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work, in everything. ...You cannot plan the kind of deep love that results in children. Fatherhood was not a conscious decision. It was part of the wonderful ride I was on. It was destiny. All the math finally worked." <mask> and Paradis announced that they had separated in June 2012.Relationship with Amber Heard
Following the end of his relationship with Vanessa Paradis, <mask> began dating actress Amber Heard, with whom he had co-starred in The Rum Diary (2011). The couple married in a civil ceremony in February 2015. Heard filed for divorce in May 2016 and obtained a temporary restraining order against <mask>, alleging in her court declaration that he had been verbally and physically abusive throughout their relationship, usually while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. <mask> denied these claims and alleged that she was "attempting to secure a premature financial resolution". A settlement was reached in August 2016, and the divorce was finalized in January 2017. Heard dismissed the restraining order, and they issued a joint statement saying that their "relationship was intensely passionate and at times volatile, but always bound by love. Neither party has made false accusations for financial gain.There was never any intent of physical or emotional harm." <mask> paid Heard a settlement of US$7 million, which she pledged to donate to the ACLU and the Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). In 2018, <mask> brought a libel lawsuit in the UK against News Group Newspapers (NGN), publishers of The Sun, which had called him a "wife beater" in an April 2018 article. The case had a highly publicized trial in July 2020, with both <mask> and Heard testifying for several days. In November 2020, the High Court of Justice
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ruled that 12 of the 14 incidents of violence claimed by Heard were "substantially true". The court rejected <mask>'s claim of a hoax and accepted that the allegations Heard had made against <mask> had damaged her career and activism. Following the verdict, <mask> resigned from the Fantastic Beasts franchise, after being asked to do so by its production company, Warner Bros.
Depp sought to appeal the verdict, with his lawyers accusing Heard of not following through on the charity pledge, and that the pledge had significantly influenced the judge's view of Heard.In response, Heard's legal team stated that she had not donated the full amount yet due to the lawsuits against her by <mask>. <mask>'s appeal to overturn the verdict was rejected by the Court of Appeal in March 2021. The Court of Appeal did not find the argument that the charity pledge influenced the outcome convincing, as the judge in the trial had reached their verdict by evaluating the evidence related to the 14 alleged incidents of violence; the issue of the donation was not part of it, but a comment made after the verdict had already been reached. In addition to suing The Sun in 2018, <mask> also sued Heard for defamation in Virginia, US in early 2019 over an op-ed she wrote about her experiences of leaving an abusive relationship, which had been published by The Washington Post in December 2018. <mask> alleged that Heard had been the abuser, that her allegations constituted a hoax against him, and that as a consequence, Disney had declined to cast him in future projects. In October 2020, the judge in the case dismissed <mask>'s lawyer Adam Waldman after he leaked confidential information covered by a protective order to the media. Following the verdict
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in <mask>'s lawsuit against The Sun the next month, Heard's lawyers filed to have the defamation suit dismissed, but judge Penny Azcarate ruled against it because Heard had not been a defendant in the UK case.In August 2021, a New York judge ruled that the ACLU must disclose documents related to Heard's charity pledge to the organization. The defamation case against Heard is scheduled to go to trial in Fairfax County, Virginia in April 2022. Heard has also countersued <mask> in August 2020, alleging that he had coordinated "a harassment campaign via Twitter and [by] orchestrating online petitions in an effort to get her fired from Aquaman and L'Oreal". Alcohol and drug use
<mask> has struggled with alcoholism and addiction for much of his life. He has stated that he began using drugs by taking his mother's "nerve pills" at the age of 11, was smoking at age 12 and by the age of 14 had used "every kind of drugs there were". In a 1997 interview, <mask> acknowledged past abuse of alcohol during the filming of What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993).In a 2008 interview, <mask> stated that he had "poisoned" himself with alcohol "for years". In 2013, <mask> declared that he had stopped drinking alcohol, adding that he "pretty much got everything [he] could get out of it"; <mask> also said, "I investigated wine and spirits thoroughly, and they certainly investigated me as well, and we found out that we got along beautifully, but maybe too well." Regarding his breakup with longtime partner Vanessa Paradis, <mask> said that he "definitely wasn't going to rely on the drink to ease things or cushion the blow or cushion the situation...[because] that could have been fatal." According to his ex-wife, Amber Heard, <mask> "plunged into
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the depths of paranoia and violence after binging on drugs and alcohol" during their relationship in 2013–2016. In a 2018 Rolling Stone profile of <mask>, reporter Stephen Rodrick wrote that he had used hashish in his presence and described him as "alternately hilarious, sly and incoherent"; <mask> also said that the allegation made by his former business managers that he had spent US$30,000 per month on wine was "insulting" because he had spent "far more" than that amount. During his 2020 libel trial, <mask> admitted to having been addicted to Roxicodone and alcohol as well as used other substances such as MDMA and cocaine during his relationship with Heard. Legal issues
<mask> was arrested in Vancouver in 1989 for assaulting a security guard after the police were called to end a loud party at his hotel room.He was also arrested in New York City in 1994 after causing significant damage to his room at The Mark Hotel, where he was staying with Kate Moss, his girlfriend. The charges were dropped against him after he agreed to pay US$9,767 in damages. <mask> was arrested again in 1999 for brawling with paparazzi outside a restaurant while dining in London with Paradis. In 2012, disabled UC Irvine medical professor Robin Eckert sued <mask> and three security firms, claiming to have been attacked by his bodyguards at a concert in Los Angeles in 2011. During the incident, she was allegedly hand-cuffed and dragged 40 feet across the floor, resulting in injuries including a dislocated elbow. She argued in court that, as the security guards' direct manager, <mask> failed to intervene, even though he did not take part in the battery. Before the case went to trial, <mask> settled with Eckert for an undisclosed sum, according to
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TMZ.In April 2015, <mask>'s wife Amber Heard breached Australia's biosecurity laws when she failed to declare her and <mask>'s two dogs to the customs when they flew to Queensland, where he was working on a film. Heard pleaded guilty to falsifying quarantine documents, stating that she had made a mistake due to sleep deprivation. She was placed on a $1,000 one-month good behavior bond for producing a false document; Heard and <mask> also released a video in which they apologized for their behavior and urged people to adhere to the biosecurity laws. The Guardian called the case the "highest profile criminal quarantine case" in Australian history. In March 2016, <mask> cut ties with his management company, The Management Group (TMG), and sued them in January 2017 for allegedly improperly managing his money and leaving him over $40 million in debt. TMG stated that <mask> was responsible for his own fiscal mismanagement and countersued him for unpaid fees. In a related suit, <mask> also sued his lawyers, Bloom Hergott, in January 2017.Both lawsuits were settled, the former in 2018 and the latter in 2019. In 2018, two of <mask>'s former bodyguards sued him for unpaid fees and unsafe working conditions. The suit was settled in 2019. Also in 2018, <mask> was sued for allegedly hitting and verbally insulting a crew member while under the influence of alcohol on the set of City of Lies. Political views
<mask> stated to the German magazine Stern in 2003 that "America is dumb, is something like a dumb puppy that has big teeth—that can bite and hurt you, aggressive." Although he later asserted that the magazine misquoted him and his words were taken out of context, Stern'' stood by its story, as did CNN in its coverage of the
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interview. CNN added his remark that he would like his children "to see America as a toy, a broken toy.Investigate it a little, check it out, get this feeling and then get out." <mask> has also disagreed with subsequent media reports that perceived him as a "European wannabe", saying that he liked the anonymity and simplicity of living in France while in a relationship with Paradis. <mask> became a U.S. resident again in 2011, because France wanted him to become a permanent resident, which he said would require him to pay income tax in both countries. In November 2016, <mask> joined the campaign Imprisoned for Art to call for the release of Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who was being held in custody in Russia. At the Glastonbury Festival 2017, <mask>, criticizing the US president Donald Trump, asked: "When was the last time an actor assassinated a President? I want to clarify: I'm not an actor. I lie for a living.However, it's been a while and maybe it's time." He added, "I'm not insinuating anything". The comment was interpreted as a reference to John Wilkes Booth, the actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Shawn Holtzclaw of the Secret Service told CNN they were aware of <mask>'s comment, but that "[f]or security reasons, we cannot discuss specifically nor in general terms the means and methods of how we perform our protective responsibilities". <mask> apologized shortly afterward, saying "[the remark] did not come out as intended, and I intended no malice." Filmography and accolades
Discography
See also
List of people from Kentucky
List of actors with Academy Award nominations
List of actors with two or more Academy Award nominations in acting categories
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<mask> (born 10 October 1986) is a French professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam . He is particularly known for his aggressive style of racing in the mountains. He is a two-time stage winner in the Tour de France and a stage winner in the Giro d'Italia. His most famous win to date came at Alpe d'Huez in the 2011 Tour de France. With his win on the legendary mountain, <mask> has his name on the sign at turn 16 together with Dutchman Joop Zoetemelk. His best overall finishes in a Grand Tour include 4th overall at the 2014 Giro d'Italia and 8th overall at the 2012 Tour de France. Alongside winning a stage in the 2011 Tour de France, <mask> also won the young rider classification.Cycling career
Early years (2007–2008)
Born in Gien, <mask> turned professional in 2007 for after riding for the team as a stagiaire in late 2006. In his first season as a professional he won a stage at La Tropicale Amissa Bongo and the Tour du Limousin. In 2008 he won the mountains classification at the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. At the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, <mask> competed in the road race but did not finish. Bbox Bouygues Telecom/Team Europcar (2009–2015)
In his first season at , <mask> finished 3rd at La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, but had to wait until 2010 to collect his first victory for the team, as he won a stage at the Circuit de Lorraine and finished eighth at the Critérium du Dauphiné. 2011
On stage 9 in the Tour de France, Thomas Voeckler claimed the yellow jersey after being in the breakaway. For the following week, <mask> would help Voeckler defend the jersey over legendary mountain passes at Luz Ardiden, the Plateau de Beille and the Col du Galibier.<mask> gained acclaim for his strong work in defense of Voeckler's yellow jersey. Following the 14th stage of the Tour, Lance Armstrong referred to <mask> as a "rockstar." <mask> won the 19th stage at the top of Alpe d'Huez, beating Olympic gold medalist Samuel Sánchez and two-time Tour champion Alberto Contador. The victory also won him the white
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jersey, which he successfully defended in the 20th stage, as he finished the Tour 10th overall. 2012
In his first race of the season, <mask> won a stage at the Étoile de Bessèges and finished the race 4th overall. <mask> recorded his best result, at the time, at Liège–Bastogne–Liège, where he finished 12th. After the first week in the Tour de France, <mask> was only 25th overall, and had also endured a crash on stage 6.On stage 11, <mask> was part of a four-rider breakaway, along with Chris Anker Sørensen (), Robert Kišerlovski () and Vasil Kiryienka (). On the descent from the Col du Mollard, <mask> crashed in a corner but quickly got back on his bike. On the final climb up to La Toussuire/Les Sybelles, <mask> attacked and left the other riders behind, to take yet another solo win in the Tour de France. <mask> moved up to 9th position overall after the stage but was still keen to hunt for more stage wins. On the final mountain stage of the Tour, <mask> finished 5th and moved up to 8th position overall. This was his best career finish at the time, at the Tour de France, and he was also the best placed Frenchman in the general classification. 2013
In April, <mask> won the penultimate stage of the Circuit de la Sarthe, and won the race overall the next day.Just a few days later he was 3rd in the one-day race, Paris–Camembert. <mask> then went on to finish 10th overall at the Giro del Trentino, before one of his last goals of the spring campaign at Liège–Bastogne–Liège. After finishing 12th the previous year, <mask> had high hopes but had to settle for 24th. On stage 2 in the 100th edition of the Tour de France, <mask> made it into the breakaway and snatched the polka-dot jersey for the first time in his career. He would keep it until stage 7, where fellow Frenchman Blel Kadri took the lead with 1 point. On the last day in the Pyrenees on stage 9, <mask> reclaimed the jersey after collecting enough points in the breakaway. <mask> lost the jersey on stage 15 to Chris Froome, who won the stage to Mont
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Ventoux.2014
The 2014 season was the first season that <mask> rode the Giro d'Italia. After a spring where he had not delivered any top results, the pressure was lifted off his shoulders as he started the race. After finishing 21st in the team time trial, <mask> started the Giro off in the worst way possible. However at the end of the first week, <mask> improved and he moved up to 12th overall when the second rest day approached. As the more mountainous stages appeared in the race, <mask> improved his performance and moved even further up in the general classification. On the stage to Val Martello, <mask> finished 3rd and moved up to 4th overall. He advanced to 3rd place just two days after, and despite delivering one of his best Time trials ever on stage 19 where <mask> finished 4th, he dropped out of the podium placings.On the penultimate stage to Monte Zoncolan, <mask> was on an almost impossible task, if he wanted to finish on the podium. He eventually lost 4 seconds to Fabio Aru, and therefore finished fourth in the general classification, his best finish in a Grand Tour. As he arrived at the Tour de France, <mask> was not considered any threat to the general classification and could therefore focus on breakaways. He attacked on stage 2 in the final kilometres but was unable to remain clear. On stage 9 to Mulhouse, <mask> moved up to 8th in the general classification after his performance in the breakaway. On the next day he dropped to 16th overall, possibly because of his efforts on the previous day. His best stage finish came on stage 17 to Saint-Lary-Soulan where he was 6th.<mask> finished the Tour de France just outside top 10, in eleventh overall. 2015
In his last season with , <mask> was very close to victory on two occasions in the spring. He finished 2nd on the first stage of the Volta a Catalunya, after losing the sprint to Maciej Paterski. Paterski moved into the leader's jersey after the stage, but <mask> claimed the jersey on stage 3 after Paterski lost over a minute. <mask> lost the jersey
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on the following stage, losing over five minutes. Two weeks later, <mask> was in the breakaway in the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe, but this time he lost the sprint to Manuele Boaro. One week later, <mask> finally achieved his first win of the season by winning the third and last stage of the Vuelta a Castilla y León in solo fashion, winning the overall race by 16 seconds.At the Tour de France, <mask> was outside the top 10 before the final week. On stage 18, <mask> was in the breakaway and finished 2nd behind countryman Romain Bardet. On the following day, <mask> went into the breakaway again and attacked solo. As he had won on La Toussuire–Les Sybelles in 2012, <mask> was looking to repeat it once again but was later overtaken by the eventual stage winner Vincenzo Nibali, and finished 11th on the stage. <mask> went into the breakaway once again on stage 20 on the stage to Alpe d'Huez, a mountain he had also won on previously, in 2011. This time, <mask> finished 6th and defended his 10th place in the general classification. In the Vuelta a España, <mask> was targeting stage wins and was in the breakaways once again with his best result being 5th on stage 16.Cannondale (2016–2018)
On 27 August 2015, it was announced that <mask> would join for the 2016 season. 2016
With <mask>'s move to for the 2016 season, <mask> was looking to add more flavour to his racing career. Having ridden many races in the previous seasons, he switched his focus to altitude camps. Having raced on a French team for the previous 10 seasons, <mask> did not speak English when he first arrived at . Even though being tough at first, <mask> could eventually communicate well with his team-mates even though the year was a learning curve; he was still looking to perform on his best level. At the Critérium du Dauphiné, <mask> finished 10th overall. <mask> was 9th overall after stage 7 at the Tour de France, however he crashed into the side of a rock on the descent to Bagnères-de-Luchon on stage 8 and lost almost 2 minutes.He also crashed on a
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descent on stage 19 after being in the breakaway with Rui Costa. At his last race of the season, at the Vuelta a España, <mask> finished 7th on stage 4. 2017
<mask> started the 2017 season off by finishing 78th at the Vuelta a Andalucia. His first top 10 result came at the Tour of the Alps where he finished 6th overall. He also finished 4th on stage 3, and 5th on the final stage. One of <mask>'s season goals was the 100th edition of the Giro d'Italia. He was very close to winning stage 11 of the race but finished 3rd in a reduced breakaway sprint behind Omar Fraile and Rui Costa.On stage 17, <mask> tried his luck once again, and after having made a solo attack inside the final , he managed to stay away to celebrate his first Giro d'Italia stage win. Just two days later he was yet again in the breakaway, but this time he would be beaten by Mikel Landa and Costa to take another 3rd place in the race. Almost three weeks after the Giro, <mask> took part in the Route du Sud, his final race before the Tour de France. Having lost almost 10 minutes after the first two stages, <mask> was no real threat towards the general classification and attacked with to go on stage 3 on the climb to Gavarnie-Gèdre. He managed to keep the other contenders behind him to take his second win of the year. The Tour de France did not become a success for <mask>. His primary goal was to hunt stage wins but throughout the race he battled against angina, rhinitis and bronchitis which made his race more difficult.<mask> also said that if it had been any other race, he would have been at home instead of racing. <mask> finished his season with the Bretagne Classic in August, finishing 79th. 2018
At Paris–Nice, <mask> finished 23rd overall. He abandoned Volta a Catalunya on the last day, but recovered throughout the following week to take part in the Circuit de la Sarthe where he finished 20th overall. He then rode the spring classics but did not manage to deliver any top results. Having had a disappointing spring season, <mask> was
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looking to rebound at the Critérium du Dauphiné. The last four stages of the race all featured mountains, and <mask> slowly made his way into the top 10, and was in the breakaway on the final day where he finished 10th and moved up to 8th overall.Starting his 10th Tour de France, <mask> was a support rider for Rigoberto Urán in the mountains, but with Urán abandoning the race after stage 11, it meant <mask> had more chances for stage victories and he grabbed that opportunity on stage 12 – with three hors catégorie climbs in the with a finish at Alpe d'Huez, on which <mask> won in 2011. Although having made a great effort early on the stage, <mask> and many others in the breakaway were caught before the final climb. His best stage result came on stage 14 to Mende where he was in the decisive breakaway but had to settle with 11th. <mask> also rode the Vuelta a España, and was in the breakaway on stage 4, however he did not cover the eventual winning attack inside the breakaway by Nikita Stalnov and Ben King. Vital Concept–B&B Hotels (2019–present)
