title: Brandon Whipple

texts: <mask> is an American politician and academic who is the Mayor of Wichita, Kansas. He was the Ranking Minority member on the Higher Education Budget committee when he was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives. When the Kansas Legislature was not in session, he taught American politics at his alma mater. Jeff Longwell was defeated in the mayoral election. <mask> was raised in New Hampshire. In 2003 he received an Associate of Arts degree from New Hampshire's Hesser College. He moved to Kansas at the age of 21 to work with at-risk youth in a year-long education-service mission with AmeriCorps.He discovered that he could afford to attend WSU. After graduating from Washington State University with a degree in sociology and a minor in psychology, he went on to earn a master's degree in liberal studies with an emphasis on cross-cultural studies and public administration. A trip to the state capitol to lobby for student issues was one of the things that led to <mask>'s entry into the Kansas legislature. Franklin Pierce University, a private college in New Hampshire, gave <mask> a doctorate in leadership studies. While serving in the Kansas Legislature, <mask> taught political science, history and sociology at various colleges and universities in the area. In 2010 <mask> ran against Phil Hermanson for the Kansas House of Representatives. The Sedgwick County Democratic Party elected him its vice chair after he lost.He was elected the county party's chair. In a run for the Kansas House 96th District seat, he was criticized by a Tea Party Republican for not having children. Republican Rick Lindsey was defeated by <mask>. In a district that voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election, <mask> was re-elected three times. In 2016 he was elected Agenda Chair for the Democrats in the Kansas House of Representatives. The bipartisan Kansas Future Caucus was formed to focus attention on issues of concern to young people. restoration of funding cuts made during the administration of Kansas governor Sam Brownback was one of his principal efforts in office.<mask> was Ranking minority member on the Joint Committee on Information Technology and the Higher Education Budget Committee. He was assigned to two committees, the Committee on Elections and the Joint Committee onCorrections andJuvenile Justice Oversight. Ranking Minority Member of Joint Information Technology Elections, Ranking Minority Member of Commerce, Labor and Economic Development Financial Institutions and Pensions, and Ranking Minority Member of Higher Education Budget have been assigned to the committee. In the nonpartisan primary election, Republican Mayor Longwell had 7,136 votes, which was 32% of the total. A review of 1,000 yet-uncounted ballots might turn the election in Wells' favor, since he had only 160 fewer votes in the initial returns. The final count increased <mask>'s lead over Wells. The two candidates will be on the ballot for the November 5 election.A write-in campaign was mounted by Wells. In October of last year, <mask> was the victim of an elaborate, multi-state, covert campaign in which Republican state Representative Michael Capps was implicated as a culprit. Glasscock denied that he had approved the production of the ad, which was claimed by Capps. Money raised for the production of the video was alleged to have been laundered through a charitable non-profit organization. Several mailers were sent attacking both <mask> and Wells. The sending organizations were linked through a postal permit held by a Kansas City bulk-mail service. The anonymous mailers and salacious video will not be required to be reported according to the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission.Outside organizations have to report their identities and spending only if they use specific key terms such as "vote for," "elect," "vote against" or "defeat". The Democratic party was criticized for sending a mailer that said Longwell was being investigated for corruption. He was told to report contributions and gifts received from the contractor to which a half-billion-dollar contract had been awarded. On election day, November 5, Longwell conceded the election to <mask>, with the balance of votes still to be counted. The results were certified. In October 2020, <mask>, represented by a former U.S. Attorney, filed a defamation suit against the people who made false accusations against him in the mayor's race. According to the allegations, the co-conspirators tried to blame the conspiracy on the chairman of the Republican County Committee, and that they intended to cause trouble within the family.The money was laundered through a non-profit charity directed by Capps. The suit was originally filed against Matthew Colburn. After Colburn provided audio, text messages, and other evidence, it was dropped. O'Donnell was accused of writing the script for the video frame-up, but he felt sorry for Colburn who had been scapegoated by the actual perpetrators. Bennett moved to have the state take up the case of the removal of Capps from office since the D.A. It is not possible to do so in the case of a state legislator. He had the authority to remove Clendenin from the City Council.On October 16, 2020, a 59-year-old local musician and retired firefighter was arrested on suspicion of threatening to kidnap and kill a city official after he tried to get his address from another city official. He was not allowed to see his mother because of the city's mask ordinance. He will increase security at his home in response to the alleged threat. A criminal threat charge could be brought against him. <mask> is married to a graduate of the university. The two are members of a church. She is the Director of Programs for St. James Episcopal Church.They have three boys. Candidates in the 2010 United States elections convert to Anglicanism from Roman Catholicism.

