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 clerk to Utah Supreme Court justice James H. Wolfe.In his first run for public office, he was elected a judge of Salt Lake City's Municipal Court in 1940. During World War II, he served with the U.S. Army Air Forces in the judge advocate general's department in the European Theater (1942–1945). Following his military service, <mask> returned to Salt Lake City and was re-elected as city judge, serving in that position until his resignation in 1950. He served as county attorney for Salt Lake County from 1950 to 1959. During those years, he practiced law in the firms of Moss & Hyde (1951–1955) and Moss & Cowley (1955–1959). In 1956, he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Utah, losing to City Commissioner L.C. Romney.U.S. Senate
In 1958, <mask> ran for the U.S. Senate against two-term incumbent Arthur V. Watkins, a close ally of both the Eisenhower administration and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (see also Mormon), and also against J. Bracken Lee, a non-Mormon and former two-term Utah governor (1949–57), who was running as an independent after losing to Watkins in the Republican primary. The Republican vote was split in the general election, largely over local dissatisfaction with Watkins's having chaired the committee that censured Senator Joseph McCarthy, and <mask> won election with less than 40 percent of the vote. <mask> was an original sponsor of laws to create Medicaid, a program to cover health care for low income people. <mask> was elected to a second term in 1964, defeating Brigham Young University President Ernest L. Wilkinson. He was elected to a third

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texts: term in 1970 defeating four-term Congressman Laurence J. Burton. He gained national prominence with regard to environmental, consumer, and health care issues. <mask> became an expert on water issues and wrote The Water Crisis in 1967.He worked to secure additional national parks for Utah and started important investigations into the care of the elderly in nursing and retirement homes, and into physicians' abuses of the federal Medicaid program. In 1976, his capacity as chairman of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Long-Term Care, Senator <mask> made a first-hand investigation of waste, fraud and mismanagement in the Medicaid program by posing as a patient and visiting the East Harlem Medical Center in New York City. Despite having no complaints of symptoms and having had his health checked by his own physician a month before, Senator <mask> "was given a costly series of tests" and then told to come back the next day for more unnecessary tests that were billed to the federal government. In 1974, <mask> joined Senator <mask> (D-Idaho) to sponsor the first legislation to provide federal funding for hospice care programs. The bill did not have widespread support and was not brought to a vote. Congress finally included a Hospice benefit in Medicare in 1982. In 1976 <mask> backed a constitutional amendment overturning Roe v. Wade and outlawing abortion.<mask> chaired the Consumer Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee where he sponsored a measure, the Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act of 1966, requiring detailed labeling on cigarette packages noting the health hazards of smoking and banning tobacco advertising on

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 radio and television. He also sponsored the Consumer Product Warranty and Guarantee Act (known as the Magnuson-Moss Act), the Toy Safety Act, the Product Safety Act, and the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. He was also Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences from 1973 to 1977. <mask> ran for a fourth term in 1976 against Republican Orrin Hatch. Among other issues, Hatch criticized <mask>'s 18-year tenure in the Senate, saying "What do you call a Senator who’s served in office for 18 years? You call him home." Hatch argued that many Senators, including <mask>, had lost touch with their constituents.Hatch won the election by an unexpectedly wide nine-point margin and proceeded to hold that seat for the next 42 years. Afterwards, <mask> returned to the practice of law in Washington, D.C. and Salt Lake City. To date, he is the last Democrat to represent Utah in the U.S. Senate. References

External links
 <mask> at the Utah History Encyclopedia

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<mask> (, ca. 200–154 BC) was a Chinese philosopher, politician, and writer. He was a political advisor and official of the Han Dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD), renowned for his intellectual capabilities and foresight in martial and political matters. He was an early advocate of revoking the heqin treaty with the Xiongnu nomads of the north. He compared the relative strengths and weaknesses of both Han Chinese and Xiongnu military tactics. In a written work of 169 BC, he advocated a systematic policy to populate and defend frontier zones. He proposed that civilian migrants supported by the government could simultaneously train as militia units while developing and cultivating remote regions which were under frequent attack by nomadic forces.He fell victim to execution when political rivalries at the imperial court convinced Emperor Jing that <mask>'s death would curtail or at least mitigate the Rebellion of the Seven States. <mask> took part in reviving from oblivion the Classic of History, one of the early canons of Confucian philosophy. Despite this, and despite being well aware of the failings of the Qin Dynasty (221–206 BC), he was described by later Eastern Han scholars as a Legalist. <mask>'s intellectual background was steeped in the writings of Legalist philosophers such as Shang Yang (d. 338 BC) and Shen Buhai (d. 337 BC). The essays written by <mask> which are preserved in the 1st century AD Book of Han do not reveal any influence of Confucian social or ethical ideas. Career
<mask> was born in Yuzhou,

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 Henan and served the imperial courts of Emperor Wen of Han (r. 180–157 BC) and Emperor Jing of Han (157–141 BC). While he served as a subordinate official in the Ministry of Ceremonies, he was once called upon by Emperor Wen to serve as a high dignitary in studying with the elderly Master Fu, or Fu Sheng, an academician (boshi 博士) who served the previous Qin Dynasty (r. 211–206 BC) and had hidden and partially recovered a copy of the Classic of History during the Qin regime's purge of opposition literature.However, since Fu was too old to give lectures, he had his educated daughter teach <mask> instead. The capstone of <mask>'s political career in the capital Chang'an was his appointment in 155 BC to the post of Imperial Secretary (variants: Grandee Secretary, Imperial Counselor)—one of the three most senior posts in the central government. He was well known for his knowledge about politics, warfare, agriculture, economics, border defense, and frontier management. Views on policies

Foreign policy stances

<mask> was one of the first known ministers to suggest to Emperor Wen that Han armies should have a cavalry-centric army to match the nomadic Xiongnu to the north, since Han armies were still primarily infantry, with cavalry and chariots playing a supporting role. He advocated the policy of "using barbarians to attack barbarians," that is, incorporating surrendered Xiongnu horsemen into the Han military, a suggestion that was eventually adopted, especially with the establishment of dependent states of

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 different nomads living on Han's frontiers. Like Jia Yi (201–168 BC), he was an early proponent of terminating the heqin marriage alliance and tribute treaty with the Xiongnu, although he opposed it for practical reasons rather than Jia's staunch ideological position that superior sedentary Chinese culture should dominate over the northern nomads. The heqin agreement was supposed to guarantee peace and stability between the Han and Xiongnu.<mask> believed that the heqin agreement had been breached and ignored by the Xiongnu on so many occasions—with continuous raiding and plundering along Han's borders by Xiongnu tribe and clan leaders—that the treaty simply failed to live up to its goals and lost all practical use. It was not until after the Battle of Mayi (133 BC) during Emperor Wu's reign (141–87 BC) that the heqin treaty was finally abolished in favor of an offensive military strategy to break apart the Xiongnu Empire. Views on Han and Xiongnu military tactics

In a memorandum entitled "Guard the Frontiers and Protect the Borders" that he presented to the throne in 169 BC, <mask> compared the relative strengths of Xiongnu and Han battle tactics. In regards to the Han armies, <mask> deemed the swift-riding Xiongnu horsemen better prepared for rough terrain due to better stallions, better with horseback archery, and were better able to withstand the elements and harsh climates than Chinese soldiers. However, he viewed Xiongnu cavalry inferior when faced with Han infantry and chariots on flat, level plains.


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 He emphasized the superiority of Han iron armor and weapons over the Xiongnu's leather armor and wooden shields. He deemed the Chinese composite crossbow and repeating crossbow superior to the Xiongnu's composite bow.When dismounted, he believed that the Xiongnu, untrained in infantry tactics, would be decimated by Han infantry. Frontier development and management

In his Rise of the Chinese Empire, historian Chun-shu Chang outlines the main points on frontier development embodied in <mask>'s "Guard the Frontiers and Protect the Borders" proposal of 169 BC. The following are excerpts from <mask>'s written memorandum (note: Xiongnu and other terms are spelled in Wade-Giles format). It is clear from historical records that Emperor Wen approved of <mask>'s proposal and immediately enlisted people for service on the northern frontier. <mask> wrote:

It is necessary to settle permanent residents in border regions since expeditionary soldiers from other parts of the empire do not understand the character and capacities of the Hsiung-nu...The government will provide houses and land for the immigrants. For the immigrants in such border areas, the government will construct walled cities, well protected by high walls, deep moats, catapults, and thorns. Each city, along strategic points and thoroughfares, will be designed to hold no fewer than one thousand households...Each walled city will have an inner wall and an outer wall 150 paces (about 209 meters) apart.Each residential area in the outer-wall area is to be

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 surrounded by "sandy fields" (t'ien-t'ien, "heavenly fields") to detect the intrusion of enemies in the night (intruders will leave footprints in the fields). The Government will construct houses and provide farming tools before the arrival of the migrants. It will also provide winter and summer clothing and food to the migrants until they become self-supporting...The government will buy mates for those migrants without husbands or wives, for without a mate a migrant will not remain contented on the frontier. The government will reward anyone who stops a Hsiung-nu raid and will award him half of what he recovers from the enemy. First enlist ordinary and pardoned convicts, then slaves given by their masters to purchase aristocratic ranks, and then all those commoners who desire to go. The government will reward them with ranks, and their families will be exempt from taxation and service requirements. The government will build frontier communities that are rooted locally, tightly connected, mutually assisted, and militarily united against the "barbarians."This system will be much more efficacious than reliance on garrison soldiers from the interior. <mask> made some later amendments to his proposal, which Emperor Wen adopted as well. These included the following:

Frontier cities will be located close to water resources and an abundance of good arable land. Houses will each have two bedrooms and one living room and be fully furnished with furniture and necessary appliances. Trees will be planted in the living


