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 draft. Major League Baseball career

Montreal Expos (1996–2001)
<mask> began his professional baseball career with the GCL Expos of the Gulf Coast League in 1996; in 32 games, he batted .241 with 27 hits. The following season, he played nine games for the GCL Expos and 50 for the Vermont Expos, a short season affiliate of the Montreal Expos. For Vermont, he was named to the postseason New York–Penn League All-Star team. In 1998, he played for the Cape Fear Crocs and the Jupiter Hammerheads, tying for the Croc team lead in doubles with 21 while hitting .302 for the Crocs and .287 for the Hammerheads. While playing for the Harrisburg Senators the next season, he was suspended seven games for starting a fight after he had been hit by a pitch. He also played for the silver-medal-winning United States in the 1999 Pan American Games.Finishing 76–66, the Senators played the Norwich Navigators for the Eastern League championship. The series was tied two games to two in a best-of-five series. In the final game, <mask> hit a walk-off grand slam with two outs and a full count, in the bottom of the ninth inning, to give the Senators a 12–11 win. During the next season, after playing in 88 games for the Ottawa Lynx, he was promoted to the major league club and made his MLB debut on July 19, 2000. In his debut, he hit three straight singles against the New York Mets; and for the season, he batted .221 with 15 RBI over 42 games played. For the 2001 Expos, <mask> played 67 games, including one on April 26 in which he walked to give the Expos the go-ahead run against Rick Ankiel of the St. Louis Cardinals in the top of the 15th inning. On July

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 31 of that year, he was traded to the Cleveland Indians to serve as a possible replacement for Kenny Lofton; in exchange, the Expos received right-handed pitcher Zach Day.Speaking to the Associated Press about the trade, Indians General Manager John Hart stated:

Cleveland Indians (2001–2003)

After the deal, <mask> was assigned to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons and reported to the team on August 2. In addition to the 30 games he played for the Bisons, he also played 10 games for the major league Indians. On April 15, 2002, he was placed on the disabled list (DL) following an appendectomy a day earlier at St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. He went on the disabled list again on May 2 with a broken orbital bone and a scratched iris after a batted ball had bounced off the outfield wall and hit him below his left eye while he was trying to make a catch; up to that point, he was hitting .266 in 23 games. After a rehabilitation stint of six games with the Bisons, he was reactivated by the Indians on June 4 and finished the season with a .249 batting average, 38 RBIs and nine home runs. <mask> spent the 2003 campaign with the Indians. Despite being placed on the 15-day DL with a strained right hamstring and missing the final six weeks of the season with a lower back injury, he led the team in stolen bases, with 17.On August 30, while on the DL with a back injury, he was ticketed for speeding in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. After being stopped, he refused the ticket and sped away. He pleaded not guilty to speeding and fleeing charges on September 12, but was sentenced to a three-day jail term. The ruling was upheld by the Supreme

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 Court of Ohio in December 2004. On November 19, 2003 he signed a one-year, $1.73 million contract with the Indians for the Indians to avoid salary arbitration with him. During spring training, he was banned from the Indians' training camp after not running out a popup a game earlier. On April 3, 2004, he was traded to the Dodgers for Franklin Gutiérrez and a player to be named later (Andrew Brown); the Akron Beacon Journal later reported that manager Eric Wedge had insisted that <mask> be traded.Los Angeles Dodgers (2004–2005)

In his first game with the Dodgers, playing center field, <mask> went 2-for-3, with two singles and two walks. On June 1, he was ejected from a game by home plate umpire Terry Craft for arguing over balls and strikes. After being restrained by manager Jim Tracy, he returned to the dugout and threw a ball bag onto the field. <mask> was suspended for four games and Tracy for one game. On September 19, he hit a 479-foot home run against the Colorado Rockies in Coors Field. On September 28, during a home game against the Rockies, <mask> mishandled a line drive and was charged with an error. A fan threw a bottle at <mask>, who left his position in right field, picked up the bottle and threw it into the stands, yelling at the fan.<mask> was immediately ejected from the game. The next day, MLB suspended him for the remainder of the season and fined him an undisclosed amount. In postseason play, he hit .273 with a home run while the Dodgers lost the National League Division Series to the St. Louis Cardinals three games to one. He finished the 2004 season batting .267 with 19 home runs and 67 RBIs, but was caught

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 stealing 11 times, tying for eighth most in MLB. During the offseason, <mask> went through anger management counseling. In a game against the San Francisco Giants on April 12, 2005, he drove in two runs with a single to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs, the winning run then scoring on Jason Ellison's error in the same play. On August 25, 2005, after hitting .290 with 38 RBIs in 75 games, he was put on the 15-day DL with a torn patellar tendon and anterior cruciate ligament which rendered him inactive for the remainder of the season.On December 13, 2005, the Dodgers traded him to the Oakland Athletics along with infielder Antonio Pérez for outfielder prospect Andre Ethier. Oakland Athletics (2006–2007)
In his first season with the Oakland Athletics, <mask> posted a .276 batting average with 14 home runs and 52 runs batted in, in a part-time role. He went on the 15-day DL on May 11, 2006 for a strained oblique muscle and a sprained right knee. On July 30, he hit a three-run walk-off home run to beat the Toronto Blue Jays with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. During game four of the 2006 American League Championship Series versus the Detroit Tigers, <mask> became the third player in MLB history to hit home runs from each side of the plate in a postseason game, joining Bernie Williams and Chipper Jones. For the series, he went nine-for-eighteen with two home runs and five RBIs. On June 21, 2007, the Athletics designated him for assignment.A trade completed the next day, which would have sent <mask> to the Kansas City Royals for Leo Núñez, was voided by the Royals because <mask> had sustained

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 an oblique injury in his last game as an Athletic. He was then traded to the San Diego Padres on June 29, with cash, in exchange for Andrew Brown; it was the second time those two players had been traded for each other. San Diego Padres (2007)

<mask> started his tenure with the Padres on the 15-day DL, but came off it on July 7; in July, he batted .364 with four home runs and 12 RBI in 18 games. On September 23, 2007, however, he tore his right ACL while being restrained by Padres manager Bud Black during an altercation with first base umpire Mike Winters. Home plate umpire Brian Runge reportedly told <mask> that Winters said that he had tossed his bat in Runge's direction in a previous at-bat. After <mask> reached first base, he questioned Winters about the alleged bat throwing and subsequent communication with Runge. According to <mask> and Padres first base coach Bobby Meacham, Winters addressed <mask> with a barrage of profanity.<mask> then moved towards Winters. While restrained by Black, <mask> fell to the ground and injured himself. He missed the final week of the regular season in 2007, during which the Padres lost to the Colorado Rockies in a one game playoff for the National League wild card on October 1. Winters was suspended for the remainder of the season and also spent the postseason on the restricted list for the incident, after MLB determined that he had indeed directed obscene language toward <mask>. <mask> was not suspended, MLB finding no need for such discipline since he did not make physical contact with Winters. Texas Rangers (2008)
After the 2007 season, <mask> agreed to a one-year contract with the

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 Texas Rangers. He announced in early January 2008 that he expected to be healthy and ready to play in the season opener.As the Rangers' designated hitter, he led the AL in on-base percentage (.436) and on-base plus slugging (.999), and was third in batting average (.321). On making the All-Star game, he stated, "If I somehow miraculously made it to the All-Star Game, I would be floored. I'd really be totally humbled by that. I'm just happy right now to play, to produce and to be with a good group of guys." He was selected to play in his first All-Star Game in 2008 as a designated hitter (DH) after being officially selected as a DH reserve, but due to an injury to David Ortiz he became the starting DH in the 2008 MLB All-Star Game. According to The Dallas Morning News <mask> attempted to confront Kansas City Royals television announcer Ryan Lefebvre in the press box following a June 2008 game for what he believed were unfair comments made on the air. As the Rangers' designated hitter, <mask> watched the broadcast when he was not batting and took offense to a comparison Lefebvre made between him and Josh Hamilton.Manager Ron Washington and general manager Jon Daniels chased after him and stopped him before he got to Lefebvre, at which point he returned to the clubhouse in tears and said:

He was quoted by Rangers radio broadcasters as saying that he never intended to physically harm Lefebvre but did want to speak to him; Daniels said he was upset that someone he didn't know was judging him. Chicago Cubs (2009)
On January 8, 2009, <mask> signed a three-year, $30 million deal with the Chicago Cubs. He was issued a two-game


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 and 40 RBIs before being traded to the Seattle Mariners for Carlos Silva and cash on December 18, 2009. Seattle Mariners (2010–2011)

<mask> was part of a flurry of offseason moves by the Mariners in hopes of returning to the playoffs, having not reached the postseason since 2001. On May 4, 2010, he removed himself from a game, without permission, and left the stadium after an "angry exchange" with Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu after <mask> struck out with the bases loaded.The Mariners placed <mask> on the restricted list on May 6, and activated <mask> from the restricted list on May 19. He ended the season on the DL after having been placed there on July 31, retroactive to July 27, prior to arthroscopic surgery on his right knee to repair a lateral meniscus tear on August 17. He finished the 2010 season batting .205, with eight home runs and 29 RBIs over 73 games played. On May 9, 2011, the Mariners designated <mask> for assignment after starting the 2011 season hitting .218 with two home runs and 13 RBI in 28 games. Reportedly, the Mariners lost patience with <mask> due to his performance in a series against the White Sox. In the first game, he was ejected for arguing balls and strikes in the eighth inning, preventing the Mariners from putting in a pinch-runner due to not having enough available players. In the second game, he was booed for not hustling after several balls hit his way.In the final game, he made a poor throw that led to two White Sox runs. The Mariners released <mask> on May 16. Personal life
In August 2003, <mask> was stopped in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio for speeding and drove away before signing for his ticket.


