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<mask> (born 20 March 1968) is an English former professional footballer, manager and sports television pundit for Sky Sports. Originally a forward, <mask> found success as an attacking midfielder and playmaker later in his career. After making his debut for Arsenal in the 1986–87 season, <mask> went on to play eleven seasons with the North London club. While with the Gunners, <mask> was a key player in the club's success under Scottish manager George Graham, winning the Football League Championship twice, the FA Cup, the Football League Cup, and the European Cup Winners' Cup. In 1997, he joined Middlesbrough, helping the club gain promotion to the Premier League and finish as runner-up in the 1997–98 Football League Cup. After joining Aston Villa in 1998, <mask> went on to become club captain and played for the team in the 2000 FA Cup Final, the last to be held at the original Wembley Stadium. In 2002, he signed for second-tier Portsmouth and captained the club to the First Division Championship title and promotion to the Premier League.A year later, he returned to the West Midlands with Walsall, where he went on to serve as player-manager until he was sacked in February 2006. He later had short spells with non-league clubs Tamworth, Welshpool Town, Caerau and Hanworth Villa. <mask> was capped 21 times for the England national football team and represented the nation at 1992 UEFA European Championship and the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Club career

Arsenal
Born on 20 March 1968 in Harlesden, North West London, <mask> started his career at Arsenal, joining the club as an apprentice in 1984. After a loan spell at Brentford, then under manager Frank McLintock, he made his debut for the Gunners on 22 November 1986 against Manchester City, and gradually established himself in George Graham's successful Arsenal side of the late 1980s. By the 1988–89 season he was a regular on the right wing, at the end of which Arsenal secured the First Division title with a stoppage time Michael Thomas goal in the final game of the season against Liverpool at Anfield. <mask> scored ten times that season, made his debut for the England

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 U21 team, and was voted PFA Young Player of the Year.In 1991, <mask> achieved another league championship with Arsenal and had the highest goalscoring season of his career with 13 goals. He also won a double of the FA Cup and League Cup in 1993, scoring in the 1993 Football League Cup Final against Sheffield Wednesday. A year later, he helped Arsenal win its first European trophy in 24 years as the Gunners defeated Parma in Copenhagen to win the 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup. <mask>'s career was put on the line in November 1994 when he admitted to having addictions to alcohol, cocaine and gambling. The Football Association arranged for <mask> to undergo a three-month rehabilitation programme and he returned to the side in February 1995, just before the dismissal of George Graham as manager. Under caretaker manager Stewart Houston, <mask> helped Arsenal reach the Cup Winners' Cup final for the second season in a row, where Arsenal lost to Real Zaragoza at the Parc des Princes in Paris. In 1995–96, <mask> remained a regular first team player under Arsenal's new manager Bruce Rioch and continued to play regularly during the 1996–97 season following the appointment of Arsène Wenger.In a somewhat surprising move, at the end of the 1996–97 Premiership campaign, in which Arsenal finished third, <mask> was sold to relegated Middlesbrough in a £4.5million deal – making him the most expensive player ever signed by a non-Premiership club. Wenger had offered <mask> a new two-year contract, but <mask> elected to join Boro for a longer contract. <mask> played 423 times for Arsenal and scored 99 goals in all competitions. In 2008, <mask> was ranked the 26th greatest Arsenal player of all-time in a fan poll published by the club's official website. Middlesbrough
In the summer of 1997, <mask> left the Gunners to sign for relegated Middlesbrough for a reported fee believed to be £4.5million. <mask> said he was offered a new contract at Arsenal but turned it down for a longer contract and higher wages at Middlesbrough. When telling Arsene Wenger of his decision, <mask> claims Wenger told him he would be paid more at

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 Middlesbrough than Dennis Bergkamp was paid at Arsenal.<mask> made his league debut for Boro in the opening day victory over Charlton Athletic in a 2–1 victory. He played a key role in helping Boro return to the Premier League and was nicknamed by fans as "The Magic Man". <mask>'s form with Boro also won him a place in England's squad for 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. Whilst at Middlesbrough he played in the 1998 Football League Cup Final. During the start of the 1998–99 season <mask> stated he was home sick and wanted a return South. Middlesbrough later agreed to <mask>'s request and he was sold to Aston Villa for £6.75million. Aston Villa
<mask> scored on his Villa debut, converting from his own missed penalty.<mask> said in an interview that playing at Villa was the best part of his career. He scored a 'wonder goal' winner versus Everton away from forty five yards out in November 2000. <mask> played a key creative role in the Villa side, and helped them to the FA Cup Final in 2000, where they lost 1–0 to Chelsea. Portsmouth
<mask> signed for Division 1 club Portsmouth on a two-year contract, and was instrumental in the club's promotion to the Premiership in 2002–03. <mask>, however, felt that he was too old for a return to the Premiership, and wanted to move closer to his home in Sutton Coldfield. Following a possible move to West Brom which was later vetoed by then Manager Gary Megson, he was eventually snapped up by Division One side Walsall in summer 2003. Walsall
In February 2004, <mask> admitted himself to the Sierra Tucson Clinic in Arizona to seek help for his gambling addiction under the advice and financial backing of the PFA, and missed several key games whilst Walsall slipped in the league from mid table mediocrity into the relegation zone.However, a couple of months after his return, <mask> was quickly thrown into the manager's spot at Walsall following Colin Lee's sacking for allegedly having talks with Plymouth Argyle over a vacant manager's position there. <mask> led a gallant bid to retain Division One status, but was hindered by a harsh last minute penalty against Crystal Palace, and

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 eventually relegated after a 3–2 victory against Rotherham United whilst having to rely on Stoke City beating Gillingham on the final day. The following month, despite relegation, <mask> was rewarded with the manager's job on a permanent basis. The 2004–05 season proved to be a difficult season for <mask>, on and off the field. Walsall went out of all cup competitions against lower league teams, and it was reported that <mask> had had a rift with his wife, and had started drinking and gambling again, whilst the press reported on him inviting goalkeeper Mark Bosnich back into the game. Walsall slipped close to a second consecutive relegation. <mask> responded by making several key signings on transfer deadline day; Julian Joachim, Andy Oakes, Anthony Gerrard (cousin of Steven Gerrard), Craig Pead and David Perpetuini.<mask>'s side went undefeated during May 2005, securing League One status for another year. After a difficult first season in management, <mask>'s position at Walsall looked more secure as the club entered the 2005–06 season; however, he was unable to lift Walsall out of the relegation zone, and with the club in 19th place, he was sacked on 6 February 2006 after his Walsall side lost 5–0 to Brentford at Griffin Park. Tamworth
Despite a number of offers from clubs as high as the Championship, <mask> decided to drop down the leagues and play for part-time Conference club Tamworth, which surprised many but enthralled the Tamworth fans. However, the arrangement meant that until the end of the season, the majority of <mask>'s wages were to be paid by the club he used to manage, Walsall. <mask> played just once, in the 2–1 home loss to Halifax Town. He was dropped to the bench for the following game, a 5–0 defeat away to Grays Athletic. <mask> later announced his retirement from professional football as a player on 9 March 2006, less than a month after joining Tamworth.Later career
On 28 March 2012, he made a one-off appearance for Mid Wales Football League side Welshpool Town, playing alongside fellow Sky Sports pundit Chris Kamara against Newbridge-on-Wye. <mask> scored the opening goal in the 4–1

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 defeat at the Maes y Dre Recreation Ground. On 11 October 2017, <mask> signed for Welsh Football League Division Three team Caerau. Following international clearance, he made his debut on 18 October against Pontyclun. In December 2019, <mask> joined Hanworth Villa in the Combined Counties League Premier Division, making two appearances for the Villains in total. International career

Euro 1992
<mask> first played for the England national team in 1991, being called up by Graham Taylor. He made his debut for the full England side, in a friendly against Germany on 11 September 1991.He participated in the 1992 European Championships in Sweden. He played in the opening 0–0 draw with Denmark. England went out after another 0–0 draw against the French and a 2–1 loss to hosts Sweden. 1994 World Cup qualifying
<mask> also played a part in the failed campaign to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He played in the opening game, a 1–1 home draw with Norway. He next played against the Netherlands as a substitute for <mask> who was injured. England were leading 2–1, but crucially conceded a late penalty for a 2–2 draw.<mask> also played in the 1993 US Cup against Brazil and Germany, nearly scoring in a 2–1 defeat to the later, Bodo Illgner saving from a 20-yard shot. He returned for the critical and controversial 2–0 defeat against the Dutch in Rotterdam. <mask> nearly equalised the opening Dutch goal, and hit the post with an excellent free-kick. England failed to qualify for the World Cup. Taylor's successor, Terry Venables, told <mask> that he would not get into the team owing to his life style of heavy drinking. In his book, How Not to be a Professional Footballer, <mask> refers to an incident in Chicago while on duty with England during the US Cup. After drinking he wandered off into the city on his own.<mask> ended up in a dangerous area and was involved in trying to break up a fight while very drunk himself. When the combatants turned on <mask>, he fled back to the hotel. The next morning the FBI came to the hotel and briefed the players on the dangers in the city. They expressed surprise that <mask> was not