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title: Magnus Okuonghae

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texts: <mask> is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. He has played for a number of clubs, including Rushden & Diamonds, Aldershot Town, St Albans City, Crawley Town, Dagenham & Redbridge, Luton Town and Maidstone United. He was a member of the England national C team in 2006 but did not play. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Okuonghae began his career in the club's youth system, before appearing forNorwich City under-19s in March 2002, and later featured on the bench forLeicester City under-19s in April 2002. Rushden & Diamonds signed Okuonghae and he became part of the under-16 squad. He was given squad number 40 after signing his first professional contract. During the 2002–03 season, Okuonghae failed to make an appearance for the first team, but was an unused substitute during a 5–1 win at home to Cambridge United.He made his professional debut for Rushden & Diamonds in November of 2003 and did not feature again for the rest of the season. He made eight appearances during his spell at Bishop's Stortford. During the 2005–06 season, Okuonghae found himself playing in the first team more frequently, making a late substitute appearance in a 1–0 victory away to Mansfield Town. He scored his first professional goal in a 2–1 defeat to Rochdale on October 1st. Rushden was demoted to the second tier and Okuonghae left the club after rejecting their offer of a new contract. After an unsuccessful trial at Gillingham, Okuonghae joined Conference National club Aldershot Town. He made his club debut on August 15th.He made his second and final appearance for the club four days later as the club beat St Albans City 5–3 on the road. After just two appearances for Aldershot, Okuonghae joined St Albans City on a non-contract basis. He made his debut for the club in a loss to Oxford United. Between September 2006 and January 2007, Okuonghae made 20 appearances. His third Conference club of the season was when he joined Crawley Town in January 2007. On 13 January, he made his debut for the club as they defeated his former club Aldershot 2–0 at the Recreation Ground. On 10 February, Okuonghae scored his first of two goals for the club in a 2–2 draw against his previous club St Albans.His final goal was in the 2–1 defeat to Northwich Victoria. He ended his time with the club with 21 appearances. On May 31, 2007, Okuonghae joined the club. After making his debut on 1 September in a 1–0 win at home to Lincoln City, Okuonghae found his chances limited, making just 10 appearances between September 2007 and January 2008. He made his debut in a 1–0 defeat at home to Histon on February 23, 2008, after being sent out on loan to Conference premier club Weymouth. He made six appearances for the team. In the early stages of the 2008–09 season, Okuonghae won a regular spot in the right-back position and started every match.He said he was happy to be playing and influential. He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 defeat away to Luton Town. The score was 5–0 after 56 minutes when he scored against Notts County. He played all but one league match for the Daggers as they fell just short of the League Two play-offs. He was the 2008–09 Player of the Year. He decided to join the League One club in July of 2009. He felt that he could make the step up to League One football, despite being offered a new contract by Dagenham & Redbridge.He signed a two-year deal with the club, but compensation had to be paid to the Daggers. In August 2009, the Professional Football Compensation Committee decided that the initial fee for the player should be £45,000 and that an additional £5,000 should be paid after he had made at least 15 appearances. If the club were to be promoted within the next two seasons, a £15,000 payment would be made and a 20% sell-on fee would be paid. On the opening day of 2009, Okuonghae made his debut for Colchester in a 7–1 win away to Norwich City. He captained the team after Pat Baldwin's injury in September 2009, and was rewarded with a new contract in December 2009, keeping him at the Community Stadium until 2012. The season ended with 49 appearances by Okuonghae. In his second season with the club, Okuonghae was a regular starter and played in the longest winning streak in the club's history.He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 win at home to Tranmere. He scored his second goal for the club in a 1–1 draw away to Milton Keynes Dons. An ankle injury kept him out of action for the rest of the year, with Okuonghae unsure of when he would be able to return to action. He was ruled out for the rest of the season after having ankle surgery. On the opening day of the 2011–12 season, Okuonghae returned to the first team in a 4–2 win at Preston North End. He was sent off in the 2–2 draw away to Rochdale for his first red card. Okuonghae made 45 appearances in all the competitions.In the last six matches of the season, Okuonghae and Tom Eastman had a good relationship in the centre of defence. With his contract set to expire in the summer, Okuonghae said that rumors linking him with a move away from the club gives him the confidence to improve his performances. During the summer of uncertainty for Okuonghae, it was reported that a number of Championship clubs were interested in signing him, and that he had also been offered a new club. He left the club on July 3, 2012 in order to get a move to a Championship club. On July 14, Okuonghae signed a new three-year deal. In the 2012–13 season, Okuonghae made 46 appearances and scored three goals, the last of which was in a 2–2 draw at home to Pompey on August 21st. Okuonghae was nominated for the League One Player of the Month award for August, having been an ever-present member of the defence that conceded just four goals in five matches.He received his second red card in a 4–1 defeat by his former club in the Football League Trophy on 3 September. During the course of the season, he scored two goals, the first of which came in a 3–1 defeat at the hands of Brentford on 19 October, and the second of which came in a 3–1 defeat at the hands of Swindon Town on 16 November. He made 46 appearances for the club. Following Brian Wilson's decision to leave the club over the summer, the club's new captain was announced. Sean Clohessy was named his vice captain. The opening goal was scored by Okuonghae in the first match of the season. He received a red card in his second match of the season, a 4–0 League Cup defeat to Charlton Athletic.He received his second red card of the season a month later when he was shown a straight red for foul play against his former teammate. He was sent off just before half-time in a 2–0 victory for Colchester that ended their first win of the season. After missing a number of matches through suspension and the subsequent form of his replacement, Okuonghae returned to action when he replaced Kent after only five minutes following a head injury he received. Okuonghae had to be stretchered off the field late in the match after he suffered an injury. He was out of action for the rest of the season. His contract with the club was not renewed in the summer of 2015, ending his six-year association with the club. Tony said that Okuonghae was an excellent servant to the club.During his time at the club, Okuonghae made 215 appearances. On 1 July 2015, Okuonghae signed a two-year contract with League Two club Luton Town, once again teaming-up with John Still, who was manager of Dagenham & Redbridge during his time at the club. He made his debut for the club as a 59th-minute substitute for Scott Cuthbert in a 2–1 win at home to Leyton Orient in the Football League Trophy on 1 September. After making his first start for Luton in a 2–1 defeat away to Gillingham in the Football League Trophy, Okuonghae joined League Two rivals Hartlepool United on a one-month loan. He injured his ankle in a 2–0 defeat away to AFC Wimbledon on October 31st. During his loan spell at Hartlepool, Okuonghae made four appearances, but did not play again. He made his second start in a 2–0 defeat away to Peterborough United in the FA Cup on December 6.He had knee surgery in April 2016 and didn't play again in 2015–16. He was put on the transfer list at the end of the season, but his contract was not renewed. Okuonghae re-signed for the National League club on a short-term contract until January of next year. He made his second debut a day later. He made four appearances for the club, but was released after his contract expired. Okuonghae signed a contract with the National League club on February 20th. He made his debut in April of last year and played in five games.The new contract was signed on June 1st. He joined Welling United on loan until the end of the year. He made his debut a day later, starting in a 1–0 away victory over East Thurrock United. He was let go by Maidstone at the end of the season. The club signed a new player on July 23, 2018). On June 26, Welling United announced that Okuonghae had returned to the club on a permanent basis. On 25 July, the club announced that Okuonghae had decided to retire from football.Okuonghae was selected for the semi-professional England National Game XI. The official opening of the New Lawn stadium was marked by him playing in a friendly against Forest Green. The England National Game XI was defeated by an own goal. References External links 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Lagos Nigerian footballers English footballers Association football defenders Rushden & Diamonds F.C. The players are from Bishop's Stortford F.C. The players are from Aldershot Town F.C. The players are from St. Albans City F.C.The players are from Crawley Town. There are players from Dagenham and Redbridge F.C. The players are from Weymouth F.C. The players are from Colchester United F.C. The players at Town F.C. The players are from Hartlepool United F.C. The players are from Maidstone United F.C.Welling United F.C. The players are from Dulwich Hamlet F.C. English people of Nigerian descent play football in the National League.


