commander of the Order of the Redeemer is from Greece. The Morea expedition List of members of the Morea expedition can be found here. The Dictionnaire des colonels de Napoléon was written by Sbastiani <mask>. Danielle and Bernard are the authors of the Paris edition of SPM-Lettrage.The National Order of the Legion of Honour has resources related to his public life. The Defence Historical Service is at Fort de Vincennes. 7 Yd 1 103. There are people from Corsica who are members of the Chamber of Peers of the July Monarchy.

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Cildo Meireles

Cildo Meireles (born 1948) is a Brazilian conceptual artist, installation artist and sculptor. He is noted especially for his installations, many of which express resistance to political oppression in Brazil. These works, often large and dense, encourage a phenomenological experience via the viewer's interaction. Life Meireles was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1948. From an early age, Meireles showed a keen interest in drawing and spatial relations. He was especially interested in how this has been explored in animated film. His father, who encouraged Meireles' creativity, worked for the Indian Protection Service and their family traveled extensively within rural Brazil. In an interview with Nuria Enguita, Meireles described a time when he was "seven or eight" and living in the countryside that had a huge impact on him. He said that he was startled by an impoverished man wandering through the trees. The next day, the young Meireles went to investigate, but the man was gone and only a small but perfect hut the man had apparently made the night before remained. Meireles said that this hut "was perhaps the most decisive thing for the path [he] followed in life...The possibility one has of making things and leaving them for others." During his time in rural Brazil, Meireles learned the beliefs of the Tupi people which he later incorporated into some of his works in order to highlight their marginalization in, or complete disappearance from, Brazilian society and politics. Installations which contain allusions to the Tupi include Southern Cross (1969–70) and Olvido (1990). Meireles cites Orson Welles' 1938 radio broadcast War of the Worlds as one of the greatest works of art of the 20th century because it "seamlessly dissolved the border between art and life, fiction and reality." Recreating this concept of total audience investment was an important artistic goal of Meireles that is seen throughout his body of work. He began his study of art in 1963 at the District Federal Cultural Foundation in Brasilia, under the Peruvian painter and ceramist Felix Barrenechea. In the late 1960s, Meireles discovered the work of Hélio Oiticica and Lygia Clark, thereby introducing him to the Brazilian Neo-Concrete movement. These artists, as well as Meireles, were all concerned with blurring the boundary between what is art and what is life, and responding to current political situations within their pieces. Meireles unintentionally participated in a political demonstration in April 1964, when he was sixteen years old. He has cited this moment has his "political awakening" and began to take an interest in student politics. In 1967 he moved to Rio de Janeiro and studied at the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes. Meireles currently lives and works in Rio de Janeiro. Career Meireles has stated that drawing was his main artistic medium until 1968, when he altogether abandoned expressionistic drawing in favor of designing things that he wanted to physically construct. A topic that he especially explored in his art was the concept of the ephemeral and the non-object, art that only exists with interaction, which prompted him to create installation pieces or situational art. This led to his Virtual Spaces project, which he began in 1968. This project was "based on Euclidian principles of space" and sought to show how objects in space can be defined by three different planes. He modeled this concept as a series of environments made to look like corners in rooms. Following the military coup in 1964, Meireles became involved in political art. When Meireles was "first getting started as an artist," governmental censorship of various forms of media, including art, was standard in Brazil. Meireles found ways to create art that was subversive but subtle enough to make public by taking inspiration from Dadaist art, which he notes had the ability to seem "tame" and "ironic." In the early 1970s he developed a political art project that aimed to reach a wide audience while avoiding censorship called Insertions Into Ideological Circuits, which was continued until 1976. Many of his installation pieces since this time have taken on political themes, though now his art is "less overtly political." He was one of the founders of the Experimental Unit of the Museu de Arte Moderna in Rio de Janeiro in 1969 and in 1975, edited the art magazine Malasartes. In 1999, Meireles was honoured with a Prince Claus Award and in 2008 he won the Velazquez Plastic Arts Award, presented by the Ministry of Culture of Spain. Key Works Red Shift (1967-84) A large-scale, three-room exploration of an entirely red environment. The title of the installation refers both to the scientific concept of chromatic shift (or chromatic aberration) as well as to the idea of a "shift" as a displacement or deviation. The first room, called Impregnation, is approximately 50 m² and filled with a number of everyday, domestic objects in a variety of different shades of red. The effect is an overwhelming visual saturation of the color. Upon entering the room, the participant experiences an initial shock from the visual inundation of red. Dan Cameron writes that "one's gaze is literally thwarted in an effort to gain a purchase on the specificity of things." Because of its lack of chromatic differentiation, the environment appears to lack depth. Cameron argues that the longer a participant stays in the room the more aware they become of the color's negative, unsettling psychological impact on them. The second room is called Spill/Environment and consists solely of a large pool of red ink spilled from a small bottle on the floor, evoking mental associations with blood. The amount of liquid on the floor in comparison to the amount which the bottle could conceivably hold is disproportionate. The redness on the floor extends throughout the small room to the edge of the darkened third room, an effect which lends itself to feelings of foreboding and uncertainty. The third room, Shift, contains a washbasin attached to the wall at a 30° angle illuminated by a direct beam of overhead light. A red stream pours into the washbasin from a tap, also at a 30° angle, allowing the liquid to pool in the sink before draining. The feelings of disturbance experienced by the participant throughout the installation culminate in this final room. Since the room is completely dark, the sole focus is placed on the washbasin. While the connotations of blood which appear throughout the installation are at first rather vague, like in the initial saturation of red in the first room and in the ink spill of the second room, in the third room this association with blood becomes much more explicit, creating a final, visceral reaction to the color within the participant. Art historian Anne Dezeuze has commented that the "cinematic" installation as a whole articulates a certain sense of menace within participants because of the intense repetition of the color red throughout the three rooms. Like most of Meireles' other artworks, Red Shift takes on political undertones when examined in light of Brazil's military dictatorship which lasted throughout the creation and exhibition of this piece. For instance, the red liquid pouring into the washbasin has been seen by some art historians as a visual representation of the blood of victims murdered by government authorities. Southern Cross (1969-70) A minimalist sculpture, on a Lilliputian scale: Meireles calls it an example of “humiliminimalism” – a humble brand of minimalism. He wanted it to be even smaller, “but when [he] sanded it down to [his] nails, [he] lost patience and stopped at nine millimeters." Unlike most minimalist sculptures it is no mere object, but it is meant to be as richly symbolic, sensuous and potent as an amulet. Each half of the tiny 9mm by 9mm by 9mm cube is made of pine and oak. These two types of wood are considered sacred by the Tupi people of Brazil. The title refers to an unofficial geographical (and metaphysical) region that lies to the west of Tordesillas. According to Meireles in a statement he made about the artwork in 1970, this region is "the wild side, the jungle in one's head, without the lustre of intelligence or reason...our origins." It is a place where "there are only individual truths." In the same statement, he notes that he wants Southern Cross to be perceived as a physical representation of the memory of the Tupi ("people whose history is legends and fables") and a warning to modernity of the growing self-confidence of the primordial which will eventually result in an overtaking of the urban by the natural. Meireles' statement is also political. It is a caution against indifference, especially against indifference towards Brazil's fading indigenous population. The tiny cube is meant to be placed alone in the middle of an empty room in order to emphasize the reality and the power of indigenous belief systems in the context of Eurocentric modernism. Insertions Into Ideological Circuits (1970-76) An art project with political undertones that was designed to reach a mass-audience. This project manifested in multiple ways, two of the most well-known being the Coca-Cola project, and the Banknote project. Insertions Into Ideological Circuits was based upon three principles as defined by Meireles: 1) In society there are certain mechanisms for circulation (circuits); 2) these circuits clearly embody the ideology of the producer, but at the same time they are passive when they receive insertions into the circuit; 3) and this occurs whenever people initiate them. The goal of Insertions... was to literally insert some kind of counter-information or critical thought into a large system of circulated information. Meireles inserted something that is physically the same, though ideologically different, into a pre-existing system in order to counteract the original circuit without disrupting it. The project was achieved by printing images and messages onto various items that were already widely circulated and which had value discouraging them being destroyed, such as Coca-Cola bottles (which were recycled by way of a deposit scheme) and banknotes. Meireles screen-printed texts onto the Coca-Cola bottles that were supposed to encourage the buyer to become aware of their personal role in a consumerist society. The project simultaneously conveyed anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist messages. Building off of that concept, Meireles also used money as a theme and produced his own replica banknotes and coins (1974–1978) which appeared very similar to genuine Brazilian and US currency but with zero denominations clearly written on them, e.g. Zero Dollar. Mieireles also wrote critiques of the Brazilian government on the banknotes, such as "Who killed Herzog?" (in reference to journalist Vladimir Herzog), "Yankees go home!" and "Direct elections." Through (1983-89) A labyrinthine structure which invites the visitor to walk across eight tons of broken plate glass. The maze is composed of "velvet museum ropes, street barriers, garden fences, blinds, railings, and aquariums" and in the center of it is a three-meter ball of cellophane. Meireles notes that an essential part of Through is the sense of psychological unease that comes from the participant's realization of the different sensory capacities and capabilities between the eyes and the body. For instance, the eyes can see through the glass parts of the work, but the body is physically impeded from passing through parts of the space. Furthermore, the sound of crunching glass underfoot while navigating the maze can be off-putting. He wanted the participant to experience psychological tension between the appreciation of the sonic and the appreciation of the visual. The work, Meireles says, "is based on the notion of an excess of obstacles and prohibitions." Meireles drew some of his inspiration for this installation from writer Jorge Luis Borges, whose subject matter sometimes included the concept of the labyrinth. Meireles also wanted the participant to experience feelings of awareness and attentiveness that come from walking a labyrinth. Babel (2001) A tower of hundreds of radios, each just audible and tuned to stations of different languages to evoke resonances of the Tower of Babel in the Bible. In the story, before the destruction of the Tower of Babel by God, every person on Earth spoke the same language. Meireles' Babel acknowledges the multiplicity of language that resulted from the Tower's destruction in the story. The artwork contradicts the notion of one universal language, emphasizing that the pursuit of commonality is futile. Paul Herkenhoff points out that Babel also has autobiographical meaning for Meireles, as radio was a common method of widespread communication in Brazil during the artist's youth. The work also speaks to globalization. Meireles parallels the unity of humanity before the fall of the Tower of Babel with the present-day unity which has resulted from globalization despite numerous language barriers. Exhibitions Meireles considers his first exhibition to have taken place in 1965, when one of his canvases and two of his drawings were accepted by the Segundo Salão Nacional de Arte Moderna in Brasilia. A retrospective of his work was presented at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York in 1999. It then traveled to the Museu de Arte Moderna in Rio de Janeiro and the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art. In conjunction with the exhibition, a book entitled Cildo Meireles, was published by Phaidon Press (1999). The first extensive presentation of the artist’s work in the UK opened at Tate Modern in October 2008. Meireles was the first Brazilian artist to be given a full retrospective by Tate. This exhibition then moved to the Museu d'Art Contemporani in Barcelona, and later to the Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC) in Mexico City until January 10, 2010. From March to July 2014 a major retrospective of Meireles's work was presented at Milan's HangarBicocca. It featured twelve of his most important works. Another important retrospective took place at SESC Pompeia from September 2019 to February 2020. In the exhibition entitled "Entrevendo" (Glimpsing) many of his most noteworthy installations were on display and an important catalogue was created for the exhibition. References Selected bibliography Basualdo, Carlos. "Maxima Moralia: The Work of C. Meireles", Artforum International, v. 35 (February 1997) p. 58-63. Cameron, Dan, Paulo Herkenhoff, and Gerardo Mosquera. Cildo Meireles. London: Phaidon Press, 1999. Carvalho, Denise. "Cildo Meireles: New Museum of Contemporary Art" Sculpture, v. 19 no. 10 (December 2000) p. 74-5. Cohen, Ana Paula. "Cildo Meireles: Museu de Arte Moderna Aloisio Magalhaes", Art Nexus no. 44 (April/June 2002) p. 125-6. Dezeuze, Anna. "Cildo Meireles." Artforum International 47, no. 8 (2009): 182. Farmer, John Alan. "Through the Labyrinth: An Interview with Cildo Meireles", Art Journal v. 59 no. 3 (Fall 2000) p. 34-43. Gilmore, Jonathan. "Cildo Meireles at Galerie Lelong", Art in America v. 93 no. 3 (March 2005) p. 132. Meireles, Cildo. Cildo Meireles. Valencia: IVAM, 1995. Meireles, Cildo and Charles Merewether. “Memory of the Senses.” Grand Street, no. 64 (1998): 221-223. Mosquera, Gerardo. Cildo Meireles (London: Phaidon), 1999. Weinstein, Joel. "Industrial Poetry: A Conversation with Cildo Meireles", Sculpture v. 22 no. 10 (December 2003) p. 50-5. Zamudio, Raul. "Cildo Meireles at Tate Modern", ArtNexus v. 8. no. 73 (June/August, 2009) p. 76-78. Zamudio, Raul. "Knowing Can Be Destroying", TRANS> arts.cultures.media no. 7 (2000) p. 146-152. External links Review of Cildo Meireles at Tate Modern, 2009 List of exhibitions by Cildo Meireles (covers 1967-2007) TateShots: Cildo Meireles The artist talks about his interactive work Meshes of Freedom. 20 November 2008 Cildo Meireles' profile at Kadist Art Foundation Materiality and Memory: An interview with Cildo Meireles Cildo Meireles from sense to concept 1948 births Brazilian sculptors Brazilian contemporary artists Living people Conceptual artists Artists from Rio de Janeiro (city) Date of birth missing (living people) Political artists

