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 tourist-packed resort area for <mask> to have an 'accident'?" After his death, his body was sent to Washington, D.C. on January 10, 1973, where an English funeral service by Reverend Richard Halverson, a Presbyterian pastor, and a Russian service at a Russian Orthodox church were held. <mask> was buried in a Russian section of Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C., United States on January 11, 1973. His headstone gives the spelling of his name in Russian not as Курдаков but as Коурдаков.Subsequent controversy
<mask>'s death stirred up much controversy among Christian anti-communist organizations and elsewhere. Jesus to the Communist World general director Richard Wurmbrand, himself a former prisoner and torture victim in Soviet-controlled Romania, accused Underground Evangelism of exploiting the young defector. On January 4, he wrote an open letter to the organization stating that <mask> "should not have been brought on the stage [into publicity] with its perils before having been a member of a church growing in grace and knowledge." Andrew Semenchuk, the west coast representative of the Slavic Gospel Association stated that he and other Russian Baptist church members who heard <mask> speak at a Santa Ana felt that he "should not have been thrust into such a situation—speaking on subjects 'completely beyond him.'" Some of the criticism towards Underground Evangelism was its alleged exploitation of Kourdakov for profit. According to the Los Angeles Times, by 1973, the young Christian "had become the feature of the organization's literature." In addition to placing Kourdakov on a tour of over twenty speaking engagements during his short time in the organization,

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 Underground Evangelism sold taped versions of his story priced at four dollars.Myrus Knutson, board chairman of Jesus to the Communist World, made a statement saying that "it may be unfair to say it, but they [Underground Evangelism] smelled money." There have also been some conflicting claims regarding <mask>'s actual religion. While <mask> identified himself as an Evangelical Christian during his time living in North America to the point of his death, Father Sergius Shukin, an Orthodox priest, claimed that during an interview <mask> revealed to him that he was an Orthodox Christian. This claim was first made public in The Orthodox Word nearly two years after <mask>'s death. Many claims of The Persecutor were debunked by Caroline Walker, a US Christian journalist, who attempted to document the story of <mask> in Russia. Her findings, contrary to her own expectations, revealed that the story was largely a fake. It looked like <mask> made up much of the story to earn political asylum in Canada.The documentary produced by Damian Wojciechowski about Walker's findings, Forgive Me, <mask> won numerous awards worldwide. See also

Persecution of Christians in the Soviet Union
List of KGB defectors
List of Soviet and Eastern Bloc defectors
The Persecutor or Forgive Me, Natasha - by <mask>]

References

1951 births
1973 deaths
Soviet emigrants to Canada
Soviet emigrants to the United States
People of the KGB
Russian Christians
Christian writers
Soviet defectors
Deaths by firearm in California
Russian evangelicals
People from Novosibirsk
Soviet Navy personnel
Radio evangelists
Persecution of Christians in the Eastern Bloc
Christianity in the Soviet Union
Burials at Rock

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<mask> (14 April 1935 – 29 August 2019) was an English author and television screenwriter, script editor and producer. In television, he had a long association with the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who, working as a writer and also serving as the programme's script editor from 1968 to 1974. The Doctor Who News Page described him as "arguably the most prolific contributor to Doctor Who". He later became a script editor and producer of classic serials for the BBC. Dicks wrote many children's books during the 1970s and 1980s. He also maintained his association with Doctor Who by adapting televised stories into novelisations for Target Books and in later years contributing to many documentaries and DVD commentaries for the series. Early career
Born in East Ham, Essex (now part of Greater London), <mask> was the only son of William, a tailor's salesman and Nellie (née Ambler), a waitress.His parents later ran a pub, the Fox and Hounds, in Forest Gate. He excelled in English at East Ham Grammar School and consumed literature ranging from classics to pulp thrillers and adventure stories. He won a scholarship to study English at Downing College, Cambridge, and later performed two years of National Service in the British Army with the Royal Fusiliers. Following his discharge from the armed forces, he worked for five years as an advertising copywriter, and started to write radio play scripts for the BBC in his spare time. His breakthrough into television came when friend Malcolm Hulke, whom he met when he rented a room from him, asked for his help with the scripting of "The Mauritius Penny", an episode of

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 the second series of ABC action-adventure The Avengers, for which <mask> was awarded a co-writer's credit. <mask> went on to co-write a further two Avengers episodes with Hulke: the second, "Intercrime", was later re-worked for the sixth and final series. Doctor Who
In 1968, <mask> was hired as assistant script editor on the BBC science-fiction TV series Doctor Who.He was appointed head script editor the following year and earned his first writing credit for the programme when he and Hulke co-wrote the 10-part serial The War Games, which concluded the series' sixth season and the Second Doctor's (Patrick Troughton) tenure. The serial introduced the concept of the Time Lords and initiated the Doctor's exile to Earth, which would be a major theme of the Third Doctor's tenure. <mask> had, however, been the uncredited co-writer of the earlier serial The Seeds of Death (1969), having extensively re-written Brian Hayles' original scripts. <mask> formed a highly productive working relationship with incoming Doctor Who producer Barry Letts, serving as script editor on all of Letts's five seasons as series producer from 1970 to 1974. During his tenure as script editor on Doctor Who, <mask> oversaw a number of additions to the program's mythology that still exist in the modern era including the following:

 The development of the Time Lords and their society. The name Gallifrey (augmented from Doctor Who writer Robert Holmes' "Galfrey"). The creation of companions Liz Shaw, Jo Grant, and Sarah Jane Smith.The term "regeneration". (Planet of the Spiders)
 Sontarans (from writer Robert Holmes). The

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 Dematerialisation Circuit is vital for the operation of the TARDIS. The concept that the TARDIS is indestructible. The TARDIS can be remote controlled. The TARDIS has a Telepathic Circuit (in The Time Monster)
 The TARDIS might be sentient (The Time Monster and Planet of the Spiders)
 The Blinovitch Limitation Effect used as a plot device to explain away paradoxes. (Day of the Daleks)
 Multi-Doctor stories.(The Three Doctors)

During <mask>' tenure, the program also delved into social and political concepts. Sometimes these were straightforward and other times they were metaphors. Concepts and topics included the respect for all life (The Silurians), Great Britain joining the European Economic Community (in metaphor in The Curse of Peladon), apartheid (The Mutants), global pollution (The Green Death) and equality for women (with the inclusion of Sarah Jane Smith as companion). In 1972, <mask> embarked on a parallel career as an author with the publication of his first book, The Making of Doctor Who (a history of the production of the TV series), which was co-written by Hulke. After stepping down as script editor, <mask> continued his association with Doctor Who, writing four scripts for his successor, Robert Holmes: these were Robot (1975, Tom Baker's first outing as the Fourth Doctor), The Brain of Morbius (1976, for which <mask> was credited under the pseudonym Robin Bland after his displeasure at Holmes' re-writes prompted him to request that it be shown "under some bland pseudonym"), Horror of Fang Rock (1977) and State of Decay (1980). State of Decay was in fact a re-written version of a story

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texts: refused or had other commitments, Dicks would usually undertake the work himself (although he also recruited other writers, including former Doctor Who actor Ian Marter and former series producer Philip Hinchcliffe). On one occasion, he enlisted Robert Holmes to novelise his script for The Time Warrior, but when Holmes gave up after writing only one chapter, it was left to Dicks to complete the work.<mask> would have better success in recruiting the original writers for the later Doctor Who serials, and was required to adapt only one Sixth Doctor story himself (The Mysterious Planet; he again replaced Holmes, who had died in 1986). <mask>' name appears on the cover of no Seventh Doctor novelisations. His plans to publish a novelisation of his stage play Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure were not realised. As of September, 1980, <mask> <mask>' Doctor Who novelisations had sold three-and-a-half million copies and had been translated into ten different languages. During the 1990s, <mask> contributed to Virgin Publishing's line of full-length, officially licensed, original Doctor Who novels, New Adventures, which continued the series' storyline following the TV cancellation in 1989. <mask> wrote three Doctor Who novels for Virgin, and continued to write occasionally for the franchise after BBC Books assumed the licence in 1997. He wrote the first of the Eighth Doctor Adventures, titled The Eight Doctors, which was, for a time, the best-selling original Doctor Who novel.World Game, featuring the Second Doctor, is set during the so-called "Season 6B". Later contributions to the range were the Quick

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 Reads books Made of Steel and Revenge of the Judoon, both featuring the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones. His final Doctor Who short story, "Save Yourself", was published posthumously by BBC Books in October 2019. A compilation of his work chosen by fans entitled The Essential <mask> Dicks Volumes 1 & 2 was published in August 2021. Other television work
<mask> also wrote for the ATV soap opera Crossroads. He co-created and wrote for the short-lived BBC science-fiction TV series Moonbase 3 (1973), and wrote for the ITC science-fiction series Space: 1999 (1976). During the early 1980s, <mask> served once more as script editor to producer Barry Letts on the BBC's Sunday Classics strand of period dramas and literary adaptations.When Letts returned to directing in 1985, <mask> succeeded him as the producer of the Sunday Classics, overseeing productions such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield and Vanity Fair, before retiring from the BBC in 1988 to resume his career as a novelist. Children's fiction and non-fiction
It was through his work on Doctor Who books that <mask> became a writer of children's fiction, penning many successful titles during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1976, he wrote a trilogy for Target Books, The Mounties, concerning a Royal Canadian Mounted Police recruit. They were followed from 1979 to 1983 another trilogy, Star Quest, which was later re-printed by Big Finish Productions. Beginning in 1978, <mask> penned The Baker Street Irregulars inspired by the Sherlock Holmes characters; the series eventually ran to 10 books, the last published in 1987. In 1981, he commenced work on a series of six

