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 negro has an opportunity for education. As a white man I am afraid of but one thing for my race and that is that we shall become afraid to give the negro a fair chance. The first duty of every man is to develop himself to the uttermost and the only limitation upon his duty is that he shall take pains to see that in his own development he does no injustice to those beneath him. This is true of races as well as of individuals. Considered properly it is not a limitation but a condition of development. The white man in the South can never attain to his fullest growth until he does absolute justice to the negro race.If he is doing that now, it is well for him. If he is not doing it, he must seek to know the ways of truth and pursue them. My own opinion is, that so far we have done well, and that the future holds no menace for us if we do the duty which lies next to us, training, developing the coming generation, so that the problems which seem difficult to us shall be easy to them. Later life
After leaving the governor's office in 1905, <mask> resumed his law practice. He was persuaded to run for the Senate seat held by fellow Democrat Furnifold M. Simmons in 1912. But before the nomination was decided, <mask> died of a heart attack while making a speech to the Alabama Education Association in Birmingham on April 4, 1912. The subject of <mask>'s speech was 'Universal Education'.After he had talked for a few minutes, <mask> spoke the words: 'I have always talked about education—.' Here he stopped, threw up his hands, reeled backward, and fell dead. Legacy

In Greensboro, North Carolina, the auditorium at UNC Greensboro, as well as a street, a neighborhood, and a middle school were all named for him. Dormitories at UNC-Chapel Hill and East Carolina University campuses were named after him, although ECU decided to rename the dorm in 2015. UNC-Chapel Hill followed suit in 2020. In Pikeville, North Carolina, there is a high school named after him as well. There is an <mask> Elementary School in Henderson, and

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 another in Asheville.Aycock High School in Cedar Grove graduated its last class in 1963. Additionally, a small street in the Chapel Hill neighborhood of Governors Club is named after him, along with numerous other Governors of North Carolina. In 1965, a junior high school in Raleigh, North Carolina was named after him, although it was absorbed into William G. Enloe High School in 1979. A street in Raleigh's Five Points neighborhood was also named for him. In the 1933 textbook The Story of North Carolina, <mask> is described as "one of the best friends that colored people had." For most of the 20th century, <mask> was characterized by state historians and politicians as an admirable figure, reflected in the choice to have a statue of him as one of the two submitted by the state to the National Statuary Hall Collection. In recent years, that viewpoint has been challenged:
Often overlooked was <mask>'s role as a leading spokesman in the white supremacy campaigns of 1898 and 1900, which were marked by widespread violence, voter intimidation, voter fraud and even a coup d'état of the government of Wilmington....The campaigns had far-reaching consequences: blacks were removed from the voter rolls based on literacy tests, Jim Crow customs were encoded into law, and the Democratic Party controlled Tar Heel politics for two-thirds of the 20th century. In 2011, the N.C. Democratic Party dropped <mask>'s name from its annual fundraiser after calls from both Democratic and Republican lawmakers brought attention to <mask>'s white supremacy ties. <mask> had been included in the fundraiser's name since 1960. On June 17, 2014, Duke University removed his name from a residence hall. On February 20, 2015, East Carolina University trustees voted to remove <mask>'s name from a residence hall after a months-long debate with faculty, students, staff and alumni. The trustees directed the university to represent <mask>'s name in another campus location, where founders and other university supporters would be recognized. As of

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 early 2015, UNC Greensboro was also reviewing proposals to remove <mask>cock Middle School in Greensboro, dropping the Aycock name. On August 15, 2017, the Greensboro City Council voted to rename the Aycock Historic District, which included the formerly named Aycock Middle School (now Swann Middle School) to Dunleath Historic District. On February 28, 2018, North Carolina governor Roy Cooper requested from the Architect of the Capitol replacement of <mask>'s statue with one of evangelist Billy Graham, pursuant to legislation signed in 2015. The statue will be replaced once sufficient private funds for Graham's statue are raised. On April 24, 2018, Greensboro City Council unanimously voted to rename North and South Aycock Street, which runs from West Florida Street to Wendover Avenue, to North and South Josephine Boyd Street after Josephine Boyd, the first black student to attend the all-white Greensboro High School (now Grimsley High School) in 1957. On May 4, 2021, Raleigh City Council voted to rename Aycock Street to Roanoke Park Drive following a neighborhood petition.Bibliography

References

External links
<mask> Birthplace from the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
North Carolina Election of 1898 from University of North Carolina
Education, the South's First Need a 1905 magazine article by <mask>

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American white supremacists
Burials at Historic Oakwood Cemetery
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United States Attorneys for the Eastern District of North Carolina
People from Wayne County, North Carolina
North Carolina Democrats
Democratic Party state governors of the United States
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Wilmington insurrection of 1898
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<mask> (born March 5, 1980 Inglewood, California) is a former professional baseball player who played from 2002 to 2012. Family
<mask> is the son of Chris and <mask>. Chris is an attorney and lifelong surfer. <mask> has a sister named Allie and a brother named Timmy. <mask>'s uncle, <mask>, was the public address announcer of the Los Angeles Dodgers starting in 1958 until his retirement in 1982. He died in 1990. Besides baseball, <mask>'s Uncle John also announced Lakers basketball, Rams and Raiders football, Kings hockey and USC football.High school career
<mask> attended Loyola High School of Los Angeles. While there, he earned All-League and All-Conference honors. In 1998, as a senior, <mask> had a .510 batting average with 10 doubles, 21 RBI and 13 runs scored. On the mound, he was 2−1 with a save and a 3.45 ERA. He earned MVP honors at the SoCal Challenge. <mask> was also the goalie on the school's soccer team which won the state championship. He was selected as the CIF Goalie of the year and established school records in shutouts and goals against average.One of <mask>'s friends during his high school career, Kriston Palomo, was killed during a game by a runner's batting helmet which hit him in the larynx. From that day on, <mask> has tried to wear Palomo's #29 whenever possible in his collegiate and professional careers and, after each victory, <mask> points to the sky to honor his friend. College career
<mask> began his collegiate career with LA Harbor Junior College in 1999 and 2000. He was a two-time All-Conference player. While a freshman, <mask> pitched in one game. He had a 1−1 record with a 1.10 ERA. As an outfielder, he hit .420 with 7 doubles, 20 RBI and 18 runs scored.During his sophomore year, <mask> was 1–1 with one save and a 1.31 ERA. He struck out 28 in 31 and a third innings. At the plate, he hit .361 with six doubles and 22 RBI. As a junior in 2001, <mask> switched to

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 the University of Florida where he put up a 4–3 record with 9 saves and a 2.24 ERA as a reliever. At one point in the season, he had nine consecutive appearances without giving up a run. He struck out 56 batters in 52 and a third innings. In the SEC Tournament and the NCAA postseason, <mask> made four appearances and posted a perfect 0.00 ERA while collecting a save.He struck out 12 in just 6 and two thirds innings pitched. He was awarded the team's Best Pitcher Award for the season. At the end of the 2001 season, <mask> was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in 11th round (336th overall) of the 2001 Major League Baseball draft, but he decided to play his senior season for Florida. <mask> made the switch to being a starter for the 2002 season. He would end up starting 17 of the 19 games he appeared in and also collecting two complete game shutouts. His record for the year was 10−3 with a 3.88 ERA. Throughout <mask>'s collegiate career, he participated in various amateur leagues including the Saskatchewan Major Baseball League where he hit .331 with 19 RBI, 21 stolen bases, and 10 doubles while having a perfect 0.00 ERA and 6 saves for the Melville Millionaires.He also played with the Compton Rottweilers. Minor league career
<mask> was selected in the 10th round of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft (304th overall) by the Cleveland Indians, and he signed with them. <mask> began his minor league career in 2002 with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers of the New York–Penn League. In his collegiate career, he was used mostly as a reliever until his senior year. From the very start of his professional days, <mask> was a starter. He would start 10 of the 13 games he appeared in 2002. <mask> finished the campaign with a 6–3 record with a 2.03 ERA and 71 strikeouts in 62 innings pitched.<mask> led the Scrappers in ERA, WHIP (0.85), and strikeouts. He was 5th in the NYPL in ERA and selected as a