<mask> (born 1948) is a Brazilian conceptual artist, installation artist and sculptor. He is noted especially for his installations, many of which express resistance to political oppression in Brazil. These works, often large and dense, encourage a phenomenological experience via the viewer's interaction. <mask> was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1948. From an early age, <mask> showed a keen interest in drawing and spatial relations. He was especially interested in how this has been explored in animated film. His father, who encouraged <mask>' creativity, worked for the Indian Protection Service and their family traveled extensively within rural Brazil.In an interview with Nuria Enguita, Meireles described a time when he was "seven or eight" and living in the countryside that had a huge impact on him. He said that he was startled by an impoverished man wandering through the trees. The next day, the young Meireles went to investigate, but the man was gone and only a small but perfect hut the man had apparently made the night before remained. Meireles said that this hut "was perhaps the most decisive thing for the path [he] followed in life...The possibility one has of making things and leaving them for others." During his time in rural Brazil, <mask> learned the beliefs of the Tupi people which he later incorporated into some of his works in order to highlight their marginalization in, or complete disappearance from, Brazilian society and politics. Installations which contain allusions to the Tupi include Southern Cross (1969–70) and Olvido (1990). Meireles cites Orson Welles' 1938 radio broadcast War of the Worlds as one of the greatest works of art of the 20th century because it "seamlessly dissolved the border between art and life, fiction and reality."Recreating this concept of total audience investment was an important artistic goal of Meireles that is seen throughout his body of work. He began his study of art in 1963 at the District Federal Cultural Foundation in Brasilia, under the Peruvian painter and ceramist Felix Barrenechea. In the late 1960s, Meireles discovered the work of Hélio Oiticica and Lygia Clark, thereby introducing him to the Brazilian Neo-Concrete movement. These artists, as well as Meireles, were all concerned with blurring the boundary between what is art and what is life, and responding to current political situations within their pieces. Meireles unintentionally participated in a political demonstration in April 1964, when he was sixteen years old. He has cited this moment has his "political awakening" and began to take an interest in student politics. In 1967 he moved to Rio de Janeiro and studied at the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes.<mask> currently lives and works in Rio de Janeiro. Career <mask> has stated that drawing was his main artistic medium until 1968, when he altogether abandoned expressionistic drawing in favor of designing things that he wanted to physically construct. A topic that he especially explored in his art was the concept of the ephemeral and the non-object, art that only exists with interaction, which prompted him to create installation pieces or situational art. This led to his Virtual Spaces project, which he began in 1968. This project was "based on Euclidian principles of space" and sought to show how objects in space can be defined by three different planes. He modeled this concept as a series of environments made to look like corners in rooms. Following the military coup in 1964, <mask> became involved in political art.When <mask> was "first getting started as an artist," governmental censorship of various forms of media, including art, was standard in Brazil. Meireles found ways to create art that was subversive but subtle enough to make public by taking inspiration from Dadaist art, which he notes had the ability to seem "tame" and "ironic." In the early 1970s he developed a political art project that aimed to reach a wide audience while avoiding censorship called Insertions Into Ideological Circuits, which was continued until 1976. Many of his installation pieces since this time have taken on political themes, though now his art is "less overtly political." He was one of the founders of the Experimental Unit of the Museu de Arte Moderna in Rio de Janeiro in 1969 and in 1975, edited the art magazine Malasartes. In 1999, <mask> was honoured with a Prince Claus Award and in 2008 he won the Velazquez Plastic Arts Award, presented by the Ministry of Culture of Spain. Key Works Red Shift (1967-84) A large-scale, three-room exploration of an entirely red environment.The title of the installation refers both to the scientific concept of chromatic shift (or chromatic aberration) as well as to the idea of a "shift" as a displacement or deviation. The first room, called Impregnation, is approximately 50 m² and filled with a number of everyday, domestic objects in a variety of different shades of red. The effect is an overwhelming visual saturation of the color. Upon entering the room, the participant experiences an initial shock from the visual inundation of red. Dan Cameron writes that "one's gaze is literally thwarted in an effort to gain a purchase on the specificity of things." Because of its lack of chromatic differentiation, the environment appears to lack depth. Cameron argues that the longer a participant stays in the room the more aware they become of the color's negative, unsettling psychological impact on them.The second room is called Spill/Environment and consists solely of a large pool of red ink spilled from a small bottle on the floor, evoking mental associations with blood. The amount of liquid on the floor in comparison to the amount which the bottle could conceivably hold is disproportionate. The redness on the floor extends throughout the small room to the edge of the darkened third room, an effect which lends itself to feelings of foreboding and uncertainty. The third room, Shift, contains a washbasin attached to the wall at a 30° angle illuminated by a direct beam of overhead light. A red stream pours into the washbasin from a tap, also at a 30° angle, allowing the liquid to pool in the sink before draining. The feelings of disturbance experienced by the participant throughout the installation culminate in this final room. Since the room is completely dark, the sole focus is placed on the washbasin.While the connotations of blood which appear throughout the installation are at first rather vague, like in the initial saturation of red in the first room and in the ink spill of the second room, in the third room this association with blood becomes much more explicit, creating a final, visceral reaction to the color within the participant. Art historian Anne Dezeuze has commented that the "cinematic" installation as a whole articulates a certain sense of menace within participants because of the intense repetition of the color red throughout the three rooms. Like most of <mask>' other artworks, Red Shift takes on political undertones when examined in light of Brazil's military dictatorship which lasted throughout the creation and exhibition of this piece. For instance, the red liquid pouring into the washbasin has been seen by some art historians as a visual representation of the blood of victims murdered by government authorities. Southern Cross (1969-70) A minimalist sculpture, on a Lilliputian scale: <mask> calls it an example of “humiliminimalism” – a humble brand of minimalism. He wanted it to be even smaller, “but when [he] sanded it down to [his] nails, [he] lost patience and stopped at nine millimeters." Unlike most minimalist sculptures it is no mere object, but it is meant to be as richly symbolic, sensuous and potent as an amulet.Each half of the tiny 9mm by 9mm by 9mm cube is made of pine and oak. These two types of wood are considered sacred by the Tupi people of Brazil. The title refers to an unofficial geographical (and metaphysical) region that lies to the west of Tordesillas. According to <mask> in a statement he made about the artwork in 1970, this region is "the wild side, the jungle in one's head, without the lustre of intelligence or reason...our origins." It is a place where "there are only individual truths." In the same statement, he notes that he wants Southern Cross to be perceived as a physical representation of the memory of the Tupi ("people whose history is legends and fables") and a warning to modernity of the growing self-confidence of the primordial which will eventually result in an overtaking of the urban by the natural. <mask>' statement is also political.It is a caution against indifference, especially against indifference towards Brazil's fading indigenous population. The tiny cube is meant to be placed alone in the middle of an empty room in order to emphasize the reality and the power of indigenous belief systems in the context of Eurocentric modernism. Insertions Into Ideological Circuits (1970-76) An art project with political undertones that was designed to reach a mass-audience. This project manifested in multiple ways, two of the most well-known being the Coca-Cola project, and the Banknote project. Insertions Into Ideological Circuits was based upon three principles as defined by Meireles: 1) In society there are certain mechanisms for circulation (circuits); 2) these circuits clearly embody the ideology of the producer, but at the same time they are passive when they receive insertions into the circuit; 3) and this occurs whenever people initiate them. The goal of Insertions... was to literally insert some kind of counter-information or critical thought into a large system of circulated information. Meireles inserted something that is physically the same, though ideologically different, into a pre-existing system in order to counteract the original circuit without disrupting it.The project was achieved by printing images and messages onto various items that were already widely circulated and which had value discouraging them being destroyed, such as Coca-Cola bottles (which were recycled by way of a deposit scheme) and banknotes. Meireles screen-printed texts onto the Coca-Cola bottles that were supposed to encourage the buyer to become aware of their personal role in a consumerist society. The project simultaneously conveyed anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist messages. Building off of that concept, <mask> also used money as a theme and produced his own replica banknotes and coins (1974–1978) which appeared very similar to genuine Brazilian and US currency but with zero denominations clearly written on them, e.g. Zero Dollar. Mieireles also wrote critiques of the Brazilian government on the banknotes, such as "Who killed Herzog?" (in reference to journalist Vladimir Herzog), "Yankees go home!"and "Direct elections." Through (1983-89) A labyrinthine structure which invites the visitor to walk across eight tons of broken plate glass. The maze is composed of "velvet museum ropes, street barriers, garden fences, blinds, railings, and aquariums" and in the center of it is a three-meter ball of cellophane. <mask> notes that an essential part of Through is the sense of psychological unease that comes from the participant's realization of the different sensory capacities and capabilities between the eyes and the body. For instance, the eyes can see through the glass parts of the work, but the body is physically impeded from passing through parts of the space. Furthermore, the sound of crunching glass underfoot while navigating the maze can be off-putting. He wanted the participant to experience psychological tension between the appreciation of the sonic and the appreciation of the visual.The work, Meireles says, "is based on the notion of an excess of obstacles and prohibitions." <mask> drew some of his inspiration for this installation from writer Jorge Luis Borges, whose subject matter sometimes included the concept of the labyrinth. <mask> also wanted the participant to experience feelings of awareness and attentiveness that come from walking a labyrinth. Babel (2001) A tower of hundreds of radios, each just audible and tuned to stations of different languages to evoke resonances of the Tower of Babel in the Bible. In the story, before the destruction of the Tower of Babel by God, every person on Earth spoke the same language. <mask>' Babel acknowledges the multiplicity of language that resulted from the Tower's destruction in the story. The artwork contradicts the notion of one universal language, emphasizing that the pursuit of commonality is futile.Paul Herkenhoff points out that Babel also has autobiographical meaning for Meireles, as radio was a common method of widespread communication in Brazil during the artist's youth. The work also speaks to globalization. Meireles parallels the unity of humanity before the fall of the Tower of Babel with the present-day unity which has resulted from globalization despite numerous language barriers. Exhibitions <mask> considers his first exhibition to have taken place in 1965, when one of his canvases and two of his drawings were accepted by the Segundo Salão Nacional de Arte Moderna in Brasilia. A retrospective of his work was presented at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York in 1999. It then traveled to the Museu de Arte Moderna in Rio de Janeiro and the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art. In conjunction with the exhibition, a book entitled Cildo Meireles, was published by Phaidon Press (1999).The first extensive presentation of the artist’s work in the UK opened at Tate Modern in October 2008. <mask> was the first Brazilian artist to be given a full retrospective by Tate. This exhibition then moved to the Museu d'Art Contemporani in Barcelona, and later to the Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC) in Mexico City until January 10, 2010. From March to July 2014 a major retrospective of <mask>'s work was presented at Milan's HangarBicocca. It featured twelve of his most important works. Another important retrospective took place at SESC Pompeia from September 2019 to February 2020. In the exhibition entitled "Entrevendo" (Glimpsing) many of his most noteworthy installations were on display and an important catalogue was created for the exhibition.References Selected bibliography Basualdo, Carlos. "Maxima Moralia: The Work of C. Meireles", Artforum International, v. 35 (February 1997) p. 58-63. Cameron, Dan, Paulo Herkenhoff, and Gerardo Mosquera. <mask> Meireles. London: Phaidon Press, 1999. Carvalho, Denise. "Cildo Meireles: New Museum of Contemporary Art" Sculpture, v. 19 no.10 (December 2000) p. 74-5. Cohen, Ana Paula. "<mask> Meireles: Museu de Arte Moderna Aloisio Magalhaes", Art Nexus no. 44 (April/June 2002) p. 125-6. Dezeuze, Anna. "<mask> Meireles." Artforum International 47, no.8 (2009): 182. Farmer, John Alan. "Through the Labyrinth: An Interview with <mask> <mask>", Art Journal v. 59 no. 3 (Fall 2000) p. 34-43. Gilmore, Jonathan. "<mask> Meireles at Galerie Lelong", Art in America v. 93 no. 3 (March 2005) p. 132.<mask>, <mask>. <mask> <mask>. Valencia: IVAM, 1995. <mask>, <mask> and Charles Merewether. “Memory of the Senses.” Grand Street, no. 64 (1998): 221-223. Mosquera, Gerardo.<mask> <mask> (London: Phaidon), 1999. Weinstein, Joel. "Industrial Poetry: A Conversation with <mask> <mask>", Sculpture v. 22 no. 10 (December 2003) p. 50-5. Zamudio, Raul. "<mask> Meireles at Tate Modern", ArtNexus v. 8. no. 73 (June/August, 2009) p. 76-78.Zamudio, Raul. "Knowing Can Be Destroying", TRANS> arts.cultures.media no. 7 (2000) p. 146-152. External links Review of <mask> <mask> at Tate Modern, 2009 List of exhibitions by <mask> <mask> (covers 1967-2007) TateShots: <mask> Meireles The artist talks about his interactive work Meshes of Freedom. 20 November 2008 <mask> <mask>' profile at Kadist Art Foundation Materiality and Memory: An interview with <mask> Meireles Cildo Meireles from sense to concept 1948 births Brazilian sculptors Brazilian contemporary artists Living people Conceptual artists Artists from Rio de Janeiro (city) Date of birth missing (living people) Political artists

