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<mask> (April 1, 1935 – September 1, 1983) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Georgia's 7th congressional district as a Democrat from 1975 until he was killed while a passenger on board Korean Air Lines Flight 007 when it was shot down by Soviet interceptors. <mask> was active in numerous civic organizations and maintained one of the most conservative voting records in Congress. He was known for his opposition to communism. Remembered as a martyr by American conservatives, he was the chairman of the John Birch Society. Early life and career
<mask> was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, in the eastern part of the city that is in DeKalb County. General George S. Patton was a distant relation. As a child, he attended several private and parochial schools before attending a non-denominational high school.He spent two years at high school before graduating in 1951. He studied at Davidson College from 1951 to 1953, studying history. He entered the Emory University School of Medicine at the age of 17, graduating in 1957. He interned at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. He trained as a urologist at the University of Michigan Hospital under Reed M. Nesbit. Following completion in 1966 he returned to Atlanta and entered practice with his father. From 1959 to 1961, he served as a flight surgeon in the United States Navy stationed at the Keflavík naval base in Iceland.<mask> married an Icelandic national, Anna Tryggvadottir, with whom he would eventually have three children: Tryggvi Paul, Callie Grace, and Mary Elizabeth. In Iceland, <mask> asserted to his commanding officer that the U.S. Embassy in Reykjavik was doing things advantageous to communists, but was told he did not understand the big picture. After his tour of service he practiced medicine at the McDonald Urology Clinic in Atlanta. He took an increasing interest in politics, reading books on political history and foreign policy. He joined the John Birch Society—a conservative,
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anti-communist organization — in 1966 or 1967. His passionate preoccupation with politics led to a divorce from his first wife. <mask> made one unsuccessful run for Congress in 1972 before being elected in 1974.In 1975, he married Kathryn Jackson, whom he met while giving a speech in California. <mask> served as a member on the Georgia State Medical Education Board and as chairman from 1969 to 1974. Political career
In 1974, <mask> ran for Congress against incumbent John W. Davis in the Democratic primary as a conservative who was opposed to mandatory federal school integration programs. <mask> criticized Davis for being one of only two Georgia congressmen to vote in favor of school busing. He also attacked Davis for receiving thousands of dollars in political donations from out-of-state groups which he said favored mandatory federal programs that used busing to achieve school integration. <mask> won the primary election in a surprise upset and was elected in November 1974 to the 94th United States Congress, serving Georgia's 7th congressional district, which included most of Atlanta's northwestern suburbs (including Marietta), where opposition to school busing was especially high. However, during the general election, J. Quincy Collins Jr., an Air Force prisoner of war during the Vietnam War, running as a Republican, nearly defeated him, despite the poor performance of Republicans nationally that year due to the aftereffects of the Watergate scandal.However, <mask> would never face another contest nearly that close. <mask>, who considered himself a traditional Democrat "cut from the cloth of Jefferson and Jackson", was known for his conservative views, even by Southern Democratic standards of the time. In fact, one scoring method published in the American Journal of Political Science named him the second most conservative member of either chamber of Congress between 1937 and 2002 (behind only Ron Paul). Even though many of <mask>'s constituents had begun splitting their tickets and voting Republican at
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the federal level as early as the 1960s, the GOP was still well behind the Democrats at the local level, and conservative Democrats like <mask> continued to hold most state and local offices well into the 1990s. The American Conservative Union gave him a perfect score of 100 every year he was in the House of Representatives, except in 1978, when he scored a 95. He also scored "perfect or near perfect ratings" on the congressional scorecards of the National Right to Life Committee, Gun Owners of America, and the American Security Council. <mask> was referred to by The New American as "the leading anti-Communist in Congress".<mask> admired Senator Joseph McCarthy and was a member of the Joseph McCarthy Foundation. He considered communism an international conspiracy. An admirer of Austrian economics and a member of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, he advocated tight monetary policy in the late 1970s against stagflation, and advocated returning to the gold standard. <mask> called the welfare state a "disaster" and favored phasing control of the Great Society programs over to the states. He also favored cuts to foreign aid, which he said "you could take a chainsaw to". <mask> co-sponsored a resolution "expressing the sense of the Congress that homosexual acts and the class of individuals who advocate such conduct shall never receive special consideration or a protected status under law". He advocated the use of the non-approved drug laetrile to treat patients in advanced stages of cancer despite medical opinion that such use was quackery.<mask> also opposed the establishment of a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, saying the FBI had evidence that King "was associated with and being manipulated by communists and secret communist agents". A firearms enthusiast and game hunter, <mask> reportedly had "about 200" guns at his official district residence. In 1979, with John Rees and Major General John K. Singlaub, <mask> founded the Western Goals Foundation. According to The Spokesman-Review, it was intended to "blunt
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subversion, terrorism, and communism" by filling the gap "created by the disbanding of the House Un-American Activities Committee and what [<mask>] considered to be the crippling of the FBI during the 1970s". <mask> became the chairman of the John Birch Society in 1983, succeeding Robert Welch. At the time of his death, Western Goals was being sued by the ACLU for obtaining illegal Los Angeles Police Department Intelligence Files from 1975 that had been ordered destroyed and computerizing them in a database on a $100,000 computer in Long Beach at the house of an attorney connected to the U.S. intelligence community. Many of these files concerned individuals from Ronald Reagan's term as Governor of California, and it was speculated that Western Goals was using these files to blackmail figures in the Reagan Presidential Administration.<mask> opposed the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in his own district because he did not believe the federal government could constitutionally own national parks. <mask> rarely spoke on the House floor, preferring to insert material into the Congressional Record. These insertions typically dealt with foreign policy issues relating to the Soviet Union and domestic issues centered on the growth of non-Soviet and Soviet sponsored leftist subversion. A number of <mask>'s insertions relating to the Socialist Workers Party were collected into a book, Trotskyism and Terror: The Strategy of Revolution, published in 1977. During his time in Congress, <mask> introduced over 150 bills, including legislation to:
Repeal the Gun Control Act of 1968. Remove the limitation upon the amount of outside income a Social Security recipient may earn. Award honorary U.S.Citizenship to Russian dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Invite Russian dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn to address a joint meeting of Congress. Prohibit Federal funds from being used to finance the purchase of American agricultural commodities by any Communist country. Create a select committee in the House of
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Representatives to conduct an investigation of human rights abuses in Southeast Asia by Communist forces. Repeal the FCC regulations against editorializing and support of political candidates by noncommercial educational broadcasting stations. Create a House Committee on Internal Security. Impeach UN Ambassador Andrew Young.Limit eligibility for appointment and admission to any United States service academy to men. Direct the Comptroller General of the United States to audit the gold held by the United States annually. Increase the national speed limit to from the then-prevailing national speed limit of . Abolish the Federal Election Commission. Get the U.S. out of the United Nations. Place statues of Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver in the Capitol. Death
<mask> was invited to South Korea to attend a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the United States–South Korea Mutual Defense Treaty with three fellow members of Congress, Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina, Senator Steve Symms of Idaho, and Representative Carroll Hubbard of Kentucky.Due to bad weather on Sunday, August 28, 1983, <mask>'s flight from Atlanta was diverted to Baltimore and when he finally arrived at JFK Airport in New York, he had missed his connection to South Korea by two or three minutes. <mask> could have boarded a Pan Am Boeing 747 flight to Seoul, but he preferred the lower fares of Korean Air Lines and chose to wait for the next KAL flight two days later. Simultaneously, Hubbard and Helms planned to meet with <mask> to discuss how to join <mask> on the KAL 007 flight. As the delays mounted, instead of joining <mask>, Hubbard at the last minute gave up on the trip, canceled his reservations, and accepted a Kentucky speaking engagement while Helms attempted to join <mask> but was also delayed. <mask> occupied an aisle seat, 02B in the first class section, when KAL 007 took off on August 31 at 12:24 AM local time, on a trip to Anchorage, Alaska for a scheduled stopover seven hours later. The plane remained on
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the ground for an hour and a half during which it was refueled, reprovisioned, cleaned, and serviced. The passengers were given the option of leaving the aircraft but <mask> remained on the plane, catching up on his sleep.Helms meanwhile had managed to arrive and invited <mask> to move onto his flight, KAL 015, but <mask> did not wish to be disturbed. With a fresh flight crew, KAL 007 took off at 4 AM local time for its scheduled non-stop flight over the Pacific to Seoul's Kimpo International Airport, a nearly flight that would take approximately eight hours. On September 1, 1983, <mask> and the rest of the passengers and crew of KAL 007 were killed when Soviet fighters, under the command of Gen. Anatoly Kornukov, shot down KAL 007 near Moneron Island after the plane entered Soviet airspace. Some families of the victims of the shootdown maintain that there is reason to believe that <mask> and others of Flight 007 survived the shootdown. This viewpoint has received some coverage in the conservative news agency Accuracy in Media and also the New American, the magazine of the John Birch Society. Aftermath
After <mask>'s death, a special election was held to fill his seat in the House. Former Governor Lester Maddox stated his intention to run for the seat if <mask>'s widow, <mask>, did not.<mask> did decide to run, but lost to George "Buddy" Darden. Tribute
There is a cenotaph placed for him at Crest Lawn Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia. On March 18, 1998, the Georgia House of Representatives, "to preserve the memory of the sacrifice and service of this able and outstanding Georgian and recognize his service to the people of his district", named the portion of Interstate 75, which runs from the Chattahoochee River northward to the Tennessee state line in his honor, the <mask> Memorial Highway. Bibliography
Articles
“Why Does Spotlight Attack the Real Anti-Communists?” Congressional Record, September 9, 1981. Books
We Hold These Truths: A Reverent Review of the U.S. Constitution. Seal Beach, CA: '76 Press,
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1976. .
Revised edition: Larry McDonald Memorial Foundation, Inc., 1992. .
Trotskyism and Terror: The Strategy of Revolution. Introduction by M. Stanton Evans.Foreword by Marx Lewis. Washington, D.C.: ACU Education and Research Institute, 1977. Contributed works
“Introduction.” The Rockefeller File, by Gary Allen. Seal Beach, CA: '76 Press, 1976. .
“China in Africa.” Sino-Soviet Intervention in Africa, by Roger Pearson. Washington, D.C.: Council on American Affairs, 1977. . The Future of the United Nations: A Roundtable Discussion (Audiobook). Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1977. .Remarks on the UN, its past and future, and its relations with the United States. Articles by other authors
Dorman, Zach. “The Congressman Who Created His Own Deep State. Really.”. Politico, 2 December 2018. See also
Boll weevil (politics)
John G. Schmitz
John Rarick
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List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99)
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<mask> on Crossfire in 1983
<mask><mask>, late a representative
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University: Lawrence Patton <mask> congressional papers, circa 1974-1983
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<mask> (30 August 1927 – 23 May 2009) was a British trade union leader. He was the General Secretary of the Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section (TASS), from 1974 to 1988, when it merged with ASTMS to form the Manufacturing, Science and Finance Union (MSF). He was General Secretary of the MSF, 1988–1992, initially jointly with Clive Jenkins. A committed Communist, he was elected to the TUC General Council in 1974, and was a prominent figure in the militant industrial relations of the 1970s. From 1981 to 1987 he was a member of the Commission for Racial Equality. Background
<mask> was born in Melksham, Wiltshire, in 1927. <mask> was politicised when young, having experienced poverty in his childhood during the Great Depression.He attended a grammar school and was offered officer training during the Second World War, but refused this owing to a political opposition to the officer class. In 1943, aged 15, he became an apprentice draughtsman. During the war his family took in a lodger, a cobbler and communist who convinced the young <mask> of the cause of socialism. In 1945 he was a prominent campaigner for the local Labour candidate, who was elected as the first local Labour MP. In 1949, at the end of his apprenticeship, he moved to London. As a young communist at the height of the Cold War, he travelled to East Germany for the 1951 World Youth Festival, and was briefly arrested while journeying there by the US military police. By his early thirties <mask> had become a director of a successful small engineering firm.Trade union career
In 1962 <mask> stood for office in the Draughtsmen's and Allied Technicians' Association (DATA), being elected a regional official. The militancy of his Merseyside and Northern Ireland region saw <mask> leading workers in a series of industrial battles over pay and conditions. As a result of his success in this, he was
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elected as deputy general secretary of the union in 1968, bringing him back to London. "As former colleagues attest, <mask> was widely respected as a leader, winning people by persuasion rather than using his authority." DATA's successor, the Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section (TASS), became part of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (AUEW) in 1971, although it remained quasi-autonomous. During the merger talks MI5 broke into <mask>'s South London home to bug discussions going on there. <mask> became the General Secretary of TASS in 1974, and that same year was the third communist to be elected on to the TUC General Council, with over 7 million votes.With the support of other left-wingers on the Council he helped lead a militant broad left grouping, which played a key role in the ideological and economic battles of the time. He was a leading member of the 'awkward squad' of trade union leaders which made the industrial relations of the nineteen seventies so difficult for successive governments, not least by consistently opposing an enforced incomes policy. He was a leading figure in union opposition to Barbara Castle's contentious 1969 bill on industrial relations, In Place of Strife. From the mid-1970s <mask> used his position on the TUC Council to push for more radical policies in support of equal opportunities. In 1976 he "famously told the TUC Woman's Conference ... that Britain was still a 'socially backward' country," since despite the 1975 Sex Discrimination Act women would still need a 50 per cent pay increase to achieve parity with men. In 1982 he warned against racial prejudice within trade unions, saying that black workers would form their own trade unions if prejudice prevented them from being elected to union posts. <mask> was also an internationalist, pushing within the TUC for more progressive positions
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internationally.<mask> and his union were among the earliest active supporters of the fight against South Africa's apartheid. On <mask>'s initiative, the union guaranteed the deposit for the 1988 stadium concert that celebrated Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday. When Mandela later visited the UK after his release from Robben Island, he chose the union's conference hall to meet and thank African National Congress exiles and activists. In 1984 <mask> became chairman of the People's Press Printing Society, the cooperative which publishes The Morning Star. <mask>, along with a group of so-called "Tankie" members, was later expelled from the Communist Party of Great Britain when the paper's editor refused to follow the new Eurocommunist party line. In 1985/86 <mask> became the only communist ever to become President of the Trades Union Congress, although by then, following the defeat of the 1984 miners' strike, militancy was in retreat. TASS demerged from the AUEW in 1985, and in 1988 merged with ASTMS to form the Manufacturing, Science and Finance Union (MSF), then Britain's fifth-largest union, with 600,000 members.<mask> was General Secretary of the MSF, 1988–1992, initially jointly with Clive Jenkins. <mask> retired as a full-time trade union official in 1992. "Despite being among the most prominent communists in the country, <mask> always saw himself first of all as a trade unionist." In 1993 he was voted the "Trade Unionists' Trade Unionist" in a survey carried out by The Observer newspaper. "<mask> never fitted the cliché image of a communist. While he could be forceful and committed, he was never dogmatic or unnecessarily aggressive." He believed that the Labour Party was central to radical social change.A lifetime supporter of the Soviet Union, he was expelled from the British Communist Party in 1985, when it broke with Moscow. Retirement
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retirement, <mask> continued campaigning, including against the 2003 Iraq war. He also played a key role in the 1993 founding of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign in the UK, becoming its first chair, only stepping down in 2008. <mask> was also known for his caricatures of fellow trade unionists, and often made on scraps of paper during meetings and conferences. An exhibition of his work was held at Congress House in 2007, and a book of his caricatures was published in April 2009. Books
<mask> (Author), John Green and Michal Boncza (Editors), 2009 – Hung, Drawn and Quartered, Artery Publications, . The book is a selection of <mask>'s caricatures.The <mask> Memorial Fund
A non-charitable trust was established in 2010 by <mask>'s family and close friends to commemorate <mask>'s life and to continue his life's work. Among its objectives are supporting the Morning Star newspaper, supporting the trade union movement and workers' rights through co-operation with the Institute of Employment Rights and to support solidarity with Cuba, working alongside the Cuba Solidarity Campaign. Trustees included Rodney Bickerstaffe, former general secretary of Unison, the UK's largest public services union. References
Further reading
Bickerstaffe, Rodney. "<mask>, <mask> [<mask>]" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2013) https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/101722
Mortimer, J. E. A Life on the Left (1998)
Thomas, Brian. "'Red Ken' is Dead" (2009) in Melksham and St. Michael's in War and Peace (2014), The Well House Collection, Melksham pp59–60
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<mask> (born July 21, 1979) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Houston Texans first overall in the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Fresno State. <mask> also played professionally for the Carolina Panthers, New York Giants, and San Francisco 49ers. He received a Super Bowl ring as a backup for the Giants after their victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI. He joined the NFL Network in 2016 as analyst. Early years
<mask> attended Valley Oak Elementary School in Fresno, California.He continued on to Clovis Unified's Kastner Intermediate School in Fresno, where he proceeded to break a number of California D-I middle school records as quarterback of the Thunderbirds. After moving to Bakersfield, California, <mask> attended Stockdale High School. College career
<mask> began as the starting quarterback at Fresno State during the 2000 and 2001 seasons after redshirting in 1999. While he was quarterback, the Bulldogs went 7-5 and 11-3. In his senior season the team beat Colorado, Oregon State, and Wisconsin, all members of BCS conferences. There was speculation about whether the Bulldogs would qualify for a BCS bid, something then unheard of for a BCS non-automatic qualifying conference team. They climbed to as high as number 8 in the polls, and <mask> was on the cover of Sports Illustrated.During his collegiate career, <mask> completed 565 of 901 passes for 7,849 yards and threw 65 touchdowns versus 22 interceptions. During his senior year, he won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and was a finalist for the 2001 Heisman Trophy, finishing fifth. On September 1, 2007, the Fresno State Bulldogs retired <mask>'s #8 jersey in his honor. Former Fresno State football player Robbie Rouse (a junior in 2011) was the last player allowed to wear the number. College statistics
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first overall pick of the 2002 NFL Draft, the Houston Texans, a new expansion team, selected <mask>. His professional career began on a productive note. The Texans played their first regular season game on September 8, 2002, defeating the Dallas Cowboys, 19–10, at Houston's Reliant Stadium.Houston became just the second expansion team to win its first game. However, <mask> was sacked 76 times during that season, which set a league record. He also set the NFL record for fumble recoveries in a single season, recovering 12 of his own. Both records still stand as of 2022. He finished his rookie year of 2002 with 2,592 passing yards, 9 touchdowns, and 15 interceptions. He also rushed for 282 yards along with 3 rushing touchdowns. The Texans finished 4-12 in their first franchise year.In the 2003 season, <mask> played 12 games (11 starts) with 2,103 passing yards, 9 touchdowns, and 13 interceptions. He also rushed for 151 yards with 2 rushing touchdowns and was sacked only 15 times. The Texans finished with a record of 5-11 in 2003. <mask> started all 16 games in 2004 being sacked a league-leading 49 times. He passed for 3,531 yards with 16 touchdowns and 14 interceptions. The Texans finished 7-9 in 2004. The 2005 season began poorly as the Texans were 1-9 in their first 10 games, and plummeted to a 2–14 record to finish the season.Plagued by injuries and an ineffective offensive line that limited both the running and passing games, <mask> still threw for 2,488 yards while being sacked a league-leading 68 times. Despite the drop-off, the Texans exercised an option in <mask>'s contract that extended him for three years. The Texans finished the 2006 season at 6–10. For the season, <mask> posted a completion percentage of 68.9% (a career-high) and tied the single-game NFL record of 22 consecutive pass completions (against the Buffalo Bills). However, new Texans general manager Rick Smith decided to go in a different direction at
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quarterback. Thus, the Texans acquired Matt Schaub from the Atlanta Falcons and decided to release <mask>, making him a free agent for the first time of his career. He had been sacked a total of 249 times during his tenure in Houston.Carolina Panthers
<mask> agreed to terms with the Carolina Panthers on April 6, 2007, signing a two-year, $6.2 million contract. Following an injury to starting quarterback Jake Delhomme, <mask> was named the starter. He played in six games (started four games) and had three touchdowns and five interceptions, with a 53.7 completion percentage and a passer rating of 58.3. <mask> suffered a back injury during the fifth game of the season (a victory vs. the New Orleans Saints) on a sack by Will Smith, and saw limited action during the remainder of the 2007 season, being replaced by Vinny Testaverde and Matt Moore. He was released on February 27, 2008. New York Giants (first stint)
On March 12, 2008, <mask> signed a one-year contract with the New York Giants, reuniting with former Houston offensive coordinator Chris Palmer. Subsequently, the Giants released former backup quarterback Jared Lorenzen.<mask> backed up Eli Manning for two seasons. In the 2009 offseason, <mask> was re-signed to a one-year, $2 million contract on February 9, 2009. In his first two years with the Giants, <mask> saw action in seven games and threw three total touchdown passes. San Francisco 49ers
On March 7, 2010, <mask> agreed to terms with the San Francisco 49ers; he served as a back-up to Alex Smith. <mask> was put into the 49ers Week 7 game against his former team the Carolina Panthers after Smith suffered a shoulder injury. <mask> struggled completing only 5 of 13 passes for 67 yards and throwing a crucial interception late in the 4th quarter. He was released by the 49ers on July 28, 2011.New York Giants (second stint)
<mask> signed with the New York Giants on July 31, 2011, as the backup quarterback to starter Eli Manning.