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texts: In February 2004, he was sentenced to serve three days in jail, pay a $250 fine and complete 40 hours of community service. In 2003, <mask> met his future wife, Monique Williams, a community relations intern for the Indians, while with the team. In 2005, <mask> was the Dodgers' nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award for working with the Dodgers Dream Foundation, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, and the Long Beach Boys & Girls Clubs, among other charities. <mask> has also opened two baseball academies, one in Long Beach and another in Baldwin Hills.In August 2005, Redondo Beach police received three domestic-violence-related calls from <mask>'s house. No charges were filed. In 2006, <mask> filed for divorce but the petition was never finalized. On January 18, 2011, <mask> was arrested at his home in Encino, California and charged with making criminal threats to his wife. When he agreed to participate in an out-of-court hearing process, no charges were filed against him. However, his wife subsequently filed for divorce. In January 2013, <mask> was charged with several crimes stemming from five different domestic incidents which occurred in 2011 and 2012.On June 3, 2013, <mask> was convicted by a jury of nine counts of physically attacking and threatening his wife including four counts of spousal battery, two counts of criminal threats, one count of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of vandalism and one count of brandishing a deadly weapon. On July 2, 2013, <mask> received a sentence of 32 months in prison and 52 weeks of anger management and domestic violence classes. Pending appeal, <mask> was released on $250,000 bail. On


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 September 14, 2013, at the age of 33, <mask>'s wife died at Encino Hospital Medical Center; an October 10 death certificate listed cryptogenic cirrhosis of the liver, hemorrhagic shock and cardiac arrest as her causes of death. In 2015, <mask> maintained sole custody of his and Monique's two sons. A Los Angeles appellate court rejected <mask>'s appeal on January 21, 2015. Sports Illustrated reported in May 2015 that following another unsuccessful appeal, <mask> was ordered to begin serving the 32-month sentence for his 2013 convictions, with the hearing judge stating that <mask>'s request for leniency was "breathtaking, frankly, in how callous" it was.In early 2016, <mask>'s request to have his jail sentence reduced was denied by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge. By April 2018, <mask>, according to Sports Illustrated, had been married to his second wife, Rachel, for two and a half years. In April 2018, <mask> was charged with spousal battery and taken into custody on bail of $175,000 for allegedly assaulting his wife during a January 2018 incident, at which time <mask> was on probation for his earlier domestic violence conviction. In June 2018 <mask> pleaded no contest to domestic battery, was sentenced to 36 months of probation, and was required to complete 52 weeks of domestic violence counseling. References

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Konstantinos "<mask>" <mask> (; born 2 December 1993) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Bundesliga club VfL Bochum, on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim. He represents the Greece national team. Early career
<mask> started his football career at the age of 6, joining his village football team Aetos Akropotamou. At the age of 12, PAOK scouts recognized his talent, and he joined the club's academies. <mask> has played for all PAOK youth teams. Club career

PAOK
After rising through the youth ranks where he featured at every level, while also breaking into the Greek national youth set up after earning call-ups to the U17s and U19s starting in 2010, <mask> would make his full debut for the White-Blacks in autumn 2011 against Panetolikos, even registering the first assist of his full professional career in the same outing. Bayer Leverkusen
In the summer of 2012 and after his good performance at the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, Stafylidis attracted attention from German club Bayer Leverkusen.After weeks of negotiations and due to PAOK's financial problems the team accepted a bid of €1.5 million from Leverkusen, but decided to stay for one more year as a loan, in his former club. Having failed to break into the first-team at the BayArena for the 2013–14 season, he was again chucked out on loan, this time to England where he would join up with Championship side Fulham. Loan to Fulham
On 9 July 2014, <mask> joined Fulham, recently relegated to the EFL Championship, on a season-long loan. Fulham had the option to buy <mask> permanently at the end of his loan spell. He made 44 appearances with the club in all competitions. At the end of the season, he returned to Bayer Leverkusen.

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Though he would return to Leverkusen, fellow Bundesliga outfit FC Augsburg would bring him to Bavaria in a deal worth £2.1 million as both Bundesliga clubs confirmed in official statements.On 22 August 2015, he made his debut with the club in a 1–1 away draw against Eintracht Frankfurt. On 12 October 2015, <mask> was injured in the game against Hungary. "It's a minor injury. I will be out for 20 days", he mentioned. On 10 December 2015, he returned to the squad in a historic 3–1 away game against FK Partizan for UEFA Europa League, as they needing to score three and win by a two-goal margin, they were understandably on the front foot from the get-go. On 6 February 2016, in an away 2–1 loss against Ingosltadt <mask> scored his first goal with the club with a wonderful kick, after taking the rebound outside the penalty area. It was his first goal for the season.On 25 February 2016, in the second leg of the last 32 of UEFA Europa League,  Stafylidis one minute before the final whistle, curls his free-kick over the wall but just wide of the upright. That was almost curtains for Liverpool that with James Milner’s early penalty was enough to book their place in the last 16 of the Europa League for the first time in five years at the expense of Augsburg. Despite the move at the beginning of the 2015–16 campaign, <mask> would only go on to make sixteen total appearances (eleven in the Bundesliga) in what would be Markus Weinzierl’s final season in charge before moving Schalke 04 the summer of 2016. It has been under new boss Dirk Schuster that Stafylidis has been truly impressive during the 2016–17 campaign. On 11 September 2016, <mask> notched the fifth direct free-kick in Augsburg's Bundesliga history, helping

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texts: his club to escape with a crucial 2–1 away win against Werder Bremen. On 18 September 2016, despite his goal in the equaliser a minute later Mainz restore their lead through Yunus Mallı's glancing header, in a frustrating 1–3 home loss. On 16 October 2016, the Greek international defender was the cause of Breel Embolo's severe injury as he broke the Schalke forward's ankle in a tackle, in Augsburg's clash with Schalke and the former has now apologised, stating he never meant to harm him.Switzerland international Embolo could be set to miss the rest of the season after sustaining the injury midway through the first half of 1–1 draw between the teams. <mask>, who was booked for the challenge, was quick to offer his condolences to the 19-year-old striker. On 23 February 2017, the club announced the extension of Stafylidis till the summer of 2019, for an undisclosed fee. On 3 March 2017, he opened the score with a fierce 30-yard strike, in a 2–2 home draw against RB Leipzig. On 18 March 2017, Stafylidis made Lukas Kübler look bad and heads a cross from Georg Teigl to the top of the second post equalizing the score in a 1–1 home draw against SC Freiburg. <mask> not only scored his fourth league goal of the 2016–17 season against the Black Forest outfit, but the Greek defender’s set-pieces were also a constant source of worry for the visitors, who were perhaps lucky to escape the WWK Arena with a share of the spoils. Despite his performance in the 2016–17 season, this year's first half counts for just 31 minutes of participation, as a substitute in two games against Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayern Munich, as he has fallen out of favour with manager Manuel Baum and a move is possible in January transfer window.He returned

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 to Augsburg at the beginning of 2018–19 season, but he made his first appearance in the season on 23 December in a 2–3 home loss game against VfL Wolfsburg. Loan to Stoke City
In January 2018, <mask> joined Premier League side Stoke City on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season, becoming new manager Paul Lambert's first signing. On 3 February 2018, he made his debut with the club as a late substitute for Badou Ndiaye in a 2–1 away loss against Bournemouth. A rib injury restricted Stafylidis to just five appearances for Stoke as the club suffered relegation to the EFL Championship. 1899 Hoffenheim
On 15 May 2019, <mask> will remain in the Bundesliga through 2023 after signing a contract with 1899 Hoffenheim on a free transfer. <mask> spent the last four seasons with Augsburg, with a loan spell at Stoke City, and recorded 61 appearances, five goals, and three assists across all competitions. He is expected to take the place of Nico Schulz, who will likely make a move to Borussia Dortmund this summer.On 18 January 2020, he scored his first goal with the club with a kick in a 2–1 home loss against Eintracht Frankfurt. On 6 September 2020 he faced a shoulder injury that will keep him away of the squad for at least six months. On 23 February 2021, after a very difficult period for the defender marred by injury (167 days to be exact), he injured himself without any outside interference while training. A thorough examination has revealed that the Greek defender has suffered a fracture of the tibial plateau and will be out for several weeks. Loan to Bochum
In August 2021, he signed a season-long loan contract with German club VfL Bochum. On 21 August 2021, for almost 17 months without being even a change in a game, it

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 came in as a substitute, in a 2-0 Bundesliga home win game against Mainz. International career

He also played a major role in the Greek squad at the Under-19 European Champions and won a runners-up medal, after losing 1–0 to Spain U19, being named to the team of the tournament.<mask> made his debut with Greece national football team in a friendly match against Republic of Ireland on 14 November 2012, in which Greece won 1–0. On 11 October 2015, he scored his first goal with Greece in a 4–3 home win against Hungary when he opened the score, scoring their first home goal of the campaign as he turned in a cross from Stelios Kitsiou at close range in the fifth minute. On 10 October 2016, an exact year after his first goal, he scored  from a free kick with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner, sealing a 2–0 away 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification win against Estonia. Honours
Greece U19
UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2012

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UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2012