<mask> is a Brazilian conceptual artist. Many of his installations express resistance to political oppression in Brazil. The works encourage a phenomenological experience through the viewer's interaction. <mask> was born in 1948. <mask> was interested in drawing and spatial relations from an early age. He was interested in how this was explored in the film. His father worked for the Indian Protection Service and his family traveled extensively within rural Brazil.A time when he was seven or eight years old and living in the countryside had a huge impact on him. He said that he was startled by the man. The man was gone the next day and only a small hut remained from the night before. "This hut was perhaps the most decisive thing for the path he followed in life, the possibility one has of making things and leaving them for others," said Meireles. During his time in rural Brazil, <mask> learned the beliefs of the Tupi people, which he incorporated into some of his works in order to highlight their disappearance from Brazilian society and politics. Southern Cross and Olvido are installations that have allusions to the Tupi. War of the Worlds is considered to be one of the greatest works of art of the 20th century because it "seamlessly dissolved the border between art and life, fiction and reality."The artistic goal of Meireles is to create a concept of total audience investment. The District Federal Cultural Foundation in Brasilia was where he began his study of art. The Brazilian Neo-Concrete movement was introduced to him by the work of Oiticica and Clark. The artists were concerned with changing the boundaries of what is art and what is life, and responding to current political situations within their pieces. In 1964, when he was sixteen years old, Meireles participated in a political demonstration. This moment has caused him to take an interest in student politics. He studied at the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes in Rio de Janeiro.In Rio de Brazil, Meireles lives and works. According to <mask>, drawing was his main artistic medium until 1968, when he abandoned expressionistic drawing in favor of designing things that he wanted to physically construct. He created installation pieces or situational art because of the idea of the ephemeral and non-object, art that only exists with interaction. He began his Virtual Spaces project in 1968. The project sought to show how objects in space can be defined by three different planes. He created environments that looked like corners in rooms. After the military coup in 1964, Meireles became involved in political art.In Brazil, governmental censorship of various forms of media, including art, was standard. It was possible to create art that was subtle enough to make public, but also had the ability to be "tame" and "ironic". In the early 1970s he developed a political art project that aimed to reach a wide audience while avoiding censorship called Insertions Into Ideological Circuits, which continued until 1976. Since this time, many of his installation pieces have taken on political themes, but now his art is less political. He edited the art magazine Malasartes in 1975, one of the founding members of the Experimental Unit of the Museu de Arte Moderna. In 1999 he received a Prince Claus Award and in 2008 he received the Velazquez Plastic Arts Award. Key Works Red Shift is a large-scale, three-room exploration of an entirely red environment.The idea of a "shift" as a displacement or deviation is referred to in the title of the installation. The first room, called Impregnation, is 50 m2 and filled with a number of domestic objects in a variety of different shades of red. The saturation of the color is overwhelming. The participant is shocked by the sight of red upon entering the room. Dan wrote that "one's gaze is literally thwarted in an effort to gain a purchase on the specificity of things." The environment lacks depth due to its lack of chromatic differentiation. The longer a participant stays in the room, the more aware they become of the color's negative psychological impact on them.The second room is called Spill/Environment and is made up of a large pool of red ink spilled from a small bottle on the floor. The amount of liquid on the floor is disproportionate to the amount the bottle could hold. The redness on the floor extends throughout the small room to the edge of the darkened third room, an effect which makes one feel uneasy. The third room, Shift, has a wall that is illuminated by a beam of overhead light. A red stream pours into the washbasin from a tap at a 30 angle, allowing the liquid to pool in the sink before draining. The final room is where the675316753167531s of the67531s of the67531s of the67531s of the67531s of the67531s of the67531s of the67531s of the67531s of the67531s of the67531s of the67531s of the67531s Since the room is completely dark, the only focus is on the bathroom.The initial saturation of red in the first room and the ink spill of the second room creates a vague association with blood, but in the third room it becomes much more explicit, creating a final, visceral reaction to the color. Anne Dezeuze commented that the "cinematic" installation as a whole articulates a sense of menace within participants because of the intense repetition of the color red throughout the three rooms. Red Shift takes on political meaning when examined in light of Brazil's military dictatorship which lasted throughout the creation and exhibition of this piece. Some art historians see the red liquid pouring into the bathroom as a representation of the blood of victims murdered by the government. The Southern Cross is a minimalist sculpture on a small scale. When he sanded it down to his nails, he lost patience and stopped at nine millimeters. It is not just an object, but it is meant to be as potent as an amulet.The cube is made of pine and oak. The Tupi people of Brazil consider the two types of wood sacred. There is an unofficial geographical region that lies to the west of Tordesillas. This region is the wild side, the jungle in one's head, without the lustre of intelligence or reason. There are only individual truths in this place. He wants Southern Cross to be seen as a physical representation of the memory of the Tupi, and a warning to modernity of the growing self-confidence of the primordial which will eventually result in an overtaking of modernity. The statement is political.It's a caution against indifference towards Brazil's fading indigenous population. In order to emphasize the reality and power of indigenous belief systems, the cube is to be placed in the middle of an empty room. The art project was designed to reach a mass audience. The Coca-Cola project and the Banknote project are two of the most well-known examples of this project. The principles behind Insertions Into Ideological Circuits are: 1) In society there are certain mechanisms for circulation; 2) these circuits clearly embody the ideology of the producer, but at the same time they are passive when they receive inserts into them. The goal of Insertions was to put counter-information or critical thought into a large system of information. In order to counteract the original circuit without disrupting it, Meireles put something different into a pre-existing system.Coca-Cola bottles, which were recycled by way of a deposit scheme, were printed with images and messages to discourage them from being destroyed. The Coca-Cola bottles were supposed to encourage the buyer to become aware of their personal role in a consumerist society. Both anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist messages were conveyed by the project. <mask> used money as a theme and produced his own replica banknote and coins which were very similar to real Brazilian and US currency but with zero denominations clearly written on them. Zero dollar. Mieireles wrote a critique of the Brazilian government on the notes. "Yankees go home!""Direct elections." A labyrinthine structure invites the visitor to walk across eight tons of broken plate glass. The maze is made of museum ropes, street barriers, garden fences, blinds, railings, and aquariums and has a three-meter ball of cellophane in the center. The sense of psychological unease that comes from the participant's realization of the different sensory capacities and capabilities between the eyes and the body is an essential part of Through. The eyes can see through the glass, but the body can't move through the space. The sound of crunching glass can be off-putting. He wanted the participant to experience psychological tension between the two things.The work is based on an excess of obstacles and prohibitions. Some of the inspiration for this installation came from the work of writerJorge Luis Borges. It was important for the participant to experience the feelings of awareness and attentiveness that come from walking a labyrinth. The Tower of Babel in the Bible was evoked by a tower of hundreds of radios, each just audible and tuning to different languages. Before the Tower of Babel was destroyed, every person on Earth spoke the same language. The Tower's destruction in the story resulted in a lot of different languages. The artwork shows that the pursuit of commonality is futile.Babel has an autobiographical meaning, as radio was a common method of widespread communication in Brazil during the artist's youth. The work speaks to globalization. The unity of humanity before and after the fall of the Tower of Babel is similar to the current-day unity which has resulted from globalization despite many language barriers. In 1965, one of his canvases and two of his drawings were accepted for an exhibition in Brazil. The New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York presented a retrospective of his work in 1999. The Museu de Arte Moderna and the So Paulo Museum of Modern Art are in Brazil. The book Cildo Meireles was published by Phaidon Press in 1999.The first extensive presentation of the artist's work in the UK opened at Tate Modern in October 2008. Tate gave the first Brazilian artist a full retrospective. The exhibition was held at the Museu d' Art Contemporani in Barcelona and the Museo Universitario Arte Contemporneo in Mexico City until January 10, 2010. A retrospective of <mask>'s work was held in Milan from March to July of last year. Twelve of his most important works were featured. There was a retrospective at SESC Pompeia from September to February 2020. An important catalogue was created for the exhibition in which many of his most noteworthy installations were on display.Carlos has a selected bibliography. "Maxima Moralia: The Work of C. Meireles" was published in February 1997. They were joined by Dan, Herkenhoff, and Mosquera. <mask> Meireles. Phaidon Press was in London in 1999. The name of the person is Carvalho,Denise. "Cildo Meireles: New Museum of Contemporary Art" is a sculpture.In December 2000 it was p. 74-5. Cohen and Ana Paula. "<mask> Meireles: Museu de Arte Moderna Aloisio Magalhaes" is a book. 44 was published in April/June 2002. Anna Dezeuze. "<mask> Meireles." Art Forum International 47, no.The number is 182. John Alan is a farmer. " Through the Labyrinth: An Interview with <mask> <mask>" was published in the Art Journal. 3 was published in the fall of 2000. Gilmore, Jonathan. "<mask> Meireles at Galerie Lelong", Art in America v. 93 no. p. 132 was published on March 3, 2005.The name of the person is <mask>. <mask> Meireles. Valencia: IVAM, 1995. Charles and Cildo. The book is called "Memory of the Senses." Grand Street, no. 64 was published in 1998. Mosquera, Gerardo.The London: Phaidon edition of <mask> Meireles was published in 1999. The man is Weinstein, the man isJoel. "Industrial Poetry: A Conversation with <mask> <mask>" is in the Sculpture v. 22 no. In December of 2003 there was a p. 50-5. "Zamudio." "<mask> Meireles at Tate Modern" is in ArtNexus v. 8. 73 (June/August, 2009)"Zamudio." "Knowledge can be destroyed", arts.cultures.media no. p. 146-152. The Review of <mask> <mask> at Tate Modern was published in 2009. The Kadist Art Foundation Materiality and Memory has an interview with <mask> <mask>.

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Eugénie Droz

Eugénie Droz (born Eugénie Zahn 21 March 1893 – 19 September 1976) was a Swiss romance scholar, editor publisher and writer, originally from the Suisse Romande. She created the Librairie Droz, a publisher and seller of academic books, at Paris in 1924, moving the business to Geneva at the end of the war. Biography Laure Eugénie Zahn was born at La Chaux-de-Fonds in the francophone northwest of Switzerland. Her father, Frédéric Zahn, was a well known member of the business community in the town, where he worked as an editor. In 1900 the family relocated to nearby Neuchâtel. Here she completed her secondary education and obtained a teaching diploma. Between 1910 and 1913 she taught French at the Moravian Institute of Gnadenberg in Silesia, taking the opportunity at the same time to perfect her German. Returning to Neuchâtel in 1913, she was admitted to the Université de Neuchâtel where during the next three years she studied successfully for her degree. She was a pupil of Arthur Piaget, who also became a good friend. He encouraged her to study the history of ancient poetry and renaissance literature. It is apparent that the second volume of Piaget's work "Jardin de Plaisance et Fleur de rhétorique, d'Antoine Vérard (vers 1501)", which was published only in 1925, subtitled "Introduction and notes" and signed off by E.Droz and Arthur Piaget, was largely the work of Piaget's erudite pupil. The compilation of 672 verses, ballads, sounds, rondeaux etc., many of them anonymous, was described in an obituary of Eugénie Droz as an "inestimable contribution to mid-century French literature" ("contribution inestimable aux lettres françaises du milieu du siècle"). In 1916 her parents divorced. Three years later she sought and received permission to use her mother's pre-marriage name in place of her father's name. Eugénie Zahn became Eugénie Droz. Sources covering this period may identify her under either name. She moved to Paris in 1916 and enrolled, at this stage as Eugénie Zahn, at the École pratique des hautes études (Section IV – Sciences historiques et philologiques (loosely, History and Philology). Her teachers included Alfred Jeanroy, Abel Lefranc and Georges Doutrepont. She received exceptionally positive reports from the outset and completed her degree in 1923. In 1924 she opened the Librairie Droz, initially at 34 rue Serpente, moving within a year to 25 Rue de Tournon, both addresses located appropriately in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. Her business was in essence a specialist bookshop and publisher. The core product would be her own academic output as an editor-publisher with a particular interest in sixteenth century texts and the history and social impact of books through history more generally. The business continues to focus on medieval and humanist titles and on literary criticism and art history. She described the Paris premises proudly in her first catalogue: "Accommodated in the House of the Bronze Horse, given by Francis I to [the renaissance poet] Clément Marot in 1539, the 'Librairie Droz' [book business] has been established by Eugénie Droz, graduate of the École pratique des hautes études and docteur ès lettres. Her doctorate came from the Université de Neuchâtel. Her work for it consisted of 35 ancient texts accompanied by translations into contemporary French, a piece of work currently conserved in the rare books collection of the National Library of France. Despite the Librairie Droz having been established in Paris, the printed device appearing as a form of trade mark on publications acknowledged the Swiss provenance of the proprietress. She copied the design used by Jean de Stalle who operated a printing house in Geneva between 1487 and 1493. The only change involved removing the initials "IdeS", incorporated in the centre of the device, and replacing them with her own initials, "ED". Shortly after opening the Librairie Droz, still aged only 32, she found time to take on a position as assistant treasurer of the Société des anciens textes français, a learned society founded in Paris in 1875 with the purpose of publishing all kinds of medieval documents written either in langue d'oïl or langue d'oc. (The society's treasurer was Baron Edmond de Rothschild.) In 1934 she founded "Humanisme et Renaissance", an academic journal which in effect replaced "Revue du seizième siècle". Most prominent among the many erudite collaborators on it were her old tutor, Abel Lefranc and Robert Marichal. She also created the non-profit association "Humanisme et Renaissance". During the occupation she changed the name of the (much diminished) review, which became the "Bibliothèque d'humanisme et Renaissance". In 1945, while still based in Paris, she created the series "Textes littéraires français". This was an early series of paperback books, with the focus as before on her own areas of academic expertise. In 1950, by which time she had moved to Geneva, she launched the series "les Travaux d'Humanisme et Renaissance" which became and remains an important body of reference for renaissance scholarship. In November 1944 she found herself mandated by the Provisional Government to study the files of political deportees at Geneva. The later 1940s were a period of acute austerity and political uncertainty in France. It was probably around this time that she decided to relocate permanently from Paris to Geneva. She sold the premises at 25 Rue de Tournon in 1947 and moved the business permanently to 8 rue Verdaine in Geneva. In 1963, the year of her seventieth birthday, she sold the business, which passed to the control of Alain Dufour and Giovanni Busino, two young historians with complementary skills whom she had personally selected. Publications (selection) As author Notice sur un manuscrit ignoré de la Bibliothèque nationale : Imprimés, vélin 2231; XVe siècle in Romania, 1918–1919 La correspondance poétique du rhétoriqueur Jehan Picart, bailli d'Ételan in la Revue du seizième siècle, 1921 Jean Castel chroniqueur de France in le Bulletin philologique et historique, 1921 Notice sur un recueil de louanges in Romania, 1923 Poètes et musiciens du au XVe siècle, 1924 (with G. Thibault) Pierre de Nesson et ses œuvres, 1925 (with A. Piaget) Un chansonnier de Philippe le Bon in la Revue de Musicologie, 1926 (with G. Thibault) Les sept Pseaumes penitenciaulx et Letanie en françoys (with Cl. Dalbanne), 1926 Relation du souper offert par le duc Sigismond d'Autriche aux commissaires bourguignons, Thann, 21 juin 1469 in Mélanges de philologie et d'histoire offerts à M. Antoine Thomas, 1927 L'imprimerie à Vienne en Dauphiné au XVe siècle, 1930 (with Cl. Dalbanne) Un ex-libris de Simon de Colines in Gutenberg-Jahrbuch, 1931 Un fragment de la Mort de Garin le Lorrain in Romania, 1931 Les Reliures à la médaille d'Henri II in Trésors des bibliothèques de France, 1932 Le chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu in Trésors des bibliothèques de France, 1933 Prix d'une reliure à la médaille d'Henri II in Humanisme et renaissance, 1935 Guillaume Boni de Saint-Flour en Auvergne musicien de Ronsard in Mélanges offerts à M. Abel Lefranc, 1936 Le Manuscrit des Plaintes d'Acante de Tristan L'Hermite, 1937 Le Comte de Modène et ses correspondants : documents inédits sur l'émigration, 1791–1803, 1942–1943 Les années d'études de Jean et d'Henry de Sponde in Bibliothèque d'humanisme et renaissance, 1947 Le Premier séjour d'Agrippa d'Aubigné à Genève, ibid. Le carme Jean Bodin, hérétique in Bibliothèque d'humanisme et renaissance, 1948 Les dernières années de Clément Marot : d'après des poèmes inédits (with P.-P. Plan), ibid. L'Inventaire après décès des biens d'Agrippa d'Aubigné in Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance, 1949 Jean de Sponde et Pascal de l'Estocart in Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance, 1951 Les ancêtres suisses de Guillaume Apollinaire in Revue de Suisse, 1952 Simon Goulart, éditeur de musique in Bibliothèque d'humanisme et Renaissance, 1952 Claude Baduel, traducteur de Bucer in Bibliothèque d'humanisme et Renaissance, 1955 Les Étudiants français de Bâle in Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance, 1958 Une impression inconnue de Pierre de Vingle : les Prières et oraisons de la Bible, Lyon : 19 août 1530, ibid. Autour de l'affaire Morély : La Roche Chandieu et Barth. Berton suivi de À propos du retour de Henri III de Pologne in Bibliothèque d'humanisme et Renaissance, 1960 Barthélemy Berton : 1563–1573, 1960 La veuve Berton et Jean Portau : 1573–1589, 1960 Note sur les impressions genevoises transportées par Hernández in Bibliothèque d'humanisme et Renaissance, 1960 L'imprimeur de l'Histoire ecclésiastique, 1580 : Jean de Laon, ibid. Fausses adresses in Bibliothèque d'humanisme et Renaissance, 1961 Complément à la bibliographie de Pierre Haultin, ibid. Jacques de Constans, l'ami d'Agrippa d'Aubigné : contribution à l'étude de la poésie protestante, 1962 Notes sur Théodore de Bèze in Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance, 1962 Stanislas de Clermont-Tonnerre et l'occupation de Genève en 1782 in Annuaire-bulletin de la Société de l'histoire de France, 1962 La Reine Marguerite de Navarre et la vie littéraire à la cour de Nérac (1579–1582) in Bulletin de la Société des bibliophiles de Guyenne, 1964 Les Regule de Remigius, Muenster en Westphalie, 1486 in Studi di bibliografia e di storia in onore di Tammaro de Marinis, 1964 Bibles françaises après le Concile de Trente : 1546 in Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 1965 Christofle Plantin, imprimeur de Guy de Brès : 1555 Het Boek, 1965 La première réforme scolaire à Münster en Westphalie in Ideen und Formen : Festschrift für Hugo Friedrich, 1964 La Société Hamon, Danfrie et Le Royer, 1561 in Gutenberg-Jahrbuch, 1965 Les débuts de Théodore de Bèze à Genève in Genava, 1965 Les tapisseries de cuir de Catherine de Médicis in Gazette des beaux-arts, 1965 Frère Gabriel DuPuyherbault, l'agresseur de François Rabelais in Studi francesi, 1966 L'Originale des Chrestiennes méditations de Bèze : 1581 in Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire du protestantisme français, 1966, CXII, pp. 236–249. Sur quelques traductions françaises d'écrits de David Joris : Rotterdam, Dierck Mullem, vers 1580 in Het Boek, 1966 Christofle de Thou et Jean Poltrot, seigneur de Méré in Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire du protestantisme français, 1967 Johann Baptist Fickler, traducteur de DuPuyherbault in Revue d'histoire et de philosophie religieuses, 1967 Le libraire Jean de Campenon, 1580 in Bulletin de la Société des bibliophiles de Guyenne, 1967 L'Ecclésiaste de Théodore de Bèze et ses éditions allemandes, 1599 et 1605 in Revue d'histoire et de philosophie religieuses, 1967 Hendrik van Schor et autres traducteurs de David Joris in Studia bibliographica in honorem Herman de La Fontaine Verwey, 1966 Encore une édition gothique inconnue de Ronsard : Remonstrance au peuple de France in Refugium animæ bibliotecæ : Festschrift für Albert Kolb, 1969 Le copiste Guichard Philippe : (1471) in Studi francesi, 1969 Un recueil de manuscrits du XVe siècle de la bibliothèque de Claude-Enoch Viret in Bulletin de Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes, 1969 Les Chemins de l'hérésie : textes et documents, 1970–1976 As editor Alain Chartier, Le quadrilogue invectif, 1923 Jean Regnier, Les fortunes et adversitez, 1923 La légende dorée, 1924 L'abuzé en court, followed by Le doctrinal du temps présent, 1925 Le jardin de plaisance et fleur de rhétorique (with A. Piaget), 1925 Remèdes contre la peste (with A.-C. Klebs), 1925 Ponthus et la Belle Sidoine, 1926 Les subtiles fables d'Esope (with J. Bastin et Cl. Dalbanne), 1927 Joan Evans, La civilisation en France au Moyen Âge, 1930 François Villon, Deux manuscrits : Bibliothèque nationale, fonds français 1661 et 20041 (with A. Jeanroy), 1932 Le recueil Trepperel (with H. Lewicka), 1935–1961 Joachim Du Bellay, Les antiquitez de Rome et Les regrets, 1945 Alain Chartier, Le Quadrilogue invectif , 1950 La farce du pauvre Jouhan : pièce comique du XVe siècle (with M. Roques), 1959 Agrippa d'Aubigné, Le printemps : Stances et Odes'', 1972 Honours (selection) 1951 Docteur honoris causa, University of Geneva 1964 Docteur honoris causa, University of Lausanne Docteur honoris causa, University of Cologne The reading room of the Public and University Library of Geneva, constructed in 1905, carries her name. References People from La Chaux-de-Fonds People from the canton of Neuchâtel People from Geneva Romance philologists University of Neuchâtel alumni École pratique des hautes études alumni 20th-century publishers (people) Swiss publishers (people) 20th-century Swiss women writers 20th-century Swiss businesspeople 1893 births 1976 deaths