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<mask> held the distinction of being the only player in England's 1998 FIFA World Cup squad not to play for a top flight club. In that tournament, he played in England's famous second round match against Argentina, coming off the bench and scoring in the penalty shoot-out, although England eventually lost. Later he said if England had won their penalty shoot-out he believed England would have won the World Cup.1998 marked the end of <mask>'s international career after 21 full caps in seven years, in which he scored three times. Media career
In August 2006, he commenced a column for the official Arsenal FC magazine. He also continues to play for the England Legends, a 16-man squad of former internationals who have played Italy, Germany, Scotland, Ireland, and the rest of the world. <mask>'s main job is on Sky Sports, where he is a match reporter and regular pundit for Gillette Soccer Saturday. <mask> is often the target of good-humoured jabs from Jeff Stelling and other members of the Soccer Saturday panel; for example, in his attempts to pronounce the names of foreign players. However, Stelling himself, in September 2016, attempted to have <mask> agree with him that Ireland international Harry Arter (who had made his debut against England) should get an England call-up in the week Gareth Southgate took over in an emergency capacity following Sam Allardyce's dismissal. <mask> writes a weekly column for the Daily Stars 'Seriously Football' pullout every Saturday and predicts scores for the weeks premier league games called 'Merson Predicts'.From the 2012–2015 season <mask> co-hosted with John Fendley on the Sky Sports TV programme 'Fantasy Football Club'. From the start of the 2015 season Max Rushden took on co presenting after John Fendley returned to Soccer AM as a co-host. Fantasy Football Club is aired weekly on Friday evenings at 6pm. Both co-hosts also co-managed a fantasy team in the Sky Fantasy 'Celebrities' League. Personal life
Born in Harlesden, North West London, <mask> has been married three times (to Lorraine, Louise and now Kate), and has eight children,

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 including one set of twin girls. His first marriage crumbled under his recovery from drug addiction and alcoholism. In October 2011, <mask> was involved in a car crash with a lorry on the M40 near Warwick, UK, and arrested for drink-driving.While appearing on Harry's Heroes: The Full English, a 2019 ITV documentary, <mask> opened up about how substance abuse and gambling have affected his life, and his continued struggles with addictions. He received praise for his candid discussion of the topic. In the second series <mask> confided in former Arsenal team mate, Goalkeeper David Seaman, that he voluntarily attends AA, including English speaking meetings in Paris, during breaks in filming for ITV's Harry's Heroes: Euro...Having a Laugh, football tour S2.Ep1. <mask> participated in the Mental Health Awareness Week. In January 2020, <mask> spoke about how his drink, drug and gambling habits fuelled his struggles with mental health. Honours
Arsenal
Football League First Division: 1988–89, 1990–91
FA Cup: 1992–93
Football League Cup: 1992–93
Football League Centenary Trophy: 1988
FA Charity Shield: 1991
European Cup Winners' Cup: 1993–94

Aston Villa
UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2001

Portsmouth
Football League First Division: 2002–03

Individual
PFA Young Player of the Year: 1989
Premier League Player of the Month: February 2000

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Profile at sporting-heroes.net

1968 births
Living people
People from Harlesden
Footballers from the London Borough of Brent
English footballers
England under-21 international footballers
England B international footballers
England international footballers
Association football wingers
Arsenal F.C. players
Brentford F.C.players
Middlesbrough F.C. players
Aston Villa F.C. players
Portsmouth F.C. players
Walsall F.C. players
Tamworth F.C. players
Welshpool Town F.C. players
English Football League players
Premier League players
National League (English football) players
UEFA Euro 1992 players
1998 FIFA World Cup players
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<mask>,  (born 24 January 1958) is a British politician who served as the first directly elected Mayor of Liverpool from 2012 to 2021. A member of the Labour Party until his suspension in November 2020, he served as Leader of Liverpool City Council from 2010 to 2012. <mask> was the leader of Liverpool City Council from the 2010 Council election until the 2012 Mayoral election. He was elected Mayor of Liverpool on 3 May 2012, winning with 57% of the vote. He won a second term in May 2016 with 52.6% of the vote. He was also on the board of directors at Liverpool Vision, an Urban Regeneration Company within the city. He represented Liverpool City Council as a member of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.In December 2020, <mask> temporarily stood down as Liverpool mayor after being arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation. He was also suspended from the Labour Party. Early life
<mask> was born in Liverpool on 24 January 1958. His mother was a cleaner at an office, while his father was in the Merchant Navy. He lived near the city centre during his early life, attending St Vincent Primary School and St Martins Secondary School. He joined the Merchant Navy when he left school and later worked for P&O Ferries, as well being a steward in the National Union of Seamen. He then attended Liverpool John Moores University as a mature student and obtained a postgraduate diploma in social work, allowing him to become a full-time social worker at Chesterfield High School in Crosby.Political career

Early political career (1998–2005)
<mask> was elected as a city councillor in 1998, first representing the Abercromby ward. In 2003, he became the Leader of the Labour group on Liverpool City Council, and in 2010 became the leader of the council, when Labour gained a majority of seats in the city. Previously he was on the board of the Liverpool Culture Company, a group involved in developing a programme of

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 events for Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture in 2008. However, he resigned this position in 2007 after stating his concern at the lack of community involvement in planned events, alleging that an elitist attitude was developing among the board. <mask> was, along with Liverpool Riverside MP Louise Ellman, involved with the campaign to free Michael Shields after his arrest and subsequent imprisonment in Bulgaria in 2005. Recent years
In December 2015, <mask> was appointed as Leader of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. This was not a conventional election, but a joint decision by council leaders of neighbouring local authorities.In May 2016, he announced his intention to run for the Labour Party nomination for the Mayor of the Liverpool City Region position. In the selection contest, he finished second to then-Liverpool Walton MP Steve Rotheram, who went on to win the election in May 2017. <mask> continued in his position as the Mayor of Liverpool. In May 2017, <mask> sought selection as a Labour candidate to be the MP for the Liverpool Walton constituency, but lost to then-Unite the Union official Dan Carden. <mask> issued a statement claiming: "Today we were reminded that the Labour Party is not always a meritocracy... after [the General Election] there will be more to say." Controversies

Matters associated with David McElhinney
In opposition, <mask> had been critical of the joint venture between Liverpool City Council and British Telecom (BT), called LDL. However, on becoming Council Leader, one of <mask>'s first moves was to appoint David McElhinney as temporary chief executive of the council for the six-month period while the council was renegotiating its contract with BT.McElhinney was Chief Executive of LDL at the same time. Cherie Booth QC was engaged to provide legal advice regarding the potential for conflict of interest. The LDL contract was extended, although it  was subsequently terminated

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 when it came to light that McElhinney's payments from a second council (Lancashire County Council) were under investigation. McElhinney and others were arrested as part of an investigation into allegations of conspiring to pervert the course of justice and intimidating witnesses. <mask> was interviewed by police under caution in November 2017. Case against Chesterfield High School and spending by council lawyers
In April 2015, <mask> brought legal proceedings against Chesterfield High School, claiming he had been unfairly dismissed from his role as a 'social inclusion mentor', despite not having worked at the school for two years. It transpired that he had continued to receive an annual salary of £4,500 from the school during his working absence.<mask> lost part of his case at the first hearing and Chesterfield High school requested <mask> pay back a portion of the money he had received. The case attracted press attention when it was revealed <mask> had instructed Liverpool City Council lawyers to work on the case, while it was described as a private employment matter. The council had spent over £89,500 from public funds to support <mask> during the employment tribunal, according to information released following a Freedom of Information Act request. The employment tribunal found <mask> had been unfairly dismissed "because proper processes had not been followed" but that the schools' governors were "entitled to terminate his employment because the pupils were not getting any benefit". <mask> appealed that decision to the Employment Appeals Tribunal, however the appeal was dismissed. In summing up, Judge Serota said: “[Mr <mask>] was entitled to receive almost £80,000 per annum from Liverpool for his role as elected mayor, yet also procured a payment (albeit modest) from public funds for which he provided, and was not expected to provide any service. “It was, more likely, considered to be a reverse form for a zero hours contract,

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 whereby the [school] was bound to make payment of salary but [Mr <mask>] was not bound to provide any services.“It is certainly fairly arguable that this arrangement may strike members of the public as constituting a misapplication of public monies. “I asked Mr Morgan (Mr <mask>’s counsel) on several occasions what benefits there might be that accrued to the [school] for the payments and for preserving [Mr <mask>’s] post for an indeterminate period. “The only answer that I received was that it gave ‘kudos’ to the school to be associated with the Mayor of Liverpool.”