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Herbert Alan Gerwig (April 26, 1931 – November 10, 2011) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name of <mask>, who competed in the National Wrestling Alliance as well as international promotions such as All Japan Pro Wrestling, the International Wrestling Alliance and World Championship Wrestling during the 1960s and 1970s. Career
Gerwig began his career in 1956. Rumors were that in 1957, <mask> earned the name, <mask>, when he performed his famous finishing move, the brainbuster, on his opponent by holding him upside down for a period of time and allowing the blood to rush to the brain. As a singles heel through the sixties, he was a top-of-card fixture battling well-established crowd favourites such as Mark Lewin, Spiros Arion, Tex McKenzie, Dominic Denucci and Mario Milano. Enormous numbers from Australia's nascent ethnic community turned out to support Arion, Denucci and Milano, and <mask> risked riots at every appearance. On February 21, 1967, he and Iron Mike DiBiase defeated Pedro Morales & Ricky Romero to win the WWA World Tag Team titles. He defeated Buddy Rogers to win the MWCW North American title in March 1968.Fans longed to see the brainbuster deployed on the side of good, and this boon was granted in 1971 when the <mask> turned into a babyface in a nationally televised mea culpa - he pledged to change his ways on a solemn promise to his dying mother. This created much heat in the already booming Australian wrestling promotion, where the fixture was an ongoing television "war" between the good guys referred to as "The People's Army" (Lewin, Curtis, Arion, Milano and visiting faces from overseas) and the "mercenary soldiers" managed by Kentucky biker / preacher Big Bad John. The turning of the tables saw the erstwhile <mask> create great excitement in tag matches against his former heel comrades Abdullah the Butcher, Brute Bernard, Dick "The

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texts: Bulldog" Brower, Tiger Singh, Waldo Von Erich and Japanese heels like Mr Fuji and the Tojo Brothers. He lost to Johnny Weaver on May 4, 1973, in a Hair vs Mask match while working as The Masked Menace. He won the Florida Brass Knucks title by winning a tournament, and also defended the title against Rocky Johnson and Steve Keirn. In February 1978, he defeated Dusty Rhodes to win the Florida heavyweight title. At a wrestling show later that year, <mask> was wrestling a match when a fan started to repeatedly hit him with an umbrella.Security got involved and detained the fan, but instead of kicking the fan out of the show, <mask> requested that they bring him into a backroom with the door locked. He allegedly requested that security not let him out until it was alright doing so. Security took the fan to a back room and locked the door. After <mask>'s match ended, he told security to open the door and he went in. Five minutes later, <mask> walked out of the room and the fan was found lying on the floor, covered in blood and was knocked out unconscious. In the wrestling profession, <mask> <mask> was always a popular figure for his humour, behind-the-scenes practical jokes and inventiveness in furthering the promotion ("the greatest gimmicks man in the business" said one admiring colleague). His grudge matches were well-calibrated and exciting, building through a series of disqualifications and non-decisions through run-in interference, and often climaxing in a conditional match in which "the loser packs his bags and leaves town."This saw off one or the other of the combatants as they travelled to fulfill other promotional runs in other countries; battle would be re-joined next season when the participants returned for another highly profitable run. Dick Murdoch once listed a number of people he had supposedly defeated and put out of wrestling, including a midget wrestler from the

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 1940s (few people caught the jope reference) and also listed on Herb Gelwig, (who was of course <mask> <mask> with whom he teamed several times and was still quite active.) On October 9, 1979, he defeated Wahoo McDaniel to win the Georgia State Heavyweight title. He was cheered in Australia for one of the few times in his life when he faced the team of Abdullah & Bulldog Brower. He then retired in 1982. Among <mask> <mask>'s famous matches in Australia, his feuds with man-mountain Haystacks Calhoun usually involved the insinuation of foreign objects into the proceedings by Kox. At the end of one season, Kox "left Australia for medical treatment in the states" when, in a strap match with Bulldog Brower, his eye was nearly removed (the wound was unbandaged to show the television audience).A headline making event was when a television match for the Australian championship against Spiros Arion was declared ended due to time limit by well-loved commentator Jack Little. <mask> responded by applying the Brain Buster to the unfortunate Little, who was hospitalized and required to call matches the following month in a neck brace. <mask> made his final wrestling-related appearance at VCCW Quest for the Crown II in August 2011, taking part in a meet and greet as well as later presenting the championship to Scot Summers. Death
On November 10, 2011, <mask> died at the age of 80 following a heart attack and a stroke he had suffered nearly three weeks prior, in October 20. Championships and accomplishments
All Japan Pro Wrestling
NWA International Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Cyclone Negro
American Wrestling Association
Nebraska Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Central States Wrestling
NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
NWA Central States Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Takachiho
NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Central States version) (2 times) – with

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<mask> (born August 8, 1973 in Reggio Emilia, Italy) is an Italian author of historical fiction, thrillers, theater plays and screenplays. Her novels being based on true historical events touch various topics and periods. In addition she publishes some very short stories on her blog in English and Italian. Biography
<mask> only coincidentally was born in Reggio Emilia as her mother visited her family in the vicinity. In fact the parents, her father <mask>, an engineer and business man and her mother Anna Maria Francesconi-Trebeschi a specialist for ancient furniture, lived in Bologna, Italy, which, even after moving several times, <mask> refers to as "her city". Here she also went to the school of the Dominicans from early age till high school. Her father first guided her into the direction of natural science even though, already as a teenager, she took pleasure in humanistic subjects like Literature and History of Art and thanks to one of her teachers, Sister Ignazia, she grew very fond of History.From very early stage she was a ravenous reader and her father encouraged this attitude feeding her hunger with many different genres so that at the age of twelve she already had read, among others, Hemingway’s The old man and the sea, nearly all Emilio Salgari and Jules Verne novels, Dumas's The Three Musketeers and Italo Calvino’s The Cloven Viscount, The nonexistent Knight and The Baron in the Trees. Very early in her life she started learning foreign languages and, in order to do it correctly and with adequate pronunciation, she went to England and France for some time before she turned eighteen. At the age of nineteen the family moved

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title: Giada Trebeschi

texts: to Pescara, Italy where she also went to G. D'Annunzio University. Being fascinated by international Literature and, based on her curiosity for other places and cultures, she decided to study Foreign Languages and Literature. On 27 November 1996 she graduated in foreign languages cum laude at the university of Pescara and exactly two years later on 27 November 1998 she graduated a second time in Italian Literature and History of Art at the University of Chieti. In 1994 she initiates a theater University group called The Merry Devils Group of Players with the goal of putting on stage plays in original language, initially in English and later, from 1997 to 2002 also in French, Spanish, German and Italian. As an actress she went on stage with Shakespearian plays like Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night's Dream, 12th Night, Marlowe's Faustus and, in 2002, she is Katarina in The Taming of the Shrew.Based on these experiences in 2002 she starts writing for the theatre with her first play Nouvelle – Omaggio a D´Annunzio being a theatre-dance opera. Her intensive experience as an actress helps her to write for the stage and many of her original plays as well as her translations and adaptations are produced and taken on stage locally and on Italian tournées. From 1998 to 2005 <mask> <mask> worked as an assistant of Modern and Contemporary History at G. D'Annunzio University in Pescara. These years are frustrating and inspiring for her at the same time whereas 2005 becomes a key year in her life, in February she accomplishes her Ph.D. in History at the University of Basilicata in Potenza, Italy, in May she publishes her first novel Gli

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 Ezzelino. Signori della Guerra and in June she marries and moves to Switzerland. While building up her family, starting to learn German and spending some time in the Goethe city of Weimar, in 2008 her second novel, Le donne del Grimorio, a book about three generations of witches, is published. In 2012, the year she starts to add Spanish to her collection of foreign languages she also moves to Spain and her third novel: La Dama Roja is published in Spanish.Since 2014 <mask> <mask> is living in Germany whilst she is present on various literature festivals in Italy presenting authors like Wulf Dorn, Petros Markaris, Tim Willocks and many others, making use of her language skills and international experience. In 2020 she starts "La rubrica delle parole desuete" becoming a cultural influencer with more than 160.000 followers on Facebook. Awards
Finalist for "Gli Ezzelino. Signori della guerra" - Campiello - Opera Prima 2006. First Prize for the unpublished novel "L'autista di Dio" - Giallo Garda 2017. Special Prize of the jury for the historical novel "Il vampiro di Venezia" - Garfagnana in giallo 2017. First prize historical thriller for the novel "L'autista di Dio" Garfagnana in giallo - Barga noir 2018.Special prize of the popular jury Palmastoria 2018 for the novel "Il vampiro di Venezia". Honour award Premio letterario internazionale città di Cattolica 2020 for the novel "Undici Passi". Best Historical Setting for the novel "La bestia a due schiene" Garfagnana in giallo - Barga noir 2021. Published work

 Gli Ezzelino. Signori della guerra, Oakmond Publishing 2021,
Il convento dei segreti, Newton Compton 2022, ISBN:


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 9788822756473

Theatre plays

 2002 Nouvelle – Omaggio a D’Annunzio
 2003 Itinerario Shakespeariano
 2003 E le femmine…?! Tutte streghe! 2003 Viaggio Dantesco
 2004 Ilio
 2004 dell’Odissea
 2005 Echeggiano nel Vento
 2005 E le bomboniere??!No! 2006 Carpe Diem
 2006 Arlecchino in cerca d´autore
 2007 Dannunziana
 2009 A letto con... Willy! 2010 Il gran teatro del mondo
 2019 Sulla pelle del diavolo co-author Giorgio Rizzo
 2021 Lo spettacolo delle desuete co-author Giorgio Rizzo