title: Josh Hill (fighter)

texts: <mask> is a Canadian mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight division. He is a fighter for Bellator MMA. He has competed in a number of MMA events in the past. <mask> was on Season 18 of The Ultimate Fighter. He is #8 in the rankings. <mask> was born in Canada. His first professional MMA fight was three years after he started training martial arts.<mask> won his first fight on two weeks notice. He fought for the Aggression MMA title. He won the title with a unanimous decision victory over Diego Wilson. With 8 professional wins, <mask> was accepted onto Season 18 of The Ultimate Fighter. The elimination bout was to get into the fighter house. <mask> earned his place in the house by winning a majority decision. He was knocked out of the tournament by a unanimous decision.<mask> made his debut at World Series of Fighting Canada 2 against Mike Adams on June 7, 2014, after signing with the World Series of Fighting. He won the fight with a knockout. The main event at WSOF 18: Moraes vs <mask> was the next fight for <mask>. He lost the fight by a unanimous decision. <mask> defeated Bekbulat Magomedov via split decision after two fights outside of WSOF. The main event at WSOF 32: Moraes vs. <mask> 2 will feature a second fight between <mask> and Moraes. He lost the fight in the second round.<mask> joined Bellator MMA in November. His first fight was against Vinicius Zani. He won the fight. On August 21, 2020, <mask> Pérez. He won the fight. <mask> and Stots faced off on May 7, 2021. He was defeated by a unanimous decision.<mask> faced Scoggins on December 3, 2021. At the weigh-ins, Scoggins missed weight for his bout, weighing in at 140 pounds, 4 pounds over the bantamweight non-title fight limit. Scoggins was fined a third of his purse which went to <mask>. <mask> won the fight viaKO at 0:56 of round 2. <mask> was 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 Hill is a color commentator.

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title: Michael Romanoff

texts: Harry F. Gerguson (born Hershel Geguzin, February 20, 1890 - September 1, 1971), known as <mask>, was a Hollywood restaurant, con man and actor. <mask>'s was a Beverly Hills restaurant that was popular with Hollywood stars in the 1940s and 1950s. He said he was a member of Russia's royal House of Romanov. This was known to be untrue throughout his career, but press reports tended to treat it as a joke. In October of 1932, The New Yorker ran a series of five profiles on Romanoff, who had been deported to France in May of that year to serve time for fraud. According to U.S.A Confidential, Romanoff was actually a former Brooklyn pants presser. Geguzin moved to New York City at a young age.After 1900, he changed his name to Harry F. Gerguson. He pretended to be the nephew of Nicholas II, William Wellington or Arthur Wellesley. The entire chapter in David Niven's memoirs is devoted to <mask>/Gerguson. <mask> told Niven to remember Bob Laycock. Gerguson shows Niven a set of hair brushes with the Laycock crest and he is chastened. Gerguson took part in a cricket match at the home of the Laycock family. What were you doing in the coal mine?Niven wants to know. In US immigration files, there is a record of Harry Gerguson escaping from hospital in 1923. Romanoff died of a heart attack in 1971 at the age of 81. Romanoff's had two locations, one in Beverly Hills and one in North Rodeo Drive. It moved to a new location in 1951. Romanoff preferred to eat with his dogs. The décor was masculine and clubby with comfortable booths, and the cigarette girls were lovely.Romanoff's was known for its chocolate soufflés, which were served to each guest in an individual portion, but it was also known for its country club-style menu. Although Romanoff's restaurant is known for popularizing the "American version" of the famous dessert, it was actually created by Escoffier when he was the chef at the Carlton Hotel in London. A popular item in Hollywood reporting was Noodles Romanoff, a dish of wide egg noodles, sour cream, and grated Parmesan cheese that first appeared at Romanoff's in the mid-1950s. The dish was served at a restaurant in Chicago after Romanoff's went out of business. Noodles Romanoff was transferred to the company's newly formed frozen food grocery division. It will soon be possible to buy different versions of Noodles Romanoff in grocery stores. It was a popular side dish on American dinner tables through the 1960s, and recipes for it are available from Betty Crocker, Creamette, and others.On New Year's Eve 1962, the restaurant closed its doors. In 1959 <mask>'s On The Rocks opened in Palm Springs. The house band was headed by Paul Whiteman and Red Norvo. The Pompeii nightclub was destroyed by fire in 1962, after On The Rocks closed. In 1941's Hellzapoppin', the film version of the Broadway musical, <mask> is referenced. In the film, Auer plays a real Russian prince who is pretending to be a fake prince. He is invited to high-society parties because of his deception, where he can gorge himself on food and drink.He told a fellow Russian expatriate that he was a fake prince. The novelty would wear off if they knew I was a real prince. In the original 1947 version of Miracle on 34th Street, a doctor believes Kris Kringle is not harmful to anyone despite his insistence that he is Santa. The doctor compares Kringle to a well-known restaurant owner who insists that he is a member of the Russian royal family, but is otherwise normal, in a reference to Romanoff. On January 8, 1950, <mask> was one of several guest stars on "The Jack Benny Program" radio show. The murder that took place at the Romanoff's in Beverly Hills was the subject of the episode. The episode is best known for having one of the longest laughs in the history of the series, based on a spoonerism of the name "Drew Pearson", and quick thinking by the writers to incorporate the flub later in the program.On December 8, 1950, <mask> was the guest star on a radio show. His claims of royalty are mocked and even his small stature is joked about. <mask> was a contestant on the Groucho Marx quiz on November 28, 1951. The broadcast took place the next day. The photo was taken at Romanoff's restaurant. He was a mystery guest on the television show What's My Line? Kirk Douglas and Barbara Rush are seen dining at <mask>'s restaurant in a 1960 film.<mask> made an appearance. The <mask>'s can be seen in the film A Guide for the Married Man. In the film, <mask> plays the maitre'd in a studio recreation of the restaurant's interior. Noodles <mask> is a recurring villain in the Roger Ramjet cartoon. In addition to appearing in A Guide for the Married Man as himself, Romanoff has also appeared in at least 20 other films and television shows. In 1977, Boz Scaggs' Down Two Then Left's album cover photography by Guy Bourdin features the then-shuttered Romanoff's restaurant.