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<mask> received his only Super Bowl ring in the 2011 season after the Giants beat the New England Patriots 21-17 in Super Bowl XLVI. He did not play a single snap during the 2011 regular season. <mask> re-signed with the Giants on March 14, 2012, to an additional one-year contract. He was waived by the Giants on August 31, 2013. <mask>'s status as a number one draft pick and subsequent career has led to him being considered a draft bust. In 2011, he was included in Foxsports.com's list of the ten worst No.1 overall picks in NFL Draft history. In 2015, NESN ranked <mask> as the 8th worst No. 1 overall pick in NFL Draft history. He is currently on NFL Network as an analyst. NFL career statistics
Coaching career
In 2015, <mask> became offensive coordinator at Bakersfield Christian High School, under head coach and younger brother <mask>. Personal life
<mask> married high school girlfriend Melody Tipton in March 1999. Together they have six children, three of whom have been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, which <mask> also suffers from.His brother, Derek is the starting quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders. Derek states that <mask> was instrumental to the preparation and training that led up to the 2014 NFL Draft and has helped greatly with training and experience since being drafted by the Raiders. Lon Boyett, his uncle, played in the NFL as a tight end with the 49ers in 1978. See also
List of NCAA major college football yearly passing leaders
List of NCAA major college football yearly total offense leaders
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Suzanne "<mask><mask> (; born February 8, 1952) is the former Chairwoman of the Nevada Republican Party and a former Nevada state senator. Lowden is a former businesswoman, television news anchor and kindergarten teacher. Lowden was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2010 United States Senate election in Nevada and the 2014 Nevada Lt. Governor election. A native of National Park, New Jersey raised by a single mother, <mask> is a graduate of American University and Fairleigh Dickinson University. She served as a state senator for Nevada from 1993 to 1997. During her four years in the state legislature, she held the senior leadership position of majority whip.Early life and career
Born Suzanne Parkinson Pluskoski, and raised in New Jersey, Lowden graduated in 1970 from Gloucester Catholic High School. At age 16, she became Miss National Park, New Jersey. She accumulated other local and regional titles, including Miss Gloucester County, Miss Cape May County, Miss New Jersey Apple Princess, and Miss Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey at age 19 in 1971. Lowden was Miss District of Columbia USA in 1971, and a semi-finalist at Miss USA. Changing her name to Suzanne Plummer, in 1973, she was Miss New Jersey on her second try, and was 2nd runner-up for Miss America having won the swimsuit portion. After a six-week USO tour, she completed a BA in education from American University in Washington, D.C., an MA in elementary education from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Rutherford, New Jersey, and was later granted an Honorary AA from then Community College of Southern Nevada. While finishing her degree, Lowden worked two years as a kindergarten teacher in Edgewater, New Jersey.Then, she moved to Los Angeles, California. Sending job applications to TV stations across the country, in 1978 she landed a job with KLAS-TV in Las Vegas, the local CBS affiliate for southern Nevada. She earned numerous awards for her work as a reporter and anchorwoman, such as the Associated Press and United Press
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International Award for Best Newscast. She became a member of the KLAS Channel 8 Hall of Fame. She left KLAS in 1987. Lowden became an Executive Vice President of Sahara Hotel and Casino, then President of Santa Fe Station. Having a Nevada gaming license, she currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors and Secretary-Treasurer of Archon Corporation, a gaming and investment company.For her work, <mask> received a Women of Achievement Award from the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce. According to statements filed with the Senate Office of Public Records, she and her husband have more than $50 million in stock holdings, much of it in Las Vegas gaming companies. State Senate career
In 1992, <mask> ran for the Nevada State Senate in Clark County District 3 (map), that usually elects members of the Democratic Party. She defeated longtime incumbent Jack Vergiels, who was then serving as the Nevada Senate Majority Leader. In the Nevada Legislature, <mask> served as the Senate Majority Whip and the Chairman of the Senate Taxation Committee. Her work in office earned her the Guardian of Small Business Award from the Nevada chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), Senator of the Year Award from the Clark County Republican Party, the Woman of the Year Award from the Republican Women of Las Vegas, and the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008 from the Republican Women of Henderson. The Culinary Workers Union representing hotel workers, then the most powerful labor force in Las Vegas, has criticized her for her votes to reform the State Industrial Insurance System and because her casino fought efforts by workers to organize there.She said the union harassed her by picketing her home and threatened her to the point where she had to transfer her children to another school. In 1996, she lost a re-election bid to Democrat Valerie Wiener, while most other incumbents held their seats. In 2007 she became Chairwoman of the Nevada Republican Party and held that position until 2009. 2010 U.S. Senate run
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1, 2009, <mask> announced her bid for the Republican nomination for US Senate. Her main opponents in the Republican primary were businessman Danny Tarkanian and former State Assemblywoman Sharron Angle. Had <mask> won the Republican primary, she would have run against U.S. Senator Harry Reid, the Senate Majority Leader.She earned endorsements from Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity,
Jeri Thompson, the Susan B. Anthony List, and former Nevada Governor Robert List. Politico named <mask>'s campaign one of "the worst" of 2010 stating "if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wins re-election in Nevada, it will likely be thanks to those 14 words spoken by Republican challenger <mask>", referring to <mask>'s statement regarding "bringing a chicken to a doctor." Politico also cited controversy over <mask>'s use of a campaign supporter's RV, and "an inept response to a question about the Civil Rights Act" as reasons. Tarkanian was her closest primary opponent in two surveys conducted as of April 2010,
but polling after <mask>'s infamous suggestion that people use the barter system to lower their health care costs showed Angle moving to first place. In general election polling, she once held the largest lead against Reid in aggregate polling conducted as of April 2010. But later May polls showed <mask> losing to Harry Reid by 5 percentage points (42-37). In primary election polling, <mask> held an even greater lead of 18 points over her closest primary opponent in two independent surveys conducted April 2010.Her numbers then declined by more than 20 points. Using data from a poll conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc.. the Las Vegas Review-Journal on May 28, 2010 stated that "Republican <mask> has the best chance of defeating U.S. Sen. Harry Reid". The poll predicted that <mask> would win 42 percent of the vote over Reid's 39 percent with a margin of error "plus or minus 4 percentage points." Sharron Angle went on to defeat <mask> by a margin of 13.98%. 2014 election
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she was mulling a run for Nevada Lieutenant Governor in 2014. Ultimately, she lost the primary election to State Senator Mark Hutchison by nearly 18% of the vote. Personal life
In 1983, she married <mask>, a Nevada businessman.At the time, he owned the Sahara and Hacienda casinos. They later built the Santa Fe Station casino and remain majority owners of the Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall. He had a boy and girl, and together they had two sons (her youngest died at 17), and have one granddaughter. She and her husband reside in Las Vegas. In 2016, <mask>, son of <mask> was sued by investors of Stoney's Rockin Country for fraud and racketeering. The Stoney' Rockin Country trademark is currently owned by Archon Corporation, which <mask> sits on the board, owns majority of the company stock, and serves an executive position. Appearance in media
Lowden had an impromptu appearance on The Tonight Show in 1978 where she was picked out of the audience by guest host Don Rickles who fawned on her as a result of her physical beauty.Rickles was struck by her beauty and joked towards the end of their discussion, "you've got a great a body, I'm not saying that in any kind of sexy way...I want to be with you so bad <mask>!" <mask> was accompanied by two acquaintances one of which was former professional NFL football player Edgar Chandler. References
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<mask> (also <mask>) (8 October 1551 – buried 10 December 1618) was an Italian composer, teacher, singer, instrumentalist and writer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was one of the founders of the genre of opera, and one of the most influential creators of the new Baroque style. He was also the father of the composer <mask> and the singer <mask>. Life
Little is known about his early life, but he is thought to have been born in Rome, the son of the carpenter <mask>; he was the older brother of the Florentine sculptor <mask>. In Rome he studied the lute, the viol and the harp, and began to acquire a reputation as a singer. In the 1560s, Francesco de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, was so impressed with his talent that he took the young Caccini to Florence for further study. By 1579, <mask> was singing at the Medici court.He was a tenor, and he was able to accompany himself on the viol or the archlute; he sang at various entertainments, including weddings and affairs of state, and took part in the sumptuous intermedi of the time, the elaborate musical, dramatic, visual spectacles which were one of the precursors of opera. Also during this time he took part in the movement of humanists, writers, musicians and scholars of the ancient world who formed the Florentine Camerata, the group which gathered at the home of Count Giovanni de' Bardi, and which was dedicated to recovering the supposed lost glory of ancient Greek dramatic music. With <mask>'s abilities as a singer, instrumentalist, and composer added to the mix of intellects and talents, the Camerata developed the concept of monody—an emotionally affective solo vocal line, accompanied by relatively simple chordal harmony on one or more
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instruments—which was a revolutionary departure from the polyphonic practice of the late Renaissance. In the last two decades of the 16th century, <mask> continued his activities as a singer, teacher and composer. His influence as a teacher has perhaps been underestimated, since he trained dozens of musicians to sing in the new style, including the castrato Giovanni Gualberto Magli, who sang in the first production of Monteverdi's first opera Orfeo. <mask> made at least one further trip to Rome, in 1592, as the secretary to Count Bardi. According to his own writings, his music and singing met with an enthusiastic response.However, Rome, the home of Palestrina and the Roman School, was musically conservative, and music following <mask>'s stylistic lead was relatively rare there until after 1600. <mask>'s character seems to have been less than perfectly honorable, as he was frequently motivated by envy and jealousy, not only in his professional life but for personal advancement with the Medici. On one occasion, he informed the Grand Duke Francesco of two lovers in the Medici household— Eleonora, the wife of Pietro de' Medici, who was having an illicit affair with Bernardino Antinori—and his informing led directly to Eleonora's murder by Pietro. His rivalry with both Emilio de' Cavalieri and Jacopo Peri seems to have been intense: he may have been the one who arranged for Cavalieri to be removed from his post as director of festivities for the wedding of Henry IV of France and Maria de' Medici in 1600 (an event which caused Cavalieri to leave Florence in fury), and he also seems to have rushed his own opera Euridice into print before Peri's opera on the same subject could be published, while simultaneously ordering
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his group of singers to have nothing to do with Peri's production. After 1605, <mask> was less influential, though he continued to take part in composition and performance of sacred polychoral music. He died in Florence, and is buried in the church of St. Annunziata. Music and influence
The stile recitativo, as the newly created style of monody was called, proved to be popular not only in Florence, but elsewhere in Italy.Florence and Venice were the two most progressive musical centers in Europe at the end of the 16th century, and the combination of musical innovations from each place resulted in the development of what came to be known as the Baroque style. <mask>'s achievement was to create a type of direct musical expression, as easily understood as speech, which later developed into the operatic recitative, and which influenced numerous other stylistic and textural elements in Baroque music. <mask>'s most influential work was a collection of monodies and songs for solo voice and basso continuo, published in 1602, called Le nuove musiche. Although it is often considered the first published collection of monodies, it was actually preceded by the first collection by Domenico Melli published in Venice in March 1602 (stile veneto, in which the new year began on 1 March). In fact, the collection was <mask>'s attempt, evidently successful, to situate himself as the inventor and codifier of monody and basso continuo. Although the collection was not published until July 1602, <mask>'s dedication of the collection to Signor Lorenzo Salviati is dated February 1601, in the stile fiorentino, when the new year began on 25 March. This likely explains why the collection is often dated to 1601.Moreover, he explicitly positions
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himself as the inventor of the style when describing it in the introduction. He writes:
The introduction to this volume is probably the most clearly written description of the performance of monody, what <mask> called affetto cantando (passionate singing), from the time (a detailed discussion of the affetto cantando performance style can be found in Toft, With Passionate Voice, pp. 227–40). <mask>'s preface includes musical examples of ornaments—for example how a specific passage can be ornamented in several different ways, according to the precise emotion that the singer wishes to convey; it also includes effusive praise for the style and amusing disdain for the work of more conservative composers of the period. The introduction is also important in the history of music theory, as it contains the first attempt to describe the figured bass of the basso continuo style of the Seconda pratica. <mask> writes:
This passage is often overlooked, because it is brief, and located at the very end of the introduction. It is even indicated by <mask> as a "note"; an aside or addendum to the main purpose.It is important to observe, however, that the first explanation of this practice is in the context of an essay about vocal expression and intelligibility. Indeed, it was largely the aim of textual intelligibility that led to the development of this musical style, and to the music of the common practice period. Works
<mask> wrote music for three operas—Euridice (1600), Il rapimento di Cefalo (1600, excerpts published in the first Nuove musiche), and Euridice (1602), though the first two were collaborations with others (mainly Peri for the first Euridice). In addition he wrote the music for one intermedio (Io che dal ciel cader
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farei la luna) (1589). No music for multiple voices survives, even though the records from Florence indicate he was involved with polychoral music around 1610. He was predominantly a composer of monody and solo song accompanied by a chordal instrument (he himself played harp), and it is in this capacity that he acquired his immense fame. He published two collections of songs and solo madrigals, both titled Le nuove musiche, in 1602 (new style) and 1614 (the latter as Nuove musiche e nuova maniera di scriverle).Most of the madrigals are through-composed and contain little repetition; some of the songs, however, are strophic. Among the most famous and widely disseminated of these is the madrigal Amarilli, mia bella. A setting of Ave Maria written by Russian composer Vladimir Vavilov is often misattributed to Caccini. Recordings
Euridice. Scherzi Musicali with Nicolas Achten, conductor. 2009, Ricercar RIC 269
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Ave Maria (Vavilov) - a popular composition misattributed to Caccini. References
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Sources
Article "Giulio Caccini", in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed.Stanley Sadie. 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 2001. Gustave Reese, Music in the Renaissance. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1954. Manfred Bukofzer, Music in the Baroque Era. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1947.<mask> <mask>, Le nuove musiche, tr. John Playford and Oliver Strunk, in Source Readings in Music History. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1950. External links
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Thomas Woodley "<mask>" <mask> (October 16, 1908 – February 11, 1961) was a professional baseball player whose career spanned 13 seasons in minor league baseball. Over that time, Abernathy played for multiple teams in multiple leagues including the Class-D Vicksburg Hill Billies (1928) of the Cotton States League; the Class-B Montgomery Lions (1929–1930) of the Southeastern League; the Class-A Birmingham Barons (1931–1933) of the Southern Association; the Double-A Baltimore Orioles (1934–1937) and the Double-A Buffalo Bisons (1938) of the International League; the Class-A1 Knoxville Smokies (1939) of the Southern Association; and the Double-A Milwaukee Brewers (1940) and the St. Paul Saints (1940) of the American Association. During his career in the minors, Abernathy batted .315 with 1997 hits, 345 doubles, 106 triples and 210 home runs in 1713 games. For college, Abernathy attended Auburn University, where he played football. During his tenure in the International League, Abernathy ranked in the top-five in home runs hit in all of his four seasons in the league, including leading twice (1934, 1936). Although Abernathy never played in Major League Baseball, his contract was purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Baltimore Orioles in 1935 and spent spring training with the Phillies in 1936. During the 1938 season, while playing with the Buffalo Bisons, Abernathy suffered a fractured skull after being stuck in the head by a pitch and was hospitalized for nearly a month.Abernathy batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Early life
Thomas Woodley "<mask>" <mask> was born on October 16, 1908, in Athens, Alabama, to Thomas H. and Hortence <mask> of Tennessee and
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Texas, respectively. Thomas H<mask> worked as a meat cutter in Jefferson, Alabama. <mask> attended Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. While at Auburn, Abernathy was described as a "football star" by the Associated Press; however, he chose to play baseball professionally instead. Professional career
Early career
Abernathy began his professional career with the Class-D Vicksburg Hill Billies of the Cotton States League in 1928. With the Hill Billies, Abernathy batted .358 with 60 runs, 169 hits, 33 doubles, 16 triples, two home runs and six stolen bases in 123 games played.On the defensive side, Abernathy played 63 games at first base and 57 games in the outfield. He was second in the Cotton States League in triples, third in hits, sixth in doubles and ninth in batting average. In 1929, Abernathy began his tenure with the Class-B Montgomery Lions. With the Lions, he batted .339 with 172 hits, 30 doubles, 13 triples and three home runs in 138 games. <mask> was tied for third in the Southeastern League in triples, fourth in doubles, fifth in hits and tied for seventh in batting average. During the 1930 season, while playing with the Montgomery Lions, Abernathy batted .339 with 172 hits, 22 doubles, 11 triples and four home runs in 136 games played. He finished third in the Southeastern League in hits and fourth in hits.Southern Association
In 1931, Abernathy began playing for the Class-A Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association. In 118 games that season, Abernathy batted .311 with 133 hits, 17 doubles, 12 triples and 10 home runs. On the defensive side, Abernathy played 69 games at first base and 40 games in the outfield. Abernathy's play was noted as "some of the
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In 1713 career games played, Abernathy batted .315 with a .502 slugging percentage, 1997 hits, 345 doubles, 106 triples and 210 home runs in 1713 games. On the defensive side, Abernathy played 1218 games in the outfield and 244 games at first base. As an outfielder, Abernathy committed 61 errors in 2,600 total chances.He also made 2,439 putouts and 106 assists as an outfielder. <mask>'s fielding percentage in the outfield was .977. At first base, Abernathy finished his career with a .991 fielding percentage; and made 2,316 putouts, 125 assists and 23 errors. His career highs include 42 home runs (1936), 186 hits (1933), 35 doubles (1933, 1940), 16 triples (1928), .358 batting average (1928) and .590 slugging percentage (1936). Accomplishments
Pennant winner with the Vicksburg Hill Billies (1928)
Pennant winner with the Montgomery Lions (exact year unknown, circa 1929–1930)
Dixie Series champion with the Birmingham Barons (1931)
Two-time leader of the International League in home runs (1934, 1936)
<mask> was born on October 16, 1908, in Athens, Alabama. His mother's name was T. H<mask>. <mask> had a son named <mask> who is still living and resides in Austin, Texas.References
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Abernathy in Baseball in Baltimore: The First 100 Years, James H. Bready (1998), JHU Press. 1908 births