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 children's horror novels with Cry Vampire. In 1987, <mask> started a new series for very young children titled T. R. Bear, resulting in a further seven books.There followed the Sally Ann series, about a ragdoll, Magnificent Max, about a cat, and The Adventures of Goliath (Dicks' longest series, at 18 books), about a golden retriever. Another five books concerning a St. Bernard dog make up the Harvey series. Jonathan's Ghost and its three sequels were published in 1988, and the three-part MacMagic series followed in 1990. The Littlest Dinosaur was published in 1993 and The Littlest on Guard in 1994. Other works that Dicks published in 1994 include Woof! The Never Ending Tale, the Cold Blood series and the Chronicles of a Computer Game Addict series (both in four parts). Between 1998 and 2000, Dicks penned Changing Universe trilogy.In 2000 and 2001, Dicks produced the 12-book series, The Unexplained. As well as his numerous fictional works, <mask> also penned several non-fiction books for children, including Europe United, A Riot of Writers, Uproar in the House, A Right Royal History and The Good, the Bad and the Ghastly. Personal life
<mask> lived in Hampstead, London. In 1963, he married Elsa (née Germaney), a teacher and later a Quaker recording clerk. They had three sons: Stephen, Jonathan and Oliver. <mask> died in London on 29 August 2019 after a short illness. Bibliography
Great March West (1976)
Massacre in the Hills (1976)
War Drums of the Blackfoot (1976)
The Case of the Missing Masterpiece (1978)
Spacejack (1978)
The Case of the Blackmail Boys (1979)
Roboworld (1979)
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<mask> (born May 22, 1967) is an American recording artist, Top 5 Billboard dance chart songwriter, and Platinum record producer, best known as producer for numerous artists such as Blondie, Rufus Wainwright, Franz Ferdinand (band), LP, Asia Kate Dillon and as an ASCAP-featured film score composer. Early life and music
<mask>, the child of James and <mask>, was born May 22, 1967 in Schenectady, New York and has two brothers, James Jr. and Shawn. After beginning piano at age 7 and saxophone at age 9, <mask> joined their first punk band as a drummer at age 14. They bought their first guitar for $15.00 at the age of 17 and moved to New York City later that year to pursue a career in music. Career
In 1985, they played their first NYC show at CBGB and became a regular onstage at many East Village venues of the era such as Danceteria, The Ritz, Pyramid Club, and Limelight. While still a teenager <mask> was already playing sax with punk legends Sylvain Sylvain, Johnny Thunders and Cherry Vanilla. In 1987, they joined the band 'Gutterboy' as a saxophone player, guitarist and back up singer.'Gutterboy', fronted by writer/director Dito Montiel, toured with Bryan Adams, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Stray Cats and Ramones. They were signed to Mercury Records in 1989, released "St. Stanislaus of E. 7th St." and modeled for photographer Bruce Weber's Gianni Versace catalog. In 1992, they left Gutterboy to start the band  "Itchy Trigger Finger" with longtime friend Harry Nagle. In Itchy Trigger

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 vs.Soul Seekerz' and the song If I Had You, which was featured regularly on VH-1. In 2011, <mask> co-wrote three songs on Blondie's Panic of Girls album as well as contributing production to releases by Franz Ferdinand and Lily Allen. In 2012, <mask> left Super Buddha to pursue a solo career. Their first endeavor was writing and producing 3 songs for Blondie: Dead Air, Bride of Infinity and Practice Makes Perfect. That same year they composed the film score for the movie Concussion, starring Robin Weigert and Maggie Siff, an official selection of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and winner of the Berlin Film Festival's Teddy Award Jury Prize. Also that year, <mask> mixed the album Black Tie Elevator for The Cliks. 2013-present

Music that <mask> produced for Rayya Elias' book Harley Loco was presented by author Elizabeth Gilbert at the Detroit Institute of Arts, following the release of the book and accompanying soundtrack by Viking Press.'Harley Loco' and Blue Microphones also released a mini-documentary about <mask>'s work as a music producer called "Harley Loco and Blue Microphones present <mask> <mask>". In 2014, <mask> produced records for various artists including Rachael Sage, Miranda Di Perno, Princess Superstar, Carrie Ashley Hill and composed scores for the films Sidewalk Traffic, 'FAST'  and Ma/ddy. They also spoke on the Gender Amplified panel at Barnard College, and they were a featured film score composer on ASCAP's 2014 "Spotlight"

In 2015, <mask> produced

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 records and film scores for various projects such as Sugar on PBS and Paper Mills as well as performed at the Carlyle with Debbie Harry. They were also featured in The NY Times in an article about producing transgender artists. In 2016, <mask> produced the album "Shine" by Ryan Cassata as well as "Take My Shoulder" by Venus DeMars and Laura Jane Grace. In 2017, <mask> received their first Platinum Records for producing the song 'In the Flesh' for Blondie's album Sight & Sound. They also produced Gina Volpe's (founding member of the legendary punk band Lunachicks) solo album "Different Animal".In 2018, <mask> composed the score for the documentary "Cherry Grove Stories"

In 2019, <mask> produced the second solo record by Gina Volpe which Rolling Stone Magazine called "modern angst via detuned metal guitars and rattling 808 beats" . Currently
<mask> is currently producing records and film scores in their NYC studio. Recent projects include upcoming collaborations with Grammy-nominated mixers Tony Maserati and Dylan Dresdow as well as the debut EP by Asia Kate Dillon Asia Kate Dillon'Handsome Hands'

<mask> is endorsed by TubeTech, Sugar Bytes, Blue Microphones, Namba Gear, DrumCore, Earthquaker Devices, D'Angelico Guitars and Gibson Guitars. Personal life
<mask> identifies as non binary Non-binary gender and lives in Frenchtown, New Jersey and Los Angeles with their wife Jaime Karpovich  and their two cats "Sunny" and "Rocky". Discography

Albums
 Gutterboy, Geffen Records.

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 (1989, 1992) (Saxophone, vocals)
 Gutterboy, St. Stanislaus of East Seventh, Mercury Records. (1991) (Saxophone, Vocals, Guitar)
 Antony and the Johnsons: Immortal Bird / Cripple and the Starfish, Durtro.(2000) (Clarinet, Saxophone)
 LP (singer): Heart-Shaped Scar Koch Records (2001) (Producer, Songwriter)
 Rufus Wainwright: Wig in a Box, Off Records. (2003) (Producer)
 Blondie: Greatest Hits: Sight & Sound, EMI. (2005) (Producer)
 Scissor Sisters: Filthy/Gorgeous (ATOC vs. Superbuddha remix), A Touch of Class. (2005) (Remixer)
 Deborah Harry: Necessary Evil, Eleven Seven. (2007) (Producer, Songwriter)
 Franz Ferdinand (band): Covers (Franz Ferdinand EP), Domino Recording Company (2011) (Producer)
 Blondie: Panic of Girls, Eleven Seven/EMI. (2011) (Songwriter)
 The Cliks: Black Tie Elevator. (2013) (Mixer)
 Ryan Cassata: Shine.(2016) (Producer)
 Gina Volpe: Different Animal (2017) (Producer)
 Gina Volpe]: Winter to Spring Singles (2019) (Producer)
 Asia Kate Dillon: Handsome Hands (2020) (Producer)

Film scores
 The Coolest Year in Hell- Scored this 2007 Emmy-nominated documentary for VH-1. (Credited as Emboznik)
 Joan of Arcadia- Source music for episode #114 of this CBS primetime series' 2004 season. (Credited as Sean Demis & <mask>)
 'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen and Dave- Sound chip for promotional ad, Cannes Film Festival 2004 for MTV Networks and International Agency: Kidvertisers. (Credited as <mask> <mask>)
 The safety of objects- Full score, all source music,

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 incidentals and trailer for this feature film starring Glenn Close, Dermot Mulroney, Patricia Clarkson, Joshua Jackson and directed by Rose Troche. Released in March 2003. (Credited as Emboznik, Bullet, Super Buddha, Itchy Trigger Finger)
 Rosa negra 2: Como corre el amor- Score (2004) (Credited as Emboznik, Blizzard Twins, Sonic & Buzz)
 The l word – Full musical score for the creation of the pilot of this Showtime original series starring Jennifer Beals and Pam Grier. Directed by Rose Troche.(Credited as Emboznik)
 Raising Victor Vargas – Hip hop source cue for this feature film directed by Peter Sollett. Sundance Film Festival choice award, one of IFC's 'Top 10 to Watch For in 2003.' Released March 30, 2003. (Credited as Sonic & Buzz)
 Choices: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly- Full musical score of this short film directed by Tamara Jenkins (writer/director, Slums of Beverly Hills) and Scenarios USA. Released on Showtime in December 2003. (Credited as Sonic & Buzz)
 G- Hip Hop source cue. A feature film by Andrew Lauren, starring Blair Underwood (Sex & the City) and released in September 2004 (Credited as Sonic & Buzz)
 A-List- Full musical score for this feature film directed by Shira Lee Shalit starring Sally Kirkland (Bruce Almighty), Daphne Zuniga (Melrose Place) and David Carradine.Release for spring 2005 (Credited as Emboznik & Sean Semis and <mask>)
 David Searching- Opening credits & source cue for this feature film starring Anthony Rapp (Rent). Directed by Leslie