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 area. The government will hire doctors and shamans for each new frontier settlement to take care of the immigrants' medical and religious needs. In organization, five families will comprise a wu, to be headed by a wu-chang (head of the five-family unit); ten wu will comprise a li (ward), to be headed by a chia-shih (ward head); four li comprise a lien (company), to be headed by a chia-wu-pai (head of five hundred); ten lien comprise an i (city), to be headed by a chia-hou (magistrate).Each leader will be selected from among the migrants who are most talented, able, and familiar with local conditions and who best understand the minds of the people. All able men will receive military training in peacetime under their local unit leaders and will fight as groups under these leaders. All migrants will be forbidden to leave their localities without government permission. <mask>'s memorial to the throne had a major influence on later court policy under Emperor Wu after his officer Huo Qubing (140–117 BC) decimated Xiongnu forces inhabiting the Hexi Corridor. The Han then colonized this region that stretched from Lanzhou to the Jade Gate, a region which provided access to the Western Regions of the Tarim Basin and Central Asia. Views on the merchant and peasant classes

Like his fellow gentry, <mask>uo viewed the peasants with concern and the merchant class with a certain level of contempt. In regards to the burden of heavy taxes and corvée duties imposed on farming peasants, <mask> once pointed out that the average

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 peasant family of five, including two adult males (old enough for labor service) would only be able to cultivate up to 100 mou (4.57 hectares or 11.3 acres) which produced roughly 100 shi (2,000 liters) of grain, yet during times of famine and drought the state's high taxes forced peasants to take high interest loans which led to debt, poverty, and new reliance on powerful landholding families.The historian Sima Qian (145–86 BC) noted in his Records of the Grand Historian (compiled 109 to 91 BC), successful merchants who became wealthy in trade often invested their capital in land, thus joining the elite landholding class. As <mask> makes very clear, the government's anti-merchant policies of raising taxes hardly affected those with great wealth while excessive taxation of peasants drove them from their plot of land and allowed merchants to move in:

Nowadays in a farming family of five members at least two of them are required to render labor service. The area of their arable land is no more than one hundred mou [11.3 acres]; the yield from which does not exceed 100 shih [about 2,000 liters]. Farmers plough in spring, weed in summer, reap in autumn and store in winter; they cut undergrowth and wood for fuel and render labor services to the government. They cannot avoid wind and dust in spring, sultry heat in summer, dampness and rain in autumn and cold and ice in winter. Thus all year round they cannot afford to take even a day's rest. Furthermore they have to welcome guests on their arrival and see them off


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 roads. They ride in well-built carriages and whip up fat horses, wear shoes of silk and trail white silk [garments].It is no wonder that the merchants take over farmers and farmers become vagrants drifting from one place to another. Of this passage, the late Nishijima Sadao 西嶋定生 (1919–1999), professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, wrote: "This indictment reveals striking contrasts between the lives of farmers and merchants in Former Han and shows that severe taxation merely impoverished the former and enriched the latter." Downfall
<mask> helped orchestrate the central government's efforts to reduce in size and undermine the subordinate kingdoms in the Han Empire. When disaffected kings of seven different kingdoms plotted rebellion against central authority, <mask>'s political enemies at court (among them, Yuan Ang) used this as an excuse to persuade Emperor Jing to remove and eliminate <mask> to appease these kings. Therefore, Emperor Jing had <mask> executed in 154 BC. However, Emperor Jing soon realized the falsity of the claims of <mask>'s political enemies when the King of Wu, Liu Bi (ruling a semi-autonomous kingdom in northern Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu), and his monarchical allies made open revolt against the Emperor. Notes

References
 Chang, Chun-shu.(2007). The Rise of the Chinese Empire: Volume II; Frontier, Immigration, & Empire in Han China, 130 B.C. – A.D. 157. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. .
 Ch'ü, T'ung-tsu. (1972). Han Dynasty China: Volume 1: Han Social Structure.

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<mask>khi: ਗੁਰੂ ਅਮਰ ਦਾਸ, pronunciation: ; 5 May 1479 – 1 September 1574), sometimes spelled as <mask>, was the third of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Sikh Guru on 26 March 1552 at age 73. Before becoming a Sikh (Shishya from Sanskrit), on a lovely pilgrimage after having been prompted to search for a guru, he heard his nephew's wife, Bibi Amro, reciting a hymn by <mask>, and was deeply moved by it. Bibi Amro was the daughter of <mask>, the second and then current Guru of the Sikhs. <mask> persuaded Bibi Amro to introduce him to her father  and in 1539, <mask>, at the age of sixty, met <mask> and became a Sikh, devoting himself to the Guru. In 1552, before his death, <mask> appointed <mask> as <mask>, the third Guru of Sikhism. <mask> was an important innovator in The teachings of <mask> who introduced a religious organization called the 'manji system by appointing trained clergy, a system that expanded and survives into the contemporary era. He wrote and compiled hymns into a Pothi (book) that ultimately helped create the Adi Granth.<mask> <mask> remained the leader of the Sikhs till age 95, and named his son-in-law Bhai Jetha later remembered by the name <mask> <mask> as his successor. Biography
<mask> <mask> was born to mother Bakht Kaur (also known as Lakshmi or Rup Kaur)and father Tej Bhan Bhalla on 5 May 1479 in Basarke village in what is now called Amritsar district of Punjab (India). He married Mansa Devi and they had four children which they named as Mohri, Mohan, Dani and Bhani. <mask> had followed the Vaishnavism tradition of Hinduism for much of his life. reputed to have gone on some twenty

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 pilgrimages into the Himalayas, to Haridwar on river Ganges. About 1539, on one such Hindu pilgrimage, he met a Hindu monk (sadhu) who asked him why he did not have a guru (teacher, spiritual counsellor) and <mask> decided to get one. On his return, he heard Bibi Amro, the daughter of the Sikh Guru Angad, singing a hymn by <mask>.He learnt from her about <mask>, and with her help met the second Guru of Sikhism and adopted him as his spiritual Guru who was much younger than his own age. He is famous in the Sikh tradition for his relentless service to <mask>, with legends about waking up in the early hours and fetching water for his Guru's bath, cleaning and cooking for the volunteers with the Guru, as well devoting much time to meditation and prayers in the morning and evening. <mask> named <mask> his successor in 1552, instead of naming of his surviving son Shri Chand. He died in 1574, in Goindwal Sahib and like other Sikh Gurus he was cremated, with the "flowers" (remaining bones and ash after the cremation) immersed into  (flowing waters). Teachings
<mask> <mask> taught with His own life the meaning of <mask> Service, also known in Punjabi religious parlance as <mask>wa. <mask> <mask> emphasised both spiritual pursuits as well as an ethical daily life. He encouraged his followers to wake up before dawn, do their ablutions and then meditate in silent seclusion.A good devotee, taught <mask>, should be truthful, keep his mind in control, eat only when hungry, seek the company of pious men, worship the Lord, make an honest living, serve holy men, not covet another's wealth and never slander others. He recommended holy

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 devotion with <mask> image in his follower's heart. He was also a reformer, and discouraged veiling of women's faces (a Muslim custom) as well as sati (a Hindu custom). He encouraged the Kshatriya people to fight in order to protect people and for the sake of justice, stating this is Dharma. Influence
Religious organization

<mask> <mask> started the tradition of appointing manji (zones of religious administration with an appointed chief called sangatias), introduced the dasvandh ("the tenth" of income) system of revenue collection in the name of <mask> and as pooled community religious resource, and the famed langar tradition of Sikhism where anyone, without discrimination of any kind, could get a free meal in a communal seating. He also started and inaugurated the 84-level step well called baoli at Goindval with a resting place, modeled along the lines of the Indian tradition of dharmsala, which then became a Sikh pilgrimage (tirath) center. Akbar
He met the Mughal Emperor Akbar.According to the Sikh legend, he neither received Akbar nor was Akbar directly ushered to him, rather the <mask> suggested that Akbar like everyone sit on the floor and eat in the langar with everyone before their first meeting. Akbar, who sought to encourage tolerance and acceptance across religious lines, readily accepted the suggestion. After the conclusion of the Langar, Akbar sat in the congregation with the rest of the sangat and asked the <mask> a question. The Sikh hagiographies called janam-sakhis mention that <mask> <mask> persuaded Akbar to repeal the tax on Hindu pilgrims going to Haridwar. Rituals in Sikhism: wedding,

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Guru <mask> composed the rapturous hymn called Anand and made it a part of the ritual of Sikh marriage called "Anand Karaj", which literally means "blissful event". The Anand hymn is sung, in contemporary times, not only during Sikh weddings but also at major celebrations. Parts of the "Anand hymn" are recited in Sikh temples (Gurdwara) every evening, at the naming of a Sikh baby, as well as during a Sikh funeral.It is a section of the Anand Sahib composition of <mask> <mask>, printed on pages 917 to 922 of the Adi Granth and set to the "Ramkali" raga. <mask> <mask>'s entire Anand Sahib composition is a linguistic mix of Panjabi and Hindi languages, reflecting <mask> <mask>' upbringing and background. The hymn celebrates the freedom from suffering and anxiety, the union of the soul with the divine, describing a devotee's bliss achieved through the Guru with inner devotion and by repeating the Name of the Creator. The hymn states in stanza 19 that the Vedas teach "the Name is supreme", in stanza 27 that Smriti and Shastra discuss the good and the bad but are unreal because they lack a Guru and that it is the grace of the Guru which awakens the heart and the devotion to the Name. The hymn celebrates the life of a householder and constant  inner devotion to the One, ending each stanza with the characteristic "says Nanak". <mask> <mask> is also credited in the Sikh tradition to have encouraged building of temples and places where Sikhs could gather together on festivals such as Maghi,
Diwali and Vaisakhi. He required his disciples to gather together for prayers and communal celebrations in autumn for