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texts: post-season All-Star. <mask> spent most of 2003 with the Lake County Captains in the South Atlantic League. For the season, he posted a 13–6 record and a 2.99 ERA. He threw 3 complete games including a shutout. <mask> led the Captains in strikeouts with 108. <mask> also started two games for the Akron Aeros in the Eastern League going 1–0 with a 6.55 ERA.He was 0.01 shy of 10th place in the SAL in ERA. <mask> moved on to the Kinston Indians in the Carolina League for 2004. While in Kinston, <mask> had a big hand in helping the K-Tribe capture the league championship with a 10–4 record, 2 complete games, and a 3.85 ERA despite also leading the league with 19 home runs allowed. On September 6, <mask> threw a 6–0 perfect game against the Myrtle Beach Pelicans in the last game of the season with his sister Allie in the stands at Coastal Federal Field. It was just the fourth nine-inning perfect game in Carolina League history and the first since a 1978 gem by Marty Bystrom for the Peninsula Pilots. <mask> threw just 97 pitches in the contest, two changeups, two splitters, 35 curveballs, and 58 fastballs in the 82–84 mph range. He recorded five strikeouts, seven groundouts, and fifteen flyouts.The closest that the Pelicans came to a hit was a line drive to right center that Jonathan Van Every made a "highlight-reel catch" of for the second out in the ninth inning. <mask> reached a full count just twice. The game itself almost did not happen due to a steady mist that delayed the start nearly a half-hour. The weather along with the fact that it was technically a meaningless game since the playoff spots had already been decided, led to some pregame discussion of a cancellation. <mask> has called the game "a gift from God ... my shining moment." It also uplifted his team. The K-Tribe had lost seven of ten games going into the game.The excitement of the perfect game was credited with picking up the

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 the Somerset Patriots in the independent Atlantic League. The Patriots were being managed by Sparky Lyle. For Somerset, <mask> put up a 6–7 record with a 3.76 ERA. His 155 and two-thirds innings were the most he pitched since the 2003 season. He was rewarded with a trip to the league All-Star game. The Texas Rangers decided to take a chance on him for the 2007 season and signed him to a minor league contract. <mask> was assigned to the Bakersfield Blaze of the California League.<mask> was soon released after an 0–2 start. He only made it through six and a third innings for the Blaze and posted a dismal 15.63 ERA. Following his release, <mask> returned to Somerset where he had a 6−9 record with a 4.64 ERA, 2 complete games, and a shutout. <mask> also saw a little time in the outfield for the first time since his college days. At the plate, he had one official at bat and a .000 batting average, but he did score a run. April 2008 saw <mask> pitching in the Chinese Professional Baseball League of Taiwan for the Brother Elephants. His career in Taiwan lasted just three innings on April 25 as he was rocked for six runs on seven hits, including two home runs in a 12–4 loss against the President Lions.Returning to the United States, <mask> found work back in the Atlantic League with the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs who are owned by Hall of Fame member Brooks Robinson. He was signed on June 4 with the season already in progress. By the end of the season, <mask> compiled a record of 7–6 with 1 complete game and a 4.01 ERA. He started 20 of the 21 games he appeared in. Musical career and off season activities
<mask> is an guitarist who plays right-handed despite being a southpaw. He has played the National Anthem "Hendrix-style" prior to games for Kinston and Somerset. <mask> is the rhythm guitarist and lead singer in a "surf rock" band called Flava Do.On August 20, 2006, <mask> pitched six innings in

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 a Patriots victory and then, after the game, put on a concert for the fans with his brother Timmy who also plays in Flava Do. Teammate Dave Elder joined the brothers on a Pearl Jam song

Sources and further reading
 Anon. : "K-Tribe's <mask> Ends Season With Perfect Game", in The Goldsboro News-Argus (Goldsboro, North Carolina), September 7, 2004
 Anon. : "<mask> Saddles Up With Rangers", on Our Sports Central, March 12, 2007
 Anon. : "Somerset Patriots Re-Sign Pitcher <mask>", on NJ.com (blog site), May 29, 2007. article re-posted to blog site
 Ashmore, Mike: "The <mask> Experience", in The Hunterdon County Democrat, July 27, 2006. On Mike Ashmore's site
 Hall, David: "Former K-Tribe Pitcher Enjoys Life On The Beach", in The Kinston Free Press, January 19, 2007
 Hall, David: "Perfect Game Perfect Timing", in The Kinston Free Press, September 8, 2004
 Hall, David: "<mask> Is Still A Pitcher Of Contentment", in The Kinston Free Press, May 11, 2007
 Huang, Paul: "President Lions Destroy Brother Elephants 12−4", in The Taipei Times, April 27, 2008. Sinclair, Rob: "<mask>'s Perfect Game First In Team History", in The Kinston Indians 2005 Yearbook, p. 39.His one game in Taiwan. Stanchak, Scott and Mike Ashmore: "Rock On, <mask>", on Atlantic League Baseball News, August 20, 2006. Atlantic League blog
 Waldrop, Melinda: "PERFECTION", in The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina), September 7, 2004. reprinted at the Kinston Free Press website
 Winston, Lisa: "Surfer/Musician Hits Perfect Tune On Mound", in USA Today, September 24, 2004

External links

<mask> Palomo tribute site
SABR minor league data base
BB Cube page

1980 births
Living people
American rock guitarists
American male guitarists
Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
Baseball players from Inglewood, California
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21st-century American male

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<mask> (Born <mask>; March 11, 1887December 31, 1980) was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), and the brother of silent screen actor <mask>. He was known for portraying John Wilkes Booth in the silent classic The Birth of a Nation (1915) and for directing such films as the widescreen epic The Big Trail (1930) starring John Wayne in his first leading role, The Roaring Twenties starring James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart, High Sierra (1941) starring Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart, and White Heat (1949) starring James Cagney and Edmond O'Brien. He directed his last film in 1964. Biography
<mask> was born in New York as <mask> to Elizabeth T. Bruff, the daughter of Irish Catholic immigrants with Spanish ancestors, and Thomas W<mask>, an Englishman. <mask> was part of Omega Gamma Delta in high school, as was his younger brother. Growing up in New York, <mask> was also a friend of the Barrymore family. John Barrymore recalled spending time reading in the <mask> family library as a youth.Later in life he lived in Palm Springs, California. He was buried at Assumption Cemetery Simi Valley, Ventura County, California. Film career
<mask> was educated at Seton Hall College. He began acting in 1909, first as a stage actor in New York City and later as a film actor. In  1913 he changed his name to <mask>. In 1914 he became an assistant to D. W. Griffith and made his first full-length feature film, The Life of General Villa, shot on location in Mexico with Pancho Villa playing the lead and with actual ongoing battles filmed in progress as well as recreations. <mask> played John Wilkes Booth in Griffith's epic The Birth of a Nation (1915) and also served as an assistant director.This was followed by the critically acclaimed Regeneration in 1915, the earliest feature gangster film, shot on location in Manhattan's Bowery district. <mask> served as an officer in the United States Army during World

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texts: War I. He later directed The Thief of Bagdad (1924), starring Douglas Fairbanks and Anna May Wong, and Laurence Stallings' What Price Glory? (1926), starring Victor McLaglen and Dolores del Río. In Sadie Thompson (1928), starring Gloria Swanson as a prostitute seeking a new life in Samoa, <mask> starred as Swanson's boyfriend in his first acting role since 1915; he also directed the film. He was then hired to direct and star in In Old Arizona, a film about O. Henry's character the Cisco Kid. While on location for that film <mask> was in a car crash when a jackrabbit jumped through the windshield as he was driving through the desert; he lost his right eye as a result.He gave up the part and never acted again. Warner Baxter won an Oscar for the role <mask> was originally slated to play. <mask> would wear an eyepatch for the rest of his life. In the early days of sound with Fox, <mask> directed the first widescreen spectacle, The Big Trail (1930), an epic wagon train western shot on location across the West. The movie starred John Wayne, then unknown, whom <mask> discovered as prop boy Marion Morrison and renamed after the Revolutionary War general Mad Anthony Wayne; <mask> happened to be reading a book about him at the time. <mask> directed The Bowery (1933), featuring Wallace Beery, George Raft, Fay Wray and Pert Kelton; the energetic movie recounts the story of Steve Brodie (Raft), supposedly the first man to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge and live to brag about it. An undistinguished period followed with Paramount Pictures from 1935 to 1939, but <mask>'s career rose to new heights after he moved to Warner Brothers, with The Roaring Twenties (1939), featuring James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart; Dark Command (1940), with John Wayne and Roy Rogers (at Republic Pictures); They Drive By Night (1940), with George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino and Bogart; High Sierra (1941), with Lupino and Bogart again; They Died with Their Boots On (1941), with Errol Flynn

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 as Custer; The Strawberry Blonde (1941), with Cagney and Olivia de Havilland; Manpower (1941), with Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich and George Raft; and White Heat (1949), with Cagney.<mask>'s contract at Warners expired in 1953. He directed several films afterwards, including three with Clark Gable: The Tall Men (1955), The King and Four Queens (1956) and Band of Angels (1957). <mask> retired in 1964. He died of a heart attack in 1980. Outside interests
<mask> was a breeder and owner of Thoroughbred racehorses. For a time, his brother <mask> trained his stable of horses. Their horse Sunset Trail competed in the 1937 Kentucky Derby won by War Admiral who went on to win the U.S.Triple Crown. Sunset Trail finished sixteenth in a field of twenty runners. Some of <mask>'s film-related material and personal papers are contained in the Wesleyan University Cinema Archives. Selected filmography