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title: K. Y. Amoako

texts: <mask> is an international civil servant with a five-decade career in African development. He is a thought leader on policies and initiatives of governance and growth on the continent, and he has worked alongside development specialists to address African and global development issues. <mask> is an author and the founding president of the African Centre for Economic Transformation. The World Bank's Director for Education and Social Policy from 1992 to 1995 was <mask>, who founded ACET. At the rank of Under Secretary General of the UN, he was the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa. <mask> spent 2006 as a distinguished African scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars after 10 years with the ECA. <mask> has three daughters named Ama, Nana, and Mame.He has four children and four grandchildren. <mask> completed his secondary education at a technical school. He was able to get his B.A. He obtained his M.A. from the University of Ghana. PhD in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley. He received a Doctor of Laws degree and a Doctor of Letters degree in recognition of his contribution to Africa's development. <mask> began his career at the World Bank after obtaining a PhD in economics from the University of California-Berkeley.The Bank had few Africans, but it had lending policies that were not always favorable to Africa. <mask> became Division Chief for Country Programs in the Africa Region and also Division Chief for Sector Programs in the Latin America and Caribbean Region. He helped improve Bank operations in several countries. The Bank shifted its focus from poverty reduction to economic and social development issues in the early 1990s. The Department of Education and Social Policy was created by the Bank in 1992 to provide intellectual leadership in these areas, guide operational staff at the country-level, and collaborate more effectively with United Nations agencies and other development institutions. The first director was <mask>. The major Bank policy papers on poverty, gender, social protection, labor markets, and education were endorsed by the World Bank's Executive Directors.The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa was appointed in 1995 by UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali. He gave Amoako a mandate to transform the institution into an influential voice for Africa and an effective player in global development. Within two years of his appointment, Amoako implemented sweeping reforms to remake the institution. The ECA was praised by Boutros-Ghali for being at the forefront of reform in the United Nations. TheDistinguished African Scholar Award is supported by the Open Society Institute, which brings senior African scholars or policymakers to the Woodrow Wilson Center in order to conduct research on topics of their choice. Strengthening policy research institutions within Africa and their contribution to African development strategies was the focus of his research. The African Center for Economic Transformation was founded in 2008 to help African governments transform their economies and address policy and institutional barriers to economic growth.Over the past twenty years, <mask> has served on many high-level commissions and task forces with other development experts and leaders. Africa's current and future challenges as well as global development issues have been tackled by these task forces. <mask> Annan established the Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa. The commission was given a mandate to clarify the data on the impact of HIV/AIDS on state structures and economic development. The commission was set up in 2004 and chaired by Tony Blair to promote development in Africa. Many of the recommendations were taken up by the G8 at its summit in Gleneagles later that year. The Commission on Macroeconomics and Health was established in 2000 to assess the contribution of health to global economic development.The commission was chaired by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs. The International Task Force on Global Public Goods was established in 2003 by the Swedish and French governments after the 2002 Monterrey International Conference on Financing for Development. The Commission on Capital Flows to Africa was formed in 2002 by the Corporate Council on Africa and the Institute for International Economics. The high-level trade experts group was set up to lobby for strong political commitment during the G20 summit to liberalize trade and was led by the former Director-General of the WTO. At a meeting of African finance ministers in 1997, <mask> declared himself an optimist. The title of the book is based on an African proverb: "If you know the beginning well, the end will not bother you". An account of the people, policies, and institutions that have shaped Africa's post-colonial development history is offered in the book.<mask> has worked with governments and global leaders on issues that affect African progress, such as financing sustainable development, moving beyond aid, industrializing and diversifying economics, and closing the gender gap. The growth of Africa is recounted in this book. <mask>, K.Y. Know The Beginning Well is an inside look at five decades of African development. Africa World Press in 2020. On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the memorial lecture of the late Oyeeman Wereko Ampem, he delivered a lecture on politics, economics and the future of the country. He was the guest speaker at the school's 100th anniversary.The Living people Commission for Africa is made up of members of the University of Ghana and UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science.

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title: John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan

texts: <mask> is a British Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1987 to 2010 and served in the Cabinet under Tony Blair. He was Health Secretary from 2003 to 2005, Defence Secretary from 2005 to 2006 and Home Secretary from 2006 to 2007. When he joined the Young Communist League in 1972, he became involved in politics. He was elected to the House of Commons in 1987 as the MP for Motherwell North after working for the Labour Party as a senior researcher. Following Gordon Brown's appointment as Prime Minister in 2007, he retired from frontline politics and became the Chairman of Celtic Football Club. He was elevated to the House of Lords after being nominated for a life peerage.A leading role in the campaign for a "No" vote in the AV referendum was taken by <mask>, who was also a leading role in the campaign against Scottish independence. He was born to a working class Roman Catholic family in Bellshill Maternity Hospital, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. His grandfather was a Presbyterian and his grandmother an Irish peasant. Mary was a factory worker and Thomas was a postman. St Patrick's Secondary School is in Coatbridge. The teen leader of a student strike in protest at a school rule showed an early talent for organisation and political activism. After deciding not to go to university, he took a number of jobs, including construction work and insurance, and later claimed that he was assigned to the tenements in the East End of Glasgow because of his political views.He joined the Labour Party after this experience. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, written by William L. Shirer, was bought for him by his girlfriend and later wife. He was spellbound. He attended the Open University in his mid-twenties to study a foundation course and then later attended the University of Stirling, where he obtained a degree in history and a PhD in economic history, with a thesis on the slave trade. From 1983 to 1985, he was a political adviser to Neil Kinnock, and from 1979 to 1983, he was a research officer for the Labour Party in Scotland. He was the Scottish Organiser of Trade Unionists for Labour from 1986 to 1987. He was a member of parliament for the Motherwell North constituency.After boundary changes, he was returned at the 1997 election for the new constituency of Hamilton North and Bellshill; and after further boundary changes in 2005, he was returned at the 2005 election for the new constituency of Airdrie and Shotts. The sudden death from a heart attack of <mask>'s wife, Cathie, happened in 1998. Kevin and Mark were their sons. He married Carine Adler in 2002. According to The Guardian, in 1991,<mask> arrived at the House of Commons drunk and tried to force his way on to the floor to vote. When the attendant tried to stop him, he threw a punch. In 1994 he stopped drinking and in 2003 he stopped smoking.He was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. He became president of the students' union with the help of Communist and Labour students. He was a researcher for Scottish Labour. Any rational person should be a revisionist on principle. One of the earliest advocates for reforms to the Labour Party was an advisor to Neil Kinnock. In 1983, after the Labour Party's worst electoral defeat in 65 years, he put on a single sheet of paper what he thought had made Labour unelectable. He was elected to Parliament in 1987 as the Member of Parliament for Motherwell North and within two years was appointed to the Shadow Front Bench.In 1990 he was appointed as Defence spokesman. When Yugoslavia broke up in the 1990s, he was in dialogue with the Bosnian Serbs. After the Bosnian War, he was indicted as a war criminal. As a guest of Karadi, he spent three days at a luxury lakeside hotel. After Labour came to power in 1997, the Minister of State for the armed forces was named and he played a key role in the Defence Secretary George Robertson's Strategic Defence Review. Some commentators went so far as to describe his success in cutting military expenditure at the same time as winning over the defence chiefs as "brilliant". He was a Minister when he tried to get the release of the Scots Guards.He refused to meet the family. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland met with the McBride family. In 1998 he became Minister of State for Transport. The Department of Transport was sent by Tony Blair to make sure the late-running and over-budget London Underground Jubilee Line Extension was completed by the end of 2000. The whole Jubilee line was open for business by the Millennium after he and <mask> brought in Bechtel as Project Managers. He was a political fighter, had a capacity for non-dogmatic adaptability and reliability, and was described as a safe pair of hands. The Secretary of State for Scotland was promoted to Secretary of State for Scotland on 17 May 1999 after impressing at both Transport and Defence.After an interval of 300 years, the Scottish Parliament was re-established in his first month. With devolution, the Scotland Office was much reduced in importance, but it was still used to build his profile, and he was prepared to put the government's case on any issue against TV interviewers. Donald Dewar, Scotland's respected First Minister, died in 2000 and his name was mentioned as a possible replacement. After the death, he was left to deal with much of the fall-out with the new Labour First Minister, Henry McLeish, who he felt was taking the Parliament down a nationalist path. In an unguarded moment, McLeish publicly labelled <mask> a patronising bastard. Peter Mandelson resigned as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in January 2001. He was the first Roman Catholic to hold the position.He insisted that every person in Northern Ireland wanted a prosperous future despite the personal significance of this. He was engaged in talks with all sides of the community in an attempt to reduce the level of inter-community troubles. He blamed both sides of the community for the violence. He confronted both, on the ground, at a violent east Belfast interface, where he met loyalist residents of Cluan Place and then had talks with nationalist residents. The government could no longer recognize ceasefires declared by the Ulster Defence Association and the Loyalist Volunteer Force because of their involvement in sectarian attacks and murders. He put pressure on the IRA to put its weapons beyond use in order to end the political stalemate, while acknowledging that putting its weapons beyond use would be difficult. In October 2001 he welcomed a speech by Gerry Adams which he hoped would pave the way for a "groundbreaking" move by the IRA to disarm which would transform the political situation.In response to the IRA's decision, the British Army security bases were immediately demolished and a reduction in troop levels was announced as the security situation improved. The final stages of the transformation of the RUC into the Police Service Northern Ireland were overseen by <mask>. The Northern Ireland Assembly was suspended in October of 2002 due to political problems. The peace process was put on hold until there was a clear and unambiguous commitment that the IRA would cease to exist. Direct rule will be announced in the interim. The Holy Cross primary school was the scene of the worst rioting in the city in years, as a result of loyalist ceasefires and sectarian murders. Success in Northern Ireland was one of the rare political commodities that 10 Downing Street was concerned about.The Chairman of the Labour Party and Minister without Portfolio was appointed on October 24, 2002. He earned the nickname "Minister for the Today Programme" as the Labour Government's chief spokesman because of his trouble-shooting skills. Despite the Unions' opposition to many of the Government's proposals, the Labour Party's main funders were able to keep the trade unions on-side. A key Union demand is to stop private contractors from exploiting low paid workers. In March 2003 Robin Cook resigned as Leader of the House of Commons due to his objections to the legality of Britain's involvement in the Iraq War. On 4 April, the Office brief was taken over by a person who was more likely to ensure the Commons' continued support for the war. He held the position for three months and was replaced by a more junior member of the Government.Alan Milburn resigned as Secretary of State for Health in June 2003 after being made Secretary of State for Health. He was not happy with the appointment. He was reported by Private Eye as saying "Oh fuck, not health." His appointment as Health Secretary took him into his fourth cabinet job in less than a year, as he had established himself as one of Tony Blair's most trusted ministers. Private companies were introduced to run treatment centers for knee, hip and eye operations in order to increase capacity. He claimed that this provided extra staff and capacity to help treat more patients. There are plans to increase the number of smoke-free workplaces and improve diet and sexual health as part of a major drive to improve public health in England.Volunteer engagement in the health service was encouraged by him. Many of his changes caused criticism and controversy, which he was not afraid to take head on, as he delivered a defence of Labour's reform programme to the party's annual conference. He made the case that all the choices normally only available to those who could afford them should be extended. He came under fire from the leaders of the National Health Service for his management style. He was criticized for giving GPs a 22% pay rise while also allowing them to opt out of providing weekend and evening treatment. As Health Secretary, he was in favor of limiting the smoking ban as much as possible. He introduced a pledge to ban smoking in all places where food is served.A complete ban was favored by his successor. Private clubs and pubs that did not serve food were granted an exemption by the cabinet. The House of Commons rebels succeeded in getting a free vote on the issue. The Cabinet's proposals were defeated by the rebels. The Secretary of State for Defence was appointed after the Labour Party's 2005 general election victory. He replaced someone else. The international legal framework was questioned in the light of modern developments in conflict.He suggested that the body of relevant international rules should be strengthened, especially to cope with conflict against non-state actors such as the international terrorist. 3,300 troops were