<mask> (born <mask> 21 March 1893 – 19 September 1976) was a Swiss romance scholar, editor publisher and writer, originally from the Suisse Romande. She created the Librairie Droz, a publisher and seller of academic books, at Paris in 1924, moving the business to Geneva at the end of the war. Biography <mask> was born at La Chaux-de-Fonds in the francophone northwest of Switzerland. Her father, Frédéric Zahn, was a well known member of the business community in the town, where he worked as an editor. In 1900 the family relocated to nearby Neuchâtel. Here she completed her secondary education and obtained a teaching diploma. Between 1910 and 1913 she taught French at the Moravian Institute of Gnadenberg in Silesia, taking the opportunity at the same time to perfect her German.Returning to Neuchâtel in 1913, she was admitted to the Université de Neuchâtel where during the next three years she studied successfully for her degree. She was a pupil of Arthur Piaget, who also became a good friend. He encouraged her to study the history of ancient poetry and renaissance literature. It is apparent that the second volume of Piaget's work "Jardin de Plaisance et Fleur de rhétorique, d'Antoine Vérard (vers 1501)", which was published only in 1925, subtitled "Introduction and notes" and signed off by <mask> and Arthur Piaget, was largely the work of Piaget's erudite pupil. The compilation of 672 verses, ballads, sounds, rondeaux etc., many of them anonymous, was described in an obituary of Eugénie <mask> as an "inestimable contribution to mid-century French literature" ("contribution inestimable aux lettres françaises du milieu du siècle"). In 1916 her parents divorced. Three years later she sought and received permission to use her mother's pre-marriage name in place of her father's name.<mask> Zahn became <mask> <mask>. Sources covering this period may identify her under either name. She moved to Paris in 1916 and enrolled, at this stage as Eugénie Zahn, at the École pratique des hautes études (Section IV – Sciences historiques et philologiques (loosely, History and Philology). Her teachers included Alfred Jeanroy, Abel Lefranc and Georges Doutrepont. She received exceptionally positive reports from the outset and completed her degree in 1923. In 1924 she opened the Librairie Droz, initially at 34 rue Serpente, moving within a year to 25 Rue de Tournon, both addresses located appropriately in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. Her business was in essence a specialist bookshop and publisher.The core product would be her own academic output as an editor-publisher with a particular interest in sixteenth century texts and the history and social impact of books through history more generally. The business continues to focus on medieval and humanist titles and on literary criticism and art history. She described the Paris premises proudly in her first catalogue: "Accommodated in the House of the Bronze Horse, given by Francis I to [the renaissance poet] Clément Marot in 1539, the 'Librairie Droz' [book business] has been established by <mask> <mask>, graduate of the École pratique des hautes études and docteur ès lettres. Her doctorate came from the Université de Neuchâtel. Her work for it consisted of 35 ancient texts accompanied by translations into contemporary French, a piece of work currently conserved in the rare books collection of the National Library of France. Despite the Librairie Droz having been established in Paris, the printed device appearing as a form of trade mark on publications acknowledged the Swiss provenance of the proprietress. She copied the design used by Jean de Stalle who operated a printing house in Geneva between 1487 and 1493.The only change involved removing the initials "IdeS", incorporated in the centre of the device, and replacing them with her own initials, "ED". Shortly after opening the Librairie Droz, still aged only 32, she found time to take on a position as assistant treasurer of the Société des anciens textes français, a learned society founded in Paris in 1875 with the purpose of publishing all kinds of medieval documents written either in langue d'oïl or langue d'oc. (The society's treasurer was Baron Edmond de Rothschild.) In 1934 she founded "Humanisme et Renaissance", an academic journal which in effect replaced "Revue du seizième siècle". Most prominent among the many erudite collaborators on it were her old tutor, Abel Lefranc and Robert Marichal. She also created the non-profit association "Humanisme et Renaissance". During the occupation she changed the name of the (much diminished) review, which became the "Bibliothèque d'humanisme et Renaissance".In 1945, while still based in Paris, she created the series "Textes littéraires français". This was an early series of paperback books, with the focus as before on her own areas of academic expertise. In 1950, by which time she had moved to Geneva, she launched the series "les Travaux d'Humanisme et Renaissance" which became and remains an important body of reference for renaissance scholarship. In November 1944 she found herself mandated by the Provisional Government to study the files of political deportees at Geneva. The later 1940s were a period of acute austerity and political uncertainty in France. It was probably around this time that she decided to relocate permanently from Paris to Geneva. She sold the premises at 25 Rue de Tournon in 1947 and moved the business permanently to 8 rue Verdaine in Geneva.In 1963, the year of her seventieth birthday, she sold the business, which passed to the control of Alain Dufour and Giovanni Busino, two young historians with complementary skills whom she had personally selected. Publications (selection) As author Notice sur un manuscrit ignoré de la Bibliothèque nationale : Imprimés, vélin 2231; XVe siècle in Romania, 1918–1919 La correspondance poétique du rhétoriqueur Jehan Picart, bailli d'Ételan in la Revue du seizième siècle, 1921 Jean Castel chroniqueur de France in le Bulletin philologique et historique, 1921 Notice sur un recueil de louanges in Romania, 1923 Poètes et musiciens du au XVe siècle, 1924 (with G. Thibault) Pierre de Nesson et ses œuvres, 1925 (with A. Piaget) Un chansonnier de Philippe le Bon in la Revue de Musicologie, 1926 (with G. Thibault) Les sept Pseaumes penitenciaulx et Letanie en françoys (with Cl. Dalbanne), 1926 Relation du souper offert par le duc Sigismond d'Autriche aux commissaires bourguignons, Thann, 21 juin 1469 in Mélanges de philologie et d'histoire offerts à M. Antoine Thomas, 1927 L'imprimerie à Vienne en Dauphiné au XVe siècle, 1930 (with Cl. Le carme Jean Bodin, hérétique in Bibliothèque d'humanisme et renaissance, 1948 Les dernières années de Clément Marot : d'après des poèmes inédits (with P.-P. Plan), ibid. L'Inventaire après décès des biens d'Agrippa d'Aubigné in Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance, 1949 Jean de Sponde et Pascal de l'Estocart in Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance, 1951 Les ancêtres suisses de Guillaume Apollinaire in Revue de Suisse, 1952 Simon Goulart, éditeur de musique in Bibliothèque d'humanisme et Renaissance, 1952 Claude Baduel, traducteur de Bucer in Bibliothèque d'humanisme et Renaissance, 1955 Les Étudiants français de Bâle in Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance, 1958 Une impression inconnue de Pierre de Vingle : les Prières et oraisons de la Bible, Lyon : 19 août 1530, ibid. Autour de l'affaire Morély : La Roche Chandieu et Barth. Berton suivi de À propos du retour de Henri III de Pologne in Bibliothèque d'humanisme et Renaissance, 1960 Barthélemy Berton : 1563–1573, 1960 La veuve Berton et Jean Portau : 1573–1589, 1960 Note sur les impressions genevoises transportées par Hernández in Bibliothèque d'humanisme et Renaissance, 1960 L'imprimeur de l'Histoire ecclésiastique, 1580 : Jean de Laon, ibid.Fausses adresses in Bibliothèque d'humanisme et Renaissance, 1961 Complément à la bibliographie de Pierre Haultin, ibid. 236–249. Dalbanne), 1927 Joan Evans, La civilisation en France au Moyen Âge, 1930 François Villon, Deux manuscrits : Bibliothèque nationale, fonds français 1661 et 20041 (with A. Jeanroy), 1932 Le recueil Trepperel (with H. Lewicka), 1935–1961 Joachim Du Bellay, Les antiquitez de Rome et Les regrets, 1945 Alain Chartier, Le Quadrilogue invectif , 1950 La farce du pauvre Jouhan : pièce comique du XVe siècle (with M. Roques), 1959 Agrippa d'Aubigné, Le printemps : Stances et Odes'', 1972 Honours (selection) 1951 Docteur honoris causa, University of Geneva 1964 Docteur honoris causa, University of Lausanne Docteur honoris causa, University of Cologne The reading room of the Public and University Library of Geneva, constructed in 1905, carries her name. References People from La Chaux-de-Fonds People from the canton of Neuchâtel People from Geneva Romance philologists University of Neuchâtel alumni École pratique des hautes études alumni 20th-century publishers (people) Swiss publishers (people) 20th-century Swiss women writers 20th-century Swiss businesspeople 1893 births 1976 deaths