Miscellaneous
The Conqueror (Writer) (1917)
The Big Trail (story contributor) (uncredited) (1930)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (producer) (uncredited)  (1951)
The Lawless Breed (producer) (uncredited) (1953)
Esther and the King (screenplay) (1960)
The Men Who Made the Movies: <mask> (TV movie documentary)
Himself (1973)

Notes

References

Further reading
Moss. Marilyn Ann (2011). <mask>: The True Adventures of Hollywood's Legendary Director.University Press of Kentucky. Smith, Renee D. (2013). The Films of <mask>: A Critical Approach

External links

Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database
<mask> at Virtual History

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American people of English descent
American people of Irish descent
American people with disabilities
American Roman Catholics
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<mask> (born 30 November 1955) is a German composer and pianist. <mask> was born in Frankfurt am Main. He studied music education from 1973 to 1978 in Mainz, and from 1977 to 1982 studied piano with Alfons Kontarsky and Aloys Kontarsky at the Hochschule für Musik Köln, where he sat his piano examination in 1982. At the same time, between 1979 and 1986, he studied composition with Hans Ulrich Humpert in the Studio for Elektronic Music of the Hochschule für Musik Köln. From 1981 to 1986 he was the pianist and a founding member of the Ensemble Modern, from 1986 to 1989 he worked as an interpreter with Karlheinz Stockhausen, playing synthesizer in Stockhausen’s operatic cycle Licht. He was invited to the Studios of Ghent (IPEM), Stockholm (EMS), Bourges (Groupe de musique expérimentale de Bourges), Paris (IRCAM), and Freiburg (SWF-Heinrich Strobel Stiftung) as well as to the Studio for Electronic Music of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk in Cologne. At IRCAM he realized the electronics for his chamber opera Solaris (to a libretto by Stanisław Lem); the opera received its première at the Munich Biennale in 1996.Since 1997 he has been Professor of Composition at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar. From 2010 to 2013 he was a Guest Professor for Composition at the University of Music and performing Arts in Vienna. In works such as Solaris, Obst adopts a modernist sensibility while at the same time questioning its underlying philosophy. Selected World Premières and Important Performances
10 Years IRCAM Paris 1987: "Kristallwelt III" for ensemble on tape, commission IRCAM
Donaueschinger Musiktage 1987: "Kristallwelt III" for ensemble

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Donaueschinger Musiktage 1989: "Miroirs" for 6 vocalists, commission SWF
Donaueschinger Musiktage 1995: "Diaphonia" for soloists, orchestra and live-electronics, com. SWF
World Music Days (ISCM) Cologne 1987: "Chansons" for Mezzo-Soprano, 5 instruments, live-electronics and tape, commission WDR
Holland-Festival Amsterdam 1990: "Kristallwelt III" for ensemble and tape
10 Years Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt 1990: "Nachtstücke" for 7 instr. + live-el. 5 for piano solo
 1998/99 Reflections for accordion solo
 2000 The Wind for violin, French horn and tape
 2000 Images for violin solo
 2000 Six Sketches for French horn solo
 2001 Piano Trio no.1
 2001 Transit, for orchestra
 2002 Nosferatu, (music for the classic silent film by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau)
 2003/04 Espaces Sonores, 8-track electronic music
 2004–05 Espaces sonores, for wind quintet and orchestra
 2006 Arcus for string quartet and electronic music
 2006 Piano Trio no. 2
 2009 Trois Rêves for ensemble
 2009 Four Little Pieces for B-flat clarinet
 2013 Die Befristeten, concertante radio play for speakers and ensemble after the theatre piece of the same name by Elias Canetti (text adaptation by Ursula Ruppel)
 2013–14 Variazioni for two trumpets and two ensembles
 2014 Te Deum for six-part mixed choir
 2016 Noctuelles for 11 instruments

Writings by <mask>t (selection)
De nouveau critère pour apprécier la musique electroacoustique in: Esthétique et Musique Electroacoustique, Paris 1996, pp. 71–76
Neue Musik (-festival)? in: Festschrift 75 Jahre Donaueschinger Musiktage, Donaueschingen 1996, pp. 77–80
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<mask> (20 January 1877 – 14 October 1925) was an English entomologist. He served as a Professor of Entomology at Imperial College London and as the second Imperial Entomologist to India. He left India after the death of two of his children from insect-borne diseases. He worked on applied entomology and initiated experiments on the use of chemicals to control insects. A formula he developed was utilized to save Westminster Hall from destruction by wood-boring beetles, while others were used to control lice in the trenches during the First World War. The success of his chemicals led to increased demand and the founding of Rentokil, a company for insecticide production. He was killed in an accident while experimenting on fumigants to control insects.Biography

Maxwell-Lefroy was born in the village of Crondall to Charles James Maxwell Lefroy of the 14th Hussars (whose grandfather was James Walker who had designed the Regent or Vauxhall Bridge in 1816) and Elizabeth Catherine, daughter of Alfred Henry McClintock, a Dublin surgeon. The hyphenated form Maxwell-Lefroy was adopted in 1875. He grew up in the family's Itchel Manor, on an ancient site which had once been property of the Bishop of Winchester. The manor itself had a long history, being mentioned in the Domesday Book, and filled with stories of ghosts and their hauntings (and demolished in 1954). As a child he was raised in an environment of opulence, with many servants at home to take care of the house and his needs. Education
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<mask> (born November 27, 1977) is a Cuban  and Dominican Professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros and with the Chunichi Dragons in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB)

Professional career

Chicago Cubs
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<mask> joined the independent Can-Am League, going 2–1 with a 5.09 ERA in four games for the Nashua Pride and 7–3 with a 2.81 ERA in 17 games, including 12 starts, for the New Jersey Jackals. New York Mets
<mask> signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets after the end of the season.

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 He started 2007 with High-A St. Lucie and later was promoted to Double-A Binghamton. He combined for a 0–2 record with a 4.17 ERA and one save in 23 games (one start), before being released. Since 2008, <mask> has pitched winter baseball for the Gigantes del Cibao of the Dominican League and Navegantes del Magallanes of the Venezuelan League.He represented the Dominican team in the 2010 Caribbean Series, in which he led all pitchers in wins (two) and strikeouts (13) and was selected to the All-Star Team. <mask> was invited to spring training with the Mets in 2010. He was sent to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons to start the season, but was quickly promoted to the major leagues. On May 11, <mask> got his first major league victory in an 8–6 win over the Washington Nationals. On July 6, <mask> was called back as the Mets placed Fernando Tatís on the 15-day disabled list. On August 13, <mask> was optioned to AAA along with Ryota Igarashi to make room for Pat Misch and Francisco Rodríguez. On November 5, <mask> was sent down to Triple-A Buffalo and became a free-agent after refusing the minor league assignment.St. Louis Cardinals
On November 23, 2010, <mask> signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the St. Louis Cardinals. <mask> made seven appearances for St. Louis, pitching in 5.1 innings and allowing two earned runs on six hits. He was designated for assignment on August 12, 2011. New York Yankees
On August 16, <mask> was claimed off waivers by the New York Yankees. On August 18, he was assigned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees. Valdes declared for free agency on October 11. Philadelphia

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On November 10, 2011, <mask> signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the Philadelphia Phillies.After opening the  season with the AAA Lehigh Valley IronPigs, his contract was purchased by the Phillies on May 11, and he joined the club's 25-man active roster. Houston Astros
<mask> was claimed off waivers by the Houston Astros on October 2, 2013. He was designated for assignment on March 27, 2014. Valdes had his contract purchased by the Astros on April 17, 2014, and was placed on the club's 25-man roster. He was designated for assignment on May 4, and sent outright to the Triple-A Oklahoma City RedHawks on May 6. Toronto Blue Jays
<mask> was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays on May 19, 2014, for a player to be named later or cash considerations, and he was assigned to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons. He elected free agency after the season ended.Chunichi Dragons
On the December 2, 2014, Valdes signed a $400,000, 1-year deal with the Chunichi Dragons of the NPB. On 26 September 2017, it was announced that Valdes had been released by the Dragons. Saraperos de Saltillo
On April 3, 2018, Valdes signed with the Saraperos de Saltillo of the Mexican Baseball League. He was released on July 3, 2018. Toros de Tijuana
On October 16, 2018, Valdes signed with the Toros de Tijuana of the Mexican League for the 2019 season. On April 30, 2019, during a game against the Saraperos de Saltillo, umpires detected a foreign substance on his left arm, which appeared to be pine tar. He was ejected from the game, and later suspended for 10 games and fined an undisclosed amount for the incident.He was released on November

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title: William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper

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<mask>, 1st <mask>,  ( ; 10 October 1723) was an English politician who became the first Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. Cowper was the son of Sir <mask>, 2nd Baronet, of Ratling Court, Kent, a Whig member of parliament of some mark in the two last Stuart reigns. Career and titles
<mask> was educated at St Albans School in Hertfordshire, and was later to acquire a country estate in the county and represent the county town in Parliament. He was admitted to Middle Temple on 18 March 1681/82, was called to the bar on 25 May 1688, and built up a large practice. He gave his allegiance to the Prince of Orange on his landing in England in 1688, and was made King's Counsel and recorder of Colchester in 1694. Cowper had the reputation of being one of the most effective parliamentary orators of his generation. He lost his seat in parliament in 1702 owing to the unpopularity caused by the trial of his brother <mask> on a charge of murder.Lord Keeper of the Great Seal
On 11 October 1705 he was sworn to the Privy Council, was appointed Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, and took his seat on the woolsack without a peerage. In the following year he conducted the negotiations between the English and Scottish commissioners for arranging the union with Scotland. In November of that year he succeeded to his father's baronetcy, and on 14 December 1706 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Cowper of Wingham, Kent. He was the youngest Lord Keeper for many years: the Queen, who had taken a great liking to him, joked that "she had given the Seals to a boy" and suggested that in future he should wear a wig to lend him gravity. Lord High Chancellor
When the union with Scotland came into operation in May 1707 the Queen in Council named Cowper Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, he being the first to hold this office. He presided at the trial of Dr Sacheverell in 1710, but

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 resigned the seal when Harley and Bolingbroke took office in the same year. Queen Anne, who had a high regard for him, "begged him with tears in her eyes" not to resign, and though she was reluctantly persuaded to accept his resignation, continued to consult him unofficially for the remainder of her reign.On the death of Queen Anne, George I appointed <mask> one of the Lords Justice for governing the country during the king's absence, and a few weeks later he again became Lord Chancellor. Lord High Steward
A paper which Cowper drew up for the guidance of the new king on constitutional matters, entitled An Impartial History of Parties, marks the advance of English opinion towards party government in the modern sense. It was published by Lord Campbell in his Lives of the Lord Chancellors. Cowper supported the impeachment of Lord Oxford for high treason in 1715, and in 1716 presided as Lord High Steward at the trials of the peers charged with complicity in the Jacobite rising, his sentences on whom have been censured as unnecessarily severe. He warmly supported the Septennial Bill in the same year. Viscount Fordwich and <mask>wper
On 18 March 1718 he was created Viscount Fordwich and <mask>, and a month later he resigned office on the plea of ill-health, but probably in reality because George I accused him of espousing the Prince of Wales's side in the prince's quarrel with the king. Taking the lead against his former colleagues, Cowper opposed the proposed Peerage Bill brought forward in 1719 to limit the number of peers, and also opposed the bill of attainder against Atterbury in 1723.<mask> was not a great lawyer, but Burnet says that he managed the Court of Chancery with impartial justice and great despatch; the most eminent of his contemporaries agreed in extolling his oratory and his virtues. It is notable that Queen Anne, despite her prejudice

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 against the Whigs in general, came to have a great respect and liking for Cowper, and continued to seek his advice even after he left office as Lord Chancellor. Trial of <mask>
His younger brother, <mask> (1669–1728), was tried for the murder of Sarah Stout in 1699, but was acquitted; the lady, who had allegedly fallen in love with Cowper, having committed suicide on account of his inattention—at least according to Cowper's lawyers. Spencer was one of the managers of the impeachment of Henry Sacheverell, was Attorney-General to the Prince of Wales (1714), Chief Justice of Chester (1717), and Judge of the Common Pleas (1727). He was great uncle of <mask>, the poet. Personal life

Marriages
<mask> was twice married: first, in about 1686, to Judith, daughter and heiress of Sir Robert Booth, a London merchant; and secondly, in 1706, to Mary, daughter of John Clavering, of Chopwell, Durham. The latter marriage seems to have been based on Cowper's admiration of her beauty although he demanded to see her undressed before the wedding.Swift (Examiner, xvii., xxii.) alludes to an allegation that <mask> had been guilty of bigamy, for which there appears to have been no solid foundation. The 1st Earl left two sons and two daughters by his second wife; the elder son, also <mask>, inherited his titles, and the younger, <mask> became Dean of Durham. Mistress
Elizabeth Culling was the mistress of <mask>, and bore him two children. She was the daughter of John Culling of Hertingfordbury Park, who died in 1687/8, and was buried in St Helen's, Bishopsgate. Her brother John died in January 1702/3 without issue, and Elizabeth inherited the estate. She died on 27 November 1703, and was buried at Hertingfordbury.Of her children, <mask>, born on 14 November 1697, died in Paris on 31 October 1719. Mary, born on 10 September 1700, lived to maturity, and married one Robert

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 Isaacson. Polygamy allegation
The rumours about Lord <mask>'s polygamy appeared to be based on the fact that Elizabeth Culling was of a station in life that perhaps would, in other circumstances, have led to her becoming the wife, rather than the mistress, of <mask>. In her will she acknowledges that the children are her natural children, and the children were also acknowledged by Lord Cowper and his second wife, as will be seen from the correspondence. Later years and death
In his last years Cowper was accused, but probably without reason, of active sympathy with the Jacobites. He died at his residence, Cole Green near Panshanger in Hertfordshire on 10 October 1723. Mary, who was devastated by his death, outlived him by only a few months.Arms

Footnotes

References
Private Diary of <mask>, edited by E. C. Hawtrey for the Roxburghe Club (Eton, 1833)
The Diary of Mary, Countess Cowper, edited by the Hon. <mask> (London, 1864)
Lord Campbell, Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal (8 vols, London, 1845–1869)
Edward Foss, The Judges of England (9 vols, London, 1848–1864)
Gilbert Burnet, History of his Own Time (6 vols, Oxford, 1833)
T. B. Howell, State Trials, vols xii–xv. (33 vols, London, 1809–1828)
George E. Cokayne, Complete Peerage (London, 1889). External links

 UK Parliamentary Archives, The Cowper Books of Standing Orders

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title: Daisi Pollard

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<mask> (born May 21, 1980) is an American model, international beauty queen, businesswoman, author, and actress. In 2005, she was crowned Miss Jamaica International, which led her to compete at a higher level. She was the first Jamaican candidate to compete in the Miss Earth 2005, Miss Asia Pacific 2005, and Miss Beauty Queen World 2005, and is the only known candidate to hold three different national titles throughout a single pageant career. In addition to her pageant and modeling career, she has embarked on other endeavors, which include business ventures, public speaking engagements, books, and appearances in films and television. <mask> is involved in charity work for various causes, most notably her association with meningitis. Early life
<mask> was born in Newark, New Jersey, and raised in New York City. She is of Jamaican and Middle-Eastern descent.<mask> Sepulveda was born with a minor birth deformity in her left eye, called an upper eyelid coloboma, which hindered her early years both socially and professionally as a result of childhood bullying and low self-esteem. She had reconstructive surgery at the age of 22. After her father died, <mask> Sepulveda and her mother moved from New York City to Virginia where her mother remarried. Shortly thereafter, she entered into the foster care system after her mother and step-father were charged with child neglect. At the age of 12, <mask> Sepulveda was adopted by her paternal grandmother and moved to Connecticut. Her grandmother thought she had potential as a model, actor and dancer and enrolled her in the Barbizon School of Modeling in Stamford, Connecticut; she studied theater and ballet concurrently. Modeling
<mask> Sepulveda began modeling at age 12.Her early work involved regular appearances as a showroom model, department store fashion shows, catalogs and runway modeling at the New York Fashion Cafe. Her body of work includes Los Angeles Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week, LA Urban

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 Fashion Week, Jam Vibez magazine, Reggae Planet, Gap, Old Navy, MTV, Lifetime's: How to Look Good Naked (episode 2.2), Bravo’s Launch My Line. "Bare Minimal" (episode 4) and Good Day LA. She has also appeared on international networks TVJ, and CVM's Smile Jamaica and Star World ABS-CBN in Asia. She had small parts in the films King of the Streets by Laguna Productions and Box of Shadows (2010). In 2014, Sepulveda walked for Laurie Elyse in the 2014 New York Couture Fashion Week. In 2015, she made a cameo appearance in the German movie ABC's of Superheroes.She is the spokesmodel for the clothing company VencciLA. Pageants
<mask> Sepulveda has held the following titles: Miss Jamaica International 2005, Miss Asia Pacific International Jamaica 2005,  Miss Earth Jamaica 2005, Miss Beauty Queen World Jamaica 2005, Miss Beauty Queen World 2005, Miss Asia USA Israel 2005, Miss Asia USA 2006, Mrs. Jamaica 2011 and Mrs. Ethnic World International 2012. During the Miss Asia Pacific International 2005 competition in Guangzhou, China, <mask> Sepulveda was most notable for her on-stage protest over the poor treatment of contestants by the organizers. Prior to the pageant's final dress rehearsal, candidates had been told that the rehearsal would just be a "run through" and so many of them declined to wear makeup. However, the candidates were not informed that judges would be present, and that the rehearsal was being taped for television. Many of the delegates felt extremely uncomfortable about the situation and were crying backstage.Being one of the more media-friendly delegates, <mask> Sepulveda decided to speak up about the situation. When it was her turn to hit the stage, she interrupted the taping by walking across the stage to the microphone and emphatically protesting. <mask> Sepulveda was escorted off stage and judges were eventually removed from the rehearsal. In 2011, she represented Jamaican married women in the Mrs. Ethnic World International

