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 his own son Jarosław; soon defeated, he asked <mask> for help. After a successfully action in Silesia, <mask> marched to Kraków, which was quickly mastered. <mask>, now Duke of Kraków, decided to conclude a treaty under which Bolesław the Tall obtained full authority over Lower Silesia at Wrocław, and in return <mask> granted the Lesser Polish districts of Bytom, Oświęcim and Pszczyna to the then deposed Mieszko I Tanglefoot as a gift for <mask>'s godson and namesake <mask> of Opole, the only son of Mieszko I Tanglefoot.High Duke of Poland
The 1177 rebellion against High Duke Mieszko <mask> the Old was a complete success for <mask>, who not only conquered Kraków (including the districts of Sieradz and Łęczyca) obtaining the high ducal title, but also managed to extend his sovereignty as Polish monarch over Silesia (then divided between the three sons of Władysław II: Bolesław the Tall, Mieszko I Tanglefoot, and Konrad Spindleshanks, as well as Bolesław's son Jarosław of Opole), Greater Poland (ruled by Odon), and Masovia and Kuyavia (ruled by Duke Leszek, then a minor and under the tutelage of his mother and the voivode Żyrona, one of <mask>'s followers). On the Baltic coast, Pomerelia (Gdańsk Pomerania) was ruled by Duke Sambor I as a Polish vassal. Mieszko <mask> the Old worked intensively for his return, however; at first in Bohemia and later in Germany and in the Duchy of Pomerania. In order to achieve his ambitions and give the hereditary right to the throne at Kraków (and with this the Seniorate Province) to his descendants, <mask> called an assembly of Polish nobles at

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 Łęczyca in 1180. He granted privileges to both the nobility and the Church, lifting a tax on the profits of the clergy and relinquishing his rights over the lands of deceased bishops. By these acts, he won the acceptance of the principle of hereditary succession to Kraków, though it still would take more than a century to restore the Polish kingship. However, in the first half of 1181 (and less than a year after the Łęczyca assembly), Mieszko <mask> the Old, with the assistance of Duke Sambor's brother Mestwin I of Pomerelia, conquered the eastern Greater Polish lands of Gniezno and Kalisz and managed to persuade his son Odon to submit (according to some historians, Odon then received from his father the Greater Polish lands south of the Obra River).At the same time, Duke Leszek of Masovia decided to leave the influence of <mask>. He named Mieszko III the Old's son Mieszko the Younger as governor of Masovia and Kuyavia, and with this, made a tacit promise regarding the succession of these lands. Foreign affairs
For unknown reasons, <mask> chose not to react to these events and decided only to secure his authority over Lesser Poland. A diplomatic meeting occurred in 1184 at the court of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa where <mask>, in order to block the actions of Mieszko III the Old and retain power as High Duke of Poland, swore allegiance to Barbarossa and paid him a large tribute. The most important issues during the reign of <mask>, beside the conflicts with his brother Mieszko, were the diplomatic policies towards the neighbouring Russian principalities in the east. The first

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 Vladimirko's reign was also far from stable, a situation used by Prince Roman of Brest, who, with the help of his uncle <mask>, deposed him and took full control over Halych. The defeated Vladimirko fled to the Kingdom of Hungary under the protection of King Béla <mask> (his relative; Vladimirko's paternal grandmother was a Hungarian princess), who decided to send his army to Halych. Roman escaped to Kraków and Vladimirko, as an act of revenge, invaded Lesser Poland. However, King Béla <mask> soon decided to attach Halych to Hungary, and again deposed Vladimirko, replacing him as Prince of Halych with his own son, Andrew. The war continued for another two years, until <mask> restored Vladimirko's authority over Halych following instructions from Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, who had decided to help Vladimirko after he had declared himself to be his subject. Internal Politics
In 1186 Duke Leszek of Masovia died.Before his death the sickly duke decided to give all his lands to High Duke <mask>. Though Leszek had previously promised the inheritance to his elder uncle Mieszko III, his dictatorial proceedings caused Leszek to change his mind and decide in <mask>'s favor. Shortly after Leszek's death however, Mieszko <mask> occupied the lands of Kuyavia up to the Vistula River, and <mask> could only take possession over Masovia proper. Nevertheless, thanks to the Masovian inheritance, <mask> directly ruled over the major part of Poland. The involvement of <mask> in the Russian affairs was used in 1191 by Mieszko <mask>, who managed to take control over Wawel Castle at Kraków, seizing the

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 high ducal title and the control over the Seniorate Province. Immediately, he declared Kraków an hereditary fief to his own descendants, implementing his son Mieszko the Younger as a governor. The conflict ended peacefully, as <mask> – upon his return from Russia – regained the capital without a fight, and Mieszko the Younger escaped to the side of his father.The last goal of <mask>'s reign was at the beginning of 1194, when he organized an expedition against the Baltic Yotvingians. The expedition ended with a full success, and <mask> had a triumphant return to Kraków. After a banquet was held to celebrate his return, <mask> died unexpectedly, on 5 May 1194. Some historians believed that he was poisoned. He was succeeded as High Duke by his eldest surviving son Leszek I the White, who like his father had to face the strong opposition from Mieszko III the Old. <mask> was probably buried at Wawel Cathedral. <mask> had planned to found a University in Kraków and already started to construct the building, but his sudden death balked his plans.The present-day Jagiellonian University was not established until 1364 by King <mask> the Great as the second oldest in Central and Eastern Europe (after the Charles University in Prague). Relations with the Church
During his reign, <mask> was very generous to the Church, especially with the Cistercians monasteries of Wąchock, Jędrzejów, Koprzywnica and Sulejów; with the Canons of the Holy Sepulchre of Miechów and Regular Canonry of Czerwińsk nad Wisłą and Trzemeszno and the Order of the Knights Hospitaller in Zagość. He also tried to expand the

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 cult of Saint Florian, whose remains were brought to Kraków by Bishop Gedko. Marriage and issue
Between 1160-1165 (but no later than 1166), <mask> married with Helena (ca. 1140/42 – ca. 1202/06), daughter of Duke Conrad II of Znojmo, scion of a Moravian cadet branch of the Přemyslid dynasty. They had:
 A daughter (name unknown) (b. before 1167), married between 11 October and 24 December 1178 to Prince Vsevolod IV of Kiev.<mask> (ca. 1162 – 2 February or 1 March 1167), named after his father. Bolesław (ca. 1168/71 – 16 April 1182/83), probably named after his paternal grandfather Bolesław III Wrymouth, although it is possible that he was named in honour of his uncle Bolesław IV the Curly. He died accidentally, after falling from a tree. He was probably buried at Wawel Cathedral. Odon (1169/84 – died in infancy).He was probably named after either Odon of Poznań or Saint Odo of Cluny. Adelaide (ca. 1177/84 – 8 December 1211), foundress of the convent of St. Jakob in Sandomierz. Leszek I the White (ca. 1184/85 – 24 November 1227)
 Konrad (ca. 1187/88– 31 August 1247)

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<mask> (28 July 19221 November 2008) was a Swiss oceanographer and engineer, known for having developed underwater submarines for studying ocean currents. In the Challenger Deep, he and Lt. Don Walsh of the United States Navy were the first people to explore the deepest known part of the world's ocean, and the deepest known location on the surface of Earth's crust, the Mariana Trench, located in the western North Pacific Ocean. Family life
<mask> was born in Brussels, Belgium, to <mask>, who was himself an adventurer and engineer. <mask>' father Auguste twice beat the record for reaching the highest altitude in a balloon, during 1931–1932. The <mask> family thus had the unique distinction of breaking world records for both the highest flight and the deepest dive. <mask> (professor of chemistry)
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<mask>'s father, who had already set altitude records in his balloon, started using the buoyancy technique used in balloons for developing a submersible vehicle, the bathyscaphe. <mask> initially started out his career by teaching economics at University of Geneva while continuing to help his father improve the bathyscaphe to demonstrate its potential for operating in deep waters.During that period Piccard also completed a diploma at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva. Together, <mask> and his father built three bathyscaphes between 1948 and 1955, which reached record depths of 4,600 feet and 10,000 feet (the last one was bought by the government). With this success, the younger Piccard abandoned economics to collaborate with his father on further improving the bathyscaphe and demonstrating its practicality for exploration and

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 research and then they collaborated. <mask>'s son <mask> is continuing his family traditions. He commanded the first non-stop balloon flight around the world in March 1999 and the first solar-powered plane flight around the world in December 2009. Challenger Deep mission

<mask> sought financial help from the U.S. Navy, which at that time was exploring various ways of designing submarines for underwater research. <mask> was welcomed to the U.S. to demonstrate his bathyscaphe, now named the Trieste.Impressed by his designs, the U.S. Navy bought the vessel and hired <mask> as a consultant. Recognizing the strategic value of a workable submersible for submarine salvage and rescue, the Navy began testing the Trieste for greater depths. With his Trieste able to reach depths of 24,000 feet, <mask> and his colleagues planned on an even greater challenge—a voyage to the bottom of the sea. On 23 January 1960, <mask> and Lt. Don Walsh reached the floor of the Mariana Trench located in the western North Pacific Ocean. The depth of the descent was measured at 10,916 meters (35,813 feet); later, more accurate, measurements during 1995 found the Mariana Trench to be slightly less deep at 10,911 m (35,797 ft). The descent took almost five hours. The bathyscaphe carried no scientific equipment and no experiments were conducted; the mission's purpose was to prove that the depth could be reached.The descent progressed without incident until 30,000 feet, when the crew heard a loud crack. They continued the dive, however, finally touching down in "snuff-colored ooze" at 35,800 feet. When they reached the featureless seabed, they saw a flat fish as well as a new type of shrimp. Marine biologists later disputed their observations, claiming that no fish could survive the 17,000 psi pressure at such depths. Upon discovering cracks in the viewing windows, Piccard cut the voyage short. After only a