On 9 August 2018, it was announced that <mask> was to join for the 2019 season after three years at . <mask> started his 2019 season at the Grand Prix La Marseillaise, where he finished 73rd. His first top 10 result came at the Vuelta a Aragón where he placed 6th overall.<mask> finished 7th overall at the Vuelta a Burgos, the Tour du Limousin and the CRO Race. For the 2020 Tour de France, the team managed to gain a wildcard, however the race was postponed – from June and July to August and September – due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France. At the Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc, <mask> won stage 3 en route to the overall victory; he also won the mountains classification. At the Tour de France, <mask> finished 2nd on Stage 12, and finished 18th overall. At the 2021 Tour du Rwanda, <mask> won stage 6 after attacking with to go. The breakaway group were unable to catch <mask>, as he went on to win the stage by 50 seconds, for his first professional win since the 2017
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<mask> (born September 27, 1965) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is an eight-time NBA champion, having won five titles as a player (three with the Chicago Bulls and two with the San Antonio Spurs) as well as three with the Warriors as a head coach. <mask> is the only NBA player to win four straight NBA titles after 1969. <mask> has the highest career three-point field goal percentage (45.4%) in NBA history for any player with at least 250 three-pointers made. He also held the NBA record for the highest three-point percentage in a season at 52.4% until the record was broken by Kyle Korver in 2010. In 2004, <mask> became a minority owner of the Phoenix Suns, part of the group led by Robert Sarver that purchased the team in 2004. In June 2007, the Phoenix Suns named <mask> the team's president of basketball operations and general manager and was one of the majority owner, Sarver's trusted basketball advisors.<mask> announced he was leaving the position in June 2010, but retained his minority share until 2014. Afterward, <mask> returned as a color commentator for NBA on TNT until 2014, when he pursued a career in coaching. In May 2014, <mask> received his first head coaching job with the Golden State Warriors. Under his leadership, the franchise entered the most successful period in its history, reaching five consecutive NBA Finals and winning three championships in 2015, 2017, and 2018. The 2015–16 Warriors won an unprecedented 73 games, breaking the record for the most wins in an NBA season, previously held by
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<mask>'s 1995–96 Chicago Bulls. As part of USA Basketball in international play, <mask> won the 1986 FIBA World Championship as a player, and a gold medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics as an assistant coach of the men's team. Early life
<mask> was born in Beirut, Lebanon to Malcolm H<mask>, an American academic who specialized in the Middle East, and his wife, Ann (Zwicker).He has three siblings. His grandfather, <mask>, volunteered with the Near East Relief after the Armenian genocide and rescued women and orphans in Aleppo and Marash before eventually settling in Beirut. <mask> spent much of his childhood in Lebanon and other Middle Eastern countries. While in Beirut in the summer of 1983, he met a number of US Marines who were later killed in the Beirut barracks bombings. <mask> attended Cairo American College in Egypt, the American Community School in Beirut, Lebanon, and Palisades High School (now Palisades Charter High School) in Los Angeles, graduating in 1983. <mask> was killed by members of the Shia Lebanese militia called Islamic Jihad on the morning of January 18, 1984 at the age of 52 while he was serving as president of the American University of Beirut. He was shot twice in the back of his head, by gunmen using suppressed handguns, in the hallway outside his office.<mask> was 18 years old at the time, and a college freshman; regarding his father's death, he has said: "Before my father was killed, my life was impenetrable. Bad things happened to other people." The <mask> family sued the Iranian government under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. While warming up with the Arizona Wildcats for a game at
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arch-rival Arizona State in 1988, <mask> had to deal with many ASU Sun Devil fans in the crowd chanting "PLO" and "Where’s your father?" Though tearful, <mask> led the Wildcats to victory, scoring 20 points in the first half, making all six of his three-point attempts. The athletic director of Arizona State, Charles Harris, sent a letter of apology to <mask> a few days later. <mask> graduated from the University of Arizona in 1988 with a Bachelor of General Studies, with emphasis on history, sociology and English.College career
Minimally recruited out of high school, <mask> played basketball for the University of Arizona from 1983 to 1988. In the summer of 1986, <mask> was named to the USA Basketball team that competed in the FIBA World Championship in Spain. The team was the last American Men's Senior Team composed strictly of amateur players to capture a gold medal. He blew out his knee in the tournament, usually a career-ending injury, forcing him to miss an entire season (1986–87) at Arizona. He helped the Wildcats reach the Final Four of the NCAA Division I basketball tournament in 1988 along with fellow All-American teammate Sean Elliott. <mask> also set an NCAA record for 3-point percentage in a season (114–199, 57.3%). Professional career
Phoenix Suns (1988–1989)
<mask> was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the second round of the 1988 NBA draft.Cleveland Cavaliers (1989–1992)
<mask> was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1989. He spent over three seasons (1989–1992) there. Orlando Magic (1992–1993)
<mask> spent part of the 1992–93 season with the Orlando Magic. Chicago Bulls (1993–1999)
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Bulls. The Bulls made the playoffs in the 1993–94 and 1994–95 seasons, but without Michael Jordan's presence for all of 1994 and much of 1995, the team could not advance to the Finals. However, with Jordan back full-time for the 1995–96 season, the Bulls set a then-NBA record of 72–10 and defeated the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1996 NBA Finals. <mask> played a major part in the Bulls' championship victory in the 1997 NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz.In the final seconds of Game 6 with the score tied at 86, he took a pass from Jordan and hit the title-winner. The Bulls won, earning the franchise's fifth title. <mask> also won the 3-Point Shootout at the 1997 All-Star Game. In the last minute of Game 2 of the 1998 NBA Finals against Utah, <mask> missed a 3-pointer, grabbed his own rebound and made a pass to Jordan who made a crucial three-point play, putting them in the lead for good. The play helped Chicago win the game and tie the series at 1. The Bulls won the series in six games. San Antonio Spurs (1999–2001)
In January 1999, <mask> was acquired by the San Antonio Spurs in a sign-and-trade deal with the Bulls, whereby Chuck Person and a first-round pick in the 2000 NBA draft was sent to Chicago.The Spurs reached 1999 NBA Finals and won their first NBA Championship with a 4–1 series victory over the New York Knicks. <mask> became the second player to win four straight NBA titles without being a part of the 1960s Boston Celtics dynasty, the other being Frank Saul, who won four straight with Rochester and Minneapolis from 1951 to 1954. <mask> and Saul were the only two players in NBA history to have won two championships with two different
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teams in consecutive seasons until Patrick McCaw achieved the same feat in 2019 and Danny Green in 2020. Portland Trail Blazers (2001–2002)
<mask> was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers alongside Derek Anderson on July 24, 2001, in a deal that brought <mask> to the Spurs. He would remain in Portland for the 2001–02 season, playing in 65 games. Return to San Antonio (2002–2003)
On August 2, 2002, <mask> was traded back to San Antonio along with Erick Barkley and a 2003 second-round pick. In return, the Trail Blazers received Charles Smith, Amal McCaskill, and Antonio Daniels.<mask> played in nearly every game (75) the following year, which was his final season in the league. In Game Six of the 2003 Western Conference Finals against the Dallas Mavericks, <mask> made four second-half three-pointers that helped eliminate Dallas. The Spurs eventually won the NBA championship by beating the New Jersey Nets in the 2003 NBA Finals, 4–2. Retirement
<mask> announced his retirement after the 2003 NBA Finals. During his NBA career, he played 910 regular season games. He retired as the league's all-time leader in single-season three-point shooting percentage (.524 in 1994–95) and career three-point shooting percentage (.454). <mask> won a total of five NBA championships as a player.Broadcaster and commentator
In 2003, <mask> became a broadcast analyst for Turner Network Television (TNT), offering commentary alongside analyst Marv Albert. During his tenure, he performed a segment sponsored by Coors Light called <mask>'s Refreshing Thoughts in which he brought up interesting facts in NBA history. This segment continued through sponsorship and became
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known as <mask> Wonders, sponsored by Sprint. In the same time period, <mask> also contributed to Yahoo! as an NBA commentator. He has provided his voice for the in-game commentary of EA Sports video games NBA Live 06, NBA Live 07, NBA Live 08, NBA Live 09 and NBA Live 10 with Albert. He has also provided his voice as a color analyst for NBA 2K12, NBA 2K13, NBA 2K14 and NBA 2K15.He remained a commentator in NBA 2K15 despite becoming the Golden State Warriors coach for the 2014–15 season several months prior to the game's release. <mask>'s commentary also appears during All-Star play in the seventh gen port of NBA 2K16. <mask> left broadcasting in 2007 to become general manager for the Phoenix Suns, but it was confirmed on June 28, 2010 that he would return as an NBA analyst for TNT starting with the 2010–11 NBA season. Since 2011, <mask> has also called the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship on Turner Sports and CBS, teaming up with lead broadcasters Jim Nantz and Clark Kellogg for the First Four and Final Four games, and with Albert in other rounds. <mask> was a regular contributor to the website Grantland from 2011 until it closed in 2015. Executive career
Phoenix Suns (2004–2010)
On April 15, 2004, <mask> was announced as a member of a potential group of buyers that would acquire his old team, the Phoenix Suns, from Jerry Colangelo for $300 million. He became part of Suns management, acting as a consultant.During the 2006 NBA All-Star Weekend, he was a member of the San Antonio team that won the Shooting Stars Competition. On June 2, 2007, <mask> announced that he would become the general manager of the Phoenix Suns beginning
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with the 2007–2008 season. In 2008, the Suns traded forward Shawn Marion and guard Marcus Banks to the Miami Heat in exchange for Shaquille O'Neal. The Suns were eliminated by the San Antonio Spurs in five games in the first round of the playoffs. On December 10, 2008, <mask> continued to remake the Suns roster by trading Boris Diaw, Raja Bell, and Sean Singletary to the Charlotte Bobcats in exchange for Jason Richardson, Jared Dudley, and the Bobcats' 2010 second-round draft pick, which was used to draft Gani Lawal of Georgia Tech. On June 25, 2009, <mask> traded O'Neal to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ben Wallace, Sasha Pavlovic, a future second-round draft pick and cash. On May 5, 2010, the Suns wore their "Noche Latina" Los Suns jerseys in Game 2 against the Spurs to be united against the controversial Arizona immigration law.<mask> himself compared the law to Nazi Germany. On June 15, 2010, <mask> stepped down as president and general manager of the Suns. He continued to own a one percent share of the Suns' organization until 2014. Coaching career
Golden State Warriors (2014–present)
On May 14, 2014, <mask> reached an agreement to become the head coach for the Golden State Warriors, succeeding Mark Jackson. <mask> coached in the 2014 Summer League for the Warriors. During the 2014–15 season, the team's offense employed elements of the triangle offense from his playing days in Chicago under Phil Jackson, the spacing and pace of Gregg Popovich in San Antonio, and the uptempo principles Mike D'Antoni and later Alvin Gentry used in Phoenix when <mask> was the GM. After the Warriors beat the Houston Rockets to win their 14th consecutive game,
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<mask> became the first coach to start his career with a 19–2 record.This beat out Al Cervi and his 18–2 start with the Syracuse Nationals. On December 10, 2014, <mask> became the first NBA rookie head coach to win 21 of his first 23 games. He was named the head coach of the Western Conference team for the 2015 NBA All-Star Game after Golden State had the best record in the conference. On April 4, the Warriors beat the Dallas Mavericks 123–110 to clinch home-court advantage throughout the playoffs, and <mask> got his 63rd win of the season to become the highest winning rookie head coach in NBA history, passing Tom Thibodeau and his 62 wins with the Chicago Bulls in the 2010–11 season. In the NBA Coach of the Year voting, <mask> was runner-up to Mike Budenholzer. The Warriors ultimately finished with one of the best regular seasons in NBA history, and the greatest in the team's 69-year history. Golden State ended with an overall record of 67–15, becoming the 10th team to win 67 or more games in a single season.It was the first time the Warriors had ever won as many as 60 games in a season; their previous high was 59 in the 1975–76 season. The Warriors also ended with a 39–2 home record, which is tied for the second-best home record in NBA history. The Warriors were first in defensive efficiency for the season and second in offensive efficiency, barely missing the mark that the Julius Erving–led Sixers achieved by being first in both offensive and defensive efficiency. They became the first team in NBA history to have two win streaks over 15 at home (18 and 19). In the opening round of the playoffs against the New Orleans Pelicans, <mask> led
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the Warriors to their first four-game playoff sweep since the 1975 NBA Finals. Afterwards, the team surpassed the Memphis Grizzlies (4–2, in the second round). Down 2–1 in the series, <mask> made an unconventional adjustment in Game 4 to leave the Grizzlies' Tony Allen open and have his defender, center Andrew Bogut, guard the interior.His strategy was lauded after Allen, Memphis' best wing defender but a poor jump-shooter, was benched and limited to 16 minutes after missing wide open shots. The Warriors then defeated the Houston Rockets (4–1, in the Western Conference Finals), making the NBA Finals for the first time in 40 years. The Warriors faced the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Finals. <mask> and rival coach David Blatt were both in their first season as NBA head coaches, and this was the first time a pair of rookie head coaches faced each other in the NBA Finals since the NBA's first year of existence, in 1947 with Eddie Gottlieb of the Philadelphia Warriors and Harold Olsen of the Chicago Stags competing. After the Warriors went down 2–1 to Cleveland, <mask> started swingman Andre Iguodala in place of Bogut, jump-starting their stagnant offense for a 103–82 road win that evened the series. It was Iguodala's first start of the season, and the small unit came to be known as the Death Lineup. After the game, <mask> admitted to lying to the press in response to pregame questions about potential changes to his starting lineup.The Warriors went on to win the championship in six games, defeating the Cavaliers, 4–2, in the series, to give <mask> his sixth championship and first as a head coach. After the first two days of the defending champion
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Warriors' training camp, <mask> took an indefinite leave of absence to rehabilitate his back, which had caused problems since the 2015 NBA Finals. Around this time, assistant coach Luke Walton assumed <mask>'s coaching duties. <mask> missed all of 2015 and most of January 2016, although technically the NBA credited Walton's win-loss record to <mask>. <mask> said "I think it's ridiculous", when asked about getting all of Walton's wins. On January 22, 2016, <mask> returned to coaching after missing 43 games, but warned he might need to miss games occasionally if there was a recurrence of the headaches and pain related to the spinal fluid leak that sidelined him. The Warriors went 39–4 with interim coach Luke Walton.The Warriors went 34-5 after <mask> returned to coaching. Golden State broke the 1995–96 Chicago Bulls 72–10 record by winning 73 games. <mask> became the first person in NBA history to be a part of 70-win teams as a player and head coach. He was named 2015–16 NBA Coach of the Year. <mask> would lead the Warriors to the 2016 NBA Finals where they would again face the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Warriors lost in seven games. On November 20, 2016, the NBA announced that <mask> had been fined $25,000 for public criticism of officiating during a radio interview with KNBR 680 on November 17.<mask> missed time during the 2017 playoffs due to recurring back issues. Associate head coach Mike Brown has acted as acting head coach during periods of <mask>'s absence, and Brown continued head coaching into the playoffs leading the Warriors to a 12–0 record in the postseason. <mask> returned for the 2017 NBA Finals where he led the Warriors to
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victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in five games. The Warriors finished the playoffs with a 16–1 record, the best postseason winning percentage in NBA history. <mask> is the fourth coach in NBA history to win two championships in his first three seasons of coaching. <mask> won his third championship as a head coach when the Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2018 NBA Finals in four games to give <mask> his eighth championship of his career. Mainly on the strength of his first five seasons, <mask> is already third on the Warriors' all-time wins list behind Al Attles and Don Nelson.He also became the first head coach in NBA history to have led his team towards 67 or more wins in three consecutive seasons. Personal life
<mask> married Margot Brennan, his college sweetheart, in 1990. They have three children: Nick, Maddy and Matthew. <mask> is a keen soccer fan and an avid supporter of Liverpool F.C. Political views
Since the conclusion of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, <mask> has been critical of Donald Trump. In an interview following the election, <mask> voiced the opinion that Trump's rise to power was based on insults against women and minorities. He compared Trump's campaign performances and the crude responses of his supporters to The Jerry Springer Show.He made clear his "disgust" with Trump's disrespectful public discourse and has been disappointed with his leadership in the country. <mask> has been a strong supporter of gun control, expressing concern with the government's response to school shootings. He has voiced support for the Black Lives Matter movements across the United States, praising the efforts of
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peaceful protests and hopes that more people will take action to stand up to systemic racial injustice to black people. On October 27, 2020, <mask> endorsed Joe Biden for President in that year's upcoming election in an ad made by The Lincoln Project. In the ad, he announced many of his views; "stand[ing] for truth over lies", "categorically reject[ing] white supremacy", and "believe[ing] a presidency should be transparent" were among
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<mask> (25 May 1925 − 19 June 2021) was a Swiss police photographer whose work spanned more than 40 years. Originally trained as a baker, he was a photographer for the Nidwalden cantonal police from 1948 until his retirement in 1990. He is best known for his eerily beautiful black and white photographs of the aftermaths of motor vehicle accidents. Odermatt joined the police in 1948 and rose to become a lieutenant, chief of the transport police, and deputy chief inspector of the Nidwalden Police before he retired. At the beginning of the 1990s, Odermatt's photography was discovered by his son, Urs Odermatt during research for his film Wachtmeister Zumbühl, and this work became a central theme in the film's plot. Urs brought his father's works together in the working groups entitled Meine Welt, Karambolage, Im Dienst, and In zivil and has published Odermatt's work ever since, working in collaboration with the Frankfurt art historian Beate Kemfert and a gallery in Berlin—Galerie Springer & Winckler. In 2001, Odermatt's photography was selected by Harald Szeemann to be exhibited at the 49th Venice Biennale.In 2002 James Rondeau exhibited <mask>'s work in its own right at the Art Institute of Chicago, as did Urs Stahel at the Fotomuseum Winterthur in 2004. Biography
Odermatt was born in Oberdorf, canton Nidwalden, Switzerland. He joined the Nidwalden Police in 1948. He was forced to give up his original career as a bakery and pastry chef on health grounds. As the policeman Odermatt first appeared with his Rolleiflex at the scene of an accident – to provide
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his son, the film and theatre director Urs Odermatt, showed the photos for the first time at a solo exhibition in Frankfurt am Main that the art scene first became interested in his work.After the inspiring exhibition, the photo book 'Meine Welt' followed. Suddenly the everyday observations from the central Swiss province had gained the same status as those of his well-travelled predecessor, Werner Bischof. At an early stage in his police career, when <mask> used the camera to catalogue traffic accidents, this was a revolutionary innovation in the Swiss police. If Odermatt were to turn up at a crime scene with his camera today, he could expect to be told that photography was not for him, but was instead the job of a specially trained police photographer. Solo exhibitions
1993 - <mask>t. Seeplatz 10, Buochs. 1996 - Meine Welt.Viewpoint Gallery, Salford. 1998 - Karambolage. Police headquarters, Frankfurt am Main. 2000 - Karambolagen und andere Photographien. Springer & Winckler Galerie, Berlin. 2001 - Carambolages. Centre de la photographie, Genf.2002 - Karambolage. Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen. .