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 Diwali and in spring for Vaisakhi, both post harvest ancient festivals of India.Site of the Golden Temple
<mask> <mask> selected the site in Amritsar village for a special temple, that <mask> <mask> began building, <mask>jan completed and inaugurated, and the Sikh Emperor Ranjit Singh gilded. This temple has evolved into the contemporary "Harimandir Sahib", or the temple of Hari (God), also known as the Golden Temple. It is the most sacred pilgrimage site in Sikhism. Foundations and scripture
Scholars such as Pashaura Singh, Louis E. Fenech and William McLeod state that <mask> <mask> was influential in introducing "distinctive features, pilgrimages, festivals, temples and rituals" that ever since his time have been an integral part of Sikhism. He is also remembered as the innovator who began the collection of hymns now known as Goindwal Pothi or Mohan Pothi, the precursor to what became the Adi Granth – the first edition of Sikh scripture – under the fifth Sikh Master, which finally emerged as the Guru Granth Sahib under the tenth Sikh Master.Pashaura Singh (1996), Scriptural Adaptation in the Adi Granth, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Oxford University Press, Volume 64, Number 2 (Summer 1996), pages 337–357 The nearly 900 hymns composed by <mask> <mask> constitute the third largest part, or about 15%, of the Guru Granth Sahib. In popular culture <mask>'' is a 1979 documentary film, directed by Prem Prakash and produced by the Government of India's Films Division, covering his life and teachings. See also

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<mask> (; also known as Lao Wei (); born 16 June 1958) is a Chinese author, reporter, musician, and poet. He is a critic of China's Communist regime, for which he was imprisoned. His books, several of which are collections of interviews with ordinary people from the lower rungs of Chinese society, were published in Taiwan and Hong Kong but are banned in mainland China; some have been translated into Spanish, English, French, German, Polish and Czech. Life and career

Becoming a state writer
<mask> was born in 1958, the same year as The Great Leap Forward. During the famine of The Great Leap Forward, he suffered from edema and was close to dying. In 1966 his father was branded a counter-revolutionary during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. <mask>'s parents filed for divorce to protect the children.His mother was arrested for attempting to sell government issued coupons on the black market. After high school, Liao traveled around the country. In his spare time he read banned Western poets such as John Keats and Charles Baudelaire. He also started composing his own poems and was getting published in literary magazines. He failed the university entrance exams and began to work for a newspaper. When his poetry was noticed, the Chinese Ministry of Culture gave him a paid position as state writer. Criticism of the system and imprisonment

In Spring 1989, two magazine companies took advantage of the relaxed politics and carried Liao's long poems "The Yellow City" and "Idol."In the poems, he criticized the system, calling it paralyzed and eaten away by a collective leukemia. The poems were deemed anti-communist and he was questioned and detained and his home

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 was searched. In June 1989, after hearing about the Tiananmen Square protests, Liao composed a long poem entitled "Massacre." Knowing that it would never be published, he made an audiotape and recited the poem by using Chinese ritualistic chanting and howling, invoking the spirits of the dead. <mask> and friends made a movie, the sequel of Massacre, "Requiem." He was arrested in February 1990 as he was boarding a train. Six friends and his pregnant wife were arrested separately.<mask> received a four-year sentence. He was placed on the government's permanent blacklist. While in prison, due to torture and abusive punishment, he suffered several mental breakdowns and twice attempted suicide. He was known as "the big lunatic." From a fellow prisoner, an elderly monk, he learned to play the Xiao. He then began to interview other prisoners about their lives. When he was released from prison, his wife and their daughter left him, and his former literary friends kept their distance.He lived for a while as a homeless street musician in Chengdu, collecting stories. Work after his release, and international success
<mask>ulein Hallo und der Bauernkaiser, appeared in 2009. In 2008 he signed the Charter 08 of his friend Liu Xiaobo, although he says of himself that he is not really interested in politics, just in his stories. In May 2008, after the Sichuan earthquake, Liao went to the disaster region and interviewed survivors fighting corrupt officials.This material was published as Chronicles of the Big Earthquake in Hong Kong in 2009. The French translation Quand la terre s’est ouverte au Sichuan : Journal d’une tragédie appeared in 2010. After having been

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 denied permission to leave the country many times, he wrote an open letter to Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel in February 2010. Later that year he was allowed to leave the country for the first time. He visited Germany accepting invitations to literary festivals in Hamburg and Berlin as well as to an event in Cologne. He held numerous readings and gave interviews. On stage, he sang songs, played the flute and drank hard liquor.On 4 June 2010, the international literature festival berlin held a worldwide reading for <mask> <mask> in order to commemorate the massacre of Tiananmen Square, and to admonish China's human rights record. Prior to his departure from China, he lived under police surveillance with his wife in Chengdu, supporting himself with the royalties from his books published abroad. April 2011: Travel Ban for "National Security" Reasons, Arrival in Germany

<mask> <mask> in an email dated April 1, 2011 wrote:

Friends:

I originally planned to leave for the United States on April 4 in order to make a publicity tour for my book God is Red which will be published in English translation by Harper Collins and for my book The Corpse Walker which was published by Random House. Unexpectedly, on March 28th, the police issued an order forbidding me to leave China. I had originally planned to travel to San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, New York, Washington and other cities and to give lectures, readings and musical performances at Harvard, Yale and other universities as well as participate in the New York Literary Festival where I was to make a speech and perform, and to have a dialogue with writers from around the world on the theme

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 "Contemporary Writer and Bearing Witness to History". Now all this has been canceled. My new book is also going to be published in Australia.My plan to travel from the United States to Australia has also been canceled. Ever since my return from Germany last year, I have been closely monitored. The police have "invited me to drink tea" many times. My writing has been repeatedly interrupted. I have once again been forbidden to travel abroad for national security reasons. Over the last ten or so years I have strived to get the right to travel abroad 16 times. I succeeded once and failed 15 times.Thank you all for your concern for me over the years. <mask> <mask>

<mask> arrived in Germany on July 6, 2011, having left China overland by crossing the border with Vietnam. Awards
In 2003, he was awarded a Human Rights Watch Hellman-Hammett Grant. In 2007, he received a Freedom to Write Award from the Independent Chinese PEN Center. Authorities prevented him from attending the award ceremony in Beijing. In 2011 he was awarded the German Geschwister-Scholl-Preis and in 2012 the Ryszard Kapuściński Award as well as the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. In his address at the prize ceremony in the Paulskirche, <mask> <mask> described China as "the source of global disasters" and an "ever-expanding garbage dump".He concluded his speech with the wish that "for the peaceful well-being of all humanity, this empire (China) must break apart". List of works
Books

Bullets and Opium: Stories of China after the Great Massacre (Simon and Schuster: 2019)
For a Song and a Hundred Songs: A Poet’s Journey Through a Chinese Prison (2013)
The Corpse Walker (2002)
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 English, The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories: China from the Bottom Up, hardcover: Pantheon (April 15, 2008), 336 pages, ; trade paperback: Anchor; Reprint edition (May 5, 2009) 352 pages,
The Fall of the Holy Temple (1998)
Report on China’s Victims of Injustice
Testimonials (證詞) An expanded German translation was published by Fischer in June 2011 (by the title of Für ein Lied und hundert Lieder. Ein Zeugenbericht aus chinesischen Gefängnissen). Testimonials describes the horrific treatment of <mask> <mask> and other political prisoners in a Chongqing prison who were arrested after the June 4, 1989 crackdown. Interviews with the Lower Strata of Chinese Society 中國底層訪談錄 2 volumes, Changjiang Publishing House, China   (banned by the Chinese Communist Party Propaganda Department and the PRC Government's Publications Office)
Interviews with the Lower Strata of Chinese Society 中國底層訪談錄 3 volumes, Maitian Publishing House of Taiwan 台灣麥田出版社. China's Unjust Court Cases 中國冤案錄 Volume 1, Laogai Foundation, 2003, Washington, D.C.  (www.laogai.org) Black Literary Treasury, Edited by <mask> Tianqi. China's Petitioner Villages 中國上访村 Mirror Publishing Co., 2005, USA
 China's Unjust Court Cases 中國冤案錄 Volume 2, Laogai Foundation, Washington, 2005 D.C. Black Literary Treasury, Edited by Liao Tianqi.The Last of China's Landlords 最後的地主 (two volumes) printed in Hong Kong, published by The Laogai Research Foundation, Washington D.C. in April 2008. Website www.laogai.org
Earthquake Insane Asylum 地震瘋人院 in Taiwan 2009; French edition 2010. Forthcoming: Shepherds of the Far East 遠東牧羊 April 2011 in the U.S. and its English translation
God is Red scheduled for publication

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title: Liao Yiwu

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 by Harper Collins in the United States in August 2011. Chinese  地震瘋人院 in Taiwan 2009; French edition 2010. God is Red collects accounts of the persecution of Christians in China since 1949
My Witness in German translation June 2011 which book discusses the experiences of <mask> <mask> and other political prisoners in a Chongqing prison in the early 1990s. Poems

"The Yellow City" (1989)
"Idol" (1989)
"Massacre" (1989)

References

External links and further reading

 Michael Day's collection of articles on and translation of the poetry of <mask> <mask> of the 1980s and early 1990s
 <mask> Yiwu 廖亦武 selected poetry translations, translations by Michael M. Day of selected poems by <mask> <mask> 1984 - 1994
 China's Second World of Poetry: The Sichuan Avant-Garde, 1982-1992, Michael M. Day's ebook on the Sichuan poetry scene from which <mask> <mask> emerged
 The Public Toilet Manager, interview by <mask> <mask>, The Paris Review, Summer 2005
 The Leper and the Corpse Walkers, interview by <mask> <mask>, The Paris Review, Winter 2006
 The Peasant Emperor and the Retired Official, interview by <mask> <mask>, The Paris Review, Winter 2007
 My Enemies, My Teachers by <mask> <mask>, The Paris Review, Winter 2007. Planned acceptance speech for the Freedom to Write award.The Survivor, interview by <mask> <mask>, The Paris Review, Summer 2008
 Nineteen Days by <mask> <mask>, The Paris Review, Summer 2009. Commemoration  of the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre. Dangerous Words by Brian Awehali, LOUDCANARY, Spring 2011. In-depth profile of <mask> <mask> based on a series of in-person interviews conducted in 2010. "Walking Out on China" opinion by