<mask> was a Swiss romance scholar, editor publisher and writer who was born in 1893. At the end of the war, she moved the business of the Librairie Droz, a publisher and seller of academic books, to Switzerland. <mask> was born in the northwest of Switzerland. Frédéric Zahn was a well known member of the business community in the town, where he worked as an editor. The family moved to Neuchtel in 1900. She obtained a teaching degree here. She taught French and German at the same time in the same place.She studied for her degree at the Université de Neuchtel after returning to Neuchtel in 1913. She was a good friend of Arthur Piaget. She was encouraged to study the history of poetry. The second volume of "Jardin de Plaisance et Fleur de rhétorique, d'Antoine Vérard", which was published in 1925, was signed off by E.Dr. The obituary of Eugénie <mask> stated that she was an "inestimable contribution to mid-century French literature". Her parents separated in 1916. She was given permission to use her mother's pre-marriage name in place of her father's name three years later.<mask> Zahn became <mask> <mask>. She may be identified by sources under either name. <mask> Zahn moved to Paris in 1916 and studied at the cole Pratique des Hautes Ecoles. Alfred Jeanroy was one of her teachers. She completed her degree in 1923 after receiving positive reports from the beginning. She opened the Librairie Droz at 34 rue Serpente and moved it to 25 Rue de Tournon within a year. Her business was a bookshop and publisher.The core product would be her own academic output as an editor-publisher with a particular interest in sixteenth century texts and the history and social impact of books through history more generally. The business focuses on literary criticism and art history. The "librairie Droz" was established by Eugé in the House of the Bronze Horse in 1539, according to her first catalogue. She received her PhD from the Université de Neuchtel. A piece of her work is currently in the rare books collection of the National Library of France. The Swiss provenance of the proprietress was acknowledged by the printed device appearing as a form of trade mark on publications. The design used by Jean de Stalle was copied by her.The initials "IdeS" were removed from the device and replaced with her own initials, "ED". She found time to take on a position as assistant treasurer of the Société des anciens textes franais, a learned society founded in Paris in 1875 with the purpose of publishing all kinds of medieval documents written. Baron de Rothschild was the society's treasurer. "Humanisme et Renaissance", an academic journal, was founded in 1934. Her old tutor, Robert Marichal, was one of the many people who collaborated on it. The non-profit association "Humanisme et Renaissance" was created by her. She changed the name of the review to "Bibliothque d'humanisme et Renaissance".She created the series "Textes littéraires franais" while still based in Paris. This was an early series of paperback books, with the focus on her own areas of academic expertise. The series "les Travaux d'Humanisme et Renaissance" was launched in 1950 and is an important body of reference for renaissance scholarship. She was mandated by the government to study the files of political deportees. There was a period of political uncertainty in France in the late 1940s. She moved permanently from Paris to Geneva around this time. In 1947, she sold the premises at 25 Rue de Tournon and moved the business to 8 rue Verdaine.She sold the business in 1963, the year of her seventieth birthday, to the control of two young historians who she had personally selected. The author Notice sur un manuscrit ignoré de la Bibliothque nationale. The souper offert par le duc Sigismond d'Autriche aux commissaires bourguignons, Thann, 21 juin 1469. Jean Bodin, hérétique in Bibliothque d'humanisme et renaissance, was born in 1948. Jean de Sponde et Pascal de l'Estocart were in the Bibliothque d'Humanisme. La Roche Chandieu et Barth is the autour de l'affaire Morély. The retour de Henri III de Pologne in Bibliothque d'humanisme et Renaissance was proposed in 1960.There are adresses in Bibliothque d'humanisme et Renaissance. 236–279. Deux manuscrits : Bibliothque nationale, fonds franais 1661 et 20041 was written by Joan Evans. The people from La Chaux-de-Fonds are from the canton of Neuchtel.

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Bobby Baker

Robert Gene Baker (November 12, 1928 – November 12, 2017) was an American political adviser to Lyndon B. Johnson, and an organizer for the Democratic Party. He became the Senate's Secretary to the Majority Leader. In 1963, he resigned during an investigation by the Democratic-controlled Senate into Baker's business and political activities. The investigation included allegations of bribery and arranging sexual favors in exchange for Congressional votes and government contracts. The Senate investigation looked into the financial activities of Baker and Lyndon Johnson during the 1950s. The investigation of Lyndon Johnson as part of the Baker investigation was later dropped after President Kennedy's assassination and Johnson's ascension to the presidency. Life Baker was born in Pickens, South Carolina, the son of the town postmaster, and lived in a house on Hampton Avenue. He attended Pickens Elementary and Pickens High School, until he was 14 years old, when he received an appointment as a U.S. Senate page, with the help of Harold E. Holder. In 1942, Baker became a page for Senator Burnet Maybank, and quickly became friends with several important Democrats. When Lyndon Johnson was elected to the Senate in 1948, John Connally took Baker in to introduce him to Senator-elect Johnson. Johnson jumped up and said, 'Mr. Baker, they tell me you're the smartest son of a bitch over there.' I said, 'Well, whoever told you that lied.' I said, 'I know all of the staff on our side. I know who the drunks are. And I know whose word is good.' He said, 'You're the man I want to know.' So they became great friends. After Senator McFarland became the [Majority] Leader and Senator Johnson the Whip, Johnson talked Senator McFarland into making Baker the assistant Secretary for the Majority." Baker quickly became Johnson's protégé. Baker was eventually promoted to Secretary to the Majority Leader in 1953, who at the time was a Democrat; this was his highest-ranking official position, as well as the position from which he would later resign. Prior to resigning, Baker had been a major power on Capitol Hill. He resigned due to allegations of misconduct and a well-publicized scandal involving government contracts. He later served 18 months in prison for tax evasion. In 1978, he coauthored a memoir entitled Wheeling and Dealing, with Larry L. King. Scandal Baker frequently mixed politics with personal business. He was one of the initiators and the treasurer of the Quorum Club, located in the Carroll Arms Hotel adjacent to a Senate office building. The society was a place for lawmakers and other influential men to meet for food, drink, and ladies, away from the press that were constantly downstairs in the hotel lobby. Baker contends that, "The Quorum Club, of all the things I was involved in, it is the most insignificant thing. It was located in the Carroll Arms Hotel. When they first put it together, they asked me to get attorney Ernie Tucker to draw up the papers, which he did. The Quorum Club was a place where a guy wanted to get away, you know, from being at the bar downstairs at the Carroll Arms, where there were too many reporters or too many gawkers. It was an easy place for a lobbyist to get together with a Senator, or a Senator's girlfriend. ... I was very close to all the administrative assistants and legislative assistants. I would say 90% were like me. [We] All had girlfriends. And the Quorum Club was a place that you could be met there and nobody would know about it. It was a social club. One time I was in there and Ellen Rometsch was at my table. She was as pretty as Elizabeth Taylor. She was married to a sergeant in the German Army, but stationed at their embassy in Washington. She was sort of like me. She was ambitious. She'd come from Germany broke." Baker alleged that one of "President Kennedy's best friends and his wingman, [lobbyist] Bill Thompson was there too, and he came over to me and he said, 'where in the hell did you get this beautiful girl?' And Bill Thompson asked me if she could go have dinner with the President. So I arranged for Ellen Rometsch to go to Bill Thompson's apartment and he took her to the White House on many occasions." Rometsch was of German origin. As a youth, she had been a Socialist Unity Party member in East Germany before fleeing with her parents and then coming to the United States. In 1962, Baker established the Serv-U Corporation with his friend, Fred Black. The company was designed to provide vending machines for companies working for programs established under federal grants. Though a part of numerous other deals involving both politics and private financial affairs, this particular business venture would cause a scandal. In November 1962, electronic microphones ("bugs") in Ed Levinson's office at the Fremont Hotel in Las Vegas picked up references to Baker. The FBI agent notified FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover of the references early in 1963 because, "I thought it was important for Washington to be aware of the possible political influence of Ed Levinson." Levinson and Benjamin Seigelbaum arranged with an Oklahoma City bank for a $400,000 start-up loan for the Serv-U Corporation to buy equipment and supplies. The Serv-U Corporation deal became the subject of allegations of conflict of interest and corruption after a disgruntled former government contractor, represented by David Carliner, sued Baker and Black in civil court. That lawsuit eventually generated a great deal of press. In September 1963, an investigation was begun by the Republican-led Senate Rules Committee into Baker's business and political activities. Baker was investigated for allegations of bribery using money allocated by Congress and arranging sexual favors in exchange for votes and government contracts. Under increasing criticism, Baker resigned as Secretary to the Majority Leader on October 7, 1963. According to author Evan Thomas, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, President Kennedy's younger brother, was able to arrange a deal with J. Edgar Hoover to quell mention of the Rometsch allegations in the Senate investigation of Bobby Baker. Hoover successfully limited the Senate investigation of Baker by threatening to release embarrassing information about senators contained in FBI files. In exchange for this favor, Robert Kennedy assured Hoover that his job as FBI Director was secure. Robert Kennedy also agreed to allow the FBI to proceed with wiretaps that Hoover had requested on Martin Luther King Jr. to try to prove King's close confidants and advisers were communists. Although Kennedy only gave written approval for limited wiretapping of King's phones "on a trial basis, for a month or so", Hoover extended the clearance so his men were "unshackled" to look for evidence in any areas of King's life they deemed worthy. Even though Lyndon Johnson was not involved in Baker's business dealings after 1960, the Senate investigation looked into their questionable financial activities in the 1950s. This was such a problem for Johnson that there were rumors he would be dropped from the 1964 presidential ticket. After word of the assassination of John F. Kennedy reached Washington on November 22, 1963, the Senate investigation was delayed. Thereafter, any investigation of Lyndon Johnson as part of the Baker investigation was dropped. Baker, however, was convicted of tax evasion and spent 18 months in prison. In the 1964 presidential election, Republican candidate Senator Barry Goldwater in speeches and campaign materials brought up the Bobby Baker scandal as an issue against Johnson, demanding Johnson bring the issue out into the open. Death In 2017, Baker died on his 89th birthday in St. Augustine, Florida. Notes and references Bibliography Robert A. Caro, Lyndon Johnson: Master of the Senate (2002) Robert A. Caro, Lyndon Johnson: Passage of Power (2012) Bobby Baker with Larry L. King, Wheeling and Dealing: Confessions of a Capitol Hill Operator (1978) 1928 births 2017 deaths American memoirists American people convicted of tax crimes People from Pickens, South Carolina South Carolina Democrats Writers from South Carolina

<mask> (November 12, 1928 – November 12, 2017) was an American political adviser to Lyndon B. Johnson, and an organizer for the Democratic Party. He became the Senate's Secretary to the Majority Leader. In 1963, he resigned during an investigation by the Democratic-controlled Senate into <mask>'s business and political activities. The investigation included allegations of bribery and arranging sexual favors in exchange for Congressional votes and government contracts. The Senate investigation looked into the financial activities of <mask> and Lyndon Johnson during the 1950s. The investigation of Lyndon Johnson as part of the <mask> investigation was later dropped after President Kennedy's assassination and Johnson's ascension to the presidency. <mask> was born in Pickens, South Carolina, the son of the town postmaster, and lived in a house on Hampton Avenue.He attended Pickens Elementary and Pickens High School, until he was 14 years old, when he received an appointment as a U.S. Senate page, with the help of Harold E. Holder. In 1942, <mask> became a page for Senator Burnet Maybank, and quickly became friends with several important Democrats. When Lyndon Johnson was elected to the Senate in 1948, John Connally took <mask> in to introduce him to Senator-elect Johnson. Johnson jumped up and said, 'Mr. <mask>, they tell me you're the smartest son of a bitch over there.' I said, 'Well, whoever told you that lied.' I said, 'I know all of the staff on our side.I know who the drunks are. And I know whose word is good.' He said, 'You're the man I want to know.' So they became great friends. After Senator McFarland became the [Majority] Leader and Senator Johnson the Whip, Johnson talked Senator McFarland into making <mask> the assistant Secretary for the Majority." <mask> quickly became Johnson's protégé. <mask> was eventually promoted to Secretary to the Majority Leader in 1953, who at the time was a Democrat; this was his highest-ranking official position, as well as the position from which he would later resign.Prior to resigning, <mask> had been a major power on Capitol Hill. He resigned due to allegations of misconduct and a well-publicized scandal involving government contracts. He later served 18 months in prison for tax evasion. In 1978, he coauthored a memoir entitled Wheeling and Dealing, with Larry L. King. Scandal <mask> frequently mixed politics with personal business. He was one of the initiators and the treasurer of the Quorum Club, located in the Carroll Arms Hotel adjacent to a Senate office building. The society was a place for lawmakers and other influential men to meet for food, drink, and ladies, away from the press that were constantly downstairs in the hotel lobby.<mask> contends that, "The Quorum Club, of all the things I was involved in, it is the most insignificant thing. It was located in the Carroll Arms Hotel. When they first put it together, they asked me to get attorney Ernie Tucker to draw up the papers, which he did. The Quorum Club was a place where a guy wanted to get away, you know, from being at the bar downstairs at the Carroll Arms, where there were too many reporters or too many gawkers. It was an easy place for a lobbyist to get together with a Senator, or a Senator's girlfriend. ... I was very close to all the administrative assistants and legislative assistants.I would say 90% were like me. [We] All had girlfriends. And the Quorum Club was a place that you could be met there and nobody would know about it. It was a social club. One time I was in there and Ellen Rometsch was at my table. She was as pretty as Elizabeth Taylor. She was married to a sergeant in the German Army, but stationed at their embassy in Washington.She was sort of like me. She was ambitious. She'd come from Germany broke." <mask> alleged that one of "President Kennedy's best friends and his wingman, [lobbyist] Bill Thompson was there too, and he came over to me and he said, 'where in the hell did you get this beautiful girl?' And Bill Thompson asked me if she could go have dinner with the President. So I arranged for Ellen Rometsch to go to Bill Thompson's apartment and he took her to the White House on many occasions." Rometsch was of German origin.As a youth, she had been a Socialist Unity Party member in East Germany before fleeing with her parents and then coming to the United States. In 1962, <mask> established the Serv-U Corporation with his friend, Fred Black. The company was designed to provide vending machines for companies working for programs established under federal grants. Though a part of numerous other deals involving both politics and private financial affairs, this particular business venture would cause a scandal. In November 1962, electronic microphones ("bugs") in Ed Levinson's office at the Fremont Hotel in Las Vegas picked up references to <mask>. The FBI agent notified FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover of the references early in 1963 because, "I thought it was important for Washington to be aware of the possible political influence of Ed Levinson." Levinson and Benjamin Seigelbaum arranged with an Oklahoma City bank for a $400,000 start-up loan for the Serv-U Corporation to buy equipment and supplies.The Serv-U Corporation deal became the subject of allegations of conflict of interest and corruption after a disgruntled former government contractor, represented by David Carliner, sued <mask> and Black in civil court. That lawsuit eventually generated a great deal of press. In September 1963, an investigation was begun by the Republican-led Senate Rules Committee into <mask>'s business and political activities. <mask> was investigated for allegations of bribery using money allocated by Congress and arranging sexual favors in exchange for votes and government contracts. Under increasing criticism, <mask> resigned as Secretary to the Majority Leader on October 7, 1963. According to author Evan Thomas, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, President Kennedy's younger brother, was able to arrange a deal with J. Edgar Hoover to quell mention of the Rometsch allegations in the Senate investigation of <mask>. Hoover successfully limited the Senate investigation of <mask> by threatening to release embarrassing information about senators contained in FBI files.In exchange for this favor, Robert Kennedy assured Hoover that his job as FBI Director was secure. Robert Kennedy also agreed to allow the FBI to proceed with wiretaps that Hoover had requested on Martin Luther King Jr. to try to prove King's close confidants and advisers were communists. Although Kennedy only gave written approval for limited wiretapping of King's phones "on a trial basis, for a month or so", Hoover extended the clearance so his men were "unshackled" to look for evidence in any areas of King's life they deemed worthy. Even though Lyndon Johnson was not involved in <mask>'s business dealings after 1960, the Senate investigation looked into their questionable financial activities in the 1950s. This was such a problem for Johnson that there were rumors he would be dropped from the 1964 presidential ticket. After word of the assassination of John F. Kennedy reached Washington on November 22, 1963, the Senate investigation was delayed. Thereafter, any investigation of Lyndon Johnson as part of the <mask> investigation was dropped.<mask>, however, was convicted of tax evasion and spent 18 months in prison. In the 1964 presidential election, Republican candidate Senator Barry Goldwater in speeches and campaign materials brought up the <mask> scandal as an issue against Johnson, demanding Johnson bring the issue out into the open. Death In 2017, <mask> died on his 89th birthday in St. Augustine, Florida. Notes and references Bibliography Robert A. Caro, Lyndon Johnson: Master of the Senate (2002) Robert A. Caro, Lyndon Johnson: Passage of Power (2012) <mask> with Larry L. King, Wheeling and Dealing: Confessions of a Capitol Hill Operator (1978) 1928 births 2017 deaths American memoirists American people convicted of tax crimes People from Pickens, South Carolina South Carolina Democrats Writers from South Carolina