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<mask> (January 25, 1924 – November 29, 2000), nicknamed "the Toe", was an American professional football player who was a placekicker and offensive tackle while playing his entire career for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and National Football League (NFL). <mask> was professional football's career kicking and points leader when he retired after the 1967 season. He played in 21 seasons for the Browns, helping the team to win eight league championships in that span. <mask>'s accuracy and strength as a kicker influenced the development of place-kicking as a specialty; he could kick field goals from beyond at a time when attempts from that distance were a rarity. He set numerous records for distance and number of field goals kicked during his career. <mask> grew up in an athletic family in Martins Ferry, Ohio. He enrolled at Ohio State University on a scholarship in 1942, but after just one year in college, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was sent to serve in World War II.Groza deployed as an army surgical technician in the Pacific theater, where he stayed until returning in 1946 to play for the Browns. Helped by <mask>'s kicking and play at offensive tackle, the Browns won the AAFC championship every year between 1946 and 1949, when the league disbanded and the Browns were absorbed by the more established NFL. Cleveland won the NFL championship in its first year in the league on a last-minute field goal by <mask>. <mask> set NFL records for field goals made in 1950, 1952 and 1953. Sporting News named him the league's Most Valuable Player in 1954, when the Browns won another championship. The team repeated as NFL champions in 1955. <mask> retired briefly after the 1959 season due to a back injury, but returned in 1961.He was part of a 1964 team that won another NFL championship. <mask> retired for good after the 1967 season. Later in life, he ran an insurance business and served as a team ambassador for the Browns. He was elected to the Pro
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Football Hall of Fame in 1974. In 1992, the Palm Beach County Sports Commission named the <mask> Award after him. The award is given annually to the country's best college placekicker. <mask> died in 2000 of a heart attack.Early life
Born in eastern Ohio in Martins Ferry, just north and across the Ohio River from Wheeling, West Virginia, <mask>'s parents were immigrants from Transylvania, Austria-Hungary (today in Romania). His Hungarian mother Mary and Romanian father John (Ioan) <mask> owned and ran Groza's Tavern on Main Street. <mask> was the smallest in stature of four boys in an athletic family; his brother Alex became a star basketball player at the University of Kentucky, a member of two national championship teams. <mask> lettered in football, basketball, and baseball at Martins Ferry High School. The Purple Riders won the state basketball championship in 1941, when <mask> was its captain. He was also captain of the baseball team. <mask> learned placekicking from his older brother Frank, and practiced by trying to kick balls over telephone wires when he and his friends played touch football in the street.College career and military service
<mask> graduated from high school in 1942 and enrolled on an athletic scholarship at the Ohio State University in Columbus, where he played as a tackle and placekicker on the Buckeyes' freshman team. Groza played in three games and kicked five field goals, including one from away. In 1943, he enlisted in the U.S. Army as World War II intensified. He first went for basic training to Abilene, Texas, and then to the Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. After a stint with the short-lived Army Service Training Program, <mask> was sent with the 96th Infantry Division to serve as a surgical technician in Leyte, Okinawa, and other places in the Pacific theater in 1945. The day he landed in the Philippines, Groza saw a soldier shot in the face. He was stationed in a bank of tents about five miles from the front lines
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and helped doctors tend to the wounded."I saw a lot of men wounded with severe injuries", he later said. "Lose legs, guts hanging out, stuff like that. It's a tough thing, but you get hardened to it, and you accept it as part of your being there." While he was in the Army, he received a package from Paul Brown, the Ohio State football coach. It contained footballs and a contract for him to sign to play on a team Brown was coaching in the new All-America Football Conference (AAFC). He signed the contract in May 1945 and agreed to join the team, called the Cleveland Browns, after the war ended in 1946. <mask> got $500 a month stipend until the end of the war and a $7,500 annual salary.Professional career
Following his discharge from military service, <mask> reported to the Browns' training camp in Bowling Green, Ohio. He showed up in army fatigues carrying all his clothes in a duffel bag. There, he joined quarterback Otto Graham, fullback Marion Motley and receivers Dante Lavelli and Mac Speedie to form the core of the new team's offense. <mask> was mainly a placekicker in his first two years with the Browns, but he played a big part in the team's early success. In his first season, he set a professional football record for both field goals and extra points. The Browns, meanwhile, advanced to the AAFC championship against the New York Yankees. <mask> sprained his ankle in the game and missed three field goals, but Cleveland won 14–9.Behind a powerful offense led by Graham, Motley and Lavelli, the Browns finished the 1947 season with a 12–1–1 record and made it back to the championship game. <mask>, however, was injured and could only watch as the team won its second championship in a row. Further success followed for the Browns and <mask>, who was nicknamed "The Toe" by a sportswriter for his kicking abilities. <mask> led the league in field goals and the team won all of its games in 1948, recording professional football's first perfect season. As he grew into a star placekicker,
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<mask> began playing regularly at offensive tackle beginning in 1948. One highlight of that year for Groza was a 53-yard field goal against the AAFC's Brooklyn Dodgers that was then the longest kick in pro football history. With Groza, the Browns could attempt field goals at a range many other teams could not."Anywhere from , he was a weapon", Tommy James, Groza's holder for eight years, later said. Another championship win followed in 1949, but the AAFC dissolved after the season, and the Browns were among three teams absorbed by the more established National Football League (NFL). The war had shortened <mask>'s college career, so he continued to study at Ohio State in the offseason in his early years with the Browns. He graduated with a degree in business in 1949. <mask> married that year, to <mask> Robbins, a girl from Martins Ferry who was working as a model in New York City when they first dated. The Browns' debut in the NFL in the 1950 season was closely watched; while the team dominated the AAFC in its short existence, some sportswriters, NFL owners and coaches considered the league inferior. Cleveland put all doubts to rest in its first game against the two-time defending champion Philadelphia Eagles, winning 35–10.In a game against the Washington Redskins later in the season, <mask> broke a 24-year-old NFL record by kicking his 13th field goal of the season. He also scored the only touchdown of his career in that game on a reception from Graham. The Browns ended the regular season with a 10–2 record in the American Conference, tied with the New York Giants. That forced a playoff against the Giants in which <mask> kicked the winning field goal for the Browns with under a minute to play. The Browns next faced the Los Angeles Rams in the championship game. <mask> came into the game as the NFL's leading kicker, both in terms of points scored and accuracy. He had a success rate of 68.4% in an era when most teams made fewer than half of their attempts.The Rams went ahead
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early in the game on a touchdown pass from star quarterback Bob Waterfield and a scoring run by Dick Hoerner. But Graham and the Browns came back with four touchdowns, two to receiver Dante Lavelli. As time wound down in the fourth quarter, however, the Rams were ahead 28–27, and Cleveland had a final chance to win the game. Graham drove the offense to the Rams' nine-yard line and set up a <mask> field goal attempt. The 16-yard try sailed through the uprights with 28 seconds left, giving the Browns a 30–28 victory. It was the biggest kick of <mask>'s career. "I never thought I would miss", he said later.After the season, <mask> was named to the first-ever Pro Bowl, the NFL's all-star game. Cleveland again reached the championship game in 1951, but lost this time in a rematch against the Rams. <mask> had a 52-yard field goal in the game, a record for a championship or Super Bowl that stood for 42 years. He was again named to the Pro Bowl after the season. The same scenario was repeated in 1952 and 1953: the Browns reached the championship both years, but lost both times to the Detroit Lions. <mask> was playing with cracked ribs in the 1952 championship loss, and he missed three field goals. <mask> set a record in 1953 when he made 23 field goals and had an 88.5% success rate, a single-season mark that stood for 28 years.He made the Pro Bowl again in 1952 and 1953, and was a first-team All-Pro selection both years. The Browns came back in 1954 to win another championship. That year, <mask> was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player by Sporting News. Cleveland won the championship again in 1955, beating the Rams 38–14. <mask> was named to the Pro Bowl and sportswriters' All-Pro teams in 1954 and 1955. Hurt by Graham's retirement before the season, Cleveland had its first-ever losing season in 1956. <mask>'s kicking continued to be a strength through the ensuing three years: he reached the Pro Bowl in 1957, 1958 and 1959, and tied Sam Baker for league leader in points scored in
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1957.Cleveland reached the championship game in 1957 but lost to the Lions. The Browns lost to the New York Giants in a single-elimination playoff in 1958, and failed to reach the postseason in 1959. <mask> sat out after the 1959 season due to a back injury and was presumed to be retired. While his kicking was his most visible contribution to the team, <mask> was also an offensive tackle up until his injury, when Brown replaced him with Dick Schafrath. "<mask> never got all the credit he deserved for his tackle play, probably because his great kicking skills got him more notoriety", Andy Robustelli, a defensive end who played against <mask>, later said. Groza took 1960 off and did some scouting for the team. He also focused on an insurance business he started."I was 36 and I thought I had retired", he said. The following year, however, he came back to the team at the urging of Art Modell, who bought the Browns that year. Not wanting to use a roster spot on a kicking specialist (<mask>'s back injury prevented him from playing on the line), Brown had signed Sam Baker to kick and play halfback. But <mask> was eager to return and Modell insisted. <mask> stayed with the team as a placekicker until 1967, and was on a Browns team that won the 1964 championship. <mask> scored the first points in that game on a third-quarter field goal. He also kicked four kickoffs more than and out of the Baltimore Colts end zone, preventing a return.Cleveland won 27–0. When <mask> retired for good in 1968 after 21 seasons in professional football, he held NFL career records for points scored, field goals made and extra points made. He had 234 field goals, 641 extra points, and 1,349 total points in the NFL. Counting his AAFC years, his career point total was 1,603. He was the last of the original Browns still on the team. <mask>, who was 44 years old when he quit the game, said in his memoir that retiring was "the saddest day of my football life." His top salary was $50,000 in his final year.Later
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life and death
After <mask> retired, he entertained an offer to play for the San Francisco 49ers, but was reluctant to do so because he did not want to move his family and insurance business to the West Coast. He was offered a spot with the Browns as a kicking coach, helping mentor the young Don Cockroft, but he declined. Later in life, he became an ambassador and father figure for the Browns, inviting rookies over for dinner and helping them find apartments. He continued to run a successful insurance business and lived in Berea, Ohio near the Browns' headquarters and training facility. He and his wife Jackie were known as the team's First Family. Modell relocated the Browns to Baltimore in 1995 and renamed the team the Ravens, provoking a wave of anger and disbelief from fans and former players. <mask> was a leading critic of the move, saying it was "like some man walking off with your wife."In 1996, <mask> wrote a memoir titled The Toe: The <mask> Story. The Browns restarted as an expansion team in 1999. <mask> was hobbled in the late 1990s by back and hip surgeries and Parkinson's disease. He suffered a heart attack in 2000 after dinner with his wife at Columbia Hills Country Club in Columbia Station, Ohio. He was taken to a hospital in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, where he died. He was buried in Sunset Memorial Park in North Olmsted, Ohio. <mask> and his wife had three sons and a daughter.Following <mask>'s death, the Browns wore his number 76 on their helmets for the 2001 season. Kicking style
While field goals had long been viewed as an important part of football strategy, kicking specialists were a rarity before <mask>'s time. <mask>'s success from distances of and beyond raised the bar for kickers across the league. He set single-season NFL records for accuracy, distance and number of field goals in his first three years in the league, marks that went unbeaten until kicking specialists became a common feature of the game in the early 1970s. <mask>'s kicking was the
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difference in 15% of the Browns' games during the AAFC years, and teams began to take notice when his field goals made the difference in both the NFL playoffs and the championship game in 1950. "Everybody started to pay attention to field goals when the Browns started to win games with them", Pat Summerall said. <mask> led the NFL in field goals made five times in his career.<mask> was a straight-ahead kicker. He approached the football in a straight line and booted it with the top of his foot, aiming for the middle of the ball. Early in his career, <mask> scraped the ground with his cleats in a straight line to help guide his kicks. Later he put down a piece of one-inch adhesive tape rolled up inside his helmet. The "Lou Groza Rule" in 1950 banned the use of artificial kicking aids, including the tape. The straight-ahead style used by <mask> and other kickers of his era has since been supplanted by soccer-style kicking with the side of the foot. "I don't know why all the kids kick soccer-style", he said in 1997."They kick the ball with the side of their foot, which is supposed to give them better control. I don't know, I never tried it." Legacy
<mask> was named to the National Football League 1950s All-Decade Team in 1969 and inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1974. The Browns retired his number 76; he is also in the team's Ring of Honor, a grouping of the best players in the club's history whose names are displayed below upper-deck seats at FirstEnergy Stadium. In 1992, the Palm Beach County Sports Commission established the <mask> Award, given to the best National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) kicker. One of his kicking shoes is part of the collection of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. In 2006, <mask> was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame for his athletic exploits in baseball, basketball & football at Martins Ferry High School where he earned 12 varsity letters and led the
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football and basketball teams to State championships.In 1941 as a junior, <mask> led the Martins Ferry High School basketball team to the class A championship. He set a State record for points scored in the four tournament games with 51. In the State semi-final game against Xenia Central, he hit two free throws with no time left on the clock to secure the victory. In the title game, he was high scorer with 18 points. He was named tournament MVP, a member of the All-State Tournament Team, and first team All-Ohio center. In 1941 as a senior, he led the Martins Ferry High School football team to a share of the State championship tying Toledo Libbey 14-14. <mask> started as offensive and defensive tackle as well as being the place kicker.He was selected first team All-Ohio by both the Associated Press and United Press International. During his high school years, he was named Captain of the football, basketball and baseball teams. The city of Berea, Ohio (where <mask> settled down after his retirement), has honored him in numerous ways:
The street the Browns training facility is located was renamed 76 <mask> Boulevard
In 2012, <mask> Field was built in Berea. The above field is home of the <mask> Football program, serving middle school aged children in suburban Cleveland. In 2016, <mask> was honored with a statue in front of his namesake field. References
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The <mask>za Award
<mask>za Football website
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<mask> (floruit 1111–1158/65), called el Velloso ("the Hairy"), was a Galician magnate who rose to prominence after the coronation of Alfonso VII as co-ruler of León in 1111. He served Alfonso at court in his early years, but was given increased responsibility in Galicia after the death of Alfonso's mother, Queen Urraca (1126). After about 1132 he became increasingly involved in the politics of Portugal, whose invasion of Galicia he supported in 1137. Even after León and Portugal made peace in 1141 <mask> was largely excluded from Leonese politics, with the notable exception of the military campaigns of 1147, until 1152. Thereafter until his death he was the dominant lay figure in Galicia. Political activities
Feudal affairs
<mask> was a younger son of <mask> and his second wife, Mayor Rodríguez. He is first mentioned in the Historia compostellana in connexion with the coronation of the young Alfonso VII on 17 September 1111 in Compostela.He took part in the ceremonies as the honorary alférez (armiger), alongside his father as steward. In the words of the Historia "the most esteemed count Pedro was royal steward and his son <mask>, as armiger, carried the sword of the king, the shield, and the lance." On 26 September 1119 he was still serving as alférez to Alfonso, then co-ruling with his mother, Queen Urraca. The post of alférez was typically reserved for younger nobleman in anticipation of higher office. In April 1126, after Urraca's death, <mask> travelled with his father and the other magnates of Galicia to Zamora to swear oaths to Alfonso as sole king. In the context of this episode the Chronica Adefonsi imperatoris refers to "the sons of Count Pedro Fróilaz, among whom [was] <mask>, who was later named count by the king." He was raised to the rank of count, the highest rank in the kingdom, on 2 April 1127, for he confirmed a royal donation to the
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Benedictine monastery at Sahagún that day as Comes dominus Rudericus Petriz in eadem die electus.<mask>'s elevation to comital status probably took place before a gathering of the entire court in León. On 3 August 1132 <mask> and his brother Martín granted a family estate at Palacios to Pedro and Arias Díaz. Among the Galician castles (castra) which the Historia compostellana names <mask> as holding are San Jorge, Traba (from which his family took its name), and a place called Ferraria (today Ferreira, a parish of Coristanco). These three castra are elsewhere called castellis by Alfonso VII in a donation to the Cathedral of Santiago in 1127, where they also appear clumped together. In the charter of donation <mask> is twice named "Count <mask> Traba" (Comes Rudericus de Traua), a name used again in a similar royal donation in 1131. These are the only instances in contemporary documents of <mask> using "Traba" as part of his name. Sometime before 5 December 1135 <mask> was granted the tenencia (fief) of the Limia in Galicia, which he continued to govern down to at least 13 March 1156, possibly until his death.By 31 January 1155 he had also received the important Galician tenencia of Monterroso, where he can be seen ruling as late as 1 June 1157, and probably until his death. In one of Alfonso VII's last donations to the Cathedral of Santiago, in 1155, <mask> styled himself "Count <mask> of Galicia", the last apparent use of the title "Count of Galicia". One document dated 13 February 1147, but corrected to 1148, refers to his holding Salamanca, an important Leonese city, jointly with Ponce Giraldo <mask> Cabrera, but this is the only citation of such a holding. Military affairs
<mask> was politically closely aligned with the County of Portugal, which his half-brothers Vermudo and <mask> were de facto ruling through the latter's adulterous liaison with
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Countess Theresa. He regularly visited their court from 1128 onwards, even after the Battle of São Mamede liquidated his relatives' power. On 28 September 1132 as a reward for loyalty and service he received the vill of Burral from Afonso Henriques, Theresa's son and successor. At least between August 1132 and 26 February 1135 he held the lordship of Porto, and in 1137 he and Gómez Núñez aided the Portuguese when they invaded Galicia.At the time of the invasion the Chronica notes that <mask> "had fortifications in Limia and other commissions from the Emperor." From at least November 1140 until as late as 1 February 1141 he was the dapifer (majordomo) of the new royal household of Portugal after Afonso declared himself king in 1139. In September 1141 Afonso Henriques and Alfonso VII finally came to terms, and both <mask> and Gómez "paid a severe political price as a result." According to the Chronica, they "proved themselves disloyal to their lord, Alfonso. They handed their castles and commissions over to the King of Portugal [who fortified them and returned to his country]. These acts of treason resulted in their own ruin, for indeed they were what most prejudiced these Counts for the rest of their lives." On only seven or eight occasions did <mask> pay a visit to the royal court between September 1141 and March 1152.During this period he continued to visit the Portuguese royal court also. Later, according to the Chronica, in a not unusual display of mercy, Alfonso invited the disgraced count to court and regaled him with gifts of gold and silver as he customarily did his regular courtiers, thus reconciling him to himself. In 1147 <mask> joined the royal army that marched to re-conquer Almería from the Muslims, but like many of the Galicians initially present he left in midsummer after taking part in the Siege of Oreja (at least until 25 July).