Arrest
In December 2020, <mask> was one of five men arrested as part of an investigation into building and development contracts in Liverpool. He was subsequently suspended from the Labour Party. Also arrested was Derek Hatton, a former deputy leader of the council. On 10 December 2020, <mask> announced that he was temporarily stepping aside from his duties, but would not stand down as Mayor of Liverpool. On 31 December 2020, <mask> announced that he would not seek re-election as Mayor of Liverpool in the 2021 election, saying that "it would be in the best interests of the Labour Party to select a new candidate for the mayoral election".Personal life
<mask> is a lifelong Everton F.C. fan, and spoke of his desire to see the club remain in the city, in opposition to the now-defunct Kirkby Project. <mask> was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to local government and the community. <mask> lost his brother to COVID-19 in October 2020. References

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Official website

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Living people
Alumni of Liverpool John Moores University
1958 births
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<mask>, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp () (30 April 1700 – 18 June 1739) was a Prince of Sweden and Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp and an important member of European royalty. His dynasty, the Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, were a cadet branch of the ancient House of Oldenburg, which at that time was ruling Denmark. His mother was a sister of <mask> of Sweden. <mask> married a daughter of Peter the Great and became the father of the future Peter III of Russia. As such, he is the progenitor of the Russian imperial house of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov and the patrilineal ancestor of all Russian emperors starting with Peter III, except for Catherine II. Early life

<mask> was born in Sweden, the son of Frederick IV of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp and his consort, Hedvig Sophia, daughter of King <mask> of Sweden. He became reigning duke in infancy, upon his father's death in 1702 at the Battle of Kliszów, co-ruling, however under guardianship till 1717, with his father's cousin King Frederick IV of Denmark in the Duchy of Holstein, a Holy Roman imperial fief, and the Duchy of Schleswig, a Danish fief, there as a vassal to the Danish king.All his life was a legitimate claimant to the throne of Sweden, as pro forma heir to <mask>, who was his maternal uncle. <mask>'s parents had been offered refuge by maternal uncle, <mask> of Sweden, during the outbreak of the Great Northern War, and they resided in Stockholm. <mask> succeeded to the dukedom at the age of two, upon the death of his father in the Battle of Kliszów. His mother became his regent, and they continued to reside in Stockholm. Actual daily

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 co-rule in the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein was left to administrators. His mother is said to have raised him tenderly but firmly, but she died in 1708, when <mask> was only eight years old. He was then placed in the care of his great-grandmother (his mother's paternal grandmother), Queen Dowager Hedwig Eleonora of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, who reportedly spoiled him terribly, resulting in making him passive and indolent.His mother, and later Hedwig Eleonora, both supported and worked for his right to be considered heir of Sweden after his childless uncle. Since his guardians sided with Sweden against Denmark in the Great Northern War, Danish troops ravaged the Gottorp ducal share in the duchies during that war and conquered its northern portions in 1713, including the ancestral ducal seat Gottorp castle near Schleswig city in the homonymous duchy. In 1721 Frederick IV of Denmark, being the liege lord in Danish Schleswig who had enfeoffed <mask> with the ducal title in Schleswig in 1702, officially withdrew this fief. Swedish career

<mask> met his uncle <mask> for the first time in 1716. He was declared of legal majority in 1717, and was then given some military responsibility. <mask> was in a tense relationship to his aunt Ulrika Eleonora, whose followers pointed him out to be too rude and arrogant and in lack of any sense of responsibility to be a suitable heir to the throne. Upon the death in 1718 of his maternal uncle and second cousin, <mask> of Sweden, Duke <mask> was presented as claimant to the throne.However, his aunt Ulrika Eleonora the Younger (1688–1741) managed to wrest the throne

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 his progeny from the Swedish succession avoided the personal union of Sweden and Russia, because <mask>'s only child would become Tsar Peter III of Russia. The question then became who was to become the next king of Sweden after the death of the childless incumbent. The so-called "Hat faction" in Sweden managed to elect <mask>'s first cousin Adolph Frederick, who was his father's younger brother's son and thus belonged to the same Oldenburg dynasty, as Crown Prince of Sweden.Later life

<mask> left for Hamburg, as the Gottorp ducal share in the duchies of German Holstein and Danish Schleswig had been occupied by Denmark since 1713. Having lost the title as duke of Schleswig, succeeded to have the occupation of the ducal share in German Holstein removed by application to his Holstein liege lord, the Holy Roman Emperor. In 1720, Sweden and Denmark-Norway concluded the Treaty of Frederiksborg, in which Sweden pledged to cease its support of the House of [Schleswig-]Holstein-Gottorp. Duke <mask> opposed the treaty, made by a Swedish government which he regarded as rebellious against his own right to the Swedish succession; the treaty also made virtually impossible the regaining of his lost ducal share in the northern duchy of Schleswig. (This was to be a motivation for his son Peter in 1762, upon his Russian accession, to start preparations for the use of Russian troops to reconquer the lost lands from Denmark.) Duke <mask> was married to Anna Petrovna, Tsesarevna of Russia and elder daughter of Tsar Peter I and Marta Skavronskaya (who would later become Empress Catherine I of Russia). As <mask> was the

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 Swedish heir, Peter saw the marriage as politically useful.<mask> was officially engaged to Anna by Tsar Peter. After the death of Peter in 1725, he was given a place in the council, his own court, palace and income by Catherine I of Russia and married to Anna. Anna was not enthusiastic about the marriage, because of his reputation of consorting with prostitutes. <mask>, then commander of the palace guard in St. Petersburg, attempted to secure his wife's succession to the Russian throne upon the death in 1727 of her mother, the Empress Catherine I of Russia. His attempt failed, but his son by Duchess Anna Petrovna, <mask> Ulrich (who - as Duke of Holstein-Gottorp - succeeded in the ducal share of Holstein in 1739), eventually became Russian tsar in 1762, as Peter III. <mask> and Anna left for Gottorp ducal share of Holstein in 1727, taking residence in Kiel Castle, where Anna died following the birth of their son in 1728. <mask> spent the rest of his life in Holstein-Gottorp at Kiel.His prime concern was to secure his son's succession to the Russian throne. He did support his followers in Sweden also, but did not pay much attention to Holstein-Gottorp. Before a member of the family of Holstein-Gottorp was to sit on either the Swedish or the Russian throne, Duke <mask> died in 1739 in the Saxon village of Rolfshagen. His grave is in the Cloister Church at Bordesholm. Ancestors

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<mask> (born 1964), also known by the alias <mask>H, is an English athlete, public speaker, and author from Stourbridge, England. After being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) at the age of 26, he became the first person with MS to successfully swim a relay of the English Channel in 1997. Despite being unable to use his legs, he later completed a swimming relay of Loch Lomond in Scotland, a relay from Majorca to Menorca in the Balearic Islands, and three team relays from Santa Catalina Island to Santa Monica in California. In each case he raised funds to donate to non-profits such as the Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Myelin Research Project. He also founded the MS charity foundation Turning the Tides (TTT). <mask> is a frequent public speaker and has announced that he is releasing his memoir Making a Splash on History Publishing in 2012. Early life
<mask> was born in 1964 to Graham and <mask> of Pedmore, Stourbridge England.He is the youngest of three children, and at an early age had a strong affinity for sports, stating "as a child I drove everyone mad – I was always up to mischief; I lived outdoors, doing sports or riding my motocross bike." As a child he participated in cricket and mountain biked, and in school he played rugby for the Stourbridge Rugby Club and ran for the Midlands. He also hiked and skied. <mask> has also stated he loved water and watersports from a young age, saying "At the age of three, much to the horror of my mother, my uncle threw me in at the local pool and I simply swam to the ladder with a big grin on my face. From that moment I never looked back. I was never trained to swim, it came naturally." He swam competitively in school, later rowed for

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 a Birmingham club, and picked up windsurfing and water skiing.Early career
After obtaining a degree in graphic design at Canterbury, <mask> moved to London to begin his career. While working as a graphic designer for a large London agency he temporarily lost sight in his left eye, and assumed it was stress. At age 26 he was given the opportunity to travel, and purchased a cheap ticket to travel the world, working in multiple countries. He ended up working in a design company in Perth, Australia, before eventually moving back to London to join as a creative director at the multinational company Interbrand. MS diagnosis
While travelling, and a few months after he had temporarily lost his sight in his left eye, <mask> developed a slight limp, and assumed it was an old sporting injury. Upon his return to London he found subways and buses increasingly difficult, and finally went to a sports physiotherapist for treatment in 1993. He was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the age of 27.Multiple sclerosis (MS) is currently untreatable and leads to physical degeneration. However, <mask> attempted to continue living as normal; he fixed a string to the gear lever of his racing bike so he could continue to use it, bought his first house, and started his own graphic design company, "Spirit Partnership." <mask>'s limp continued to progress to the point that within three months he needed a walking stick. A few years later he needed to use a wheelchair, and has stated "I was at rock bottom. It was like my life was over." Swimming events

English Channel relay
Training
<mask> became determined to regain his fitness, and found that cold water relieved some of the pain and cramps of MS. In 1997, at

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<mask>'s relay swim across the English Channel took place on 11 August 1997. He used a special wet suit shorts to keep his legs afloat, and the team left from Dover and ended in Calais, France. Among <mask>'s fellow relayers were Alistair Park, Hilary Kempton, Margy Sullivan, John Coningham-Rolls and Veronique Dochain, each taking hour-long shifts in the water while the rest paced alongside in a boat. <mask> stated "I was the first to swim in the water and I was terrified.I set off just before 4 am and it was pitch black. I swam for the first hour and then the others, who were on a boat, took it in turns. It took about 13 hours and 42 minutes. When we arrived, we shook the hands of French people, they were lying on the beach and wondering what the hell was going on. We had champagne on the boat. It was the best." <mask> was the first man with diagnosed MS to take part in a swim across the English Channel.He and his fellow swimmers fundraised more than £30,000 for the Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Myelin Research Project. Loch Lomond relay
In 1998, <mask> took part in a second 22-mile swimming relay across Scotland's Loch Lomond. Mediterranean relay
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 team continued to train at the Tooting Bec Lido, and in 1998 they undertook a 25-mile swim from Majorca to Menorca in the Balearic Islands of the Mediterranean Sea. <mask>, at that point 33 years old, swam two hours in the relay and stated "It was the most incredible and exhausting swim of my life. At the beginning the sea was like a mill pond, but when the wind picked up – swimming through very choppy waters became a real test of fitness. It was like swimming uphill." California relays
On 18 September 1999, <mask> and his relay team swam off the coast of California from Santa Catalina Island to Santa Monica.The relay lasted over 17 and a half hours for 38 miles. <mask> stated "During the swim dolphins accompanied us for most of the way, but there was a shark following us for some of the way." The group again used the event to raise funds for MS research, totalling £15,000 for MS research. At that point in his life <mask> lived in Balham, London. Later iterations
<mask> has organised and participated in the Catalina swim three times. When it took place again on 29 September 2001, there were eight international relay teams participating, each team with one swimmer with MS. Former Olympic medalist Duncan Goodhew swam with <mask> on his team. Proceeds from fund-raising were all donated the Myelin Project.Turning the Tides
<mask> co-founded the international charity foundation "Turning the Tides" (TTT). The organisation's stated goal is to support positive, result-driven MS Research, particularly in the Phase One Trial stage of research in MS Repair, which many major establishments have overlooked for its potential risk. In particular TTT is known for organising fund raising events that