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title: John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan

texts: sent to Helmand province. The Army thought the Helmand mission would be easy compared to its difficult mission in Basra, with small patrols from fixed bases. "Our job is to protect the reconstruction and we would be happy to leave in three years without firing a shot," he said. The British armed forces fired about 4 million bullets and 25,000 rounds in the first year. He took an aggressive approach to defending his government's policy. Speaking ahead of a conference on NATO in Germany on 4 February 2006 he stated that "no institution has the divine right to exist".The British Government's contrary view was defended in response to Iyad Allawi's claim that Iraq is in the grip of civil war. There is an increase in the sectarian killing in Iraq, but there is not a civil war and we will not. Des Browne became Defence Secretary by the time of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon Conflict. The Defense Secretary gave evidence to the Iraq Inquiry. The Vietnam War had an impact on US post-invasion planning in Iraq because military chiefs weren't thinking of detailed nation-building. He said he was sad at the loss of life in Iraq. Charles Clarke was removed as Home Secretary in the wake of a Home Office scandal involving the release of foreign national prisoners.At the next session of Parliament, a Bill for the autumn Queens Speech will be brought into law. The first Official Secrets Act since 1989 was proposed to punish intelligence officers who blow the whistle on government policy by leaking secret information. They want to remove their legal defence of necessity and public interest. By the time he arrived at the Home Office, he was seen as one of the government's most effective performers over the previous decade, being described by many commentators as a bruiser, but with a strong academic leaning. At the Home Office, he hit the ground running. He said that the Home Office approach had been overwhelmed by the challenges of mass migration, terrorism and organised crime. The leadership and management systems in the Home Office were attacked by <mask>.He vowed to make the public feel safe after declaring it to be "not fit for purpose". He criticized his comments in a defence of his own time in office. He published three reform plans within 100 days of joining the Department. There will be 8,000 more prison places, a 40 per cent reduction in headquarters staff, and a commitment to make the Immigration and Nationality Directorate an agency with a uniformed border staff. Radical reform of the core systems and structures within the Home Office, as well as reform of the criminal justice system and the review of counter-terrorist capabilities are some of the things that have been proposed. He argued for fundamental reform and condemned the service for letting people down. During his time at the Home Office, he moved child molesters living in hostels near schools further away from them.In August 2006 he called for the creation of an independent committee to impose a limit on the number of immigrants entering the UK. The Guardian claimed that he was playing to the racist gallery and compared his plans to soviet-style central planning of the economy. Emergency measures were announced on 9 October 2006 because of the overcrowding crisis in the prisons. Measures to restrict the ability of extremist messages to be disseminated on the internet so as to make the web a more hostile place for terrorists have been announced by the man. The High Court ruled against the Home Office in the Afghan hijackers case. A group of nine Afghan men who hijacked a Boeing 727 in February 2000 while fleeing the Taliban regime in Afghanistan were granted leave to remain in the United Kingdom. In 2004, the Human Rights Act 1998 ruled that returning the men to Afghanistan would violate their human rights.The Home Office granted the men "temporary leave to remain", which involved restricting their freedom of movement and did not allow them to work; in 2006 the High Court ruled that the men must be granted "discretionary leave to remain", which includes the right to work. The Home Office should have the power to grant only temporary admission to failed asylum seekers who are allowed to stay in the UK due to their human rights, argued <mask> in the Court of Appeal. The government's critics were accused of putting national security at risk by failing to recognize the seriousness of the threat facing Britain. The human rights laws need to be changed. The threat of attacks by al-Qaeda and other terror groups was brought to the attention of the public by a new warning system. The terrorist threat would only be overcome by united action by all of us, and the public was urged to remain vigilant. The threat level was already at "Severe", the second highest level.The UK was put on its highest state of security alert after police said they had disrupted a terrorist plot to blow up several aircraft flying between the UK and the US using explosives smuggled in carry-on luggage. Extreme security measures had been put in place. Security sources said an attack was believed to have been imminent and that the alleged terror plot could have caused civilian casualties on an "unprecedented scale". With 21 people in custody, he said he believed the main players had been "accounted for". Two dozen major terrorist conspiracies were under investigation after security sources confirmed that at least four major plots had been thwarted in the previous year. The government needs to do a lot more to win the battle of ideas if it wants to avoid losing the "battle of ideas" with al-Qa'eda. European Ministers led efforts to make the internet a more hostile place for terrorists and to crack down on people using the internet to spread propaganda.Terrorists were looking to groom and brainwash children for suicide bombings, and in September of 2006 the muslims were warned by the muslims by the muslim by the muslim by the muslim by the muslim by the muslim by the muslim by the muslim by the muslim by the muslim by the muslim He was confronted and barracked by Abu Izzadeen during the speech. The leader of the UK-banned Al Ghurabaa is a man who many accuse of glorifying terrorism and inciting racial hatred during nightly conversations. After the high-profile at the Home Office, his tough stance on terrorism and his domination of the headlines in the aftermath of the alleged terror plot, he was tipped by Labour MPs to run for the party's leadership. Everyone was guessing about his leadership intentions until the very end. The surprise was that he decided to quit frontline politics and return to the back benches. It was thought that he either wanted to carry the torch of reform himself as Labour leader or quit the scene to make way for new blood.In May 2007, after Tony Blair left office, he announced his intention to resign from the Cabinet and return to the Labour Party. He said he would support Gordon Brown. On June 27, 2007, the Home Secretary was replaced by Jacqui Smith. In September of 2007, he said he wouldn't seek re-election. The offer of a return to cabinet under Gordon Brown was turned down by the man. In December 2004 and October 2005, <mask> voted in favor of a bill to introduce a compulsory British national identity card. He voted in favor of the proposal.He voted to allow unmarried heterosexual and homosexual couples to adopt, and to lower the age of consent for gay sex to 16. He voted for the replacement of the system. The fully appointed House of Lords was the only reform option that he voted against. On the introduction of Labour's anti-terrorism laws, he opposed an amendment that would have limited the fingerprinting and strip-searching of people being held in connection with a terrorism investigation. He voted against changing the text of the Prevention of Terrorism Bill to say that the Secretary of State may apply to the court for a control order. In June 2007, he voted against a motion calling for an independent inquiry into the Iraq War. The Conservative Party received more votes than any other party in the 2010 general election, which led to the argument that David Cameron should become the next Prime Minister in order to honour the democratic wishes of the British people.If Labour and the Liberal Democrats formed an alliance, their combined votes would outnumber Conservative votes at the 2010 General Election, but they wouldn't have the numbers to form a parliamentary majority. The same month, it was announced that he had been made a life peer in the dissolution honours. He was created on July 16, 2010 in Stepps. He was campaigning against changes to the UK's voting system in April of 2011. He claimed that the alternative vote would violate the principle of 1 person 1 vote. He wrote that fringe candidates get multiple votes while mainstream voters only get one. The referendum was won by the "No" side.While in government, Labour made a mistake with immigration, and now the opposition is not providing an alternative. In June of last year, a full-page advert was published in the Scottish Catholic Observer encouraging readers to vote against Scottish independence. The advert failed to state who paid for it, which is a violation of Electoral Commission rules, and following complaints, <mask> revealed that it had been paid for by an organisation led by Willie Haughey. There was a "No" vote in the referendum. In the wake of the political scandal in 2009, Sir Thomas Legg requested the repayment of his claimed expenses. He decided to repay a total of £7,336.51. He was one of 23 MPs who asked for a refund of some of the money they had repaid.On September 28, 2007, it was announced that <mask> would become Chairman of Celtic Football Club. His appointment was approved by Celtic's shareholders. Graham Spiers found him to be "an engaging and intriguing Celtic chairman". He described the appointment as an honor and a privilege. In 2008 it was announced that he would become the chairman of the Institute of Security and Resilience Studies at the University College London. On December 18, 2008, G4S announced that <mask> would be joining the company as a group consultant. The Top Level Group of UK Parliamentarians for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Non-proliferation was established in October 2009.In June 2009, a degree was awarded to him by the university. References External links Official biography, Prime Minister's Office Profile of <mask> The directors and chairmen of the Communist Party of Great Britain are members of the Labour