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title: Liao Yiwu

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 <mask> <mask> in ''The New York Times September 14, 2011
 Writer as a Recording Device: Interview with <mask> <mask> by Christen Cornell at Artspace China, 29 November 2011

1958 births
Living people
Charter 08 signatories
People's Republic of China musicians
People's Republic of China poets
Chinese prisoners and detainees
Writers from Mianyang
Chinese dissidents
People's Republic of China journalists
Poets from Sichuan
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title: Tony Lazzeri

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<mask> (December 6, 1903 – August 6, 1946) was an American professional baseball second baseman during the 1920s and 1930s, predominantly with the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. He was part of the famed "Murderers' Row" Yankee batting lineup of the late 1920s (including the 1927 team), along with Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Bob Meusel. <mask> was born and raised in San Francisco, California. He dropped out of school to work with his father as a boilermaker, but at the age of 18, began to play baseball professionally. After playing in minor league baseball from 1922 through 1925, <mask> joined the Yankees in 1926. He was a member of the original American League All-Star team in 1933. He was nicknamed "Poosh 'Em Up" by Italian-speaking fans, from a mistranslation of an Italian phrase meaning to "hit it out" (hit a home run).<mask> is one of only 14 major league baseball players to hit for the natural cycle (hitting a single, double, triple and home run in sequence) and the only player to complete a natural cycle with a grand slam. He also holds the American League record for the most RBI in a single game, with 11 on May 24, 1936. In that same 1936 game, he became the first major league player to hit two grand slams in one game. <mask> was posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1991. Early life
<mask> was born on December 6, 1903, to Augustine and <mask>, who had emigrated from Italy. They lived in the Cow Hollow district of San Francisco. Augustine worked as a boilermaker.At age 15, <mask> was expelled from school. He began to work with his father, earning $4.50 a day

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 ($ in current dollar terms). Lazzeri also played semi-professional baseball and trained to become a prizefighter. Minor league career
A friend of Lazzeri convinced Duffy Lewis, who managed the Salt Lake City Bees of the Pacific Coast League (PCL), to allow Lazzeri to try out for the team in 1922. Lazzeri made the team, earning $250 a month ($ in current dollar terms) as a utility infielder. He batted .192 in 45 games, and was demoted to the Peoria Tractors of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League in 1923 to gain more experience. <mask> batted .248 with 14 home runs in 135 games for Peoria, before being recalled to Salt Lake City.Starting at shortstop for the Bees in 1924, <mask> batted .285 with 16 home runs. However, Lewis gave the starting shortstop role to Pinky Pittenger, and sent <mask> to the Lincoln Links of the Western League, where he batted .329 with 28 home runs in 82 games. Returning to Salt Lake City under new manager Oscar Vitt in 1925, <mask> batted .355 with 60 home runs and 222 runs batted in (RBIs), the most RBIs in professional baseball history. That year he became one of what are today four Pacific Coast League hitters to have had a 30 home runs, 30 stolen bases season, along with Joc Pederson (2014), Frank Demaree (1934), and Lefty O'Doul (1927). Though Salt Lake City had a working agreement with the Chicago Cubs, the Cubs passed on <mask> due to his epilepsy. The Cincinnati Reds passed on <mask> as well. Bill Essick, a scout for the New York Yankees, convinced Ed Barrow, the Yankees' general manager, to sign <mask>.Barrow agreed after receiving confirmatory reports from other scouts, including Ed Holly and Paul

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title: Tony Lazzeri

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 Krichell, as well as ensuring that <mask>'s insurance policy would cover his illness. New York Yankees
After the 1925 season, Barrow purchased <mask> from Salt Lake City in exchange for the rights to Frank Zoeller and Mack Hillis and $50,000 ($ in current dollar terms). <mask> signed a contract with the Yankees worth $5,000 ($ in current dollar terms). <mask> debuted in the major leagues in 1926 as a member of the Yankees. Manager Miller Huggins moved <mask> from shortstop to second base. Huggins paired <mask> with Mark Koenig, also a rookie, as his double play combination. In his rookie season, playing all 155 games, <mask> hit 18 home runs and had 114 RBIs.He finished third in the American League (AL) in home runs behind Babe Ruth and Al Simmons, and tied for third in RBIs with George Burns, trailing only Ruth. The Yankees reached the 1926 World Series, losing to the St. Louis Cardinals. In a bases loaded situation in the seventh inning of the deciding game, Grover Cleveland Alexander struck out <mask> to save the series for the Cardinals. With the 1927 Yankees, known as "Murderer's Row" due to the strength of their batting lineup, <mask> batted .309 with 18 home runs and 102 RBIs. He finished third in the AL in home runs, behind only teammates Ruth and Lou Gehrig. The Yankees finished the season with a 110–44 win-loss record, and defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1927 World Series. Baseball experts solicited by Billy Evans named <mask> the consensus best second baseman in the AL.He suffered a muscle injury that threatened to end his season. Nevertheless, <mask> returned to the team, and hit a key double off of Alexander

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 in the 1928 World Series, which the Yankees won. Despite the games he missed, <mask> tied Joe Judge for third place in Most Valuable Player voting, with the award being won by Mickey Cochrane. <mask> had his career-high batting average of .354 in 1929. He hit two home runs for the Yankees in their 1932 World Series victory. In 1933, <mask> was named to appear in the first MLB All-Star Game, representing the AL against the National League (NL). He suffered a knee injury during the 1934 season.<mask> set an AL single-game record on May 24, 1936, when he recorded eleven RBIs. That month, he also set records for most home runs in three consecutive games (6) and four consecutive games (7). He hit a grand slam during the 1936 World Series, only the second grand slam in World Series history. <mask> scored the deciding run in the 1937 World Series, as the Yankees defeated the New York Giants. As a member of the Yankees through 1937, he averaged 79 runs, 14 home runs, 96 RBIs and 12 stolen bases, including seven seasons with over 100 RBI and five seasons batting .300 or higher (including a high of .354 in 1929). During this period, the Yankees won six American League pennants (1926, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1936 and 1937) and five World Series championships (1927, 1928, 1932, 1936 and 1937). Later career
The Yankees released <mask> following the 1937 season.He signed with the Cubs as a player-coach for the 1938 season. Though he received little playing time, the Cubs won the NL championship and appeared in the 1938 World Series against the Yankees, which the Yankees won. The Cubs released <mask> after the season, and he signed with the


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 Brooklyn Dodgers for the 1939 season. However, the Dodgers released him on May 13, after he batted .282 in 14 games. The next day, <mask> signed with the New York Giants, to replace George Myatt and Lou Chiozza at third base. <mask> received his release on June 7. <mask> then returned to minor league baseball, where he managed the Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League for the remainder of the 1939 season and entire 1940 season.He played for the San Francisco Seals of the PCL in 1941, and was released after the season. He played for and managed the Portsmouth Cubs of the Piedmont League in 1942. <mask> served as player-manager of the Wilkes-Barre Barons of the Eastern League in 1943, posting a .271 batting average in 58 games. He was asked to resign after the season. Personal life
Before the 1923 season, <mask> married Maye Janes. The couple had one child, David Anthony <mask> (1931–2013). Death
<mask> died in 1946 at age 42 from a fall that the coroner said was caused by a heart attack in his Millbrae, California home.Today, many believe <mask>'s fall was caused by an epileptic seizure rather than a heart attack. Legacy

Although his offensive production was overshadowed by the historic accomplishments of teammates such as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio, <mask> is still considered one of the top hitting second basemen of his era. Koenig considered <mask> the team's most valuable player. He finished his career with a .292 batting average, 986 runs, 178 home runs, 1,191 RBI and 148 stolen bases. Despite his hitting 60 home runs in an extended PCL season in 1925, <mask> never hit more than 18 home runs in a major


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 league season (a mark he reached four times). <mask> holds the American League record for most RBI in a game with 11, set May 24, 1936, as he also became the first major league player to hit two grand slams in one game. He holds the major league record of 15 RBI in consecutive games (one more than Rudy York in 1946 and Sammy Sosa in 2002).He also set major league records of six home runs in three consecutive games, and seven in four consecutive games. <mask> continues to share the consecutive-game American League record, but the three-game record was topped by Shawn Green of the Dodgers (seven in 2002) and the four-game mark was broken by Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh Pirates (eight in 1947). <mask> is also the only player in major league baseball to hit a natural cycle with the final home run being a grand slam on June 3, 1932. The Veterans Committee elected <mask> to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991. See also

 List of Major League Baseball career triples leaders
 List of Major League Baseball runs batted in records
 List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders
 List of Major League Baseball players to hit for the cycle
 List of Major League Baseball hitters with two grand slams in one game
 Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame
 List of members of the Italian American Sports Hall of Fame

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title: Gereon Goldmann

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<mask>, OFM (25 October 1916 – 26 July 2003) was a German Franciscan priest, a World War II veteran of the Wehrmacht and Waffen SS, and a member of the German Resistance against Adolf Hitler. Early life
Gereon <mask> was born on 10 October 1916 in Ziegenhain (now part of Schwalmstadt, Hesse) as one of seven children of <mask>, a veterinarian, and his wife, Margarethe. After his wife's death in 1924, <mask> remarried, and the family moved to Cologne. There, Gereon Goldmann joined the Bund Neudeutschland, a Catholic youth association run by the Jesuits. This group spent time doing charitable works in the city and countryside. Often they were engaged in vicious street battles against the Hitler Youth group. Goldmann entered a Franciscan seminary in October 1936.Military career