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 have reached global audiences in the millions, and helping fund myelin replacement research by Dr. Timothy Vollmer of Yale University. In 2004 The Charity Commissioners approved a request from <mask> and other TTT trustees to close down TTT as a separate entity and transfer funds to the Multiple Sclerosis Resource Center (MSRC). Public speaking
<mask> has spent much of his career as an MS sufferer, and while he had never done public speaking prior to his diagnosis, he soon became an active public speaker. He has stated he loves it and enjoys the benefits others get from him, saying "Frankly, most people don't have a disability as dramatic as MS. They see themselves as 'not enough' – not thin enough, not creative enough, not smart enough, not educated enough – whatever.And they become obsessed with their 'not enough-ness.' So life just continues to agree with them. It's a self-fulfilling prophesy, isn't it? Life is to be lived and I encourage people to live it." His signature speech is titled The Domain of Opportunity – a Simple Shift of Focus. Memoir
<mask> is currently in the process of writing a book about his experiences. Titled Making a Splash, it is set to be released by History Publishing in 2012.Personal life
<mask> currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife Helen, a local Californian whom he met after his third Santa Monica relay. See also
English Channel crossings
List of successful English Channel swimmers

References

External links

Making a Splash Official Website
<mask>'s Blog
<mask> on YouTube
<mask> on Flickr

Living people
1965 births
English Channel swimmers
English male swimmers
Male long-distance swimmers
People with multiple sclerosis
Stourbridge R.F.C.

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<mask> (born 15 June 1959) is a Scottish broadcaster and former football player, most notably for Ipswich Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and internationally for Scotland. He played as a forward before being forced to retire due to a recurring back injury. He moved into media presentation, initially on television, before moving over to radio where he has for many years now been a presenter on Talksport. Playing career

Club career
Born in 1959 in the Govan district of Glasgow, Brazil started his career in England with Ipswich Town in 1977, where he stayed until 1983, appearing a total of 210 times and scoring 80 goals. In 1978, he was loaned to the Detroit Express in the North American Soccer League, appearing in 21 regular season games and 3 playoff games, scoring 10 goals in total. He made his Ipswich debut in a league match against Manchester United on 14 January 1978, and also contributed to their victorious 1977–78 FA Cup run when he played against Bristol Rovers in the fifth round replay. However he wasn't part of the squad for the final itself.Brazil was a key player by the 1980–81 season, when they won the UEFA Cup and finished runners-up in the league. Ipswich finished runners-up once more the following season, when Brazil scored 22 goals, making him the second-highest scorer in the First Division after Kevin Keegan, who scored 26 for Southampton. One of his finest games in an Ipswich shirt came on 16 February 1982, when he scored all of their goals in a 5–2 league win over Southampton. Brazil moved to Tottenham Hotspur in March 1983 for £425,000, scoring six times in 10 appearances. In his only full season at White Hart Lane he scored three goals in 19 games, while his fellow Scot Steve Archibald scored 21 times. Tottenham won the UEFA Cup and Brazil scored four


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 '<mask> Brazil's Nuts', a play on Brazil nuts. The packages have barcodes readable by smartphones for accessing Talksport-related media. The nuts are produced at an Intersnack factory in Haverhill, Suffolk, with profits going to the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation.Robson, who died from cancer in 2009, was Brazil's manager at Ipswich. The range of salted and dry roasted peanuts were due to be extended to cashews and chilli nuts in 2012. Honours

Club
Ipswich Town
FA Cup: 1977–78
UEFA Cup: 1980–81

Tottenham Hotspur
UEFA Cup: 1983–84

Individual
Ipswich Town Player of the Year: 1981–82
Ipswich Town Hall of Fame: Inducted 2013

References

1959 births
Living people
People from Govan
People from Newmarket, Suffolk
Footballers from Glasgow
People educated at Holyrood Secondary School
Scottish footballers
Association football forwards
Ipswich Town F.C. players
Detroit Express players
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
Manchester United F.C. players
Coventry City F.C. players
Queens Park Rangers F.C.players
Witham Town F.C. players
Bury Town F.C. players
Wollongong Wolves FC players
Chelmsford City F.C. players
FC Baden players
Stambridge United F.C. players
English Football League players
North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
National Soccer League (Australia) players
UEFA Cup winning players
Scotland under-21 international footballers
Scotland international footballers
1982 FIFA World Cup players
Scottish expatriate footballers
Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Australia
Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Expatriate soccer players in the United States
Expatriate soccer players in Australia
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Scottish association football commentators
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<mask>(, March 23, 1927 - July 9, 2005) was a contemporary Chinese writer. He was interested in literature from an early age and devoted all his life into it. He worked for many years as journalist and a magazine editor and served as president of the Jiangsu Writers' Association (:zh:江蘇作家協會, 江苏作家协会) and vice president of the Chinese Writers' Association (:zh:中國作家協會, 中国作家协会). <mask>'s life ended in Suzhou, his favorite city in Jiangsu province. All his work is a mirror of this old city and that's why his novels are generally regarded as Suzhou literature. He is famous for his first story Deep within a Lane (小巷深处). From then on, <mask> started producing a lot of fictions and essays.Life
<mask> was born in 1927 in Taixing, Jiangsu province. Being kept under the thoughtful and careful love of his mother, <mask> spent a peaceful childhood. When 6 years old, <mask> went to an old-style school, where his teacher was impressed by his interest in reading and gave him a formal name <mask> (which means literary and culture), in the hope of him becoming a litterateur. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, <mask> finished primary and secondary school in Taixing. In 1945 he went to live with relatives in Suzhou for recuperation and studied in Suzhou High School. After graduation, he was admitted into two universities in Shanghai. But his family couldn't afford the school tuition and other expenses.So he transferred to the Subei Liberated Area, where he was assigned to Huazhong University to study Marxism. After graduating from the Huazhong University in Yancheng, <mask> took part in the Chinese Communist Revolution in northern Jiangsu. In 1949 he returned to Suzhou and became a reporter of New Suzhou Report (now renamed as

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 opened a restaurant, The Old Suzhou Gourmet House, serving exquisite, traditional Suzhou cuisine, as a way to realize his ideal of good food. Therefore, <mask> was known in Chinese literary circles for his catering business, as an authentic gourmet both in name and fact. On July 9, 2005, <mask> died of emphysema, at the age of 78.

Notable works

Deep within a Lane (小巷深处)
It is a short story written in 1956, the first period of his writing career, which describes the real life of a prostitute named Xu Wenxia. She was born in the old days but now live in the newly-born China, exploring her future with a rather complex attitude.This totally new theme of writing indicates <mask>'s novel creativity, making him famous among China for the first time. Gourmet (美食家))
As the saying that "Western culture is born of the relationship between man and woman, while Chinese culture has grown from the enjoyment of food" goes, the novel Gourmet is one of the highly appreciated works of <mask>. It was published in Harvest in 1983, achieving another peak in his writing career. By creating the character of a crazy gourmet, Zhu Ziye, <mask> shows the tortuous developing road of our nation, making people at that time think much more about our future generation. There are also a lot of vivid details about the customs of the Suzhou region, which earns his fictions an reputation of Suzhou literature. Up to now, this novel has been translated into English, French, Japanese, etc., introducing Chinese traditions to the outside world. In addition, <mask> himself is an authentic gourmet.He shows great interest in the folk snacks all over the world, insisting that eating is a sort of enjoyment. Also, Chinese tea and wine are his favourite,

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 which reflects his poetic view of life. The Man from a Peddler's Family (小贩世家）)
The Man from a Peddler's Family is a short story published in 1979, into which <mask> poured all his sufferings of his life. It starts with one of the protagonist Mr. Gao, who was well educated, thinking about the other protagonist Zhu Yuanda, one making his living only by selling wonton. The story centers on the tortuous life of Zhu Yuanda, along with the changes of political background at that time. Through Mr. Gao's observation on Zhu Yuanda, the story implicitly reflects the painful thoughts of <mask> on these unstable times, which still "merits further reflection by us younger generations". Artistic value
In the field of contemporary public literary creations, <mask> represented the old generations of writers in their respective works, along with Fan Xiaoqing (the middle-aged generation) and Zhu Wenying (the younger generation).He was an old-fashioned gentleman who remained unaffected by the rampant ideological and dogmatic literature. <mask> left his distinctive literary memories of Suzhou in different perspectives, including political, cultural, economic, and personal imprints. The rich human nature and vivid inner characters showed us a picture of the real lifestyle and the authentic residents in Suzhou, an old city with the reputation of "Venice of the East", "representing some inner expressions left by literature that are best worth savoring in the historical process for Suzhou city." <mask>'s success in portraying the traditions and customs of Suzhou won him an reputation of "urban root-seeker", an honour he shared with other writers such as Deng Youmei (:zh:邓友梅), who wrote about the disappearing traditional culture of old