2002 - Die Biennale-Auswahl. 32 Photographien für Venedig 2001. Springer & Winckler Galerie, Berlin. .
2002 - Karambolage. Centre rhénan de la photographie, Strassburg. 2002 - <mask>t. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.Catalogue. 2003 - <mask>t. Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis. Katalog. 2003 - <mask>t. Paul Morris Gallery, New York. 2004 - <mask>t.James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe. 2004 - <mask>t. Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich. 2004 -
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Karambolagen. Photo museum Winterthur, Winterthur. 2004 - Karambolage. Rathaus, Fellbach.2004 - <mask>t. Galería Arnés y Röpke, Madrid. 2004 - Kantonspolizei Nidwalden. Springer & Winckler Galerie, Berlin. 2005 - <mask>t. Centro Cultural Okendo, San Sebastián. .
2005 - <mask>t. Museum im Bellpark, Kriens.2006 - Im Dienst. Farbphotographien 1962-1990. Springer & Winckler Galerie, Berlin. 2008 - Focus Photographie: <mask>t. Galerie Lelong, Zurich. 2009 - Project room: <mask>t. Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris.2009 - Karambolage. Miesiąc Fotografii w Krakowie, Krakau. .
2010 - <mask>t. Leo Koenig Inc. Projects, New York. 2010 - In zivil. Springer & Winckler Galerie, Berlin. 2010 - On Duty.Amador Gallery, New York. 2011 - On and Off Duty. Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris. 2011 - Heimat. Buchmann Galerie, Berlin. 2012 - <mask>t. L'Été photographique de Lectoure.Lectoure, (Gascogne). 2012 - <mask>t. Espace d'Art Contemporain Fernet Branca, Saint-Louis (Elsass). 2012 - <mask>t. La Chambre, Straßburg. Books
Urs Odermatt: Wachtmeister Zumbühl. Script for a feature film with 79 stills photographs by Odermatt.Benteli Verlag, Bern 1994. .
<mask>t: Karambolage. Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen 2002. .
<mask>t: Die Biennale-Auswahl. 32 Photographien für Venedig 2001. [Biennale Selection: 32 photographs for Venice 2001] With a text by Harald Szeemann. Galerie Springer & Winckler, Berlin 2002. .
<mask>t: Meine Welt. Photographien/Photographs 1939-1993. Edited by Urs Odermatt.Benteli Verlag, Bern 1993, 2001 und 2006. .
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Kodak-Fotobuch-Preis 1993. <mask>t: Karambolage. Edited by Urs <mask>. German, French English. Steidl-Verlag, Göttingen 2003. .
<mask>t: Im Dienst. En service. On Duty.Edited by Urs <mask>. Steidl Verlag, Göttingen 2006. . German Photobook Prize 2008. <mask>t: In zivil. Hors service. Off Duty. Edited by Urs <mask>. Steidl-Verlag, Göttingen 2010. .
<mask>t.With a text by Caroline Recher. Diaphane éditions, Montreuil sur Brèche 2012, . <mask>t: Karambolage. Steidl Verlag. Göttingen 2013,
Films
In the 1960s Odermatt documented the early construction of the Swiss motorways in Acheregg and the Lopper tunnel, with extensive photos and 16mm black-and-white film footage. In 1991 Urs Odermatt put all of this historical film material together in the documentary film Lopper. In the 1990s, working as a stills photographer, during filming, Odermatt worked on the feature films Rotlicht!, Gekauftes Glück und Wachtmeister Zumbühl by Urs Odermatt.References
External links
Official website Arnold Odermatt
Artnet database: <mask>matt
Steidl Verlag: <mask>t - Karambolage
Sammlung Fotomuseum Winterthur collection - <mask> Odermatt
Edition 5: art postcards by <mask>t
Lopper, documentary film. Camera: <mask>t
WDR: Bei Odermatt wird die Karambolage zur Kunst
TAZ: Die Stille nach dem Crash! WOZ: <mask> und John Waters im Fotomuseum Winterthur
news.ch: Trash und Crash im Fotomuseum Winterthur - Videobeitrag & Interview mit <mask>t
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<mask> (born October 24, 1954) is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator from South Dakota since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 31st governor of South Dakota from 2003 to 2011, and in the South Dakota Senate from 1991 to 2001. In 2014, <mask> was elected to the United States Senate, succeeding retiring Democrat Tim Johnson. He was reelected in 2020 over Democratic nominee Dan Ahlers. Early life, education, and business career
The eldest of 11 children, Rounds was born in Huron, South Dakota, the son of Joyce (née Reinartz) and <mask>. He has German, Belgian, Swedish and English ancestry. Rounds has lived in the state capital of Pierre since he was three years old.He was named for an uncle, <mask>, who was killed in the Pacific theater during World War II. Several members of the Rounds family have been involved in state government. His father worked at various times as state director of highway safety, a staffer for Rural Electrification Administration, and executive director of the South Dakota Petroleum Council. His brother <mask> is a member of the South Dakota Legislature, representing District 24, which includes Pierre. Rounds attended South Dakota State University in Brookings, where he earned his Bachelor of Science in political science. Rounds is a former partner in Fischer Rounds & Associates, an insurance and real estate firm with offices in Pierre, Rapid City, Mitchell, Watertown and Sioux Falls. South Dakota Senate
Elections
Rounds represented District 24, which was based in Pierre.In 1990, he defeated incumbent state Senator Jacqueline Kelley, 53%–47%. He was reelected in 1992 (60%), 1994 (77%), 1996 (66%), and 1998 (75%). Rounds had to leave the Senate in 2000 because of legislative term limits South Dakota voters had passed in 1992. Tenure
Rounds represented Hughes, Lyman, Stanley, and Sully counties. In 1993, he became Senate Minority Whip. In 1995, his peers selected him to be Senate Majority Leader. Committee
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Commerce
Education
Legislative Procedure
Local Government
Retirement Laws
State Affairs
Taxation
Governor of South Dakota
Elections
2002
As the 2002 race for governor took shape, media and political observers largely dismissed Rounds as an extreme long shot.Until late 2001, then-Congressman John Thune was the front-runner for the nomination. When Thune passed on the race to challenge Senator Tim Johnson, state Attorney General Mark Barnett and former Lieutenant Governor Steve T. Kirby became candidates. Rounds benefited from the heated competition between Kirby and Barnett, much of which centered on ethical concerns about Kirby's personal business investments and damaged both candidates' reputations, with Barnett's campaign advertisements involving claims "so outlandish that people thought for sure that they were exaggerated or completely fabricated". By staying above the fray, Rounds won the primary by 15 points. After winning the Republican nomination, Rounds chose State Senator Dennis Daugaard of Dell Rapids as his running mate. Their Democratic opponents were University of South Dakota President Jim Abbott of Vermillion and his running mate, former State Representative <mask> of Rapid City. Rounds was elected governor on November 5, 2002.The results were as follows:
Republicans: Rounds and Daugaard, 56.8%
Democrats: Abbott and Wilson, 41.9%
Independent: Jim Carlson and Ron Bosch, 0.7%
Libertarians: Nathan Barton and Eric Risty, 0.6%
2006
Two Democratic candidates emerged to challenge Rounds: Jack Billion, a retired surgeon and former state legislator from Sioux Falls, and Dennis Wiese, the former president of the South Dakota Farmers Union. Billion easily won the nomination and selected Rapid City school board member Eric Abrahamson as his running mate. The Rounds/Daugaard ticket was reelected on November 7, 2006. The results were as follows:
Republicans: Rounds and Daugaard, 61.7%
Democrats: Billion and Abrahamson, 36.1%
Constitution: Steven J. Willis and Larry Johnsen,
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1.2%
Libertarians: Tom Gerber and Betty Rose Ryan, 1.0%
Tenure
Rounds served as a member of the Governors' Council at the Bipartisan Policy Center. He was the 2008 Chair of the Midwestern Governors Association. Issues
Research centers
Rounds's 2010 Initiative established ten research centers at state-supported universities. In the program's first four years, the state's first five research centers generated an estimated $59 million in federal and private funding, with an estimated $110 million economic impact.Abortion
On February 22, 2006, the state legislature of South Dakota passed an act banning all medical abortions except those necessary to save the mother's life. Rounds signed the act on March 6 and the ban was to have taken effect on July 1, 2006, but did not, because of a court challenge. A referendum on repealing H.B. 1215 was placed on the ballot for the November 2006 statewide election due to a petition. On May 30, over 38,000 signatures were filed, more than twice the 17,000 required to qualify. Voters repealed the law on November 7, 2006, the day of Rounds's reelection. EB-5 Visa inquiry
During <mask>'s administration, South Dakota offered green cards to foreign investors in exchange for investments in a new South Dakota beef packing plant and other economic investments through the EB-5 visa program the federal government established in 1990.After the beef packing plant went bankrupt, questions emerged about the nature of the investments and the foreign investors. Some investors received neither their EB-5 visas nor the money back from their failed investments, with no indication as to where their money went. State officials misused funds to pay for their salaries, did not disclose that they owned companies which they gave contracts to, directed money to companies that went bankrupt and arranged for loans from unknown sources from shell companies located in tax havens. In October 2014, Rounds admitted that he had approved a $1 million state loan to beef packing plant Northern Beef shortly after
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learning that Secretary of Tourism and State Development Richard Benda had agreed to join the company, with Benda then getting another $600,000 in state loans that was ultimately used to pay his own salary. Benda committed suicide in October 2013, days before a possible indictment over embezzlement and grand theft charges. 3D-printed weapons
Of 3D-printed weapons, Rounds has said, “This is a new technology which you’re not going to put back into the bottle. It is there.” He has suggested creating and using new technologies, such as metal detectors that can also recognize plastic, in schools, airports and other public places.U.S. Senate
Election
2014
Speculation persisted that in 2008 Rounds would seek the United States Senate seat held by Tim Johnson, a Democrat who had served since 1997. Johnson opted not to run for reelection. On November 29, 2012, <mask> launched a campaign for the seat being vacated by Johnson's retirement. He won the June 2014 Republican primary, defeating four other candidates. Early polls showed Rounds leading by a 2–1 margin against Democratic opponent Rick Weiland. October 2014 polls showed a closer three-way race between Rounds, Weiland, and independent former Senator Larry Pressler. Independent conservative former state legislator Gordon Howie was also in the race.In November Rounds was elected with a majority of the vote. The results were:
Republican: Rounds, 50.37%
Democrat: Weiland, 29.51%
Independent: Pressler, 17.09%
Independent: Howie, 3.03%
2020
In the 2020 election, <mask> defeated Scyller Borglum to win the Republican nomination. He won the general election over Democrat Dan Ahlers with nearly 66% of the vote. Tenure
Education
In February 2019, Rounds was one of 20 senators to sponsor the Employer Participation in Repayment Act, enabling employers to contribute up to $5,250 to their employees' student loans as a means of granting them relief and incentivizing people to apply for jobs with employers who implement the policy. Environment
In 2017, Rounds was one of 22
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"stupid" and accused him of being "woke" for acknowledging the election results. 2021 United States Capitol attack
On May 28, 2021, Rounds abstained from voting on the creation of the January 6 commission. Committee assignments
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Airland
Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
Subcommittee on Seapower
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Subcommittee on Economic Policy
Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development (Ranking Member)
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection
Committee on Environment and Public Works
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water and Wildlife
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Personal life
While attending South Dakota State University, Rounds met his wife Jean formerly of Lake Preston, South Dakota. They were married in 1978 and have four children.He is the older brother of <mask>. Rounds is a member of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church of Pierre. He is also a member of numerous service clubs and community organizations, including Elks, Exchange Club, Knights of Columbus and Ducks Unlimited. In May 2011, Rounds's alma mater, South Dakota State University, gave him an honorary doctorate for public service. On November 2, 2021, <mask> died at age 65, two years after she was diagnosed with cancer. Electoral history
South Dakota State Senate
South Dakota Governor
U.S.Senator
References
External links
U.S. Senator <mask>s official U.S. Senate website
<mask> for Senate
2010 Initiative Governor's official state economic development plan
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<mask> (1888–1976) was the Kenan Professor of Spanish at the University of North Carolina, the author of many books on Spanish language and literature, the president of several Spanish language teaching organizations, an adviser to the U.S. State Department and for many years the chairman of the Southern Humanities Conference as well as editor of the Hispanic Review. Early years
<mask> was born on January 24, 1888, in Newhall, Maine, the son of William H<mask> and his wife Mary Ellen (<mask>). After attending high school in nearby Gorham, Maine, Leavitt was educated at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, and then at Harvard University, where he graduated with a Ph.D. in 1917. Career
Between stints at Harvard Graduate School, Leavitt taught at Jackson Military Academy in Missouri, Cushing Academy in Massachusetts, Northwestern University and at Harvard College. Following his graduation from Harvard, where he was awarded the Sheldon Traveling Fellowship, Leavitt embarked on a trip to South America. For the next two years, he traveled between Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay. Following his tour of South America, Leavitt returned to America, where he was offered a junior teaching job at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1917.Following his Harvard graduation, Leavitt eventually become full professor and later Kenan Professor of Spanish. The Maine native's early days in the South as a professor of Spanish studies were not without trials. "In 1930 Southern colleges and universities lagged far behind the great Northern and (some) Western universities", writes professor Clifford Lyons of UNC Chapel Hill. "We had few distinguished scholars and most of them did not have access to a first-class university library." Eventually, because of the efforts of Leavitt and scholars like him, the universities and colleges of the south were able to build modern language departments of stature. "All that has changed, and I think SAMLA had a lot to do with it", writes Lyons. (In the part of the twentieth century, other notable Southern scholars in other fields also fled
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northward, including Yale University's Cleanth Brooks, a native of Kentucky, and Robert Penn Warren, writer, Yale professor and fellow Kentucky native.)In 1935 the young Spanish professor and Maine native helped found and became editor of The South Atlantic Bulletin, a publication addressed to the Southern Hemisphere of North America. The first issue appeared in May 1935 in broadside format, approximately 11x16 inches. The inaugural issue carried a statement of purpose which made clear that the bulletin would examine all aspects of the field, including the treatment of those teaching in it:
"It [the Bulletin] should publish, for example, descriptions of important collections in the libraries of the Southeast, and reviews and notices of scholarly publications by our members", Leavitt wrote. "It should also make known the results of investigations regarding the attitudes of school authorities toward research, sabbatical leaves, and related problems." Leavitt proposed to charge $1 for annual dues – a figure that held for the next 20 years (until 1955). Leavitt remained the Bulletin's editor until 1950, and managed to publish an issue on time each out of readers' annual dues. In 1956 Leavitt was elected to the board of the national Modern Language Association, on which he served three years.He later served as Director of Inter-America Institute, a school for large groups of teachers and students from Latin American countries. Leavitt served as president of the AATSP from 1945–46, and as member of the editor's advisory council for Hispania magazine for many years. The bibliography that Leavitt maintained of Hispanic literature has been called one of his notable contributions to the field of Spanish language studies. Awards
<mask> <mask> was awarded honorary degrees of Doctor of Letters by Davidson College and by his alma mater Bowdoin. In the citation Bowdoin College called Leavitt "one of the leading scholars and teachers of the Spanish language and literature in the United States", who had helped "bring about a better understanding with our neighbors to the South, showing what the
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academic world can do to strengthen inter-American ties." In 1974 he was made a member of the Mexican Academy. The same year he was also installed as one of the first members of the Academy of Spanish Language in the United States.In 1972 he had been named one of the nation's top ten Spanish language scholars by a Madrid literary journal. The Sturgis Elleno Leavitt Award of the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies, with which Leavitt was long associated, is named for him. Professor Leavitt's papers are deposited at the Manuscripts Department of the Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Personal life
The Maine native was a longtime member of the Mayflower Society. Leavitt and his wife, the former Alga Webber, long lived at 718 East Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where they built a New England-style white clapboard home. Leavitt died on March 3, 1976, at North Carolina Memorial Hospital; his wife Alga had died a decade earlier. Leavitt's teaching career at UNC spanned 43 years (1917–60), and until his death he worked each day at his desk in the University's Dey Hall, center of the language programs he helped nurture.Leavitt's wife was an editor and writer who was the author of Stories and Poems from the Old South: Edited by Mrs. <mask> <mask> <mask> (Alga Leavitt) published by the Seeman Printery at Durham, North Carolina in 1923. An amateur actress, Alga Leavitt had earlier worked with author Thomas Wolfe at the Carolina Playmakers, an amateur theatrical group. References