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 Smith, released in 1999. (Credited as Itchy Trigger Finger)
 Rufus Wainwright- Produced song 'The Origin of Love' for tribute CD for the movie Hedwig and the Angry Inch, released in September 2003. Featured in Rainlake Production's documentary of the making of 'Wig in a box' (Credited as <mask> <mask>)
 Toothpaste (film) (Scenarios USA)- Full musical score for this short film directed by Ben Younger (Boiler Room), shot by Guillermo Navarro (Hellboy) and produced by Michael Waxman (Collateral). Released for Showtime Spring 2005 (Credited as Emboznik)
 The Buddy Baker ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop.- Composed for and conducted a 20-piece orchestra including members of the New York Philharmonic and Metropolitan Opera. Moderated by Mark Snow (The X-Files) and Marco Beltrami (Blade II and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines). (Credited as Emboznik)
 Concussion – Full musical score for this feature film directed by Stacie Passon and produced by Rose Troche, starring Robin Weigert and Maggie Siff.(Credited as <mask> <mask>)
 Elliot King is Third – Full musical score for this short film directed by Rose Troche and produced by Stacie Passon. (Credited as <mask> <mask>)
 Sidewalk Traffic - Full musical score for this film directed by Anthony Fisher and starring Heather Matarazzo and Kurt Loder
 FAST - Full musical score for this short film directed by Melanie Vesey. Ma/ddy - Full musical score for this film directed by Devon Kirkpatrick starring Clea DuVall and Mel Shimkovitz
Sugar - Full

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 musical score and source music for this series on PBS, directed by Rose Troche
 Cherry Grove Stories - Full musical score and source music for the documentary directed by Michael Fisher

References

External links
 super buddha Web Site
 New York Times Debbie Harry Article
 Debbie Harry Concert Review
 Interview with Debbie Harry, 'Necessary Evil'
 <mask> <mask>: On Being a Trans Music Producer

1967 births
Living people
People from Frenchtown, New Jersey
People from Schenectady, New York
American women singer-songwriters
American women rock singers
American rock songwriters
Record producers from New York (state)
Singer-songwriters from New Jersey
Singer-songwriters from New York (state)
American women record producers
21st-century American women
Non-binary

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<mask> (born November 10, 1972) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) and a member of the 2020 Pro Football Hall of Fame class. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the second round of the 1994 NFL Draft after playing college football for the University of Memphis. He is currently the athletic director of the University of Fort Lauderdale, a Christian college with HBCU roots. An All-Pro and four-time Pro Bowl selection, <mask> amassed 15,208 receiving yards in his career (fifth all-time). He played the first 14 years with the Rams and won a Super Bowl ring with the team in Super Bowl XXXIV over the Tennessee Titans. He also played for the San Francisco 49ers. During his time with the Rams, he was the leading wide receiver of "The Greatest Show on Turf".In 2020, <mask> was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Early years
<mask> was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He graduated from Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale in 1990. As a senior for the Panthers football team, he caught 39 passes for 644 yards (16.5 yards per rec. avg. ), was an All-County selection, and led his team to the 1989 Florida State 4-A Championship. College career
<mask> originally signed his letter of intent to play college football for the Purdue Boilermakers in 1990, but his SAT scores were too low for Purdue to accept him.<mask> then decided to attend West Los Angeles College, then to Santa Monica College before transferring to the Memphis State University. In 1992, <mask>'s first year with Memphis, he had 39 receptions for 532 yards and five touchdowns. In 1993, he became the first wide receiver in

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 program history to post a 1,000-yard receiving season. He finished the season with a school-record 74 catches for 1,054 yards and 10 touchdowns. He earned a degree from Memphis in physical education, and he is the only Memphis player to be selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. College statistics

Professional career

Los Angeles Rams
<mask> was drafted in the 2nd round (33rd overall) by the Los Angeles Rams. He signed a 3-year, $1.75 million contract with the Rams on July 14, 1994.He earned the 1994 Carroll Rosenbloom Award, given to the team rookie of the year. He was also voted Rams Rookie of the Year by Orange County Sports Association and the Southern California Sports Broadcasters Association. His first NFL reception was a 34-yard touchdown throw from Chris Miller at Atlanta on September 11, 1994. St. Louis Rams
He moved with the team to St. Louis in 1995. In 1995, <mask> was named the NFC's week 1 Special Teams player of the Week after blocking a punt that contributed to a Rams win. He was also the NFC Offensive Player of the Week for week 6 following a 10-catch, 191 yard, 2 TD performance. His total receiving yards for 1995 (119 catches for 1,781 yards) was second only to Jerry Rice’s then record of 1,848 yards for one season, and is still the fifth most in a single season.In accomplishing this feat, <mask> surpassed former Houston Oilers WR Charley Hennigan’s 34-year-old record of 1,746 set in 1961. <mask>’s 119 catches also ranks 12th on the NFL’s all-time single-season reception list. <mask> further broke four Rams’ records, including most receiving yards, most receptions, most consecutive 100-yard receiving games (6)

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texts: and most 100-yard games (9). <mask> made USA Today’s All-Joe team, All-Madden, and All-Pro by Sports Illustrated and he was voted a first alternate to the Pro Bowl. He was also awarded the Rams MVP. In 1996, <mask> led his team with 84 receptions and led the NFL with 1,338 yards. He became the first Rams receiver since Henry Ellard in 1990 and 1991 to post back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons.Against the Baltimore Ravens on October 27, 1996, he caught 11 passes for 229 yards and a touchdown. On November 30, 1996, <mask> was re-signed by the Rams to a 4-year $12.1 million contract extension. In 1996 <mask> was also voted to his first Pro Bowl, after having been an alternate the season before. In the following seasons, <mask> was hampered by hamstring injuries. In 1997, he missed the first six games due to injury and in 1998 he missed the final nine games (he also missed two other games earlier in the season). In Atlanta on November 2, 1997, <mask> had another 200-yard game, totaling 10 catches, 233 yards and recording 2 touchdowns. Prior to his injury in 1998 in a home game against the Minnesota Vikings, <mask> had 11 catches for 192 yards and an 80-yard touchdown.In 1999, <mask> was a Second-team All-Pro and was voted to his second Pro Bowl. He caught 77 passes for 1,165 yards and 12 touchdowns as Rams had a 13–3 record and advanced to the Super Bowl. He also led Rams in receiving yards in the playoffs, with 317 yards on 13 catches with a team-high two touchdowns. <mask> caught Kurt Warner’s 73-yard touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XXXIV to give the Rams a 23–16 lead, which turned out to be the game winner. Prior to

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texts: the 2000 season, <mask> was re-signed by the Rams to a 7-year, $42 million contract extension. In 2000, <mask> was again a Pro Bowler and caught 87 passes for 1,471 yards and 9 touchdowns. He became the first Rams receiver to earn back-to-back Pro Bowl invitations since Henry Ellard accomplished the feat for the 1988 and 1989 seasons.<mask> either led or was tied for the most receptions six times in 2000, led the team in receiving yards six times, and posted four 100-yard receiving games. That same year, <mask> and teammate Torry Holt became only the second WR duo from the same team to each gain over 1,400 yards in the same season (see Herman Moore and Brett Perriman). In 2001, the Rams returned to the Super Bowl, losing to the New England Patriots, and <mask> made the Pro Bowl for the fourth time, becoming only the third receiver in franchise history to earn three consecutive Pro Bowl invitations (Elroy Hirsch 1951–53, Jim Phillips 1960–62). <mask> was voted offensive captain and became the franchise career leader in 100-yard receiving games (29), 1,000-yard seasons (5), and receiving touchdowns (56). He became just the second player in team history to post 500 career receptions vs. New York Giants on October 14, 2001. He caught five passes for 56 yards against New England in Super Bowl XXXVI. <mask> became the Rams’ all-time leader in receptions in 2002 while posting his fourth consecutive 1,000-yard receiving season.That year, he led the team with seven touchdown receptions, and ended the season with 79 receptions for 1,075 yards. On his 30th birthday, <mask> had three fumbles in a game. Luckily for <mask>, he scored a game-winning


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 1,098 yards on 74 catches with three touchdowns. In 2007, <mask> caught 55 passes for 733 yards and 4 touchdowns, second on his team only to Torry Holt in all three categories.In Week 15, he retook the lead in career receiving yards among active players from Marvin Harrison, and in the same game passed James Lofton to become third on the all-time list. On February 28, 2008, <mask> was released by the Rams after refusing to take a pay cut, which the Rams promised they would not do in a previous contract renegotiation. San Francisco 49ers