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<mask>  (; 4 March 1943 – 1 March 2012) was an Italian singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He also played clarinet and keyboards. <mask> was the composer of "Caruso" (1986), a song dedicated to Italian opera tenor Enrico Caruso, and "L'anno che verrà" (1979). Beginnings
<mask> was born in Bologna, Italy. He began to play the clarinet at an early age, in a jazz band in Bologna, and became a member of a local jazz band called Rheno Dixieland Band, together with future film director Pupi Avati. Avati said that he decided to leave the band after feeling overwhelmed by <mask>'s talent. He also acknowledged that his film, Ma quando arrivano le ragazze?(2005), was inspired by his friendship with <mask>. In the 1960s the band participated in the first Jazz Festival at Antibes, France. The Rheno Dixieland Band won the first prize in the traditional jazz band category and was noticed by a Roman band called Second Roman New Orleans Jazz Band, with whom Dalla recorded his first record in 1961 and had the first contacts with RCA records, his future music publisher. Singer-songwriter Gino Paoli hearing <mask>'s vocal qualities, suggested that he attempt a soloist career as a soul singer. However, <mask>'s debut at the Cantagiro music festival in 1965 was not successful probably due to both his physical appearance as well as his music, which was considered too experimental for the time. His first single, a rendition in Italian of the American traditional standard "Careless Love" was a failure, as it was his first album, 1999, that was released the following year. His next album, Terra di Gaibola  (from the name of a suburb of Bologna), was released in 1970 and contained some early Dalla classics.His first hit was "4 Marzo 1943", which achieved some success due to the Sanremo Festival. The original title of the song was supposed to be "Gesù bambino", however in those years there was still stiff censorial control over the content of songs, and the

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<mask>'s recording debut as a soloist took place in 1964, with the release of the 45 rpm-single "Lei (non è per me)" (B-side: "Ma questa sera"). In the 1970s, <mask> started a collaboration with the Bolognese poet Roberto Roversi. Roversi wrote the lyrics to <mask>'s next three albums Il giorno aveva cinque teste (The Day Had Five Heads) (1973), Anidride solforosa (Sulphur dioxide) (1975) and Automobili (Automobiles) (1976). Although these albums did not sell in large numbers, they were noted by critics for the unusual mix of Roversi's lyrics with <mask>'s improvisations, along with the latter's sometimes experimental twists and composition abilities. The duo had already broken up by the time the concept album Automobili was released.Roversi, who had been against the album's release, chose the pseudonym "Norisso" when it was time to register the songs. The album, however, included one of <mask>'s most popular songs, "Nuvolari", named after the famous 1930s Italian racer. Solo career

Affected by the end of the collaboration, <mask> decided to write the lyrics of his next albums himself. The first album of this new phase was Com'è profondo il mare (1977), in which <mask> was accompanied by members of future pop band Stadio. In 1979, his popularity was confirmed by the success of the Banana Republic album and the first of two self-titled albums, Lucio <mask>, followed by <mask> in 1980. The song "Caruso", released in 1986, has been covered by numerous international artists such as Luciano Pavarotti and Julio Iglesias. The version sung by Pavarotti sold over 9 million copies, and another version was a track on Andrea Bocelli's first international album, Romanza, which sold over 20 million copies worldwide.Maynard Ferguson also covered the song on his album "Brass Attitude", after having previously paid tribute to Caruso with his rendition of "Vesti la giubba" (titled as

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 "Pagliacci") on the album Primal Scream. The 1990 hit single "Attenti al lupo" gave <mask> wider success in Europe. He was invited to duet on Pavarotti and friends, singing his hit "Caruso" with Pavarotti. In 2010, <mask> came back to work with Francesco De Gregori during the "Work in Progress" tour and album. <mask>'s main influences were to be found in jazz, but his songs ranged from folk ("Attenti al lupo") and pop ("Lunedì"), from Italian singer-songwriters (the albums from Com'è profondo il mare to Dalla) to classical and opera ("Caruso"). Discography

<mask>'s discography includes twenty-two studio albums for the Italian market, a Q Disc, nine live albums, various collections and several albums for the foreign market. Here is the list of <mask> Dalla albums:

1999 (1966)
Terra di Gaibola (1970)
Storie di casa mia (1970)
Il giorno aveva cinque teste (1973)
Anidride solforosa (1975)
Automobili (1976)
4 Marzo 1943 (1976)
Com'è profondo il mare (1977)
<mask> <mask> (1979)
Quel fenomeno di <mask> Dalla  (1979)
Banana Republic (1979, with Francesco De Gregori and Rosalino Cellamare)
Dalla (1980)
<mask> <mask> (Q Disc) (1981)
Torino, Milano e dintorni (1981)
Gli anni Settanta (1981)
1983 (1983)
L'album di Lucio Dalla (1983)
Viaggi organizzati (1984)
Bugie (1985)
The best of Lucio Dalla (1985)
DallameriCaruso (1986)
Dalla/Morandi (1988)
Cambio (1990)
Il motore del 2000 (1990)
Il primo Lucio Dalla (1990)
Amen  (1992)
Henna (1993)
Maria Farantouri sings Lucio Dalla (1995)
Le origini (1996)
Canzoni (1996)
Ciao (1999)
Luna Matana (2001)
Live@RTSI – 20 dicembre 1978 (2001)
Dal vivo – Bologna 2 settembre 1974 (2001)
Caro amico ti scrivo... (Best of) (2002)
Tosca.Amore disperato (2003)
Lucio (2003)
12000 Lune (Best of/Box Set) (2003)
Il contrario di me (2007)
Angoli nel cielo (2010)
Questo è amore (2011)

Filmography
<mask> featured as an actor in seventeen films and was musical director for seventeen others. This is a list of DVDs of music

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 concerts. Live@RTSI – 20 dicembre 1978 (2001)
Retrospettiva (2003)
In concerto (2004)
Banana Republic (2006)
Tu Non Basti Mai (2009)

Personal life
<mask> <mask> was outed as gay after his funeral (at which his longterm associate and partner Marco Alemanno, with whom he had shared a house, spoke), although he had not publicly acknowledged this during his life, saying in a 1979 interview "Non mi sento omosessuale" ("I do not feel gay"). This outing sparked debate about Italian society's attitudes towards homosexuality. Honors
Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, "On a proposal from the Presidency of the Council of Ministers" – 27 December 1986
Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, "By the initiative of the President of the Republic" – 3 November 2003
 Degree honoris causa in Disciplines of the Arts, Music and Entertainment at the Faculty of Letters and philosophy, the Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna. Death

On the morning of 1 March 2012, three days before his 69th birthday, <mask> died of a heart attack, shortly after having breakfast at the hotel where he was staying in Montreux, Switzerland, having performed in the city the night before. He was in the company of Marco Alemanno when he died.An estimated 50,000 people attended his funeral in Bologna. <mask>'s 1986 song "Caruso", dedicated to Italian tenor Enrico Caruso, entered the Italian Singles Chart after his creator's death, peaking at number two for two consecutive weeks. The single was also certified platinum by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry. References

1943 births
2012 deaths
Burials at Certosa cemetery
Musicians from Bologna
Gay musicians
Italian tenors
Italian Roman Catholics
Italian male singer-songwriters
Italian male composers
LGBT musicians from Italy
LGBT Roman Catholics
Nastro d'Argento winners
David di Donatello winners
20th-century Italian  male singers
20th-century LGBT people
21st-century LGBT

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<mask> (born 26 May 1949) is a Professor of Classical Indology and Religious Studies at Heidelberg University, former Co-Director of the Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context" (2014-2019) and since 2014 the Director of the research project Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Pre-modern Nepal. He also was the Speaker of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 619 “Ritual Dynamics” from 2002 until 2013. Professional career
Born in Hamburg, <mask> studied Indology, Philosophy and Law in Munich, Freiburg, Hamburg and Benares. After he completed his dissertation in 1978 summa cum laude, <mask> worked as a research assistant at the Museum of Ethnology in Hamburg and at the University of Münster. He then worked as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Indology at the University of Kiel (1980 until 1992), meanwhile also holding the position as the Director of the Nepal Research Center (Kathmandu) from 1981 to 1983. From 1992 to 1996 Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Bern. In 1986, he was Spalding Visiting Fellow at the Wolfson College, Oxford.Since 1996, <mask> is Professor of Classical Indology at Heidelberg University’s South Asia Institute, which he managed as Director from 1999 to 2002. Besides, he was Speaker of the interdisciplinary project “Cartography Programme on Benares”. In 2001, he was elected as the Speaker of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 619 “Ritual Dynamics”. During the years 2004 to 2011, he

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 was Speaker of the German Research Foundation Council “Cultural Anthropology, Religious Studies, Non-European Cultures”. <mask> was Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context” since 2007 until 2017. Furthermore, he became Head Coordinator of the Heidelberg Center South Asia  (2014 until 2019) and Member of AG Zukunft II at Heidelberg University in 2010. Since 2010 he is Heidelberg University Rector’s delegate for cooperation with India.<mask> is full member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities since 2006, where he functioned as Vice President from 2016 to 2020. Since 2020 he is Chairman of the board of trustees of the von Portheim-Stiftung. Research
From 1983 to 1984, <mask> was involved in a project about the initiation rites in Nepal in collaboration with the German Research Foundation. A further project in Nepal between 1984 and 1991 focused on rituals at the Pashupatinatha-Temple. From 1998 to 2002, <mask> was engaged in the project “Text and Context of the Mahima-Dharma-Movement in Orissa”. This project was followed by a research on religious and divine maps of Benares (1999-2003). Both projects were supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG).In 2002 he started a project in co-operation with Niels Gutschow which examined life cycle rituals in Nepal. Connected to the project was the shooting and production of the films Handling Death (2005) and Belfruit and loincloth (2007), realized in