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 20-minute stay on the bottom, they began dumping ballast for their return to the surface, and the damaged vessel returned to its escort ships without incident in three hours and 15 minutes. The historic dive received worldwide attention, and Piccard wrote an account of it, Seven Miles Down, with Robert Deitz, a renowned geologist who had helped plan the mission.A planned return expedition, however, never occurred. The Trieste was expensive to maintain and operate. It was incapable of collecting samples and could not take photographs and so had little scientific data to show for its voyages. U.S. Navy nuclear submarines, the Thresher and the Scorpion. Ben Franklin mission
On 14 July 1969, just two days before the Apollo 11 launch, the Ben Franklin, also known as the Grumman/Piccard PX-15 mesoscaphe, was towed to the high-velocity center of the Gulf Stream off the coast of Palm Beach, Florida. Once on site, the Ben Franklin with its six-man, international crew descended to 1,000 feet off of Riviera Beach, Florida and drifted 1,444 miles north with the current for more than four weeks, surfacing near Maine. The crew consisted of <mask> as the mission leader; Erwin Aebersold, another Swiss, as Piccard's handpicked pilot and main assistant to Piccard and project engineer during the Franklin's design and construction.Grumman selected a Navy submariner named Don Kazimir to be captain. The U.S. Navy Oceanographic Office sent Frank Busby to conduct a bottom survey along the drift track over the Continental Shelf and the Royal Navy sent Ken Haigh, an acoustic specialist, who studied underwater acoustics and performed sonic experiments up and down the water column throughout the mission. The sixth man was Chet May from NASA. His specialty was "man working in space". Wernher von Braun learned about the Franklin mission, visited the submarine in Palm Beach, and considered the mission a


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 kind of analogue to a prolonged mission in space, such as on the forthcoming Skylab. He appointed May as a NASA observer to accompany the mission and study the effects of prolonged isolation on the human crew. Named for the American patriot and inventor who was one of the first to chart the Gulf Stream, the 50-foot Ben Franklin was built between 1966 and 1968 in Switzerland for Piccard and the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation.It has been restored and now resides in the Vancouver Maritime Museum in Vancouver, Canada. Influence and distinctions

Ambient artists Matt Ruhlmann and Celer collaboratively released an album called Mesoscaphe in 2008, dedicated to the voyage of the Ben Franklin. He was awarded the Howard N. Potts Medal in 1972. In 1981, Piccard became a founding member of the World Cultural Council. On 1 February 2008, Piccard was honored Doctor honoris causa at the Catholic University of Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve). Other activities
Piccard was the founder of the Foundation for the Study and Protection of Seas and Lakes, based in Cully, Switzerland. </ref>
 Mésoscaphe Auguste Piccard, the world's first passenger submarine, built for the 1964 Swiss national exhibition
 Ben Franklin (PX-15)
 F.-A.Forel (PX-28)
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Bibliography

See also
 Project Nekton

References

External links

 Page from <mask>' son <mask>'s website
 Official press release regarding Challenger Deep operation. The Ben Franklin - Grumman/Piccard PX-15. From Sea to Shining Sea: The Story of the Ben Franklin Gulf Stream Drift Mission. Obituary in Times of London
 Obituary by Marcus Williamson in The Independent, UK

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<mask> (born August 15, 1944) is an American singer-songwriter who made three albums for Epic and Columbia Records in the 1960s and 1970s and whose songs have been recorded by a number of popular artists. In the 1980s, she re-emerged as an independent recording artist and vocal coach, later working in film and TV scoring and Hawaiian music. Biography

Early years
<mask> composed her first song at the age of nine and by her teens was playing folk clubs. During this period, she formed a two-year alliance with Ry Cooder who accompanied her for performances of blues material. Her recording career began a few years later, in 1966, when she and singer-songwriter Rick Stanley became The Gentle Soul, a folk band with psychedelic influences and an emphasis on creative and elaborate vocal harmonies. Their self-titled album appeared on Epic Records together with a number of non-LP singles. Following the dissolution of The Gentle Soul, <mask> set up home in Mill Valley, California before joining Joe Cocker and Leon Russell for the Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour in 1970.She can be heard and seen in the ensuing double album and film documentary respectively. Songwriter and teacher
<mask>'s songs have been recorded by a considerable number of popular artists from the 60s onwards. These include Helen Reddy, who recorded "Music, Music" for her gold-selling album of the same name in 1976, and Linda Ronstadt, who recorded "I'd Like To Know". Among the most widely recorded of her songs is "Tulsa County", which has been interpreted by The Byrds, Bobby Bare, Anita Carter, Jesse Ed Davis, and Son Volt. More recently, singer-songwriter Alela

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 Diane recorded <mask>'s "See My Love" when she guested as a vocalist for The Headless Heroes' 2008 covers album, "The Silence of Love". The original version of "See My Love" appeared on "The Gentle Soul". By the 80s, <mask> had also established herself as a vocal coach, and she later released the instructional DVD "Vocal Ease".Solo artist
Her emergence as a solo artist began with the self-written album "<mask>and", which appeared on Columbia Records in 1972. Owing to changes of personnel at Columbia, <mask>'s follow-up album, "Have You Heard The One About The Gas Station Attendant?" (1973), recorded in London with producer Gus Dudgeon and featuring guest appearances from Joan Armatrading, as well as several members of Elton John's band and renowned arranger Paul Buckmaster, was shelved. Her next solo album was not to be until 1995's "Heart of the World", which combined her pop and jazz leanings with New Age sensibilities. The album, produced by Gary Malkin (Graceful Passages), also sported guest spots from Kenny Loggins, Bonnie Raitt, The Byrds' Chris Hillman, as well as Mike Marshall and several other well recorded musicians. Public interest in the Epic/Columbia years was reawakened from 2003 onwards, when "The Gentle Soul" was reissued on CD in America. This was followed by Japanese reissues of "The Gentle Soul" as well as "Pamela Polland".Subsequently, both albums, along with "Heart Of The World", were made available on iTunes. The "<mask> Polland" album is also part of the Pandora internet radio library. The unreleased 1973 Columbia album, believed to be an artistic triumph, has been referred to by <mask> as

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 "some of my best work". It saw its first release in March 2019 when the BGO label released a CD compiling that album and <mask>'s 1972 debut. Melba Rounds

The unfortunate events at Columbia Records that curtailed <mask> Rounds. The fictional Melba Rounds was a bawdy and lubricious blues and jazz madam whose repertoire spanned the 1920s to the 1940s. <mask>'s "Melba Rounds Show" proved a hit in San Francisco, and was noted for its exuberance, extravagant costumes and dancers.The Melba Rounds Show demonstrated the breadth of <mask>'s stylistic repertoire and spawned a ten-year stint for her as principal vocalist with The Golden Age jazz band. Hawaii
Following the release of "Heart of The World", <mask>'s self-published third solo album, she moved to Maui, Hawaii, and threw herself into local culture and music. She took up the ‘ukulele, studied local language, and became a hula dancer. <mask> is currently band leader of Keaolani, a four-piece ‘ukulele band tutored by Hawaiian cultural experts Kahauanu Lake and Walter Kamuala‘i Kawai‘ae‘a. She is also the co-founder of Maui Film Music, through which she provides film and TV scores with Bobby Parrs. <mask>'s achievements as an artist and performer in Hawaiian music are such that she was requested to appear at Tony Curtis's 81st birthday party as well as a command performance for Anthony Hopkins. In June 2010, <mask> released "Hawaiianized", a five-track digital download EP available internationally via iTunes and other digital outlets.The mini-album, part one of an envisaged series, featured pop classics interpreted in Hawaiian style with new vocal arrangements and

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 'ukulele accompaniment from <mask>. The collection was produced by John McFee of The Doobie Brothers, who had played on <mask>'s self-titled Columbia debut, and who also played a variety of acoustic and electric stringed instruments on the EP. The set's distinctive background vocals were sung by Sharon Celani, famous for her work with Stevie Nicks and others. "Hawaiianized" was bookended by two different versions of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow", prompting Sam Arlen, son of the song's composer Harold Arlen, to comment, "This version of my father's classic composition lifts the spirit while still tugging at the heartstrings to remind us that there is really no place like home. This disc deserves a home in your collection." Personal life
<mask> is married to designer Bill Ernst with whom she has settled in Hawaii, on the island of Maui. Discography

Albums
 Gentle Soul – The Gentle Soul (Epic, BN 26374, 1968)
All tracks written by <mask>/Rick Stanley except where noted.(Columbia, 1973)
Unreleased album, completed and mastered, Produced by Gus Dudgeon