On February 29, 2008, <mask> signed a two-year, $6 million contract with the San Francisco 49ers, to reunite with his former offensive coordinator Mike Martz. Jerry Rice gave <mask> permission to wear the number 80 although the team had already retired it, however <mask> decided against it and instead wore 88. On December 21, 2008, in a game at St. Louis against his former team, the Rams, <mask> caught his 1,000th career reception – a 3-yard touchdown catch. St. Louis fans cheered on their former wide receiver, yelling “Bruuuuuuuuce” whenever he caught a pass, and cheered when he caught his 1,000th pass. After contemplating retirement in the offseason, he elected to return to the 49ers in 2009 for his 16th season, reasoning that he was there to "get in the playoffs again and win a Super Bowl".On June 7, 2010, <mask> was traded from the 49ers to the Rams so that he would be able to retire as a Ram. <mask> was the last member of the former first-tenure Los Angeles Rams to retire. NFL career statistics

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Awards and achievements
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 wide receiver in NFL history to achieve more than 15,000 receiving yards. 2008 – Reaches 1,000 receptions with a touchdown against his former team the St. Louis Rams. Surpassed Tim Brown to become 2nd all-time in receiving yards with 14,944 receiving yards. 2007 – Achieved 14,109 receiving yards and 942 receptions, putting him at 6th place for all-time receptions and 3rd for total yardage.He is also 13th all-time in receiving touchdowns with 84. 2006 – National Sportsmanship Award
2003 – Sports Personality of the Year Award from the Missouri Athletic Club at the annual Jack Buck Sports Award Banquet
2001 – Named to play in Pro Bowl (did not play – injured)
2000 – Named to play in Pro Bowl (did not play – injured)
1999 – Super Bowl XXXIV champion
1999 – Named to play in Pro Bowl
1998 – Rams Sprint Good Sport/Man of the Year
1997 – Rams True Value Man of the Year
1996 – Named to play in Pro Bowl, led league in receiving yards
1995 – Recorded 119 receptions (Most in NFL history by a player 25 and under, voted a Pro Bowl alternate)
1994 – Rams consensus Rookie of the Year

Personal life
<mask> is a Christian. <mask> is nicknamed “The Reverend” because he wishes to become one after he finishes his football career; he also wants to become a substitute teacher. <mask> is married to Clegzette <mask>. They have two daughters. <mask> is the elder cousin of Canadian Football League wide receiver Arland <mask>. <mask> is the younger cousin of NFL running back Derrick Moore.<mask> is a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity. Philanthropy
Since 1996, <mask> has provided tickets to home games to various schools and youth organizations, including

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<mask> (1430-1485) was a Breton politician who became the principal adviser and chief minister to Francis II, Duke of Brittany. Francis left <mask> in control of the affairs of the duchy, producing resentment among local barons, who finally secured the overthrow of Landais' régime. The rise and fall of Landais undermined Francis' position and prepared the way for the annexation of Brittany by France. <mask> is also important for the key role he played during attempts by the Yorkist kings of England to extradite the leading Lancastrian contender for the English throne, Henry Tudor, who was living in Brittany with his principal supporters. Initially a supporter of Henry, he later turned against him. Biography

Early career
<mask> was the son of rich clothiers from Vitré. He entered the service of Duke as a valet de garde-robe.His ambition and acumen soon brought him favour with Francis, and he rose to become Treasurer and Receiver General of Brittany. He promoted the interests of the bourgeoisie, and encouraged trade and enterprise. <mask> soon came into conflict with Guillaume Chauvin, who was chancellor of Brittany, and who resented <mask>' influence over the duke. In 1477, his rivalry with Chauvin reached a head. <mask> managed to ensure Chauvin's arrest and dismissal on corruption charges, securing his own position as de facto prime minister under Francis. During this period he encouraged the expansion of the University of Nantes, founded by duke Francis in 1460. Régime
All-powerful between 1481 and 1485, he strove to defend the independence of the duchy against the machinations of Louis XI, the King of France, engaging in secret negotiations with King Edward IV of England.<mask>

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 also negotiated trade agreements with Spain, Portugal, England and the Hanseatic cities. He further promoted silk and tapestry production. After the death of Louis, he attempted to marry Francis' heir Anne of Brittany to the Duke of Orleans. <mask> had Guillaume Chauvin moved from prison to prison, resisting pressure to release him. Chauvin died on 5 April 1484, allegedly from starvation and abuse. Chauvin's ill treatment caused outrage among the Breton aristocracy, who were already disturbed by <mask>' power. Encouraged by Anne of Beaujeu, regent of France, his enemies organised a coup against him.Led by John IV of Chalon-Arlay, Prince of Orange, an armed gang attempted to capture Landais, but he escaped. The duke ordered that the property of the conspirators against Landais should be confiscated. The rebels were forced into exile. Henry Tudor
Still enjoying the support of the duke, Landais engaged in negotiations with supporters of Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, Lancastrian claimant to the throne of England, who was living in exile in Brittany, occupying the Château de Suscinio, Sarzeau, as guests of Duke Francis. Naval conflicts has arisen with England following the accession of king Richard III. English privateers were attacking Breton ships. Landais initially attempted to appease Richard, but later switched his support to Henry in the hope that he would overthrow Richard, thus producing an alliance between England and Brittany.However, the plot failed, and Henry was forced to return to Brittany. <mask> made overtures to Richard once more. The king offered to send 4,000 English and Welsh archers to help secure the Duke's power against the rebel Breton nobility, who were

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 continuing to plot against <mask>. In return, <mask> was to arrange the capture and extradition of Henry, his uncle Jasper Tudor, and the other exiled Lancastrians. Duke Francis had pledged to support Henry, but he was seriously ill at this time and <mask> had complete control of the government. He assembled an armed force in Rennes, to march to Vannes and capture all of the Lancastrians, who by this time numbered around 300, including many experienced soldiers. Henry was informed of the plot.Facing arrest and extradition to England, Henry and Jasper fled across the nearest border into Anjou, crossing only hours ahead of <mask>' troops. Henry took the road towards Angers, en route for the French Court at Langeais, and secured French support for his later successful campaign against Richard. When Duke Francis recovered, he was furious with <mask>, and allowed Henry's followers to leave Brittany and to join him. Overthrow and death
<mask>' machinations only increased the number of his aristocratic enemies, who were supported by Anne of Beaujeu. By 1485 the pro-French faction had organised an army of supporters. <mask>' enemies arrived at Nantes at the head of this army on 25 June 1485. The duke was forced to deliver <mask> to be tried for various alleged crimes.He was accused of extortion and causing the death of Chauvin. Under torture, he confessed to numerous misdeeds. Tried and sentenced, <mask> was hanged on 19 July 1485 in the meadow of Biesse in Nantes. Legacy and reputation
<mask>' only child with his wife Jeanne was a daughter, Françoise. She inherited his estates. Her son became a bishop. The coup exposed the weakness of Duke Francis, which was soon exploited by Anne of

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 Beaujeu, resulting in a full-scale French invasion of Brittany in 1488.The English chronicler Raphael Holinshed described <mask> (who he calls "Peter Landois") as "a man both of pregnant wit and great authority, [who] ruled and adjudged all things at his pleasure and commandement, for which cause (as men set in authority be not best beloved) he excited and provoked against him the malice and evil will of the nobility of Britaine [Brittany]". Also as Peter Landois he appears as a character in the Elizabethan play The True Tragedy of Richard III, which influenced Shakespeare's Richard III. He is inaccurately included among Henry Tudor's loyal allies before the Battle of Bosworth. According to Arthur Le Moyne de La Borderie French historians of the ancien regime were generally very negative in their estimation of him. He says "the old historians were very hostile to <mask>. Alain Bouchart (who wrote around thirty years after the death of the treasurer-general) represents him as 'a person of a little wisdom and of base extraction'". De la Borderie quotes D'Agentré, who says <mask> was a virtual dictator, "no-one could get anything except through him: estates, offices, benefices, hung on his whims...His position made him so arrogant and haughty that he misused princes, lords and gentry alike."Dom Lobineau claimed that he became the chief minister after facilitating the "secret pleasures" of the Duke. Such views became less common after the Revolution. De la Borderie argues that the hostility is partly aristocratic distaste for parvenus and partly because Landais sought an alliance with England against France. Notes

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<mask> () is an American who was convicted of providing material support to the al-Qaeda terrorist network and conspiracy to assassinate United States President George W. Bush. His case has been the subject of criticism due to the federal government admitting evidence from alleged torture during <mask>'s extraordinary rendition. Background
Born in Houston, Texas, in March 1981 and raised in Falls Church, Virginia, <mask> was valedictorian of his class at the Islamic Saudi Academy high school in nearby Alexandria. <mask> entered the University of Maryland in the fall of 1999 as an electrical engineering major, prayed at the Dar al-Hijrah mosque near Falls Church, but withdrew in the middle of the 2000 spring semester to study Islamic theology at the Islamic University of Medina in Medina, Saudi Arabia. Arrest and detention in Saudi Arabia
In June 2003, <mask> was arrested by Saudi authorities while taking exams at the Islamic University of Medina. He was held for approximately 20 months by the Saudi government without charges or access to an attorney, and given the paucity of information coming out of Saudi Arabia about the case, many human rights organizations speculated that <mask>'s situation was actually a case of extraordinary rendition and that he might be subject to torture. In addition, comments allegedly made by Gordon Kromberg, a federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia, heightened the concerns that <mask> had faced torture during his detention and interrogation in Saudi Arabia.In 2003, Kromberg was asked by a defense lawyer whether <mask> would be brought to the United States to face charges. Kromberg responded: "He's no good for us here. He has no fingernails left, according to an affidavit filed in court by the lawyer, Salim <mask>. In response to the detention by the Saudi government, <mask>'s family, represented by Morton Sklar and