<mask> was an American political adviser to Lyndon B. Johnson. He was the Senate's Secretary. During an investigation by the Senate into <mask>'s business and political activities, he resigned. There were allegations of bribes and sexual favors in exchange for Congressional votes and government contracts. The financial activities of <mask> and Lyndon Johnson were looked into by the Senate. After Kennedy's assassination and Johnson's ascension to the presidency, the investigation of Lyndon Johnson was dropped. The son of the town postmaster, <mask> was born in South Carolina and lived in a house on Hampton Avenue.He was appointed to the United States Senate when he was 14 years old. <mask> became friends with several important Democrats after becoming a page for Senator Maybank. John Connally introduced <mask> to Lyndon Johnson when he was elected to the Senate. Johnson said 'Mr.' after jumping up. They say that <mask> is the smartest son of a bitch. I told him that whoever told him that was lying. I know all of the staff.I know who the drunks are. I know the person's word is good. He said he wanted to know you. They became friends. Senator Johnson talked Senator McFarland into making <mask> the assistant Secretary for the Majority. <mask> was Johnson's successor. In 1953, <mask> was promoted to Secretary to the Majority Leader, which was his highest-ranking official position, as well as the position from which he would later resign.<mask> was a major power on Capitol Hill. He resigned because of a scandal involving government contracts. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison for tax evasion. He collaborated with Larry L. King on a memoir called Wheeling and Dealing. Politics and personal business are mixed by Scandal <mask>. He was one of the founding members of the Quorum Club, which is located in the same hotel as the Senate office building. The society was a place for lawmakers and other influential men to meet for food, drink, and ladies, away from the press that were constantly downstairs in the hotel lobby.The most insignificant thing that <mask> was involved in was the Quorum Club. It was located in a hotel. When they put it together, they asked me to get Tucker to draw up the papers. The Quorum Club was a place where a guy wanted to escape from being at the bar downstairs at the Carroll Arms, where there were too many reporters. It was an easy place for a lobbyist to meet a Senator. ... I was very close to the legislative assistants.I would say most of the time, they were like me. All of us had girlfriends. The Quorum Club was a place that nobody would know about. It was a group of people. Ellen was at my table when I was there. She was similar to Elizabeth Taylor. She was stationed at the German embassy in Washington with her husband.She was similar to me. She was determined. She'd come from Germany. One of President Kennedy's best friends and his wingman, Bill Thompson, came over to me and asked where the beautiful girl was. I was asked if she could have dinner with the President. Bill Thompson took Ellen Rometsch to the White House many times and I arranged for her to go to his apartment. Rometsch was of German descent.She was a member of the Socialist Unity Party in East Germany when she fled with her parents to the United States. <mask> and his friend, Fred Black, founded the Serv-U Corporation. The company was designed to give vending machines to companies working with federal grants. This particular business venture would cause a scandal, as a part of many other deals involving both politics and private financial affairs. There were electronic microphones in Ed Levinson's office that picked up references to <mask>. The FBI agent told the FBI chief that it was important for Washington to be aware of the political influence of Ed Levinson. The Serv-U Corporation was given a $400,000 start-up loan by an Oklahoma City bank.The Serv-U Corporation deal became the subject of allegations of conflict of interest and corruption after a disgruntled former government contractor sued <mask> and Black in civil court. The lawsuit generated a lot of press. The Republican-led Senate Rules Committee began an investigation into <mask>'s business and political activities in 1963. <mask> was accused of arranging sexual favors in exchange for votes and government contracts. On October 7, 1963, <mask> resigned as Secretary to the Majority Leader. Evan Thomas claims that Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy was able to broker a deal with J. Edgar Hoover to keep the Rometsch allegations out of the Senate investigation of <mask>. The Senate investigation of <mask> was limited by Hoover because he threatened to release embarrassing information about senators.Robert Kennedy assured Hoover that his job as FBI Director was secure. Robert Kennedy agreed to allow the FBI to wiretap King's people in order to prove they were communists. Although Kennedy only gave written approval for limited wiretapping of King's phones "on a trial basis, for a month or so", Hoover extended the clearance so his men were "unshackled" to look for evidence in any areas of King's life they deemed worthy. Even though Lyndon Johnson was not involved in <mask>'s business dealings after 1960, the Senate investigation looked into their questionable financial activities in the 1950s. There were rumors that Johnson would be dropped from the 1964 presidential ticket. The Senate investigation was delayed after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The investigation of Lyndon Johnson was dropped.<mask> was sentenced to 18 months in prison for tax evasion. In the 1964 presidential election, Republican candidate Barry Goldwater brought up the <mask> scandal as an issue against Johnson, demanding that he bring the issue out into the open. <mask> died on his 89th birthday. References include Robert A. Caro, Lyndon Johnson: Master of the Senate, <mask>, and Larry L. King.

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Marie Connor

Marie Connor Leighton (4 February 186728 January 1941) was a prolific author of serial fiction and melodramatic novels. She married fellow writer Robert Leighton and her most famous work Convict 99 was written jointly with him. However her writing income was far in excess of his. Paternity and birth While most sources describe Connor as the daughter of James Nenon Alexander Connor (183521 June 1897) this is not accurate as Marie's mother Elizabeth Ann Treglown (c. 184216 April 1908) had a different husband when Connor was born and only married James Nenon Alexander Connor in the first quarter of 1869, when Marie Connor was already two years old. While Elizabeth Anne Treglown was living at Camborne, Cornwall, with her parents, Josiah Henry Harris (c. 184818 April 1917), a newspaper reporter, visited her and courted her. He was accepted as her fiancé by her family and the couple had been engaged for some time. In April 1865, the pair travelled to Paris, and were married there, on 6 April 1865, at the English Episcopal Church, in the presence of the British Ambassador. The marriage had been a surprise to the family, and Harris had announced it by letter. The new couple returned to England, and lived with Elizabeth's parents in Camborne, but after a week, Harris walked out, without saying where he was going. Elizabeth found that he had gone to Bristol and joined him there, but after a time, he again left, this time for Torquay. She joined him in Torquay, but after a time, he again deserted her. By now, her family had moved to Montpelier in Bristol, where Elizabeth gave birth to her daughter at 7 York Road, on 4 February 1867, initially registered as Martha Annie, but later known as Marie. Elizabeth registered the birth at Clifton on 13 February 1867. Elizabeth was running a school in Montpelier with her sisters Mary Ann (c. 1851 August 1913)and Ellen (c. 1845) while living with her mother. Josiah seemed fond of the child, caressed it, and treated it as his own. However, after Josiah had again failed in his promises of support for his wife and child, they entered the Workhouse at Clifton, Bristol, on 30 April 1867. The parish authorities, who were responsible for the Workhouse, sought a warrant to arrest Harris for failing to support his wife. Josiah was arrested at Merthyr in South Wales where he worked for The Merthyr Telegraph. He was tried on 9 May 1867 at Bristol Police Court. Josiah's defence was that he was not liable for maintenance as the couple were not legally married. There was some discussion of this, and the court held, that until a superior court determined that there was no marriage, Josiah was liable. Josiah met with the parish authorities and came to an agreement to pay maintenance. The case was suspended for a month to ensure that he followed through on this promise. It was understood that proceedings to set aside the marriage would be taken in another court. In the first quarter of 1869, Elizabeth married widower James Nenon Connor in Kensington.. James was a widower, his first wife Eziza Jones (c. 1828May 1864) had died five years earlier. Elizabeth described herself as a widow on the marriage certificate. They had one child themselves, Valentine Alexander Nenon Connor (5 June 187510 May 1927), who emigrated to Canada and worked an engineer there before dying of stomach cancer and pneumonia in Toronto. Early life Her step-father had sold his commission in the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot and so lost his pension, to that the family lived a hand to mouth existence, living the high life when in funds and hiding out in a small house in St John's Wood when creditors became too insistent. Clare Leighton's biography of Connor states that Connor had a strange upbringing. Neither her mother or father had much interest in her and she was left to her own devices. She copied an entire novel by hand and sent it to a London publisher, who recognised it, and was so puzzled by the childish handwriting that he visited to find out who was responsible. Her next project was writing names and random from a street directory and sending anonymous letters, warning the recipients that their wives or husbands were being unfaithful with people whose names and addresses she had also picked at random. Clare Leighton also related what Connor told her children about her first love affair. When she was ten, Connor fell in love with a window-cleaner, a married father of eight. Their correspondence was discovered and the window cleaner threatened with the law. Connor's parents packed her off to a convent in France where she fell in love with the Mother Superior and the Priest and became a devout Catholic for the rest of her life. After returning from France, Connor got stage-struck, falling in love with the actor Wilson Barrett (18461904), and writing poems inspired by him. Her parents decided that the only cure was to give her a taste of the stage, so she went on tour with Barrett, chaperoned by one of her maternal aunts. The experience cured her of her love of the theatre. Early writing Connor published her first novel Beauty's Queen, a three-volume melodrama, in 1884 when she was 17.The Graphic, after noting that the novel "contains some very remarkable incidents indeed" concluded by saying "The novel is tragical to the highest pitch. All the characters of any consequence are left dead except one little boy, who, it is cordially to be hoped, grows up to meet with more ordinary experiences. The story is altogether ridiculously impossible, and is told in a style of sentimental exaggeration to which no description can do any sort of justice." Sutherland calls this book "An extraordinary mishmash of romantic and religious passion" and said that "it provoked most reviewers to sarcastic drollery", but that "women readers liked it." Marriage and children Connor quickly followed up with another and had published five novels before her marriage to Robert Leighton (5 June 185811 May 1934). Born in Scotland but growing up in Liverpool, Leighton moved to London in 1879 and began working for Young Folks magazine as an assistant editor. Leighton was the editor from 1884 to 1885. Connor was a contributor to the magazine. In 1886 Leighton left Little Folks to move to the Bristol Observer, but returned to London in 1887. Kemp and Mitchell state that the Connor and Leighton eloped to Scotland, but the UK marriage records show that they got married in Marylebone, London in the first quarter of 1889. It is clear that they did elope. Connor's mother traced her to a hotel in Fleet Street, and was only placated when the couple were able to show her their marriage certificate. The family lived at 'Vallombrosa' at 40 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, London, where they led a chaotic bohemian existence. Every summer they migrated to a turreted seaside cliff-top villa at Lowestoft in Suffolk. Connor and her husband had four children: Their first child was accidentally smothered in infancy by a nurse. Roland Aubrey Leighton (27 March 189523 December 1915), a poet who was killed in the First World War. He was Vera Brittain's fiancé and features largely in Testament of Youth, the first instalment of her memoirs. He was his mother's favourite. "He is the only one of my children who is beautiful enough to be worth dressing" her daughter reports her as saying. His mother's love for him "stopped just short of idolatry". Marie was devastated when Roland was killed and published an anonymous memoir of him as Boy of My Heart in 1916. Clare Leighton (12 April 18984 November 1989), a writer and artist. She wrote several novels as well as the biography of her mother, and was a noted wood engraver. Connor had been dismissive of Clare's looks, ambitions and talents. Evelyn Ivor Robert Leighton (31 May 190121 October 1969) was destined from boyhood for the Navy. He joined the navy on 15 January 1915, and remained in the Navy after the Great War, being posted to the Royal Australian Navy for a while, and marrying an English bride while he was there. Works The following is a list, principally drawn from the Jisc Library Hub Discover collated catalogue. One title not listed on the Jisc catalogues was found in the list of titles on Holland's blog about Connor. The notes indicate if and where online copies of the texts can be found. Convict 99 Connor continued to churn out novels after her marriage, writing four in total with Leighton, including her most successful work Convict 99. A true story of penal servitude. Sutherland describes this as: "a powerful anti-prison tract which became their best-known work. It has a highly sensational plot in which the hero, Laurence Gray, is framed by a rival in love on false charges of embezzlement and murder. Sent to Grimley Prison as Convict 99 on a life sentence, Laurence suffers various indignities before escaping and proving his innocence. The force of the book lies in its graphic and credible depictions of life in jail (particularly the part played by corporal punishment, or the ‘cat’)." The story was published first as a serial in Answers one of the publications produced by Alfred Harmsworth (18651922), for whom both Connor and Leighton worked. It was published by Grant Richards in London. Quoting Grant Richards, the head of that publishing house, Kemp and Mitchell say that Convict 99 was hugely successful as a serial and was used time and again in different papers, but that it never attract as large a public in book form. Kemp and Mill also say that Convict 99 was Connor's greatest success. Few of Connor's novels were illustrated, and even those which had any illustration usually only had a front-piece. This was normal for novels intended for adults. However Convict 99, like the first three books jointly written with Leighton, was illustrated. The eight illustrations below were made by Stanley L. Wood (1866-1928), and are from the online copy at The British Library. Later life Clare Leighton says of her mother that "all men fell in love with her". During her childhood, she relates, there were three men who, with her father, were in love with her mother. Roland called them "Mother's Old Men". From 1891 both Connor and Leighton worked for Alfred Harmsworth, he as an editor, and she as a writer of serial fiction. Harmsworth put his editors in their place when she was pregnant, and they were worried about a delayed installment, telling them that Connor would go on just the same even if she were about to give birth to triplets the next day. Many of Connor's stories were, like Convict 99 serialised first in Harmsworth's Answers. From 1896 Connor and Leighton were writing almost exclusively for Harmsworth's Daily Mail. Connor continued to produce "potboiling crime stories" sometimes include female heroines. The Times said that her stories were "of the crude, rapidly-moving type, that a pre-cinema public read with approval and delight". Connor published her last novel in 1937, but in practical terms she had given up all serious writing in the 1920s. Connor died in hospital in Aylsbury, on 28 January 1941. Leighton had died seven years earlier. Mark Bostridge says that Connor "was the archetypal romantic novelist", that she was eccentric and larger than life. Perhaps the best summary comes from the sub-title of her daughter's biography, Connor was an invincible Edwardian. Notes References External links Books by Connor available online at the British Library. Books by Connor in the collated catalogues of the Jisc Discover Library Hub. Tempestuous Petticoat, Clare Leighton's biography of Connor. British writers British women writers 1867 births 1941 deaths