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title: Kuo Lien-ying

texts: One of the most revered martial artists of the twentieth century was <mask>n-ying. He brought the t'ai chi ch'uan to the US. The family DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch DropCatch As a kid, Kuo wanted only to learn the fighting arts. Master Li Lin, who was skilled in Chang Chuan, was especially skilled in Northern Style Shaolin Kung-Fu, and he was with Kuo for five years. The martial arts system was developed by Buddhist monks in China. Tchoung Ta-tchen was his training partner.One of only two inner-door students of Yang Pan-hou was at 23, and he became one of only four inner-door disciples of Wang Jiao-yu. The originator of what is now known as Guang Ping Yang t'ai chi ch'uan was the son of Kuang-p'ing, also known as the founder of Yang-style tai chi chuan. After completing "Chin to Toe" in 100 days, <mask> was taught the Guang Ping Yang t'ai chi ch'uan. The teacher of Wang Xiangzhai, who was reputed to be the best fighter of his time, was the teacher of Master Huang Ginyin, who was a highly skilled student. Chang Hsin-zhai and Chung Ting-hua were studied by <mask>. He was a bodyguard for a while on the gold caravans through China, protecting them on horseback with his rope-dart techniques. He is said to have become a governor of a province in China and a general in the army.He fled to Taiwan after the Communist takeover and opened a martial arts school. Although he left his wives and children in China, he married the sister of one of his students. In 1951, Kuo challenged world boxing champion Joe Louis to a fight, because he was so confident in his fighting skills. He claimed to the San Francisco Chronicle that he could have thrown him. After moving to the United States in 1965, he left his wife behind in Taiwan and settled in San Francisco's Chinatown. David Chin, his first student in the U.S. 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 Simmone Kuo was brought to San Francisco by Kuo after less than a year.While he was in Taiwan, his students in San Francisco found an empty storefront in an alley next to a funeral parlor. The empty storefront was available due to the superstitions of the local residents who didn't want to live next to a mortuary. One of his students, Henry Look, said that Kuo told him not to worry about dead people. The living quarters in the rear of the martial arts studio were converted by the students. The school was named "Lien-Ying Tai-Chi Chuan Martial Arts Academy". <mask> and Simmone had a son in 1967. Chung-mei achieved Chin-to-Toe at 18 months after being trained in the T'ai chi ch'uan styles.One of the major theorists of the Chin school was <mask>. Chin stylists claim that there is a 50% blend of the two because you are most conscious of unyielding and that is the only way you can take advantage of all things. One of the stories that Kuo told his students was about the time he was walking in a Chinatown alley and was set upon by a group of robbers. After picking up a piece of metal lying on the ground, he hammered the spike into the brick wall of the nearest building, and then hung his jacket on the spike. The would-be robbers ran away. When his students missed the 5 a.m. practice session, he would call them up, shouting in Chinese, "Lela, lela, t'ai chi, t'ai chi!" "Practice, practice, t'ai chi, t'ai chi!"One of the first Chinese martial arts masters in America to teach Asian fighting arts to American students was often admonished by other Chinese teachers to not teach to Westerners. In 1975, Sam Peckinpah filmed part of The Killer Elite in Portsmouth Square and hired many of his students for the scenes of a martial arts school in San Francisco. Many locations, including schools and banks, were given demonstrations of T'ai chi ch'uan and Shaolin kung-fu by <mask> and his students. <mask> died in 1984 after returning to Mongolia. Simmone <mask> still teaches privately at the Lien-Ying Tai-Chi Chuan Martial Arts Academy in San Francisco Chinatown (15A Walter U Lum Place, above the produce market) after retiring from physical education teaching duties at San Francisco State. Masters Peter Kwok, Henry Look, and Y.C. are some of the students who were responsible for the transmission of the art. There is a person named Chiang.Bill Douglas, the founder of World Tai Chi and Qigong Day, carries on the form under the name Kuang Ping Yang Tai Chi Chuan, which was passed down from one person to another. The Guang Ping Yang Tai Chi Association was formed in 1997 to honor the memory of Sifu <mask> Lien-ying and to remember his sharing of his many skills. The Association's mission is to promote, perpetuate, develop interest in, and preserve the quality of the style, and to provide support for research and education in the area. Y.C. is a chairmen. Past Presidents: Henry Look, Donald Rubbo, Nick D'Antoni, Dominick Ruggieri, Randy Elia, Lawrence Riddle, Lucy Bartimole, Grace Cheng, Valarie Prince Gabel. The T'ai Chi Boxing Chronicle was translated into English by Gordon Guttman Tai-Chi Chuan in Theory and Practice.