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 competition, which took place in Los Angeles, California. During the competition, <mask> Sepulveda performed the Japanese martial art Shurikenjutsu. Some of her sponsors included Laurie Elyse, The Grammy Museum, 1010 Wilshire, and several Martial Arts companies.Through this pageant, she was also able to co-produce and star in a documentary called Living Jamerican, which allowed the viewer an inside look into a day in the life of a Jamaican-American beauty queen. <mask> Sepúlveda was crowned Mrs. Ethnic World International 2012. Charity work
She has volunteered with organizations such as the LA Prom Closet, a nonprofit that gives underprivileged girls the chance to fully enjoy their prom, complete with dress and shoes. She has supported AIDS awareness organizations including the Red Pump Project to support National Women & Girl’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, and the TransgiaDivas event organized by the Minority AIDS Project. During her Miss Jamaica International 2005 reign, <mask> Sepulveda promoted computer and technology literacy for the CCGI Foundation in Jamaica, gaining support from Governor General, Sir Howard Cooke, Mayor of Kingston, Desmond McKenzie, Minister of Education, Maxine Henry-Wilson and the Jamaica Tourist Board. From 2006-2008, she toured as a keynote speaker for Barbizon International to promote their $100,000 scholarship program.During her reign as Mrs. Ethnic World International 2012, <mask> Sepulveda focused on a series of small charitable efforts titled Legacy Projects where she noted the significance of showing others how to leave part of yourself behind in small ways. Through the nonprofit Dress for Success, she was able to donate several outfits to help women feel prepared to take on new employment opportunities. <mask> Sepulveda has also partnered with the National Ladies Professional Group, the Asian Professional Exchange, AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), the Red Cross. In 2012, <mask> Sepulveda was elected chairwoman

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 of The Meningitis Foundation of America, Inc., having previously been an honorary committee member for the National Meningitis Association. As a survivor of viral meningitis, she felt a need to spread awareness of the disease. She resigned from the position in early 2014.

Business
In 2005 <mask> Sepulveda used her pageant and sponsorship platform to leverage her way into various business opportunities including a modeling agency, real estate, and several micro startups.In 2014, she founded Daisi Media Corp, a digital media company which houses a multi-channel network, a blog network, and manages the digital properties, images, and video for Pollard Sepulveda. The company's most notable digital property is Daisi Jo Reviews, which gives reviews on products in the worlds of fashion, beauty, and other product categories. The site has partnered with brands such as RocksBox, MagnetStreet.com, Andre Lorent, Avon, Healthy Delights, and Thin Tea. Daisi Media Corp. also owns 50% of Venccila.com, for which <mask> Sepulveda is the sole spokesmodel, and several other e-commerce brands. Authorship
<mask> Sepulveda self-published all three of her books through her media company, Daisi Media Corp. She wrote To Be A Queen, a look into what it takes to be a beauty queen, and Starter Model, a guide for new models trying to break into the industry. She also republished her great-grandfather's book,
The Tin Box, originally written by Jerome Aredell Williams which tells the story of an heiress, cowboy, and an oil and cattle con artist during the gold rush era. <mask> Sepulveda wrote the prologue, introduction, and preface.References

External links
 Official Website for <mask> Jo <mask> Sepúlveda
 Official Modeling Portfolio
 LA Times
 Official Website for Ethnic World International Pageants
 NMA Give Kids A Shot Gala

1980 births
Living people
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Beauty pageant controversies
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title: Casey Blake

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<mask> (born August 23, 1973) is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, and Los Angeles Dodgers. He had alternated between playing at third base and first base before becoming a full-time third baseman with the Indians. In , <mask> moved to right field to accommodate the Indians' signing of third baseman Aaron Boone, and stayed there for two seasons before moving back to third base. <mask> was drafted twice prior to signing with the Blue Jays: in , he was selected during the 11th round by the Philadelphia Phillies and in , he was taken by the New York Yankees during the 45th round. High school and college
<mask> was a four-sport standout at Indianola High School in Indianola, Iowa, where he played baseball, football, basketball, and participated in track. He was named one of the top ten high school athletes in the history of Iowa.<mask> attended Wichita State University, where he was a three-time All-American, two-time Academic All-American and participated in the College World Series. He batted .320 with 22 home runs and 101 RBIs during his senior year. In 1993, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Hyannis Mets of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Professional career

Toronto Blue Jays
From –, <mask> spent most of his time in the minor leagues. In the Blue Jays minor league system he played for the Hagerstown Suns (1996), Dunedin Blue Jays (1997–98), Knoxville Smokies (1998), St. Catharines Stompers (1999) and Syracuse SkyChiefs (1999–2000). He made his MLB debut on August 14, 1999, against the Oakland Athletics at third base and went 0 for 3 at the plate. He recorded his first hit on August 29 against the Texas Rangers, and his first home run on October 2 against the Cleveland Indians (off pitcher Jim Brower).Minnesota Twins
The Minnesota Twins

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 claimed <mask> off waivers from the Blue Jays in 2000 and played him primarily at AAA with the Salt Lake Buzz (2000) and Edmonton Trappers (2001–02). He appeared in 7 games with the Twins in 2000 and 13 with them in 2001. Baltimore Orioles
<mask> was claimed off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles on September 21, 2001. <mask> appeared in only six games with the Orioles at the end of the 2001 season before they released him. Minnesota Twins
He was picked up again by the Twins in 2002 and played in 9 games for them and 126 with Edmonton that year. Cleveland Indians

In , <mask> became the Indians' everyday third baseman in his first full season in the major leagues. He led the team in games played with 152, hits (143), and doubles (35) while compiling career highs in every offensive category.<mask> started in every spot in the batting order except the leadoff spot, the most common slot being the #2 hole in the lineup. He had a fielding percentage of .952. He was named AL Player of the Week of June 30– July 6. He ended the season with 17 home runs, 67 RBIs, and a .257 batting average in 152 games played. In , <mask> had his finest offensive season to date in his second straight full season in the major leagues as the Indians third baseman. In June, he hit .330 (37-112) with seven home runs and 21 RBI in 28 games. From June 1 through the end the season, he hit .283, with 22 home runs and 68 RBIs in 112 games.He had an AL-low fielding percentage of .939 at third base and led the majors at that position with 26 errors. <mask> signed a two-year contract on January 21, 2004. He finished the season with a .271 batting average, 28 home runs, and 88 RBIs. In 2005, <mask> converted to right field and filled in at third base and first base. He had 56 extra base hits. <mask> made 132 starts in right field, six at third base and four starts at first. In the outfield, he made eight errors in 298 total

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 chances.In 2005, <mask> ended the season with a .241 average, 23 home runs, and 58 RBIs, with 116 K's while batting .084 with runners in scoring position. In , <mask> once again was the Indians' starting right fielder. He ultimately ended up missing much of the season due to injury, playing in only 109 games. <mask> ended the season with a career-high .282 batting average, 19 home runs, and 68 RBIs. Andy Marte's demotion to Triple-A resulted in <mask> taking over once again as the Indians' starting third baseman. <mask> had a 26-game hit streak from May 20 through June 18 during which he hit .317 with seven home runs. On July 3, , <mask> hit a solo home run in the top of the 11th against the Detroit Tigers, which gave Cleveland a three-game lead over Detroit.As the Indians drove for a playoff spot, <mask> hit a walk-off home run against the Kansas City Royals on September 14, 2007. Three days later (again facing the Tigers), <mask> hit another walk-off home run, all but ending the Tigers' Central Division title hopes. <mask> was twice named clutch player of the year in his time with the Indians. Los Angeles Dodgers

On July 26, , <mask> was traded from the Indians to the Los Angeles Dodgers for minor league players Carlos Santana and Jon Meloan. He went 2 for 3 with a double and a run scored in his debut with the Dodgers on July 26. He hit his first home run with the Dodgers on August 2, 2008. <mask> hit .251 with 10 home runs in 58 games with the Dodgers in 2008 and on December 9, signed a three-year extension with the club for $17 million.In 2009, he hit .280 with 18 home runs for the Dodgers and his fielding percentage was the best all-time for a Dodger third baseman. In 2010, he hit .248, his lowest average since 2005, with 17 home runs and 64 RBI. Due to various injuries, <mask> was only able to appear in 63 games for the Dodgers in 2011, hitting .252 with only 4 home runs, his lowest

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 total since 2002. On September 1, he decided to undergo season-ending surgery on his neck to relieve the pain from a pinched nerve that had bothered him all season. On October 4, 2011, the Dodgers declined <mask>'s 2012 option, instead paying him a buyout of $1.25 million and making him a free agent. Colorado Rockies
On December 20, 2011, <mask> signed with the Colorado Rockies. However, he was released before the end of Spring Training on March 27, 2012.<mask> announced his retirement on May 8, 2012. Personal life and beard
<mask> spent time with his wife, four daughters and his son to go to Vero Beach, Florida to meet his mother and father. When asked about his beard, he answers that he grows it simply because he does not like to shave. The beard also helps camouflage him while participating in one of his favorite hobbies, duck hunting. <mask> and his wife began a foundation which donated well over $1,000,000 to the Indianola school district to build the district's athletic, academic and fine arts programs. References