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 the World Organization for Human Rights, filed a civil action against the U.S. government in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. In the suit, they asked the court to issue a writ of habeas corpus to force the United States government to take action to get <mask> returned to the US. The government challenged the case, claiming that the court did not have jurisdiction either to interfere with US foreign policy (an executive function), or to force the Saudi government to release <mask>. Judge John D. Bates issued an order requiring partial discovery to determine if the court did, in fact, have jurisdiction.US criminal trial
The District Court in DC never got a chance to rule on the issue of jurisdiction. In February 2005, <mask> was transferred to US custody pursuant to a criminal indictment, returned by a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia on February 3, 2005. The indictment charged <mask> with two counts of providing material support to terrorists, two counts of providing material support to a terrorist organization (Al-Qaeda), one count of contributing goods and services to Al-Qaeda, and one count of receiving services from Al-Qaeda. The indictment was later amended to add charges of conspiracy to assassinate the President of the United States, conspiracy to hijack aircraft, and conspiracy to destroy aircraft. The indictment alleged that <mask> had joined a terrorist cell in Medina, led by senior al-Qaeda members <mask>-Faqasi and Zubayr Al-Rimi, and that among the plots they were developing were a plan to assassinate the President of the United States, and a plan to mount 9/11-style attacks using planes transiting through the US. The criminal case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys David H. Laufman and Stephen M. Campbell and U.S. Justice Department Trial Attorney Jerry R. DeMaio.Pretrial hearings

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 to trial in the fall of 2005. The government's evidence was focused on a detailed confession <mask> had made while in Saudi custody. <mask> challenged the admissibility of the confession, claiming: (1) the confession was involuntary due to alleged torture he had suffered at the hands of the Saudis; and (2) he should have been given certain constitutional protections (including Miranda warnings), because the interrogations were a joint venture between the FBI and Saudi authorities, rather than a purely Saudi interrogation, which would not have been subject to the same scrutiny under the U.S. Constitution. After an extended pre-trial suppression hearing, in which <mask> himself testified, Judge Gerald Bruce Lee, who presided over the case, ruled that <mask>'s confession to Saudi agents was admissible. <mask>’s testimony regarding his torture
<mask> testified that on the first day, his interrogators asked him whether he knew specific people and whether he knew about bombings in Riyadh. At one point, his blindfold was taken off. <mask> said he then saw the bruised face of a man through a window in the door to the room.The man was asked if he knew <mask>, and he shook his head no, then was taken away. <mask> was not fed this day. The Saudis hit him, slapped him, punched him in the stomach, and pulled his beard, ears, and hair. He was not allowed to use the bathroom, even when <mask> asked to wash up for prayers. The next day, the Saudis continued hitting him. At one point, he was taken from the chair in which he was sitting, and his handcuffs were handcuffed to a chain or other handcuffs in the floor, leaving him with his knees to his chest on the ground, hunched over with his head on his fists, and his feet shackled. Then someone began to strike him on the back and to yell, “confess!” He does not know what he was hit with, or how many times.Although he was

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 blindfolded, <mask> said he could hear four different voices in the room, and that he thinks he was assaulted by only one person. <mask> said it was “very painful” and that it was the “first time I felt extreme pain.” While he was being hit on the back, people in the room kept telling him to “confess.” When the beating began, he was clad in an undershirt and long underpants. At one point, his undershirt was torn off and he was struck on his bare back. Eventually, <mask> told them he would cooperate. The beating stopped, and he was taken back to his cell. Marks on <mask>’s back
There were several marks on <mask>’s back which the defense presented as physical evidence that <mask> had been tortured. The prosecution claimed that these marks were not the result of torture but merely “pigment discolorations.”

The defense expert was Dr. Allen Keller, the director of the Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture.Dr. Keller physically examined <mask> and said that he observed about seven to ten scars on <mask>’s back which evince scars from the whipping Mr. <mask> claims he suffered during interrogation in Medina. The government expert was Dr. Robert Katz, a dermatologist. He did not physically examine <mask> but viewed photographs that the court had taken. Dr. Katz stated that, in his opinion, the marks depicted on <mask>’s back in the photograph were not scars, but “pigment discolorations.”

The judge sided with the prosecution. Jury trial and appeal

The jury trial took place in November 2005. On November 22, 2005, after deliberating for two and a half days, the jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict on all counts. On March 29, 2006, <mask> was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his crime.While prosecutors had pushed for a life sentence, Judge Gerald Bruce Lee explained that the (relatively) light sentence was handed down because <mask>'s actions "did not

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 result in one single actual victim. That fact must be taken into account." On appeal, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld the conviction but overturned the sentence on the grounds that the prior Court had deviated from federal sentencing guidelines which call for life in prison. Judge Lee resentenced <mask> to life in prison. Mr. <mask> is held under highly restrictive conditions in ADX Florence supermax prison. In August 2008, he requested permission to receive two books by Barack Obama, Dreams from My Father and The Audacity of Hope. Permission was denied by prison authorities on the grounds that the books contained material "potentially detrimental to national security".Criticism of trial by Amnesty International

Amnesty International has called <mask>-<mask>'s trial unfair based on their observations in the period from November 7 to 10, 2005. They conclude that:

Amnesty International is seriously concerned that the trial of <mask> <mask> may set a precedent in US courts of according unqualified support to the declarations of a foreign government regarding its human rights record as a means of rendering evidence admissible, including statements obtained by torture and ill-treatment. In this case, the statements of officials from Saudi Arabia, a state with a clear record of widespread torture and ill-treatment, flatly denying that such practices existed appear to have been taken at face value with no serious attempts allowed to challenge the claims presented

See also

Silent witness rule

Notes

External links
Fourth Circuit opinion
FindLaw discussion of the case. Human Rights First; In Pursuit of Justice: Prosecuting Terrorism Cases in the Federal Courts (2009)

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title: John-Olav Einemo

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John-<mask> (born 10 December 1975) is a retired Norwegian mixed martial artist. He is also a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, with the highlight of his career being the win in the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship in 2003 (88–98 kg weight class). He is the only man to defeat multiple-time BJJ champion Roger Gracie in the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship tournament. He holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Mixed martial arts career

Early career
<mask> made his professional MMA debut in the year 2000. He fought for a number of promotions in Finland and the Netherlands, quickly amassing an undefeated record of 4-0. He made his Japanese debut in 2003 for the Shooto promotion in 2003.<mask> did not compete from 2003-2006 due to complications of contracting a flesh-eating bacterial infection on his left foot following surgery. He completely recovered and returned to fighting in early 2006. He experienced his first professional loss in PRIDE Fighting Championships where he lost to Fabrício Werdum by unanimous decision at Pride 31. Ultimate Fighting Championship
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 Einemo signed with the UFC to join their Heavyweight Division. <mask> was scheduled to make his UFC debut against Shane Carwin on June 11, 2011 at UFC 131. However, once Brock Lesnar pulled out of his fight against Junior dos Santos after again suffering with diverticulitis, Carwin stepped in to take Lesnar's place in the main event. Einemo instead fought fellow UFC newcomer Dave Herman.Einemo lost via TKO (punches) at 3:19 of round 2. This fight earned him Fight of the Night honors. On August 3, 2011, Golden Glory announced that <mask> had been released from his contract by the UFC. The UFC later reversed the decision, reinstating <mask>. In his second UFC fight, <mask> faced Mike Russow on January 28, 2012 at UFC on Fox: Evans vs. Davis. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. He was subsequently released from the promotion.Retirement
<mask> announced his retirement from mixed martial arts on April 3, 2012. He said he would continue to stay involved in the sport as a coach and help the sport grow in his native Norway. Result
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<mask> (born September 16, 1960) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball for the Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, and Texas Rangers. Although Tettleton played mostly as a catcher, he also played as a first baseman, an outfielder, and as a designated hitter. A two-time All-Star, Tettleton was considered one of the best-hitting catchers of his era, winning three Silver Slugger Awards. His powerful hitting was highlighted when he became only the fifth player in major league history to hit two home runs over the right field roof of Tiger Stadium and, in 1992 he became the first player to hit a ball onto Eutaw Street which runs behind right field at Baltimore's Camden Yards. At the time of his retirement, Tettleton ranked eighth in major league history in career home runs by a switch-hitter. His .369 career on-base percentage ranks him 10th highest all-time among major league catchers.His .821 on-base plus slugging percentage is 11th highest all-time among major league catchers. Amateur career

Tettleton was born in Oklahoma City and, was named after Baseball Hall of Fame member and fellow Oklahoman <mask>. Like the former Yankee star, Tettleton was a switch hitter and was recognized for having an unusual batting stance: he stood almost straight up at the plate, holding his bat horizontal and bending only when the pitcher began his delivery. He was also distinguished by the huge wad of chewing tobacco he kept in his cheek during games, as well as his claim that Froot Loops were the source of his hitting power. Tettleton attended Southeast High School in Oklahoma City