 Heart of the World (Ivory Moon, 6795, 1995)
Produced by Gary Malkin

 Hawaiianized (Off The Leash/AWAL, 2010)
Produced by John McFee

References

External links
 Official website
 Keaolani Ukulele Band and Hula
 Maui Film Music
 Interview with <mask> on A Bit Like You And Me

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20th-century American women singers
21st-century American women singers
American women music educators
American women pop singers
American women rock singers
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<mask> (born March 26, 1965) is a Puerto Rican actor, comedian, host and philanthropist. Starting his career as a comedian in various local shows, <mask> gained popularity in the 1990s when he hosted a string of successful comedy shows where he showcased his various characters and personifications. Since 2007, <mask> has been hosting the mid-day variety show Día a Día, along with Dagmar. <mask> is also a radio show host and a theater actor. <mask> has gained prominence for his philanthropic endeavors. After his friend and co-host, Dagmar, was diagnosed with cancer in 2008, <mask> has performed a yearly charity walk around various parts of the island while also raising awareness. Because of his commitment to the cause, <mask> has received numerous recognitions, including from the Senate of Puerto Rico.Early years

<mask> was born as Ramón Emilio <mask> Vázquez in Hato Rey, one of the main barrios of San Juan, Puerto Rico. His parents were <mask> and Carmín Vázquez. <mask> went to school at the Academy Nuestra Señora de la Providencia. When he was in the third grade, <mask> volunteered to play the part of "Ramoneta Cienfuegos", a character of popular Puerto Rican comedian Shorty Castro, in a school play. After that he continued to participate in many other plays at school, even organizing his own. One of the works he wrote and directed was Mundo Loco, which told a story about a war between fans of Salsa music and fans Rock music. <mask> has mentioned that José Miguel Agrelot has always been his main inspiration.After <mask> graduated from high school, he enrolled in the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón of San Juan, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Radio and

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 Television Production in 1987. There, he also joined Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity. On one occasion, <mask> and some friends visited the café theater "El Punto del Coquí" located in Old San Juan. He sat down and played the piano while doing imitations. The owner of the club was impressed and asked <mask> to prepare an act for his club. <mask> prepared an act called "Black and White" which was a success and he was soon traveling around the island with his "show". In 1983, Our Lady of the Providence Academy established the "<mask>ta Award" which is annually awarded to the student with the best artistic qualities.Career as a comedian
In 1988, <mask> already had his own radio show and was also participating in Telemundo's "Estudio Alegre" (Happy Studio);"El Show del Medio Día" (The Noon Show) for WAPA among others. He landed a role in the Spanish version of the play "The Diary of Anne Frank". In 1991, <mask> went to Mexico where he participated in the play "Mama ama el Rock" (Mother loves Rock) with Mexican stars Angelica María and Angélica Vale. In 1995, he replaced George Ortuzar as the host of Lente Loco (Crazy Lens), a Candid Camera-style show, co-hosting with Cuban model Odalys García. Later in the nineties, he had his own show "Que Vacilón" which aired in prime time through WAPA. In this comedy show of sketches and stand-ups, he brought to life, along with other local talents, which also included Rene Monclova, Jorge Castro, and Tita Guerrero, a bunch of peculiar characters who gained immense popularity in the Puerto Rican pop culture, like the clown Trompetilla, a grumpy clown with a kind of fraudulent circus; and Andresito a kind of Dennis the Menace little boy.

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 Many consider this period to be the peak of his career.<mask> had his own weekly TV show in Puerto Rico called "El Show de Raymond". Which was transmitted through Televicentro and WAPA TV. In 2007 he switched to Telemundo and WKAQ-TV, where he currently stars in his own daytime daily show, "Día a Día con <mask> y Dagmar". Puerto Rican comedian, José Miguel Agrelot once said, that <mask> was the greatest comedian of the "new" generation. In 2014, <mask> returned to comedy television with the WKAQ-TV sketch comedy "Raymond y sus Amigos", which also reunites him with "Que Vacilon" cast members Monclova and Castro. Da Vida Caminando con <mask> (Walk-A-Thon)

On Friday, May 15, 2009 <mask> began a Walk-A-Thon to raise funds for cancer patients in Puerto Rican institutions, the city of Ponce to San Juan arriving in Telemundo Puerto Rico. The Walk-A-Thon which ended on May 19, 2009.This hike was named the 2nd Hike Ramón Rivero "Diplo," the first man to hold a walka-a-thon in the world to raise funds for a cause, in 1953—for the Oncological Hospital, in San Juan. On October 23, 2009 Fi Sigma Alfa honored <mask> by bestowing upon him the "Medalla de Caballero Sigma" a medal only four other members have been honored with. <mask> walked again for cancer patients in 2010 from Aguadilla to San Juan arriving in Telemundo Puerto Rico with the name "Da Vida Caminando con <mask>". On June 4, 2010, on the very morning of the start of the Walk-A-Thon, Caguas mayor, William Miranda Marín died from pancreatic cancer. The 2010 edition of the Walk-A-Thon was dedicated to "Willie" first thing in the morning after in 2009 the Walk-A-Thon passed by through Caguas and he told Arrieta he would

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 participate again the next year. In 2011, <mask> walked for a third time from Vieques to San Juan in six days and raised money for the Puerto Rico Oncologist Hospital patients, which had no money to pay employees or. He walked 12 miles through the island of Vieques, then boarded a ferry back to Fajardo and continued to walk in a treadmill completing 2 miles in about an hour and a half.After reaching Fajardo everyone rested for the next day. In 3 days he reached San Juan, near the facilities of Telemundo. However, before arriving to San Juan, he followed the route which led to Caguas and he attended a memorial service held in honor of the memory of the late Caguas mayor William Miranda Marín, at the Caguas Botanical Garden,  As stated before, Miranda Marín died on June 4, 2010, the first day of Arrieta's Walk-A-Thon from Mayagüez. The Walk-A-Thon continued to Río Piedras, then back to San Juan. The goal for this fund-raiser was $1 Million and, according to statistics, a record has been set with an unknown quantity of money at the moment. The route he completed was Vieques-Fajardo, Fajardo-Río Grande, Río Grande-San Juan, San Juan-Caguas, Caguas-Río Piedras and Río Piedras-San Juan. Comedy Characters

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See also

 List of Puerto Ricans
 List of television presenters/Puerto Rico

References

External links
 Popular Culture
 Spanish Biography of <mask>

1965 births
Living people
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<mask> (born 2 November 1965) is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Grantham and Stamford from 2010 to 2019. He was a member of the Conservative Party until 2019. Before entering Parliament, <mask> was a Westminster City councillor and the director of Policy Exchange, a think tank based in Westminster. He was elected to the Grantham and Stamford constituency in Lincolnshire at the 2010 general election. He served as Minister of State for Skills from 2014 to 2016. <mask> resigned from his local Conservative Association on 16 March 2019 citing differences with his local party. On 1 April 2019, he resigned the party whip, accusing the party of failing to compromise on Brexit.He then sat as an Independent Progressive Conservative until the dissolution of parliament on 5 November. Early life
<mask> was born on 2 November 1965, the son of Sir <mask>, who was later Director-General of the National Trust from 1975 to 1983. He is the great-nephew of Conservative MP <mask>. <mask> was a scholar at Winchester College before reading Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Magdalen College, Oxford, then winning a Kennedy Scholarship to study for a Master's in Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Career
In 1995, <mask> founded a small DIY supply business, Longwall Holdings Limited, where he is the non-executive chairman, having served as its chief executive until 2000. In 1998, he was elected as a Conservative councillor for the West End ward in Westminster City Council. He was chairman of the council's housing committee from 1999 to 2001, before stepping down in 2002.<mask> was considered one of a group of young Conservatives aligned with David Cameron and George Osborne described as the Notting Hill set. He founded the think tank Policy Exchange in 2002 and served as its director until leaving the organisation in 2007. <mask> was the Conservative Party candidate for the Labour-held marginal seat of Hove for the 2005 general election. He received media attention during the 2005 election by being an openly gay

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 Conservative candidate for a winnable seat. However, Celia Barlow retained the seat for Labour. He was a candidate in the Conservative primary for the 2008 London mayoral election but withdrew after being diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. <mask> recovered from his illness, and in October 2007 was selected as the prospective Conservative candidate for Grantham and Stamford, then occupied by Quentin Davies, who had switched allegiance from the Conservatives to Labour earlier in 2007.In May 2008, he was appointed as the Chief of Staff for the new Conservative Mayor of London Boris Johnson for three months. In the second half of 2008, he worked on preparing the Conservatives for government by meeting senior civil servants to discuss how to implement Conservative policies if they won the next general election. He was elected as member for Grantham and Stamford in May 2010 with a majority of 14,826. He was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Schools Minister, <mask> in 2010. <mask> was Minister for Planning between November 2012 and August 2014. He introduced a "presumption for sustainable development" aimed at making new housing development easier, which required councils to create local plans identifying areas that were suitable for further building. In a November 2013 speech, at a conference fringe meeting, he argued that despite their unpopularity the reforms were "making the world a slightly better place", but that he'd prefer to work in education than planning.In August 2014, <mask> was appointed Minister for Skills, which included responsibilities for education and construction. In October 2016, <mask> announced that a cancerous tumour had been found in his head and he expected to undergo treatment soon. The following February, he took a trip out of hospital after a third round of chemotherapy in order to vote for the government's bill on withdrawal from the European Union. He announced in April 2017 he would be standing at the 2017 general election. The tumour was eradicated by chemotherapy. 2019 resignation
On 16 March 2019, <mask> resigned from