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 collaboration with Niels Gutschow and Christian Bau. Later, he also worked on a project aiming at the translation and publication of the so called “Wright-chronicle”, which was funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG, 2011 to 2012). Currently, he is working on two research projects. The first project started in 2014, called “Religious and Legal Documents of Pre-modern Nepal”, and aims at a publication and a digital database of religious and legal documents and texts from pre-modern Nepal. The second, the “Nepal Heritage Documentation Project” is a co-operation with Christiane Brosius and started in 2018. <mask>’ fields of research include Ethno-Indology, Ritual studies, Social and Legal History of Hinduism, Cultural History and Religion of Nepal.Selected Publications
Publications
 Kultur und Geschichte Nepals. Stuttgart: Kröner Verlag 2018. Homo ritualis. Hindu Rituals and its Significance for Ritual Theory. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press 2016.
 with Manik Bajracharya and Niels Gutschow, Nepālikabhūpa-Vaṃśāvalī: History of the Kings of Nepal – A Buddhist Chronicle. Kathmandu: Himal Books, 2016. – vol.1: Manik Bajracharya and <mask>, Introduction and Translation; vol. 2: Manik Bajracharya and <mask>, Edition; vol. 3: Niels Gutschow, Maps and Illustrations, 2016. Getting Married – Hindu and Buddhist Marriage Rituals among Newars of Bhaktapur und Patan, Nepal. With Niels Gutschow. Includes a Film on DVD by Christian Bau. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz

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 und Gegenwart. München 1998. 2nd edition 2006). Reisen der Götter. Der nepalische Pashupatinatha-Tempel und sein rituelles Umfeld. 2 Pts.With A<mask>, G. Tandan. With drawings by Harald Fritzenkötter, Pashupatikshetra - Maps of Deoptan. Bonn: VGH Wissenschaftsverlag. 2004. Benares - Tempel und religiöses Leben in der heiligen Stadt der Hindus. With Niels Gutschow. Köln: DuMont Buchverlag.1993. The Making of a Statue. Lost-wax Casting in Nepal. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag. 1988. Beweisverfahren in der vedischen Sakralgeometrie - Ein Beitrag zur Entstehungsgeschichte von Wissenschaft. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag (Alt- und Neu-Indische Studien).1978. Edited Books
 with Christoph Wulf: Science and Scientification in South Asia and Europe. London and New York: Routledge, 2020.
 with Margareta Pavaloi: The Scholar’s Choice. Lieblingsstücke Heidelberger Wissenschaftler aus dem Völkerkundemuseum der J. und E. von Portheim-Stiftung. Heidelberg: heiUP, 2019.
 with Simon Cubelic and Astrid Zotter: Studies in Historical Documents from Nepal and India. Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing (open access: https://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/catalog/book/331). Reprint: Kathmandu: National Archives, 2018.
 with Christoph Wulf: Exploring the Senses.London, New York &  New Delhi: Routledge (South Asian and European Perspectives on Rituals and Performances; 3), 2014.
 with Christiane Brosius & Paula Schrode: Ritual und Ritualdynamik. Schlüssel-begriffe, Theorien,


title: Axel Michaels

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 Wissenschaftsverlag (Nepalica). 1987. References

External links
 <mask>' profile at the Cluster of Excellence
 Profile of <mask> at the South Asia Institute at Heidelberg University
 Works by or about <mask> in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
 Video with <mask> on his research on rituals in India (Latest Thinking)

1949 births
Living people
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University of Bern faculty
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title: Paul Radisich

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<mask> (born 9 October 1962, in Auckland) is a retired New Zealand racing driver and businessman of Croat origin. He has competed in saloon cars for many years — both European-style tourers and the V8 Supercars of Australia and New Zealand. Early Years
In 1983 he was Formula Atlantic runner-up, earning the prestigious Driver To Europe award. In 1985 and 1986 he raced in British Formula 3, alongside Damon Hill. He later raced in Indy Lights and Formula Super Vee with some success, before finishing second in the 1990 Bathurst 1000. This led him towards racing saloon cars full-time. European Touring Cars

He won the 1993 and 1994 Touring Car World Cup events at Monza and at Donington respectively.1993 was his first British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season, in a Ford Mondeo prepared by Andy Rouse. He finished 3rd in the series despite only competing in half the year. He would again drive for Andy Rouse in 1994 where he finished 3rd again behind Gabriele Tarquini for Alfa Romeo and Alain Menu for Renault. <mask> would again drive for Andy Rouse in 1995 but by the end of the 1995 season the car had reached the end of its development cycle and was increasingly uncompetitive during the end of the 1995 season and in the 1996 season when West Surrey Racing took over the Ford team from Andy Rouse. 1996 would be a disappointment for the Ford team with no podium places and <mask> finishing 13th in the championship. 1997 would see a new Mondeo however it to was uncompetitive and would not challenge the front running teams. In 1998 he raced for Peugeot where he again had a disappointing season.He left the series and went to race for Dick Johnson Racing in the V8 Supercar series in Australia. At the end of the 2004 season, <mask> entered the BTCC Masters event at Donington, and was considering a comeback to the BTCC the following year, but he instead chose to

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 continue his racing career down under. V8 Supercars

In 1999 he joined Dick Johnson Racing replacing the departed John Bowe. He remained with Dick Johnson Racing until the end of 2002. In 2003 he joined Briggs Motor Sport which was later sold to British outfit Triple Eight Race Engineering in 2004. In total he has three race wins and eight other podium results in the championship. Team Kiwi Racing
He surprised a lot of people by signing for the patriotic Team Kiwi Racing for 2 years in 2005 racing in a Holden for the first time, helping the team to their first ever podium finish at Shanghai International Circuit in China, (third).He finished the 2005 season in 14th place, TKR's highest ever finish in a Supercar season. In the 2006 Supercheap Auto 1000 endurance race at Mount Panorama he had a major crash at around 200 km/h in The Chase. While attempting to overtake Nathan Pretty he ran wide into the dirt and could not brake in time and careered into a tyre wall head on, flipping the car onto its side. Rescue teams had to cut the roof off the car in order to get him out. He was then taken to a nearby hospital and then flown to a hospital in Sydney for further scans. He broke his ankle and sternum in the crash and missed the remainder of the season. In November 2006 it was confirmed that <mask> had signed for a further 2 years with TKR and would once again be back racing in a Ford for 2007–08.He has commented that he has unfinished business in V8 Supercars. <mask> returned to the cockpit at Barbagallo for the first time since Bathurst, to the delight of many fans. He had a very good result at Pukekohe, the final round to be held at that circuit, finishing 7th in the third race. Ford Performance Racing terminated its contract to supply and service the TKR Falcon on 31 May 2007. <mask> said he had terminated his contract with TKR following the team's fallout

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 with Ford Performance Racing that ran the car on behalf of TKR. "TKR is in breach of contract and I have therefore terminated my contract with immediate effect." Toll HSV Dealer Team
The New Zealand international joined fellow Kiwi Craig Baird and regular drivers Rick Kelly and Garth Tander in the Toll HSV ranks for the big endurance races in September and October.The formal announcement was put on hold until Carrera Cup star and Bathurst rookie David Reynolds was signed and sealed with Super Cheap Auto Racing for the enduros. Reynolds had been in line for a drive with Toll HSV in the big races in September and October, but was happy to transfer to Super Cheap for his V8 Supercar debut without the potential pressure of a fellow drivers championship hanging over him. At Sandown, <mask> was paired with Championship front-runner, Rick Kelly. The car was qualified by Rick Kelly, and they started from 8th position on the grid. <mask> and Rick Kelly drove the Number 1 Toll HSV Commodore to 2nd place, 2.8 seconds behind Triple Eight Racing's Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup. At Bathurst, <mask> was paired with Craig Baird. After qualifying 9th after the top-10 shootout, <mask> and Craig Baird started strongly, and were running on the fringe of top 10 for the majority of the race, slowed by persistent braking problems which also afflicted their more illustrious team-mates.Ultimately, the team withdrew from the race on lap 137 of 161 so as not to risk damaging Tander and Kelly's race cars for the championship battle to come. Retirement and later career
Returning to the team in 2008, <mask> crashed heavily during practice for the 2008 Bathurst 1000, after the throttle jammed open at McPhillamy Park Corner, hitting the concrete wall in a gap in the tyre barriers. Radisich fractured both ankles, reopened the fractured sternum sustained in an accident two years prior,

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 fractured lumbar and thoracic vertebrae, cracked ribs and suffered bruising to his lungs. His recovery has been protracted and brought an end his motor racing career. <mask> raced a Ford Mustang S550 in the invitational non-championship Class Three of the 2018-19 BNT V8 Championship

He was team manager of the Super Black Racing team until the team was disbanded at the end of the 2016 season. He is managing director of New Zealand oil company Aegis Oil, a company founded by his father Frank. <mask> is the in-studio co-host of the British Touring Car Championship segment of TV3's CRC Motorsport with Shaun Summerfield.Career results