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 Associated Press All-Star team. At the end of the year, Tettleton opted for free agency, then surprised the Orioles by accepting their salary arbitration offer. They had expected him to accept a higher offer from another team and were not prepared to pay him more than $1 million. Two days after acquiring high-priced players Glenn Davis and Dwight Evans, the Orioles traded Tettleton to the Detroit Tigers for pitcher Jeff Robinson in what was seen as a cost-saving measure on the part of the Orioles. Detroit Tigers
Tettleton's batting rebounded in 1991, producing his highest home run totals, including a stretch in late June when he hit 7 home runs in seven games.He also became only the fifth player in major league history to hit two home runs over the right field roof of Tiger Stadium. By the end of the season, he had compiled a .263 batting average with 31 home runs, 89 runs batted in, and a .387 on-base percentage, earning his second Silver Slugger Award and helping the Tigers to finish second in the American League East Division. In October, he was selected to the Associated Press All-Star team for a second time. On October 27, 1991, the Tigers rewarded his performance by signing him to a three-year contract worth $8.5 million. <mask> had another productive year in 1992. On April 20, he became the first player to hit a ball onto Eutaw Street which runs behind right field at Baltimore's Camden Yards. In a poll of American League managers prior to the 1992 All-Star Game, Tettleton came out on top as their choice to be the starting All-Star catcher.However, the fans voted for Sandy Alomar, Jr. Tettleton produced a .238 batting


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 career, Tettleton played in 1,485 games, accumulating 1,132 hits in 4,698 at bats, for a .241 career batting average, along with 245 home runs, 732 runs batted in, and a .369 on-base percentage. He retired with a .991 fielding percentage in 872 games as a catcher, a .979 fielding percentage in 142 games as an outfielder, and a .986 fielding percentage in 125 games as a first baseman.Tettleton hit over 30 home runs four times in his career, and was also known for his patience at the plate, accumulating 949 career walks. He led the American League in 1992 with 122 walks and finished in the top ten in six other seasons, including second three times. But his selective style at the plate, combined with his power-hitting mentality, led to Tettleton's 1,307 career strike-outs, 105th on baseball's all-time list as of 2010. In his book, The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, baseball historian Bill James ranked Tettleton 37th all-time among major league catchers. Coaching career
In 2019, Tettleton was named assistant coach at Oklahoma Christian University, and also served as hitting coach for the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Personal life
Tettleton and his wife, Shannon have four children – Tyler, who is the offensive quality control coach for the Cleveland Browns., Jessica, Shanny and Tate. In 1994, Tettleton made a cameo appearance in the film, Little Big League, about a 12-year-old boy who inherits a major league baseball team.See also
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 given any plate appearances for the season. Also, because his left calf muscle suffered at the aftermath of his surgery, Manager Daijiro Oishi thought it best not to rush him into play. 2010

Upon being allowed to play in 2nd squad games after a year of absence, he was reported to have burst into tears when he made his first hit. He was given another chance to appear in two ichi-gun matches during the latter part of the season. During postseason, he was assigned the jersey number 54, and his former number (61) was assigned to former major-leaguer Chan Ho Park who just joined the team at that time. 2011

With new Manager Akinobu Okada seeing his potential as the team's main catcher, <mask> was assigned to the ichi-gun camp and eventually made his way to the team's starting line up.Despite being demoted to ni-gun twice during his occasional slumps, he rose to the occasion when he teamed up with ace Chihiro Kaneko, and his starts gradually increased. And ever since he helped Yuki Nishi achieve his first official win and Hayato Terahara notch his first shutout victory in 3 years, he formed batteries with them in most of their games for the rest of the season. He hit his first career home-run on the May 25 game versus the Swallows. His momentum was halted, however, when his right index finger was fractured in a collision at the home plate with Seibu's Takeya Nakamura during the September 11 match, and he was required to rest for the remainder of the season. Even though he finished with a career-high of 66 games, his batting skills remained below par (0.156 batting average, 0.36 KO rate). He did, however, top the team in fielding with a caught stealing percentage of 0.318. His jersey number was again changed to 22 during


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Throughout the season, he alternated with Fumihiro Suzuki and Toshio Saito as the team's starting catchers. On the April 8 game versus the Eagles, he batted a sacrifice fly to score a run, helped Hiroshi Kisanuki notch a 5-hit shutout win, to experience his first ever hero interview. Four days later, he was hit on the head by a full swing from Josh Whitesell's bat and was carried off the field on a stretcher and taken to a hospital in Chiba, where he was diagnosed with a contusion on the right side of his head. On the offensive, he batted in 36 hits and 10 RBIs, with an improved average of .205. Defense-wise, he was able to team up with most of Orix's pitchers in 66 game appearances. On their last regular season game on October 8, he led the younger Yuki Nishi to accomplish the highly coveted no-hit no-run against the SoftBank Hawks (3-0). The 76th no-hitter in NPB history and the 8th for Orix, the game was only one walk away to being a perfect game.He and Tomotaka Sakaguchi were named Vice Chairmen in the Orix player's meeting during off season. 2013

With the retirement of mainstay catcher Fumihiro Suzuki and Takeshi Hidaka exercising his domestic free agency option, <mask> ultimately became the team's main catcher. With his goal to appear in at least 100 games as main catcher, he played from the season's opening series then steadily continued to deliver in the team's succeeding matches. It came as no surprise therefore when he received the fans' topmost votes among the Pacific League catchers in the All-Star ballot, and went on to experience his first All-Star game in July. He more than doubled his appearances last season to a total of 137 games, breaking Hidaka's previous franchise record of 134 games in


title: Hikaru Ito

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 2008. His hitting saw an improvement during the first half of the season (0.30 average), but he went on a hitless slump for the entire August. He recovered in the next two months and batted even better at 0.33, making a season average of 0.285.He even managed to hit consecutive home runs on the October 6 & 7 games versus the Marines. In November, he participated in the 2013 Baseball Challenge, where Japan swept Chinese Taipei in the friendly three-game series. 2014

With the entry of former SoftBank catcher Katsuki Yamazaki, even though <mask> appeared in the same number of games as the previous year, his plate appearances decreased. Nevertheless, he managed to surpass his previous record of RBIs by 8 runs. He led the Pacific League in both offense and defense as a catcher, earning himself both Best Nine and Golden Glove awards. He helped Chihiro Kaneko achieve the lowest ERA among this year's NPB pitchers, and together, they were given the League's Battery Award via unanimous panel decision. He was chosen as the player's chairman for 2015 during offseason, and participated in the 2014 Suzuki All-Star Series, a five-game friendly competition with a squad of US major leaguers.Playing style
His right arm can throw at a distance of 120 meters, while his 50-meter dash is clocked at 6.0 seconds. Overall, he's a well-rounded player in terms of speed, offense and defense, but his hitting and strikeout rates still have room for improvement. He has a reputation for drawing out the best in pitchers by using their strengths to their advantage. References

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<mask> "Bernie" <mask> (pronounced Bernerd) (January 11, 1927 – August 16, 2014) was a United States Air Force officer and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. He was the first Air Force member to receive the medal in the Vietnam War. Early life
Born in 1927 in San Bernardino, California, <mask> was raised and educated in Utah, calling Clearfield home. He served briefly in the Navy at the end of World War II, enrolled at Boise State Junior College in 1947, and transferred to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City in 1949. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Military service
From 1947 to 1951, <mask> was a member of the Idaho Air National Guard. Before he was able to complete his undergraduate degree at the University of Utah, he was commissioned into the Air Force in 1951.After pilot training, he served as a jet fighter pilot in the Air Defense Command until 1965, when he volunteered for duty in Vietnam. From July 1965 through June 1966, he flew 200 combat sorties in the A-1E/H "Spad" Skyraider as a member of the 1st Air Commando Squadron located at Pleiku Air Base, South Vietnam. Medal of Honor

During March 10, 1966, he led a two-ship element of Skyraiders to the A Shau Valley to support troops in contact with the enemy. Six "Spads" were striking numerous emplacements when the A-1 piloted by Major Dafford Wayne "Jump" Myers (1919-1992) was hit and forced to crash-land on the airstrip of a CIDG-Special Forces camp. Myers bellied in on the 2,500-foot runway and took cover behind an embankment on the edge of the strip while

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 <mask> directed the rescue effort. Since the closest helicopter was 30 minutes away and the enemy was only  from Myers, <mask> quickly decided to land his two-seat A-1E on the strip and pick up his friend. Under the cover provided by the other A-1s, he landed in the valley, taxied to Myer's position, and loaded the downed airman into the empty seat.Dodging shell holes and debris on the steel-planked runway, <mask> took off safely despite many hits on his aircraft by small-arms fire. The rescue at A Shau was similar to an event that occurred on August 4, 1944, during World War II. On that date, an P-38 piloted by Captain Richard "Dick" Willsie (1920–2013) was damaged by flak near Ploieşti, Romania. After both engines failed, Willsie crash-landed but was rescued from capture when Flight Officer Richard "Dick" Andrews (1924–2007) landed his P-38 on the field, squeezed Willsie into the cockpit, and flew back to base. By remarkable coincidence, both Willsie and Andrews were also involved in the A Shau rescue. Willsie was the commanding officer of the 602nd Air Commando Squadron to which Myers was assigned, and Andrews flew top cover during the entire rescue. <mask> had earned a Silver Star the day before while flying support for the same battle.<mask> returned to the United States, and, on January 19, 1967, was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Lyndon B. Johnson