A yet unpublished screenplay, The Confession, dealing with the problem of ethnic cleansing <mask> <mask> wrote in 2004 under the impression of the wars in former Yugoslavia, Darfur and many other places, initially sparked by an intensive conversation with a Bosnian actress at a reception in Berlin, Germany. External links
 <mask> Trebeschi's Official Website
 About "LA DAMA ROJA" in El Mundo
 Giada Trebeschi's Blog (English)
 Giada Trebeschi's Blog (Italian)
 List of scientific publications etc. of Dr. <mask> Trebeschi (Italian)
 Yareah Magazin (Spanish and English)
 A blog article about A letto con... Willy! (Italian)

References

Italian women writers
1973 births
Writers from Bologna
Living people
Italian screenwriters
D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara

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title: Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart

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Pierre-Justin-<mask> (8 April 1776 – 25 November 1855) was a French entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera. He worked on world species as well as European and described many new species. Biography

Early years
Macquart was born in Hazebrouck, France, in 1776 and died in Lille in 1855. He was interested in natural history from an early age due to his older brother who was an ornithologist and a Fellow of the Société de Sciences de l’Agriculture et des Arts de la Ville de Lille and whose bird collection became the foundation of the societies museum, the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Lille. A second brother founded a botanic garden with a collection of over 3000 species of plants. Macquart, too became interested in natural history. In 1796 he joined the staff of General Armand Samuel then campaigning in the Revolutionary Wars.He was a secretary and draftsman. The general staff was stationed in Schwetzingen, then Heidelberg, Mainz, Aarau, Basel and Zurich. He left the army in 1798 returning to Lille with German books, insects and birds. French Diptera, Meigen and Marriage
He then worked full-time on insects and studying in the library and on 27 Nivôse, Year 11 of the French Revolutionary Calendar (1802) he was elected a Fellow of the Société de Sciences de l’Agriculture et des Arts de la Ville de Lille. Soon he began travelling around France and went several times to Paris where he met Pierre André Latreille who suggested to specialize on Diptera, following the pioneering work of Johann Wilhelm Meigen. After some time in Holland he married and moved from Hazebrouck to Lestrem where he


title: Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart

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 became mayor, from 1817 to 1852, then a member of the Conseil général of Pas-de-Calais. At this time he began intensive studies of Diptera examining the collections of
Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, André Étienne d'Audebert de Férussac, Amédée Louis Michel Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville, Alexandre Louis Lefèbvre de Cérisy, Gaspard Auguste Brullé and François Louis de la Porte, comte de Castelnau in France.He also went to Hamburg where Wilhelm von Winthem had assembled the largest collection of Diptera in the world. At the age of 25 he was one of the founders of the Société d’Amateurs des Sciences et Arts de la Ville de Lille. Many of his publications were published in the Mémoires of this Society. He also expanded the natural history holdings of the Musee d'Histoire Naturelle de Lille. His early taxonomic work included the Insectes diptères du nord de la France, published in Lille in 4 parts from 1826-1829. This prompted Latreille to enlist him as the author of the Diptera volumes of Suites à Buffon under his editorship. This arrangement was continued by Nicolas Roret when Latreille became ill. Two volumes were published (1834-1835) as Histoire naturelle des insectes Dipteres where non-European as well as European Diptera were treated.In 1839 <mask> visited Johann Wilhelm Meigen, then aged 75, in Stolberg, purchasing his notes and drawings and
bringing his collection to Paris where it is now in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. This established <mask> as Meigen's successor and Paris as the centre of Dipterology. Exotic

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 continued to pour into the museum from these and other sources as Macquarts reputation spread.Last years
In 1845 Macquart went to Switzerland to see Maximilian Perty and from there to Germany, aware that events were moving rapidly to the revolutions of 1848. This was his last journey outside Paris. He is buried in Lille. Societies
<mask> was a Member of the
Entomological Society of Stettin, the Linnean Society of London and the Société entomologique de France

Selected works

1811. Mémoire sur les plantations dans le département du Nord. Séance Publique de la Société des Sciences de Lille, 4, 116–131. (first published paper)
1819.Notice sur les insectes Hemiptères du genre Psylle. Seanc Soc Sci Agr Arts Lille 5: 81-86. 1826 Insectes diptères du nord de la France 1 and 2 Asiliques, bombyliers, xylotomes, leptides, vésiculeux, stratiomydes, xylophagites, tabaniens Lille : impr. L. Danel. 1827 Insectes diptères du nord de la France 3 Platypézines, dolichopodes, empides, hybotides Lille : impr. L. Danel. 1829 Insectes diptères du nord de la France 4, Syrphies Lille : impr.L. Danel. 1834-1835. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Dipteres Paris : Roret. 1838 Insectes diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Two volumes. Paris: Roret.All these works are available as free electronic texts from the National Library of France, Gallica. 1839 Diptéres. In ‘ Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries,’ by Philip Barker Webb and Sabin Berthelot,
vol. 2, pt. 2, p. 97. Paris. 1842 Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus Mémoires Soc Sci Agr Arts Lille 1841(1): 62-200.1843 Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus


title: John Gribbel

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<mask> (March 29, 1858 – August 25, 1936) was an American businessman, industrialist and philanthropist. He is best remembered for his donation of the  Glenriddell Manuscripts to the National Library of Scotland. Biography
<mask> was born March 29, 1858, in Hudson City, (now known as Jersey City), New Jersey, the son of <mask>, a manufacturer of mining equipment, and Anna West Simmons, his wife. Both parents were born in Cornwall, England and emigrated to the United States in 1838. After preparatory courses of study, he entered the College of the City of New York, remaining until 1876. In that year he found employment in the Importers' and Traders' National Bank of New York City, transferring his services, in 1877, to the Leather Manufacturers' Bank in the same city. After remaining with the latter institution until 1883, Gribbel went to Philadelphia as agent for Harris, Griffin & Company, manufacturers of gas meters.In 1890 the firm was reorganized under the name John J. Griffin & Company, and Gribbel was admitted to a junior partnership. Two years later, Griffin died and Gribbel became sole owner of the business, which continued under the same name and ownership and was notably successful. Gas, electricity and other business interests

After becoming head of this concern, the sphere of his interests gradually widened to such an extent as to assume a national character and to include gas, electric and street railway utilities, operating in several parts of the United States. Among the most prominent of Gribbel's gas interests was the Brooklyn Borough Gas Company, of which he was vice-president. He was president of the Royal Electrotype Company, and a director of the Girard National Bank, the Real Estate Trust Company, the Pennsylvania

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 Sugar Company and the National Properties Company, which controlled among other projects the Wilmington and Chester railways and the American Railways System. From 1907, he was president of the Fairmount Savings Trust Company until that company was absorbed by a larger financial institution. Gribbel was also a director of the United Gas and Electric Corporation of New York; president of the Tampa Gas Company, Florida; the Helena Gas and Electric Company, Arkansas; the Corpus Christi Electric Company, Texas; and the Athens Gas Company, Georgia.He was a member of the American Gas Institute and the Association of Illuminating Engineers. Residences

One of Gribbells residences was St. Austel Hall in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, designed by architect Horace Trumbauer and built between 1899 and 1900 by George F. Payne and Company of Philadelphia at a cost of $74,000. The design was based on an English manor named Kelmscott House, which had been owned by William Morris. It was named for St Austell, Cornwall, his mother's former home before immigrating to the United States. The house included a library, billiard room and a built-in pipe organ. It was located on a 42-acre estate. The house was demolished in the 1950s to make way for a housing project.Only the gardener's cottage remains. <mask> also owned a summer cottage named "Weatherend" on Deadman Point in Rockport, Maine. Litigation
In Gribbel v. Brown (1900) 9 Pa. Dist. 524 and Harris v. Brown (1900) 9 Pa. Dist. 521, which were tried at the same time, the court ruled against Gribbel on the grounds that his lawsuit was champerty. ("The distinguishing feature of champerty is the support of litigation by a stranger in return for a share of the proceeds.") Publishing
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 1934), daughter of Arnold and Sarah Louise (Reynolds) Wood, on January 8, 1880, and they had the following children: Wakeman Griffin (d. December 11, 1946), Idella L., <mask> (1916–1997) and Elizabeth. There are several recipes by Mrs. <mask>l in The Philadelphia New Century Club Book of Recipes (1915). These include, "Mother's Mutton Broth", "New Amsterdam Molasses Cake", "Rhode Island Rice Pudding" and "Strawberry Sauce". On January 17, 1929, Maj. W. Griffin Gribbel, just released from a sanatorium where he was being treated for shell-shock  (PTSD), caused by his experiences in World War I, shot and killed Inspector of Police, <mask>. Blackburn. Gribbel was himself shot four times but survived. He was charged with first-degree murder and the case went to trial in February 1930. Gribbel was acquitted by a Philadelphia jury, two days later,  on the grounds of insanity.W.G<mask> had previously been in trouble with the law in 1905, when he was twenty-four and a student in the engineering department at the University of Pennsylvania. He was arraigned in the West Side Court, New York, on charges that he had attempted suicide after having appeared in the Astor Hotel under the influence of an unidentified drug. Griffin had been taken to the Roosevelt Hospital in a stupor. His parents were travelling in Mexico at the time and Robert Haines, who served as the family butler at their palatial estate in Wyncote, PA, was present in court when he was arraigned. Griffin denied that he had attempted suicide, claiming that he had taken the drug "to sleep", and was discharged by the magistrate in the care of Haines. References

American philanthropists
American industrialists
American bankers
Natural gas companies of the United States
People from Jersey