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 his local Conservative Association after disagreeing with them about his rejection of leaving the EU with no deal. The local association had been considering deselecting him as candidate at the next election, due to the disagreement.On 1 April 2019, <mask> resigned from the Conservative Party following the announcement of the results of the second round of indicative votes on exiting the European Union. He had been a proponent with Oliver Letwin of the "Common Market 2.0" proposal, which failed at 261 - 282 votes, and reportedly felt "furious", "upset" and "let down" by fellow MPs who had promised to vote in support of his proposal, and at party whips who had attempted to persuade MPs to abstain on the proposal despite declaring it to be a free vote. He stated in his resignation speech that:

 "I have given everything to an attempt to find a compromise that can take this country out of the European Union while maintaining our economic strength and political cohesion. I accept that I have failed. I have failed chiefly because my party refuses to compromise. I regret, therefore, that I can no longer sit for this party." He subsequently described himself as sitting as an "Independent Progressive Conservative" before leaving Parliament when it was dissolved ahead of the 12 December 2019 election, which he did not contest.Policy positions

<mask> has called for the forming of a "national liberal" faction within the Conservative Party formed of social liberals with conservative fiscal views, and suggested some Conservative candidates might benefit from running for election under that name to win over voters who did not consider themselves conservatives. In July 2012, <mask> used a speech at the Resolution Foundation think tank to call for:
An end to winter fuel payments, free prescriptions, free bus travel and free TV licences for better-off pensioners;
A postponement of deciding on full implementation of Andrew Dilnot's solution to the future funding of social care until the next comprehensive spending review;
A cut of £10.5 billion from welfare bills by 2016–17 and

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 devising a better solution to support parenting of young children than the Sure Start programme which he describes as "demonstrably ineffective". <mask> is a member of the Henry Jackson Society, a think tank which advocates an interventionist approach to foreign policy. In 2012, <mask> was listed as a participant in that year's Bilderberg Group meeting. <mask> supported the Remain campaign in the European Union membership referendum in 2016. <mask> favours a Norway-style relationship between the UK and the EU after Brexit and strongly opposes a no deal Brexit. <mask> said "if at any point between now and 29 March [2019] the government were to announce that 'no deal' Brexit had become its policy, I would immediately resign the Conservative whip and vote in any way necessary to stop it from happening."<mask> supports Land Value Tax. <mask>, who had suffered a life-threatening illness before supporting the campaign, is the chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Choice at the End of Life, which believes that terminally ill patients should have the right to an assisted death. Personal life
<mask> is gay and entered a civil partnership in May 2011. <mask> claimed £930.60 in Parliamentary expenses for Hebrew lessons so that he could better communicate with his Israeli boyfriend Shay Meshulam. Following public criticism, he donated money equivalent to the amount spent on the lessons to three local charities in his constituency. <mask>'s sister, <mask>, married  Dudley Fishburn, a former member of Parliament. Bibliography

See also
 Norway-plus model

References

External links

 Ethos Journal Isabel Hardman profiles <mask> MP

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<mask> (; 7 September 1939 – 19 May 2017) was a lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces who played a key role in the 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident. On 26 September 1983, three weeks after the Soviet military had shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, <mask> was the duty officer at the command center for the Oko nuclear early-warning system when the system reported that a missile had been launched from the United States, followed by up to five more. <mask> judged the reports to be a false alarm, and his decision to disobey orders, against Soviet military protocol, is credited with having prevented an erroneous retaliatory nuclear attack on the United States and its NATO allies that could have resulted in a large-scale nuclear war which could have wiped out half of the population of the countries involved. An investigation later confirmed that the Soviet satellite warning system had indeed malfunctioned. Because of his decision not to launch a retaliatory nuclear strike amid this incident, <mask> is often credited as having "saved the world". Early life and military career
<mask> was born on 7 September 1939 near Vladivostok. His father, Yevgraf, flew fighter aircraft during World War II.His mother was a nurse. <mask> enrolled at the Kiev Higher Engineering Radio-Technical College of the Soviet Air Forces, and after graduating in 1972 he joined the Soviet Air Defence Forces. In the early 1970s, he was assigned to the organization that oversaw the new early warning system intended to detect ballistic missile attacks from NATO countries. <mask> was married to Raisa, and had a son, Dmitri, and a daughter, Yelena. His wife died of cancer in 1997. Incident

According to the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN, nuclear retaliation requires that multiple sources confirm an attack. In any case, the incident exposed a serious flaw in the

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texts: Soviet early warning system.<mask> has said that he was neither rewarded nor punished for his actions. Had <mask> reported incoming American missiles, his superiors might have launched an assault against the United States, precipitating a corresponding nuclear response from the United States. <mask> declared the system's indication a false alarm. Later, it was apparent that he was right: no missiles were approaching and the computer detection system was malfunctioning. It was subsequently determined that the false alarm had been created by a rare alignment of sunlight on high-altitude clouds above North Dakota and the Molniya orbits of the satellites, an error later corrected by cross-referencing a geostationary satellite. <mask> later indicated that the influences on his decision included that he had been told a US strike would be all-out, so five missiles seemed an illogical start; that the launch detection system was new and, in his view, not yet wholly trustworthy; that the message passed through 30 layers of verification too quickly; and that ground radar failed to pick up corroborative evidence, even after minutes of delay. However, in a 2013 interview, <mask> said at the time he was never sure that the alarm was erroneous.He felt that his civilian training helped him make the right decision. He said that his colleagues were all professional soldiers with purely military training and, following instructions, would have reported a missile launch if they had been on his shift. <mask> underwent intense questioning by his superiors about his judgment. Initially, he was praised for his decision. General Yury Votintsev, then commander of the Soviet Air Defense's Missile Defense Units, who was the first to hear <mask>'s report of the incident (and the first to reveal it to the public in the 1990s), states that <mask>'s "correct actions" were "duly noted". <mask> himself

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texts: states he was initially praised by Votintsev and promised a reward, but recalls that he was also reprimanded for improper filing of paperwork because he had not described the incident in the war diary. He received no reward.According to <mask>, this was because the incident and other bugs found in the missile detection system embarrassed his superiors and the scientists who were responsible for it, so that if he had been officially rewarded, they would have had to be punished. He was reassigned to a less sensitive post, took early retirement (although he emphasized that he was not "forced out" of the army, as is sometimes claimed by Western sources), and suffered a nervous breakdown. In a later interview, <mask> stated that the famous red button was never made operational, as military psychologists did not want to put the decision about a nuclear war into the hands of one single person. The incident became known publicly in 1998 upon the publication of Votintsev's memoirs. Widespread media reports since then have increased public awareness of <mask>'s actions. There is some confusion as to precisely what <mask>'s military role was in this incident. <mask>, as an individual, was not in a position where he could have single-handedly launched any of the Soviet missile arsenal.His sole duty was to monitor satellite surveillance equipment and report missile attack warnings up the chain of command; top Soviet leadership would have decided whether to launch a retaliatory attack against the West. But <mask>'s role was crucial in providing information to make that decision. According to Bruce G. Blair, a Cold War nuclear strategies expert and nuclear disarmament advocate, formerly with the Center for Defense Information, "The top leadership, given only a couple of minutes to decide, told that an attack had been launched, would make a decision to retaliate." <mask> later said "I

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 had obviously never imagined that I would ever face that situation. It was the first and, as far as I know, also the last time that such a thing had happened, except for simulated practice scenarios." Later career
In the aftermath of the incident, the Soviet government investigated the incident and determined that <mask> had insufficiently documented his actions during the crisis. He explained it as "Because I had a phone in one hand and the intercom in the other, and I don't have a third hand"; nevertheless, <mask> received a reprimand.In 1984, <mask> left the military and got a job at the research institute that had developed the Soviet Union's early warning system. He later retired so he could care for his wife after she was diagnosed with cancer. A BBC report in 1998 stated <mask> had suffered a mental breakdown and quoted <mask> as saying, "I was made a scapegoat." During a visit to the United States for the filming of the documentary The Man Who Saved the World, <mask> toured in May 2007 the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site and, having retired from USSR military, commented, “[he] would never have imagined being able to visit one of the enemy’s securest sites.”