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Sometime before 12 December 1155, at which time he was briefly governing Bubal, Castella, and Deza, <mask> had married <mask> <mask>, daughter of Fernando Núñez and Mayor, daughter of <mask>ñoz. She was thus a niece of Gómez Núñez. She gave <mask> a daughter, Guiomar, and a son, variously given as Álvar or <mask>. Guiomar married first Fernando Ponce <mask> el Mayor and secondly Diego Ximénez, by whom she was mother of <mask> <mask> Cameros.<mask> was a generous benefactress of the Cistercians in Spain, making donations to their foundations at Armenteira, Ferreira de Pallares, Meira, and Melón. In 1175 she made a donation to San Martiño de Fóra and helped found a convent at Ferreira de Pantón, which she placed in dependency on Meira. While his wife's religious devotion favoured the Cistercians, <mask>'s patronage lay solidly behind the Benedictines and the Praemonstratensians. On 20 December 1127 Alfonso VII donated some churches to the Benedictine monastery of Cines in Galicia "for the love of our most faithful count <mask> <mask>." The surviving charter recording this grant of largesse has been challenged as a forgery by at least one historian, but its authenticity has been defended by another. It contains the date 1133, but the list of witnesses suggests it more probably belongs to 1127. It names <mask> as a count, but he cannot be shown to have attained that rank before late 1128.On 28 October 1155 <mask> confirmed a royal donation of property to the abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos. On 15 December he made donations to the Praemonstratensian monasteries of Retuerta and San Leonardo. According to the Historia compostellana, in 1130 some of <mask>'s knights unlawfully imprisoned Arias Muñiz, the archdeacon of Trastámara in the Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela. When the archbishop Diego Gelmírez threatened to excommunicate
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<mask>, the count swore on the Gospels that he had no part in his knights' actions, that he would confiscate the fiefs he had bestowed on those knights, and that he would arrest and hand over to the diocese any peasants who had taken part in the outrage. The purpose of the public humiliation imposed by Diego was, according to the Historia, to instill fear in <mask>'s fellow magnates, so that they would not dare commit such acts again. For the remission of his sins, <mask> made a donation to the archdiocese of his castle at Faro. Alfonso VII's gift of the tenencia of the Limia towards 1135 was probably motivated by <mask>'s good relations with Diego.The Historia also describes how Alfonso VII granted the castle of San Jorge and its dependencies to the archdiocese, but allowed <mask> to retain its lordship as a vassal of the archbishop. <mask> also donated to the Cathedral of Braga on 28 October 1133. On 1 March 1143 and again twelve years later, on 20 March 1155, he made donations to the Benedictines of Sobrado dos Monxes, which had been founded by his half-brothers. His last recorded act of piety was a donation to the Benedictine establishment at Toxos Outos on 9 October 1157. According to one source he is last mentioned on 28 August 1158 in a document of the tumbo (cartulary) of the monastery of Castañeda, but another cites a document in the archive of Sobrado dated 24 December 1165, placing his death in early 1166. References
Further reading
Simon Barton. "Sobre el Conde <mask> ‘el Velloso’."Estudios Mindonienses, 5 (1989), 653–61. Esther Pascua. "South of the Pyrenees: Kings, Magnates and Political Bargaining in Twelfth-century Spain." Journal of Medieval History, 27:2 (2001), 101–20. Bernard F. Reilly. The Kingdom of León-Castilla under King Alfonso VII, 1126–1157. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998.People of the
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<mask> (3 July 1874 – 29 October 1960) was a Swedish archaeologist, paleontologist and geologist, closely associated with the beginnings of Chinese archaeology in the 1920s. Early life and polar research
After studies at Uppsala University, and research in the polar regions, <mask> served as Director of Sweden's National Geological Survey. He participated in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1901 to 1903 (on the ship Antarctic). His work on the Falkland Islands and the Bjørnøya, where he first coined the term solifluction, influenced Walery Łoziński create the concept of periglaciation in 1909. Chinese archaeology
In 1914, <mask> (V.K. Ting) and his colleague Wong Wen-hao (Pinyin: Weng Wenhao).During this time, <mask> helped train China's first generation of geologists, and also made numerous discoveries of iron ore and other mining resources, as well as discoveries in geology and paleontology. <mask> paid his first visit to Zhoukoudian in 1918 drawn to an area called "Chicken Bone Hill" by locals who had misidentified the rodent fossils found in abundance there. He returned in 1921 and was led by local quarrymen to Dragon Bone Hill where he identified quartz that was not local to the area. Realising that this may indicate the presence of prehistoric man he set his assistant, Otto Zdansky, to work excavating. Zdansky returned for further excavations in 1923 and a great deal of material was shipped to Uppsala for analysis. Eventually in 1926, on the occasion of a visit by the Swedish Prince to Beijing, <mask> announced the discovery of two human teeth. These were later identified as being the first finds of the Peking Man.In collaboration with Chinese colleagues such as Yuan Fuli and others, he then discovered prehistoric Neolithic remains in central China's Henan Province, along the Yellow River. The remains were named Yangshao culture after the village where they were first excavated, in 1921. This too was a highly important
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breakthrough, since the prehistory of what is now China had not yet been investigated in scientific archaeological excavations and the Yangshao and other prehistoric cultures were completely unknown (they had never been mentioned in any historical documents, and had never before been recognized and investigated). In the following years, 1923–24, <mask>, in his capacity as a staff member of China's National Geological Survey, conducted archaeological excavations in the provinces of Gansu and Qinghai, again in collaboration with Chinese colleagues, and published numerous books and scientific papers on Chinese archaeology, many in the Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, which he founded and launched in 1929, and where he published his most significant scientific reports on his own work. <mask>'s most well-known book about his time in China is Den gula jordens barn, 1932, translated into several languages, including English (as Children of the Yellow Earth, 1934, reprinted 1973), Japanese, and Korean. For an extensive bibliography of <mask>'s works, and a comprehensive discussion of his and his colleagues' archaeological research in China, see M. Fiskesjö and Chen Xingcan, China before China: <mask> <mask>, Ding Wenjiang, and the Discovery of China's Prehistory. Stockholm: Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities [Östasiatiska museet], 2004.In 1926, <mask> founded the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm, Sweden (in Swedish: Östasiatiska museet), a national museum established to house the Swedish part of the collections from these first-ever scientific archaeological excavations in China. <mask> served as the director of the MFEA until he was succeeded in 1939 by the famous Swedish Sinologist Bernhard Karlgren. Collection
Selections of the Swedish portion of the materials is on display at the MFEA in a new permanent exhibit launched 2004. The Chinese part of the Andersson collections, according to a bilateral Sino-Swedish
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agreement, was returned by him to the Chinese government in seven shipments, 1927–1936. The first shipments were sent by <mask> to Peking, and the last ones to Nanjing, which had become the new capital of China. An exhibit with these objects was mounted at the new National Geological Survey complex in Nanjing, where Andersson saw them in 1937, the last time they were reported seen by anyone. The last documentary evidence of these objects was a 1948 Visitors Guide to the Geological Survey museum in Nanjing, which listed <mask>'s Yangshao artefacts among the exhibits.The objects were long thought to be irretrievably lost in the civil war that followed, until 2002. After major renovations at the Geological Museum of China, the successor to the Geological Survey's museum, staff found three crates of ceramic vessels and fragments while re-organising items in storage. Following contact with the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (Östasiatiska Museet) in Stockholm, it was confirmed that these were indeed left from <mask>'s excavations. In 2006, these objects featured in an exhibition at the Geological Museum on the occasion of its 90th anniversary, celebrating the lives and work of Andersson and its other founders. In 2007, the Geological Museum of China published a documentary film (see review and discussion in Fiskesjö 2010). Still, as of 2010, the vast majority of the objects returned to China by Andersson remain lost. This includes a spectacular and unique human-faced ceramic shaman head (see illustration in Fiskesjö and Chen 2004, repeated in Fiskesjö 2010), and numerous spectacular painted ceramic vessels.Even though similar such ceramics have been excavated since <mask>'s time by Chinese archaeologists, these lost collections hold a special interest and value since they derive from the first scientific archaeological excavations in China. It is possible they remain in Nanjing, but despite investigations by several competent parties
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(<mask>'s sending lists have been copied by the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities to major institutions for cultural heritage and archaeology in China), they have not been relocated, and their whereabouts remains unknown. See also
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Notes, references and sources
Notes and references
Sources
Fiskesjö, Magnus and Chen Xingcan. China before China: <mask> <mask>, Ding Wenjiang, and the Discovery of China's Prehistory. Stockholm: Östasiatiska museet, 2004. . (With an extensive bibliography of <mask>'s works)
Fiskesjö, Magnus. "The Reappearance of Yangshao? Reflections on unmourned artifacts."(Review essay, on the 2007 Chinese documentary 'Cutting through the fog of history: The re-appearance of the Yangshao cultural relics'). In China Heritage Quarterly 23, (September 2010): http://www.chinaheritagequarterly.org/scholarship.php?searchterm=023_yangshao.inc&issue=023
Fiskesjö, Magnus. "Science across borders: <mask> <mask> and Ding Wenjiang." In: Stevan Harrell, Charles McKhann, Margaret Swain and Denise M. Glover, eds., _Explorers and Scientists in China's Borderlands, 1880-1950_. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2011, pp. 240–66. . (In-depth discussion of Ding Wenjiang's and <mask>'s lives and careers as they intersected with each other, with science in China, and in particular the introduction of modern scientific archaeology in China in the early 20th century.) External links
Notebooks 1914-1921 by <mask> <mask>, Archive of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, available on Internet Archive.The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm, publishes the annual Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (founded by <mask>), since 1929-
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<mask> (born 1948) was the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), nominated by President Obama in 2014. In that role, he provided the Secretary, DHS senior leadership, the DHS components, and state, local, tribal and private sector partners with homeland security intelligence and information they need to keep the country safe, secure and resilient. DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis is a member of, and the Department’s liaison to, the U.S. Intelligence Community. <mask> was also a member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board from 2006 to 2010. He was the former Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security from 2002 to 2005, and the United States Coordinator for Counterterrorism from 2001 to 2002. <mask> is also a retired Air Force Brigadier General with his last military assignment as the Commander of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations from 1996 to 2001. Biography
Military career
<mask> was educated at the University of Notre Dame, graduating with a B.A.in government and international studies in 1970. <mask> was involved in the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps during university and upon graduation, was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force. He became a trainee agent in the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), and then attended the U.S. Air Force Special Investigations School in Washington, D.C. From 1970 to 1972, he was a counterintelligence officer at the Middle East, Africa and South Asia Division at AFOSI. From 1972 to 1974, he attended the Air Force Institute of Technology at Notre Dame, receiving an M.A. in government and international studies in 1974. <mask> spent 1974–76 in the Acquisition and Analysis Division of AFOSI's Directorate of Counterintelligence. In April 1976, he became chief of the
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Counterintelligence Acquisition and Analysis Branch in Ankara.He spent 1977–83 at Bolling AFB, D.C., becoming commander of AFOSI Detachment 411 in September 1977; chief of Resource Career Management Division in AFOSI's Directorate of Personnel in April 1979; and then commander of the Headquarters Squadron Section in October 1980. He then spent fall and winter 1983 at the Armed Forces Staff College. In January 1984, <mask> became deputy director for operations in the Directorate of Counterintelligence and Investigative Programs in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. From July 1987 to July 1988, he studied at the Air War College. In July 1988, he became deputy commander of the 487th Combat Support Group at Comiso Air Station in Comiso. He became commander of AFOSI District 45 at Osan Air Base in July 1990; and then commander of AFOSI Region 2 at Langley Air Force Base in July 1992. He returned to Bolling AFB in August 1994 as director of mission guidance at Headquarters AFOSI.In August 1995, he became director of special investigations in the Office of the Air Force Inspector General. He spent July 1996 through July 1998 as commander of AFOSI at Bolling AFB, D.C., where he was responsible for providing commanders of all Air Force activities independent professional investigative services in fraud, counterintelligence, and major criminal matters. In August 1998, Headquarters AFOSI moved to Andrews AFB, MD, in August 1998. <mask> has received numerous awards and decorations, including the Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, and the Legion of Merit, <mask> retired from active duty on July 1, 2001. Effective dates of promotion
Post-military career
In 2001, President George W. Bush nominated <mask> to be Coordinator for Counterterrorism, and <mask> subsequently held this office from July 13, 2001 until November 15, 2002. In this role, he
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was responsible for implementing U.S. counterterrorism policy overseas and coordinating the U.S. government response to international terrorist activities. In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks, he was a key advisor in assisting the President Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell in forming the international coalition against terrorism and developing aggressive international policy implementation to defeat terrorism.President Bush then nominated <mask> to be Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security and Director of the Office of Foreign Missions, with a rank of Ambassador. <mask> held this office from November 18, 2002 until February 19, 2005. As Assistant Secretary, <mask> oversaw all Department of State security programs that protect all U.S. government employees and buildings overseas from terrorist, criminal or technical attack, and ensure the integrity of classified national security information produced and stored in these facilities. Leading more than 32,500 US, foreign and contractor personnel, he provided security for all U.S. government employees assigned to over 250 U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide. The Ambassador also directed the law enforcement function of the Bureau, wherein Diplomatic Security Service special agents protect the Secretary of State and foreign dignitaries who visit the United States and conduct criminal investigations of violation of U.S. Visa and Immigration statutes. As Director of the Office of Foreign Missions, <mask> regulated the activities of foreign missions in the United States to protect the foreign policy and national security interests of the United States and safeguard the American public from abuses of privileges and immunities by diplomatic and consular officials. <mask> joined the General Electric Company as Vice President and Chief Security Officer on March 7, 2005.He is responsible for overseeing
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GE’s global security operations and crisis management processes. In 2006, Bush appointed <mask> to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. On February 12, 2014, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate <mask> as the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis for the Department of Homeland Security. <mask> has also received numerous civilian awards and decorations, including the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal and the State Department Distinguished Honor Award. On August 17, 2017, <mask> was named an executive fellow of the Global Policy Initiative in the new Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. <mask> is married to Constance O<mask> and together the couple have three children. See also
Bureau of Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism
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Biography at U.S. Air Force
Biography at U.S. Department of State
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<mask> (; ; born 23 January 1969) is a professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of Navbahor Namangan in the Uzbekistan Super League. During his playing career, he won two Premier League titles in England and two Scottish Premier Leagues. <mask> began his career with his hometown team Zirka Kropyvnytskyi in 1986, before transferring to Dynamo Kyiv in the Soviet Top League, and later to rivals Shakhtar Donetsk. He then moved abroad, signing for English club Manchester United, where he helped the team win their first league championship in 26 years. He moved to Everton in 1995 where he spent 18 months, before transferring to Italian club Fiorentina for a record fee for a Soviet-born player. Following an injury-marred spell in Italy, <mask> moved to Scottish club Rangers, where he won a domestic treble in his first season.After falling out of favour, his career became nomadic, playing for Manchester City and Southampton in England, and Saudi club Al Hilal, before playing in Russia for the first time for Saturn Ramenskoye and Krylia Sovetov, where he played his last games before retiring in 2007. <mask> is the only player to have scored in each of the Manchester, Merseyside, and Glasgow derbies. After his playing career had finished, <mask> became the general director of Nosta Novotroitsk in 2008, before moving into club management in 2010, managing Torpedo-ZIL Moscow and Ufa in Russia, and then Latvian team Jūrmala in 2014 for three months. In 2016, <mask> returned to management with Solyaris Moscow, and between 2018 and 2020, he had two spells in charge of Navbahor Namangan in Uzbekistan. Internationally, <mask> represented three different teams. He first played for the Soviet Union in 1989, and
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scored the nations' last ever goal before the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. During 1992, he played for the CIS, a brief association of former Soviet republics, who he represented at UEFA Euro 1992.Following the tournament, he elected to represent Russia rather than Ukraine, the country of his birth. After boycotting the team for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, he returned and played for Russia during Euro 1996, and won his last cap in 1998. Overall, <mask> was capped 59 times, scoring seven goals. In his youth career for the Soviet Union U21 team, he won the European U21 Championship in 1990. Club career
Early life and career in the Soviet Union
<mask> was born in Kirovohrad in the Soviet Union's Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic to a Lithuanian father, Antanas, and a Ukrainian mother. <mask> started his career with hometown team Zirka Kropyvnytskyi, known at the time as Zirka Kirovograd. In 1988, he was called up to the army, and had the choice of two teams to transfer to - Dynamo Kyiv and Dnipro.Choosing Dynamo, he received a salary of 250 rubles per month, and described his time in the army as a "good school of life". At Dynamo, <mask> was coached by the legendary Valeriy Lobanovskyi, who he believes is the best manager he played for. Lobanovskyi favoured a 4–4–2 formation, a system which focussed on getting the ball to the flanks and crossing into the penalty box, which <mask> describes as an "English style of play". <mask> had decided to become a winger having seen Brazilian Jairzinho playing in his youth. His first goal for Dynamo came on 4 November 1988 at the Republican Stadium, scoring the equalising goal against Dynamo Moscow in a 2–1 victory. <mask> eventually decided to leave Dynamo due to lack of game time,
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causing upset to his mentor Lobanovskyi, who he admired and respected greatly. He then transferred to Shakhtar Donetsk in 1990, where his salary was increased to 700 rubles per week.Moving to England with Manchester United