Complete World Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

† Not eligible for points. Complete Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete British Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded all races 1996 onwards) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap - 1 point awarded 1998 only)

† Not eligible for points due to being an endurance driver. ‡ Endurance driver. Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete V8 Supercar Championship results

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

* Super Touring race

References

People educated at Liston College
Supercars Championship drivers
New Zealand racing drivers
1962 births
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Indy Lights drivers
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Porsche Carrera Cup

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title: Alina Pätz

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<mask> (born 8 March 1990 in Urdorf, Switzerland)  is a Swiss curler. She currently throws fourth stones on Team Silvana Tirinzoni. She is a three time world champion and was the alternate player for the Mirjam Ott rink which represented Switzerland at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Career
Playing as the alternate for the Ott rink, Pätz won a gold medal at the 2012 World Women's Curling Championship and a bronze medal at the 2013 European Curling Championships. Pätz also won a silver medal at the 2010 European Mixed Curling Championship (playing lead for <mask>) and a gold medal at the 2011 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship (with Sven Michel). Pätz started skipping her own rink in 2013. The 2014–15 season was a breakthrough year for Pätz and teammates Nadine Lehmann, Marisa Winkelhausen and Nicole Schwägli.They won the 2014 Red Deer Curling Classic on the World Curling Tour, which was Pätz first tour win. Pätz also qualified for the playoffs at the 2014 Masters Grand Slam of Curling event. In the second half of the season, they won the International Bernese Ladies Cup and the Swiss Women's Curling Championship, qualifying them for the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship. Switzerland finished the round robin in first place with a 10–1 record. A victory over Canada's Jennifer Jones sent them to the final, where they once again faced Jones. Up 4–3 in the tenth end, Pätz drew to the button for the win, winning the World Championship gold medal and title. The following season, Team Pätz won the right to represent Switzerland at the 2015 European Curling Championships, but they did not qualify for the playoffs, finishing 4–5.They also did not win any tour events during the season. They could not defend their title as world champions, as they lost in the Swiss championship to 2014 world champions Binia Feltscher. The 2016–17 season was more successful for the Swiss rink. They won the 2017 International

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texts: the semi-final to set up a repeat of the European Championship final against Hasselborg and Sweden. The result was reversed, with Pätz making a draw to the four-foot in the extra end for an 8–7 win to become the 2019 world champions.The team capped off their year by winning their first Grand Slam title together at the Champions Cup and reaching the final of the inaugural Curling World Cup. At the start of the 2019–20 season, Team Tirinzoni were runners-up at the 2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic. They also qualified for the playoffs at their next three events, the 2019 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard, the 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic and the 2019 WCT Uiseong International Curling Cup. The next week, they won the Women's Masters Basel. They represented Switzerland at the 2019 European Curling Championships, where they finished the round robin in first place with an 8–1 record. However, they would not make the final, as they lost to Scotland's Eve Muirhead in the semifinal. They rebounded in the bronze medal game, defeating <mask> Kovaleva of Russia.The team would not get to defend their title as world champions, losing the final of the 2020 Swiss Women's Curling Championship to the young Elena Stern rink. The Swiss championship would be the team's last event of the season, as both the Players' Championship and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Team Tirinzoni began the 2020–21 season by making the final of the 2020 Schweizer Cup where they once again lost to the Stern rink. Three weeks later, the team was invited to play in the Adelboden International men's World Curling Tour event, as a last minute addition. After dropping their first game to Yannick Schwaller, they went on a four-game winning streak against the men's field before losing to Olympic bronze medallist Peter de Cruz in the semifinal. In January 2021, Pätz compted at the 2021


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 Swiss Mixed Doubles Curling Championship with her boyfriend Sven Michel. The pair finished the round robin with a 5–2 record, in second place.They then defeated teammate Silvana Tirinzoni and Benoît Schwarz in the semifinal before losing the best-of-three final to Briar Hürlimann and Yannick Schwaller. Two weeks later, Pätz won her fourth national championship at the 2021 Swiss Women's Curling Championship. This put her team in a playoff against 2020 Champions Team Stern for the right to represent Switzerland at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship, as the 2020 Worlds were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Team Tirinzoni beat Stern in the playoff, and represented Switzerland at the World Championship, which was played in a bio-secure bubble in Calgary, Canada due to the pandemic. There, they finished with a 12–1 round robin record, including scoring a rare eight-ender against Denmark, the first time an eight-ender has ever been scored at a World Championship. In the playoffs, the team defeated the United States in the semifinal, and then <mask> Kovaleva representing RCF (Russia) in the final to win the gold medal, successfully defending their 2019 championship. While also in the Calgary bubble, Team Tirinzoni played in two Grand Slam events, making the final at the 2021 Champions Cup and the semifinals at the 2021 Players' Championship.Personal life
Pätz is in a relationship with fellow curler Sven Michel. She lives in Matten bei Interlaken. She is employed as an athlete manager. Grand Slam record

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title: Thomas Joseph Toolen

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<mask> (February 28, 1886 – December 4, 1976) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Mobile from 1927 to 1969, and was given the personal title of Archbishop in 1954. Early life and education
<mask> was born in Baltimore, Maryland, one of six children of <mask> and Mary (née Dowd) <mask>. His parents were both natives of County Roscommon, Ireland, and his father died in 1897. Toolen received his early education at the parochial school of Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, and attended Loyola High School and Loyola College. When he first told his mother he wanted to enter the priesthood at age 12, she expressed her doubt but finally agreed to send <mask> to a seminary when he came of age. He made his theological studies at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore.Priesthood
On September 27, 1910, <mask> was ordained a priest by Cardinal James Gibbons at the Cathedral of the Assumption. He then went to study canon law at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he earned a Bachelor's degree in 1912. His first assignment was as a curate at St. Bernard Church in Baltimore, where he remained until he was named archdiocesan director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in 1925. Episcopacy
On February 28, 1927, his forty-first birthday, <mask> was appointed the sixth Bishop of Mobile, Alabama, by Pope Pius XI. He received his episcopal consecration on the following May 4 from Archbishop <mask> Curley, with Bishops <mask> Keyes, S.M., and Richard Oliver Gerow serving as co-consecrators, at the Cathedral of the Assumption in Baltimore. Toolen arrived in the Diocese of Mobile, which then comprised the entire state of Alabama and the northwestern part of Florida, on the following May 18. In connection with the centennial celebration of the diocese, he erected Allen Memorial Hospital in honor of his predecessor, Bishop Edward Patrick Allen, in December 1929.In 1941, Toolen prohibited Catholic parents who sent their children

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 to public schools from receiving the sacraments. He explained, "The Catholic system of education has been the greatest boon this country has ever known. We are prepared to take care of our children from the first grade to the university...Catholic parents must send their children to the Catholic school. Parents who do not obey are rebellious and should be treated as such." He was named an Assistant at the Pontifical Throne in October 1949. On May 27, 1954, the Diocese of Mobile was renamed the Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham and Toolen was given the personal title of "Archbishop". Between 1962 and 1965, he attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council.Relationship with African Americans
<mask> opened several new churches, orphanages, hospitals, and other institutions that were meant to minister exclusively to African Americans, leading opponents to call him "the nigger bishop". In 1950, he oversaw construction of St. Martin de Porres Hospital in Mobile, which was the first hospital in Alabama where African American doctors could work alongside their white colleagues. He also persuaded a local hospital to become the first one in Alabama to accept pregnant African American women. In 1948, however, he denied the request of <mask> Howze to be accepted as a seminarian for the Diocese of Mobile. In 1957, <mask> invited Mother Angelica and the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration to establish a religious community for African Americans in the Diocese of Mobile. He broke ground on Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Irondale on July 24, 1961, and dedicated the monastery on May 20, 1962. From this monastery would sprout an international broadcasting corporation known as Eternal Word Television Network.<mask> rose to national prominence during the civil rights movement. In 1964, he ended racial segregation in Catholic schools throughout Alabama. He wrote, "After much prayer, consultation and advice, we have decided to integrate all the schools of the diocese. I know this will

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 not meet with the approval of many of our people, but in justice and charity, this must be done. I ask all of our people to accept this decision as best for God and country." However, he publicly denounced the methods of the activists, speaking in favor of a more non-confrontational approach to civil rights. In 1965, <mask> ordered the Society of Saint Edmund to remove the Rev.Maurice Ouellet because he had let his rectory serve as a headquarters for the Selma marchers. Later life and death
At age 83, <mask> resigned as Bishop of Mobile on September 29, 1969, after over forty years of service. On the same date, he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Glastonbury by Pope Paul VI. He died in his sleep seven years later, aged 90. His funeral Mass was held at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on December 9, 1976. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, who delivered the eulogy, praised Toolen for "talking about human rights long before there was talk of civil rights." He is buried in the crypt of Immaculate Conception Cathedral.Legacy
He established <mask> High School, in Mobile, Alabama, in 1928. <mask> Hall, on the campus of Spring Hill College, is named in his honor. One of the first projects envisioned by Archbishop <mask> <mask> when he was assigned to the former Mobile-Birmingham Diocese in 1927 was the establishment of a Catholic high school in the Birmingham area. <mask> is also remembered for his opposition to the use of English in Eastern Catholic liturgical services. His prohibition against Eastern Catholic and bi-ritual priests celebrating the Divine Liturgy in English was reversed by the Holy See on March 31, 1960, at the request of Melkite Catholic Partiarch Maximos IV. References