<mask> died on 19 May 2017 from hypostatic pneumonia, though it was not widely reported until September. Awards and commendations
On 21 May 2004, the San Francisco-based Association of World Citizens gave <mask> its World Citizen Award along with a trophy and $1,000 "in recognition of the part he played in averting a catastrophe." In January 2006, <mask> travelled to the United States where he was honored in a meeting at the United Nations in New York City. There the Association of World Citizens presented <mask> with a second special World Citizen Award.The next day, <mask> met American journalist Walter Cronkite at his CBS office in New York City. That interview, in addition to other highlights of

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texts: <mask>'s trip to the United States, was filmed for The Man Who Saved the World, a narrative feature and documentary film, directed by Peter Anthony of Denmark. It premiered in October 2014 at the Woodstock Film Festival in Woodstock, New York, winning "Honorable Mention: Audience Award Winner for Best Narrative Feature" and "Honorable Mention: James Lyons Award for Best Editing of a Narrative Feature." For his actions in averting a potential nuclear war in 1983, <mask> was awarded the Dresden Peace Prize in Dresden, Germany, on 17 February 2013. The award included €25,000. On 24 February 2012, he was given the 2011 German Media Award, presented to him at a ceremony in Baden-Baden, Germany. On 26 September 2018 he was posthumously honored in New York with the $50,000 Future of Life Award.At a ceremony at the Museum of Mathematics in New York, former United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said: “It is hard to imagine anything more devastating for humanity than all-out nuclear war between Russia and the United States. Yet this might have occurred by accident on September 26, 1983, were it not for the wise decisions of <mask> Yevgrafovich <mask>. For this, he deserves humanity’s profound gratitude. Let us resolve to work together to realize a world free from fear of nuclear weapons, remembering the courageous judgement of <mask> <mask>.” As <mask> had died, the award was collected by his daughter, Elena. <mask>’s son Dmitry missed his flight to New York because the US embassy delayed his visa. On the same day that <mask> was first honored at the United Nations in New York City, the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations issued a press release contending that a single person could not have started or prevented a nuclear war, stating in part, "Under no circumstances a decision to use nuclear weapons could be made or even considered in the Soviet

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 Union or in the United States on the basis of data from a single source or a system. For this to happen, a confirmation is necessary from several systems: ground-based radars, early warning satellites, intelligence reports, etc."But nuclear security expert Bruce G. Blair has said that at that time, the U.S.–Soviet relationship had deteriorated to the point where "the Soviet Union as a system—not just the Kremlin, not just Andropov, not just the KGB—but as a system, was geared to expect an attack and to retaliate very quickly to it. It was on hair-trigger alert. It was very nervous and prone to mistakes and accidents. The false alarm that happened on <mask>'s watch could not have come at a more dangerous, intense phase in US–Soviet relations." At that time, according to Oleg Kalugin, a former KGB chief of foreign counterintelligence, "The danger was in the Soviet leadership thinking, 'The Americans may attack, so we better attack first.'" <mask> said he did not know whether he should have regarded himself as a hero for what he did that day. In an interview for the film The Man Who Saved the World, <mask> says, "All that happened didn't matter to me—it was my job.I was simply doing my job, and I was the right person at the right time, that's all. My late wife for 10 years knew nothing about it. 'So what did you do?' she asked me. 'Nothing. I did nothing.'" See also
 Vasily Arkhipov – a Soviet Naval officer who refused to launch a nuclear torpedo during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
 List of nuclear close calls

References

External links

BrightStarSound.com a tribute website, multiple pages with photos and reprints of various articles about Petrov
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<mask> (born September 6, 1980) is a Nigerian professional boxer. He held the WBC heavyweight title in 2008, when he stopped Oleg Maskaev in six rounds. In his prime, he was known for his rivalry with the Klitschko brothers, having faced Wladimir twice (in 2005 and 2010) and Vitali once. He was ranked by The Ring among ten best heavyweights from 2005 to 2008, reaching his highest ranking of world No.2 in 2007, and by BoxRec as the world's No.6 heavyweight at the conclusion of 2004 and 2005 and as No.5 heavyweight in 2006. <mask> is known for his punching power and holds a 78.9% knockout-to-win ratio. Early years and amateur career
Originally, <mask>'s preferred sport was football. In 1992, some boxers came to his school to train.The curious young 11-year-old stopped by and asked if he could train along with them. He was put up against an experienced amateur and knocked him out. This marked the beginning of a successful amateur career for <mask>. He won the Nigerian Amateur Heavyweight Championship and the Africa Zone 3 Heavyweight Championship. He faced stiff competition as an amateur (including a knockout victory over 2000 silver medalist Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov of Kazakhstan). However, he prevailed and was given the opportunity to represent Nigeria at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. <mask> lost in the quarterfinals to Italian Paolo Vidoz by decision.However, his performance was noted for being very impressive from such a young pugilist and hence more excitement was generated for him than the eventual gold medalist, Audley Harrison, to

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 whom <mask> had lost a very close decision just a few months before the Olympics. Professional career

Early career
Immediately after the Olympics, Ivaylo Gotzev signed on as <mask>'s manager, and Andy "Pops" Anderson became his coach. They were then able to land a promotional deal with Dino Duva of Duva Boxing. <mask> made his professional debut on February 6, 2001 against Bulgarian fighter Georgi Hristov in Almaty, Kazakhstan. <mask> won the bout by first-round knockout. He had seven fights in 2001, winning all of them but one in the first-round. <mask> made a step up in competition the following year, as his first fight of the year was against Marion Wilson.The bout was scheduled for four rounds. With 11–37–3 record, Wilson was known for his durability and toughness, having never lost inside the distance and occasionally pulling upsets, such as wins over Corey Sanders and Paea Wolfgramm or split draw against Ray Mercer. <mask> won the bout by unanimous decision. <mask> had his next fight 19 days later against Julius Joiner (2–0–1, 1 KOs). This was <mask>'s first televised fight, as it was aired on ESPN2. The bout was on the undercard of the event that had James Toney facing Sione Asipeli and Lamont Pearson facing Orlando Salido. Joiner did not come out for the second round, prompting the referee to declare <mask> the winner by corner retirement.<mask> had three more fights in 2002, winning each by second-round stoppage and having the former two televised by ESPN2. Afterwards <mask> did not enter the ring for 8 months before facing Dale Crowe for the

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 WBC's Youth heavyweight title. 26-year old Crowe had a 24–6–2 (15 KOs) record coming into the fight and had only been stopped by DaVarryl Williamson. Crowe became notorious after the fight against former world heavyweight champion Greg Page, in which he pushed Page against the ropes, which resulted in Page ending up partially paralyzed. This was the first professional fight in <mask>'s career scheduled for 10 rounds. The event was aired on ESPN2. <mask> won every round on all scorecards before stopping Crowe in the fourth round.<mask> returned to the ring three months later, facing Lyle McDowell (27–9–1, 18 KOs) on June 21, 2003 in a fight televised by HBO as part of the card that saw Lennox Lewis facing Vitali Klitschko in the main event. <mask> stopped McDowell in the fourth round. <mask> finished the year with two second-round stoppages, boosting his record to 16 wins in 16 fights, with 15 of them inside the distance. He signed to fight Lawrence Clay-Bey (18–2, 13 KOs) in December in a bout televised by ESPN, however Clay-Bey pulled out of the fight due to injury. Dino Duva accused Clay-Bey of faking an injury to avoid fighting <mask>. <mask> vs. Shufford, Pudar

After scoring two back-to-back stoppage wins against Chris Isaac and Jose Arimatea da Silva, with the former being the first time <mask> went past fifth round, <mask> took a big step up in competition when he faced former WBO world heavyweight title challenger Charles Shufford on May 17, 2004. This was the first time <mask> Kushner Promotions and broadcast on In Demand for $19.95. Shufford

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texts: had a record of 20–5, 9 KOs coming into the bout and was 3–3 in his last six fights. <mask> won the bout by unanimous decision, going ten rounds for the first time in his career. Three judges scored the bout 99–91, 98–92 and 97–93. According to CompuBox, <mask> landed more total and power punches than Shufford in every round; overall, <mask> threw 569 shots (32.2% accuracy), with 277 of them being power punches (46.2% accuracy). Three months later, <mask> faced Serbian heavyweight Jovo Pudar on 5 August 2004 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. 33-year old Jovo Pudar had a record of 22–2 (12 KOs) coming into the bout and had never been stopped in his professional boxing career.He was 5–1 in his last six fights, with the only loss coming at the hands of Taurus Sykes. The fight was televised by Showtime as part of the ShoBox: The New Generation boxing program. In the build-up to the fight, Ivaylo Gotzev claimed that this fight would finally establish <mask> as "the next true heavyweight king in the minds of boxing fans": "enough about Dominick Guinn and Joe Mesi and all the rest of them; tune in August 5. I guarantee <mask> will be explosive!" He also expressed his interest in Lawrence Clay-Bey, who was coming off of a fifth-round TKO win over former IBF world cruiserweight champion Imamu Mayfield, as <mask>'s next opponent. Although <mask> was unable to stop Pudar, he bloodied his nose, eventually winning a unanimous decision. Three judges scored the bout 100–90 (twice) and 98–92.According to CompuBox, there were 1,281 punches

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 thrown between two fighters. <mask> connected on 239 shots out of 690, while Pudar landed 162 punches out of 591. <mask> outlanded his opponent in each round but third and ninth (even) and connected on more power shots in all of the ten rounds. <mask> vs. Williams, Diaz

To conclude 2004, <mask> agreed to face former WBO world heavyweight title challenger Jeremy Williams (41–4–1, 35 KOs) on December 4, 2004 at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. With a record of 6–0–1, 4 KOs in his last seven fights, Williams was seen to had put his losses to Henry Akinwande and Brian Nielsen behind him, scoring back-to-back upset victories against rising prospects Andre Purlette (35–1, 32 KOs) and Attila Levin (29–1, 23 KOs) and drawing against former IBF world cruiserweight champion Al Cole. The bout took place on the undercard of Jose Luis Castillo vs. Joel Casamayor and was aired on Showtime. Both boxers started the fight aggressively.After back-and-forth trading in the opening seconds, Williams retreated onto the outside, at first attempting to bob-and-weave but then changing his tactics to circling around <mask> and working behind the jab after the bob-and-weave strategy didn't work. Meanwhile <mask> was stalking his opponent across the ring, fighting his way inside and putting heavy pressure on Williams' body whenever Williams was at mid-range. With 20 seconds into the second round, <mask> threw a one-two combination; as Williams ducked under <mask>'s right hand, <mask> turned around and landed a left hook while Williams was square-footed and