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title: Serge Osmeña

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Sergio "<mask><mask>, (, born December 13, 1943) is a Filipino politician and legislator who served as a Senator of the Philippines. He is a grandson of the 4th president of the Philippines, <mask>. In his eighteen years in the Senate, <mask> chaired the most committees and filed the most bills in the history of the institution. Early life
<mask> was born  in Manila to Sergio "Serging<mask>, Jr. of Cebu and Lourdes de la Rama of Negros Occidental. He finished his elementary studies at De La Salle College in Manila. He spent his secondary studies at the St. Clement's College in Iloilo City, Ateneo de Manila and Beaumont College in Berkshire, England. Although he has never obtained a university degree, he studied in various educational institutions which include University of San Carlos, University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Harvard University, and Georgetown University.Prior to the declaration of Martial Law in the Philippines, <mask> held business positions including:
Assistant to president, Essel Incorporated (1967 to 1972)
Assistant to president, Cebu Autobus Company (1967 to 1972)
Assistant to president, De La Rama Steamship Co., Inc. (1966 to 1972)
General Manager, LRO (Lourdes de la Rama Osmeña) Farms / Hacienda Doña Pepang (1968 to 1972)
Chairman, Cebu Contracting Company (1968 to 1972)

As a son of Marcos' political rival, <mask> was imprisoned in 1972. In November 1974, he embarked on a hunger strike along with his cellmate, Eugenio "Geny" Lopez, Jr., to protest the unjust detention of thousands of innocent Filipinos. This resulted in the release of 1,022 political prisoners in December 1974. <mask> and Lopez escaped from their maximum security prison cell in Fort Bonifacio on September 30, 1977. This exploit was enacted in the 1995 movie, Eskapo. While in exile at the United States, <mask> served as the Director for Movement for a Free Philippines. He was also the

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 founding director of the Justice for Aquino Justice for All (JAJA) Movement.After the removal of Marcos, <mask> returned to the Philippines and held positions in business and government corporations in the 1990s:
Director, Pacific CATV, Incorporated (1994 to 1995)
Director, Telecommunications Holdings Corporation (1994 to 1995)
Chairman, Intervest Group (1994 to 1995)
Director, Micrologic Systems, Inc. (1994 to 1995)
Director, Philippine National Bank (1992 to 1995)
Director, San Miguel Corporation (1993 to 1995)

Political career
He served as Secretary General of the Progressive Party cluster NUCD-UMDP from 1991 to 1992. When it merged with Lakas Tao in 1992, he served as the member of the National Directorate. In 1992, Osmena ran for Congressman in Cebu's Sixth District but lost. In 1995, <mask> was invited by President Fidel Ramos to join
in the senatorial race under the Lakas-Laban ticket. He won in the elections and served his term as senator from 1995 to 2001. During that term he was asked to look for a new site of the Senate after the old Executive Building will be renovated for the National Museum. The Senate offices and session hall were transferred to the GSIS Building at the Financial Center in Pasay.In 1997, <mask> bolted Lakas NUCD to be an independent senator. In 1998, he joined the Liberal Party. <mask> succeeded Senator Edgardo J. Angara as Chair of the powerful Committee on Agriculture and Food and the Congressional Oversight Committee on Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization (COCAFM). As Chair, <mask> tried to block the approval of the construction of the Casecnan and the San Roque dams having discovered gross discrepancies in the costs and benefits of the projects. It was <mask> who pointed out that the government would be investing a ridiculous amount of more than P385,000 to irrigate an additional hectare of rice paddy. The expose led to the cancellation of

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 the proposed Balog-Balog irrigation project. In 2001, <mask> was one of the senators who voted in favor of opening the second bank envelope for the impeachment case filed against Joseph Estrada.The motion was outnumbered, and it led to the second EDSA People Power Revolution. He ran as independent for the position of Senator under the People Power Coalition. He won in the elections and served his second term as senator from 2001 to 2007. Right after Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr. was replaced by Senator Franklin Drilon as Senate President, he joined Pimentel's party PDP–Laban. His mandate as senator for the second term expired in 2007. Running independent again in 2010 (although adopted by the Liberal Party and the Partido ng Masang Pilipino), <mask> refused to participate in the sorties of his adoptive parties and opted instead  to campaign all by himself. He graced radio programs and television interviews.Running on a shoe-string budget, <mask> did not have the volume of posters and billboards of his opponents. He had television advertisements that to him would be more effective and more prudent to reach the electorate. <mask> placed tenth and became a senator again for the third time. He ran again in 2016 & 2019 as an independent but failed to make a Senate comeback losing in both elections. Personal life
<mask>, as many people call him, is a farmer and businessman by training and was educated at Harvard, Georgetown, and the University of the Philippines. Raised a Visayan, Osmeña speaks Cebuano and Hiligaynon as mother languages although his first language is Tagalog (Filipino). He is married to Bettina Lopez (daughter of former Congressman Alberto Lopez of Iloilo and Chona Mejia Lopez).He has six children. <mask> came from a family of senators. His grandfather Sergio Sr. served during the American colonial period. His father Sergio Jr. served in the 1960s. His cousin, John

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 Henry served in the Senate from 1971 to 1972, 1987–1992, 1992–1995 and 1998–2004. His maternal grandfather, Esteban de la Rama of Negros Occidental was also a senator. His nephew John Gregory served as Provincial Vice Governor of Cebu and his younger brother Tomas III is the Congressman of Cebu City's south district.Tommy was a close ally of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. He was bestowed Doctor of Laws – Honoris Causa, by the Benguet State University in 2000. He is the chairman of the Aquaworld Corporation, which he held since 1992. While serving his initial term as senator he held a concurrent position as board director of San Miguel Brewery (HK), Ltd. He was a member of the Philippine Jaycees, where he served as a senator in 1994. He founded Pundok Sugbuanon while he lived in Los Angeles from 1990 to 1992. He is one of the Directors of the ABS-CBN Bayan Microfinance Foundation, held since 1999, and the Lorenzo Tañada Foundation, held since 1998.In popular culture
<mask> was portrayed by Richard Gomez in the 1995 film Eskapo. References

1943 births
Senators of the 16th Congress of the Philippines
Senators of the 15th Congress of the Philippines
Senators of the 13th Congress of the Philippines
Senators of the 12th Congress of the Philippines
Senators of the 11th Congress of the Philippines
Senators of the 10th Congress of the Philippines
University of the Philippines Los Baños alumni
People from Manila
People from Cebu City
Sergio Osmena III
People from Negros Occidental
Living people
Cebuano people
Visayan people
Filipino Roman Catholics
Lakas–CMD (1991) politicians
Liberal Party (Philippines) politicians
PDP–Laban politicians
Progressive Party (Philippines) politicians
University of San Carlos alumni
Independent politicians in the Philippines
Candidates in the 1998 Philippine vice-presidential election
Harvard University alumni
Marcos martial law victims
Georgetown


title: Michael Thomas (wide receiver, born 1993)

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<mask>. (born March 3, 1993) is an American football wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Ohio State. <mask> holds the NFL record for the most receptions by a player set in 2018  through his first five seasons with 510 along with the most receptions by a player in a single season with 149. He led the league in receptions in both the 2018 and 2019 seasons, while also leading the league in yardage in the 2019 season. He was NFL Offensive Player of the Year in 2019. Early years
<mask> attended Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California. As a senior, he had 86 receptions for a state-leading 1,656 yards and 21 touchdowns for the Toreadors football team.<mask> was ranked by Rivals.com as a four-star recruit. He committed to Ohio State University to play college football. <mask> attended Fork Union Military Academy for a year after high school and was roommates with fellow Ohio State teammate Cardale Jones. College career

<mask> played in 11 games as a true freshman in 2012. He had three receptions for 22 yards in the 2012 season. As a sophomore in 2013, <mask> was redshirted. <mask> entered his redshirt sophomore season in 2014 as a backup, but eventually took over as a starting wide receiver.He ended the season leading the team in receptions with 54 for 799 yards and nine touchdowns. In the National Semifinals against Alabama in the Sugar Bowl, he had seven receptions for 66 yards and a touchdown in the victory. In the 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship victory over Oregon, he had four receptions for 53 yards. In the 2015 season, he had 56 receptions for 781 receiving yards and nine receiving touchdowns. On January 5, 2016, he announced his intention to enter the 2016 NFL Draft. College statistics

College awards and honors
 CFP national champion (2014)
 Fiesta Bowl champion (2015)
 Sugar Bowl champion (2014)
 Big Ten champion (2014)
 Third-team All-Big Ten (2015)
 Big Ten All-Honorable Mention (2014)

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<mask> was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the second round with the 47th overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft. He was the sixth wide receiver to be selected that year.2016 season

On May 9, 2016, the Saints signed <mask> to a four-year, $5.11 million contract with $2.60 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $1.92 million. The Saints named <mask> one of their starting wide receivers, along with Brandin Cooks, for the season opener against the Oakland Raiders. He finished his first NFL start with six receptions for 58 yards. On September 26, 2016, he caught his first NFL touchdown on a three-yard pass from Drew Brees during the second quarter of a Monday Night Football matchup against the Atlanta Falcons. <mask> finished the 45–32 loss with seven catches for 71 yards and a touchdown. On October 23, 2016, he had his first game with over 100 receiving yards after he finished with a season-high ten receptions for 130 yards in a 21–27 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. During a Week 9 road game against the San Francisco 49ers, <mask> caught two touchdowns and made five catches for 73 yards, as the Saints routed the 49ers by a score of 41–23.On November 27, <mask> caught nine passes for 108 yards and tied his season-high of two touchdown receptions in a 49–21 win over the Los Angeles Rams. In the regular season finale against the Falcons, he had 10 receptions for 156 yards and a touchdown in the 38–32 loss. During his rookie season, <mask> set franchise records for a rookie in receptions, receiving yards, and touchdowns. 2017 season