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title: Elisha W. Keyes

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<mask> ( ; January 23, 1828 – November 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, politician, postmaster, and local judge. He was the 6th and 22nd Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, and represented Dane County in the Wisconsin State Assembly. He was Postmaster of Madison from the end of the Civil War until the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. He is most known for his eight years as Chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin and his work building a Republican Party political machine. With the assistance of former Governor Alexander Randall and others, he helped establish the "Madison Regency," a powerful dispenser of political patronage jobs to the Republican Party faithful. "Boss" <mask> became known as a wily political manager, and saw the state Republican party through its evolution from an abolitionist-driven movement to its consolidation as a dominant and enduring force in Wisconsin. Although he had engineered the campaigns of many candidates, <mask>' own quests for national office were unsuccessful, often running against men he had once worked to elect.Early life

<mask> was born in Northfield, Vermont, the son of Captain <mask>, a millwright and inventor. In search of water power to build a mill, Captain <mask> traveled westward to the Milwaukee River valley in 1836 and built a frame house in Milwaukee that winter. His family arrived in June, and <mask> briefly attended a common school in the city. The family traveled westward on foot to Jefferson County, carrying all their provisions with them and nearly starving along the way. His father had staked a claim in Lake Mills where he would later build a sawmill. Dissatisfied with farm life as a child, <mask> attended several terms at Beloit Seminary, where he formed his political beliefs. The outbreak of the Mexican–American War threatened to spread slavery, causing <mask> to become an abolitionist.In 1849 he decided to become a lawyer, and after another term at the Seminary he spent the summer working in the family's new sawmill in

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 Menasha. Opportunities in Madison

In December 1850 he moved to Madison and began reading law at the offices of A. L. Collins & George B. Smith. In 1852 he was appointed to his first government position as a special agent of the post office by Postmaster General N. K. Hall under the administration of President Millard Fillmore. For several months he collected money from Wisconsin and Illinois postmasters for deposit in the St. Louis sub-treasury. He also supplemented his income by selling insurance and operating a telegraph. <mask> was admitted to the bar in November 1852. The next year he became a partner at the newly-named law firm of Collins, Smith & Keyes.In two years Collins would depart for a judgeship, and the firm continued growing as Smith & Keyes before dissolving in 1862. Early politics

Exposed to the heady politics of the state capital, <mask> joined the Whig Party. In 1851 he was a strong campaigner for Leonard J. Farwell for governor. After Farwell's victory <mask> had hoped to be hired as the governor's private secretary, but was not successful. He reasoned that there were many poor "scalawags like myself" seeking a state job. In October 1852 <mask> ran for Dane County District Attorney despite that he had yet to be admitted to the state bar. Defeated at the Whig convention, he was invited to run for the local state assembly seat, but <mask> declined in the face of stronger Democratic opposition.Rising with the Republican Party

Following the introduction of the Kansas–Nebraska bill in Congress, citizens of Ripon, Wisconsin founded the new anti-slavery Republican Party on March 20, 1854. Three months later the state Republican Party was formally organized at a mass convention in Madison. Though <mask> was involved in the formation of the Dane County Republicans, he also showed support for the anti-immigrant American "Know-Nothing" Party, being vice president of the Madison chapter. Regardless, abolitionist Sherman Booth appointed him to the Republican State

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 Central Committee. He rose through the ranks and formed alliances at party conventions, winning election as the Republican candidate for Dane County District Attorney in 1858. Like many state Republicans, <mask> supported Sen. <mask> for president at the 1860 convention in Chicago, but transferred support to Abraham Lincoln after his nomination became imminent. Upon his return to Madison, he and another Republican lifted a rail from an old fence to their shoulders and marched to the capitol to demonstrate support for Lincoln "the Rail Splitter."At the Second Congressional District Republican Convention held that summer in La Crosse, <mask> led a group of young former Whigs of Dane County (including Wisconsin State Journal publishers Horace Rublee and David Atwood) to help secure the nomination of his friend Luther Hanchett for the U.S. Senate, despite Madison Republican Chauncey Abbott having been the presumed favorite. Madison postmaster and machine politician

For several years it had been <mask>' goal to become Madison's first Republican postmaster. To attain this appointment <mask> and his allies persuaded Governor Alexander Randall not to run for the U.S. Senate in 1861, and to back <mask>' friend Judge Timothy O. Howe for that seat. Following Howe's victory, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Keyes Madison Postmaster, which granted him the power to reward Republican supporters with postal jobs, and punish enemies within the party. A year later Randall was appointed by Lincoln as First Assistant Postmaster General, and with Keyes controlled jobs in more than a thousand post offices in the state. Derided by Democrats as the "Madison Regency," this relationship had become the dominant political machine in the state by 1864. Its operation can be typified by Randall's support of lumber baron Philetus Sawyer for congress.He designated <mask> as a special agent of the post office, granting him free rail passes to visit all the postmasters in that district to instruct them to

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 work towards Sawyer's election, which resulted in victory. The Republican machine also had its views trumpeted in the Wisconsin State Journal, thanks to editors David Atwood and Horace Rublee, who was also the state party chairman. Madison mayor

By 1865 <mask> was recognized as a reliable political manager and dubbed the natural choice of the party to run for mayor of Madison. The election happened the day after the Confederate capital was captured, which dampened Democrats' enthusiasm and led to <mask> being elected the first Republican mayor of Madison. His administration presided over a local economy that boomed with the return of soldiers after the war. He pushed for a permanent solution to Madison's muddy streets, and initiated the installation of stone gutters and paved roads. He also encouraged the city's planting of shade trees, and consented to the use of the city treasurer's office as a private library.In 1866 he successfully urged the purchase of the fire department's first steam-powered water pumper. From Johnson ally to Radical supporter

Following Lincoln's assassination, the succession of vice president Andrew Johnson to the presidency caused a split in the Republican Party, in Wisconsin as well as nationally. Although Johnson appointed Gov. Alexander Randall postmaster general, his veto of Freedmen's Bureau legislation caused a rift among Dane County Republicans. <mask> called a "Union meeting" to discuss the issue, where he announced his support for Johnson and his veto. Other party members saw the veto as a betrayal of Republican values, and pressed for the resignation of Sen. James R. Doolittle, another ally of Johnson. As Radical Republicans gained the upper hand in Congress, <mask> kept quiet behind the scenes.Randall warned him that "I want to stand fast by you so don't embarrass me or give your enemies a chance to go to the President and have me ordered to hurt [you] without anything from you to sustain me." <mask> was conspicuously absent from Union

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 Republican meetings and conferences, despite being the party chairman for their 2nd congressional district committee. Democrats claimed that <mask> nevertheless shepherded the nomination of Radical Republican Benjamin F. Hopkins for congress. He also raised money for the party by forcing patronage appointees to contribute. <mask> attended to his duties as mayor and sought re-election in 1866. After the Democrats' favored candidate Simeon Mills declined the nomination, it appeared <mask> would win unopposed. G. W. Heyer, the editor of the Wisconsin Daily Democrat, sought to persuade <mask>. Noland, a local African-American businessman, to run against <mask> as an independent.Noland declined to be part of what he saw as a Democratic ruse, but his name appeared on the ballot nevertheless. Noland declared he was a "Union man," and cast his vote for <mask>, who was re-elected 961 to 298. State party chairman

As president of the state's central Grant and Colfax Club in 1868, <mask> campaigned vigorously for Ulysses S. Grant for president. Democrats derided his efforts as an attempt to keep his job as postmaster and maintain the Republican's political machine. The election was a triumph for the party, winning five of the six congressional seats and Grant carrying the state. A majority in the state legislature also meant that Doolittle's senate seat would go to a Republican in 1869. <mask> passed on candidates Lucius Fairchild, Cadwallader C<mask> and Rublee to support acclaimed Milwaukee lawyer Matthew H. Carpenter, who was duly elected senator by the legislature.Carpenter and congressman Hopkins helped <mask>' reappointment as postmaster by persuading Grant after the president's first meeting with <mask> did not seem promising. Grant also appointed Horace Rublee as consul to Switzerland, leaving the chairmanship of the state party vacant. In mocking Rublee's departure, the Madison Democrat suggested <mask> as his "natural successor." He was elected party chairman in the