<mask> signed for Manchester United in a £650,000 deal on 26 March 1991, with United manager Alex Ferguson describing it as a "justifiable risk". Ferguson had discovered <mask> through a VHS tape sent to him by Norwegian agent Rune Hauge, and had been able to personally scout him during a Soviet Union match against Scotland. At the time, <mask> was a rarity in English football, being one of just 11 non-English and Irish players in the First Division of English football. He made his United debut in the penultimate league game of the 1990–91 season, a match which United lost 3–0 to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park, with Ferguson resting several first team players due to their participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup Final. During his time with United, he received help settling in from George Scanlan, employed by the club as an interpreter, who he became close friends with and who later helped write his first autobiography. <mask> came into a United squad who finished the season in 6th position, with Ferguson under increasing pressure to win the league championship. <mask> won the 1991 European Super Cup with United, defeating European Cup winners Red Star Belgrade 1–0.He was a regular member of the United team, playing in 34 out of 42 league games in the 1991–92 season, as United finished second to Leeds United in a title race that they had led for most of the season, before being overhauled during the final few weeks. However, compensation for Kanchelskis and his teammates had come at Wembley Stadium on 12
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April 1992 when a 1–0 win over Nottingham Forest gave them their first ever Football League Cup triumph. <mask> scored five league goals that season, finding the net eight times in all competitions. His first United goal was against Sheffield United in a 2–0 league win at Old Trafford on 2 November 1991. On the opening day of the new Premiership season, <mask> was one of just 11 foreign players starting in the league. Though he primarily played on the right wing, such was the fluidity of United's attacking play that Kanchelskis could switch wings and be as effective, as against defending champions Leeds early in the season, with opposite winger Ryan Giggs delivering a ball from the right to Kanchelskis, drifting from the left wing the back past, heading into the goal to score United's first in a 2–0 win. <mask> was a regular in the first half of the season before being replaced for the second half of the season by Lee Sharpe, who returned from a bout of viral meningitis, with Giggs now the favoured choice in Sharpe's previous position on the left flank.Nevertheless, <mask> was a key part of the team who won the first ever Premier League title, scoring three goals in 27 league games appearances, as United's 26-year league title wait came to an end. The 1993–94 season brought more success as United won the Premier League title and the FA Cup, and <mask> was now United's first choice right-winger. 1993–94 was also the first season of squad numbers in the Premier League, and <mask> was issued with the number 14 shirt. <mask> was sent off in the last minute of the League Cup final for deliberate handball; Dean Saunders scored from the resulting penalty, ensuring a 3–1 loss to Aston Villa, a defeat which eventually cost United a domestic
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treble. <mask> was United's leading goalscorer in the 1994–95 season with 15 goals in 32 games, but missed the final few weeks of the season due to a hernia, and during that time United surrendered the league title to Blackburn and the FA Cup to Everton. United were also without the suspended Eric Cantona (who was banned for eight months after he assaulted a spectator against Crystal Palace in late January), while Andy Cole was cup-tied for the FA Cup games. His highlight of the 1994–95 season came on 10 November 1994, when he scored a hat-trick for United in their 5–0 home win over neighbours City in the Manchester derby.He had also found the net twice against Blackburn Rovers in a crucial match at Ewood Park on 24 October which United won 4–2. <mask> had played 145 times for United and scored 48 goals in the space of four years, but he had fallen out with manager Alex Ferguson earlier in the season and failed to patch up his differences with the manager. He was placed on the transfer list in July 1995 and on his departure, he was eventually replaced on the right-hand side of United's midfield by David Beckham. Leaving United and signing for Everton
Bryan Robson made an approach bid to sign <mask> for Middlesbrough when it was announced that United would be selling him, bidding £4.5m in July 1995, while there was also interest from Arsenal. Robson believed his friendship with <mask> could secure the transfer in Middlesbrough's favour. <mask> confirmed that he would be leaving United, blaming Ferguson for his imminent departure. <mask> eventually agreed to join Everton in August, but the transfer was cancelled due to a claim by Shakhtar Donetsk for money.<mask> was subsequently registered with United for European competition, with the
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belief he could yet remain with the club, but a compromise between United, Everton and Shakhtar was reached, and he signed for Everton after the beginning of the 1995–96 season, in time for a fixture against Southampton. Everton paid a club record £5m fee for <mask>, signing a four-year contract worth £13,000 per week. United manager Ferguson later claimed in his autobiography that he was offered a bung of £40,000 to force through a transfer by Grigory Essaoulenko, the agent of <mask>, who denied the allegations. In 1997, an inquiry into potential transfer irregularities in English football was unable to obtain information regarding Kanchelskis' transfers as the owner of Shakhtar, Akhat Bragin, had been murdered with an explosive device. The Independent later uncovered that Bragin had stolen over £500k in 1991 when Kanchelskis had transferred to United, money which had been deposited into a Swiss bank account by Manchester United, a fact which was only realised by other Shakhtar officials, including Ravil Safiullin, when Kanchelskis transferred to Everton. <mask>, who was contracted to Scottish team Rangers by the time of Ferguson's allegations, denied any involvement, and said Essaoulenko hadn't been his agent since 1991. Having missed the Charity Shield curtain raiser against Blackburn due to the delay of the transfer, he made his debut in the match against Southampton, with Everton winning 2–0, their first win of the season.During his first game against Manchester United, since he left joined Everton, in early September, <mask> suffered a shoulder injury early into the game following a late tackle by Sharpe, and was substituted off after 14 minutes in an eventual 3–2 defeat. He returned to action against Bolton Wanderers a month
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later, missing two chances to score in a 1–1 draw. He rapidly gained cult status with Everton supporters especially after his two goals against Merseyside rivals Liverpool at Anfield, his first for the club, ensured a 2–1 win, Everton's first triumph at the stadium since 1986. A week later, he put in a Man of the Match performance in a 2–2 draw with Sheffield Wednesday, scoring Everton's first three minutes into injury time in the first half, before assisting the equaliser for Daniel Amokachi. His first season with the club saw him score 16 goals, including 10 goals in the last 10 matches, to cap a season of excellent performances which made him arguably the best right-winger in the country; his 16 goals was the Everton goalscoring joint-record in the Premier League, shared with Tony Cottee, for 20 years until Romelu Lukaku broke the record in 2016. On 24 February 1996, <mask> scored the opening goal in a 3–0 win against Nottingham Forest, which moved them into 7th place for the first time since August, increasing their chances of UEFA Cup qualification. On 16 April, he again scored against Liverpool, this time in a 1–1 draw, a result which hampered Everton's prospects of qualifying for Europe.He scored his second hat-trick in English football during a 5–2 win at Sheffield Wednesday on 27 April, the first Everton player to score hat-trick in any competition for over two years. Everton ultimately missed out on a UEFA Cup, results not going their way on the final weekend of the season. In late January 1998, <mask> was subject to a bid of £6m from Italian club Fiorentina, and Fiorentina director Luciano Luna claimed personal terms had been agreed for a four-year contract. Injury marred spell with Fiorentina
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three-year deal with Fiorentina for a fee of 16 billion lira, signing a four-year contract. The transfer fee was the most expensive for a Russian player, and at the time was one of the most expensive transfers in world football. 1,500 Fiorentina fans turned up to watch Kanchelskis' first training session, and though he passed his medical, <mask>' first match was delayed by an ankle injury, Manager Claudio Ranieri declared Kanchelskis "the best in the world", and club owner Vittorio Cecchi Gori said Fiorentina had beat out A.C. Milan, Spanish club Real Madrid, and Dutch club Ajax to sign Kanchelskis. Wearing the number 32 shirt, he made his debut against Hellas Verona on 16 February in a 2–1 defeat.Gori claimed <mask> had been deliberately targeted due to the cost of the transfer. <mask>' early performances were criticised by Italian newspaper la Repubblica, scoring no goals and managing only one shot on goal in his first five appearances. A hard tackle by Roma defender Vincent Candela ended his 1996–97 season prematurely, at which point he had played nine games without scoring. He changed his shirt number to 17 for the 1997–98 season, and his form improved in the opening two matchdays of the Serie A campaign, including scoring his first goal against Bari. During the summer, Ranieri had been replaced by Alberto Malesani, who had faith in the ability of <mask>. However, he suffered an ankle injury after a hard tackle from Internazionale defender Taribo West, punished only with a yellow card. Returning to action after 40 days in a 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Italy in Moscow, he collided with Gianluca Pagliuca and suffered a fracture in his knee, being sidelined until the end of January in a Coppa Italia match.By the end of the
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season, he had played 19 appearances in all competitions, scoring two goals, the second of which came on the final day of the season in a 2–0 win against Milan. At the conclusion of the season, Malesani was replaced by Giovanni Trapattoni, who didn't see Kanchelskis as being part of his plans. Return to Britain
After struggling to make an impact in Italy, he was allowed to leave, and signed for Scottish Premier League team Rangers for a national record of £5.5 million, part of the club's total summer spending by manager Dick Advocaat of £25m. His first goal came for Rangers came in the first-leg of their UEFA Cup qualification second-round match against Greek side PAOK. On 25 April 1999, <mask> scored the second Rangers goal in a 3–1 win against Aberdeen, moving them within three points of the championship. Rangers went on to win a domestic treble of the league, Scottish Cup, and Scottish League Cup, with <mask> coming on as a substitute as they clinched the third trophy against Old Firm rivals Celtic; in the first fixture of the season against Celtic, <mask> had suffered a broken arm. In his second season with the club, he was dropped from the team, but regained his place in the new year and eventually won the 2000 Scottish Cup Final, amidst reports he could be sold.During the summer, he was a transfer target for Spanish club Barcelona, who wanted a replacement for Luís Figo, while Joe Royle, manager of Manchester City, declared his interest in reuniting with <mask>, though he eventually opted to stay with Rangers, saying he was having a "great time" with the club. His relationship with Advocaat eventually broke down, and after a training ground bust-up with teammate Fernando Ricksen, followed by him then refusing to play in a match
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for the Rangers under-21 team, he emerged as a target for Bradford City and Manchester City in January 2001. He chose to return to Manchester, and made his debut on 31 January, coming on as a half-time substitute for Andy Morrison in a 1–1 draw with Liverpool in the league. He played 11 games for City, scoring once in a 4–2 defeat to Liverpool in the FA Cup. Despite his successful time with United, <mask> says the clubs' supporters regularly remind him he played 11 matches for their arch-rivals. Upon his return to Rangers, he said he was happy to be back and vowed to give his all for the team, but having received little game time and falling behind Russell Latapy in the pecking order, began to consider his future. After his release from Rangers upon the expiration of his contract, he went on trial with Southampton; manager Gordon Strachan said that <mask> had personally phoned him to ask for permission to train with the club.After a successful trial, <mask> signed with Southampton on 30 August, with a contract lasting until the end of the season. Strachan described <mask> as "just too good a player not to have a club", and said Saints players were "learning a lot from him". He made his debut against former club Everton, coming on as a second-half substitution in an eventual 1–0 win. After making only one more appearance, Southampton released him early from his contract in February 2003, and he joined Saudi Arabian team Al Hilal, signing a four-month contract, after rejecting the possibility to move to Sheffield Wednesday on loan. Later career, and retirement
His time with Al-Hilal was blighted by a hamstring injury, and he said that though his teammates were skilled, they lacked enthusiasm and passion in matches and training. <mask>
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played his final game for the club in May 2003, and in July he began training back in England with Brighton & Hove Albion, a club within close proximity to his home in Sussex. He would later reveal he decided to leave Saudi Arabia due to the Riyadh compound bombings.With offers from teams in Japan and the possibility of a return to Al-Hilal, Brighton manager Steve Coppell began talks with <mask> to sign for the club, and after a month of training, he was offered a three-month contract by Brighton, but the move was cancelled when he failed to agree personal terms. Coppell had been excited at the prospect of <mask> training with the club, saying: "when he is on the ball you can just see he is a good player. He's been there, done it played on the highest stage... he's just a top quality player and he seems a good lad". In December 2003, <mask> spoke to Russian media outlet Sport Express of a contract offer from Russian Premier League team Dynamo Moscow. In January 2004, he signed a one-year contract with Dynamo after a trial period with the club. In an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda, <mask> said he had turned down big-money offers from Qatar and Saudi Arabia in favour of signing for Dynamo. His stay at Dynamo was short-lived when he was sacked for a "disciplinary offence" on the eve of the 2004 season, with manager Jaroslav Hřebík citing a "lack of professionalism".Kanchleskis denied allegations he had turned up to training drunk, and filed an unlawful termination suit with the dispute resolution chamber. In December, the court ruled in favour of <mask>; though he said he had fought against the dismissal "not for money, but for prestige", he was awarded damages equating to his salary from 8 February to 15 December. Soon after his
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release from Dynamo, he was training with former international teammate Viktor Onopko at Saturn. At the end of May, Saturn manager Boris Ignatyev confirmed the possibility that <mask> could sign for the club, and in June, <mask> signed a six-month contract with Saturn, with the possibility of a further year. Before making his official debut, he took part in a friendly match against Rubin Kazan. His debut for Saturn wouldn't come for another month, playing in the 14th round of the championship in a 1–1 draw against Amkar Perm. His first two goals for the club came in a 5–1 win against Alania Vladikavkaz.After another year with Saturn and a short spell with Krylia Sovetov, he retired in February 2007, saying "you need to leave at the right time". He scored one goal for Krylia Sovetov, scoring the opening goal in a 2–1 win against Tom Tomsk on 6 May 2006. He played his last competitive game on 25 November. International career
Soviet Union and CIS
Kanchelskis was part of the Soviet Union U21 team which won the 1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, scoring a goal in the second leg of the final against Yugoslavia U21. <mask> recalls having "no fear" before the first leg, saying the squad was relaxed and had played with "pleasure". He made his senior debut for the Soviet Union in 1989, coming on as a substitute for Gela Ketashvili in the final minute of a 1–1 draw with Poland. He was capped 23 times for the Soviet Union (including its brief successor, the CIS), scoring three goals.He scored, in November 1991 in Cyprus, the last goal in Soviet national team history. Russia
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union <mask> chose to represent Russia, considered the USSR's official successor team by FIFA. Though eligible, he immediately
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dismissed the chance to play for Lithuania, while he rejected Ukraine due to them not being able to qualify for a tournament until Euro 1996. Having struggled in the qualification for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, Russia lost to Greece, and following the match, though he had not played in Athens, <mask> was one of fourteen players to sign a letter sent to Shamil Tarpishchev, calling for the dismissal of manager Pavel Sadyrin and the appointment of Anatoliy Byshovets as the replacement. <mask> was one of five players who refused to be called up to Russia squad for the World Cup, as part of the ongoing player dispute with Sadyrin. Style of play
<mask> usually played as a right-winger throughout his career, where he was known for his work-rate, pace, explosive acceleration, powerful shot from range, and eye for goal; however, he was not particularly strong in the air. Moreover, he had the ability to run at defenders, put opponents under pressure, and create space for teammates when dribbling with the ball.In addition to his footballing skills, he also stood out for his professionalism, despite his aggressive playing style. Post-playing career
Shortly after his retirement as a player in February 2007, <mask> became the sporting director of First Division team FC Nosta Novotroitsk, with the intended goal of improving the infrastructure of the club. In August 2009, he was in discussion to become a manager for the first time, with Second Division team Torpedo-ZIL Moscow, but in September it was announced he would remain with Nosta. In November, <mask> resigned from his role with Nosta and re-entered negotiations with Torpedo-ZIL. Having failed to gain promotion in the 2010 season, <mask> blamed the club for failing to spent on players,
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describing the 300,000 ruble expenditure as "frivolous", and announced his intent to resign from his role. On 23 December 2010, he was appointed the first manager of the newly founded football club, FC Ufa, and stated that promotion to the Football National League was the goal of the club. The club's first ever match occurred on 20 April 2011, with Ufa playing against Syzran-2003 in the Russian Cup, and although the match ended in a 0–0 draw, Ufa lost 1–0 in the subsequent penalty shootout.Competing in the Second Division, the club began their first league season on 24 April, with <mask> guiding his team to their first ever win, a 3–1 victory against Tyumen, with striker Konstantin Ionov scoring all three goals. In May 2012, it was announced that <mask> had left Ufa, with the club five points behind league leaders Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk and three matches of the season remaining. In June 2012, <mask> joined the coaching staff at Volga Nizhny Novgorod, where he spent a year before departing in June 2013. Upon his departure, he said he had had a "good experience" with Volga, and he left satisfied with the year spent with the club. On 31 August 2014, <mask> became the manager of the Latvian Higher League club FC Jūrmala. He was the replacement for Bulgarian manager Gosho Petkov, who had gained 8 points from 28 games, and had left them in last place in the league table, but <mask> failed to avoid relegation. During his spell at Jūrmala, members of the playing squad were regularly unpaid due to the poor on-pitch results.<mask> confirmed his departure in January 2015. In January 2016, <mask> was appointed the new manager of third-tier team Solyaris Moscow following the death of the previous coach Sergey Shustikov. He was sacked on 26 April
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with the team in second place in the league. On 9 October 2018, <mask> was appointed manager of the Uzbekistan Super League team Navbahor Namangan, replacing Ilkhom Muminjonov in the role. He signed a contract until the end of the 2018 season, and hired the experienced Russian coach Aleksei Belenkov as his assistant. He won his first game in charge, with midfielder Azizbek Turgunboev scoring the only goal in a 1–0 win against Buxoro. Navbahor finished third in the league as a result of a 1–0 win against rivals Bunyodkor on 21 November.In June 2019, <mask> resigned from his role, citing the unsatisfactory results which had left the team situated in 4th place in the league, having earned 18 points from 12 games. However, in August, he was re-appointed manager of Navbahor, replacing Dejan Đurđević and signing a three-year contract. In August 2020, <mask> confirmed he had tested positive for COVID-19; Navbahor and <mask> requested for the football authorities to postpone the league due to members of the squad also contracting the virus, but were refused. He was released from hospital on 21 September, and the following week, he said he was still recovering slowly. In October 2020, with the team in 7th place in the league after 18 matches, <mask> left Navbahor for a second time, on this occasion due to being unpaid for four months, and submitted an application to FIFA. In August 2021, FIFA ruled in favour of <mask>, ordering Navbahor to pay $1.6 million plus interest. Personal life
<mask> has a son, also named <mask>, who is a supporter of Everton, due to the fondness with which Everton fans remembered his father's short spell with the club.Career statistics
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tally first, score column indicates score after each Kanchelskis goal. Honours
Manchester United
Premier League: 1992–93, 1993–94
FA Cup: 1993–94
Football League Cup: 1991–92
FA Charity Shield: 1993, 1994