In his second season, <mask> came into the year as the Saints' number one receiver after Brandin Cooks was traded to the New England Patriots. He was named to his first Pro Bowl. He finished the season with 104 receptions for 1,245 yards and five touchdowns. His 104 receptions finished third in the NFL, and his 196 receptions in his first two seasons in the league were the most in NFL history, passing Jarvis Landry's 194 set in 2015.<mask> appeared in his first career

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 playoff game on January 7, 2018, against division rival Carolina in the Wild Card Round. He recorded eight receptions for 131 yards in the 31–26 win. In the Divisional Round against the Minnesota Vikings, he had seven receptions for 85 yards and two touchdowns in the 29–24 loss. <mask> was ranked 81st by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2018. 2018 season

In the season-opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, <mask> caught a franchise-record 16 passes for 180 yards and a touchdown, breaking the century-mark for the fourth time in his career and eclipsing 200-career receptions. The 16 receptions were the most by any player for the 2018 season for a single game. The next week, he scored twice more with 89 yards on 12 catches in a 21–18 win over the Cleveland Browns.With his 12 receptions, <mask> set an NFL record for the most catches in the first two games with 28, the record previously held by Andre Rison with 26 set in 1994. In Week 3, he added 10 receptions for 129 yards against the Atlanta Falcons. His 38 receptions through the first three games were the most in NFL history. In Week 9 against the Los Angeles Rams, <mask> had 12 catches for a franchise-record 211 yards, including a 72-yard touchdown. Upon scoring, <mask> paid tribute to former Saints wide receiver Joe Horn by recreating his famous cell phone touchdown celebration, which drew a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Horn said he "teared up" at the gesture and bought <mask>' jersey. This Week 9 performance earned <mask> NFC Offensive Player of the Week.In Week 13 against the Dallas Cowboys, <mask> recorded his 90th catch of the season, joining Odell Beckham Jr. as the only players in NFL history to record at least 90 receptions in their first three seasons. <mask> finished the season with 125 receptions for 1,405 yards and nine touchdowns. He led the league in receptions and finished sixth in the league in receiving yards. He also set the Saints franchise record in receiving yards, passing Joe Horn's 1,399 yards set in


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 2004. He was named to his second straight Pro Bowl and was named first-team All-Pro. 2019 season

On July 31, 2019, <mask> signed a five-year, $100 million contract extension with $61 million guaranteed with the Saints. This made <mask> the highest paid wide receiver in the NFL at the time.During the season-opener against the Houston Texans on Monday Night Football, <mask> caught 10 passes for 123 yards in the narrow 30–28 victory. Two weeks later against the Seattle Seahawks, <mask> caught five passes for 54 yards and his first touchdown of the season in the 33–27 road victory. During Week 5 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he caught 11 passes for 182 yards and two touchdowns as the Saints won 31–24. During Week 7 against the Chicago Bears, <mask> caught nine passes for 131 yards in the 36–25 road victory. In the next game against the Arizona Cardinals, he caught 11 passes for 112 yards and a touchdown in the 31–9 victory. During Week 10 against the Atlanta Falcons, <mask> finished with a season-high 13 catches for 152 yards as the Saints lost 26–9. During Week 11 against the Buccaneers, he caught eight passes for 114 yards and a touchdown in the 34–17 win.<mask> was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Month for his play in November. In Week 14 against the San Francisco 49ers, <mask> caught 11 passes for 134 yards and a touchdown in the 48–46 loss. During the game, <mask> set a new Saints' record for receiving yards in a single season. In the next game against the Indianapolis Colts on Monday Night Football, <mask> caught 12 passes for 128 yards and a touchdown during the 34–7 win. In Week 16 against the Tennessee Titans, he broke the single-season receptions record formerly held by Marvin Harrison with his 144th catch of the season, followed by a one-yard touchdown catch for his 145th, while the Saints won on the road by a score of 38–28. <mask> finished the season with an NFL record 149 catches for 1725 yards and 9 touchdowns. In the NFC Wild Card Round against the Minnesota Vikings, <mask> caught 7

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 passes for 70 yards during the 26–20 overtime loss.On February 1, 2020, <mask> was awarded AP Offensive Player of the Year for his performance during the 2019 season, becoming the first wide receiver to win the award since Jerry Rice in 1993. 2020 season
In Week 1 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, <mask> recorded three catches for 17 yards before exiting the game due to a high ankle sprain. <mask> was set to return to action in Week 5 against the Los Angeles Chargers on Monday Night Football, but on October 11, 2020, <mask> was declared inactive for the game by the Saints after he punched C. J. Gardner-Johnson in practice. <mask> was also fined $58,823 by the team for the incident. <mask> made his return from injury in Week 9 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday Night Football. During the game, <mask> led the team with five catches for 51 yards during the 38–3 win. In Week 11 against the Atlanta Falcons, <mask> recorded nine catches for 104 yards during the 24–9 win.This was <mask>' first 100-yard receiving game of the season. He was placed on injured reserve on December 19, 2020, due to the lingering ankle injury. He was activated on January 9, 2021. In the Wild Card round of the playoffs against the Chicago Bears, <mask> recorded five catches for 73 yards and his first touchdown reception of the season during the 21–9 win. 2021 season
On July 23, it was revealed that <mask> had undergone ankle surgery in the past month. He was placed on the PUP list three days later. On November 3, it was announced <mask> will not return during the 2021 season due to a setback with his ankle injury.<mask> is a Christian. References

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<mask> (; 1880 – July 1976) was a Shanghai-based Chinese banker and State Councillor. He was the founder of the first modern Chinese savings bank, the Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank, the Shanghai Commercial Bank, a travel agency, as well as the China Assurance Corporation Ltd. He was one of China's most successful entrepreneurs in the twentieth century, particularly influential in the financial and business world of Shanghai. He played a key role in negotiating financial aid from the United States in 1937-1940, working with Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau. <mask>, in his Banking in Modern China: Entrepreneurs, Professional Managers, and the Development of Chinese, says, "It is almost impossible to describe any significant innovation in the history of modern Chinese banks without mentioning K. P<mask>'s name." Early life
In 1880, K. P<mask> was born in Dantu, Jiangsu province into a family with little education. He caught the attention of compradores of a foreign firm who decided to sponsor his education in America.He graduated in 1909 with a BSc. degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. After graduation, as part of the sponsorship agreement, he worked as an intern in an American bank for a year. He then returned to China where he joined the Nanyang Quanyehui or the Nanjing South Seas Exhibition, a China-hosted international exposition that showcased to the world both China’s modernization and cultural heritage. Career

The Jiangsu Bank
K. P<mask> began his China banking career in 1913, when he joined a provincial government bank, the Kiangsu Provincial Bank, as its General Manager. There, he introduced something new nearly

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 every day, believing innovation necessary for success. He broke with tradition and moved the bank's headquarters from Jiangsu to the banking capital of Shanghai, made loans on credit of goods rather than personal credit and invited Western accountants to regularly audit the bank's balance books.The bank established warehouses for its commodities lending operations, the first to do so in China. He did all this in just a year, after which he was forced to resign when he refused to disclose the names of the bank's customers to a local warlord. The Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank (The Shanghai Bank)
In Shanghai in June 1915, K. P<mask>, together with some others including Chinese Red Cross President Zhuang Dezhi, founded the Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank. <mask> was appointed the bank's first General Manager. <mask> had 80,000 Yuan in initial capital to found the bank. Their initial capital was so small the bank became known as "the Little Shanghai Bank". His guiding principle was “service to society, support for industry, and prosperity to enhance international trade” and he made sure that his staff must be very polite and patient with their clients, small depositors.In his address to his staff in Qingdao branch, he emphasized that they must appreciate their customers business—whether for one or 100 Chinese dollars—must do their best to give their customers convenience, and must be friendly to businessmen. He said “the customer’s psychology always favors a busy place,” because the sight of a busy firm will make people trust it and claimed that the aim of The Shanghai Bank was to serve society and not just make a profit. So, even though some services would not be

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texts: profitable, they still had to be offered. <mask>fu xiansheng lüezhuan (The short biography of <mask>, Taipei: Shanghai shangye chuxu yinhang, 1977, p. 31). Innovation seems to have come naturally to K. P<mask>. It did not stop with the Kiangsu Bank. At the Shanghai Bank, contrary to what other banks were doing at the time, he concentrated on attracting deposits from the public instead of notes issuance.K. P<mask> was the first to introduce "one dollar" accounts, encouraging savings among individual members of the greater public and took the lead in introducing many different types of savings programs. The Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank's motto, very reflective of <mask>'s values, was "service to society, support for industry, and development of international trade." In 1928 the Shanghai Bank handled over 6 million Yuan in foreign exchange and became the number one private bank handling foreign exchange in China. The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China became upset because of The Shanghai Bank's efforts to promote their foreign exchange business, and decided to refuse The Shanghai Bank's foreign exchange contracts. In retaliation K. P<mask> refused to accept contracts from the Chartered Bank and made this known to the Shanghai banking community through The Shanghai Bankers Association and The Shanghai Foreign Bankers Association, whom he rallied to his cause. Eventually the Chartered Bank came to cooperate with the Shanghai Bank through the mediation of a third party. In 1931 he created a special trust department in the bank initially to rent out safety deposit boxes but later on including insurance and real estate operations among other things.He traveled all