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In order to regain dominance, the party had to ensure Sen. Carpenter's re-election. Despite Republicans winning a majority of the legislature in 1874, a bolt occurred when they voted for senator, resulting in Carpenter losing the seat to Cameron of La Crosse. The episode led some party members such as Sawyer and <mask> to doubt <mask>' effectiveness as party chairman and called for his resignation.He considered it, but after Sen. Howe told him his exit would ensure Republican victories in the fall elections, <mask> decided to fight for his chairmanship at the next party convention. After defending his record with stirring speeches, he was re-elected 172 to 40. Although never particularly close to Grant, <mask> dutifully rallied state Republicans to vote for the president's choice as his successor, James G. Blaine, at state and national conventions. When Blaine failed to win the nomination, <mask> successfully drove the party machine to give Wisconsin's electoral votes to nominee Rutherford B. Hayes. Ironically, President Hayes' "Order Number 1" would crack down on federal patronage schemes and institute a merit system that would require an exam for a government job, as well as ban mandatory

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 campaign donations from employees. These reforms took away the political tools <mask> needed to exercise power, and he resigned the party chairmanship in 1877. That same year he was appointed to the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents and was chairman of their executive committee.Nevertheless, <mask> attempted to influence local politics through his position of postmaster. In 1880, he heard Robert La Follette Sr. was attempting to run for Dane County district attorney. <mask> summoned La Follette to inform him he was not the preferred candidate and would be opposed. Despite <mask> supporting his Democratic opponent, La Follette won the election. <mask> would continue to oppose La Follette as he later became congressman, governor and senator. Reaching for higher office

After his resignation as party chairman, <mask> knew that to maintain his influence he would have to become a candidate for higher office himself. In early 1878 he began to let his interest in Sen. Howe's seat be known.After a Republican state legislature was secured in November, <mask> was seen as the favorite over Howe and former senator Carpenter, as long as congressman Sawyer did not attempt a bolt with the Democrats. However, <mask> no longer controlled the party machine. While he led on the first ballot, it was Carpenter who eventually prevailed in the caucus and won the seat. <mask> next set his eyes on Sen. Angus Cameron's seat up in 1881, but his plans were foiled when Sawyer entered the contest and was elected in the state legislative caucus. As a consolation the caucus would submit <mask>' name for consideration as President James Garfield's postmaster general. <mask>' allies advised him that Sen. Carpenter was quite ill and would likely not live out his term. After Carpenter died a month later, the Wisconsin State Journal boomed <mask> to fill his seat, but Milwaukee Republicans rejected him in favor of the recently deposed Cameron.Having no luck in statewide contests, <mask> successfully ran

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 for the state assembly in 1880. His victory raised the state constitutional question of whether a legislator could also serve as postmaster. <mask> had refused to resign from the assembly. Issuing an order banning state officers from federal positions, President Chester A. Arthur declined to reappoint Keyes postmaster. He suffered not only a loss of political influence, but also a loss of income from a job he'd held for nearly twenty years. Nevertheless, he ran for congress the following year, but failed to win the nomination. Final years

In February 1889, Governor <mask> appointed <mask> to fill the vacant seat of a municipal judge who had died.In the spring election just weeks later, <mask> was elected to serve out the rest of the term. Three years later he failed to be re-elected, and blamed the allies of La Follette for plotting his defeat. <mask> battled bitterly against the La Follette forces in the state Republican conventions of 1894 and 1896. Now nearly 70 years old, <mask> was in financial straits. He begged the party's "Old Guard" to persuade President <mask> to appoint him to his old job as Madison postmaster, which was achieved on the recommendation of Sen. John C. Spooner. As an acknowledgement of <mask>' decades of work for the party, he was able to finish out his years as postmaster, dying on November 29, 1910 at the age of 82. Personal life

<mask> married his first wife Caroline Stevens in 1854, and she gave birth to their children Joseph, Kate and <mask>.Mrs. <mask> died in 1865. <mask> married his second wife, Mrs. Louisa Sholes, in Dane County on December 4, 1866 and divorced her in 1882, retaining custody of their son Louis. He married his third wife, Eliza Schryver, in Dane County on June 21, 1888. Published works

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<mask> (August 19, 1884 – January 8, 1946) was an American herpetologist. From 1927 until 1946, he was director of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) founded in 1859 by Louis Agassiz at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Life and career
<mask>, the eldest of four brothers, was born in 1884 to Colonel <mask>, and his wife, Julia Adelaide Sprague. <mask> was founder and president of The Linen Thread Company, Inc., a successful thread manufacturing enterprise having much business in the United States, Ireland, and Scotland. Although born on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, where the family was spending the summer, Barbour grew up in Monmouth, New Jersey, where one of his younger brothers, <mask>, entered the political arena, eventually serving as U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1931 to 1937 and again from 1938 to 1943. At age fifteen, <mask> was taken to visit Harvard University, which, entranced by its Museum of Comparative Zoology, he later attended.At Harvard, he studied under Alexander Agassiz, son of Louis Agassiz. Having received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from that university, <mask> joined the faculty in 1911 when his doctoral dissertation was published, and he took on the position of curator of reptiles and amphibians at the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Eventually he became the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and, in 1927, director of the museum. Although primarily interested in reptiles and amphibians, he also studied birds and insects, particularly butterflies. His biological interests, however, were remarkably diversified, and he is considered to be one of the last of a dying breed: a general naturalist. His scientific travels took him through Africa, Asia, North America, South America, and Central

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texts: America, among other regions. He particularly enjoyed Panama, Costa Rica, and Cuba, which he visited at length on at least thirty occasions beginning in 1908, generally staying in Soledad at the Harvard Botanical Gardens, now known as the Jardin Botanico de Cienfuegos.<mask> served as custodian of these gardens from 1927 until his death in 1946. In his book, Naturalist in Cuba, <mask> writes, "I suspect that I am the only living American naturalist who has visited all parts of the island again and again, for I am not only a Cuban by adoption, but a devoted friend of the land and its people." In addition to the expected scientific discussion of the island's flora and fauna, <mask> provides a description of Cuban society and culture. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1916. In 1923 and 1924, he was one of the scientists and financial benefactors who founded the Barro Colorado Island Laboratory in Panama, location of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. The island, originally a hilltop, sits in the middle of Gatun Lake, which was created when the Chagres River was dammed during the Panama Canal building project. Along with better than 400 scholarly articles, Barbour wrote several books including the autobiographical Naturalist at Large (1943), Naturalist in Cuba (1945), A Naturalist's Scrapbook (1946),  and That Vanishing Eden (1944), which explores the natural world of a remote, undeveloped Florida.In 1906, <mask> married Rosamond Pierce of Brookline, Massachusetts. A two-year honeymoon took them through remote reaches of the Dutch East Indies, India, Burma, Java, China, and New Guinea with Barbour's wife helping him to photograph animals and collect specimens. Their union resulted in six children and

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 eleven grandchildren. The family home was on Clarendon Street in Boston's Back Bay, with summers spent in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts. In 1927 <mask> was made director of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology and, in 1931, organized and sent an expedition to Australia for the dual purpose of procuring specimens - the museum being "weak in Australian animals and...desires[ing] to complete its series" - and to engage in "the study of the animals of the region when alive." The Harvard Australian Expedition (1931–1932), as it became known, was a six-man venture led by Harvard Professor William Morton Wheeler, with the others being Dr. P. Jackson Darlington, Jr. (a renowned coleopterist), Dr. Glover Morrill Allen and his student Ralph Nicholson Ellis, medical officer Dr. Ira M. Dixon, and William E. Schevill (a graduate-student in his twenties and Associate Curator of Invertebrate Palaeontology). Barbour said at the time "We shall hope for specimens' of the kangaroo, the wombat, the Tasmanian devil and Tasmanian wolf," and the mission was a success with over 300 mammal and thousands of insect specimens returning to the United States.During the last two years of his life he was in failing health, following a blood clot that had developed while he was in Miami. He was at the Museum of
Comparative Zoology as usual on January 4, 1946, and in happy mood at home in Boston that evening. But he was stricken later in the night with cerebral hemorrhage, and died on January 8, without regaining consciousness. Frog drop experiment
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and remained still for a few seconds, but almost immediately they started to recover and in a few minutes were hopping normally.Legacy

<mask> is commemorated in the scientific names of the following species and subspecies of reptiles. Also, the street he grew up on was named after him, <mask> Drive, in Melbourne, Florida; the street on which Ballard Park is located. See also
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<mask>, <mask>. Naturalist at Large. Little, Brown and Company; Boston, Massachusetts, 1943. <mask>, <mask>. That Vanishing Eden: A Naturalist's Florida.Little, Brown, and Company (An Atlantic Monthly Press Book); Boston, Massachusetts, 1944. <mask>, <mask>. A Naturalist in Cuba. Little, Brown and Company; Boston, Massachusetts, 1945. <mask>, <mask>. A Naturalist's Scrapbook. Harvard University Press; Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1946.<mask>, <mask> and Charles T. Ramsden. The Herpetology of Cuba (with an introduction by Rodolofo Ruibal). Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles; Missouri, 2003. .
<mask>, <mask> (nephew of <mask>). Our Families (Volumes 1 & 2). Self-printed. 1983. Weeks, Edward.In Friendly Candor. Little, Brown and Company; Boston, Massachusetts, 1959. Loveridge A (1946). "<mask>—Herpetologist, 1884–1946". Herpetologica 3 (2): 33–39. 1884 births
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<mask> (29 January 1954 – 25 February 1995) – in religious Rani Maria – was an Indian Syro Malabar professed religious and a social worker in the Franciscan Clarist Congregation who worked among the poor within the Diocese of Indore. Vattalil dedicated herself to the catechetical formation and educational instruction during her time as a religious as she moved place to place teaching in different areas; she was vocal in matters of social justice and in social activism which led to her death at the hands of those who were opposed to her efforts in aiding the poor and downtrodden. Her cause of canonization commenced in 2003 and she was titled as a Servant of God. Her beatification received approval from Pope Francis on 23 March 2017 and she was beatified in Indore on 4 November 2017. Life