External links
Photo of <mask> <mask> <mask>, South Atlantic Studies for <mask> <mask> <mask>, Ayer Company Publishers, 1972
Sturgis Elleno Leavitt Papers, Southern Historical Collection, The Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, lib.unc.edu
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Nora Kristina Benshoof (née Greenwald; born on September 7, 1977) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler signed to WWE as a producer, she is best known for her appearances with the said company from 2000 to 2005 under the ring name <mask>. She is also known for her appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as Miss Madness and Mona in 1999 to 2000. <mask> began her professional wrestling career in WCW, where she also worked as a trainer. In 2000, Greenwald debuted in the then-WWF as part of The <mask> stable, an alliance of storyline cousins. She was later aligned with The Hurricane. During her time with the WWF/WWE, <mask> held the WWF Hardcore Championship once and the WWE Women's Championship twice. She now serves as a coach at The Academy School of Professional Wrestling in Minneapolis, Minnesota.She also continues to make sporadic appearances in WWE, including competing in the 2018 and 2020 Women's Royal Rumble. In 2021, <mask> was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in that year's class. Early life
Greenwald was born in 1977 to Rick and Bonnie Greenwald. She has two brothers. Greenwald was interested in appearing on American Gladiators and trained to be a powerlifter from age 14 to age 18. At age 14, she broke the Minnesota state powerlifting record (75 pounds) for her age group by lifting 100 pounds. She also trained as a gymnast.After she graduated from Forest Lake Area High School in 1996, Nora left home with $200 and a '65 Oldsmobile, which she drove from Minnesota to Florida, worked at a Subway restaurant and as a telemarketer, and out of curiosity tried out for wrestling. Professional wrestling
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She embarked on mini-feuds with Madusa, Little Jeannie, and Asya.Independent female wrestlers, such as Dee Dee Venturi and Brandi Alexander, were also brought in to wrestle Mona. WCW released Greenwald, however, in August 2000 in a cost-cutting move. World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment
Lady Ophelia (2000)
Upon signing a contract with the World Wrestling Federation, she was sent to their training ground in Memphis Championship Wrestling to work off ring-rust. She became the manager of William Regal and was known as Lady Ophelia. While there, she squared off against The Kat, Bobcat, and Victoria. In 2000, she reappeared in the World Wrestling Federation under the Lady Ophelia gimmick, wrestling dark matches and valeting for William Regal. The <mask>usins (2000–2001)
Greenwald, however, had her first major run in the company as <mask>, where she joined her on-screen cousins <mask> and <mask>.At the time, The <mask>ins were involved in a feud with T & A (Test, Albert, and manager Trish Stratus). Greenwald says that Stratus was one of her favorite people with whom to work. <mask>'s arrival on the November 6, 2000 edition of Raw started a short feud with Stratus, ... <mask> beat Stratus on the November 16, 2000 episode of Smackdown before Survivor Series. to her first televised victory over Stratus in a Six-Person intergender tag team match at the Survivor Series. November 23, 2000 of Smackdown! episode, <mask> using Molly-Go-Round finisher first time and defeat Stratus as her first singles match on WWF. In 2001, <mask> formed an on-screen relationship with Spike Dudley, in the midst of their storyline rivalry between her
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cousins and Spike's brothers (The Dudley Boyz).In interviews in subsequent years, Greenwald recalled the "relationship" with Spike Dudley as the "best time of her career." A subsequent fallout between her and Crash even led to an intergender singles match, with <mask> pinning Crash. <mask> (2001–2002)
In September 2001, <mask> dumped Spike to become <mask>, the superhero sidekick of The Hurricane. <mask>, however, eventually left The Hurricane to become a full-time solo wrestler, taking his Hardcore Championship after whacking him with a frying pan at WrestleMania X8 on March 17, 2002 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She promptly lost it to Christian an hour later after getting a door slammed in her face. Women's Champion (2002–2003)
After splitting up with The Hurricane in April 2002, she returned to her previous ring name, <mask>. Upon her return to the newly renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), she drastically changed her look by shortening her trademark blonde hair and darkening it to autumn brown.Greenwald's reasoning behind this was that it fit her new character better. Greenwald adopted a villainous, self-righteous prude character, who was appalled by the other WWE Divas continually using their "assets" and degrading themselves. During this gimmick, she would often refer to herself as being "pure and wholesome." After turning heel, <mask> began her first rivalry as a villain with Trish Stratus after she attacked her in a post-match assault on the April 1, episode of Raw, by breaking a paddle over Stratus head. On the April 15, episode of Raw, <mask> was defeated by Trish Stratus in a number one contenders match to
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Jazz's Women's Championship. On the May 6, episode of Raw, <mask> was defeated by Terri in a Diva's showdown contest, after wearing a covered swim suit and claiming to have dignity as Terri was dressed with a more revealing swim suit, before attacking her and being stopped by Jerry Lawler, this led to a match between both of them the following week on the May 13, episode of Raw, where <mask> emerged victorious. Following this, her feud with Stratus further escalated after Trish provoked <mask> by making fun of <mask>'s large bottom on the June 10th episode of Raw, which led to a match that same night, where <mask> defeated Stratus in a non–title match.The rivalry led to a match at King of the Ring on June 23 for Trish's Women's title, where <mask> successfully captured it for the first time after pinning Stratus by hooking her tights. The following night on Raw, <mask> teamed up with Jackie Gayda for a tag team match and stated that she finally had brought back dignity to the Women's title by not being a "tramp who sleeps her way to the top" referring to Stratus, before being defeated by Trish and Linda Miles. On the July 15, episode of Raw, <mask> successfully defended her title against Trish Stratus. After multiple intergender tag team matches throughout mid-July, August and early September including the first intergender tag team tables match between both <mask> and Stratus who started an alignment with Bubba who competed along with her, Trish received a rematch for <mask>'s Championship on September 22 at Unforgiven, where she dropped the title back to Stratus. The following night on Raw, <mask> tried to regain her title during
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a triple–threat match against Victoria and Stratus in an unsuccessful attempt, to end their feud. During this feud, Jerry Lawler also began to poke fun at Greenwald's bottom-heavy figure, which Greenwald later revealed genuinely hurt her feelings in real-life, Greenwald, however, initially did not mind the storyline when Stephanie McMahon approached her with the idea. After ending her feud with Stratus, <mask> started competing in various singles and tag team matches till the end of 2002 and early 2003 including a second triple–threat match for the Women's Championship on October 28, episode of Raw, ending on both winning and losing sides.Alliance with Gail Kim (2003–2005)
<mask> earned her second Women's Championship by defeating Gail Kim on Raw on July 28, 2003. Kim later turned villainous and joined <mask> in her feud with Stratus. During an attack on Stratus, Lita made her return, helping Trish fend off her attackers. <mask> and Kim then lost a tag team match to Lita and Trish at Unforgiven, sparking a feud with Lita. This feud led to a match against Lita at Survivor Series for the Women's title, which <mask> retained. <mask> lost her championship to Victoria in a Four-Way Elimination match on February 23, 2004. The feud led to a Hair versus Title match at WrestleMania XX in March 2004, which <mask> lost, resulting in her having her head shaved.Greenwald maintains that it was her idea to have her head shaved, suggesting the idea to Vince McMahon months before the match occurred because she wanted to do something shocking at WrestleMania. Over the next few months, in storyline, she desperately tried to disguise her bald head
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using loose-fitting wigs. Later in 2004, <mask> feuded with Stacy Keibler, overpowering Stacy on the mat and pinning her in three consecutive occasions, the last one occurring in a number one contender's match. <mask>'s final WWE pay-per-view appearance occurred at Taboo Tuesday in 2004 as she appeared in the Fulfill Your Fantasy Battle Royal along with many other WWE Divas. The fans voted online for the Divas to wear schoolgirl uniforms, as opposed to French maid or nurse outfits. In contrast to the other girls who wore sexy schoolgirl uniforms, <mask> wore a demure 1980s-style schoolgirl uniform with large pink panties underneath. <mask> failed to win the match when Stratus eliminated her by tossing her through the ropes for the win.<mask>'s efforts in subsequent attempts to regain the title failed. Due to several wrestlers from the company's women's division being released in late 2004 and the introduction of the Raw Diva Search program, <mask> was mostly left off television, only occasionally appearing on Sunday Night Heat and Raw in losing efforts to the likes of Lita, Victoria, Trish Stratus, and Christy Hemme. Greenwald left WWE and a full-time wrestling career in April 2005. Reportedly, she was beginning to become disenchanted with WWE, who began to focus on looks rather than wrestling ability. She also hated that her character had become a villain, but that was not the direct cause of her leaving the company. Greenwald stated that all of the aforementioned reasons were incorrect, but she would like to keep the real reason she left WWE private. She decided to take a break from WWE and spend some time with her family and
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enjoy life.Sporadic appearances and Hall of Fame (2007–present)
On December 2007, at the Raw 15th Anniversary, <mask> returned during a backstage segment with William Regal, Mickie James and Hornswoggle. On April 5, 2009, at WrestleMania XXV, <mask> returned to compete on the 25-Diva Royal to crown Miss WrestleMania, which was won by Santina Marella. On January 27, 2016, she appeared on WWE Network's program Table for 3, along with Alundra Blayze and Ivory. She appeared once again on the program this time along with Candice Michelle and Michelle McCool, which aired on May 18. On January 28, 2018, at the Royal Rumble, <mask> made a surprise entrance at number 12 during the first women's Royal Rumble match, in which she eliminated Sarah Logan before being eliminated by Michelle McCool. On April 6, she inducted Ivory into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of the 2018 class. <mask> was also included in the 20-women Battle Royale at the first ever all Women's pay-per-view, Evolution.She returned reprising her "Mighty Molly" gimmick at the Royal Rumble on January 26, 2020, entering at number 3 and being eliminated by Bianca Belair. She also made an appearance on the Raw Legends Night special on January 4, 2021. On March 10, 2021, <mask> was announced as the first inductee into the 2021 WWE Hall of Fame. She has since begun to work as a producer for the company. On January 29, 2022, Mightly <mask> was a surprise entrant at the Royal Rumble match but was quickly eliminated by Nikki A.S.H following a sneak attack during her entrance. Independent circuit (2005–2007, 2018)
On November 20, 2005, Greenwald made her first public appearance since
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stars of the wrestling documentary, Bloodstained Memoirs. On August 31, 2018, Nora reprised her "Mighty Molly" gimmick and took part in Chikara's King of Trios event. Other media
<mask> has appeared in seven WWE video games. She made her in-game debut at WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It and appears in WWF Raw, WWE WrestleMania X8, WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth, WWE Raw 2, WWE Day of Reckoning, WWE SmackDown! vs.Raw and WWE 2K20. Personal life
In 2002, Greenwald competed on a special edition of Fear Factor, where she was eliminated in the second round. She won $10,000 for Prison Fellowship Ministries. In August 2005, she released an autobiographical DVD entitled "Nora Greenwald: Shootin' the Shi Crap" that detailed the reasons behind her departure. A portion of the profits from the sale of the DVD went to the education fund of the daughter of Mike Lockwood, her onetime on-screen cousin, after his death. After leaving the wrestling business, Greenwald has made sporadic wrestling appearances, acts as a landlady with regards to her property holdings, invests in real estate, and performs charity work. On December 16, 2006, Nora went to Guatemala for several months to learn Spanish and do missions work.In addition, she took public speaking classes and earned a license in massage therapy. Greenwald now works for Minnesota Teen Challenge, a one-year residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation program. She joined the program because at least ten of her friends have died because of drug overdoses. Greenwald, a born again Christian, ministers to the women in the program. In January 2009, Greenwald participated in The Polar Bear Plunge, where
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she voluntarily submerged herself in freezing water to raise money for the Special Olympics Minnesota. She has also been a bus aide for special needs children and worked with recovering addicts at Teen Challenge. In July 2010, she announced her engagement to Geno Benshoof, whom she met while working as a teen counselor.The couple were married in the backyard of Benshoof's parents house in White Bear Lake, Minnesota on July 22, 2010. Nora is currently the female lead coach at The Academy: School of Professional Wrestling, a training facility led by fellow WWE alumni Ken Anderson, and former WWE producer Shawn Daivari. Influence on Beth Phoenix
<mask> was honored in a sign of respect by wrestler Beth Phoenix on March 31, 2017, during the latter's Hall of Fame induction, in which Phoenix noted that <mask> put her in touch with Nick Dinsmore and Nightmare Danny Davis., who helped to train her. Phoenix also mentioned that <mask> had quietly paid her tuition so that she could chase her dreams. She then noted that the strong women are the ones who build each other up instead of tearing each other down, and that <mask> was such a woman. Championships and accomplishments
Cauliflower Alley Club
Women's Wrestling Award (2013)
New Dimension Wrestling
NDW Women's Championship (1 time)
World Professional Wrestling Federation
WPWF Women's Championship (1 time)
Women Superstars Uncensored
WSU Hall of Fame (Class of 2010)
World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE
WWE Women's Championship (2 times)
WWF Hardcore Championship (1 time)
WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2021)
Luchas de Apuestas record
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Sir <mask>SO (born Hoar, 3 July 1758 – 13 June 1825) was an English officer of the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. His career began in the East Indies, where he served aboard the frigate with two fellow youths Horatio Nelson and <mask> who he would remain in contact with as they each rose through the ranks in the navy. He eventually spent most of his youth serving in the West Indies and off the American coasts during the American War of Independence, seeing action in a number of battles with the French. He was a commander by the end of the war, but peace left him without a ship or promotion prospects. He married during the period of peace, taking the surname <mask> in accordance with his father-in-law's will, and also used his time ashore to carry out experiments that led to the introduction of lifebuoys to the navy. Returning to active service during the wars with revolutionary France, <mask> commanded a number of ships, often in the North Sea or the English Channel. His experience led to him being assigned to the expedition to the Baltic with Sir Hyde Parker and his old friend Horatio Nelson.<mask> was involved in the fierce fighting during the Battle of Copenhagen, and received Nelson's praise for his actions. This was the start of <mask>'s long association with the Baltic, both as a captain, and after his promotion to rear-admiral. His good service led to a knighthood and an appointment to the Swedish Order of the Sword, but seriously weakened his health. He was obliged to resign his command in 1810, and went into retirement, dying in 1825. Family and early life
<mask> was born <mask> on 3 July 1758 in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, the sixth child and fourth son of George Hoar, the Keeper of the Regalia of England at the Tower of London, and his wife Francis. His
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name was entered into the books of the yacht HMY William & Mary in March 1771, when he was just twelve years old, but this was only for seniority, and he spent his early life being educated, first at a navigation school in his native Stockton, followed by a move to London to attend Mr Eaton's academy, and then Christ's Hospital. He first went to sea in October 1773, joining the 24-gun under Captain George Farmer.Also serving aboard the Seahorse as midshipman and able seaman respectively were the young Horatio Nelson and <mask>. The three future admirals became good friends and would remain in correspondence with each other throughout their lives. Hoar transferred to the 50-gun under Commodore Sir Edward Hughes on 27 June 1777 at the instigation of Hoar's patron, Lord Mulgrave, and returned to England on 14 May 1778. He was promoted to lieutenant on 21 May that year, and appointed to serve aboard the 74-gun under Joshua Rowley. With Rowley he was present at the Battle of Ushant on 27 July 1778, and in December moved with Rowley to the 74-gun . Rowley and Hoar sailed to the West Indies to support operations there against the French fleets. Hoar saw action with Admiral John Byron's fleet at the Battle of Grenada on 6 July 1779, and then in two subsequent boat actions in December off Martinique.Hoar continued to serve under Rowley, accompanying him when he moved his flag to the 74-gun in March 1780. With Rowley Hoar saw action against the Comte d'Estaing at the Battle of Martinique on 17 April, and in two indecisive actions on 15 and 19 May. Rowley made Hoar his flag-lieutenant for his good service in July, and on 10 August 1782 Hoar was promoted to commander, and given command of the 16-gun sloop based at Port Royal. He remained in this position until the end of the war, at which his ship was paid off after her return to England in August 1783.