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texts: moving out of the mid-range. Williams was out cold for several minutes. <mask> was declared the winner by second-round knockout, winning the vacant WBC-NABF heavyweight title. The win was nominated for the Knockout of the Year by ESPN. By December 2004, <mask> was ranked No.9 contender by the WBC.On January 22, 2005, <mask> faced Cuban heavyweight Yanqui Díaz, who had a record 13–1, 8 KOs coming into the bout. This was the second time <mask> was scheduled to fight in a twelve-round bout. Díaz was a highly regarded prospect due to his long and decorated amateur career, with boxing manager Wes Wolfe predicting he would become "a superstar among the Cubans". After an unexpected loss against Tony Thompson, Díaz went on a 5-fight winning streak, which included an upset first-round TKO against undefeated former long-reigning WBC world cruiserweight champion Juan Carlos Gomez and a split-decision victory over Vaughn Bean. He was ranked No.13 contender by the WBO by January 2005. The bout took place on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Henry Bruseles and was aired on HBO. The fight saw <mask> patiently stalking Díaz across the ring and finding his way inside while Díaz tried to stay on the outside, fight behind the jab and circle around his heavier opponent.In the first round, <mask> sent Díaz down with a right hand. He did it again in the second but was deducted two points for intentionally hitting Díaz while he was down. In the fourth round, <mask> pinned Díaz against the ropes and eventually knocked him down. Díaz got up but was sent to the canvas

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 with a left hook to the body. <mask> dropped Díaz for the fifth time in the following round, which prompted Díaz's corner to throw in the towel. By defeating Díaz, <mask> won the vacant IBF-USBA heavyweight title. By April 2005, <mask> was ranked No.5 contender by the WBC, No.6 by the WBO and No.9 by the IBF.On April 29, 2005, he defeated a journeyman Gilbert Martinez (18–8–3, 7 KOs) by third round TKO in a stay busy fight televised by ESPN2 as part of the Friday Night Fights series. By June, <mask> was ranked No.9 heavyweight contender by The Ring. He was also ranked No.4 by the WBC and No.5 by both the IBF and WBO. Having a record of 23–0, 20 KOs, <mask> was predicted to have a bright future in the heavyweight division, with the media often comparing him to Mike Tyson due to his build and punching power. When interviewed by ESPN in 2005, Mike Tyson picked <mask> and Calvin Brock as his favorite fighters from the new crop of heavyweights. <mask> vs. Sykes

Less than three months later, <mask> went on to face WBA-NABA heavyweight champion Taurus Sykes (23–1–1, 6 KOs) in Reno, Nevada on July 2, 2005. This was the first time <mask> headlined a card televised by Showtime.The event was part of the Showtime Championship Boxing program. Sykes was 5–0–1 in his last six fights, most notably defeating another Nigerian heavyweight Friday Ahunanya by decision in a competitive bout and scoring a draw against Imamu Mayfield. In the build-up to the fight, Sykes accused <mask> of ducking the fight with him previously: "After we both beat Jovo Pudar, <mask> was scared


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texts: to fight me because he knew I would have jabbed him all the way back to Africa. [...] I have movement, handspeed and I counter. I'm not going to get hit. I'm just going to dominate and make it as exciting as I can." The pre-fight conference call saw a clash of words between both fighters, with Sykes continuing to insult <mask>: "I know I am being underestimated, but it is all good.It has been like this my whole career. Everybody I have fought was supposed to beat me, but I came out on top. [...] I will outsmart him and outthink him. I am going to be a slick, crafty boxer. I know that he has never really fought anybody like that. Everybody he has fought is running from him, looking to get a check and leave. [...] Sam is getting all hyped.That is how I am going to take him out of the fight. I am going to bust him down and then I will just walk away with a smile." The bout lasted two rounds. The opening round saw Sykes attempting to stay away from <mask> by circling around, working behind the jab and mostly throwing one-two combinations, while <mask> was working his way inside, going back-and-forth between combinations to the head and body and trying to press Sykes against the ropes. The same pattern continued in the following round. In the middle of the second round, <mask> hurt Sykes with a right hook as Sykes attempted to initiate a clinch. <mask> immediately followed with a barrage of punches, not allowing Sykes to stay away and recover from the punch, ultimately knocking him down with one minute left.Sykes was not able to get up, prompting the referee

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 to stop the fight and declare <mask> the winner. With a win over Sykes, <mask> became the holder of regional titles of three major sanctioning bodies – IBF, WBA and WBC. As of August 2005, <mask>, already ranked by the WBC, IBF and WBO, was ranked No.9 by the WBA. <mask> vs. Wladimir Klitschko I
On September 24, 2005 he faced Wladimir Klitschko in an elimination match in Atlantic City for the IBF title, in which <mask>'s WBC-NABF title was also on the line. Coming into the bout, Klitschko was viewed by many as the underdog against the 7-to-5 favorite <mask> who had won all of his 24 fights, with 21 of them having ended inside the distance. Coming into the fight, <mask> was considered one of the brightest prospects in the heavyweight division. Distinguished boxing coaches Angelo Dundee and Teddy Atlas expected <mask> to win.Wladimir's team, including his brother Vitali, were worried about Wladimir, and were against this fight to happen. Wladimir, however, insisted on fighting <mask>, claiming that beating a feared, hard-hitting fighter like <mask> would help him to regain his stock and become mandatory challenger for two heavyweight belts. The first four rounds were tentative, with <mask> not being to close the distance. At the end of the third, <mask> staggered Klitschko with a powerful left hook. He hurt Klitschko again in the fifth with another left hook, sending Klitschko to the canvas with the rabbit punch. The referee counted it as the knockdown. <mask> immediately went for the attack after Klitschko got up, dropping him again with the rabbit

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 punch.The referee scored it as the second knockdown. <mask> was outboxed through sixth to ninth rounds, frequently trying to hit Klitschko with the rabbit punch whenever escaping from a clinch. Near the end of the tenth round <mask> staggered Wladimir with a hard right hand, eventually sending Klitschko to the canvas with another right when Wladimir was backing away. In the 11th and 12th rounds, Klitschko was trying to keep <mask> at the distance using straight punches. <mask> caught Klitschko with a left hook in the last round, but was unable to capitalize on it. Instead, Klitschko caught him with a hard counter left hook of his own, staggering <mask> for the first time in the fight. Eventually the bout went the distance, with <mask> losing the fight by unanimous decision (UD).All the judges scored the bout identically 114–111. <mask> vs. Hawkins, Long
Less than three months later after losing to Klitschko, on December 15, 2005, <mask> faced Robert Hawkins (21–4–0, 7 KOs) in a stay-busy fight where the WBA-NABA title was also on the line. The bout was a part of the heavyweight triple-header which also saw undefeated Sultan Ibragimov facing Lance Whitaker, with <mask>'s promoter Ivaylo Gotzev expecting the winners of the two bouts to face each other in the near future. "Robert Hawkins is a tough and credible fighter", Dino Duva said in the build-up to the fight, "This fight proves <mask> is a true warrior not afraid of anyone." The event billed as "Global Warfare" took place at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood and was televised on In-Demand

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 resulted in Long collapsing face first on the canvas, prompting the referee to stop the fight.<mask> vs. Toney I, II
His next bout was a fight with heavyweight contender James Toney on September 2, 2006 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles for the right to challenge WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev. <mask> would win by split decision; however, the WBC would find adequate cause to order a rematch. For this fight against Toney, Manny Masson was brought in to train <mask>. On January 6, 2007, <mask> defeated Toney in the rematch by unanimous decision (UD). The official judges' scorecards read 119–108, 118–110, 118–110. <mask> vs. McCline
After defeating Toney, he had earned the right to challenge the WBC heavyweight champion. A match against Oleg Maskaev was scheduled for October 6, 2007.However, Maskaev pulled out of the fight due to a back injury. This led the WBC to proclaim <mask> their interim heavyweight champion. Jameel McCline was scheduled to fight Vitali Klitschko on September 22 for a title elimination. However, the fight was canceled because Klitschko had suffered a back injury in training. Under these conditions, a fight was arranged between <mask> and McCline. <mask> stepped into the ring as the champion trying to defend his title. Much controversy preceded the match since McCline had been accused of using illegal substances in 2005 and 2006, but the organizers decided to let the fight happen despite this.Lab analysis would be available about 5 days after the fight. <mask> almost pulled out of the fight due to a hand injury he had