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 over China. In the 1930s K. P<mask> would go into the Chinese countryside and attempt to make small farmers "banking-conscious", as observed by a Chartered Bank manager who accompanied <mask> on one of his stints. "Don't go to Sinkiang. It's a very hard trip—even dangerous. And when you come back, no one will believe what you find there." he once told a Time Inc.'s Nanking correspondent, Frederick Gruin. Travel Service Department of the Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank
In 1923 K. P<mask> was treated badly when booking his passage at a British-run travel agency.On returning to Shanghai he decided to establish a travel service department within his bank to compete with the foreign travel agencies. Having made the necessary preparations he submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Communications under the Northern Warlords Government (1912–1927), asking for permission to establish a travel service department and to sell train tickets on a commission basis. Whilst the proposal was vociferously opposed by the many foreigners occupying important positions in many Chinese railways build with foreign loans at the National Railway Through Transport Conference, it was finally adopted thanks to the support of General Director of Communications Ye Gongche and others, and on August 1, 1923, the Travel Service Department of the Shanghai Commercial, the first of its kind run by Chinese compatriots, was born in the Banks Building on Ningpo road. It operated on a trial basis and opened only to those from "polite society" instead of to the wider populace, providing a comparatively limited business scope. Its official opening ceremony was held on June 1, 1927 and the Shanghai Commercial and

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 business of CTS (holdings) includes travel, industry invests (steel and iron), the related real estate development and distribution trade. The Three Musketeers
K. P. <mask> cultivated close relationships with Li Ming (founder and CEO of Chekiang Industrial Bank and Chairman of the Shanghai Bankers Association), and Chang Kia-ngau who like he was, represented a new generation of modern bankers. Half of his initial capital for the Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank came from Li's sources. In 1916, both K. P<mask> and Li Ming stood up for Chang Kia-ngau and accused the government of wrongfully issuing the order when Chang's Bank of China's Shanghai office got into trouble for refusing to obey the governments order to suspend banknote remittance. After this incident, the Bank of China was able to assert its independence from the Yuan Shih-k'ai regime in Peking and started nearly two decades of tremendous growth as China's largest private bank.K. P<mask> initially became close to Chang Kia-ngau when he became a private financial consultant to the Bank of China at the time between leaving the Kiangsu Provincial Bank and the founding of the Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank. Probably because of his tiny initial capital, K. P<mask> received a long term interbank deposit of 50,000 Yuan from Chang Kia-ngau's Bank of China as reserve capital encouraging close cooperation between the two banks. <mask> and Chang shared a vision of using private capital to develop and modernize the country. Liu Hongsheng, Insurance and The China Development Bank
In 1927 K. P<mask> teamed up with Liu Hongsheng (1888–1956) to establish an insurance company. Three years later Liu Hongsheng mortgaged his

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K. P<mask> was head of China's Currency Stabilization Board. During World War II, the Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank was devoted to consolidating the economy.In order to solve the financial problems, K. P<mask> represented the government of the Republic of China and negotiated with U.S.A. for loans. Some agreements were made:

1936: US-China Gold-Silver Agreement
1938: $25,000,000 Export-Import Bank loan
1939: Tung Oil Loan Agreement
1940: Tien Tin Loan Agreement

In 1938 when the Chinese Ambassador Wellington Koo called on U. S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau to seek financial aid, the U. S. Secretary told him it might be advisable for the Chinese Government to send K. P<mask> (whom Morgenthau had negotiated with in the past) to America to enquire after credit for the purchase of flour and grain goods. In 1939 Finance Minister H.H. Kung, through K. P. <mask>, endeavored to obtain assistance from the American Commercial Credit for the purchase of four airplanes, badly needed by the China National Aviation Corporation. K. P<mask> also participated in concluding a contract at Detroit to purchase 1,000 trucks from General Motors and Chrysler for the Chinese government. Reputation was important to him and he always made sure he kept his promises and by so doing, demonstrated integrity and ensured that China met its commitments. Time magazine on Monday, Apr.6, 1942 reported that "Shy, determined Chinese financier K.P<mask> stuck a feather in his cap last week. From Chungking he wired Manhattan's Universal Trading

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 Corp. to pay the final installment on a $22,000,000 Export-Import Bank loan smack on the tung-oil barrel head—nearly two years before the last installment on the loan was due." This showed U.S. Treasury officials that China could do business even when Japan controlled its coast. When he sought to borrow money from Washington in 1938, democracy was not considered good security but tung oil, essential in high-grade paints and varnishes, was. To make this work he founded Universal Trading Corp. in Manhattan to manage tung-oil sales, budgeting one-half of the proceeds to repay the debt. He also organized Foo Shing Trading Corp. in China to gather and ship the oil.K. P<mask> made outstanding contributions in stabilizing the monetary system and raising funds for war of resistance. After the communist revolution in mainland China, K.P<mask> followed the Kuomintang-led government to Taiwan, though his Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank was unable to reestablish its headquarters until 1954. In 1964, the bank was allowed to resume operations. It was the only private bank from the mainland which was allowed to resume commercial operations after the retreat to Taiwan. In 1976, K.P<mask> was succeeded by Chu Ju-tang as chairman of the bank.Close Shave
In December 1941, K. P<mask> together with Finance Minister and Vice Premier H.H. Kung, his wife Soong Ai-ling and her sister, Madame Sun Yat-sen were caught in Hong Kong when war erupted in Asia. Amid a torrential downpour of bombs and artillery shells, K. P<mask>, Kung, and Madame Sun, were hustled into a plane, flown over the Japanese lines and set safely down, 200 miles inland. (From the Dec. 22, 1941 issue of TIME magazine). Public

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On April 17, 1947 Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, President of the National Government of the Republic of China nominated K. P<mask> to membership of the then new state council. Champion of Human Capital Development
K. P<mask> believed in the power of people and saw his investment in their development as an investment in the future profits of the bank. He approved an annual budget of 12,000 tael in silver and invited a former manager of the Deutsch-Asiatische Bank to lecture his staff on the theory and practice of foreign exchange market.He set up an educational fund to send senior managers to America to continue their education and practice advanced banking skills there. The bank had a global business network through its overseas representative offices managed by its senior managers. Other positions
K. P<mask>, whose bank had been involved with the cotton industry since its early days, served as Chairman of the Cotton Control Commission or CCC. He was close to T. V. Soong, the Minister of Finance and Founder and Director of the National Economic Council, whose idea it was to make private entrepreneurs and capital a vital part of the CCC's nation-building efforts, and had long been involved in state-private projects sponsored by Soong. K. P<mask> was the dynamic chairman of the Universal Trading Corporation (UTC), a wholly owned subsidiary of China's Nationalist Government, formed for the purpose of promoting Sino-American foreign trade. <mask>, a successful, self-made capitalist entrepreneur, believed that UTC could be the perfect vehicle for his stewardship of China’s postwar economic reconstruction. He also placed a premium on Sino-American cooperation and

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 communication.K. P<mask> was Chairman of the China Committee of International Chamber of Commerce. He was also Chairman of China's Foreign Trade Commission. K. P<mask> was a signatory to the 1938 appeal for U. S. support by 10 Chinese Associations in Shanghai following the occupation of Manchuria by Japan. (United States Department of State / Foreign relations of the United States diplomatic papers, 1932. The Far East Volume III (1932) -- The Far Eastern crisis: occupation of Manchuria by Japan and statement of policy by the United States, pp. 1–754)
K. P<mask> was a major financier of industrial projects. Often working together with others, he set up various textile, metals and trading companies.He was a member of the board of Fan Xudong's Yongli Group of Companies. Evaluation
<mask> is considered one of China's most important bankers in the 20th century. Linsun <mask>, in his Banking in Modern China: Entrepreneurs, Professional Managers, and the Development of Chinese, says, "It is almost impossible to describe any significant innovation in the history of modern Chinese banks without mentioning K. P<mask>'s name." On Monday, Mar. 18, 1940, Time magazine described him thus:

"Middle-aged Banker <mask> (University of Pennsylvania '09) looks so much like a Westerner's idea of a Chinese banker that wily and subtle-minded Americans have difficulty in believing he is as simple and direct as he is... bespectacled, careful, shy of the press, close-mouthed (in the Calvin Coolidge rather than Sumner Welles sense), he has no hobbies, makes no picturesque Oriental remarks, works 24 hours a day at the unglamorous business of cementing U.S.-Chinese trade relations, and considers