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Interwar period and marriage
Hoar remained on half-pay at the rank of commander for the years between the end of the American War of Independence, and the start of the French Revolutionary Wars. He married during this time ashore, taking as his wife Catherine Dorothy <mask>, daughter of Peregrine <mask>. The couple were married at St Marylebone Parish Church on 20 May 1788, after which Hoar took the surname <mask>, in accordance with his father-in-law's will.Also in 1788 he carried out a series of experiments at Spithead, that led to the introduction of lifebuoys into the navy. The Nootka Crisis in 1790 led to <mask> receiving his long delayed promotion to post-captain, on 22 November 1790. He received the command of but the easing of tensions led to her being paid off and <mask> was left without a ship. This continued even after the start of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793, until September 1795, when he took command of the 54-gun with orders to serve in the West Indies. Command
<mask> followed through on his orders, but while serving at Port-au-Prince in the West Indies he suffered a severe attack of yellow fever, and was invalided home in October 1796. He recovered his health and on 29 March 1797 he was appointed to command the 54-gun at Plymouth. He was part of the court that court-martialled Captain John Williamson for misconduct during the Battle of Camperdown, and afterwards received an appointment to command the 64-gun in the North Sea.Nelson wrote to congratulate <mask>, calling the Ardent 'the finest man-of-war upon her decks that ever I saw.' While in command of the Ardent he developed a slight alteration to the 42pdr carronades carried on her main deck. <mask> observed that if the chock were depressed by two inches, the gun could be worked and run out with a smaller number of people, while the recoil was reduced and the force of
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the shot increased. <mask> reported this to the Board of Ordnance, which subsequently adopted the modification for all the ships in the fleet. North Sea and Baltic
<mask> spent the next few years in the North Sea and in blockading the Texel, initially under Admiral Adam Duncan until August 1799, and then Vice-Admiral Andrew Mitchell. After the surrender of the Dutch fleet to Mitchell in the Vlieter Incident on 30 August, <mask> was ordered to take possession of the 68-gun De Ruyter, and then to escort the rest of the prizes to the Nore, arriving there on 10 September. After the failure of the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland, <mask> assisted in the evacuation and received the thanks of Parliament.He then took part in Vice-Admiral Archibald Dickson's expedition to Copenhagen in support of Lord Whitworth's diplomatic mission. <mask> returned to Copenhagen in 1801, with Sir Hyde Parker's expedition, and was detached to join his old friend Nelson's division for the attack on the city. <mask> and the Ardent were duly engaged in the thick of the fighting, eventually suffering 29 killed and 64 wounded, with another 40 being slightly wounded but able to continue working. During the battle the Ardent forced the surrender of four Danish ships and floating batteries, causing Nelson to come aboard the Ardent the day after the battle to deliver his personal commendations to Ardents officers and men for their actions. On 9 April Parker moved <mask> to the 74-gun , replacing her captain, <mask> Thompson, who had lost a leg in the battle and was temporarily hors de combat. <mask> spent the next year serving in the Baltic, first under Nelson, and then under his successor, Sir Charles Pole. Cadiz and West Indies
<mask> was sent home in July 1802 with a squadron under Rear-Admiral Sir <mask>, and went from there to Cadiz, via Cork, in order to blockade the Spanish
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fleet there.The Peace of Amiens led to his return to England again, but he was soon sent to sea again as part of Charles Tyler's squadron despatched to the West Indies. He returned to Britain in June, where the Bellona was paid off. Resumption of war
The resumption of hostilities in 1803 led to <mask> taking command of the 74-gun on 3 November. The Courageaux became the flagship of Rear-Admiral James Richard Dacres, and in January <mask> attempted to organise a convoy to the West Indies. Soon after leaving Britain a gale blew up, causing considerable damage to the ship and forcing <mask> to return to Britain. Before he could return to sea, a sudden family crisis forced <mask> to resign his command, not returning to active service until December 1805. In that month he was given command of the 98-gun , commanding her in the English Channel.He was promoted to rear-admiral on 28 April 1808, and was requested to serve in the Baltic by Sir James Saumarez. Flag rank and later life
He flew his flag initially from the 74-gun , followed by the 74-gun and the 64-gun . After a brief return to Britain in January 1809, he returned to the Baltic in March 1809 aboard the 64-gun , where he spent most of the year. He returned to Britain in December, and in February 1810 was obliged to strike his flag owing to his poor health. He was knighted on 24 June 1813 and authorised to accept the award of the Swedish Order of the Sword. He was advanced to a vice-admiral on 4 December 1813. He died at Twyford Lodge, Hampshire, the home of his brother, on 13 June 1825.Notes
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Booker T. Washington "<mask>" <mask> (November 12, 1906 February 26, 1977) was an American Delta blues guitarist and singer. Bukka is a phonetic spelling of <mask>'s first name; he was named after the African-American educator and civil rights activist Booker T. Washington. Biography
<mask> was born south of Houston, Mississippi. He was a first cousin of B.B. King's mother (<mask>'s mother and King's grandmother were sisters). He played National resonator guitars, typically with a slide, in an open tuning. He was one of the few, along with Skip James, to use a crossnote tuning in E minor, which he may have learned, as James did, from Henry Stuckey.He also played piano, but less adeptly. <mask> started his career playing the fiddle at square dances. He claimed to have met Charlie Patton soon after, but some have doubted this recollection. Nonetheless, Patton was a strong influence on <mask>. "I wants to come to be a great man like Charlie Patton", <mask> told his friends. He first recorded for Victor Records in 1930. His recordings for Victor, like those of many other bluesmen, included country blues and gospel music.Victor published his photograph in 1930. His gospel songs were done in the style of Blind Willie Johnson, with a female singer accentuating the last phrase of each line. From fourteen recordings, Victor released two records under the name <mask>, two gospel songs with Memphis Minnie on backing vocals and two country blues. Nine years later, while serving time for assault, he recorded for the folklorist John Lomax. The few songs he recorded around this time became his most well known: "Shake 'Em On Down" and "Po' Boy". His 1937 version of the oft-recorded song "Shake 'Em on Down" is
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considered definitive; it became a hit while <mask> was serving time in Mississippi State Penitentiary, commonly known as Parchman Farm. He wrote about his experience there in "Parchman Farm Blues", which was released in 1940.He served in the US Navy from 1942 to 1944, after which he settled in Memphis, Tennessee, and worked outside music. Bob Dylan covered his song "Fixin' to Die Blues", which aided a "rediscovery" of <mask> in 1963 by guitarist John Fahey and Ed Denson, which propelled him into the folk music revival of the 1960s. <mask> had recorded the song simply because his other songs had not particularly impressed the Victor record producer. It was a studio composition of which <mask> had thought little until it re-emerged thirty years later. Fahey and Denson found <mask> easily enough: Fahey wrote a letter to <mask> and addressed it to "<mask> <mask> (Old Blues Singer), c/o General Delivery, Aberdeen, Mississippi"—presuming, given <mask>'s song "Aberdeen, Mississippi", that <mask> still lived there or nearby. The postcard was forwarded to Memphis, where <mask> worked in a tank factory. Fahey and Denson soon traveled there to meet him, and <mask> and Fahey remained friends for the rest of <mask>'s life.He recorded a new album for Denson and Fahey's Takoma Records, and Denson became his manager. <mask> was at one time also managed by Arne Brogger, an experienced manager of blues musicians. Later in his life, <mask> was friends with musician Furry Lewis. The two were recorded (mostly in Lewis's Memphis apartment) by Bob West for an album, Furry Lewis, Bukka <mask> & Friends: Party! At Home, released on the Arcola label. <mask> died of cancer in February 1977, at the age of 70, in Memphis,
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Tennessee. In 1990 he was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame (along with Blind Blake and Lonnie Johnson).On November 21, 2011, the Recording Academy announced the addition of "Fixin' to Die Blues" to its 2012 list of Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients. Legacy
The Led Zeppelin song "Hats Off to (Roy) Harper", on the band's 1970 album Led Zeppelin III, was based in large part on <mask>'s "Shake 'Em on Down". "Custard Pie", a song on their 1975 album Physical Graffiti, also references "Shake 'Em on Down." <mask>'s 1963 recordings of "Shake 'Em on Down" and spoken-word piece "Remembrance of Charlie Patton" were both sampled by electronic artist Recoil (mostly a one-man effort by Alan Wilder of Depeche Mode) for the track "Electro Blues for Bukka White" on the 1992 album Bloodline. The song was reworked and re-released on the 2000 EP Jezebel. In 1995, <mask>'s "Aberdeen, Mississippi" was covered as "Aberdeen" by guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd on his debut album, Ledbetter Heights. It reached number 23 on the Billboard (North America) Mainstream Rock Tracks in 1996.On January 26, 2010, Eric Bibb released Booker's Guitar (TEL 31756 02) through Telarc International Corporation, after becoming inspired by the hidden stories Bibb felt by holding <mask>'s famous guitar. <mask>'s song "Parchman Farm Blues" was recorded by Jeff Buckley, and was released posthumously on the bonus disc of Buckley's album Grace: Legacy Edition. In 2011, <mask> was honored with a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail in Houston, Mississippi. The Bukka White Blues Festival is an annual music festival on Columbus Day Weekend in Aberdeen, Mississippi. Discography
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<mask> (born 9 May 1967, Amsterdam) is a Dutch evolutionary psychologist who holds a professorship in evolutionary psychology and work and organizational psychology at the VU University (Vrije Universiteit) Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Van Vugt has affiliate positions at the University of Oxford, Institute for Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology (ICEA). Career
<mask>t went to Bataafs Lyceum and studied psychology at the University of Groningen, followed by a PhD in applied social psychology at the University of Maastricht during which he worked on research into environmental sustainability and transportation as social dilemma and tragedy of the commons problems. After receiving his PhD in 1996, <mask>t was hired by the University of Southampton, UK, to work as a lecturer in psychology, followed by a professorship in 2004 at the University of Kent, UK. Research
<mask> currently holds a professorship in psychology at the VU University (Vrije Universiteit) Amsterdam, bringing evolutionary and Darwinian thinking into the field of social psychology and organisational psychology. His research covers all areas of evolutionary psychology as applied to topics such as leadership followership, altruism, group dynamics, business, management, intergroup conflict and warfare, social dilemma, organisational psychology, volunteering and environmental protection. He has contributed to the scientific literature by proposing evolutionary evolutionary psychology theories for human social behavior.On leadership followership and organizations through
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the evolutionary leadership theory. On intergroup relations through the male warrior hypothesis. On the evolutionary psychology of social dilemmas. On conservation and sustainability through the lens of evolutionary psychology and evolutionary mismatch. Recently he conducted work on the Napoleon complex adopting an evolutionary lens. Grants and Awards
Van Vugt is a Fellow of the British Royal Society for Arts and Commerce. He is also the first recipient of the Juda Groen award in the Netherlands for his contributions to evolution, evolutionary psychology, and human behavior.He is the Business Editor of the Evolution Institute. Van Vugt has received several grants for his research, including from national and international science foundations, and from private partners. Media
<mask> Vugt is the lead author of a popular science book on leadership, Naturally Selected, with British science journalist Anjana Ahuja which has been translated in over ten languages. He is also co-author of a book on evolutionary mismatch and the implications of mismatch for human society (with novelist Ronald Giphart). Van Vugt has also co-authored books on prestige social dilemmas and the evolution of cooperation and a textbook on applying social psychology. His research has been discussed in many national and international popular science media outlets as the Nature, Huffington Post New Scientist, The Times, The Guardian, CNN, BBC, ABC Trouw and the Volkskrant. Van Vugt has a blog on Psychology Today, He also blogs on the website of the Dutch daily newspaper
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de Volkskrant applying evolutionary insights to societal issues.Van Vugt further co-writes with Max Wildschut a monthly column for the Dutch business magazine Management Team applying evolutionary theory to business and management. Editorships
<mask> Vugt serves on the editorial board of various journals such as the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology The Leadership Quarterly and Frontiers in Evolutionary Psychology and Human Neuroscience Politics and Life Sciences . He sat on various national and international panels on psychology teaching and research quality. He is an affiliate member of the British Academy project "From Lucy to Language". He led, together with Robin Dunbar of the University of Oxford, a series of lectures for the Economic and Social Research Council highlighting the role of Darwinian and evolutionary psychology in solving societal problems such as poverty, environmental protection, charity, war and peace. References
<mask> Vugt's blog on Psychology Today
<mask> Vugt "Selected" book lecture at Royal Society in London in September 2010 on YouTube
Reviews of the book have appeared in Nature and the New Scientist
<mask> Vugt's work on the evolutionary psychology of environmental protection and sustainability was discussed in the New Scientist
<mask> Vugt's evolutionary lessons in leadership failure appear in blogs on the Mind
<mask> Vugt gives Darwin lecture at Academia for Sciences in Czech Republic
Selected books
Giphart, R., & <mask>t, M. (2018). Mismatch: How our Stone Age brain deceives us every
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day (and what we can do about it).Little,Brown. https://www.amazon.com/Mismatch-Stone-Brain-Deceives-Every/
Van Lange, P., Balliet, D., Parks, C., & <mask>, M. (2014). Social Dilemmas. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Buunk, A. P., & Van Vugt, M. (2013). Applying social psychology: From problems to solutions. London: Sage Publications.Second edition. <mask>, M., & Ahuja, A. (2010). Selected: Why some people lead, why others follow, and why it matters. The Evolutionary Science of Leadership. London: Profile Books/New York: Harper. <mask>, M., Snyder, M., Tyler, T., & Biel, A.(Eds.). (2000). Cooperation in modern society: Promoting the welfare of communities, states, and organizations. London: Routledge. Selected journal articles
Spisak, B., O’Brien, M., Nicholson, N., & Van Vugt, M. (2014). Leadership in organizations: A niche-construction perspective. Academy of Management Review
Vugt, M. van, Griskevicius, V. & Schultz, P. W. (2014).Naturally green: Harnessing Stone Age psychological biases to foster environmental behavior. Social Issue and Policy Review, 8, 1-32. <mask>, M., & Ronay, R. D. (2014).The Evolutionary Psychology of Leadership: Theory, Review, and Roadmap. Organizational Psychology Review, 4, 74–95. Balliet, D., Li, N., Macfarlan, S., & <mask>, M. (2011). Sex differences in cooperation: A meta-analytic review of social dilemmas. Psychological Bulletin.Spisak, B., Homan, A., Grabo, A., & <mask>, M. (2011). Facing the situation: Testing a biosocial contingency model of leadership in intergroup relations using masculine
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and feminine faces. The Leadership Quarterly
Dunbar, R, Baron, R., Frangou, A., Pearce, E., <mask>wen, E., Stow, J., Partridge, G., Macdonald, I., Barra, V., & <mask>ugt, M (2011). Social laughter is correlated with an elevated pain trhreshold. Proceedings of the Royal Society-B
Brosnan, S. F., Newton-Fisher, N. E., & <mask>, M. (2009). A melding of minds: When primatology meets social psychology. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 13, 129–147.Hardy, C. L., & <mask>, M. (2006). Nice guys finish first: The competitive altruism hypothesis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 1402–1413. <mask>, M. (2009). Averting the Tragedy of the Commons: Using Social Psychological Science to Protect the Environment. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 18, 169–173. <mask>, M., De Cremer, D., & Janssen, D. (2007).Gender differences in competition and cooperation: The male warrior hypothesis. Psychological Science. 18, 19–23. <mask>, M., Hogan, R., & Kaiser, R. (2008). Leadership, followership, and evolution: Some lessons from the past. American Psychologist, 63, 182–196. <mask>, M. (2006).Evolutionary origins of leadership and followership. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 10, 354–372. External links
<mask> <mask>'s webpage
VU University website
Daily Science News
Human Behavior and Evolution Society website
1967 births
Living people
Dutch psychologists
University of Groningen alumni
Maastricht University alumni
Academics of the University of Kent
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<mask> (1928 – 10 January 2019) was an English comic artist whose career spanned almost fifty years. Primarily producing strips for the two main publishers, DC Thomson and IPC Magazines, <mask> was best known for drawing Judge Dredd for 2000 AD and the Daily Star. Biography
Early life and work
<mask> was born in Bournemouth in 1928, the son of a structural engineer. He studied to become an engineer himself, but his studies were interrupted by the outbreak of World War II. <mask> enlisted as a pilot with the Empire Flying Training Programme, and ended up flying mark 19 Spitfires (a photo-reconnaissance model). He was demobbed in 1947, and joined the Gaumont British animation studio, alongside future comics artists Mike Western and Eric Bradbury. After Gaumont British's parent company, the Rank Organisation, went bust in 1949, <mask> found work drawing comics for the Amalgamated Press under editor Leonard Matthews, starting on Knockout with humour strips like "Deed-a-Day Danny" and "Young Joey".His first adventure strip was an adaptation of the Burt Lancaster film The Flame and the Arrow in 1951. More adventure work, including "Ryan of the Redcoats" and adaptations of the western films Buffalo Stampede and The Last Outpost for The Comet, followed. He also contributed art
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for the Eagle. D. C. Thomson