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1976 deaths
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Loyola University Maryland alumni
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title: Trevor Siemian

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<mask> (born December 26, 1991) is an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Northwestern and was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the seventh round of the 2015 NFL Draft. Siemian was a part of the 2015 Broncos team that won Super Bowl 50. He has also played for the Minnesota Vikings, New York Jets, and Tennessee Titans. Early years
Siemian was born on December 26, 1991, in Danbury, Connecticut, to Walter and Colleen Siemian. Siemian attended Olympia High School in Orlando, Florida. On the football team, he threw for an Orange County record of 6,144 career yards and 53 touchdowns as quarterback for three seasons with the Titans.He was also an outstanding baseball shortstop, third baseman, and outfielder, and was voted Mr. Olympia by his classmates during his senior year. After achieving a 3.9 GPA and making the National Honor Society, Siemian chose to attend Northwestern University over Rutgers, North Carolina State, and Harvard. College career
At Northwestern University, Siemian majored in Communication Studies and was awarded Academic All-Big Ten honors in 2013 and 2014. He redshirted during his freshman year of college in 2010. In 2011, Siemian was a backup quarterback to main starter Dan Persa. He played in eight games, the first against Eastern Illinois. He completed 16 of 26 passes for 256 yards and three touchdowns for the year.In the 2012 season, Siemian earned a majority of the quarterback reps while Kain Colter saw occasional playing time. In the season-opener against Syracuse, Siemian led the team on a 75-yard game-winning drive after being down by six with 2:40 to play. Against Vanderbilt, he led back-to-back go-ahead drives in the fourth quarter, including a key 34-yard completion on a third-and-15 play. He made his first career start in a game against Indiana, throwing for 308 yards on 22-of-32 passing in a 44–29


title: Patrick Rissmiller

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<mask> (born October 26, 1978) is an American former professional ice hockey winger who played in the National Hockey League for the San Jose Sharks, New York Rangers, Atlanta Thrashers, and the Florida Panthers. He is currently a development coach for the New Jersey Devils. Early years
Rissmiller was born in Boston and grew up in Belmont, Massachusetts. He is the fourth of eight children of David and <mask>. He attended Belmont High School (where he was cut from the varsity hockey team), but transferred to Williston Northampton School. He completed a post-graduate year at The Hill School before attending Holy Cross. Playing career

Amateur
Rissmiller played at the College of the Holy Cross of the NCAA.He is considered to be one of the best male hockey player to ever come from that college. Rissmiller's best season was when he scored 16 goals and added 30 assists in 2001–2002. He was noted for his physical domination and  strong two-way play for Holy Cross. In total, he scored 53 goals and 90 assists in 131 games for the college. Undrafted, he signed his first pro contract with the San Jose Sharks. Professional
In 2002–03, he had 14 goals and 26 assists in 72 games for the Cleveland Barons of the AHL. In the midst of the 2003–04 season, Rissmiller was called up to San Jose, where he registered no points in four games.That year, however, he had 14 goals and 31 assists in 75 games in the AHL. Continuing to gain experience, Rissmiller played the year of the NHL lockout in Cleveland and potted 21 goals and 23 assists in 69 games playing on the top line. In the 2005–06 season, Rissmiller put up 15 goals and 32 assists in 68 games,

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title: Franz Alexander Kern

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<mask> (11 April 1897 - 20 October 1924), also known by his religious name Jakob, was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Premonstratensians. <mask> served as a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian armed forces during World War I and suffered threatening injuries that impeded his health for the remainder of his life and which often hampered his studies. He fostered an intense devotion for the Eucharist - for which he was known  - and was often found in constant Eucharistic Adoration. <mask> was beatified on 21 June 1998 in Vienna during the apostolic visit of Pope John Paul II to Austria. Life

Childhood and seminarian

<mask> was born in Vienna on 11 April 1897 to <mask> and <mask> at 56 Breitenseerstrasse; he had at least one sister who became a nun. He was baptized in the local parish church on 19 April 1897 with his two names being those of his father and his godfather <mask>. Before his birth his mother travelled to a Marian shrine to seek protection for her unborn child and made a promise that if it were to be a male she would implore Jesus Christ to call him to the priesthood.<mask>'s mother died in 1919 and on her deathbed told her son about the promise that she had made back in 1897. In 1899 he asked his mother where his sister was to which his mother replied "in the church" and so he left the house. His mother searched for him and found him gazing at objects in a store window that had distracted the toddler as he went to go and find his sister. His relieved mother took him home and corrected him for this incident. He also liked to act out a pretend Mass as a child and this seeped into one particular Christmas when he was either four or five: he received a stuffed horse and a train set although he had said he wanted instead an altar with candles and flowers. One friend of his was Aloysius Benesch whose leg, it was thought  had to be

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 amputated and so <mask> went to his local church begging God to relieve his friend: Benesch's leg healed in full and did not require amputation. <mask> made his First Communion in 1907 while in the third grade and then received his Confirmation - with tears of happiness as was observed - in the fourth grade in 1908 on the Pentecost feast.In his childhood he exhibited and fostered an ardent dedication to become a priest - his mother instilled in him his religious upbringing - and so in September 1908 was granted permission to become a seminarian in Hollabrunn. It was there that he became noted for his diligent attention to his studies and for spending his free time before the Eucharist in veneration. One of his classmates there was Rudolf Henz. In 1911 he was permitted to take his vows. Also in 1911 he became a member of the Secular Franciscan Order. <mask> completed his studies in 1915 and then volunteered straight after to serve in the armed forces where he still maintained his devotion to the Eucharist and attended frequent sessions of Eucharistic Adoration. He was assigned on 7 October 1915 and later moved on 15 October elsewhere as part of his armed service.When he became a seminarian the superiors saw him as being under the required age to enter and so made him take an initial vow on an annual basis until taking his last one on 21 April 1912. Armed service
On 1 January 1916 he attended adoration in the church of Saint Blasé in Salzburg and during a 40-hour devotion asked God to allow him to share in the suffering of Jesus Christ. It seemed that this wish was granted for he was sent not long after as a lieutenant during World War I in January 1916 to southern Austria and on 15 May 1916 was sent to the southern border to fight on the Italian front. Before he left for this assignment he spent an hour in adoration at a chapel in Vöckalbruck and he later arrived in

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 Schlunders at 1:30am with limited time for sleep. <mask> once injured his knee while serving in an instance that required him to undergo an operation and then rest in bed for under a week. On 10 September 1916 around 4:30am a battle began between Italian and the Austro-Hungarian armed forces and on 11 September 1916 while in combat with Italian troops he was injured after a bullet pierced his lung in what became a permanent wound that he would never recover from. <mask> recuperated in Salzburg until 1917.He was also awarded the Medal for Bravery second class for his service. On 20 October 1917 he commenced his theological studies in Vienna but later dropped out in 1920 due to his ill health. The end of the Great War witnessed a schism for the church in 1919 in the new Czech Republic in what became heart-wrenching for him and he had even offered himself as a living atonement for Isidore Bogdan Zaradnik - a Norbertine canon who split and led the schism. On 18 October 1920 he received the habit of his order and assumed the name of "Jakob". After his elevation to the diaconate he presided over his first public sermon on 11 July 1922. He soon received his ordination to the priesthood on 23 July 1922 in the cathedral of Saint Stephen from Cardinal Friedrich Gustav Piffl. He celebrated his first solemn Mass at his sister's convent on 1 August 1922.Final illness and death
In 1923 he contracted a bad cold during the Easter season that also saw him suffer from several haemorrhages. Doctors later assessed <mask> and concluded that he had to have an operation on 10 August 1923 to remove four of his ribs. Local anesthetic was used and so he had to endure extreme pain and he never recovered from this operation which caused an even greater deterioration in his health - he had also refused to take painkillers during his time of rest. <mask> apologized to his surgeon for

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 inconveniences caused during the operation - that being the pain he felt during it. He seemed to recover during a brief respite in Merano but his health deteriorated at a rapid pace not long after in which he had bouts of repeated coughing and spitting blood. He preached his last sermon on 20 July 1924. <mask> was scheduled to make his solemn profession on 20 October 1924 but had to undergo an operation - he still made his profession before the operation.He had predicted that he would die in the operation on 19 October 1924: "Tomorrow I will see the Mother of God and my Guardian Angel" he said to a nun. He also told that nun how he was to be vested in his habit in his coffin which startled the nun due to <mask>'s bluntness. He had said to an aunt of his on 18 October: "I will not awaken from the surgery on Monday". As he was wheeled to the operating room he said: "I will not return" to his relatives. He died at the Vienna General Hospital during the ringing of the noontime Angelus bells on 20 October 1924. The hospital chaplain gave him the last rites during the procedure. His funeral was celebrated on 22 October at 1:30pm and a solemn requiem Mass was said on 25 October at 10:00am in which the abbot Emilian Greisl presided over.Exhumation
His remains were exhumed on 26 September 1956 in which one priest who knew him saw the remains and exclaimed: "This is he! Yes it is he!" It became impossible for the skeletal remains to be lifted in one piece since the bones fell apart when the coffin was opened in addition to the lower portion of the coffin being corroded. His remains still had remnants of flesh on bones in addition to skin and hair being present on some parts of the skull. His right hand was still connected to the lower arm and was preserved to the wrist including the nails and tendons. Beatification

The formal request for the canonization cause to open was

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