<mask> (4 February 186728 January 1941) was a prolific author of serial fiction and melodramatic novels. She married fellow writer Robert Leighton and her most famous work Convict 99 was written jointly with him. However her writing income was far in excess of his. Paternity and birth While most sources describe <mask> as the daughter of James Nenon <mask> (183521 June 1897) this is not accurate as <mask>'s mother Elizabeth Ann Treglown (c. 184216 April 1908) had a different husband when <mask> was born and only married <mask> in the first quarter of 1869, when <mask> was already two years old. While Elizabeth Anne Treglown was living at Camborne, Cornwall, with her parents, Josiah Henry Harris (c. 184818 April 1917), a newspaper reporter, visited her and courted her. He was accepted as her fiancé by her family and the couple had been engaged for some time. In April 1865, the pair travelled to Paris, and were married there, on 6 April 1865, at the English Episcopal Church, in the presence of the British Ambassador.The marriage had been a surprise to the family, and Harris had announced it by letter. The new couple returned to England, and lived with Elizabeth's parents in Camborne, but after a week, Harris walked out, without saying where he was going. Elizabeth found that he had gone to Bristol and joined him there, but after a time, he again left, this time for Torquay. She joined him in Torquay, but after a time, he again deserted her. By now, her family had moved to Montpelier in Bristol, where Elizabeth gave birth to her daughter at 7 York Road, on 4 February 1867, initially registered as Martha Annie, but later known as <mask>. Elizabeth registered the birth at Clifton on 13 February 1867. Elizabeth was running a school in Montpelier with her sisters Mary Ann (c. 1851 August 1913)and Ellen (c. 1845) while living with her mother.Josiah seemed fond of the child, caressed it, and treated it as his own. However, after Josiah had again failed in his promises of support for his wife and child, they entered the Workhouse at Clifton, Bristol, on 30 April 1867. The parish authorities, who were responsible for the Workhouse, sought a warrant to arrest Harris for failing to support his wife. Josiah was arrested at Merthyr in South Wales where he worked for The Merthyr Telegraph. He was tried on 9 May 1867 at Bristol Police Court. Josiah's defence was that he was not liable for maintenance as the couple were not legally married. There was some discussion of this, and the court held, that until a superior court determined that there was no marriage, Josiah was liable.Josiah met with the parish authorities and came to an agreement to pay maintenance. The case was suspended for a month to ensure that he followed through on this promise. It was understood that proceedings to set aside the marriage would be taken in another court. In the first quarter of 1869, Elizabeth married widower James Nenon <mask> in Kensington.. James was a widower, his first wife Eziza Jones (c. 1828May 1864) had died five years earlier. Elizabeth described herself as a widow on the marriage certificate. They had one child themselves, Valentine Alexander Nenon <mask> (5 June 187510 May 1927), who emigrated to Canada and worked an engineer there before dying of stomach cancer and pneumonia in Toronto. Early life Her step-father had sold his commission in the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot and so lost his pension, to that the family lived a hand to mouth existence, living the high life when in funds and hiding out in a small house in St John's Wood when creditors became too insistent.Clare Leighton's biography of <mask> states that <mask> had a strange upbringing. Neither her mother or father had much interest in her and she was left to her own devices. She copied an entire novel by hand and sent it to a London publisher, who recognised it, and was so puzzled by the childish handwriting that he visited to find out who was responsible. Her next project was writing names and random from a street directory and sending anonymous letters, warning the recipients that their wives or husbands were being unfaithful with people whose names and addresses she had also picked at random. Clare Leighton also related what <mask> told her children about her first love affair. When she was ten, <mask> fell in love with a window-cleaner, a married father of eight. Their correspondence was discovered and the window cleaner threatened with the law.<mask>'s parents packed her off to a convent in France where she fell in love with the Mother Superior and the Priest and became a devout Catholic for the rest of her life. After returning from France, <mask> got stage-struck, falling in love with the actor Wilson Barrett (18461904), and writing poems inspired by him. Her parents decided that the only cure was to give her a taste of the stage, so she went on tour with Barrett, chaperoned by one of her maternal aunts. The experience cured her of her love of the theatre. Early writing <mask> published her first novel Beauty's Queen, a three-volume melodrama, in 1884 when she was 17.The Graphic, after noting that the novel "contains some very remarkable incidents indeed" concluded by saying "The novel is tragical to the highest pitch. All the characters of any consequence are left dead except one little boy, who, it is cordially to be hoped, grows up to meet with more ordinary experiences. The story is altogether ridiculously impossible, and is told in a style of sentimental exaggeration to which no description can do any sort of justice."Sutherland calls this book "An extraordinary mishmash of romantic and religious passion" and said that "it provoked most reviewers to sarcastic drollery", but that "women readers liked it." Marriage and children <mask> quickly followed up with another and had published five novels before her marriage to Robert Leighton (5 June 185811 May 1934). Born in Scotland but growing up in Liverpool, Leighton moved to London in 1879 and began working for Young Folks magazine as an assistant editor. Leighton was the editor from 1884 to 1885. <mask> was a contributor to the magazine. In 1886 Leighton left Little Folks to move to the Bristol Observer, but returned to London in 1887. Kemp and Mitchell state that the <mask> and Leighton eloped to Scotland, but the UK marriage records show that they got married in Marylebone, London in the first quarter of 1889.It is clear that they did elope. <mask>'s mother traced her to a hotel in Fleet Street, and was only placated when the couple were able to show her their marriage certificate. The family lived at 'Vallombrosa' at 40 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, London, where they led a chaotic bohemian existence. Every summer they migrated to a turreted seaside cliff-top villa at Lowestoft in Suffolk. <mask> and her husband had four children: Their first child was accidentally smothered in infancy by a nurse. Roland Aubrey Leighton (27 March 189523 December 1915), a poet who was killed in the First World War. He was Vera Brittain's fiancé and features largely in Testament of Youth, the first instalment of her memoirs.He was his mother's favourite. "He is the only one of my children who is beautiful enough to be worth dressing" her daughter reports her as saying. His mother's love for him "stopped just short of idolatry". <mask> was devastated when Roland was killed and published an anonymous memoir of him as Boy of My Heart in 1916. Clare Leighton (12 April 18984 November 1989), a writer and artist. She wrote several novels as well as the biography of her mother, and was a noted wood engraver. <mask> had been dismissive of Clare's looks, ambitions and talents.Evelyn Ivor Robert Leighton (31 May 190121 October 1969) was destined from boyhood for the Navy. He joined the navy on 15 January 1915, and remained in the Navy after the Great War, being posted to the Royal Australian Navy for a while, and marrying an English bride while he was there. Works The following is a list, principally drawn from the Jisc Library Hub Discover collated catalogue. One title not listed on the Jisc catalogues was found in the list of titles on Holland's blog about <mask>. The notes indicate if and where online copies of the texts can be found. Convict 99 <mask> continued to churn out novels after her marriage, writing four in total with Leighton, including her most successful work Convict 99. A true story of penal servitude.Sutherland describes this as: "a powerful anti-prison tract which became their best-known work. It has a highly sensational plot in which the hero, Laurence Gray, is framed by a rival in love on false charges of embezzlement and murder. Sent to Grimley Prison as Convict 99 on a life sentence, Laurence suffers various indignities before escaping and proving his innocence. The force of the book lies in its graphic and credible depictions of life in jail (particularly the part played by corporal punishment, or the ‘cat’)." The story was published first as a serial in Answers one of the publications produced by Alfred Harmsworth (18651922), for whom both <mask> and Leighton worked. It was published by Grant Richards in London. Quoting Grant Richards, the head of that publishing house, Kemp and Mitchell say that Convict 99 was hugely successful as a serial and was used time and again in different papers, but that it never attract as large a public in book form.Kemp and Mill also say that Convict 99 was <mask>'s greatest success. Few of <mask>'s novels were illustrated, and even those which had any illustration usually only had a front-piece. This was normal for novels intended for adults. However Convict 99, like the first three books jointly written with Leighton, was illustrated. The eight illustrations below were made by Stanley L. Wood (1866-1928), and are from the online copy at The British Library. Later life Clare Leighton says of her mother that "all men fell in love with her". During her childhood, she relates, there were three men who, with her father, were in love with her mother.Roland called them "Mother's Old Men". From 1891 both <mask> and Leighton worked for Alfred Harmsworth, he as an editor, and she as a writer of serial fiction. Harmsworth put his editors in their place when she was pregnant, and they were worried about a delayed installment, telling them that <mask> would go on just the same even if she were about to give birth to triplets the next day. Many of <mask>'s stories were, like Convict 99 serialised first in Harmsworth's Answers. From 1896 <mask> and Leighton were writing almost exclusively for Harmsworth's Daily Mail. <mask> continued to produce "potboiling crime stories" sometimes include female heroines. The Times said that her stories were "of the crude, rapidly-moving type, that a pre-cinema public read with approval and delight".<mask> published her last novel in 1937, but in practical terms she had given up all serious writing in the 1920s. <mask> died in hospital in Aylsbury, on 28 January 1941. Leighton had died seven years earlier. Mark Bostridge says that <mask> "was the archetypal romantic novelist", that she was eccentric and larger than life. Perhaps the best summary comes from the sub-title of her daughter's biography, <mask> was an invincible Edwardian. Notes References External links Books by <mask> available online at the British Library. Books by <mask> in the collated catalogues of the Jisc Discover Library Hub.Tempestuous Petticoat, Clare Leighton's biography of <mask>. British writers British women writers 1867 births 1941 deaths

<mask> was a prolific author of serial fiction and melodramatic novels. Her most famous work was written with her husband. Her writing income was much higher than his. <mask>'s mother Elizabeth Ann Treglown had a different husband than James Nenon when she was a child. A newspaper reporter courted Elizabeth Anne Treglown while she was living in Cornwall with her parents. The couple had been engaged for a while and she was accepted as his fiancée by her family. On 6 April 1865, the pair were married at the English Episcopal Church in Paris in the presence of the British Ambassador.Harris had announced the marriage in a letter to the family. After a week of living with Elizabeth's parents in Camborne, Harris walked out without saying where he was going. After joining him in Bristol, he left and went to Torquay. He deserted her after she joined him. On February 4, 1867, Elizabeth gave birth to her daughter at 7 York Road in Bristol, initially registered as Martha Annie, but later known as <mask>. The birth was registered by Elizabeth on February 13, 1867. While living with her mother, Elizabeth ran a school with her sisters Mary Ann and Ellen.He cared for the child, and treated it as his own. They entered the Workhouse at Bristol on 30 April 1867 after Josiah failed again in his promises of support for his wife and child. Harris was wanted for failing to support his wife. He worked for The Merthyr Telegraph when he was arrested. Bristol Police Court tried him on May 9, 1867. The couple were not legally married so he was not responsible for maintenance. The court held that until a superior court determined that there was no marriage, Josiah was responsible.After meeting with the authorities, he agreed to pay maintenance. The case was stopped for a month to make sure he fulfilled his promise. The proceedings to set aside the marriage would be taken in another court. James and Elizabeth were married in the first quarter of 1869. On her marriage certificate, <mask>, he had a strange upbringing. Her mother and father were not interested in her and she was left to her own devices. She copied an entire novel by hand and sent it to a London publisher, who was so confused by the childish handwriting that he visited to find out who was responsible. Her next project was to write names and random from a street directory and send anonymous letters to people she suspected of having an affair with their wives or husbands. <mask> told her children about her first love affair. She fell in love with a window-cleaner who was a married father of eight. The window cleaner threatened with the law after their correspondence was discovered.After her parents packed her off to a convent in France, she fell in love with the Mother Superior and the Priest and became a Catholic for the rest of her life. After returning from France,<mask> fell in love with the actor WilsonBarrett and wrote poems inspired by him. Her parents decided that the only cure was to give her a taste of the stage, so she went on a tour withBarrett, chaperoned by one of her maternal aunts. She was cured of her love of the theatre. The novel is tragical to the highest pitch, after noting that the novel contains some very remarkable incidents. All of the characters are dead except for a little boy who grows up to meet more ordinary experiences. The story is completely impossible, and is told in a way that no description can do justice to.The book provoked most reviewers to sarcastic drollery, but the women readers liked it. Before her marriage to Robert Leighton in May 1934, she had published five novels. After moving to London in 1879, he began working for Young Folks magazine as an assistant editor. The editor from 1884 to 1885 was Leighton. The magazine had a contributor named <mask>. Little Folks moved to the Bristol Observer in 1886, but returned to London in 1887. The UK marriage records show that the <mask> and Leighton got married in London in the first quarter of 1889.They did elope. The couple were able to show her their marriage certificate after her mother traced her to a hotel in Fleet Street. The family lived at 'Vallombrosa' at 40 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, London, where they had a chaotic bohemian existence. They lived in a turreted seaside cliff-top villa in Suffolk during the summer. Their first child was accidentally smothered by a nurse. The poet was killed in the First World War. Testament of Youth is the first part of Vera Brittain's memoirs.He was the favourite of his mother. According to her daughter, he is the only one of my children who is worth dressing. His mother's love for him stopped just short of idolatry. In 1916, an anonymous memoir of him as Boy of My Heart was published. She is a writer and artist. She was a noted wood engraver and wrote several novels. <mask> didn't like Clare's looks, ambitions or talents.Evelyn Ivor Robert Leighton was destined for the Navy from a young age. After the Great War, he was posted to the Royal Australian Navy and married an English woman while he was there. The list was drawn from the Jisc Library Discover Hub catalogue. Holland found a title that wasn't listed in the Jisc catalogues in a list of titles about <mask>. The notes show where online copies of the texts can be found. After her marriage, she continued to write novels, including her most successful work, Convict 99. A true story of enslavement.Their best-known work was a powerful anti-prison tract. There is a sensational plot in which the hero, Laurence Gray, is framed by a rival in love on false charges of murder and embezzlement. After being sentenced to Grimley Prison as Convict 99, he suffers various indignities before escaping and proving his innocence. The depiction of life in jail in the book is graphic and credible. The story was first published as a serial in Answers, one of the publications produced by Alfred Harmsworth. Grant Richards published it in London. Kemp and Mitchell quote Grant Richards, the head of that publishing house, who said that Convict 99 was hugely successful as a serial and was used time and again in different papers, but that it never attracted as large a public as a book.According to Kemp and Mill, Convict 99 was <mask>'s greatest success. Most of <mask>'s novels had no illustrations at all, and even those that did had a front-piece. For novels for adults, this was normal. The first three books were illustrated. The British Library has an online copy of the illustrations made by Stanley L. Wood. All men fell in love with her. Three men with her father were in love with her mother.They were called "Mother's Old Men". Both of them worked for Alfred Harmsworth as an editor and a writer of serial fiction. When she was pregnant, he put his editors in his place and told them that if she gave birth to triplets the next day, he would keep going. Convict 99 was serialised first in Harmsworth's Answers. They were writing for the Daily Mail from 1896 to 1896. Sometimes "pot boiling crime stories" include female protagonists. The Times said that her stories were "of the crude, rapidly- moving type that a pre-cinema public would love to read".Her last novel was published in 1937, but she gave up serious writing in the 1920s. On January 28, 1941,<mask> died in Aylsbury. The person had died seven years before. <mask> available online. There are books in the Jisc Library Discover Hub.The biography of Petticoat. The births and deaths of British women writers.