Childhood and education
<mask> was born in Kerala on 29 January 1954 as the second of seven children to Paily and <mask>. Her baptism was celebrated at the Church of Saint Thomas on the following 5 February with her name being chosen in honor of the Mother of God. Her siblings were: Stephen, Annie, Varghese, Thressiamma, Celine (later became a Franciscan clarist as "Selmy Paul") and Lusy.Vattalil made both her First Communion and Confirmation on 30 April 1966 and often frequented catechism lessons. She studied at a government-run primary school before she commenced her high school studies. . But her greater call was to serve God and this was something that she shared with her cousin Cicily who desired the very same thing. Religious life
Vattalil joined the Franciscan Clarist Congregation at Kidangoor following the completion of her secondary schooling and assumed the religious name of "Rani Maria" upon joining and entering their novitiate. Her cousin Cicily would become "Soni Maria". The two set off for the convent and entered the order on 3 July 1971 for their aspirancy period which concluded on 30 October 1972. Their postulancy

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 to good conduct. He was pardoned by Vattalil's family, and he is considered one of their own. He was moved to tears when he learned of her impending beatification in March 2017 and expressed his enthusiasm for being able to attend the beatification. Beatification
The beatification process opened on 26 September 2003 after the title Servant of God was conferred upon her and the Congregation for the Causes of Saints granted the "nihil obstat" ('nothing against') to the cause.The subsequent diocesan process took place in Indore from 29 June 2005 to 28 June 2007 and received C.C.S. validation in Rome on 27 November 2009. The C.C.S. received the Positio in 2014 and passed it onto consulting theologians, who on 11 February 2016 voiced their approval to the cause. The C.C.S. later approved this on 21 March 2017. Pope Francis approved the cause on 23 March 2017 and confirmed that <mask> would be beatified on 4 November 2017 in Indore.The postulator assigned to the cause at present is Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano. In popular culture
The documentary entitled The Heart of a Murderer, depicting the murder and subsequent repentance of Samundar Singh, was the winner at the World Interfaith Harmony Film Festival of 2013. References

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<mask><mask> (born December 16, 1949) is an American Democratic Party politician who has served in the New Jersey Senate since 2022, where he represents the 37th Legislative District, having represented the same district in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2002 to 2022. Biography
<mask> grew up in Englewood, New Jersey where he still resides. His mother was a nurse and his father was a United States Customs Agent. He attended St. Cecilia High School, received a B.S. from St. Thomas Aquinas College in Social Science and Criminal Justice, and an M.A. from Seton Hall University in Administration and Supervision. He served in the United States Army Reserve with the rank of Major (United States), and participated in Operation Desert Storm in 1990 and 1991 and Operation Joint Endeavor in 1996.<mask> retired with the rank of Major from the United States Army Reserve in 2000. He is highly decorated and holds the National Defense Service Medal, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, NATO Service Medal, and Kuwait Liberation Medal. He was the Bergen County Sheriff from 2001–2002, and was with the Bergen County Sheriff’s Department since 1999. Mr. <mask> was the first African-American to hold countywide office in Bergen and was the first African-American Sheriff in Bergen County. <mask> served as an Undersheriff in the Bergen County Sheriff’s Department, a position he has filled from 1999-2001 and 2002-2005. In the days following September 11, 2001, <mask> served as commander of the George Washington Bridge as part Bergen County's response to the terrorist attacks. According to the Record, <mask> "has widely been credited with helping to ease the rancor and divisiveness within the department."He served for 24 years with the Englewood Police

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 Department, attaining the rank of Patrol Sergeant. He is also experienced in labor relations and served as President of the State P.B.A. Supervisory Officers Association-Local #216. On June 6, 2006, <mask> won the Democratic Party primary for the Engelwood City Council at-large by unseating incumbent Rev. Vernon Walton; Victory in the primary is tantamount to winning the seat in this Democratic Party stronghold. On Election Day, November 7, 2006, <mask> won the at-large seat, defeating Republican Harry Kanner. <mask> received 5,132 votes, with Kanner receiving 1,501 votes.In August 2008, <mask> announced that he will be stepping down from his Englewood City Council seat by March 2008. While <mask> was grandfathered in from legislation banning dual office holding, he would step down to "follow the will of the people". Legislative career
<mask> began his first term as a State Assemblyman in 2002, running on a ticket with Senator Byron Baer and Assemblywoman Loretta Weinberg. During his first term, he was the prime sponsor of laws to expand DNA collection from violent offenders and requiring towing companies to accept cash and credit card payment. As part of the General Assembly Leadership, Assemblyman <mask> serves in the position of Deputy Speaker. He is the Chair of the Commerce and Economic Development Committee, Vice-Chair of the Judiciary Committee, member of the Budget Committee and also serves on the New Jersey Public Safety Communications Commission. Previously, he served as the Majority Conference Leader, a leadership post in the New Jersey State Assembly during the 2012-2013 legislative session.From 2006 to 2011 Assemblyman <mask> served as Chair of the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee. <mask> served as Chair of the Assembly Law and Public Safety

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 his running mate, a dropoff of over 5%. In 2021, <mask> declared he would seek the District 37 Senate seat due to Loretta Weinberg's announcement that she would be retiring at the end of her term. <mask>'s bid was endorsed by both Governor <mask> and Senator Weinberg, along with the backing of the Bergen County Democratic party. <mask> went against fellow Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri-Huttle in the 2021 Democratic Primary and won, defeating her 3-1. Committees
Committee assignments for the current session are:
Budget and Appropriations
Commerce
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District 37
Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly.The representatives from the 37th District for the 2022—23 Legislative Session are:
Senator <mask><mask> (D)
Assemblywoman Shama Haider (D)
Assemblywoman Ellen Park (D)

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<mask> (born <mask>) (28 July 1925 – 10 December 2020) was a British conductor, composer, and writer. Described by BBC Radio 3 as "one of the great British musical directors", <mask> was known for his many recordings, including with the London Symphony Orchestra on Decca's first stereophonic recording of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. He was also known for his long association with BBC Radio 2's orchestral live music programme Friday Night is Music Night, appearing for thirty years as a conductor and presenter, and for his contribution to British musical theatre as a prolific musical director in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music and married the actress Mary Law in 1960. His website and the first volume of his memoirs A Baton in the Ballet and Other Places were both published in 2015. The second volume Is Anyone Watching? was published in 2017.A Book of Remembrance was opened on his website in December 2020. Early life, wartime service and education

<mask> was born in Croydon, England, and attended the John Ruskin Boys' Central School (now known as John Ruskin College). After wartime service with the Royal Air Force, <mask> joined the Royal Academy of Music (1947–1951), where he studied singing, viola and organ (with C. H. Trevor) and won the Manns Memorial Prize for conducting in 1952. He was the Sub-Professor of Organ and opera coach and founded the RAM Madrigal Choir. After a period as a Colonial Officer working with Radio Malaya in Singapore and a post as conductor with the Royal Wellington Choral Union

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In 1952 <mask> joined the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet (now known as the Birmingham Royal Ballet) as a conductor. In 1957, he moved to the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where he shared the rostrum with Malcolm Sargent, Ernest Ansermet, Arthur Bliss, William Walton, Hans Werner Henze and Benjamin Britten, from whom he took over Britten's original production of The Prince of the Pagodas.It received its premiere on 1 January 1957. <mask> also served as musical director of the Western Theatre Ballet (now known as the Scottish Ballet) from 1967 to 1969. Conducting tours

<mask> toured extensively in Europe, North America, South Africa and the Far East. As principal conductor of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in the 1960s, <mask> conducted the first performance in Japan of Gustav Holst's The Planets, and introduced other British works to Japanese audiences. BBC radio and television career

In 1958, the BBC invited <mask> to conduct the BBC Concert Orchestra, marking the beginning of a long association between <mask> and the BBC as a conductor and presenter of programmes including Friday Night is Music Night. <mask> worked with all of the BBC's orchestras, serving as Associate conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra and, from 1969, as Principal conductor of the BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra (now known as the Ulster Orchestra). He also served on the BBC Music Advisory Committee.<mask> presented the BBC TV series

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