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 sustained due to inadequate hand-wrapping during his training camp in the Poconos but the situation was resolved when Manny Masson took complete control of <mask>'s hand-wrapping. On October 6 at Madison Square Garden, <mask> was knocked down 3 times in the second and third round by McCline, who had a height advantage of almost 6 inches. Though he seemed badly hurt in the third round, <mask> managed to get up and eventually won the remaining rounds to win the match with a unanimous decision and retain his title as the WBC interim heavyweight title. As in the second Toney fight the key to <mask>'s victory was the use of his triple jab, footwork, head movement, and combination punching which is also attributable to his trainer Manny Masson. He kept Mccline off with the jab and then forced him backwards in the final minute of each round to score points. Mccline was perhaps tired from throwing so many power punches early on.Nevertheless, <mask> outworked him for the better part of nine rounds. WBC heavyweight champion
As interim champion, he was a mandatory challenger for the WBC belt held by Oleg Maskaev, who had been inactive since December 2006 due to injury. This long-anticipated fight took place on March 8, 2008, at the principal bullfighting venue in Cancún, Mexico. <mask> won by TKO, with the referee stopping the fight with only a few seconds remaining in the sixth round. <mask> used far less movement than he had in his previous two bouts against Maskaev, from the first round onwards both were trading heavy shots. In round three <mask> staggered

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 Maskaev and was then rocked in return. Maskaev had not been able to really hurt <mask>.<mask> used his jab to pursue Maskaev in the sixth and eventually broke through with a big right hand. Maskaev staggered backwards and <mask> moved in for the finish. <mask> continued to pummel Maskaev on the ropes while Oleg tried to motion to the referee about rabbit punches. The referee stepped in with seconds remaining as Maskaev staggered backwards into the corner. <mask> was ahead on all three judges' scorecards at the time of the stoppage. <mask> vs. Vitali Klitschko
Following his victory over Maskaev, he publicly challenged IBF, WBO and IBO champion Wladimir Klitschko to a unification bout, which would have been Klitschko's second such fight, as well as his second matchup with <mask> (the first ending with a unanimous decision victory for Klitschko). Such a fight would have unified three of the four major titles, the closest the division had been to an undisputed champion since Lennox Lewis relinquished the WBA title (one of the three he then held) by court order on April 29, 2000.Klitschko indicated he might fight <mask>, but suggested that <mask> should fight his brother Vitali first. Vitali Klitschko had retired as WBC champion in November 2005, and was considered the WBC's champion emeritus, giving him the right to a mandatory challenge under the rules of that organization should he elect to fight again. At the time of his retirement, Vitali was the dominant force in his division. Both had a claim to being the rightful WBC belt holder. Yet there was added


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 Klitschko ahead by 80–72, and one by 79–73. <mask> informed he did not wish to continue, prompting the referee to stop the fight and declare Klitschko the winner.After Klitschko: defeat to Chambers and return to form
Looking to bounce back to the heavyweight title picture, <mask> faced Eddie Chambers on March 27, 2009. The fight took place at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, and was aired on ESPN2. Chambers injured his right thumb early in the third round, but was able to outbox <mask> for the majority of the fight, frustrating his opponent with speed and quickness and being able to block most of <mask>'s shots using his gloves and armes. As a result, Chambers was declared the winner by majority decision, with the judges scoring the bout 99–91, 96–94 and 95–95. Some observers criticized the 95–95 score, believing <mask> had not done enough to win more than three rounds. He fought Marcus McGee on July 25, 2009 in Mexico, knocking him unconscious in the third round with a right hand. He weighed in at a 243 lbs for this fight.His next fight was on September 15, 2009 against the little known Ronald Bellamy. <mask> won by second-round knockout. He then fought journeyman Gabe Brown and won by fourth round stoppage. Following his three successful victories over journeymen, <mask> took a step up in competition against Nagy Aguilera in an IBF eliminator (Aguilera had earned the position with a stunning first-round knockout of former champion Oleg Maskaev). <mask> came in at 237 pounds, the lightest since his seventh pro fight. He dominated an entertaining first


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 round before sending Aguilera down in the second with a right hand counter, Nagy beat the count but was stopped soon after as he was hanging against the ropes, taking heavy shots. <mask> then targeted either a rematch with Wladimir Klitschko or a final IBF eliminator with unbeaten Alexander Povetkin.Sensing that Povetkin was not willing to fight Klitschko, <mask> made himself available as a replacement opponent. Both <mask> and Povetkin were ranked as #1 IBF contenders. <mask> vs. Wladimir Klitschko II and release from Top Rank
On September 11, 2010, <mask> fought Wladimir Klitschko again at the Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt, Germany, for the IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles. <mask> weighed in at 241 pounds, two pounds lighter than the first fight. Klitschko came in at a career heavy of 247 pounds. Both fighters had promised knockouts in the pre fight build up. <mask> started the fight very aggressively in a bob and weave style he had never before fought in.He caught Klitschko with a good left hook in the opening round, though Klitschko remained unshaken. Klitschko ended the round well. In the second round Klitschko caught <mask> with three hard right hands, one of which seemed to stun him. Both fighters struggled to land punches in the third round, there was a lot of clinching in what was a physical encounter. Unlike their first fight referee Robert Byrd did not let <mask> punch on the break or hit to the back of the head. After four rounds the fight became one sided, with <mask>'s right eye closing. <mask> could not find the target and started


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 lunging with wild shots, his legs had slowed dramatically and he was taking heavy shots.He did get through with a big right hand in round six though. Klitschko, instead of going backwards as he did in their first fight, would meet <mask> in the middle of the ring and dominate him physically in the clinches. <mask> was taking heavy punishment and after eight rounds was totally exhausted. After the ninth round <mask>'s cornerman Abel Sanchez threatened to stop the fight, and said he would give him one more round. Emanuel Steward implored Klitschko to throw combinations. <mask> swung wildly in the tenth and Klitschko opened up with a punishing combination which floored him. Referee Robert Byrd did not start a count and waved the fight off, awarding Klitschko the win by knockout.It was Klitschko's ninth successful title defense. The nature of the defeat to Klitschko in the rematch possibly spelled the end of <mask>'s career as a top level fighter. Top Rank released him from his contract soon after. In spite of this <mask>'s manager said they would look to secure other big fights in the division against anyone other than the Klitschko brothers. <mask> vs. Helenius
After his release from Top Rank, <mask> and his management sent an offer to Tomasz Adamek for an IBF elimination match. The fight fell through when <mask> refused Adamek's challenger money of $150,000. <mask> then went into negotiations for a fight with Tye Fields which also failed to materialise.Then, in March 2011, it was revealed that <mask> would travel to Germany to face undefeated Finnish


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<mask> made an unexpected return to the ring on September 27, 2014 to face journeyman Ron Aubrey. <mask> came into the ring at an all-time career heavy of , and was struggling to walk before the bout began. <mask> ended the fight when a vicious right hook knocked Aubrey unconscious in the first round. Fight cancellations
During his four-year period of near total inactivity, <mask> had been signed to fight several opponents with all the bouts being cancelled. He was scheduled to compete in the Super 8 boxing tournament, but pulled out due to injury. He was then scheduled to face former title challenger Alex Leapai but once again he pulled out as the fight neared. He then signed to fight Alexander Ustinov but again cancelled the fight with

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At the age of 36, after a two-year layoff, <mask> returned to the ring on October 23 fighting in Mexico, defeating unknown boxer Juan Carlos Salas (6–9) in three rounds. <mask> weighed 262-pounds. It was still unclear if <mask> would be returning to boxing full-time. On November 1, there were early talks that <mask> would be fighting former world title challenger Kubrat Pulev in December in Sofia, Bulgaria. Pulev, ranked at number 2 with the IBF, recently defeated Derek Chisora via decision in May. A fight was confirmed five days later by Team Sauerland, officially announcing the fight between <mask> and Pulev on December 3 in Bulgaria.This would be a stay busy fight for Pulev before his anticipated European title defense against Polish boxer Mariusz Wach. Pulev vacated his European title on November 22. In front of 15,000 at the Arena Armeec, Pulev defeated <mask> via fourth round corner retirement (RTD) to win the vacant WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title. <mask> was aggressive throughout but struggled with Pulev's jab. The fight was stopped after round three when <mask> dislocated his right shoulder while throwing a big punch. He went back to the corner leaning towards the right side and the injury forced him to retire. <mask> returned to Mexico once again on February 22, 2019 having not fought in two years.He appeared at the Cheers Bar & Grill in Tijuana knocking out Gerardo Escobar in just 44 seconds of the fight

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 starting. On March 26 <mask> signed a promotional contract with Salita Promotions and was announced to fight Mexican journeyman Mario Heredia (15–6–1, 13 KOs) on April 13 at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on the undercard of Claressa Shields vs. Christina Hammer. Prior to the fight, Heredia was 2–5–1 in his previous eight bouts. <mask> lost an eight-round split decision to Heredia, which took place at the Adrian Phillips Theater. <mask> scored a knockdown in round-three yet was unable to finish Heredia, who fought on and prevailed by scores of 77–74 and 76–75, with the third judge giving <mask> the nod via a 79–72 margin. Outside the ring
<mask> is a devout Christian who neither drinks nor smokes. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.He is managed by Ivailo Gotsev, and is a stablemate to former WBO heavyweight champion Sergei Liakhovich. <mask> was formerly promoted by both Duva Boxing and Don King. Originally trained by Andy "Pops" Anderson, he has since gone on to work with former champion Cornelius Boza-Edwards. He also worked with technical specialist and strategist Manny Masson who assisted in the training for his two decisive victories against James Toney and Jameel McCline. <mask> is currently trained by Ibn Cason. Following his split with Duva boxing, he had a court case against Don King over a dispute in the purse bid for his title loss to Vitali Klitschko. He challenged American Champion Chris Arreola to a bout in 2009.Claiming that Arreola had stolen his "nightmare" nickname. <mask> said that if the fight went through then the loser would have