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 Chinese repayment of U. S. loans his personal responsibility. His pride: that China has repaid $2,300,000 of her previous $25,000,000 loan, is now, because of U. S. needs for tung oil and tin, ahead of schedule." The most important elements in his success were his American education and connections; his sense of professionalism (demonstrated by his opposition to official interference); his ability to compete and collaborate with foreign firms; his desire to innovate and explore various business strategies; his skill at obtaining community and professional support; and the unity of Chinese bankers.See also
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References
 Tianshi, Yang. "Hu Shi and <mask>." Chinese Studies in History 39.3 (2006): 51-79. Lee, <mask>-tak. The Making of Modern Chinese Financial Entrepreneurship: The Case of <mask> (University of Hong Kong)
 Ho Kwong Shing Lawrence. "China's Quest for American Monetary Aid: The Role of <mask>, 1935-1944". Ph.D. Thesis.The University of Hong Kong. 2010. Lee, P. T. Emergence of Modern Chinese Financial Corporations: Case Study of Shanghai Commercial And Savings Bank, China Assurance Corporation Ltd, and China Travel Agency Centre of Asian Studies Department, July 1998 - June 2000)
Andrea McElderry. "Confucian Capitalism? : Corporate Values in Republican Banking" (Univ. of Louisville) Modern China, Vol. 12, No.3 (Jul., 1986), pp. 401–416 (c) 1986 Sage Publication Inc.
Whither Japan - Page 122 by Shuxi Xu - 1941 | Today's announcement follows three months' negotiations with US financial mission headed by Dr. KP <mask>. It was further announced that the credits would be ...
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 Investigate the Administration of the ... - Page 551 | by United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1965 | On his return from Chungking to Hong Kong, Mr. Cochran had a talk with KP <mask> in which the latter indicated his desire to withdraw from the Board. ...
Morgenthau Diary (China): Prepared by the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the ... - Page 885 | by United States.Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1965 | Mr. KP CHEN On April 17, 1942 Mr. KP <mask>, chairman of the Currency Stabilization Board, appeared much older and more fatigued than the year before when he ...
Interlocking Subversion in Government Departments: Hearing Before the Subcommittee to Investigate ... - Page 2337 | by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1954 | I told him that I learned from Mr. KP <mask> that wood oil, tung oil, the annual production is about 44000 tons a year and in about five years, ... The Amerasia Spy Case: Prelude to McCarthyism - Page 21 | by Harvey Klehr - History - 1996 - 280 pages | In 1940 Solomon Adler and Frank Coe, another Treasury Department employee who was a member of the CPUSA, introduced Chi to KP <mask>, the Nationalist ...The Amerasia Papers: A Clue to the Catastrophe of China ... Prepared by the Subcommittee to ... - Pages 1216, 1373, 1374 | by United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee - 1970 | It has been learned that Keswick proposed the formation of a Chinese company in the United States by KP Chen and Bang HOT and others ...
A History of Modern Shanghai Banking: The Rise and Decline of China's Financial Capitalism - Page 293 | by Zhaojin Ji - Business & Economics - 2003 - 325 pages | ... fl Chase Bank <mask>i

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Institute of Pacific Relations: Hearings, Eighty-second Congress, First[-second] Session ... | by United States. Congress. Senate.Committee on the Judiciary - 1953 | ... I told him that so far as I was informed, ! in this country, having arrived with KP <mask>, but that to get 1 public perhaps is difficult. ...
Shanghai: Revolution and Development in an Asian Metropolis - Page 9 | edited by Christopher Howe - Science - 1981 - 461 pages | ... the Chien brothers (Chien Chao-nan and Chien Yu-chieh) and the bankers, KP <mask> (Ch'en Kuang-fu) and Chang Kia-ngau (Chang Chia-ao). ...
Guide to Nanking and the Nanyang Exposition - Page 9 | 1910 - 55 pages | KP <mask>wei-teh, 13. 83-1: Executive Sessions of The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of The Committee ... - Page 3433 | by United States. Congress.Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs - 2003 | There were also Chinese members of the boards, Mr. KP <mask> was one, and he was the head of the Shanghai Commercial Bank, and Mr. Tsu ... The Life and Political Economy of Lauchlin Currie: New Dealer, Presidential Advisor and ... - Page 392 | by Roger J. Sandilands - 1990 | ... the finance minister whom he urged the Generalissimo to replace by someone more honest and efficient. He recommended KP <mask> as an alternative. ... The Cambridge History of China - Page 775 | edited by John K. Fairbank, Denis Twitchett - History - 1983 - 1120 pages | ... the interests of the Chinese residents on the Shanghai Municipal Council), he was in touch with the bankers Sung Han-chang and KP <mask> as well as the ...
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 Committee on Banking and ... - Page 38 | by United States. Congress.Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency - 1955 - 368 pages | ... The Chinese representatives were: KP <mask>, YC Koo, and P. W. Kuo. Apparently the
Shanghai Money Market - Page 26 | by Shinwei Peng - 1946 - 56 pages | Mr. KP <mask>, founder and chairman of the Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank a year or so ago assured the author that the aim of that bank was to help ... Chung-Kuo wen hua yen chiu so, Tai pei Chung-Kuo wen hua yen chiu so, Inc United Publishing Center, Chinese Institute of Translation and Research
Going to War with Japan, 1937-1941 - Page 194 by Jonathan G Utley - History - 2005 - 256 pages Harry Dexter White memo, March 16, July 12, 1938, folder 189, box 62, RG 56; Morgenthau diary, box 127, 109; HH Kung letter to KP <mask>, Aug.
Banking in Modern China: Entrepreneurs, Professional Managers, and the Development of Chinese ... - Page 257 by Linsun Cheng
Chinese Economic Journal and Bulletin by China. Shi ye bu. Guo ji mao yi ju, China.Jing ji tao lun chu. Published by Bureau of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Industry [etc.] Chinese Economic Bulletin - Page 104 | by China. Jing ji tao lun chu, China. Industrial and Commercial Information Bureau, China. Shi ye bu. Guo ji mao yi ju | ... who are as follows:— Li Ming, General Manager of the Chekiang Industrial Bank; KP <mask>, General Manager of the Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank;
Chinese Economic Journal and Bulletin - Page 187 | by China.Shi ye bu. Guo ji mao yi ju, China. Jing ji tao lun chu | KP <mask> and John H<mask>, Managing Directors of the Bank. The Chairmanship of the Board of Directors was entrusted to Dr. HH Kung. The Board of

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Chinese Economic Bulletin - Page 240 | by China. Jing ji tao lun chu, China. Industrial and Commercial Information Bureau, China.Shi ye bu. Guo ji mao yi ju
Chinese Economic Bulletin - Page 263 | by China. Jing ji tao lun chu, China. Industrial and Commercial Information Bureau, China. Shi ye bu. Guo ji mao yi ju
Chinese Economic Bulletin - Page 253 | by China. Jing ji tao lun chu, China.Industrial and Commercial Information Bureau, China. Shi ye bu. Guo ji mao yi ju
Chinese Economic Bulletin - Page 382 | by China. Jing ji tao lun chu, China. Industrial and Commercial Information Bureau, China. Shi ye bu. Guo ji mao yi ju
 Lee P.T.Banker and banking business in modern China: conference and publication of the diaries of K.P<mask>—To study banker and banking business in modern China: conference and publication of the diaries of K.P<mask> (Hang Seng Bank Golden Jubilee Education Fund for Research, July 2001)
 "Tung Oil Wanted" Apr. 6, 1942, TIME magazine
Time Inc.'s Nanking correspondent, Frederick Gruin, Monday, Oct. 20, 1947
"Everyday Life" Mar. 18, 1940, Time magazine
"Emergency As Usual," Dec. 22, 1941, Time magazine
<mask> Pioneered China's Modern Tourism; Part 2 Yao Huiyuan, Cao Lingjiao, Jeffery Seow

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Personal papers of <mask> / K. P<mask> deposited in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University. 1880 births
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R. C. O<mask> (March 31, 1855 – October 2, 1900) was a journalist, lawyer, and minister in the United States. He was an editor or contributor to numerous newspapers throughout the country, and may have been the first black editor of a white paper when he became editor of the Daily Sun In Los Angeles. He was also possibly the first black man admitted to the California bar, and may have been admitted to the bar in twelve states. In 1900 he was working as a prominent lawyer in Lexington Kentucky when he was beaten for helping register black voters by a white man who opposed his efforts. Later that day he was killed by the same man. Early life and education
<mask>'<mask> was born in St. Kitts on March 31, 1855. He attended compulsory schools until the age of eleven when he was sent to England for private tutoring, and then enrolled in Trinity College, Oxford University where he studied for three years.He left Oxford without receiving a degree and made a two year tour of the East Indies including Sumatra and Java. After returning to England, he sailed to New York City, arriving April 13, 1869. Ten days later he took a six month cruise to South America and the Caribbean as a cabin boy on the Lepanto captained by <mask>. Staples. The tour stopped in Venezuela, Curaçao, Demerara, and the West Indies. In the fall of 1869 he returned and settled in New York City. Early career
In New York he became associated with Henry Highland Garnet, <mask>, Isaac Hayes, and Joe Howard, Jr. He took work as a soliciting agent for the paper, the New York Star, where Howard was an editor.In this position, he befriended J. J. Freeman, editor of the Progressive American, and <mask> was made city editor of that paper. Around this time he was naturalized as a US citizen. In 1876, he campaigned for Republican presidential

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 candidate <mask>. Hayes, who would win. As a result of his political efforts, <mask> was appointed letter carrier in the New York Post office. After nine months, he resigned and moved to Kentucky where he worked as a school teacher in various places and began studying law. Among his tutors were ex-Congressman <mask> and Kentucky politician Dave Smith. He then moved to Decatur, Alabama where he became principal of a public school, and then to Brinkley, Arkansas and finally Memphis, Tennessee.In Memphis, he continued to study law, now under Josiah Patterson. With Patterson's help, he was admitted to the bar in January 1880. He was also admitted to the bar in Charlottesville, Virginia in the 1880s. Journalist, writer, and orator
He returned to journalism, and owned and edited a number of papers throughout the country, including the Colored Citizen in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Chronicle in Evansville, Indiana, and the Negro American in Birmingham, Alabama, where he settled for some time. In Birmingham 1887, together with A. L. Scott, <mask>, George Turner, J. H. Thompson, Sandy Goodloe, D. A. Williams, A. T. Walker, William R. Pettiford, and J. T. Jones he incorporated the Robert Brown Elliot School of Technology in Birmingham, the first school of its kind for blacks in the U.S. He also was a pamphlet writer, writing pamphlets on African-American history and issues. Further, he was a noted orator and often spoke out against lynchings and violence against blacks.For his outspokenness, <mask> was forced to leave Brinkley, Arkansas in 1879 and Birmingham in 1887. He was also noted as a poet, and his work was published in an anthology of nineteenth century African American poetry in 1992. California
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