Goldmann was drafted into the Wehrmacht following the completion of his seminary education in philosophy, and was commissioned as a lieutenant. When World War II began, he was transferred to a Waffen SS training unit in Occupied Poland. In his memoirs, he vividly describes the Anti-Christianity rampant in the Waffen SS and the brutal hazing wreaked on his fellow Catholic recruits. Goldmann sent a protest directly to SS chief Heinrich Himmler, and in early 1942, he was transferred back to the Wehrmacht in disgrace. He spoke openly of his hatred for Nazism, and September 1942 he was charged with high treason. He was court martialled at Kassel, but was acquitted, escaping the death penalty. He was then transferred to the Eastern front.Goldmann was soon arrested again and spent the

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title: Andy Dorman

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<mask> (born 1 May 1982) is a footballer who played for Wales, New England Revolution, Crystal Palace and St. Mirren. Born in England of English parents, he grew up in Wales and represented the Wales schools team, eventually gaining full senior international recognition when FIFA amended its rules on eligibility. He has played professionally in the United States, Scotland, and England. College
<mask> moved to the United States to attend Boston University, where he was a standout for the school's college soccer team. Club career

New England
After graduating, <mask> was drafted 58th overall in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft by the New England Revolution, and succeeded in making the team's 2004 developmental roster. <mask> made his debut for New England, coming on for Daouda Kanté in a late minutes, in a 3–1 loss against San Jose Earthquakes on 17 April 2004. In his first season with the Revs, <mask> clocked only 365 minutes, but scored two goals and an assist in that time, evincing an attacking flair.The 2006 season was a break-out year for <mask>, as he played in all 32 games for the Revs, scoring 6 goals and assisting on 10 others. During a season when many Revolution players missed time due to injury, suspension, or international duty, <mask> was forced to play many roles and positions. His diligence and creativity on the attack gained the attention and respect of many around the league, and he was named the 2006 "Man of the Year" by the Midnight Riders, the Revolution's independent supporters group. Although <mask> wanted to re-sign with New England in MLS, contract negotiations fell through. St Mirren
<mask> signed with Scottish Premier League outfit St Mirren. Upon joining St Mirren, teammate Jay Heaps said Dorman was 'world class'. One year on, <mask> revealed upon signing for St Mirren, he did not know the location of the club (Paisley).He made his debut during a home league match against Motherwell on 19 January 2008, and provided an early assist in a 3–1 victory. <mask> then scored a winning goal in a Scottish Cup

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 replay against Dundee United and he also scored against them in a 1–1 draw one month later. His performances for St Mirren during 2008–09 led to many teams watching <mask> with a view to bringing him into their side. Teams known to be interested included Sheffield United and Bolton Wanderers. <mask>'s contract with St Mirren included a club option of an extra year, which was exercised in March 2009 after he was voted Scottish Premier League player of the month for February 2009 and another player of the month for April 2009. <mask> spoke out about his transfer speculation, stating that he doesn't pay attention to the rumours and insists he's happy at St Mirren, while manager Gus MacPherson said he would only let <mask> leave for £1 million. <mask> finished the season as St Mirren's joint top scorer (with Billy Mehmet) with 12 goals each.However, the following season, <mask> couldn't re-produce his form of the previous campaign and was unable to rediscover his goalscoring form; but still, other clubs were tracking him; like Championship side Watford. Shortly after the transfer headlines, <mask> suffered a hamstring injury, ruling him out for six weeks after coming off in the first half in a 3–1 loss against Celtic. In the next meeting against Celtic on 24 March 2010, <mask> scored a brace in a 4–0 win. After the match, MacPherson praised the players, including <mask>, himself. In mid April, <mask> scored three goals in the three games, including against Falkirk, St Johnstone and Kilmarnock. <mask> finished the season as St Mirren's league top scorer, with Billy Mehmet with 12 goals each in all appearances. At the end of the season, <mask> announced his intention to leave St Mirren, ending a two-year association with the club, with Championship side Portsmouth keen to sign him.Crystal Palace
After his contract at St Mirren expired, <mask> made the move to England to join Championship side Crystal Palace. On the opening day of the season, <mask> made his debut in a 3–2 win over Leicester City; two-months later,

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 <mask> scored his first goal in a 4–3 loss against Preston. However, he made a slow start to life with the Eagles and soon dropped out of the Palace first-team after the sacking of George Burley, although Burley's successor Dougie Freedman said out of favour players <mask> and Owen Garvan did have a future. On 31 August 2012, <mask>'s contract was terminated by mutual consent, despite it being expected to end the next season. Loan at Bristol Rovers
His second season in south London saw him limited to appearances for Palace's reserve team, and so <mask> made the move to League Two side Bristol Rovers on a loan deal in November 2011. He made his debut for Rovers on 12 November in the FA Cup 3–1 win against Corby Town; Seven days later, <mask> made his league debut for the club in a 2–0 loss against Barnet. <mask> had initially signed until 2 January, which was extended by a further month.On 27 January 2012, he signed for the rest of the season, along with four other players. On 25 February 2012, <mask> scored his first goal in a 1–0 win over Rotherham United After scoring his first goal, <mask> spoke out about his frustration at wanting to get playing time after having his career revived at Bristol Rovers. <mask> also said he had experienced playing under three different managers during his loan spell, but saw the positive side of this. Towards the end of the season, <mask> scored his second goal in a 5–1 win over Accrington Stanley. After his loan spell at Bristol Rovers, <mask> did not rule out returning to the club after clarifying his future with Crystal Palace. Return to New England
<mask> re-signed with New England Revolution on 15 November 2012. Career statistics
(correct as of 5 May 2012)

International career

Although he was born in England of English parents, <mask> grew up in Wales, and represented the Welsh schools team.He expressed interest in either playing for England, Wales or gaining American citizenship and playing for the United States, having lived there for over seven years. <mask> had moved to


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 America to attend Boston University, where he was named a two-time All-New England player. Although <mask> considers himself to be Welsh, he was not eligible to play for Wales as he was born in England and none of his parents or grandparents were born in Wales. In October 2009, however, FIFA ratified changes which allow players with 5 years compulsory education in a country before the age of 16 to represent that country, which made <mask> eligible to represent Wales. <mask> was included in the squad to play against Scotland on 14 November 2009 when, ironically, he was playing his club football for Scottish team St Mirren. Wales won 3–0, but he stayed on the bench for the whole game. <mask> made his debut for the Wales national football team on 23 May 2010 against Croatia at the Stadion Gradski.Personal life
<mask> has said his idol is Michael Owen. He attended Hawarden High School where Owen and the late Gary Speed also attended. His brother is fellow player <mask>. <mask> holds a US green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes. Honours

New England Revolution
Lamar Hunt US Open Cup (1): 2007
Supporter's Player of the Year 2006

St Mirren
Scottish League Cup : 2010 (Runner-up)
Renfrewshire Cup (2):
Clydesdale Bank Premier League Player of the Month March 2009

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1982 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Chester
Association football midfielders
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English footballers
Wales international footballers
Boston University alumni
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St Mirren F.C. players
Crystal Palace F.C. players
Bristol Rovers F.C.players
FC Boston players
Major League Soccer players
Scottish Premier League players
English Football League players
USL League Two players
Welsh expatriate footballers
Welsh expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate soccer players in the United States
New England Revolution draft picks
English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
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title: Gavin Shuker

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<mask> (born 10 October 1981) is a British former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Luton South from 2010 to 2019. <mask> was a Labour Party MP before defecting to form Change UK. He then left Change UK to become an Independent politician and was defeated at the 2019 election, coming third with 9.3% of the vote. <mask> successfully defended the seat as the Labour candidate in 2010, after his predecessor Margaret Moran stood down following controversy over her expenses. <mask> was appointed as a Shadow International Development Minister by Ed Miliband in 2013. He left the Opposition Frontbench in September 2015, with the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Party Leader, cited "political differences" with him. In 2018, he lost a motion of no confidence by his constituency party.<mask> resigned from Labour on 18 February 2019 with six other MPs, and they formed Change UK. In June 2019, he left Change UK to sit as an independent MP. He stood as an independent in the 2019 United Kingdom general election but lost his seat. Education and early life
A Lutonian, <mask> was educated at two state schools: Icknield Primary and Icknield High School. He was head boy at the latter. He then attended Luton Sixth Form College before going on acquire a degree in Social and Political Sciences at Girton College, Cambridge. <mask> became leader and pastor of the City Life Church in Luton until he stood for parliament.Political career
In May 2010 he was elected in Luton South, with a majority of 2,329 votes (5.5%) over the Conservative candidate Nigel Huddleston, and with the journalist and broadcaster Esther Rantzen a distant fourth. In October 2010, he was appointed PPS to the Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, Sadiq Khan, and

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texts: was also appointed to the transport select committee. In March 2011 he was promoted again to become Shadow Minister at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with responsibility for water and waste. He was a member of the Christians on the Left and a Vice-Chair of Christians in Parliament. Contrary to a newspaper piece written about Shuker, he was not opposed to the introduction of same-sex marriage. He wrote he had "misgivings about how legally robust safeguards [which were put in place to prevent religious groups from being forced to carry out ceremonies] were in legislation", but he did not block the legislation and indeed voted for its implementation in later divisions. In the October 2013 reshuffle, he was shifted to the Shadow International Development team as a Shadow Minister of State.His brief covered policy on Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, in addition to responsibility for policy on climate change, inequality, violence against women and girls and the post-2015 SDG agenda. As part of his Shadow Ministerial role, <mask> visited Palestine, Pakistan, El Salvador and the United Nations at Geneva and New York. Alongside his frontbench activities, <mask> has served as Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Prostitution and the Global Sex Trade, Vice-Chair of the Polar Regions All-Party Parliamentary Group, Vice-Chair of the Christians in Parliament APPG and Vice-Chair of the Thameslink Route APPG. He was a member of other APPGs, including the group on Kashmir, East-West Rail and Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery. In March 2014 under <mask>'s chairmanship, the APPG on Prostitution and the Global Sex Trade published a new report on the legal state of prostitution in England and Wales. The