European Super Cup: 1991
Rangers
Scottish Premier League: 1998–99, 1999–2000
Scottish Cup: 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02
Scottish League Cup: 2001–02
Soviet Union U21
UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 1990
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Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year: 1994–95
Premier League Player of the Month: April 1996
References
External links
<mask>kis Career Profile
Kanchelskis: all goals in career
<mask>kis at eu-football.info
1969 births
Living people
Expatriate footballers in England
Russian football managers
Russian footballers
Russia international footballers
Soviet footballers
Soviet expatriate footballers
Soviet expatriate sportspeople in England
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Soviet Union international footballers
Dual internationalists (football)
Ukrainian people of Lithuanian descent
FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi players
FC Dynamo Kyiv players
FC Shakhtar Donetsk players
Manchester United F.C. players
Everton F.C. players
ACF Fiorentina players
Rangers F.C. players
Manchester City F.C. players
Southampton F.C. players
Al Hilal SFC players
FC Saturn Ramenskoye players
FC Krylia Sovetov Samara players
Soviet Top League players
Premier League players
Serie A players
Scottish Premier League players
Russian Premier League players
UEFA Euro 1992 players
UEFA Euro 1996 players
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Russian expatriate sportspeople in England
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Expatriate footballers in Scotland
Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia
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<mask> (born 8 October 1943) served as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba in Australia from 1992 to 2011. In May 2011, the Holy See removed <mask> from pastoral care of the diocese, attracting international press coverage. Pastoral career
<mask> was born in Brisbane, where he was educated at St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace, before studying for the priesthood at Pius XII Provincial Seminary in Banyo. He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Brisbane in 1969. His parish appointments included Sunnybank, Nambour, Mt Gravatt, Goodna and Surfers Paradise. During 1979 to 1984 he served as secretary to Archbishop Francis Rush in Brisbane and also as Diocesan Director of Vocations. In 1992, <mask> was appointed by Pope John Paul II to head the Toowoomba diocese.His consecration took place at St Patrick's Cathedral on 10 February 1993. He became known for his pastoral leadership and his work with diocesan cases of sexual abuse. In 2009 he dismissed the principal of a Toowoomba Catholic primary school and two Catholic Education officials for failing to report to the police an early complaint from a schoolgirl. There were reports of liturgical unorthodoxy and controversy about his support of the Third Rite of Confession. In 2006 <mask> released a pastoral letter that discussed the declining number of priests in remote parishes like Toowoomba. The letter called for discussion of the ordination of married men and the ordination of women. To call for such a discussion could be interpreted as a challenge to the teaching of Pope John Paul II's apostolic letter Ordinatio Sacerdotalis, which said that "the Church has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ordination on women."The letter also suggested that the Catholic Church
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might consider recognising "Anglican, Lutheran, and Uniting Church orders". In December 2006, <mask> received a fax requesting that he come to Rome by February 2007 for meetings with three cardinals; Giovanni Battista Re, then head of the Vatican's Congregation for Bishops, William Levada, then head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and Francis Arinze. <mask> did not attend, citing "pastoral reasons", and offered to present himself in May. An apostolic visitation of the diocese was conducted by Charles J. Chaput OFM Cap, Archbishop of Denver during April 2007. Chaput reported to the Congregation for Bishops in May 2007. <mask> says that he has never seen this report. He was given an unsigned document from the Congregation for Bishops indicating 13 separate issues.<mask> then negotiated with several Vatican congregations for several years. Attempts by Vatican administrators to reconcile <mask> with the church's position included several meetings in Rome where, it has been reported, he was asked to resign several times. In December 2008, <mask> wrote to Pope Benedict XVI requesting an audience. He was received by the Pope on 4 June 2009. Later <mask> claimed that he was told that "it is God’s will that you resign". In February 2011 the Apostolic Nuncio to Australia, Giuseppe Lazzarotto, wrote to <mask> requesting his resignation. Removal as diocesan bishop
On 1 May 2011, <mask> stated in a letter to parishioners of his diocese that "it has been determined by Pope Benedict XVI that the diocese would be better served by the leadership of a new bishop", but that he felt that he was being denied "natural justice".<mask> announced his early retirement at age 67, stressing the fact that he had not resigned. On 2 May, the Apostolic
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Nuncio to Australia announced that the Pope had "removed [<mask>] from pastoral care" of his diocese. At this time, <mask> was appointed Bishop Emeritus of Toowoomba. Several hundred people attended two separate vigils for <mask> on 3 May in Toowoomba. On 13 May 2011, the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference (ACBC) issued a statement, stating that they supported Pope Benedict's decision to remove <mask>. In the statement they noted:
"it was judged that there were problems of doctrine and discipline, and we regret that these could not be resolved. We are hopeful that Bishop <mask> will continue to serve the Church in other ways in the years ahead".At a meeting of the Permanent Committee of the ACBC on 2 August 2011, a petition was presented from many Catholics of the Diocese of Toowoomba in support of <mask>. In a statement on 11 August the Permanent Committee said that
"the reality of our ecclesial structure is that the Conference is not able to resolve the issues that have arisen. Not only do the local Bishops not have access to all the information on which Pope Benedict came to his decision, but what has happened in Toowoomba is a matter between the Holy Father and Bishop <mask>." During an Ad Limina visit in Rome that month, ACBC bishops held discussions regarding the situation in Toowoomba with both Cardinal Marc Ouellet and Cardinal William Levada and among themselves. Archbishop Mark Coleridge said that the talks "went very positively" and "surpassed" their expectations. In a letter from the ACBC, released on 21 October:
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Petrine ministry ... (and) we return to Australia determined to do whatever we can to heal any wounds of division." <mask> responded to the letter on 24 October 2011, writing:
"The statement of the Australian Catholic Bishops contains inaccuracies and errors of fact evidenced by the documentation relating to the issues concerning myself and a number of Vatican Dicasteries.The Statement made by the Australian Bishops invites me to tell my story which I will publish in the foreseeable future." In October 2011, it was reported that several lay Catholics in Toowoomba had expressed concern that <mask> still had a high profile in the diocese, giving a public lecture, in-service talks to teachers and officiating at parish anniversaries. Cardinal George Pell said to CNA "if he is a loyal man of the Church he'll realize that this is totally inappropriate and that won't continue. That is my hope." <mask> gave an address for Women and the Australian Church on 26 March 2013. He spoke about the vital role of lay people in interpreting the Second Vatican Council and "reclaiming its spirit". In June 2014 his book Benedict, Me and the Cardinals Three was published, describing his experience of the dismissal.References
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1943 births
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<mask> (born July 23, 1945) is an American actress and comedian. An alumna of The Groundlings, she has played supporting roles in the films Carrie (1976), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), and Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988), and bit parts in Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980), Mr. Mom (1983), Back to School (1986), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), A River Runs Through It (1992), Natural Born Killers (1994), and Flubber (1997). On television, McClurg regularly performed on The David Letterman Show, before playing Bonnie Brindle in Small Wonder (1985–1987) and Mrs. Patty Poole on The Hogan Family (1986–1991). As a one-off character, she has appeared in Alice, Mr. Belvedere, The Golden Girls, Roseanne, Full House, Seinfeld, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Malcolm in the Middle, Hannah Montana, Crashbox and Portlandia. Since 1977, she has also appeared in numerous commercials. As a voice actress, McClurg has played in The Secret of NIMH (1982), The Little Mermaid (1989), A Bug's Life (1998), Cars (2006), Cars 2 (2011), and Wreck-It Ralph (2012), as well as in Snorks (1984–1988), Life with Louie (1995–1998) and Violet Bleakman in Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000–2003).Early life and education
<mask> was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, to Mac, a mailman, and <mask>, an FAA secretary. She has an older brother, Bob, who is also an actor. McClurg attended the University of Missouri–Kansas City in the mid-1960s where she also taught radio for eight years. She earned a master's degree from Syracuse University. At the University of Missouri–Kansas City, McClurg re-entered the entertainment field as a DJ, newswoman, and producer for the NPR affiliate KCUR-FM. There she portrayed John Ehrlichman in Conversation 26 of NPR's national broadcast of the Nixon Tape
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transcripts. It was at this university that <mask> earned her Doctorate of Philosophy in 2017.<mask>'s onscreen debut was as Helen Shyres in Brian De Palma's 1976 horror film Carrie starring Sissy Spacek. She was a comedy regular on the Tony Orlando and Dawn variety show (1976–1977) and then a cast member of The Kallikaks and The Richard Pryor Show. In 1980, McClurg regularly performed on The David Letterman Show as Mrs. Marv Mendenhall. Having been a member of San Francisco's improv comedy the Pitcshel Players, she moved to Los Angeles and joined the Groundlings troupe. She worked with fellow Groundling player Paul Reubens on his first play The Pee-wee Herman Show, in which she appeared in 1981 as "Hermit Hattie". She also appeared in the 1988 film Elvira: Mistress of the Dark with fellow Groundling player Cassandra Peterson, who appeared as her alter ego Elvira. <mask> has appeared in almost 90 films and 55 television episodes, usually typecast as a middle-aged, somewhat stubborn, and dim-witted Midwesterner.McClurg is known for a number of roles, including Mrs. Burns in A River Runs Through It, Grace in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Lucille Tarlek on WKRP in Cincinnati, Lynn in She's Having a Baby, Willamae Jones in the television remake of Harper Valley PTA, Mrs. Patty Poole on The Hogan Family (originally "Valerie"), Bonnie Brindle on Small Wonder, Marge Sweetwater in Back to School, the car rental agent in Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Mrs. Violet Bleakman on Clifford the Big Red Dog, and Mrs. Beeker on 7th Heaven. She guest starred as Barri's mother in an episode of Campus Ladies. She portrayed one of the wicked stepsisters in the Faerie Tale Theatre production "Cinderella." McClurg appeared on several game shows, including Match Game, The $25,000 Pyramid, Password
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Plus, and Super Password. McClurg contributed assorted voices for The Jetsons, The Snorks, Life with Louie, A Bug's Life, Justin and the Knights of Valour, Cars and Cars 2. She voiced Carlotta in The Little Mermaid, Mary in Wreck-It Ralph, Molly in Home on the Range, Miss Right in The Secret of NIMH, the Dragon in the Nightmare Ned video game, Barsa in Kiki's Delivery Service, Fran on Higglytown Heroes, Mrs. Claus in Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen, Grandma Taters in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Violet Stimpleton in Rocket Power, Bea's mother in Fish Hooks, Winnie Pig in Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation, Bobby's teacher in Bobby's World and Trudi Traveler in an episode of Wander Over Yonder. McClurg portrayed a nurse nicknamed "Angel of Death" in an episode of The Golden Girls.She also appeared in an episode of Hannah Montana as Cindy Merriweather. Continuing her passion for performing improvised comedy, McClurg is a player with Spolin Players. On April 9, 2007, she made an appearance on Thank God You're Here. In 2011, she appeared in an episode of the CBS sitcom Rules of Engagement. In 2020, she made a cameo in the Family Guy episode "Holly Bibble" in a spoof of Ferris Bueller's Day Off. She appeared as 'Grace', personal assistant to [Carter as] Pontius Pilate. Immediately following the delivery of her lines, was the following acknowledgment by Carter/Pontius' character, "Wasn't that cool?That was really her! <mask> <mask>. Thanks Edie!" Filmography
Film
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Television film
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm ... Esmerelda (1977) (segment: "Hansel and Gretel")
Bill: On His Own ... Angela (1983)
Crash Course ... Beth Crawford (1988)
Dance 'Til Dawn ... Ruth Strull (1988)
Menu for Murder ... Patsy Webber (1990)
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Temp Agency Agent (1992) (uncredited role)
Inhumanoid ... Dr. Marianne Snow (1996)
Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery (1998)
Everything You Want ... Mary Louise Morrison (2005)
Lucky ... Miss Doris (Voice) (2019)
Additional credits
The Paragon of Comedy (1983 – television special)
Christmas Everyday (1986 – television special)
Tiny Toons Spring Break (1994 – television special)
Life with Louie: A Christmas Surprise for Mrs. Stillman ... Ora Anderson (1994 – television short)
Escape from Monkey Island ... Miss Rivers (2000 – video game)
Stinky Pierre (2003 – television short)
Tak 3: The Great Juju Challenge ... Stone Crusher (2005 – video game)
Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas (2006 – direct-to video animated film)
What's Wrong with Ruth ... Mother (2007 television short animation)
The Outlaw Emmett Deemus ... Mary (2008 – short film)
Stage Two ... Maggie's Mom (2008 – short film)
The Not Goods Anthology: This Is Absolutely Not Good ... Herself (2010 – video short)
dated.... <mask> (2011 – video short)
Heal Thyself ... Doris Green (2012 – Short film)
Curious George Swings Into Spring ... Lydia / Mom / Lady (2013 – video animation)
The Gift ... Old Lady (2014 – short film)
Eyes Upon Waking ... Nurse Jane (2014 – short film)
How to Become an Outlaw (2014)
References
External links
1951 births
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
20th-century American comedians
21st-century American comedians
Living people
Actresses from Kansas City, Missouri
American film actresses
American musical theatre actresses
American stand-up comedians
American stage actresses
American television actresses
American voice actresses
American women comedians
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Amy Lee (born May 30, 1989), known professionally as <mask>, is a Korean-American singer and songwriter based in South Korea. Amassing digital sales success in South Korea, she has released two studio albums, five extended plays, and twenty one singles, six of which charted within the top five of the Gaon Digital Chart. Following a short stint at Muzo Entertainment in New York City, <mask> moved to South Korea in 2010 and signed with YMC Entertainment. She debuted in 2012 with her first single "Heaven", which peaked at number three on the Gaon Digital Chart and earned her Best New Artist Awards at the Melon Music Awards, Golden Disc Awards, Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards, and Seoul Music Awards. She won four consecutive Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Female Vocal Performance titles from 2013 to 2016, with "U&I", "Singing Got Better", "Mind Your Own Business", and "If You" respectively. Her 2017 single, "I Will Go to You Like the First Snow", recorded for the soundtrack of the television drama series Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (2016), won several awards and was the most digitally successful song of that year, becoming the best-selling record in movies and dramas in the Korean sound record market. Life and career
1989–2011: Early life, career beginnings
<mask> was born in Denver, Colorado, on May 30, 1989, and grew up in New Jersey.She attended Palisades Park High School before moving to nearby Leonia. After her Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School graduation, she studied communications at Pace University before dropping out to pursue a career in music. Before her K-pop debut, Ailee was signed under Muzo Entertainment, an
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independent agency in New York City and New Jersey. Under that label she collaborated with several artists, including Johnnyphlo and Philadelphia-based rapper Decipher. Before moving to South Korea, Ailee created the YouTube channels "mzamyx3" and "aileemusic" to bring attention to her singing on the web. <mask> moved to South Korea in 2010 after she landed a music label audition through her uncle's connections, she sang "Resignation" by Big Mama during the audition, and was recruited for YMC Entertainment on the spot. During her training, YMC featured her in the label's Wheesung song, "They Are Coming", which it released in October 2011.She also sang in Decipher and Jay Park's song "Catch Me If You Can". In September 2011, <mask> and Wheesung were featured on the MBC's Chuseok special episode of Singer and Trainee. <mask> performed "Halo" by Beyoncé to a positive reaction from the audience. Following her performance of "Halo", judge BMK said, "Wherever she goes, she has the potential to be a big star. She definitely has the voice." After the judges had graded all the participants, <mask> was the first-place winner. 2012: Debut and commercial success
On February 9, 2012, <mask> released her debut single "Heaven" along with the music video, which featured Gi Kwang of Beast.On the same day, she made her debut stage performance of "Heaven" on M Countdown. Billboard commented, "From her debut single, <mask> proved that she had an ability beyond her years to communicate the deeper experiences one feels in love. In this dedication track, <mask>'s partner protected her and taught her how to love in a harsh world." The success of the
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single, helped <mask> win her first award at the 2012 Cyworld Digital Music Awards. The single received the Song of the month (February) and Rookie of the month at the award ceremony. On October 16, 2012, <mask> released her debut EP, Invitation, with the title track "I Will Show You". The EP contained a total of six tracks.It was produced by producers such as Kim Do-hoon, Lee Hyun-seung, Park Guen-tae, Duble Sidekick, Wheesung, and featured artists such as Verbal Jint, Swings and Simon Dominic. In 2012, <mask> was awarded the Best New Artist Award at the Seoul Music Awards, Melon Music Awards, Mnet Asian Music Awards, and Golden Disk Awards, as well as the New Female Solo Artist Award at the Gaon Chart Music Awards. She has also received the Mnet America Rising Star Award, a special award presented by Mnet America at the pre-show of 55th Grammy Awards. 2013–2014: Commercial popularity
On July 12, 2013, <mask> released her second Ep, titled A's Doll House. The EP's title track, "U&I" topped various music charts within four hours of release. On November 6, 2013, <mask> made her Japanese debut with Japanese-version of "Heaven" and "Starlight" under Warner Music Japan. On January 6, 2014, <mask> released a single titled "Singing Got Better", the single was produced by Wheesung.The song peaked at number one upon released on various music chart. The single has received the Best Vocal Performance at the 2014 Mnet Asian Music Awards. On September 25, 2014, <mask> released her third EP, titled Magazine. The EP's title track, "Don't Touch Me" peaked at number one upon released on various music chart. The single has received the Digital
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Bonsang at the 2015 Golden Disc Awards. 2015–2016: Breakthrough with Vivid
After wrapping up her joint Unite the Mic Tour with Jay Park and San E in Toronto in March 2015, plans were revealed for <mask> to hold a solo concert three years after her debut. Her first solo concert, titled Fatal Attraction, was held on July 4, 2015 at the Olympic Hall.Ailee was joined on stage several times by different artists, who helped her sing her many duets and collaborations. She sang "Shut Up" with Showry, "Like Nobody Knows" and "Comma 07" with Cheetah, "Wash Away" and "Officially Missing You" with Geeks, "NimA" and "Shower of Tears" with Baechigi, and "Touch My Body" and "Let"s Go Travel" with Shin Bo-ra. <mask>'s first full-length album Vivid was released on September 30, 2015. She won her first trophy for this promotion on October 7, 2015 on Show Champion. <mask> was awarded the Best Female Vocal Award for the third consecutive year at the 2015 Mnet Asian Music Awards, for "Mind Your Own Business". On July 13, 2016, Ailee was confirmed to participate as a judge on Superstar K 2016. On August 23, 2016, Ailee released her single "If You", which subsequently topped the Gaon Weekly Chart for Digital Download.On October 5, 2016, <mask> released her EP A New Empire, along with the music video for "Home" that was officially released on LOEN and YMC Entertainment's official YouTube channel. A New Empire peaked at number 10 on the Gaon Album Chart, and number nine on the US World Albums (Billboard) Chart. On December 2, 2016, <mask> was again awarded with Best Vocal Performance at the 2016 Mnet Asian Music Awards, this time for "If You", a
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record-breaking fourth consecutive win in the category. 2017–2018: OST success and solo concert tours