Post-Vietnam service

<mask> returned to the Air Defense Command and flew jet interceptors. He served with the 496th Fighter Interceptor Squadron out of Hahn Air Base, West Germany, and then with the 525th Fighter Interceptor Squadron

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 at Bitburg Air Base, West Germany. In October 1969, he became Operations Officer with the 87th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Duluth International Airport, Minnesota, serving in this squadron until June 1971, when he became Senior Air Force Advisor for the 25th Air Division at Gowen Air National Guard Base in Boise, Idaho, until his retirement from the Air Force on June 30, 1974. Later years
<mask> retired to his hometown of Kuna, Idaho, where he lived with his wife Realla until her death on April 27, 2008. In 1981, <mask> was a Republican candidate for governor in Idaho. In 1985 and again in 2005, <mask> was inducted into the Gathering of Eagles program and told the story of the rescue during the Battle of A Shau to groups of young military officers. On May 3, 2008, <mask> received his diploma from the University of Utah, 57 years after attending classes.He was officially recognized for his past academic achievements and decorated military career. He died on August 16, 2014. Awards and decorations

Medal of Honor Citation
<mask>'s official Medal of Honor citation reads:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. On that date, the special forces camp at A Shau was under attack by 2,000 North Vietnamese Army regulars. Hostile troops had positioned themselves between the airstrip and the camp. Other hostile troops had surrounded the camp and were continuously raking it with automatic weapons fire from the surrounding hills. The tops of the 1,500-foot hills were obscured by an 800 foot ceiling, limiting aircraft maneuverability and forcing

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 In 2010 the Boise Rescue Mission started a homeless veterans transitional living program. With permission from Col. <mask>, the Motto of the program is Colonel <mask>'s famous quote after he rescued his comrade: "When a man is down, you don't leave him there." The statement is on the wall of the entrance to the living quarters of the River of Life Mission in Boise. The A-1 Skyraider (AF Ser. No.52-132649) that <mask> flew into the A Shau Valley was saved and restored and is on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. His past AFROTC Detachment, Detachment 850, has been dubbed the Skyraiders after him. See also

 List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Vietnam War

References

Further reading
 <mask>, <mask>. Beyond the Call of Duty: The Story of an American Hero. Shadow Mountain. February 1, 2004
 United States Air Force Museum (1975 edition)

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title: Ayumu Hirano

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is a Japanese three-time Olympic medalist snowboarder and Olympic skateboarder. He won the silver medal in the superpipe in 2013 Winter X Games XVII at the age of 14, becoming the youngest medalist in X Games history, and won silver medals in the half-pipe at both the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and the gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. He also competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as a skateboarder, becoming the only athlete, who participated in all of the three consecutive Olympic Games in East Asia between 2018 and 2022. Early life
<mask> was born and raised in a small coastal city called Murakami in Niigata Prefecture situated in a rather snowy area in Japan. His mother named him Ayumu (歩夢), which literally means "walk the dream" (歩＝walk, 夢＝dream), wishing him to become a person who would know the joy of pursuing a dream and the perseverance to make it come true. His father, Hidenori, was a surfer who eventually opened a surf shop, and later made a skate park (Nihonkai Skate Park) from scratch in his hometown of Murakami. The father originally hoped his son, Ayumu, to become a surfer, but the son did not like it much.Instead, he got absorbed in skateboarding, following the footstep of his 3-year-older brother, Eiju. He started skateboarding at the age of 4, and then snowboarding half a year later. He said he did not even remember how he started as he was too young and as it was just so natural for him. He belonged to the skateboarding team "e-Yume Kids" (meaning team "great dream kids") at Nihonkai Skate Park and


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 joined skateboarding competitions. As there was not a halfpipe near their hometown, his father often had to drive <mask> all the way to Yokone ski resort in Yamagata Prefecture, where there was the first official permanent halfpipe in Japan, which, however, is 4 meters narrower than the world standard halfpipe. Burton, one of the leading snowboarding brands, has been sponsoring <mask> since he was a fourth-grader. Career
<mask>'s first big international snowboarding success was in March 2011, when he won the Burton US Junior Open.At the age of 12, the sixth-grader was not officially allowed to enter the open division of the event, where his mentor Kazuhiro Kokubo would win gold and his brother Eiju would take the 7th place. However, between rounds he dropped into the pipe as a "poacher" and amazed the audience. In 2012, he was invited to the Burton High Fives, an open event held in New Zealand to win the gold at the age of 13. In 2013, he was invited to compete in the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado, snowboarding's biggest non-Olympic stage, where he won silver in the halfpipe behind Shaun White, who explained: "The Japanese rider who got second is 14 years old. It's amazing!" He continued on with a first place at the Burton European Open, a second place at the Burton US Open (also behind Shaun White), and a third place at the Oakley Arctic Challenge, becoming the 2012/2013 Halfpipe World Tour Champion. With this, he became the youngest rider to achieve this title.In the 2014 Winter Olympics at Sochi, he won the silver, behind Switzerland's Iouri Podladtchikov. <mask> again took the

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 silver in the half pipe at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang; with Shaun White of the U.S. taking the gold and Scotty James of Australia garnering the bronze. <mask> competed in Men's Park Skateboarding at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, placing 14th. <mask> landed the first triple cork in halfpipe competition history at the 2021 Dew Tour at Copper Mountain. <mask> won the half pipe event at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing after outrage sparked by controversial judging of his successful second run where he only scored a 91 in an unprecedented performance that included landing a triple cork which has never been landed in Olympic competition; <mask> then repeated his exceptional performance in the third run, successfully landing the "too dangerous" triple cork again under greater public scrutiny of the judges, and winning the gold medal. <mask> became the first athlete to win gold for Japan in snowboarding at the Winter Olympics, as well as the first Japanese athlete to win Olympic medals for three winter games in a row. Influences
<mask>'s mentor other than his parents is Kazuhiro Kokubo, a Japanese two-time US open winner in the halfpipe.<mask> said in an interview in 2013 by a Japanese magazine, Transworld Snowboarding Japan, "The environment has dramatically changed after I first went to the US. I met Kazu (Kokubo) and Carl (Harris), and it made it possible for me to join Mt. Hood summer camp, and to compete in New Zealand. It gave me the experience in different pipes and I got to see the leading riders ride. I came to understand what world class means and knew what I needed to

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 improve." Kokubo has been mentoring <mask> since 2011, and was assigned as the official technical coach for the Japanese national snowboarder team in 2013 by the Ski Association of Japan to support them in 2012–2013 season. Among <mask>'s other coaches are Ben Boyd and Elijah Teter at Ski & Snowboard Club Vail.<mask>'s father has had the motto of "Personality comes first. The most essential is the most important" throughout his parenting and running his kids' skateboarding team. Personal life
<mask>'s brother, Kaishu <mask>, is also a snowboarder. References

External links

World Snowboard Tour profile
Profile at Rolling Stone

Living people
Japanese male snowboarders
Sportspeople from Niigata Prefecture
Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics
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title: Florence van Straten

texts: <mask>Flossie<mask> (1913–1992) was an aerological engineer known for advancing the science of naval meteorology during and after World War II. <mask> was born in 1913 in Darien, Connecticut, the daughter of Dutch immigrants. Her mother spoke six languages and was the highest paid officer in the Netherlands before she came over to the United States. <mask>, her father, worked for the world-famous movie company, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, with its main offices located in New York City. His work for MGM often took him to foreign countries, which gave her the opportunity to travel. She spent a school year abroad, in Nice, France, where she improved her French. She was already as proficient in Dutch, German, Italian, and Spanish.Van Straten had initially wanted to be a writer, but enrolled in New York University (NYU) and earned her degree in Chemistry instead. She followed by a Master and received a PhD in physical chemistry at NYU in 1939 where she taught Chemistry until 1942. After the attack on Pearl Harbor (in December 1941), the Navy trained increasing numbers of weather personnel, including several hundred women, to meet the demands of a rapidly expanding force. In 1942 the Navy created the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) program. One of the earliest volunteers was <mask>, who was immediately assigned to the Naval Aerology Service. She was then trained as a weather forecaster at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MTI). Lt. <mask>, who had no previous military experience, spent the war at Weather Central in Washington, initially analyzing the use of weather in combat operations in the Pacific.She also wrote the report on the Marshalls–Gilberts raids, tactical airstrikes over islands in Micronesia. The purpose of the reports was to “form a basis for a better understanding of the applications of weather information to future operations.” Later, <mask>n transferred to the R & D section, where she worked for the rest of