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texts: result of a year-long consultation it was the first major cross-party report on the issue since the mid-1990s. The report called for a wholesale review of the existing legal settlement on prostitution, advocating consideration of a move towards the so-called 'Nordic model'.In the foreword to the APPG's report, <mask> wrote: "In short, we recommend a shift in the burden of criminality from those who are the most marginalised and vulnerable – to those that create the demand in the first place." In March 2012, <mask> was one of three MPs who signed a letter sent to the Advertising Standards Authority asking it to reverse its decision to stop the Christian group "Healing on the Streets of Bath" from making explicit claims that prayer can heal. The letter called for the ASA to provide indisputable scientific evidence that such healing did not work. <mask> has been a critic of right-wing nationalist groups such as Britain First, the English Defence League (EDL) and Liberty GB, condemning what he calls their repeated "targeting" of Luton. He has drawn attention to the high costs of policing demonstrations by the EDL, and has spoken at rallies opposing the EDL's presence in Luton. Following the May 2015 general election, <mask> announced his intention to support Liz Kendall's campaign to be Labour leader. On 6 September 2018, a meeting of the Luton South Constituency Labour Party passed a vote of no confidence in <mask>.Luton South CLP passed their motion with 33 votes in favour of the motion with five abstentions and only three voting to support the MP. After the vote, <mask> stated on Twitter: "At a local Labour Party meeting last night a motion of no confidence in me was passed. It's not part of any formal procedure, so it changes

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 nothing about my role as Labour MP for Luton South". The Independent Group and The Independents
On 18 February 2019, <mask> and six other MPs – Chuka Umunna, Chris Leslie, Angela Smith, Mike Gapes, Luciana Berger, and Ann Coffey – quit Labour in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership to form the Independent Group of MPs. The Independent Group cited disagreements over the handling of Brexit and mishandling of anti-Semitism within the Labour party as key reasons for leaving. In June 2019, he left Change UK (The Independent Group) to sit as an independent MP. In July 2019, <mask> was a founding member of a grouping of MPs called The Independents.He stood as an independent candidate in the 2019 United Kingdom general election, but lost his seat, polling 9.3% of the vote and coming third. Political interests
His political interests include child poverty, student funding, transport policy, international development and debt reduction. Later career
In 2020 he became a Director and Chief Executive Officer of Cardeo Ltd, a UK based Financial Technology startup company. In June 2021 the company announced it had closed a £2.1m funding round to take its robo-advisor credit card app to market. Personal life
He was married to Lucie, whom he met at the University of Cambridge but announced in 2016 that they had divorced. They have a daughter, born 16 June 2013. References

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People educated at Icknield High School
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Deborah Anne Dyer  (born 3 August 1967), known by the stage name <mask>, is a British singer, songwriter and electronic music DJ. She is the lead vocalist of British rock band Skunk Anansie, a band often grouped as part of the Britrock movement in the UK and gained attention for her powerful, wide-ranging soprano voice and trademark bald look. In 2015, she joined the judging panel of the Italian version of the talent show The X Factor for one season, and 2016 was on the cover of the UK lesbian magazine Diva. After releasing new music and touring with Skunk Anansie, in 2018 <mask> was featured as one of the cover stars of Classic Rock magazine's special "She Rocks" issue and was honoured with the Inspirational Artist Award at the Music Week Awards ahead of celebrating 25 years of Skunk Anansie. She also appeared on the cover of Kerrang! magazine in November 2018. Mavis Bayton, author of Frock Rock, stated that "women like <mask>, Natacha Atlas, Yolanda Charles, Mary Genis, and Debbie Smith are now acting as crucial role models for future generations of black women".Early life
Deborah Ann Dyer was born on 3 August 1967 in Brixton, London, to Jamaican parents. Her father was in the Royal Air Force and later worked on oil rigs. Her mother was a nurse before taking a government position in the environmental department. She describes her parents as "very strict, very Jamaican". At the age of 6, she moved with her grandfather in a two-up two-down in Long Acre, Brixton, who ran a nightclub in the basement, in which she mentions there was "always music and rum" and posters of Bob Marley and Muhammad Ali, which inspired her. As a child, she wanted to be a pianist. At the age of

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 14, she read Macbeth, later stating that she loved the "intricacy and complexity of Shakespeare's play".Skunk Anansie

After forming in 1994, the band released three albums, Paranoid & Sunburnt, Stoosh and Post Orgasmic Chill, which sold more than 4 million copies worldwide; their biggest hit was the single "Weak". The band disbanded in 2001 after which she embarked a solo career and reformed in 2009.  they are still recording and touring. Solo career

After Skunk Anansie split, Skin released her debut solo album Fleshwounds. The album was toned down from her Skunk Anansie days and did not gain the same acclaim from Skunk Anansie fans. She even ditched her trademark bald look and grew her hair into a boyish crop. While the album was not a massive success in the UK, two singles were released from it: "Trashed" and "Faithfulness". "Lost", a double A-side with "Getting Away with It", was a planned third single but was pulled shortly before release; promo CDs were sent out to radio stations but it received no airplay.Elsewhere in Europe the album's success was greater. For example, in Italy it peaked at number 6 in the album chart and in Germany at number 18. After releasing Fleshwounds, <mask> went on to perform various solo gigs around Europe. She was also support for the European leg of Robbie Williams' and Placebo's world tours. Soon after touring she began to record her second album, Fake Chemical State, which was released for sale on 20 March 2006, preceded by new single "Just Let the Sun" two weeks earlier. The first single actually issued from this album was "Alone in My Room", a download-only track released on 7 November 2005. "Alone in My Room" was also the


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texts: name given to <mask>'s first solo tour in two years, which commenced in Berlin in November 2005.For this album she shaved her head bald again, returning to the look she had in her Skunk Anansie days. <mask>'s next solo outing was a small promotional "Fake Chemical State" tour. It started in Glasgow on 17 March 2006. She went on to perform many festivals around Europe including Rock Werchter in Belgium and the Southside/Hurricane festivals in Germany. She performed on the main stage at most of these festivals. In February 2008, she announced that she was working with Timo Maas and Martin Buttrich on a side project called "Format-3". Her 2008 song "Tear Down These Houses" was released as a part of the soundtrack to Parlami d'Amore, directed by Silvio Muccino.She sings in the opening musical piece "Renaissance", in Medici: Masters of Florence, a Netflix original series released in October 2016. <mask> has always had a love of electronic music and she moved into the genre when her friend Damian Lazarus gave her a mixer in 2009. Going under the moniker D-Dyer she made her first steps into the DJ world which she has now been doing for the past decade. She plays Techno, Tech House and Minimal all over the world at classic venues such as Output in New York, Sound Nightclub in LA and Fabric in London. In 2015 <mask> collaborated with techno icon Nicole Moudaber and they released the Breed EP on Nicole's Mood Records. It features five tracks including "Don't Talk To Me I'm Dancing". In 2016 she DJ-ed at Carl Cox's Revolution in Ibiza, Coachella and also released Techno music under the guise of Juvenal through Mood Records.In 2020, <mask> participated in the UK version of The

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 Masked Singer, appearing as Duck. Her identity was revealed in episode six, when she was eliminated. A memoir, It Takes Blood and Guts, co-written with Lucy O'Brien, was published by Simon & Schuster in September 2020. On 18 October 2020, <mask> began presenting a Sunday-night radio show titled The Skin Show on Absolute Radio. Personal life
<mask> graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in Interior Architecture & Design from Teesside Polytechnic in 1989 and received an honorary Master of Arts degree from Teesside University in 2000. <mask> is openly bisexual. In 2013, she entered into a civil partnership with Christiana Wyly, daughter of American billionaire Sam Wyly.The couple split in 2015. In September 2020, <mask> announced her engagement to Rayne Baron. In June 2021, the couple announced they are expecting their first child. In January 2021, <mask> assumed the role of Chancellor at Leeds Arts University in Leeds, England. Since the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum in 2016, <mask> has talked against Brexit and its effect in terms of rise in racism, labour shortage and impoverishment of British culture in numerous interviews. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to

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title: Pat Cummins

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<mask> (born 8 May 1993) is an Australian international cricketer who is currently the captain of Australia in test cricket. He is the vice-captain of the team in limited-overs cricket. He is a fast bowler and a capable lower-order right-handed batter, and plays domestically for New South Wales. In the Indian Premier League, <mask> has represented Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils. <mask> made his Test debut at the age of 18 in 2011. Injuries then forced him out of test cricket for over five years, until he returned to the Australian team in 2017. After the completion of the 2019 cricket season, <mask> was awarded both the Allan Border Medal for best Australian cricketer of the year and was named the ICC Test cricketer of the year.Early life
<mask> grew up in Mount Riverview in the Blue Mountains with his two brothers and two sisters. He attended St Paul's Grammar School. As a child he idolised Brett Lee, with whom he later briefly played domestic and international cricket. At the age of three, <mask> lost the top of his middle finger on his dominant right hand when his sister accidentally slammed a door on it. <mask> played junior cricket for the Glenbrook-Blaxland Cricket Club in the Blue Mountains before playing first-grade cricket for Penrith in 2010. That same year, <mask> represented NSW in the National Under-17 championships and later the NSW Under-19 side. Early career
In the preliminary final of the 2010–11 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash against Tasmania, <mask> took 4 for 16 and was named Man of the Match.He finished as the equal leading wicket-taker in the tournament. In March 2011, <mask> made his first-class debut against Tasmania, aged 17. He returned figures of 2/80.