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William Harper (composer)

William Harper (born October 10, 1949) is a Chicago photographer and composer. His photography is concerned with natural form and line and his music is theatrical, technology-based work sourced from liturgical and folk traditions. Harper first earned critical acclaim for his work defining a Chicago style of new music theater and opera as the creator and producer of many full-length original works for the American Ritual Theater Company (ARTCO). Concurrent with these projects, and subsequently, Harper’s opera, music theater, dance, orchestra, chorus, and electro-acoustic works have been commissioned and performed by companies including The Minnesota Opera Company, The New Music Theater Ensemble of Minneapolis, INTAR Hispanic American Cultural Center, The Goodman Theater, Hartford Stage and The Music Theatre Group. Harper’s recently completed Unquiet Myths, a suite of electro-acoustic pieces was commissioned by The Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company for Spill Out!, which premiered in 2006 and is scheduled to begin a national tour this year. William Harper received a PhD in music composition from the Eastman School of Music, and has received support from many foundations including the National Institute for Music Theater, the Djerassi Foundation, the Yaddo Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Illinois and New York State Arts Councils and The MacArthur Foundation. Harper has three sisters including a twin sister, Jessica Harper, Lindsay Harper duPont and Diana Harper. He also has two brothers, Sam Harper and Charles Harper. Photography Recent Exhibitions & Events 2013 Water!, juried show, Center for FIne Art Photography, Fort Collins 2012 Hot New Pix, Center Gallery at the Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita 2012 Transformational Learning, group show, Brick Gallery, Chicago 2012 Night Light, juried show, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Jct., Vermont 2012 Family Dynamics, juried show, Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, Virginia 2012 Between Dusk and Dawn, juried show, Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, Virginia 2012 Family Dynamics, juried show, Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, Virginia 2012 Portfolio Prize, Center for FIne Art Photography, Fort Collins 2012 Water, Ice & Light - Solo show, University Club, Chicago 2011 Grand prize, Filter Festival, Chicago 2011 Beginnings, juried show, Black Cloud Gallery, Chicago 2011 Faces of Evanston, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL 2011 Real People, juried show, The Courthouse, Woodstock, IL 2010-12 Court, Transistor, Chicago 2009 Finding Middle Ground, Dayton Visual Arts Center 2009 Group Show at Walker Fine Arts, Denver, CO 2009 Group Show at Lincoln Center, Ft. Collins, CO 2008 Breaking Ground, Solo show, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH 2008 Real People, juried show, The Courthouse, Woodstock, IL 2008 The Workshop, Berkeley, CA 2008 Minimal, Flatfile Gallery, Chicago, IL 2008 Faculty Sabbatical Show, Betty Rymer Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago 2006 Digitally Propelled Ideas, Kellogg University Art Gallery California State Polytechnic University Pomona CA 2006 Snapshots, The ARC Gallery. Chicago, IL Music: Selected Works Operas and Music Theatre 2000 Heroism with Frederick Feirstein, Nassau Community College, New York 1997 The Bacchae Harvard University, Katherine Walker, Music Theater Group, New York 1995 Extraordinary Measures with Eve Ensler, Music Theater Group, New York 1993 El Greco INTAR Hispanic American Arts Center, New York 1992 Martin Guerre (Orchestrations) with Roger Ames Hartford Stage, Hartford 1992 Cooking the World with Bob Berkey Music Theater Group, New York 1989 Snow Leopard Minnesota Opera Company, Minneapolis 1987 Tantracidal Mania Minnesota Opera Company, Minneapolis 1986 Peyote Roadkill ARTCO, Chicago 1983 John Ball Shot Them All N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago Recordings 2006 Unquiet Myths, A collection of electro-acoustic pieces 2005 Requiem, Mass for chorus, SATB and electronic accompaniment 2004 Marlidendur, Music for strings, percussion, and boys choir 2002 The Banjo of Death Sleeping, Three electro-acoustic pieces 2000 El Greco, Opera Works for Orchestra 1999 Marlidendur Gudmundur Emilsson, The Baltic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Reykjavik 1997 Scenes from the Valley of the Black Pig Full Orchestra, ARTCO, Chicago 1996 Requiem Mass Chorus, Orchestra and Alto Solo, Harle & Ken Montgomery Foundation 1994 Seasons of the Heart Song for Soprano Solo and String Orchestra. Texts by Bernardo Solano, INTAR, New York. 1990 Marouska Variations Full Orchestra, ARTCO, Chicago Dance, Film, and Incidental Music 2012-13 Reflections on the way o the Gallows - Eight films and a Dark Tourism project by Collette Copeland 2006 Unquiet Myths for Spill Out! Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company, Troy 1992 Words Divine INTAR Hispanic American Arts Center, New York 1987 Waiting in the Dark For Bay Area Playwrights, Mill Valley 1986 Changing Habits WTTW-TV, Chicago 1986 Macando Dreiske Performance Ensemble, Chicago 1985 Illinois Turner Broadcasting, Atlanta 1985 Light Kanopy Dance Theater, Madison 1984 Crimson Cowboy (Opera/Dance Work) ARTCO, Chicago 1984 Julius Caesar Alliance Theater, Atlanta 1984 Red River The Goodman Theater, Chicago 1983 Dead Birds (Opera/Dance Work) ARTCO, Chicago 1983 Calyx Columbia Dance Center, Chicago 1983 I've Known Rivers (Dance/Opera Work) MoMing, Chicago References Link to Center for Fine Art Photography show Water! NPR report on Harper's photography show at Flatfile Gallery, Chicago Art Institute Faculty Bio NY Times review of Harper's opera, El Greco NY Times review of Extraordinary Measures NY Times review of Words Divine NY Times review of "I've Known Rivers" William Harper, Requiem Survey Chicago Tribune Article about Harper's opera, El Greco Chicago Tribune review of Harper's opera Peyote Roadkill List of composers who have spent time at Yaddo NY Times article about Marlidendur Recordings by the Riga Dome Boys Choir Playlist - Classical Discoveries 04/06/05 Summary of News in Latvia 11/99 - See Calendar of Arts Events 21st Century Music calendar entry for Voyages Concert 11/9/99 Brown University Press release on Voyages Festival 11/99 Prayer Wheels Into Turbines (William Harper's Snow Leopard) - Kyle Gann, Village Voice December 19, 1989 (Vol. XXXIV No. 51, p. 84) Dad Was an Old Master (William Harper's El Greco) - Kyle Gann, Village Voice October 12, 1993 (Vol. XXXVIII No. 41, p. 82) Link to doctoral dissertation: Olivier Messiaen's Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum External links .mp3s available from Amazon.com William Harper music website William Harper - Photography website http://whharper.tumblr.com O Vos Omnes - Blog American male composers 21st-century American composers American photographers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 1949 births 21st-century American male musicians

<mask> (born October 10, 1949) is a Chicago photographer and composer. His photography is concerned with natural form and line and his music is theatrical, technology-based work sourced from liturgical and folk traditions. <mask> first earned critical acclaim for his work defining a Chicago style of new music theater and opera as the creator and producer of many full-length original works for the American Ritual Theater Company (ARTCO). Concurrent with these projects, and subsequently, <mask>’s opera, music theater, dance, orchestra, chorus, and electro-acoustic works have been commissioned and performed by companies including The Minnesota Opera Company, The New Music Theater Ensemble of Minneapolis, INTAR Hispanic American Cultural Center, The Goodman Theater, Hartford Stage and The Music Theatre Group. <mask>’s recently completed Unquiet Myths, a suite of electro-acoustic pieces was commissioned by The Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company for Spill Out!, which premiered in 2006 and is scheduled to begin a national tour this year. <mask> received a PhD in music composition from the Eastman School of Music, and has received support from many foundations including the National Institute for Music Theater, the Djerassi Foundation, the Yaddo Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Illinois and New York State Arts Councils and The MacArthur Foundation. <mask> has three sisters including a twin sister, <mask>, <mask> duPont and <mask>.He also has two brothers, <mask> and <mask>. Chicago, IL Music: Selected Works Operas and Music Theatre 2000 Heroism with Frederick Feirstein, Nassau Community College, New York 1997 The Bacchae Harvard University, Katherine Walker, Music Theater Group, New York 1995 Extraordinary Measures with Eve Ensler, Music Theater Group, New York 1993 El Greco INTAR Hispanic American Arts Center, New York 1992 Martin Guerre (Orchestrations) with Roger Ames Hartford Stage, Hartford 1992 Cooking the World with Bob Berkey Music Theater Group, New York 1989 Snow Leopard Minnesota Opera Company, Minneapolis 1987 Tantracidal Mania Minnesota Opera Company, Minneapolis 1986 Peyote Roadkill ARTCO, Chicago 1983 John Ball Shot Them All N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago Recordings 2006 Unquiet Myths, A collection of electro-acoustic pieces 2005 Requiem, Mass for chorus, SATB and electronic accompaniment 2004 Marlidendur, Music for strings, percussion, and boys choir 2002 The Banjo of Death Sleeping, Three electro-acoustic pieces 2000 El Greco, Opera Works for Orchestra 1999 Marlidendur Gudmundur Emilsson, The Baltic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Reykjavik 1997 Scenes from the Valley of the Black Pig Full Orchestra, ARTCO, Chicago 1996 Requiem Mass Chorus, Orchestra and Alto Solo, Harle & Ken Montgomery Foundation 1994 Seasons of the Heart Song for Soprano Solo and String Orchestra. Texts by Bernardo Solano, INTAR, New York. 1990 Marouska Variations Full Orchestra, ARTCO, Chicago Dance, Film, and Incidental Music 2012-13 Reflections on the way o the Gallows - Eight films and a Dark Tourism project by Collette Copeland 2006 Unquiet Myths for Spill Out! Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company, Troy 1992 Words Divine INTAR Hispanic American Arts Center, New York 1987 Waiting in the Dark For Bay Area Playwrights, Mill Valley 1986 Changing Habits WTTW-TV, Chicago 1986 Macando Dreiske Performance Ensemble, Chicago 1985 Illinois Turner Broadcasting, Atlanta 1985 Light Kanopy Dance Theater, Madison 1984 Crimson Cowboy (Opera/Dance Work) ARTCO, Chicago 1984 Julius Caesar Alliance Theater, Atlanta 1984 Red River The Goodman Theater, Chicago 1983 Dead Birds (Opera/Dance Work) ARTCO, Chicago 1983 Calyx Columbia Dance Center, Chicago 1983 I've Known Rivers (Dance/Opera Work) MoMing, Chicago References Link to Center for Fine Art Photography show Water! NPR report on Harper's photography show at Flatfile Gallery, Chicago Art Institute Faculty Bio NY Times review of Harper's opera, El Greco NY Times review of Extraordinary Measures NY Times review of Words Divine NY Times review of "I've Known Rivers" William Harper, Requiem Survey Chicago Tribune Article about Harper's opera, El Greco Chicago Tribune review of Harper's opera Peyote Roadkill List of composers who have spent time at Yaddo NY Times article about Marlidendur Recordings by the Riga Dome Boys Choir Playlist - Classical Discoveries 04/06/05 Summary of News in Latvia 11/99 - See Calendar of Arts Events 21st Century Music calendar entry for Voyages Concert 11/9/99 Brown University Press release on Voyages Festival 11/99 Prayer Wheels Into Turbines (William Harper's Snow Leopard) - Kyle Gann, Village Voice December 19, 1989 (Vol.XXXIV No. 51, p. 84) Dad Was an Old Master (<mask>'s El Greco) - Kyle Gann, Village Voice October 12, 1993 (Vol. XXXVIII No. 41, p. 82) Link to doctoral dissertation: Olivier Messiaen's Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum External links .mp3s available from Amazon.com <mask> music website <mask> - Photography website http://whharper.tumblr.com O Vos Omnes - Blog American male composers 21st-century American composers American photographers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 1949 births 21st-century American male musicians

<mask> is a photographer and composer. His photography is concerned with natural form and line and his music is theatrical, technology-based work. As the creator and producer of many full-length original works for the American Ritual Theater Company,<mask>'s operas, music theater, dance, orchestra, chorus, and electro-acoustic works. The Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company is scheduled to begin a national tour this year with the premiere of Unquiet Myths, a suite of electro-acoustic pieces. The National Institute for Music Theater, the Djerassi Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Illinois and New York State Arts Councils are some of the foundations that have supported <mask>arper has.Sam and Charles are his brothers. The Bacchae Harvard University and Music Theater Group collaborated on The Bacchae Harvard University and The Bacchae Harvard University. Music for strings, percussion, and boys choir, The Banjo of Death Sleeping, and Unquiet Myths are some of the pieces on Chicago Recordings. The texts are from INTAR, New York. Reflections on the way o the Gallows - Eight films and a Dark Tourism project is a project by Collette Copeland. Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company, Troy,1992 Words Divine INTAR Hispanic American Arts Center, New York, 1987 Waiting in the Dark For Bay Area Playwrights, Mill Valley, 1986 Changing Habits, Chicago, 1985 Illinois Turner Broadcasting, Atlanta, 1985 Light New York Times review of <mask>'s photography show at Flatfile Gallery.No. XXXIV. Dad Was an Old Master was written by <mask>'s El Greco. No. XXXVIII. External links to.mp3s are available from Amazon.com and <mask>Harper.tumblr.com.