In 1952 he was hired by D. C. Thomson & Co. as an illustrator for boys' story papers like Hotspur, Adventure and The Wizard under editor R. D. Low. <mask> was now married with a child and no longer wanted to live in bomb-damaged London, so Thomsons bought him a house outside Dundee, where they had their headquarters, paid for from deductions from his wages. He also drew for their girls' comics Bunty and Judy. In 1963 he was sent to South Africa by The Scotsman newspaper to find Jeannie Stewart of the anti-apartheid group Black Sash, who had been sending the paper material but had been stopped by the South African authorities.Because his passport gave his profession as "artist", rather than "journalist", it was felt he would arouse less suspicion. He found her and, after going on safari in the Kruger National Park to maintain his cover as a tourist, was able to bring some material back for the paper. In 1972 he left D. C. Thomson's staff and went freelance, moving to Surrey, although he continued to draw for Thomsons' comics, primarily Hotspur. Strips he drew included "The Cowboy Cricketer", and "Nick Jolly", a fantasy story about an eighteenth-century highwayman brought forward in time by well-meaning aliens to fight the sinister
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arch-villain Simon Death on his robotic, jet-powered horse Bess. He pushed for Thomsons to publish superhero strips, and was eventually given the go-ahead to create "King Cobra", who first appeared in Hotspur in 1976 and ran until 1980. Other titles he drew for include humour titles The Topper, The Dandy and The Beezer, and boys' adventure titles The Victor and Warlord, for which he drew "Drake of E-Boat Alley" and "Codename Warlord". He also did some uncredited work for Marvel Comics in the USA.2000 AD
In 1979 he began drawing "Judge Dredd" for IPC's 2000 AD, and during the early to mid-1980s, <mask> was by far the most prolific artist working on the character. Along with Brian Bolland and Mike McMahon he contributed to two of the character's most popular epic-length stories, "The Day the Law Died" and "The Judge Child". Amongst the more grotesque characters created by <mask> was Otto Sump, Mega-City One's ugliest man, with <mask> excelling himself in "The Otto Sump Ugly Clinic" depicting the horrific length citizens of the metropolis go to in making themselves look as physically repulsive as possible. <mask> was responsible for the majority of ugly-spin-off stories including "Gunge", "Who Killed Pug Ugly?" about an ugly pop star and "The League of Fatties" about
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over-eaters gone to extremes (although the first Fatty story was actually drawn by McMahon in a previous Annual). The "Get Ugly!" 2000AD cover has been used at least twice as a T-shirt design.Other Dredd stories which featured <mask> at the peak of his powers were the Pat Mills scripted "Blood of Satanus" where he more than effectively depicted a man's transformation into a blood-thirsty Tyrannosaurus rex, "The Hot-Dog Run" featuring a group of cadet Judges on a training mission in the Cursed Earth and "The Graveyard Shift", an extended narrative covering one typically crime-filled night in Mega-City One. <mask> also co-created the anti-hero Chopper in "Unamerican Graffiti" and Dave the orang-utan who became Mayor of Mega-City One. <mask> also created some of the most memorable 2000 AD cover images, and produced a number of other strips produced for the comic, including "Rogue Trooper" and "Chronos Carnival". <mask> went on to draw for other IPC titles, including M.A.S.K., Eagle, Wildcat and Toxic Crusaders before retiring in the 1990s. Daily Star
<mask> also helped bring Judge Dredd and his world to a whole new audience each weekend when he was chosen to illustrate a weekly Dredd strip for the Daily Star newspaper, each story a complete vignette offering a bizarre
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slice of life in the future city. Bibliography
D. C. Thomson
Warlord
"Codename Warlord", No. 3, 10, 17, 22, 29, 59, 68, 75, 95, 116
"Drake of E-Boat Alley", #20–36
Cover, No.12
Hotspur
"Nick Jolly", #787–816, 819
Covers, Hotspur Annual, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982
The Victor
"The Menace in Pit 19", #29–36
IPC/Fleetway
2000AD
"Judge Dredd", No. 104, 106–108, 111–112, 117–119, 121–25, 128–29, 131–32, 134–35, 137, 140–43, 148, 152–54, 157–59, 164–65, 167–69, 173–75, 179–81, 186–89, 192, 197–200, 202–03, 206–07, 209–223, 233–35, 237–244, 273–74, 280, 289–290 & 295, 300–03, 315–18, 329–330, 335–341, 346–49, 356–58, 366–68, 377–383, 387–89, 393–407, 414–15, 421–22, 430–33, 436, 442, 445–46 & 448–49, 499, 700–701, 824, 835–836, 855, 873–879, 895–896, 899. (1979–1994)
"Survivor", #639–644 (1989)
"Tales from the Doghouse: Moosey", #649 (1989)
"Chronos Carnival"
"Rogue Trooper", #712–723, 776–779(1991–1992)
"Harlem Heroes", #776–779 (1992)
Marvel UK
Transformers No. 84 "Target:2006: Part 4 – Wreck and Rule!" (with Simon Furman, Marvel UK, 1986, collected in Target 2006, 136 pages, Titan Books, August 2002, , IDW Publishing, January 2008, )
References
External links
<mask> Smith at Barney
Obituary at Multiversity Comics
1924 births
2019 deaths
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<mask> (born August 17, 1989), professionally known as <mask> and as his alter ego The BasedGod, is an American rapper. <mask> has recorded both solo and with Bay Area group The Pack. His solo work spans several genres, including hip hop, new age, indie rock and choral music. He describes his work as "based", a term which denotes a lifestyle of positivity and tolerance; and is noted for his extensive use of social media to build an online cult following. Music career
1989–2007: Early life and career beginnings
McCartney grew up in Berkeley, California, and attended high school at Albany High in Albany. He adopted the name <mask>, and began rapping at age 15 with San Francisco Bay Area based hip hop group The Pack. After two locally successful mixtapes, at the peak of the Bay Area's hyphy movement, the group's song "Vans" became a surprise hit.The song was ranked as the fifth best of 2006 by Rolling Stone magazine. The strength of "Vans" led the group to release the Skateboards 2 Scrapers EP, featuring a "Vans" remix with Bay Area rappers Too $hort and Mistah F.A.B. In 2007, Lil <mask> and The Pack released their first album, Based Boys. 2009–10: Solo success, collaborations and Rain in England
On September 24, 2009 <mask> released his first digital album, I'm Thraxx, via independent label Permanent Marks. On December 22, 2009, <mask> released his second digital album, 6 Kiss, to critical reception. On March 25, 2010 <mask> released his debut mixtape Dior Paint. On April 3, 2010 <mask> officially signed to fellow artist Soulja Boy's label
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SODMG Entertainment.On May 7, 2010 <mask> released a mixtape entitled Base World Pt. 1. On July 5, 2010 <mask> released a collaboration mixtape with Soulja <mask> entitled Pretty Boy Millionaires. <mask> had recorded over 1,500 tracks as of July 2010, including hits "Like A Martian", "Wonton Soup", "Pretty Bitch", "I'm God", all of which were released for free. On September 21, 2010 <mask> released his debut studio album, Rain in England, through Weird Forest Records; it was described by The Guardian as "a beatless, Beat poetry-style set where <mask>, voice a-quiver with earnestness, ponders love, beauty and all the bad things in the world over naïf new-age synth washes". 2010–present: Mixtapes
On December 29, 2010, it was announced and confirmed that <mask> apparently signed an album deal with Amalgam Digital. On July 10, 2011 <mask> released the EP Paint, through his label BasedWorld Records.On January 18, 2011, <mask> released his fourth digital album entitled Angels Exodus, through Amalgam Digital. On April 14, 2011, <mask> announced that his next album would be entitled I'm Gay, which caused a degree of controversy. On June 29, 2011 <mask> released his fifth digital album, I'm Gay (I'm Happy), through Amalgam Digital; the album entered the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart at number 56 and the Heatseekers Albums chart at number 20 for the week of July 16, 2011. On May 17, 2012, <mask> released his first instrumental album, Choices and Flowers, under the alias "The Basedgod". On September 16, 2012, <mask> released a rock single entitled
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"California Boy". On December 30, 2012, <mask> released his second instrumental album entitled Tears 4 God, also under the alias "The Basedgod". On December 24, 2013, <mask> released the mixtape 05 Fuck Em, which contained 101 songs.On June 1, 2014, <mask> released a mixtape entitled Hoop Life, which would be known for containing a track entitled "Fuck KD" that called out NBA player Kevin Durant. On October 14, 2014, <mask> released the Ultimate Bitch mixtape, featuring the song "No Black Person Is Ugly." On July 19, 2015, <mask> and Chance the Rapper announced that they recorded a new collaborative mixtape. <mask> was featured in Terror Jr's remix of their song "Come First" released, in 2017. On August 17, 2017, <mask> released Black Ken, describing it as his "first official mixtape." The mixtape reached number 24 on the Top Heatseekers chart and number 44 on the Independent Albums chart for the week of September 2, 2017. Artistry
<mask> and music critics refer to his rapping style as "based", a word that <mask> also uses to describe a positive, tolerant lifestyle."Based" is a reclaimed word, as described by <mask> in Complex:
On the internet, the alt-right has appropriated the term "based" as a general term of praise, as if it were "un-woke." Rapping technique
Slate columnist Jonah Weiner labeled him as one of a "growing number of weird-o emcees", calling him a "brilliantly warped, post-<mask> deconstructionist from the Bay Area". Musical critic Willy Staley described <mask>'s work as "variegated", because it ranges from critical parodies
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of the hip-hop genre to "half new age, half spoken word". He further notes that <mask> draws from a large variety of genres, especially those not commonly used by other rappers. In an interview with Staley, <mask> agrees with this analysis, saying, "I can do 'Swag OD' but then my favorite musical artist right now could be Antony and the Johnsons. That's the difference between me and these other rappers, and other musical artists in general." Other ventures
Author
Takin' Over by Imposing the Positive!is a book written by McCartney and published through Kele Publishing in 2009. The book is a collection of and written in the form of e-mails and text messages, and is written in such a way that the author is e-mailing the reader. Subjects include positivity, optimism, and living what he calls a "Based Lifestyle". The book was passed out in an unscripted NYU lecture in March 2012. On March 30, 2013 McCartney announced that he was in the process of writing his second book. Motivational speaker
<mask> has given motivational lectures at several colleges, including MIT and Carnegie Mellon University. They are generally focused around his personal experience in life and current events.On May 28, 2015, the rapper gave a lecture at UCLA, where he touched on subjects like money, the media, technology, space, awareness, and love. Basedmoji and vegEMOJI apps
<mask> launched the "Basedmoji" app on January 16, 2015. On January 17, 2015, <mask> released "vegEMOJI", in cooperation with vegan company "Follow Your Heart", despite the fact that <mask> is not yet
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a vegan, he has stated that he is cutting down on his consumption of processed foods, and that he is "ashamed of eating meat". Personal life
On January 16, 2015 <mask>'s apartment building in Contra Costa County, California, caught on fire early in the morning on Thursday after an electrical fire spread through the building. <mask> and six other people were saved by 15-year-old Mateo Ysmael, who ran through the building to wake everyone up. For the 2016 U.S. presidential election, he endorsed Vermont Senator <mask>, citing his civil rights record. Controversies and feuds
I'm Gay
When <mask> released his fifth album, titled I'm Gay, he received several death threats.Although he is heterosexual, he says the title is a message of support to the LGBT community. Referring to the original definition of gay, he says he is gay because he is happy, and subsequently changed the title to I'm Gay (I'm Happy). <mask>den
In 2010, a number of exchanges between <mask> and <mask> were had over Twitter. <mask>den had been seeming to speak mockingly about <mask>'s "Based" movement and his tweets, to which <mask> responded, initially friendly but then with insults. <mask> went on to release a diss track called "T Shirts & Buddens", which was then featured on his "Everything Based" mixtape. <mask> later apologized for his insults and noted his respect for <mask>den, calling him a "legend". The Game
In 2011, after hearing a verse from <mask> on the <mask> mixtape Sorry 4 the Wait, Compton rapper Game referred to <mask> as the "wackest rapper of all
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time."<mask> responded by calling Game "irrelevant," to which Game then threatened to knockout <mask>. Game targeted <mask> in his verse in his track "Martians vs Goblins" featuring <mask> and Tyler the Creator, with the line "Tie <mask> B up to a tank full of propane, swag, now watch him cook". <mask> addressed this on his track "Tank of Propaine" on his "White Flame" mixtape. Several weeks later, the two settled their differences through Twitter after which <mask> urged fans to purchase Game's The R.E.D. Album. <mask>a$$
<mask> took offense to the lyrics in the song "Survival Tactics" by late rapper Capital STEEZ, a founding member of the group Pro Era. In this, he raps, "They say hard work pays off / Well, tell the BasedGod don't quit his day job."<mask> responded with a song titled "I'm The Bada$$". <mask>a$$ then responded with a song titled "Don't Quit Your Day Job!" When the feud became public on Twitter, Joey became a target of a lot of attacks from <mask>'s fans, which ended up with Joey deleting his Twitter account, though restoring it later. In an interview with WWPR-FM, <mask> denied that he deleted his Twitter account because of <mask>'s fans. Later, in an interview with VladTV, Joey admitted the feud was created for publicity, and admitted he's a fan of <mask>'s more serious work. Kevin Durant
In 2011, NBA superstar Kevin Durant tweeted his befuddlement with <mask>'s popularity, and <mask> responded by "cursing" Durant that he would never win the NBA championship. The curse had been rescinded in 2012 but then reinstated in
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2014.The feud between the two has simmered since then, resulting in <mask> releasing the diss track "Fuck KD" in 2014 and a commercial on NBA TV, where <mask> calls out Kevin Durant. <mask> has claimed the "curse of the Based God" to be responsible for Durant and his Oklahoma City Thunder team's loss to the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference Finals of the 2016 NBA Playoffs. The Thunder had been up 3 games to 1 in a best-of-7 series, but then went on to lose the series in stunning fashion after losing the next 3 games in a row. On July 4, 2016, following the announcement of Durant leaving the Thunder for the Golden State Warriors, <mask> rescinded the curse again. James Harden
During the Western Conference Finals of the 2015 NBA Playoffs, <mask> began questioning NBA superstar James Harden's "cooking dance", a dance allegedly coined by <mask> which he had been doing all season long, and tweeted that if he doesn't receive an answer from Harden regarding that dance then Harden will receive the "Based God curse" similar to Kevin Durant. <mask> attributed the Houston Rockets loss to the Golden State Warriors with the score of 99–98 in Game 2, and again in Game 3 with the score of 115–80, to the curse. On May 24, 2015, <mask> announced on TMZ Sports that he has placed Harden under the "Based God curse" for the remainder of the playoffs and until further notice.On May 27, 2015, <mask> was present at Oracle Arena for Game 5 where the Warriors ultimately defeated the Rockets with the score of 104–90, becoming the Western Conference
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champions. Additionally, during this same game Harden set an NBA Playoff record with 13 turnovers, prompting <mask> to publicly consider lifting the curse. On June 4, 2017, <mask> announced on a live taping of First Take that he has lifted the curse from Harden. A Boogie wit da Hoodie and PnB Rock
At the 2017 Rolling Loud Bay Area festival, <mask> was forced to cancel his set due to an alleged altercation with <mask> wit da Hoodie backstage. Upon taking the stage to announce the cancellation of his set, he told the crowd he was attacked by "A Boogie and his whole crew" and that his equipment was also stolen, attributing the event to his criticism of New York hip hop in a recent Tweet. Footage of the altercation subsequently surfaced, and <mask> fans immediately expressed outrage on social media. Witnesses backstage also accused PnB Rock of being involved in the attack.Despite the incident, <mask> maintained a positive stance and even urged his supporters to forgive <mask> later that day on Twitter. The incident led to an immediate wave of support of <mask> from fans and other figures in the music industry. Schoolboy Q and Travis Scott, fellow performers at the festival, expressed their support for the rapper upon taking the stage for their respective sets. Other artists including <mask>, Skepta, G-Eazy, 6lack, Kreayshawn, A-Trak, Alison Wonderland, SpaceGhostPurrp, Lupe Fiasco, Kaytranada, and Mike Dean also expressed their support of the rapper on social media. Amidst the fallout of the incident, PnB Rock was pulled from the festival's lineup
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and replaced by Kreayshawn. <mask> and <mask> officially ended the feud two days later, through a phone call initiated by Kilo Curt of the late Mac Dre's Thizz Entertainment. Both artists took to Twitter to announce the end of the feud.Selected Discography
Rain in England (2010)
Angels Exodus (2011)
I'm Gay (I'm Happy) (2011)
Choices and Flowers (2012)
Hoop Life (2014)
Black Ken (2017)
References
External links
<mask>'s mixtapes at DatPiff.com
1989 births
Activists from the San Francisco Bay Area
African-American male rappers
African-American writers
American male non-fiction writers
American Internet celebrities
American motivational writers
American motivational speakers
Living people
Musicians from Berkeley, California
Rappers from the San Francisco Bay Area
West Coast hip hop musicians
Writers from the San Francisco Bay Area
African-American record producers
American hip hop record producers
Record producers from California
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21st-century American rappers
21st-century American male musicians
Outsider musicians
Twitch (service) streamers
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<mask> (born May 30, 1937) is a Cuban-American poet, diplomat and human rights activist. In 1960, he was arrested by the Cuban government for conflicting reasons; the Cuban government alleged that he had been complicit in anti-Castro terrorism, while foreign sources regarded his arrest as being due to his protesting communism, leading Amnesty International to name him a prisoner of conscience. Following his release in 1982, he wrote a book detailing his imprisonment and torture at the hands of the Cuban government, and was appointed in 1987 by U.S. President Ronald Reagan to serve as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. Arrest and imprisonment