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 <mask> played the final three matches of the 2010/11 Sheffield Shield season, including the final where he bowled 65 overs for the match. He was later ruled out of the Australia A tour of Zimbabwe due to a back injury. International career

Early career and injury struggles
<mask> was granted a Cricket Australia contract in June 2011 and in October 2011, he played two Twenty20 International (T20I) and three One Day International (ODI) matches for Australia against South Africa, claiming ten wickets and subsequently being selected in the Australian Test squad to play South Africa. <mask> made his test match debut at Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg in November 2011, in what was only his fourth career first-class match, becoming Australia's youngest Test cricketer since Ian Craig in 1953, aged 18 years and 193 days.<mask> took 1/38 and 6/79, becoming the second youngest test cricketer (behind Enamul Haque Jr.) to take six wickets in an innings. He then scored 13 runs in the second innings, including a four to win the match and was presented with the Man of the Match award. After playing through his test debut with a heel injury, <mask> was subsequently ruled out of the entire 2011/12 summer. <mask> was selected in Australia's provisional team for the ICC Under-19 World Cup to be held in Queensland in August 2012. <mask> represented Australia in the 2012 T20 World Cup and the Sydney Sixers in the 2012 Champions League, but was diagnosed with a stress fracture in his back upon his return to Australia in November, again ruling him out of the 2012/13 home summer. <mask> returned for Australia A in August 2013, but a reoccurrence of the stress fracture in his back caused him to miss the

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 majority of the 2013/14 summer. He returned to the BBL in January 2014 after working with Dennis Lillee during his layoffs to re-shape his bowling action.After prioritising white ball cricket during 2014, <mask> was selected in the Australian squad for their successful 2015 World Cup campaign, playing in four matches. <mask> was a late call-up for 2015 Ashes squad after the retirement of Ryan Harris, but he was not selected for a test during the series. He was part of the ODI and T20I series in the same tour. During the ODI leg of the tour, <mask>' stress fracture resurfaced and he was ruled out of the entire home summer for the fourth time in five years. <mask> made his return to domestic cricket in 2016, becoming a key member of the New South Wales one day squad and the Sydney Thunder as he remained fit and played 25 matches in just over 4 months. Return to Test cricket
On 7 March 2017, <mask> played in the Sheffield Shield for the first time in six years, his last match being the 2011 final against Tasmania. He bowled 36 overs and claimed 8 wickets.Despite NSW medical staff recommending a slow and managed return to red ball cricket, Mitchell Starc was ruled out of the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy and <mask> was selected as his replacement for the third test. After 1946 days (or 5 years, 3 months and 27 days) of absence due to various injuries, <mask> returned to test cricket on 16 March 2017. He alleviated any fears over his injury history, bowling 79 overs in the final two Test matches. <mask> retained his spot in the side for the 2017–18 Ashes series, taking 23 wickets, leading the wicket taking tally. He also established himself as a handy lower order batter, scoring two scores


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 in the 40s during the series as Australia was victorious 4-0. <mask> scored his first test half-century in the fourth test against South Africa during Australia's tour of South Africa in 2017–18. In this series, he solidified his place as one of Australia's most reliable and consistent bowlers, playing in all four matches and claiming 22 wickets.He was then rested for the tour of the UAE vs Pakistan in October 2018 as he managed a back injury. He returned for the 2018/19 test series against India, claiming 14 wickets in four tests in a beaten Australian side. Australia vice-captaincy

In January 2019, <mask> became one of Australia's two test vice-captains, alongside Travis Head. He played in both tests against the touring Sri Lankans and was the chief architect of Australia's innings win in the first test at the Gabba, taking his maiden 10-wicket haul. He finished the series with 14 wickets and was named as the player of the series. <mask> was awarded the Allan Border Medal in February 2019 as the most outstanding Australian cricketer over the previous 12 months. He was the first bowler to receive this honour since 2014, and just the fourth overall.In early 2019, <mask> became the world's number 1 ranked test bowler, the first Australian since Glenn McGrath to achieve this. He played in the limited-overs series against India which began in the same month, taking a five-wicket haul in the fourth ODI of the series. In April, he was named in Australia's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup held in England, and during the tournament played in his 50th ODI. He went on to play in the 2019 Ashes series which followed the World Cup. In the first test he claimed his 100th test wicket, the

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 fastest Australian since World War II to do so. After the second test at Lords, he reached an ICC test bowling ranking of 914 - the equal fifth of all time and highest by an Australian. <mask> was the leading wicket-taker for the series, taking 29 wickets in the five matches, at an average of 19.62.<mask> enjoyed another successful home summer, taking 20 wickets in five tests against Pakistan and New Zealand as Australia remained unbeaten and <mask> was elevated to the role of sole vice-captain of the side. <mask> was one of five Australians to be named in the 2019 ICC Test Team of the Year and was named as the 2019 ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year. In February 2020, <mask> took his 100th wicket in ODI cricket, in the first match of Australia's tour of South Africa. During the 2020/21 Border Gavaskar Trophy <mask> claimed a series-leading 21 wickets at an average of 20.04, and was named player of the series despite Australia suffering a 2-1 loss. In August 2021, <mask> was named in Australia's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. He played in all of the matches, taking five wickets with an economy rate of 7.37 as Australia won the tournament for the first time. Test captain

On 26 November 2021, <mask> was announced as the 47th captain of the Australian men's test cricket team following the resignation of Tim Paine.Steve Smith was announced as his vice-captain, marking Smith's return to a leadership position after the 2018 ball-tampering scandal. <mask> was the first fast bowler to take on the role of full-time Australian captain in history. He took seven wickets in his first test as captain during the first match of the 2021–22 Ashes series, including a five wicket haul in

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 the first innings, a first for an Australian seam bowling captain. Despite being absent from the 2nd test of the series after being a close contact of a COVID-19 case at a Adelaide restaurant, <mask> was the leading wicket-taker for the third consecutive Ashes series, with 21 wickets in 4 matches. Under his captaincy, Australia defeated England 4–0. Indian Premier League career
<mask> made his Indian Premier League debut in IPL 2014, the 2014 edition of the tournament, playing for Kolkata Knight Riders, to whom he returned for IPL 2015. He was not involved in IPL 2016 and played for Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2017.He was absent from IPL 2018 and IPL 2019. In the IPL 2020 auction, <mask> was bought back by Knight Riders for 15.5 crore (approximately $A3.2 million), making him one of the most expensive overseas players in IPL auction history. He stayed with Knight Riders for IPL 2021 and will play for them again in IPL 2022 after taking a huge pay cut by selling for 7.25 crore (approximately $A1.35m). In interview, <mask> said he is 'absolutely pumped' to return to Knight Riders. <mask> played in 37 IPL matches from 2014 to 2021, taking 38 wickets. In IPL 2021, he played in seven matches and took nine wickets, also scoring 93 runs. Personal life
<mask> attended University of Technology, Sydney under its Elite Athlete Program, graduating in 2017 with a Bachelor of Business.In February 2020, <mask> got engaged to his longtime girlfriend Becky Boston; the couple have a son. References

External links

<mask> at Cricket Australia
<mask> at Howstat

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title: Joe Lapchick

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<mask> (April 12, 1900 – August 10, 1970) was an American professional basketball player, mostly known for playing with the Original Celtics in the 1920s and 1930s. He is commonly regarded as the best center of his era, overshadowed (if anything) in his later years only by Tarzan Cooper. After ending his playing career in 1937, Lapchick became head coach at St. John's University, a position he held until 1947, when he took over the New York Knicks in the NBA. Lapchick coached the Knicks until 1957, leading them to three consecutive NBA Finals appearances (1951–53). He returned to St. John's, coaching them until 1965. Full biography
From star player to successful coach to popular author to respected dignitary, <mask> played a variety of roles in his more than 50 years in the game of basketball. He was an eminently influential figure who helped nurture the sport from its crude beginnings into its modern form.Born in Yonkers, New York to Czech immigrants, Lapchick as a boy helped his struggling family make ends meet by scrounging for coal near railroad tracks. At age 12 the youngster started playing basketball around his neighborhood, wearing a uniform his mother had made for him. Like many youngsters of the era, he stopped going to school after the eighth grade. While working as a caddie and in a factory, the 15-year-old found he could make $5 to $10 per night playing for local basketball teams. At age 19 he was suiting up for four different touring teams, such as the Holyoke Reds, Brooklyn Visitations, and Troy Trojans, and pocketing up to $100 per game. Basketball became his life. Lapchick was rangy at 6-foot-5, making him a valuable commodity at a time when a jump ball was

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texts: held after every basket."I played one manager against the other," he said years later. "I bargained with the managers for every game. When there was a clash of dates, I took the best offer." In 1923 he joined the fabled Original Celtics (a team that was the second incarnation of the New York Celtics, which had disbanded during World War I). At first the team eschewed league play, choosing instead to barnstorm throughout the Northeast and wow crowds with its razzle-dazzle style of play. Conditions were spartan. When a large cut on Lapchick's wrist became infected with uniform dye, a teammate rubbed off the scab with a towel and doused the wound with whiskey.Luckily for <mask>, the treatment worked. The Celtics joined the American Basketball League in 1926 and won two straight titles. So dominant were <mask>, Nat Holman, and the rest of the Celtics that the league insisted the team disband. It did, in 1928. <mask> and two other former Celtics then joined the Cleveland Rosenblums, a team owned by a department store magnate who had named the team after himself. With <mask> starring at the pivot, the "Rosenblum Celtics" won two straight ABL titles. The Great Depression forced an end to the ABL in 1931.Still a young man, Lapchick re-formed the Celtics with Dutch Dehnert, Davey Banks, Nat Hickey, Johnny Beckman, Carl Husta and him. They hit the road for five years, with Lapchick handling driving duties, and Kate Smith singing "God Bless America" at games. In 1936 Lapchick landed the coaching job at St. John's University, New York City. In 11 seasons he steered the Redmen to a 180-55 record and two consecutive National Invitation Tournament titles, in 1943 and 1944. Overwhelmed by