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 the war on radar and other new technologies. By 1943, <mask>n had been assigned to the headquarters staff, the Aerology section of the Bureau of Aeronautics, where she worked in the Operational Analysis Section. Here she compiled extensive analyses of the effects of weather on naval operations, from both historical sources and more recent naval actions. In 1946, she became a civilian adviser to the Chief of Naval Operations. After the war, <mask>n continued to work for the Naval Weather Service as a civilian atmospheric physicist where her analytical work on the conditions of the upper atmosphere assisted in the development of long-range missile technology. From 1948 to 1962, she headed the technical requirements section, describing her position as the “application of environmental factors to military operations.” In 1958 she was named the ‘Woman of the Year’ by the women’s wing of the Aero Medical Society of America.She retired in 1962 after 16 years as head of the technical requirements branch of the Naval Weather Service, but continued as a consultant to the Navy on atmospheric physics until 1973. She died of cancer at the age of 78, on March 25, 1992, at her home in Bethesda, Maryland. Research contributions
Van Straten's reports provided examples of how military forces were able to use weather conditions to their advantage, but they also provided examples in which the weather was ignored, to the detriment of the participants. The battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942 was such an instance. The American fleet used the clouds and precipitation of a trailing frontal system to provide cover, slipping out to attack the exposed Japanese naval force and then disappearing again into the heavy weather. In this way they were able to sink the Japanese aircraft carrier Shōhō, seriously damaged another carrier, and shoot down numerous enemy planes. But when they departed the frontal zone to operate in fair weather, they immediately lost the carrier .Van

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title: Maria Altmann

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<mask> (née <mask>, later Bloch-Bauer, February 18, 1916 – February 7, 2011) was an Austrian-American Jewish refugee from Austria, who fled her home country after it was annexed to the Third Reich. She is noted for her ultimately successful legal campaign to reclaim from the Government of Austria five family-owned paintings by the artist Gustav Klimt which were stolen by the Nazis during World War II. Early life
<mask> was born <mask> on February 18, 1916 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, the daughter of Marie Therese (née Bauer 1874–1961) and Gustav Bloch (1862–1938). The family name was changed to Bloch-Bauer the following year. She was a niece of Adele Bloch-Bauer, a wealthy Jewish patron of the arts who served as the model for some of Klimt's best-known paintings and who hosted a renowned Viennese salon that regularly attracted the most prominent artists of the day, including Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Arthur Schnitzler, Johannes Brahms, Franz Werfel, Alma Mahler, Leo Slezak, Otto Wagner, George Minne, Karl Renner, Julius Tandler, and Klimt. <mask> was close friends in the 1930s with Viennese actor and soon Hollywood-transplant Walter Slezak. Her nephew was Canadian businessman and arts patron Peter Bentley.In 1937, <mask> married Fredrick "Fritz" <mask>. Not long after their Paris honeymoon, the 1938 Anschluss incorporated Austria into Nazi Germany. Under the Nazis, Fredrick was arrested in Austria and held hostage at the Dachau concentration camp to force his brother <mask>, by then safely in England, to transfer his successful Bernhard Altmann textile factory into German hands. Fredrick was released and the couple

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 fled for their lives. They made a harrowing escape, leaving behind their home, loved ones, and property, including jewelry that later found its way into the collection of Hermann Göring. Many of their friends and relatives were either killed by the Nazis or committed suicide. Traveling by way of Liverpool, England, they reached the United States and settled first in Fall River, Massachusetts, and finally in the wealthy Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills.<mask>'s cousin, Ruth Rogers-<mask>, made it out of Vienna around the same time and settled in New York. Shortly after <mask> arrived in Los Angeles, <mask> mailed her a sweater made of cashmere wool – a luxury fabric not yet widely available in the United States – accompanied with the note: "See what you can do with this." <mask> took the sweater to Kerr's Department Store in Beverly Hills and attracted a multitude of buyers in California and across the United States for <mask>'s cashmere sweaters. <mask> became the face of cashmere in California and eventually started her own clothing business. Among her clients was Caroline Brown Tracy, the mother of actor Spencer Tracy. <mask>t case
<mask>'s uncle, Czech sugar magnate Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, owned a small collection of artwork by the Austrian master Gustav Klimt, including two portraits of his wife, Adele Bloch-Bauer. In her will, Adele, who died in 1925, well before the rise of the Nazis, had asked her husband to leave the Klimts to the Austrian State Gallery upon his death; a much-debated point in more recent years has been whether this request should or should not be considered legally binding upon her

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texts: husband, who was himself the owner of the paintings. In any event, following the Nazi Anschluss of 1938 and Ferdinand's flight from Austria, the paintings were looted, initially falling into the hands of a Nazi lawyer. Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer died on 13 November 1945, soon after World War II, leaving his estate to a nephew and two nieces, one of whom was <mask>. By this time, six of the paintings, Buchenwald (1903), Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907), Schloss Kammer am Attersee III (1910), Adele Bloch-Bauer II (1912), Apfelbaum I (1912) and Häuser in Unterach am Attersee (1916), had made their way into the possession of the Austrian government. With Austria under pressure in the 1990s to re-examine its Nazi past, the Austrian Green Party helped pass a new law in 1998 introducing greater transparency into the hitherto murky process of dealing with the issue of restitution of artworks looted during the Nazi period. By opening the archives of the Ministry of Culture for the first time, the new law enabled Austrian investigative journalist Hubertus Czernin to discover that, contrary to what had been generally assumed, Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer had never donated the paintings to the state museum.On learning of Czernin's findings, <mask> at first sought to negotiate with the Austrian government about retrieving some of the paintings. At this stage she asked only for the Klimt landscapes belonging to her family, and was willing to allow Austria to keep the portraits. Her proposal was not, however, treated seriously by the Austrian authorities. In 1999, she sought to sue the government of Austria in an Austrian court. Under Austrian law,

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texts: however, the filing fee for such a lawsuit is determined as a percentage of the recoverable amount. At the time, the five paintings were estimated to be worth approximately US$135 million, making the filing fee over $1.5 million. Although the Austrian courts later reduced this amount to $350,000, this was still too much for <mask>, and she dropped her case in the Austrian court system.In 2000, <mask> filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA). The case, Republic of Austria v. <mask>, ended up in the Supreme Court of the United States, which ruled in 2004 that Austria was not immune from such a lawsuit. After this decision, <mask> and Austria agreed to binding arbitration by a panel of three Austrian judges. On 16 January 2006, the arbitration panel ruled that Austria was legally required to return the art to <mask> and the other family heirs, and in March of the same year Austria returned the paintings. The paintings were estimated to be collectively worth at least $150 million when returned. In monetary terms this represented the largest single return of Nazi-looted art in Austria. The paintings left Austria in March 2006 and were on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art until June 30, 2006.Months after the Austrian government returned <mask>'s family's belongings, she consigned the Klimt paintings to the auction house Christie's to be sold on behalf of her family. The painting Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907) was sold to cosmetics heir Ronald Lauder for $135 million, at the time the highest sum ever paid

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 for a painting. Since July 13, 2006, the painting has been on public display in the Neue Galerie in New York City, which was established by Lauder in 2001. The four additional works by Klimt were also exhibited at the Neue Gallerie for several weeks in 2006. In November 2006, Adele Bloch-Bauer II (1912) was sold at auction at Christie's in New York fetching almost $88 million. In total, the four remaining paintings sold at auction for $192.7 million; coupled with the Lauder-bought painting the sum total was approximately $325 million. The proceeds were divided up among several heirs.A share of the money earned through the sale of the paintings was used to found the Maria Altmann Family Foundation, which supports the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust and other public and philanthropic institutions. Death
<mask> died on February 7, 2011 at her home in the Cheviot Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, shortly before her 95th birthday. Obituaries appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, and many other publications internationally. Legacy
<mask>'s story has been recounted in three documentary films. Stealing Klimt, released in 2007, features interviews with <mask> and others who were closely involved with the case from E. Randol Schoenberg to Hubertus Czernin. Adele's Wish, released in 2008 by filmmaker Terrence Turner, features interviews with <mask>, Schoenberg, and leading experts from around the world. The Rape of Europa, a documentary about the Nazi plunder, also included material about Altmann.Her life story and battle to reclaim the family Klimt collection is recounted in the book The Lady in Gold, the

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 Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer,  by Anne-Marie O'Connor. <mask> is also portrayed in a memoir by her caregiver Gregor Collins, called The Accidental Caregiver: How I Met, Loved, and Lost Legendary Holocaust Refugee <mask>. It was published on August 15, 2012, and documents Collins's and Altmann's chance meeting and three years together, ending at her death in 2011. Collins travels around the world speaking at various venues about their unusual relationship. <mask> is portrayed by Helen Mirren and Tatiana Maslany in the 2015 film Woman in Gold, chronicling <mask>'s nearly decade-long struggle to recover the Klimt paintings. The film also stars Ryan Reynolds as E. Randol Schoenberg. Similarly to Woman in Gold, Laurie Lico Albanese's 2017 historical fiction novel, Stolen Beauty, tells the story of <mask> and her aunt Adele Bloch-Bauer.See also
 National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism
 Adele Bloch-Bauer German Wikipedia article
 Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer German Wikipedia article
 Jewess with Oranges
 Hungarian Gold Train
 Nazi plunder
 World War II looting of Poland
 Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce
List of Claims for Restitution for Nazi-looted art

References

O'Connor, Anne-Marie. The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer. Alfred A. Knopf, New York 2012,
Collins, Gregor. The Accidental Caregiver: How I Met, Loved and Lost Legendary Holocaust Refugee <mask>mann. Bloch-Bauer Books, Los Angeles 2012,
 Czernin, Hubertus. Die Fälschung: Der Fall Bloch-Bauer und das Werk Gustav Klimts.

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 Czernin Verlag, Vienna 2006.External links

 Adele's Wish
 Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in <mask> v. Republic of Austria [forbidden link]

Jewish American art collectors
Women art collectors
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