<mask> is from Pinar del Rio, Cuba. By his own account, he was initially a supporter of Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution, later becoming an employee of the Office of the Ministry of Communications for the Revolutionary Government, for which he worked at a post office. In 1960, at the age of 23, he reportedly refused to put an "I'm with Fidel" sign on his desk at work. He was subsequently given a thirty-year prison sentence.The Cuban government stated that his arrest was on charges of terrorism, and that he had previously worked for the secret police of Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship. The international human rights organizations Oslo Freedom Forum, PEN International, and Amnesty International, in contrast, stated their belief that <mask> had been imprisoned solely for his anti-Castro stance, and the latter organization named him a prisoner of conscience. <mask> states that he was offered "political rehabilitation" early in his prison term, but refused. According to <mask>, this led to imprisonment in cramped "drawer cells" in which multiple prisoners were confined in a space too small to lie down, without being allowed toilet access. However, the Cuban government contested <mask>' claims. According to Castro, "Only a few hundred political prisoners were held captive" as of 1960. When <mask> was "liberated" by the French, the Cuban government provided <mask>' identification card from the Batista Police
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force and video that revealed how when the night arrived the "paralytic" got up from the wheelchair and performed stretching exercises to counteract the numbness caused by the wheelchair, and a healthy Valladares walking out of the prison as evidence that <mask>' claims are disingenuous.The recordings were shown to Regis Debray, when he visited Havana on behalf of François Mitterrand. The Cuban government decided in 1982 that <mask> would be released and could leave the country, on condition that he got on and off the plane at his own feet and in the sight of everyone, which he did effortlessly demonstrating his falsehood. In 1987, Reagan drafted a UN resolution accusing Cuba of human rights abuses based on <mask> claims of "140,000 political prisoners being tortured and executed in Cuban prisons and concentration camps." The Human Rights Council went to Cuba to investigate these claims, but the organization found no evidence to substantiate <mask> accusations. Writing and release
During his time in prison, <mask> went on multiple hunger strikes. The longest, a 49-day hunger strike in 1974, left him using a wheelchair several years with an attack of polyneuritis. <mask> subsequently appealed to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States, stating that he was being denied important medical care, including a functioning wheelchair.The IACHR found that Cuba had violated a number of <mask>'s rights, including the right to a fair trial, the right to protection against arbitrary arrest and the right to humane treatment during the time the individual is in custody, and the right to due process and protection from cruel, infamous, or unusual punishment. Believing that "poetry is a weapon," <mask> also began smuggling his poems out of jail, which brought him a measure of international attention. His first published collection, From My Wheelchair, detailed prison abuses and was released in 1974. After the book's publication, PEN France awarded him its Freedom Prize. In 1981, <mask>'s wife Marta – who had met and married him while he was imprisoned –
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traveled to Europe to meet with government officials regarding her husband's case, and in 1982, 83 U.S. Congressmen joined a call for <mask>'s release. <mask> was released that year after 22 years' imprisonment after a direct appeal by French President François Mitterrand.The Cuban government has made unconfirmed, unsubstantiated claims that <mask> was a CIA agent prior to his arrest and after his release from prison. Against All Hope and ambassadorship
After his release, <mask> resettled in the U.S. In 1986, Alfred A. Knopf released <mask>'s memoir Against All Hope, in which he detailed his prison experiences. One year later, U.S. President Ronald Reagan appointed <mask> to serve as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. The move was widely seen as an attempt to dramatize and draw new attention to Cuban human rights abuses. The Cuban government reacted by calling <mask> a "traitor and a fake," including stating that he had faked his paralysis while imprisoned. The U.S. State Department responded by accusing Cuba of "mounting a massive defamation campaign against <mask> <mask>" to deflect attention from its human rights record.In 1985, he signs a petition in support for the far-right paramilitary Contras (Nicaragua). <mask> served as the ambassador from 1988 to 1990. He vigorously argued for UN attention to Cuban human rights abuses during his tenure, leading Human Rights Watch to criticize him for appearing to have "little interest in pursuing other violators, particularly of the non-Communist sort," such as US allies Iraq or Guatemala. Other activities
<mask> is a member of the international advisory council of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. Books
Desde mi Silla de Ruedas (1976)
El Corazon Con Que Vivo (1980) - a book of poetry in Spanish
Cavernas del Silencio (1983)
Against All Hope: A Memoir of Life in Castro's Gulag (1985) - an autobiographical work
El Alma de un Poeta (1988)
References
1937 births
Living people
Cuban male writers
Cuban male poets
Cuban diplomats
Cuban human rights activists
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<mask> (1605–1665) was an English Quaker controversialist. Early life
<mask> was the son of <mask>, a hatter in Northampton, where <mask> was born. After attending a local school he matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford, in 1623 and graduated B.A. in 1627. Of Puritan views, he moved to New Inn Hall, where he proceeded M.A. in 1630. Gerard Croese states that he was chaplain to a nobleman for a short time, and became a confirmed Puritan.In 1632 he was presented to the lectureship of Lydd, Kent. He was known as a powerful preacher, and became a leader among the Puritans of the district. In his 'Baby-Baptism', <mask> states that he was later given a presbyterian ordination. While at Lydd <mask> associated with some Anabaptists, attending their meetings and offering them the use of his pulpit, in which he was stopped by the churchwardens. About 1643 he returned his licence to the bishop and joined the Baptists, supporting himself by farming. He was rebaptised, and after taking an active part in the Baptist community became minister to a congregation at Ashford, Kent, by 1649, in which year he engaged in controversy on infant baptism with several ministers in the presence of over two thousand people. He also disputed with Francis Cheynell at Petworth, Sussex, in 1651, and was engaged in at least eight other disputes within three years.He wrote Tracts in
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defence of his principles, and Baby-Baptism meer Babism. Quaker convert
In 1654 William Coton and John Stubbs, while on a visit to Lydd, stayed at <mask>'s house, and convinced him of the truth of quakerism. Shortly afterwards he joined the Society of Friends, among whom he became a minister, probably before his meeting with George Fox at Romney in 1655. On 17 September 1656 <mask> attended the meeting of Parliament, and when Oliver Cromwell stated that to his knowledge no man in England had suffered imprisonment unjustly, he attempted a reply. He was prevented from completing his speech, which he afterwards published. He subsequently attempted to address the Members of Parliament at a fast-day service in St. Margaret's Church, Westminster. He was active in Kent, where according to Joseph Besse he was roughly handled in 1658, and in 1659 he was pulled out of a meeting at Westminster by his hair and beaten.In May 1659 he went to Dunkirk with Edward Burrough; when the authorities ordered them to leave the town, they declined, and were then directed to be moderate. After unsuccessful encounters with the monks and nuns for a few days they returned to England. During the following year <mask> and Stubbs made a journey to Rome, travelling over the Alps on foot, where they testified to several of the cardinals, and distributed copies of Quaker literature. They
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apparently were not molested or warned. Anthony Wood states that when <mask> returned, he was well dressed; suspected of being a Jesuit and in receipt of a pension from the Pope, he was imprisoned and he seems to have undergone some further persecution. Later life
In 1660 <mask> held a dispute with Thomas Danson at Sandwich, Kent, and later that year was in Newgate Prison. The rest of his life was mainly spent around London, where he was a successful preacher.In 1661 he was imprisoned and treated badly in the Gatehouse Prison, Westminster. In 1662 he was arrested and sent to Bridewell Prison for being present at an illegal meeting. He was again sent to Newgate for refusing to take oaths, and was detained for upwards of a year, during which time he occupied himself in writing 'The Bishop busied beside the Business.' During part of this imprisonment he was confined with other prisoners in a room so small that they were unable to lie down at the same time. Shortly after his discharge he was again arrested at Charlwood, Surrey, and committed to the White Lion Prison, Southwark, where he was confined for about two years. During the Great Plague of London he was temporarily released, and went to the house of Ann Travers, a Quaker at Dalston, near London, where he died of the plague on 31 August 1665. <mask>'s works were Quaker text-books for more than a
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century.William Sewel called him 'dextrous and well skilled in the ancient poets and Hebrew'; and William Penn, a close associate, praised his even temper and humility. Works
<mask> used an "alliterative popular style" which "has something of Rabelais and something of Martin Marprelate in it". <mask>'s Rusticus ad Academicos in Exercitationibus Expostulatoriis, Apologeticis Quatuor. The Rusticks Alarm to the Rabbies, or the Country correcting the University and Clergy (1660) is, according to Christopher Hill, "a remarkable work of popular Biblical criticism, based on real scholarship", in which <mask> "virtually abandoned any hope of unity of interpretation, and so of any external unity [of the church]." <mask>'s works include:
Baby-Baptism meer Babism, or an Answer to Nobody in Five Words, to Everybody who finds himself concerned in it. (1) Anti-Diabolism, or a True Account of a Dispute at Ashford proved a True Counterfeit ; (2) Anti-Babism, or the Babish Disputings of the Priests for Baby-Baptism Disproved; (3) Anti-Rantism, or Christ'ndome Unchrist'nd; (4) Anti-Ranterism, or Christ'ndome New Christ'nd; (5) Anti-Sacerdotism the deep dotage of the D.D. Divines Discovered, or the Antichristian C.C.Clergy cleared to be that themselves which they have ever charged Christ's Clergy to be, 1653. Christianismus Redivivus, Christ'ndom both unchrist'ned and
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is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter from Tokyo known for writing the theme songs for several anime, movies and commercial ads. His name in kanji is . He uses katakana as his professional name. Prior to career
<mask> went to Kosei Gakuen Male High School in Suginami, Tokyo. After graduating from Tokyo Keizai University in 1989, he worked as a "salaryman" for four years in the advertisement industry. Beginning and major debut
By 1993, at 27, he had set his mind on becoming a musician. He already had a number of lyrics written.He made his first indie single, "0101", which he released using his birth name in kanji. After 2 years struggling to have a major recording label, by age 30, he was signed up by Office Augusta. His debut single ("Hit Chart o Kakenukero") opened up a world of possibilities. His EP album Clover, released in 1997, shows his J-Pop music has jazz, funk and soul influence. His work in Office Augusta began displaying his name as スガシカオ, in katakana, which continues today. Growth to International artist
"Yozora no Mukō", the song he wrote the lyrics to, and was sung by SMAP, has appeared in several Japanese music textbooks. Both SMAP's "Yozora no Mukō" (1998) and KAT-TUN's "Real Face" (2006) either debuted at or reached quickly the top spot in the Oricon charts, and sold over 1 million units each.Several of his songs have been used in anime and live action dramas and movies adapted from manga. Honey and Clover included songs from his album "Clover",
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like "Hachigatsu no Serenade", "Tsuki to Knife" and "Yubikiri". The song "Manatsu no Yoru no Yume" appeared in the first Death Note live action movie as an insert song. His song "Yūdachi" was used as the closing theme for the movie Boogiepop and Others, and as the opening theme for the 2000 anime series Boogiepop Phantom. "Hajimari no Hi" was used as the first opening theme to Letter Bee, and after a year and three months, he released "Yakusoku", which would be the opening for the "Letter Bee" sequel, Letter Bee Reverse. In 2019's live action adaptation of the manga "Yotsuba ginkō Harashima Hiromi ga mono mōsu!~ Kono hito (on'na) ni kakero ~", his song "Tōi yoake" would be the first song he's written as a theme song for a TV Tokyo dorama. He also did the theme songs to the XXXHOLiC anime series from CLAMP, including its movie xxxHOLiC: Manatsu no Yoru no Yume (Sanagi ~theme from xxxHOLiC the movie~), its first TV series season (Jūkyū-sai), and from "XXXHOLiC Kei", its second season (Nobody Knows)."Sofa" was the song used in the OVA "xxxHOLiC: Shunmuki" on February 17, 2009. In February 2013, XXXHOLiC live action drama started on Wowow, and Suga's "Aitai" was used as its opening theme song. In 2015, CLAMP made the drawings for the music video for "あなたひとりだけ 幸せになることは 許されないのよ" (Anata hitori dake shiawase ni naru koto wa yurusarenai no you, also known as "Anayuru"), including in it images of characters from "XXXHOLiC", to celebrate his debut anniversary. <mask>'s 2013 album
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"Aitai" cover and artist photos were made by Photographer and Film Director Mika Ninagawa
His songs have also been included in non-manga movies, like Dark Water ("Aozora") and Sweet Little Lies ("Ame agari no asa ni"). Other programs, like NTV's news program News Zero ("Shunkashuutou", October 6, 2006, to December 27, 2007) have also used Sugs's songs. They have appeared as well in countless of TV ads, like those of insurance agency Sony Sompo, and some car brands and housing businesses. For Chica Umino's seinen manga series, March Comes in Like a Lion, his song "Kizashi" was used in the commercial ad for the manga, and has appeared in it, as requested by Umino herself.His name and songs have also been mentioned in other anime, series and books. In Gintama, his name has been mentioned on episode 115, and his song "Progress" has been included in a parody in the series' "Shirogane no Tamashii" arc 2nd season's episode 9. "Progress" has also been included in a parody in episode 69 of Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion The Animation. In Arashi's program "Arashi ni Shiyagare" of June 30, 2018, a parody of "Professional Shigoto no Ryuugi" was made in the section "Sakurai Sho no asakatsu", headed by member Sho Sakurai, including <mask>'s song "Progress". His name has also been included in Haruki Murakami's novel After dark, with reference to his song "Bakudan juice". In 2019, director Makoto Shinkai twitted about his admiration for <mask>, and that he "borrowed" the last name
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for the character Keisuke <mask> from his newest anime movie, Weathering with You. Tours at home and abroad
<mask> started appearing at concert venues in 1997 as part of a caravan of artists that either were mostly invited by radio station events, like "Akasaka Live" (TBS Radio) or "Meet the World Beat" (FM802), or were self promoted by the agency to which he belonged, like in all the "Augusta Camp" series, as part of Fukumimi, up until 2012, in which he appeared as guest, since he had retired from Office Augusta in 2011.His first live tour as a solo artist was in 1998, in the "Shikao & The Family Sugar Tour '98". "Family Sugar" was the name given to the support band he had from 1997 to 2007. From 2007 on, <mask> has had the support of other groups of musicians. One under the "Funk Fire" name, which was the name also of a concert series in larger venues. Another group (with no name) has been supporting him from 2015 on, both for his live tours as well as other events and festival concerts. He has also had tours playing the guitar by himself. Most of the concerts in this series are called "Hitori Sugar".The first one of the series was on October 22, 2006. For the 2020 Hitori Sugar Tour, <mask> posted on his official site a series of recommendations about coronavirus health-related information for people planning to go to live concerts, mainly because of the concerns of the spread of the virus throughout Asia. In 2009 he made his first trip overseas, to London. It was to
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be the first time he appeared before a non-Japanese audience. In September 2017 he made his official first appearance in the American Continent, participating in the Greenroom Festival in Hawaii, which he repeated the following year
In December 2017 he made his first trip within Asia, visiting Singapore on the 8th and Taiwan on the 17th, under the tour named "Suga Shikao Asia Circuit 2017". On the December 26 he ended the tour in the city of Tokyo. Other activities
<mask> is also a music producer, DJ, and radio personality.His radio stint began shortly after his debut. In 1997 he headed FM NORTHWAVE's "スガシカオのヒットチャートをかけぬけろ" (Suga Shikao no Hitto Chaato wo Kakenukero"). From October 3, 2005, until March 27, 2006, he was hosting a radio program called Night Stories Monday on J-Wave radio station, which was downloadable as a podcast. Other stations where he worked at are BayFM and FM802. He often appears as special navigator. On April 5, 2020, <mask> began a new weekly radio program on J-Wave, called "Mercedes Benz the Experience". In 2012, <mask> translated the lyrics for Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which started performances September 28, at Zepp DiverCity Tokyo, with Mirai Moriyama in the lead.In 2017 he celebrates 20 years of career with a musical festival that he has named "Sugafes", which had the participation of renowned artists like Dohatsuten, Pornografitti and Mr. Children and others. Sugafes was made in collaboration with Atsushi Shikano, from Viva la Rock
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Master, Arrangement), Numazawa Takashi (Drums), Matsubara Hideki (Bass), Mamiya Takumi (Lead Guitar), Otaki Yuko and Saito Kumi (chorus).Activities stopped in 2007 , just after the celebration of his 10th debut anniversary. In 2006 he was part of a group of singers all born in 1966. The unit was called Roots 66. And they had a special event called [ROOTS 66 DON'T TRUST OVER 40] on April 2. Ten years later, in 2016, they reunited again for an event called [ROOTS 66 -Naughty50-]. In 2017, they lent their voices for the ending theme of the second season of the anime Osomatsu san, called レッツゴー!ムッツゴー!～6色の虹～ ("Let's go! Muttsu go!~ Rokushoku no niji"). In 2006 he was involved in another group, Kokua, for which he has served as vocalist and songwriter. Their first involvement was for the theme song Progress for NHK's program プロフェッショナル_仕事の流儀 (Professional Shigoto no Ryūgi, known overseas as The Professionals). In 2016, the members reunited for their 1st official album and tour. With other singers and singer-songwriters for radio, TV, and other commercial campaigns
In 2009 he was part of the 20th anniversary celebrations of radio station FM802. He was involved in the FM802 x Docomo campaign collaboration song Oh! Radio, written by Kiyoshiro Imawano (which was to be his last), as part of the special unit called Radio Soul 20.The group consisted of musicians Mao Abe, HY, Shigeru Kishida (Quruli), <mask> <mask>, Bonnie Pink, Daisuke Yamamori (Rock'A'Trench), Sho Wada (Triceratops).