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 to change his moniker. <mask> is the nephew of Nigerian professional wrestler Great Power Uti. Professional boxing record

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<mask> (born 6 March 1985) is a French professional ice hockey center for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played for the Philadelphia Flyers, Vegas Golden Knights and Colorado Avalanche. Playing career

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<mask> made France's top professional league, the Ligue Magnus in 2002 as a 17-year-old, playing with Dragons de Rouen. Showing early offensive promise, <mask> was among Rouen's top scorers in each of his three full seasons with the club. <mask> played in the Magnus until he was 20, before accepting an offer to play for Leksands IF, in Sweden's second tier league, HockeyAllsvenskan, in order to continue his development in stronger competition. <mask> established himself in the Allsvenskan, learning to play a responsible two-way game while improving his points totals in each of his three seasons with Leksands. In the 2008–09 season, <mask> led the league with 31 goals however was unable to help Leksands gain promotion to the top tiered SHL (SEL).On 21 April 2009, <mask> left the Allsvenskan, agreeing to a contract with Skellefteå AIK of the SEL for the 2009–10 season. Establishing a role as a two-way center with Skellefteå, <mask> produced 9 goals and 14 points in 49 games in his rookie season. As Skellefteå AIK's third-line center in the 2010–11 season, <mask> agreed to a two-year contract extension on 22 December 2010. From 2011 to 2014, <mask> served as an alternate captain with Skellefteå, where he won the Swedish Championship back-to-back in 2013 and 2014. Philadelphia Flyers
Having recorded 125 points in 238 career regular season games, <mask> left the SHL after 5 seasons. Opting to pursue a career in the NHL, <mask> signed his first North American contract as a 29-year old free agent with the Philadelphia Flyers, agreeing to a one-year,

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 two-way contract on 11 June 2014. After attending the Flyers' 2014 training camp, <mask> made the opening night roster to begin the 2014–15 season.He made his NHL debut in a fourth-line center role, against the Boston Bruins on 8 October 2014. He scored his first NHL goal on 22 October, in a victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Later in his rookie season (although not technically a rookie due to his age), <mask>'s experience and dependable defensive play was rewarded when he signed a two-year contract extension with the club on 2 March 2015. He appeared in 81 regular season games with the Flyers, missing just one game, posting 6 goals and 12 points. Reprising his fourth-line center role in his second season with the Flyers in 2015–16, <mask> established a new career-best with 7 goals and 14 points in 74 games. He made his playoff debut with the Flyers in the opening game of the first-round against the Washington Capitals on 14 April 2016. <mask> was suspended for one game on 19 April 2016, for an illegal check to Dmitry Orlov during game 3.He returned in Game 5, recording his first playoff point, an assist, as the Flyers shutout the Capitals 2-0 on 22 April 2016. He ended with 1 point through 5 games as the Flyers were defeated 4 games to 2 by the Capitals. In the 2016–17 season, <mask> appeared in every regular season game for the Flyers. He was named an alternate captain on 2 March 2017, a day after signing an additional two-year contract extension with the Flyers. He finished his third NHL season posting 4 goals and 8 points, unable to help the Flyers return to the playoffs. Vegas Golden Knights
On 21 June 2017, having been unprotected by the Flyers at the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft, <mask> was selected by the Vegas Golden Knights. He made his Golden Knights debut in the club's

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 first regular season game, in a 2-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on 7 October 2017.In the 2017–18 season, he registered his first point with the Golden Knights during their home opener, registering an assist in a 5–2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes at T-Mobile Arena on 10 October 2017. Continuing his role as the club's primary fourth-line center he was later placed on injured reserve on 19 February 2018 after being injured in a game against the Montreal Canadiens. He returned on 6 March for a game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. He led all Knights forwards with 63 blocked shots and finished with a career-high 10 assists and 16 points in 72 contests. He helped Vegas reach the 2018 Stanley Cup Finals in their inaugural season, posting 3 assists in 20 playoff contests before losing to the Washington Capitals in 5 games. In the following 2018–19 season, <mask> was named as an alternate captain with the Golden Knights, and tallied 6 goals and 15 points in 76 games. He led the Golden Knights forwards in shorthanded time-on-ice and appeared 6 post-season games, missing the deciding Game 7 defeat to the San Jose Sharks due to injury.He was initially injured in Game 1 after he was the recipient of a cross-check to the face by Sharks forward Evander Kane. Kane was given a major penalty for cross-checking and a game misconduct, and was suspended one game. Colorado Avalanche
Bellemare left the Golden Knights after their two first seasons, signing as a free agent a two-year, $3.6 million deal with the Colorado Avalanche on 1 July 2019. Acquired to assume the role as the Avalanche's fourth-line center, <mask> made his debut with the Avalanche in the opening game of the  season against the Calgary Flames on 3 October 2019. <mask> contributed early offensively, notching a career best 3 points

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 against former club the Golden Knights in his first return to T-Mobile Arena in a 6-1 victory on 25 October, while also recorded a career high 7 points through the month of October. Even with the season ending early because of COVID-19, <mask> set an NHL career high in goals with 9 and points with 22 during the 2019–20 season. He scored his first playoff goal in the Avs 6–4 win over the Dallas Stars in Game 3 of the Conference Semi-finals.Unable to help propel the Avalanche past the Stars in Game 7, <mask> finished with 2 goals and 3 points through 15 post-season games. Returning for the second year of his contract with the Avalanche in the pandemic delayed  season, <mask> resumed his role on the fourth-line and was relied upon for his faceoff prowess in winning 60% of his draws. He appeared in his 500th NHL game on 1 May 2021, against the San Jose Sharks, becoming just the second French trained player behind Antoine Roussel to achieve the feat. Matching his previous season high of 9 goals, <mask> featured in 53 of the 56 regular season games for the Presidents' Trophy winning Avalanche. He registered 3 assists through 10 playoff contests with the Avalanche, unable to help the team advance past the second-round in a series defeat to the Vegas Golden Knights. Tampa Bay Lightning
Having concluded his contract with the Avalanche, <mask> as a free agent extended his career by agreeing to sign a two-year, $2 million contract with two-time defending champions, the Tampa Bay Lightning, on 28 July 2021.

International play

<mask> participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the French national team. He was also named to the French roster for competition at the 2014 IIHF World Championship.In the nation's opening group game on 9 May 2014, <mask> scored the game-winning

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 shootout goal to give France a 3–2 victory over Canada, France's second-ever victory over the Canadians in 83 years. In the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, <mask> played for Team Europe, being the only player to represent France in the tournament. Team Europe finished runner-up, having lost to Canada 3-1 and 2-1 in the championship match. In the 2017 IIHF World Championship, <mask> was set to receive the Player of the Game award, scoring a goal and an assist in France's 5–1 win over Finland. In an act of selflessness and respect, he waived acceptance of the award, urging it deserved to go to the French Team goalie, Florian Hardy, who had 42 saves. Personal life
<mask> was born in a suburb of Paris, the third of five children. His father was born in Martinique, an island in the Caribbean.He learned to skate and play hockey at age 6 when his 13-year-old sister, Aurore-Annick, wanted to play hockey and he and his brother tagged along. Another sister, Rose-Eliandre <mask>, is an artistic gymnast who participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. <mask> was in first year chiropractor school when he accepted an offer to play in Sweden at age 20. He is fluent in Swedish, French and English. <mask> and his wife Hannah had their first child, Leandre, in January 2018. They reside in Sweden in the off-season. Career statistics

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<mask> (born April 20, 1935) is an American pianist, composer, and educator. He is known for his unique style that combines blues, gospel, classical, and film noir influences into an innovative and dark jazz sound. His career spans over 40 recording credits on jazz albums along with more than 40 years of teaching jazz at the New England Conservatory of Music, where he started the Department of Third Stream (now called the Department of Contemporary Improvisation) with Gunther Schuller. Early life
<mask> was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on April 20, 1935. He grew up in Suffield, Connecticut, and became fascinated by film noir after seeing Robert Siodmak's Spiral Staircase as a twelve-year-old. He began playing piano as a young child, and as a teenager studied with Ray Cassarino. In his teenage years, he became fascinated with gospel music and studied the compositions of Béla Bartók and Claude Debussy.After high school, he attended Bard College in New York, graduating in 1960 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Jazz, a major that had not previously existed at the school. At Bard he met Jeanne Lee, with whom he performed for many years. He also studied with John Lewis, Oscar Peterson, and Gunther Schuller at the School of Jazz in Lenox, Massachusetts. Performing and studying
Beginning in the late 1950s, <mask> was part of a duo with vocalist Jeanne Lee. Together they recorded his first album The Newest Sound Around, which was released on RCA in 1962, and the next year they toured Europe together. The album shows <mask>'s signature style beginning to develop, as they paid homage to <mask>'s early influences with a tribute to David Raksin's "Laura" and a reworking of the gospel standard, "The Church

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