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 straight NBA Finals from 1951 to 1953. The 1953–54 Knicks were more than just a team of talented players; eight of them went on to coach pro or college teams, a tribute to Lapchick's leadership. Though a great motivator, Lapchick was a wild man on the sidelines, stomping on his coat, smashing chairs, and tossing various objects into the air. Stress-related health problems forced him to quit near the end of the 1955–56 season. He left the Knicks with a 326-247 NBA coaching record. Lapchick rested for only a month before returning to St. John's, where in nine more seasons he led the Redmen to two more NIT crowns, giving them a record four titles.Lapchick wasn't just his players’ basketball coach; he monitored their academic performance as well. The school's mandatory-retirement rules forced <mask>, a two-time college Coach of the Year, to step down after the 1964–65 season at age 65. He had several heart attacks that year. The season ended with the Redmen upsetting Villanova, 55-51, in an emotional NIT Championship Game. Describing his final season at St. John's, <mask> told the Washington, D.C.–based Evening Star: "I used to double up with chest pains. Sometimes I couldn’t even talk to the team during halftime." Lapchick turned to writing.In 1968 he wrote 50 Years of Basketball, a book that was both a compilation of stories from Lapchick's early days as a player and an explanation of his coaching philosophy. As one of basketball's most prominent elder statesmen, Lapchick also stayed active as a spokesman for the sport. He died of a heart attack in Monticello, New York, in 1970 at age 70. Legacy and honors
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 a member of the Original Celtics in 1959 and as an individual in 1966. In his memory, St. John's created an annual preseason college basketball tournament entitled the Lapchick Memorial Tournament. <mask> married Elizabeth Sarubbi in 1931; they had one daughter and had two sons. <mask> was one of the original Ford models and graduated from Barnard College.Dr. <mask> is a human rights activist working for racial equality, an internationally recognized expert on sports issues, a scholar and an author. Lapchick is the Endowed Chair and Director of the DeVos Sport Business Management Program at the College of Business Administration, University of Central Florida. He is also President/CEO of the National Consortium for Academics and Sport (NCAS), a school outreach program which focuses on teaching youth how to improve race relations, and develop conflict resolution skills. <mask> graduated from the USMA and took a commission in the USAF. He earned a PhD at Harvard. He was superintendent of schools in Aspen, Colorado, and later an area superintendent in Philadelphia. References

External links

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title: Nikky Finney

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<mask> (born <mask> on August 26, 1957, in Conway, South Carolina) is an American poet. She was the Guy Davenport Endowed Professor of English at the University of Kentucky for twenty years. In 2013, she accepted a position at the University of South Carolina as the John H. Bennett, Jr. Chair in Southern Letters and Literature. An alumna of Talladega College, and author of four books of poetry and a short-story cycle, <mask> is an advocate for social justice and cultural preservation. Her honors include the 2011 National Book Award for her collection Head Off & Split. Biography
One of three children, <mask> is the only daughter of Ernest A<mask>, Jr., civil rights attorney and retired Chief Justice of the state of South Carolina, and <mask>, elementary school teacher.<mask>'s father began his career as a civil rights attorney, and in 1961, served as Head Legal Counsel for the Friendship 9, black junior college students arrested and charged when trying to desegregate McCrory's lunch counter in Rock Hill, South Carolina. In 1994, <mask>, Jr., was appointed by the State Legislature as the first African-American Chief Justice of South Carolina since Reconstruction. Both of <mask>'s brothers are attorneys in South Carolina: her older brother, Ernest "Chip<mask>, III, elected Solicitor of the Third Judicial Circuit, and her younger brother, Jerry Leo <mask>, in private practice in Columbia, SC. Both <mask>'s parents were raised on the family-owned land: <mask> on a farm in Virginia, and Frances Davenport <mask> on a farm in Newberry, SC. Themes of the African-American relationship to the land surface throughout Finney's work. Educated first in Catholic grade school, and then in South Carolina public schools during the riotous struggle over

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 integration, Finney was anchored in her youth by her maternal grandmother Beulah Lenorah Butler Davenport and by the inimitable constancy of the nearby South Carolina sea. A bookworm in childhood, she composed poetry and acquired the nickname "Nikky", likely in reference to poet Nikki Giovanni, who would later become a friend and mentor.Graduated from Sumter High School in 1975, <mask> matriculated at Talladega College, an HBCU in Alabama, where she was mentored by poet and essayist Dr Gloria Wade Gayles. After studying with Dr. Howard Zehr and graduating from Talladega College in 1979, Finney began her artistic career as a photographer. Finney committed to documenting the trajectory of African-American contributions to American creativity and culture. In Alabama, <mask> continued to advance as an autodidactic poet and creative artist. <mask> matriculated at Atlanta University, working in the African-American Studies department, under African-American historians Dr. Richard Long and Dr. David Dorsey. While in Atlanta, <mask> joined the Pamoja Writing Collective, the community writing workshop led by Toni Cade Bambara. Finney also immersed herself in study of the poetry and visual arts of the Black Arts Movement.Ultimately, limited potential for creative work in academic programs caused <mask> to abandon the constraints of graduate study and return to Talladega to work as a photographer. Hired as photographer and reporter by Byllye Y. Avery, for the newly organized, Atlanta-based National Black Women's Health Project, Finney traveled to Nairobi, Kenya, for the End of the Decade of Women Conference in 1985, and covered the historic UN conference for the National Black Women's Health Project. Career

<mask>'s targeted result of her

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texts: independent years was achieved: On Wings Made of Gauze, her first book of poems, was completed in Atlanta. The book was read and ushered to the late Eunice Riedel by Nikki Giovanni. Riedel acquired and edited On Wings Made of Gauze, which was published by William Morrow, in 1985. After publication of her first book of poems, <mask> relocated to the Bay Area, where she involved herself with progressive causes, and continued independent work as a poet. She was recruited to a position as Visiting Writer in the English department at the University of Kentucky (1989–90), by South Carolina-born novelist and poet Percival Everett.In 1993, <mask> was offered a post on the permanent faculty. Her second book of poetry, Rice, was completed in Lexington, Kentucky, and was published in 1995 by SisterVisions, a Canadian press. In 1997, Rice received a PEN American Open Book Award. Rice stands as the book that brought <mask> her many grass-roots followers. Her story cycle Heartwood, designed for literacy students, was published in 1998, by the University Press of Kentucky. <mask> took a leave from the University of Kentucky in 1999 to hold the Goode Chair in the Humanities at Berea College (founded in 1855), the first interracial and coeducational college in the South. After returning to the English Department at University of Kentucky, <mask>'s third book of poetry, The World is Round, was published by Inner Light Publishing in 2003.In 2005, she became Full Professor in the English Department at the University of Kentucky. In 2006, she was appointed Interim Director of the African American Studies and Research Program at the University of Kentucky. After the publication of The World is Round, <mask> was invited to Smith College, in Northampton,


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texts: Massachusetts, where she served for two years as the Grace Hazard Conkling Writer-in-Residence, from 2007 to 2009. <mask> edited and wrote the introduction to The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South, which was published by the University of Georgia Press in 2007, under the auspices of Cave Canem, an organization that works to increase opportunities for African-American poets. The Ringing Ear,  with entries selected and edited by <mask>, showcased the work of one hundred African-American poets who are southern or who wrote on southern subjects. <mask>'s fourth book of poems, Head Off & Split, was published by Northwestern University Press in 2011. On October 12, 2011, Head Off & Split was announced as a finalist for the 2011 National Book Awards, with <mask> honored as the 2011 winner of the National Book Award for Poetry on November 16, 2011.Her acceptance speech at the awards ceremony, touching on race, reading and writing, was judged by host John Lithgow as "the best acceptance speech for anything that I've ever heard in my life". Head Off & Split was selected as the 2015–16 First Year Book by the University of Maryland, College Park. This work provides an opportunity for students and faculty to delve into complex topics using a common text. <mask> was also commissioned to write a new poem entitled "The Battle of and for the Black Face Boy" to be presented to the campus community in October 2015. She is a contributor to the 2019 anthology New Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby. <mask> is a founding member of the Affrilachian Poets, a writing collective based in Lexington, Kentucky. She has served on the faculty and Board of the Cave Canem Foundation, where she shepherds younger poets in the spirit of her mentorship


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<mask> (28 June 1916 – 7 February 2000) was an English screenwriter, novelist and prominent figure in the Neopagan religion of Wicca, which he devoted much of his later life to propagating with the aid of his seventh wife, <mask>, and then his friend Gavin Bone as well. A devout communist in early life, he worked as a reporter for such newspapers as the Soviet Weekly and the Daily Worker, and also served in the British army during the Second World War. He was responsible for writing episodes for such television series as Dr. Finlay's Casebook, Armchair Theatre and Crossroads, and for his work in writing radio scripts won a Writer's Guild Award. He also published a string of novels, written in such disparate genres as crime, romance and fantasy. After being initiated into Alexandrian Wicca by Maxine Sanders in 1970, he subsequently published one of the earliest books to describe this newly burgeoning religion, What Witches Do (1971). Within only a few months of being initiated, he had risen to the position of High Priest and founded his own coven in south London, with <mask>, whom he would later handfast and then legally marry, as his High Priestess. In 1976 the couple moved to Ireland, where they went about founding new covens and initiating new people into Wicca - according to George Knowles, "some seventy five percent of Wiccans both in the Republic and North of Ireland can trace their roots back to the Farrar's [sic]".With Janet, he also set about writing books about the subject, most notably Eight Sabbats for Witches (1981) and The Witches' Way (1984). Because of his work in propagating the Craft, the historian Ronald Hutton compared him to Gerald Gardner and Alex Sanders as "the third and last of the great male figures who have formed Wicca". Biography

Early life: 1916–1937
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