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The song aired April that year. In 2015 he was part of the FM802 X Tsutaya Access! spring campaign, writing the song that was to be the campaign song, 「Music Train 春の魔術師」(Music Train ~ Haru no Majutsushi). Sugar & The Radio Fire is the special unit made to sing the song, and it consists of musicians <mask> <mask>, Sakurako Ohara, Yohei Kawakami (Alexandros), Kosuke Saito (Unison Square Garden), Maguro Taniguchi (Kana-Boon), Haruna (Scandal), Tatsuya Mitsumura (Nico Touches the Walls), Ryota Yamamura (Flumpool). Song aired in March 1 to May 31 that year. In 2018, he returns as part of the FM802 x Tsutaya Access!Spring campaign as a singer, this time as part of the special unit Radio Bestsellers, with the song 「栞」(Shiori), written by Ozaki Sekaikan (CreepHyp). Radio Bestsellers is made up by musicians Aimyon, Sekaikan Ozaki (CreepHyp), Kenta Kataoka (Sumika), Gen (04 Limited Sazabys), Kosuke Saito (Unison Square Garden), <mask> Suga. In 2019 he collaborated with Takeshi Kobayashi for Tokyo Metro's "Find my Tokyo" campaign in writing the song for its version. He also appears in a cameo in the video for the ad. 7 . 1st week sales – 14,639 . Total sales – 17,326
Hajimari no Hi ~ feat.Mummy-D (はじまりの日 feat. Mummy-D) (November 25, 2009)
Ame Agari no Asa ni (雨あがりの朝に) (March 17, 2010) Digital single
Sayonara Homerun (サヨナラホームラン) (April 28, 2010)
Yakusoku (約束) (February 23, 2011)
Re:you (June 27, 2012)
Festival (October 25, 2012)
Aitai (アイタイ) (April 10, 2013)
Miagete
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goran yoru no hoshi wo ~ feat. Daniel Ho (見上げてごらん夜の星を feat. 20th Anniversary Edition (November 28, 2018)
Other songs
Anata e (April 29, 2020, YouTube), with guest vocalists Kazutoshi Sakurai (Mr. Children) and Akihito Okano (Porno Graffitti), in acknowledgement to those working in the medical field during the coronavirus crisis
Collaboration with other artists in their albums or singles
Physical (BRADBERRY ORCHESTRA feat. <mask> Shikao, Crystal Kay and Salyu; song single) (July 27, 2012)
Dance dance (Yoshito Tanaka, feat. <mask> Shikao; album "The 12 Year Experiment") (February 13, 2013)
Fireball (Fire Horns feat Suga Shikao; album "Primal Ignition") (June 4, 2014)
AsianLover (Duran feat. <mask> Shikao; album "Face") (July 11, 2018)
Smells (Yoshito Tanaka feat.Suga Shikao; album "Smells like 44 Spirit") (Self-promotion) (August 4, 2018)
Demos
Demo Tracks'' (1997)
References
External links
Official sites
Shikao Suga official website
Shikao Suga official website (Speedstar Records)
1966 births
Living people
Japanese male singer-songwriters
Japanese singer-songwriters
Singers from Tokyo
Kokua
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<mask> (born Ronola Rone in 1936) is an author, essayist, international museum consultant, and former senior executive at The Art Institute of Chicago and Executive Director of Urban Gateways: The Center for Arts in Education. She has been a co-chair of the Harvard University Arts Education Council and a Senior Research Associate at Harvard University's Center for the Study of World Religions, and at Claremont Graduate University School of Religion. In 2004, <mask> published Another Way Home: The Tangled Roots of Race in One Chicago Family to critical acclaim. <mask> has served on the board of directors at the American Writers Museum, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation in Taliesin, Scottsdale, Arizona, the Rhode Island School of Design, and the Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion at the University of Chicago. She is an internationally recognized expert in arts education and multicultural education. <mask>'s husband is <mask>, a mathematician at the University of Chicago, with whom she has four daughters. Early life and education
<mask> was born on March 17, 1936 to parents John Drayton Rone Sr and Thelma (Day) Shepherd, a factory-worker and a homemaker.Her parents emigrated separately from Louisiana to Chicago during the “first wave” of the Great Migration, between 1918 and 1920. <mask> and her four siblings all attended the landmark Wendell Phillips High School and local universities. Ronne attended the University of Chicago for both her undergraduate and master's degree. While obtaining her BA in History (1955), Ronne worked with Honors preceptorial advisor Charles G. Bell. Advisors for her M.A. in Theology and Literature included Langdon Gilkey, Paul Ricoeur and Anthony Yu. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters by DePaul University in 2006.Early career
From 1974 to 1981, <mask> served as the Dean of Students and Assistant Professor of the Comparative Literature at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. During this time, <mask> developed national and international exchange study opportunities and
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fellowships for SAIC students. In 1981, <mask> became the Executive Director for Urban Gateways: The Center for Arts in Education, a Chicago-based, not-for-profit, arts and education organization which was at the time the largest in the country. Urban Gateways won the coveted Presidential Medal for the Arts, as well as the Governor's Award for the most outstanding arts organization in Illinois. In 1991, <mask> became the Woman's Board Endowed Executive Director of Museum Education at The Art Institute of Chicago where she was responsible for all facets of interpretation in the museum, including lectures, film, videos and services to schools and families. <mask> was instrumental in forming the Leadership Advisory Committee (1994). The LAC continues to promote and sustain diversity within the AIC, and provides counsel, new perspectives and support to the museum for the advancement and engagement of African Americans in the life of the institution.From 1999 to the present, <mask> has been an independent consultant in museum education and planning. Her clients have included: The Fetzer Institute, where she convenes an international Arts Advisory Council; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Rubin Museum of Art, New York City; Museum of Biblical Art, New York City; Harvard University Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School; National Endowment for the Arts; Newberry Library; as well as museums in São Paulo, London and Kyoto. Author
<mask>'s full-length memoir, Another Way Home: The Tangled Roots of Race in One Chicago Family (University of Chicago Press, 2004) was a seminal book in the literature of race in America. A biographical memoir, Another Way Home traces the story of <mask>'s mother, Day Shepherd, through her migration to the city of Chicago and her experiences as a mixed-race American. <mask> draws on her mother's recollections and genealogical research to trace her family roots from a deep-South plantation to a close-knit urban middle-class family. <mask>'s book chronicles crucial moments in
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African American history, from the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 and the Great Depression to the murder of Emmett Till and the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement. Named by the Chicago Tribune as one of the ten best non-fiction books of 2004, Another Way Home has met with critical acclaim, including praise from Children's Defense Fund President Marian Wright Edelman, Yale Professor Robert B. Stepto, Harvard's Sara Lawrence Lightfoot, and poet Nikki Giovanni.<mask> is currently completing a new manuscript, which traces the wide-ranging visual depictions of home by African American artists. In this work, <mask> examines images of direct experience of the American South in contrast with memories of longing for Africa as primordial homeland. Selected service on boards and committees
American Writers Museum, Chicago, Vice Chair, Board of Directors,
Fetzer Institute, Kalamazoo, MI, Convener, Arts Advisory Council
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Taliesin, Scottsdale, AZ
Harvard University Graduate Division of Arts Education, Co-Chair Board of Directors
University of Chicago Women's Board, Steering Committee
University of Chicago, Interlocutor, International Enhancing Life Project
Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion, University of Chicago
Rhode Island School of Design, Honorary Life Trustee
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Chicago
The Chicago Network
Columbia College Chicago
International Sculpture Center, New York City
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Illinois Chapter
Selected publications
2019 - Essay in The Horn Book Magazine,v. XCV No. 4, American Library Association, Selected publications==
2016 - The Arts Enhance Life in Excelsis: Essay, websites of The University of Chicago Enhancing Life Project and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
2014 - Essay in Conference Publication, the Institute for Signifying Scriptures, Claremont, California
2013 - Manifest Grace: Art, Presence, and Healing: Catalogue Essay in Body and Soul, Museum of Art and Design: New York City
2012 - Visual Echoes and Evocations:
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{{Infobox peer
|name = <mask> of Lag
|image = File:Old Dunscore Kirk and graveyard - Cruel Lag memorial.JPG|
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|caption = Cruel Lag's memorial at the Old Kirk of Dunscore burial ground, erected in 1897 by his descendant Sir Alexander Grierson. |birth_date = 1655
|birth_place = Barquhar, Lochrutton parish, Kirkcudbrightshire
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|death_place = Dumfries
|resting_place = Dunscore Old Kirk
|nationality = Scottish
|other_names = Cruel Lag, Auld Lag
|occupation = Justice of the Peace, Member of Parliament
|title = 1st Baronet, of Lag and Rockhall
|alma_mater =
|party =
|religion = Episcopalian
|spouse = Lady Henrietta Douglas
|children = Sir William Grierson, 2nd Baronet, 8 others
|parents = William Grierson, Margaret Douglas
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Sir <mask>, 1st Baronet, of Lag (1655/56 – 31 December 1733) was a Scottish baronet. He is best remembered as a notorious persecutor of the Covenanters, particularly among the people of Galloway, and is still referred to as Cruel Lag. The character of Sir <mask> of Wandering Willie's tale in Sir Walter Scott's Redgauntlet is based on Grierson. Life
<mask> was born at the farm of Barquhar, the son of the 1st Tutor of Lag, William Grierson (c. 1626-after 6 December 1665), the Laird of Barquhar, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, and his wife, Margaret Douglas (b. c. 1633), the daughter of Sir James Douglas, of Mouswald, Dumfriesshire. Contrary to
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the tree produced by Gracie, the Griersons proclaimed descent from Malcolm MacGregor of Glenorchy, has been shown to be pure myth with no evidence to support it and with the advent of dna to have been genetically impossible. The Lag Charters show that Gilbert Grierson had been granted the lands of Lag in Dumfriesshire in 1408 by Henry II Sinclair, Earl of Orkney.In 1666, <mask> succeeded his cousin as Laird of Lag and he was for some years Steward of Kirkcudbright. In 1676 he married Henrietta Douglas, the daughter of James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Queensberry; the couple had five children: William, James, John, Gilbert, and Henrietta. Grierson sat as a Member of Parliament for Dumfriesshire between 1678 and 1686. Between the 1660s and 1680s the Stuart king Charles II acted to suppress dissent among the militant Presbyterians of Galloway, who refused to conform to the king's authority and in several cases broke out into armed rebellion. The local heritors were charged with enforcing this policy, and Lag, a Stuart loyalist and Episcopalian, proved a particularly energetic supporter. In 1678 he made his own tenants sign a bond in which they agreed not to attend illegal conventicles or to commune with "vagrant preachers". He subsequently assisted John Graham of Claverhouse in policing the south-west of the country.As a commissioner for Galloway he was given control of one of the military courts set up to try rebellious Covenanters, and in this capacity was responsible for
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(1638) and the Solemn League and Covenant (1643) and who hoped, sometimes schemed and even at times took up arms against the Stuart monarchy to achieve religious freedom. A satirical chapbook poem known as Lag's Elegy, in which the Devil lamented the death of Lag, his "champion brave", was extremely popular in southern Scotland for around fifty years after his death. Grierson eventually entered folk memory, and was the subject of a strange custom recorded in Galloway and Dumfriesshire in the 19th century. Alexander Fergusson, who published a biographical sketch of him in 1886, recalled that as late as the 1840s some families, including Fergusson's own, used to commemorate Lag's deeds yearly in November by getting someone to dress as the "Laird of Lag", a "beast as hideous as the ingenuity of the performer intrusted with the part could make it" and which was used to frighten the children of the household. The conventional "beast" walked on all fours and had a long snout made from a large wooden kitchen pestle, with which the performer would "smell out Covenanters under the sideboard and other likely places": Fergusson said that anything "more striking, not to say appalling, to young minds can hardly be imagined". Arms
References
Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition).New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
<mask>, First Baronet (1655/6 – 1733)
External links
Video and narration on Lag Tower and the Griersons
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and narration of Sir <mask> and Lag Tower
Video and narration of Cruel Lag and the Wigtown Martyrs
Video and narration - Dunscore Churchyard and Sir <mask>
1655 births
1733 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1678
Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1681–1682
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<mask> (January 13, 1947 – August 11, 1959) was a twelve-year-old Roman Catholic Cajun girl from Richard, Louisiana, () in the United States. She has become the focus of a popular belief that she is a saint—a person who is in heaven—who has performed a number of miracles. Local Catholic
clergy and diocesan officials permitted, promoted, and participated in the popular veneration of <mask> for years prior to her being named a Servant of God, the first step in the canonization process. Life and final illness
<mask> was the second-oldest of ten children born to Joseph Elvin and <mask>. Adults and children who knew her considered her to be smart but otherwise unremarkable. She was a devout Catholic but no more so than was customary in the local Cajun community. <mask>'s mother said, "She liked sports and was always busy with something.She went to church and said her rosary, but she was just a normal little girl." In May 1959, after reading a book about Therese of Lisieux Richard asked her grandmother whether she, too, could become a saint by praying like Therese. After reporting appearances of a tall woman in black who vanishes, and her teacher recommending that she was not herself, her mother took her to a physician. As a result, only two weeks before her death she was diagnosed with acute lymphatic leukemia and hospitalized at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Lafayette, Louisiana. At the request of her family, she was informed by the hospital chaplain, Joseph Brennan, a newly ordained Catholic priest, that she was going to die. Though the illness was painful, she remained cheerful, meekly accepted her fate, and offered up her suffering to God. Brennan was deeply impressed by her faith and visited her daily.While dying, <mask> prayed for other individuals to be healed or to be converted to Catholicism. The Director of Pediatrics at the hospital, Theresita Crowley, a nun, also witnessed her calm acceptance of suffering and prayers for others. Brennan and Crowley claimed that those for whom <mask> prayed recovered from their illnesses or became Catholic. <mask>
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died on 11 August 1959 and was buried in Richard, Louisiana. Belief in <mask> as saint
Before her death Brennan and Crowley began telling people about <mask> and <mask>'s family became aware that there was a belief that she was "special." Floyd Calais, a Catholic priest who was at the time the chaplain of Charity Hospital in Lafayette, was a close friend of Brennan. In 1961, Calais began praying to <mask> to be assigned to a parish.He was assigned to St. Edwards parish in Richard, Louisiana—<mask>'s burial place—that same year. Once there, he discovered the need to raise money to build a new church there. Calais says that he was "invited to retreats and recollections, and began speaking about <mask>, how she achieved grace before she died" and about the need for money to build a new church in the parish. "People started going to her grave," he said, "and began sending checks to build the church. What I thought would take 8–10 years took 2 1/2." As early as the late 1960s and by 1972 at the latest, prayer cards marked "For Private Devotion only" with a photograph of <mask>, a prayer to her, and a prayer for her canonization were in circulation and xerographic copies were frequently being sent to individuals in need of help. A 1975 series of articles about <mask> in the newspaper of the Lafayette diocese spread the cult and were republished in a booklet, "<mask>, A Saint from Southwest Louisiana", in 1979.Testimonials by individuals who believed that they had benefited by prayer to <mask> were added and the booklet was again republished in 1988. A widespread belief formed in the area that <mask> would intercede in heaven for people's prayers to be answered. By 1989, the belief had spread outside the Cajun area. Hundreds of people were visiting <mask>'s grave each week, which had been illuminated so visits could occur in the evening and a box had been provided in which to leave written petitions to <mask>. On the thirtieth anniversary of her death that year, an outdoor Mass was held there which was attended by four thousand people and which was covered by
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Louisiana television stations and the Cable News Network, and was reported in newspapers in Louisiana, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando, Albany, and Seattle. The media coverage resulted in knowledge of <mask> spreading world-wide, with interest in her expressed in Yugoslavia, Croatia, Australia, and Africa. Approximately a thousand people attended anniversary Masses there in both 1991 and 1999, with about 400 attending in 2007, and thousands come to her grave each year, including chartered buses from New Orleans.Church position
Though no official canonization procedures had begun for <mask>, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette began collecting in 1991 testimonials about reputed help obtained through her. Unlike the traditional support for canonization of a saint, which begins with popular devotion and is only later recognized by the church, support for <mask> began outside her immediate home area and was first promoted by the clergy, beginning with Brennan, Crowley, and Calais. The bishop of the Lafayette diocese at the time of her death, Maurice Schexnayder, visited her grave multiple times and referred to her as a saint. Another bishop of the diocese, Harry Flynn, presided at the thirtieth anniversary Mass in 1989, along with sixteen other priests. The diocese also approved the creation of a private organization, the Friends of Charlene, to spread her story. In January 2020, Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel of the Diocese of Lafayette officially opened the cause of <mask>’s sainthood during a Saturday Mass at the Immaculata Center in Lafayette, along with Arnaudville teacher and evangelist Auguste Nonco Pelafigue. Following the Mass, <mask> and Pelafigue were officially named “Servant of God”, the first step in sainthood.On 17 November 2021, the USCCB meeting in Baltimore, Maryland voted to advance the cause of <mask>'s beatification and canonization. baltimore, Maryland
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1947 births
1959 deaths
Deaths from leukemia
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<mask> (born 18 April 1977) is an Australian musician from Hornsby, New South Wales. He is a founding member and singer-guitarist for the rock band Grinspoon. Early life and education
<mask><mask> was born on 18 April 1977 in Hornsby, New South Wales, while his parents were on the road. His father was the singer of a Christian rock 'n' roll band, Good Grief, while his mother was a keyboard player in the support act. The pair toured beach missions on a Baptist church initiative on the east coast of the state. In 1983 they moved to Bourke to the Christian community, Cornerstone. Jamieson has three sisters.In the late 1980s, Jamieson became "quite obsessed" with pop music and the top ten hits on the charts. He admits to being a big fan of Bros and says the band's When Will I Be Famous? tour was the first concert he ever attended. Jamieson was also a fan of musicians such as Bon Jovi, Michael Bolton, Richard Marx, George Michael and "just anything that was particularly bad". Jamieson attended Wauchope High School, where he co-acted the lead in the school's 1994 production of Joseph and The Technicolor Dreamcoat, sharing the role with Matthew William Joyce. During his school years, Jamieson started a band with Fiona, titled Dancing with Daisies in a Meadow of Corruption, which won the Hastings Battle of the Bands competition. Jamieson was also the guitarist in Mescaline, singer in Crabapple and drummed in a punk band, Stiffy.Music career
<mask> is best known as the front man of alternative rock band Grinspoon. In July 1995, <mask>, on lead vocals and guitar, formed the group with Pat Davern on lead guitar, Joe Hansen on bass guitar, and Kristian Hopes on drums. Their debut gig was at a Lismore hotel, The Gollan. Greg Lawrence of WHAMMO website described Lismore's late 1980s music scene as a "collection of manic and unpredictable bands that played the - even more - unpredictable venues
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at the time". He opined that it was no surprise that Grinspoon were "a young troop of riff-masters balancing on the thin line between hard and punk rock". He praised the "strengths of the band" including Jamieson's "casual charisma". In 1995 the group won the inaugural Unearthed talent contest by national youth radio network, Triple J.Their winning track became the band's first single, "Sickfest", which also appeared on their six-track self-titled extended play that year. The single was co-written by <mask> with Davern – their first effort at song writing together. Their debut album, Guide to Better Living, was issued in September 1997 with its 16 tracks written by <mask>, or co-written by <mask> and Hansen, or <mask> and Davern. It peaked at No. 11 on the ARIA Albums Chart and remained in the top 50 for 36 weeks. The group followed with six more studio albums, Easy (September 1999), New Detention (June 2002), Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills (September 2004), Alibis & Other Lies (July 2007), Six to Midnight (September 2009), and Black Rabbits (September 2012). All six peaked in the top 10 with both New Detention and Alibis & Other Lies reaching No.2. Their highest point on the related ARIA Singles Chart was actually achieved by two of their extended plays, Pushing Buttons (September 1998) and Panic Attack (March 2003) – each peaked at No. 13. In 2005 <mask> won Best Male Performer in the second annual Jack Awards, while Grinspoon won their first ARIA Award for Best Rock Album for Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills. Grinspoon remained together for over 18-years and from December 2013 they have been in an indefinite hiatus. In total the band had received 13 ARIA Award nominations. Jamieson showcased the sounds of Grinspoon to millions of viewers in March 2006, playing live at Melbourne Cricket Ground as part of the closing ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games.The band also had a track
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used on the Gran Turismo 3 video game. In addition to his work with Grinspoon, <mask> co-wrote tracks for United States group Unwritten Law including "Elva" and "Nick and Phil" on Elva (January 2002) and "She Says" and "Because of You" on Here's to the Mourning (February 2005). Late in 2004 <mask> was the lead vocalist for "Evie" part three, "I'm Losing You", by super group, The Wrights, which performed a cover version of Stevie Wright's 1974 hit. They issued it as a single which peaked at No. 3 on the ARIA Singles Chart in March the following year. In early 2005 <mask> performed guest vocals on the track, "Sayonara", for the film Deck Dogz. In August 2009, <mask> teamed with Chris Cheney (of The Living End); Josh Pyke; and Tim Rogers (of You Am I) to perform The Beatles' White Album in its entirety in celebration of that album's 40th anniversary.They were supported by an ensemble of 17 musicians. In May 2014, <mask> and Russo performed acoustic shows in Sydney and Melbourne. In July 2014, <mask>, Cheney, Pyke and Rogers once again performed the White Album on an Australian tour, with a 17-piece orchestra. <mask> also DJs under the name "2ManyPJs" and supported the Living End in 2012 during the Sydney leg of their 'Retrospective Tour'. In March 2017 <mask> starred as St Jimmy in the Australian premiere of the Broadway musical 'American Idiot' in Brisbane. He is due to reprise his role for the national tour of the production in 2018. Personal life
In March 2002, Jamieson met Julie, his partner, at a Grinspoon performance in Brisbane.Julie had been a runway model and appeared in ads and TV commercials—by 2007, the couple had two children, Eight and Lyla and by January 2014, the couple had been married for seven years. As of February 2014, Jamieson resides in Sydney, Australia, is an avid South Sydney Rabbitohs supporter and is the team's number-two ticket holder. In February
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