On January 7, 2017, <mask> released her debut American single "Fall Back" through WestSide Entertainment under the alias A.Leean. She also released the ballad "I Will Go to You Like the First Snow" (첫눈처럼 너에게 가겠다) on the same day as part nine in a series composed of singles for the South Korean cable television series Guardian: The Lonely and Great God. The single topped the Gaon Digital Chart for three consecutive weeks. The single earned <mask> the Best OST Award at the 2017 Korea Cable TV Awards.The soundtrack has also received several accolades, including the best original soundtrack award at the Seoul International Drama Awards, the Mnet Asian Music Awards, the Melon Music Awards, the Seoul Music Awards and the Golden Disc Awards. <mask> previously held two Christmas concerts in Seoul titled Welcome Home at Kyunghee University's Grand Peace Palace on December 24–25, 2016. Due to the success of the concerts, it was announced that <mask> would be holding her first nationwide tour, titled Welcome Home Tour, which started in Daegu on April 1, 2017. On June 25, 2017 in The City Hall at Taipei International Convention Center, <mask> held her first solo concert in Taiwan titled Ailee – Hello Taipei 2017. On November 18 and 19, <mask> held two concerts at the Pechanga Theater in California, selling out a total of 2,600 tickets combined. On March 18, 2018, Ailee performed "I Will Show You" at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games at the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium. On September 14, 2018, <mask> was chosen as a
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member of the South Korean cultural delegation, alongside other selected South Korean artists, for the third inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang, North Korea, where she performed her OST "I Will Go to You Like the First Snow".On November 23, 2018, <mask> announced her second nationwide tour, titled I Am: Ailee. 2019–present: Butterfly, continued touring, I'm, Lovin and Amy
<mask> released her second studio album, titled Butterfly, on July 2, 2019, with the lead single "Room Shaker". On September 10, 2019, <mask> announced on Instagram that she started a new company named, "Rocket3 Entertainment" after being signed with YMC Entertainment for eight years. On December 13, 2019, <mask> released her first English language single under American label, Sun and Sky Records. The single, entitled "Sweater", was hailed as "a heart-wrenching-yet-soothing ballad" by Billboard. <mask> released her fifth extended play titled I'm on October 6, 2020, with the lead single "When We Were In Love". The music video was released on October 12, 2020 and was directed by Will Kim.On November 8, 2020, Ailee released "Blue Bird", an OST that would be part nine of singles for the South Korean drama Start-Up. On May 7, 2021, <mask> released her sixth extended play titled Lovin', ahead of the release of her third studio album. The extended play includes two lead singles, "Make Up Your Mind" and "Spring Flowers".<ref>{{Cite web|title=에일리, 5월 7일 선공개 앨범 'LOVIN 컴백..봄 감성[공식]|trans-title=Ailee, comeback of the pre-released album 'LOVIN' on May 7..Spring emotion
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<mask> (born 8 January 1979) is an English professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was most recently the manager of National League North club Spennymoor Town. He has previously played for Hartlepool United, Ipswich Town, Sunderland, Preston North End, Sheffield Wednesday, Huddersfield Town, Swindon Town, Bury and FC Halifax Town. Playing career
Hartlepool United
Born in County Durham, <mask> was in the Ipswich Town youth system as a youngster but was released at 15 and went on to join Hartlepool United, where he signed his first professional deal. After 160 appearances and 41 goals in Division Three, he attracted the interest of several clubs and so left the club in 2001. Before joining Ipswich Town, <mask> was close to joining Norwegian side Brann in order to play in the Champions League Campaign on a three-month loan deal. However, <mask>'s move to Brann was unlikely because FA rules state a player can only join a team outside of Britain for a minimum of three months.Ipswich Town
He was signed back to Ipswich on 12 July 2001 by manager George Burley for £750,000. In his first season at Ipswich Town, <mask> only made 8 league appearances and his side was 18th place which resulted relegation to Football League Division One. On 1 November 2001, <mask> made his European cup debut in the UEFA Cup against Swedish side Helsingborgs in a 3–1 win. On 25 November 2001, <mask> made his league debut for the club in 0–0 draw against Middlesbrough after coming on as a substitute on a 75 minutes for Sixto Peralta. The following season, the club did play in the UEFA Cup again due to UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking where <mask> was involved in the First Round against Smederevo and won 2–1 on aggregate. He then spent 4 years at Ipswich, scoring 15 goals in 50 appearances in the 2004–05 season and helping them to an unsuccessful Championship play-off appearance. After his last season, Ipswich Town
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offered <mask> a new contract on a two years, only for him to rejected as his contract was set to expire which attracted interests from Premier League and Championship clubs.Sunderland
He moved to Sunderland in June 2005 on a two-year contract, beating Scottish Giant Celtic and Leeds United who were chasing after him. On 13 August 2005, <mask> made his debut for the club in a 3–1 loss against Charlton Athletic. On 25 September 2005, <mask> scored his first goal in the Premier League and for Sunderland in a 2–0 win over Middlesbrough, giving their first win in the Premier League since 2002. The next game on 1 October 2005, <mask> scored his second goal in a 1–1 draw against West Ham United. It took 7 months for <mask> to score in a 2–1 loss against Portsmouth on 22 April 2006. However he struggled as they returned to the Championship after just one season, finishing bottom with a record low of 15 points. In his first season, <mask> played 29 games in the Premier League and played in the midfield position.He started the first three games of the season under new manager Niall Quinn, but after the appointment of Roy Keane he found himself sidelined and in the pecking order which led him being loaned to Preston North End. On 28 November 2006, <mask> made his debut for the club in a 1–1 draw against Coventry City. On 30 December 2006, <mask> played against his parents club in a 1–0 win despite being on loan. On 10 March 2007, <mask> made his last appearance for club in a 2–0 win over Barnsley. He was released at the end of the 2006–07 season as Sunderland were promoted to the Premier League again after one season at the Championship. Return to Ipswich Town
After being released, <mask> was linked to Championship sides Stoke, Coventry and Sheffield Wednesday, League One sides Nottingham Forest and Leeds United, and also SPL side Hearts. Also interested was Romanian side Steaua București who want to sign him
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with reports claiming that he could discuss a move.However, <mask> snub moving to Steaua București in order to stay in England. On 19 July 2007 <mask> started his third spell with Ipswich Town, signing a two-year contract with the Championship club. Ipswich Town were linked signing him last November 2006 on loan but opted to join Preston. On 11 August 2007, <mask> made his second debut for the club in a 4–1 win over Sheffield Wednesday. At the start of the 2007–08 season <mask> failed to score many goals but towards the end of the season he scored 3 in the last 6 and finished his goal tally for the season on 5. <mask> was released by Ipswich on 8 May 2009 along with 7 players. Sheffield Wednesday
Upon completing the signing of <mask> for Sheffield Wednesday manager Brian Laws commented, "I have made it clear that we need to add experience to our squad and <mask> certainly fits the bill.He also has the ability to go with that experience and a massive drive to succeed. I am delighted to welcome him to the club". <mask> signed a two-year contract. Previously in December 2001, Sheffield Wednesday made an approach for <mask> but rejected by Ispwich Town as Manager Joe Royle wanted to keep <mask>. On 15 August 2009, <mask> made his debut for the club in a 1–1 draw against Peterborough United. He scored his first goal in a 2–2 draw at Deepdale against Preston North End. Later on the season, Brian Laws left the club after being sacked and went on to take up a Burnley in the Premier League and was succeeded by Alan Irvine.Also, Sheffield Wednesday was relegated on the final game of the season after drawing 2–2 with Crystal Palace. At the beginning of the 2010–11 season, <mask> changed his squad number from 6 to 8. He was named PFA Fans' Player of the Month in League One for October 2010, pipping teammate Nicky Weaver to the award. On 10 May 2011, Sheffield Wednesday released <mask> from his contract. After
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his release, <mask> hit back on Irvine successor Gary Megson for forcing him out of the club and claims that Megson made <mask> a promise for a new contract but Megson changed his mind. Huddersfield Town
<mask> signed a one-year deal with Huddersfield Town on 7 July. Before joining Huddersfield Town, <mask> was linked to join Conference National side Gateshead.He made his Terriers debut as a substitute in the 1–1 draw against Bury at the Galpharm Stadium on 6 August 2011. He scored his first goal for the Terriers in their 2–2 Football League Trophy draw against Bradford City at the Galpharm on 11 October 2011, though he would later miss a penalty in the shootout. His first league goal came in their 2–2 draw against Scunthorpe United at Glanford Park on 25 October 2011. He left the club in June 2012, after not being offered a new contract by the manager, Simon Grayson. Swindon Town
On 21 June 2012 <mask> was announced as Swindon Town and Manager Paolo Di Canio's latest signing. <mask> joined the club on a free transfer penning a one-year deal. He adds significant experience to the squad and joined former Terriers teammate Gary Roberts who signed a few days earlier at The County Ground. .Among the clubs interested in signing <mask>, was his former club Hartlepool United and had talks with him since his release. He scored his first goal for Swindon on 21 August 2012 against Crawley Town at the County Ground. On 20 February, following the departure of Paolo Di Canio, Swindon announced that along with Darren Ward, <mask> would be taking temporary charge of the squad for the game against Preston on 23 February. Bury
On 19 August 2013 <mask> joined Bury, with Kevin Blackwell saying "<mask> brings a wealth of experience that is needed at this level. He is excellent on the ball and is one of the key players I have been trying to bring to the Club. He had offers at higher levels but he was very impressed with
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the new set up here at Gigg Lane. He will be a great asset to the Club."<mask> left Bury at the end of the 2013–14 season when his contract expired. Return to Hartlepool
At the end of the 2013–14 season, <mask> left Bury to join Hartlepool United under the guide of Colin Cooper. He injured his calf in October 2014 only making one more appearance which was on 28 April 2015, in the 2–1 win against Exeter City which confirmed Hartlepool's Football League status. It was also his 600th career appearance. Coaching career
After acting as caretaker manager following the departure of Jason Ainsley, <mask> was announced as the permanent manager of National League North side Spennymoor Town. <mask> was sacked on 5 December 2021 after just seven months in charge, the club sitting 13th in the table. International recognition
<mask> was eligible for England and Scotland.After his good form in 2004–05 he was noticed by Scotland manager Berti Vogts, but was unavailable due to injury. This led <mask> to hint that he hoped to get a Scottish call up. <mask> was named in a friendly squad to face Wales in 2004, but missed out due to an ankle injury. Career statistics
Honours
Huddersfield Town
Football League One play-offs: 2012
Individual
PFA Team of the Year: 1999–2000 Third Division, 2000–01 Third Division
PFA Fans' League One Player of the Month: October 2010
References
External links
<mask> at spennymoortownfc.co.uk
1979 births
Living people
Anglo-Scots
English people of Scottish descent
Association football midfielders
English footballers
Hartlepool United F.C. players
Ipswich Town F.C. players
Preston North End F.C. players
Sunderland A.F.C.players
Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players
Swindon Town F.C. players
Bury F.C. players
FC Halifax Town players
English Football League players
Premier League players
Swindon Town F.C. managers
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<mask> (; November 13, 1946 – October 15, 2021) was an Armenian politician and writer. He held several high-ranked positions in the 1990s. He served as Minister of Internal Affairs from 1992 and 1996 and as Mayor of Yerevan from 1996 to 1998. After President Levon Ter-Petrosyan's resignation in February 1998, criminal charges were filed against <mask>. He disappeared in April 2000 and was wanted by Interpol until his death in 2021 at the age of 74. Today, <mask> is seen as one of the most influential and controversial figures of post-Soviet Armenia. Early years
<mask> was born on November 13, 1946 in the village of Koti in northeastern Armenia, near the Azerbaijani border.From 1966 to 1969, he served in the Soviet Army. He graduated from Yerevan State University in 1974. In 1983 he published his first book titled Kiraki ("Sunday"). Political career
In 1988, <mask> became one of the main members of the Karabakh Committee, which demanded that the Soviet authorities transfer the Armenian-populated Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of the Azerbaijan SSR to the Armenian SSR. In December 1989, <mask> and other leading members of the Karabakh Committee were arrested, but were freed in May 1990. The Pan-Armenian National Movement was founded by members of the Karabakh Committee the same year. <mask> was appointed the Minister of Interior Affairs in 1992 by President Levon Ter-Petrosyan, a post he held until 1996.According to journalist David Petrosyan, Siradeghyan "controlled part of the local market in oil products, part of the incomes generated from transport junctions, the greater part of the food market, the smaller part of bread production, and the woodwork
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and timber industry." <mask> was criticized for his harshness against political opposition. In 1994, Ashot Manucharyan, <mask>'s former colleague from the Karabakh Committee, accused him of "subverting democracy and fueling corruption", while another former Karabakh Committee member, Hambartsum Galstyan, claimed <mask> was responsible for 30 politically motivated murders (Galstyan was killed by unknown assailants in December 1994, which was followed by speculation that <mask> had ordered the killing). He also played a key role in the forcible crackdown against Vazgen Manukyan's supporters' protests after the controversial 1996 presidential election. In an interview in January 1999, <mask> admitted that the government had resorted to vote-rigging to secure Ter-Petrosyan's victory without a runoff election and stated that after the crackdown, President Ter-Petrosyan fell into a three-month depression and wanted <mask> and Defense Minister Vazgen Sargsyan to resign. According to <mask>, "the whole state apparatus was demoralized, paralyzed and no government was formed during [the ensuing] three months." In November 1996, <mask> resigned from his position at the Interior Ministry.On November 14, 1996 he was appointed Mayor of Yerevan by presidential decree. In July 1997, <mask> was elected head of the Pan-Armenian National Movement's executive body. He was a member of the National Assembly of Armenia from 1997 to 1999. Charges and arrests
On February 1, 1998, <mask> resigned from his position as Mayor of Yerevan. Two days later, on February 3, 1998, President Levon Ter-Petrosyan resigned as a result of disagreements with "hard-line military leaders" Defence
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Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Prime Minister Robert Kocharyan and Interior and National Security Minister Serzh Sargsyan over the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement negotiations with Azerbaijan. After Ter-Petrosyan's resignation, <mask> became the leader of the Pan-Armenian National Movement. In January 1999, Aghvan Hovsepyan, the Prosecutor General of Armenia, called on the National Assembly of Armenia to strip <mask> of his parliamentary immunity for allegedly ordering the murder of two police officers in January 1994.<mask> was charged with 10 offenses, including arson, murder, attempted murder and conspiracy. Days earlier two dozen armed militiamen were arrested by the National Security Service, headed by former President Serzh Sargsyan at the time. As a response to these actions, <mask> claimed that "they [the authorities, i.e. Robert Kocharyan's administration] want to strengthen their power and strengthen their grip on power in Armenia." Meanwhile, <mask> left Armenia for two weeks. In February the National Assembly voted in favor of depriving him of his parliamentary immunity from prosecution. In February 1999 the Deputy Minister of the Interior and National Security and commander of Armenia's internal troops, General Artsrun Makaryan was shot dead, "prompting speculation that he had been killed to prevent him from giving evidence against <mask>."In March 1999, <mask> was reelected chairman of the Pan-Armenian National Movement. At the 11th PANM congress, <mask> criticized President Kocharyan and his alleged "military-police system". <mask> was arrested on May 3, 1999 at Zvartnots Airport after returning to Armenia from Bulgaria. However, the Office of the
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Prosecutor General did not submit a request describing accusations against <mask>. On May 7, <mask> was released from custody and continued the election campaign. The parliamentary election in Armenia took place on May 30, 1999. <mask>'s Pan-Armenian National Movement won only 1.2% of the overall vote.However, <mask> was elected from a single-constituency district in Yerevan. Disappearance
<mask> left Armenia in early April 2000 after the National Assembly lifted his parliamentary immunity to allow for his criminal prosecution. Armenia's former Foreign Minister Alexander Arzoumanian replaced him as leader of the Pan-Armenian National Movement in December 2000. <mask> was deprived of his parliamentary mandate later in November 2001 due to missing more than half of the parliamentary sessions. Following his disappearance, <mask> wrote a number of political articles for the newspaper Haykakan Zhamanak under the pen name Avetis Harutyunyan, which were later published in a collection titled Gyadaneri Zhamanakě. In July 2012, a petition for the return of <mask> was initiated by a social network group. On July 25, 2012, <mask>'s former bodyguard Suren Sirunyan held a press conference.He claimed that he is the last person to see <mask> on April 3, 2000, when Siradeghyan allegedly fled Armenia. In 2012, both Sirunyan and <mask>'s wife, Ruzan Tonoyan, denied reports that <mask> had died in exile. Political commentary
On January 26, 1999 in his first interview since resignation in February 1998 Levon Ter-Petrosyan harshly criticized the charges against Siradeghyan. During parliamentary talks on <mask>'s issue, Hovik Abrahamyan, the Speaker of the National Assembly
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stated "I’m not expecting him; if he wants to come back, let him come, it’s his business." Hayk Babukhanyan, MP from the Republican Party of Armenia, stated in August 2012 that Siradeghyan "should face a trial" and "should carry the responsibility for the crimes he committed." Babukhanyan claimed that if <mask> were to return, Levon Ter-Petrosyan "will run away". <mask>'s supporters credit him with fighting rampant organized crime in Yerevan during his time as minister of internal affairs and praise his written works.Writer Sergey Galoyan stated that <mask> is "one of the best modern writers, [and] a charismatic figure." Galoyan also claimed that "in the 90s <mask> did in Armenia what Benito Mussolini did in 1923, that is, he ‘uprooted mobsters’." Personal life
<mask> was married with five children. His wife, Ruzan Tonoyan, is the director of Khnko Aper Children's Library in Yerevan. Death
<mask> died on 15 October 2021 at the age of 74. Publications
Kiraki (Կիրակի, "Sunday", short stories), Yerevan, 1983
Tsanr luys (Ծանր լույս, "Heavy light", short stories), Yerevan, 1987
Shat chʻhamarvi (Շատ չհամարվի, "Let it not be considered too much"), Yerevan, 1993
Dzeṛkd yet tar tsʻavi vrayitsʻ (Ձեռքդ ետ տար ցավի վրայից, "Take your hand off of pain", Yerevan, 2000
Gyadaneri zhamanakě (Գյադաների ժամանակը, "The Time of Rascals"), Yerevan, 2005
Yerkir Tsʻpahanj (Երկիր Ցպահանջ, "Country on demand"),Yerevan, 2011
References
1946 births
2021 deaths
People from Tavush Province
Armenian nationalists
Armenian writers
Armenian male writers
Interior Ministers of Armenia
Politicians from Yerevan
Writers from Yerevan
Mayors of places in Armenia
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<mask><mask> (; born January 26, 1951) is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2006. The district, numbered as the 13th district from 2006 to 2013, includes most of northern and eastern Jersey City, as well as most of Newark's Latino neighborhoods. <mask> is a member of the Democratic Party. On December 19, 2021, it was reported that <mask> will not run for reelection to Congress in 2022. <mask> represented district 33 in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2000 to 2006, serving as Speaker of the New Jersey House from 2002 to 2006. Early life
<mask> was born on January 26, 1951, in Bejucal, Cuba. He immigrated to the United States with his family at age 11 with the help of relatives in the U.S.He eventually settled in West New York, New Jersey; he still lives there, in a town that was 78.08% Hispanic according to the 2010 census. He attended Public School 4, where he and his brother were two of only three Latinos in the school. Sires learned English from a teacher who used flashcards and phonetics, and subsequently attended Memorial High School, where he was a star basketball player, whose skills on the court helped him obtain a basketball scholarship to Saint Peter's College. He received a B.A. in 1974 in Spanish and marketing. He received an M.A. in Spanish from Middlebury College in 1985.Early career
Teaching and business
Sires worked at Memorial High School as a teacher and coach. He is the owner of A.M. Title Agency Inc.
New Jersey government
Sires first ran for office as the Republican nominee for New Jersey's 14th congressional district. Sires was the first Hispanic mayor of West New York and in 2004 was elected mayor of the year by his fellow mayors. Sires served as the Speaker of the Assembly from 2002 to 2006 and was the first Hispanic person to serve as New Jersey's Assembly Speaker. He was considered a surprise
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pick for speaker, since he had only served one term in the Assembly before taking the position. It has been reported that he was elected as speaker after Governor-elect Jim McGreevey decided he did not want then Assembly Minority Leader Joseph Doria, a former speaker, to serve as speaker during his governorship.<mask> was an active Democrat in the 1970s and 1980s. He switched to the Republican Party in 1985 and ran for Congress in 1986 against Frank Guarini. <mask> lost that election, 71% to 26%. <mask> left the Republican Party in 1994 and became a registered independent. <mask> rejoined the Democratic Party in 1998. Three years later, he became speaker. During his tenure as speaker, <mask> served as acting governor of New Jersey on several occasions, when McGreevey and Richard Codey left the state.He was the first Hispanic person to serve as an acting governor of New Jersey. As acting governor, <mask> signed several bills into law and performed routine duties of the office. For the 2006–08 legislative session, <mask> was given the largely honorary title of Speaker Emeritus. He is a former chair of the Legislative Services Commission. <mask> stepped down from his seat in the Assembly, and was replaced by Silverio Vega, whom the Democratic district committee chose to replace <mask>. Vega was sworn into office on December 11, 2006. <mask> was the mayor of West New York, New Jersey, from 1995 to 2006.He was succeeded by Vega, who will retain his mayoral seat while he simultaneously serves in the Assembly, joining three fellow Hudson County mayors—Brian Stack of Union City in the Assembly and Nicholas Sacco of North Bergen and Joseph Doria of Bayonne in the New Jersey Senate—who serve as both mayors and in the New Jersey Legislature. For many years, it was common for New Jersey mayors to serve in the legislature; this practice of "double dipping" was abolished in 2006, but who
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had been in both positions before the February 1, 2008, cutoff date were grandfathered in and could retain both jobs. During the time that Sires served in the Assembly, he was paid $49,000 for his state legislative position and $15,000 annually as mayor. U.S. House of Representatives
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<mask> has voted with the Democratic Party 93% of the time since joining Congress. <mask> is a member of the Congressional Cuba Democracy Caucus. Mass transit
Sires is seen as a "champion of mass transit". He supports federal funding for public transportation projects, believing they will help his constituents.He was an advocate for a $9 billion "federal, state and locally-funded public transit tunnel from New Jersey to New York that broke ground in June 2009." The project was expected to employ thousands of people. In March 2012, <mask> has made affordable housing one of his priorities. Residents of his district pay more for housing—including rent and home prices—than most places in the country. He has supported legislation focused on making housing more affordable.Iran deal
Sires opposed the nuclear deal with Iran, saying, "I do not feel the agreement will prevent them from acquiring a nuclear weapon." Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
On October 1, 2020, Sires co-signed a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that condemned Azerbaijan’s offensive operations against the Armenian-occupied enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh and denounced Turkey’s role in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Committee assignments
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia
Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere (Chair)
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
Committee on the Budget
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13-year incumbent Democrat Bob Menendez moved to the United States Senate to fill the seat vacated by Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine. <mask> then entered the race to succeed him. He ran in two Democratic primary elections on June 6, 2006—a special primary for the last two months of Menendez's seventh term, and a regular primary for a full two-year term. In the special primary to fill the remaining two months, <mask> won about 90% of the vote, defeating James Geron. This all but assured Sires of being the next congressman from this heavily Democratic, Latino-majority district.<mask> beat Assemblyman and Perth Amboy Mayor Joseph Vas in a bitter primary with 68% of the vote, winning in Union, Hudson and Essex Counties, while Vas won Middlesex County. No Republican even filed, assuring Sires of a full term. The 13th was so heavily Democratic that any Republican candidate would have faced nearly impossible odds. Sires faced Republican John Guarini—a salesman and second cousin of former Congressman Frank J. Guarini—who was unopposed for the GOP nomination. Vas did not seek the unexpired term seat. After winning the election with 78% of the vote, <mask> was sworn into the House on November 13, 2006, to fill the remainder of Menendez's term. CQPolitics wrote, "Sires’ likely November victories would cap off his ambitions for a House seat, which he first expressed exactly 20 years ago under very different circumstances.He ran that year as the Republican challenger to entrenched incumbent Guarini, but managed only 27 percent of the vote." <mask> is part of a handful of Cuban lawmakers serving in the House, though, other than during the lone term served by Florida's Joe Garcia from 2013 to 2015, he has been the only Democrat. 2010
The New York Times rated the 13th district "solid Democratic" in 2010. <mask> was challenged by Republican nominee Henrietta Dwyer; he defeated her with
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74% of the vote. 2012
After New Jersey lost a district in the 2010 census, <mask> ran for reelection in the 8th district, essentially a reconfigured version of the old 13th. In the primary election, he faced 25-year-old candidate Michael J. Shurin, whose campaign largely focused on the legalization of marijuana. Electoral history
Awards and honors
On October 4, 2013, <mask>'s hometown of West New York, New Jersey, honored him by renaming its Public School No.4 the Albio Sires Elementary School. The school, at 6300 Palisade Avenue, is the elementary school Sires attended as a child. In attendance at the ceremony were West New York Mayor Felix Roque and U.S. Senator Robert Menendez. Personal life
Sires and his wife, Adrienne, live in West New York, New Jersey. See also
List of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States Congress
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Congressman <mask> <mask> official U.S. House website
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<mask><mask> is the president and chief executive officer of the Pacific Council on International Policy in Los Angeles, California. He is concurrently a research professor at the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Previously, he has served as partner and executive vice president for International Operations at Best Associates in Dallas, Texas. He also occupied a number of senior management positions at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California, where he was awarded the RAND Medal for Excellence. Among these positions, he served as corporate research manager, director of international programs and development, and director of the Center for Middle East Public Policy. He has also served as a professor of political science at the University of Michigan and the University of Arizona. His work on Middle East policy and politics has appeared in such publications as Comparative Politics, The Harvard Journal of World Affairs, The Huffington Post, the Iranian Journal of International Affairs, Politique Étrangère, the RAND Review, Survival, World Politics, and many others.Early life
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he graduated with a B.A. with Distinction in politics (summa cum laude) from University of Massachusetts at Boston. He has both a M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Chicago, where he specialized in Middle East politics. <mask> conducted research in Iran during the period of the Iranian Revolution as a fellow at the Tehran-based Iran Communications and Development Institute. <mask> was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to Cairo University in 1982. <mask> started his academic career as a professor in the Department of Political Science and Center for Near Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Michigan.He then became a professor of political science and sociology at the University of Arizona, where he served as director for The
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Center for Middle Eastern Studies. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, has served on numerous study groups focusing on international policy, as well as track II initiatives with Iran and Libya. He has spoken at conferences and other gatherings around the world. Career
In 1996, <mask> became the director at the Center for Middle East Public Policy at the RAND Corporation, and then director of international programs and development at RAND. During that time, <mask> authored numerous pieces on issues including NATO policy in the Mediterranean, US-Middle East relations, the security policies of Iran, and democracy and Islam in Afghanistan. <mask> also served as partner and executive vice president for international operations at Best Associates, a privately held merchant banking firm with global operations, and executive vice president for academic affairs for the Whitney International University System and the senior advisory board of Academic Partnerships, both based in Dallas, Texas. <mask> later returned to RAND, where he oversaw an attempt to broaden RAND's Middle East-based policy analysis work.<mask> has lectured on six continents and has been a visiting fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Science's West Asian Studies Center in Beijing, China; a visiting lecturer at the Havana based Center for African and Middle East Studies, a fellow at the Australian Defence College, and delivered papers at conferences sponsored by the Iranian Institute of International Affairs in Tehran, Iran. <mask> has lived abroad as a Fulbright Fellow in Egypt, three years in Israel, and conducted field research in Iran. He has visited virtually every other Middle Eastern country. Since 2008, <mask> has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Pacific Council on International Policy in Los Angeles. Advisory roles
Dr. <mask> is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the International Institute for
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Strategic Studies, the California Club, the Lincoln Club, U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy, the Los Angeles Coalition for the Economy and Jobs Tourism Committee, and the USC Center on Public Diplomacy Advisory Board. Dr. <mask> also serves as an International Medical Corps ambassador. He is currently a reserve deputy sheriff with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department after serving as a specialist reserve officer with the Los Angeles Police Department, where he advised on issues related to terrorism and intelligence.He received a Meritorious Service Award for his work. Dr. <mask> is also currently a technical advisor to Activision Publishing where he consults on the highly successful Call of Duty video game series. Dr. <mask> previously served on the Board of Directors of the California Club, the Advisory Committee of The Asia Society of Southern California, the Advisory board of Whitney International University, the Advisory Board of Academic Partnerships, the Board of Managers of Falcon Waterfree Technologies, and the Board of the Middle East Institute at Columbia University. Dr. <mask> served as a member of the U.S. Secretary of the Navy Advisory Panel for eight years, and was awarded the Distinguished Civilian Service Award. Other previous roles
President and CEO of the Pacific Council
In 2008, <mask> became the president and chief executive officer of the Pacific Council on International Policy, located in Los Angeles, California. The Pacific Council is "committed to building the vast potential of the West Coast for impact on global issues, discourse, and policy" through its events, conferences, delegations and task forces. The Pacific Council focuses on four specific initiatives: Global Water Scarcity Project, Global Los Angeles, Mexico Initiative, and the Guantánamo Bay Observer Program.The Pacific Council has hosted events with featured speakers such as former Secretaries
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of State Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Condoleezza Rice, former President George W. Bush, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, former CIA Director Leon Panetta, General James Mattis, foreign dignitaries, U.S. ambassadors, members of Congress, and foreign policy experts, among others. <mask> has led three U.S. Department of Defense-sponsored delegations to Afghanistan and another to Iraq. He has also led Pacific Council fact-finding delegations to Argentina, Chile, China, Cuba, France, Myanmar, North Korea, Russia, Uzbekistan, and South Sudan. In addition, <mask> served as a member of a joint task force between the Pacific Council and the Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internationales (COMEXI) that looked at the U.S.–Mexican border. He has also represented the Pacific Council as an observer at the legal proceedings being conducted at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, by the U.S. Department of Defense. Recommendations made by the Council's Guantánamo Bay task force were included in the FY2018 Defense Bill by Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA). In March 2019, <mask> received the 2019 World Trade Week Southern California Stanley T. Olafson Bronze Plaque Award on behalf of the L.A. Area Chamber of Commerce.The award is presented to a member of the community whose dedication and achievements have advanced trade in the Southern California region. Publications
Revolution in Iran: The Politics of Countermobilization. Praeger, 1982. "Friends of the Devil: U.S.-Iran Ties Beyond a Nuclear Deal", Huffington Post World, 21 October 2014. "Obama, Take Note: Wireless Revolution is Coming to Myanmar", Huffington Post World, 24 May 2013. "The Ghosts of Abu Ghraib Exorcised?" with William Loomis; Huffington Post, 15 July 2010."La politique américaine et le conflit iraélo-palestinien", Politique Étrangère, July–September 2002. "No Escape", The World Today, Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London, 2002. "A Memo to the President:
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Structural Problems in the Middle East", Middle East Insight, November 2000. "The Information Revolution and Political Opposition in the Middle East", Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, 1999. "An Atlantic Partnership in the Middle East", with <mask> and F. Steven Larrabee; RAND Review, Spring 1999. "Where Are The Arabs?" Survival, 1998."Gulf Security With the Gulf States?" Harvard Journal of World Affairs: The Journal for International Policy, 1995. "Israel's Right is Wrong", Al Ahram Weekly (Cairo), 9 November 1995. "Conflict, Consensus, and Gulf Security", The Iranian Journal of International Affairs, Winter 1993. "Ideology and Pragmatism in Iranian Foreign Policy", Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Fall 1993. "Iran's Foreign Policy: Between Enmity and Conciliation", Current History January 1993. "Parallel Cities", The New York Times Book Review, 17 November 1991."U.S. AID's Democratic Pluralism Initiative: Pragmatism or Alturism?" Ethics and International Affairs 1991. "The Rationality of Collective Political Action: Germany, Israel, and Peru," – Senior Investigator, Funded by the National Science Foundation – 1987–1991. "Are Arab Politics Still Arab?" World Politics, July 1986. "Terrorism in the Middle East", U.S.A. Today, 11 November 1985. "Countermobilization as a Revolutionary Form", Comparative Politics, January 1984."Qadhafi's Not Always to Blame", Wall Street Journal, 11 May 1984. Social Science Research Council/Joint Committee on the Middle East of the American Council of Learned Societies Research Grant (Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Ford Foundation) – 1983–1984
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<mask> ( is the stage name of Bruno Beausir (; May 10, 1974 in Clichy-sous-Bois), a French hip hop musician. His music is typically characterized as a ragga/rap style, that has found its fan base in France. Early life, family and education
Born in Clichy-sous-Bois, France on May 10, 1974, Beausir's mother was of Guadeloupean origin and his father white. In 1990, he moved with his family to Paris, to Porte de la Chapelle, a district to which he would often pay homage in his songs. Career
<mask> launched his career at age 19, writing a few tracks for the hardcore rap group Ministère AMER. After this rap group parted, Virgin Records signed him with the intent of converting his demos into an album in Paris. This project partially fell through; <mask> then traveled to Los Angeles to work with American producer Ken Kessie.The result of this work would be Première Consultation, released in April 1996, which received large media praise and huge success both in France and the world. Singles from the album include "Est-ce que ça le fait? ", "Viens voir le docteur", "Dans Ma Rue", "Passements de Jambes", and "Né Ici". In France, the album will sell more than 1 million copies. Two years later on December 1, 1998, his second album, Liaisons Dangereuses, was released. Although the main single "C'est Beau La Vie" was a flop, the album still sold reasonably well. Later in a radio
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