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title: Guido de Marco

texts: The sixth president of Malta from 1999 to 2004 was a Maltese politician named <mask>. <mask> served as the deputy prime minister, minister of the interior, and minister for foreign affairs. He was elected President of the 45th session of the United Nations General Assembly in 1990. Some of the landmark cases in Malta were defended by a renowned criminal lawyer. His death in 2010 caused three days of national mourning and a state funeral. Emanuele and <mask> had a child named <mask>. He attended several schools, including St. Joseph High School, St. Aloysius' College and the University of Malta.He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, Economics and Italian in 1952 and a Doctor of Laws degree in 1955. <mask> met his future wife while he was a student. He proposed to her on February 5, 1951. The couple had three children: Giannella, Fiorella and Mario. Mario, who served as parliamentary secretary for tourism at the time of his father's death, said he was a family man who devoted time to his children and grandchildren. In 1962, <mask> entered the political arena after leaving his position at the Attorney General's Office. The successful criminal lawyer would devote most of his life to the Nationalist and Maltese cause.He was a professor of criminal law at the University of Malta. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1966. He was returned to Parliament after every election. He became the Nationalist party's deputy leader in 1977. He was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for almost twenty years. The European Convention on Human Rights was one of the international conventions that <mask>'s efforts led to integration into domestic law. He was the Minister for the Interior and was involved in the founding of the Police Academy.He was the Minister for Foreign Affairs when he submitted the application for membership of the European Communities. It was his first act as Minister for Foreign Affairs. He was involved in the consolidation of Malta's contributions to international organizations, including the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the Council of Europe and the Commonwealth of Nations. He was the President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1990. The President of Malta was appointed on April 4, 1999. He led his country into the EU. He became a doctor at St. Petersburg State University for his efforts to integrate Malta into the EU.On August 5, 2010, <mask> had a heart procedure. He was in a critical, but stable condition after the intervention. The medical bulletin stated that <mask> was responding to treatment and was showing signs of improvement. He was taken off life-support machines as his condition continued to improve. He was discharged from the hospital five days later. In an interview with The Times of Malta, <mask> said he didn't feel like he was going to die when he came back from the coma. I felt like I was going to stay.I'm here to stay. After collapsing in his home in Sliema, <mask> was rushed to the hospital again in the afternoon. He died in the hospital. The news of his death shocked the nation, which was at the moment relieved with the previous improvement in his condition. Three days of national mourning were declared by the government. A state funeral was held. The President of the Republic, the Nationalist Party, the Labour Party, as well as other entities and the diplomatic corps issued messages of solidarity and sorrow immediately.Lawrence Gonzi interrupted his vacation to return to the island. One of the most prominent politicians in recent times has died. He played an important role in strengthening our country's international relations and was an important player in the United Nations. The country has been united by his Presidency. The death was called a national loss by the opposition leader. Edward Fenech Adami, <mask>'s successor as President of Malta, was said to be "shaken" by the news. George Abela, President of Malta at the time of <mask>'s death, called him a "jovial person".He expressed his sympathies to the <mask> family. From all over the world, people paid their respects to Malta. The President of the European Parliament called him a highly respected politician. "On a personal level he was more than just a friend and people in the Middle East will remember him for his attachment to the issues of tolerance, cooperation and friendship," said the former Libyan ambassador to Malta. His tenure as President of the United Nations General Assembly and his skill and perseverance in guiding Malta to EU membership are great tributes to his statesmanship. His funeral was attended by a number of people, including the widow of Yasser Arafat, the Italian Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, and several ambassadors.

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title: Lucy Virginia French

texts: <mask> was an American author from Virginia. Her blank verse was considered especially strong and her themes were well chosen. <mask> was a member of a wealthy family. She was educated at Washington, Pennsylvania, and moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where she lived until her marriage to <mask> in 1854. "Wind Whispers" was her first volume of poems. She wrote several novels and dramas, including "The Years," "Mammy," and "Liberty Bells." She was interested in the political questions of the day and wrote about them.Her last novel was "Darlingtonia" in 1879. She was literary editor of a number of magazines and newspapers between 1856 and 1879. She wrote under the name L'Inconnue. Some of her friends were James Russell Lowell, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, and William Cullen Bryant. <mask> Smith was born in Accomack County, Virginia. Her mother was Mease W. Smith. She was named after the state where she was born.Her parents were from wealthy families. Her mother is also a Virginian. He was Henry A. Miss Elizabeth Parker was named Wise. Her grandfather was a merchant in the East Indian and South American trade, but also served as a cavalry officer in the American Revolutionary War. Mease W. Smith was the president of Washington College. He was the chair of Greek and Latin in that institution.He was well-known as a teacher and as a lawyer, as well as filling the office of chancellor of Virginia. The child was left to her grandparents after her mother died. After graduating from Mrs. Hannah's School, she and her younger sister returned to their father's home on the eastern shore of Virginia. A new influence had entered the old home after their father married again. Virginia decided that she wanted to leave. She and her sister Lide moved to Tennessee after that. Career French and her sister taught in Memphis.French wrote for the Louisville Journal under the name L'Inconnuehe, and many of her poems, songs and legends first appeared in its columns. Her friends at that time were many. She was the editor of the Southern Ladies Book until the following year. French could write about anything. She was the author of several novels and dramas. She had an interest in politics. She was in favor of preserving the Union during the American Civil War.She worked and prayed for reconciliation throughout her life. She was born in the South and grew up in the North. "Shermanized" and "The Palmetto and the Pine" illustrate French's freedom from political and sectional prejudice. The first was written just after Sherman's march to the sea, while the second appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in 1876, and was a direct rebuke to a memorable congressional speech. She had known James G. Blaine since she was a girl. The spirit of the poem and of the author was admired by a noted writer who commented "like the flash of the yataghan from a velvet sheath." The poem "Mammy," a home picture of the South before the war, appeared in the February 1900 issue of The American Illustrated Methodist Magazine, while "The Palmetto and the Pine" was reproduced with illustrations in the July 1899 number of the magazine.The spirit of unity was the theme of many of French's later poems. <mask>'s first volume of poems, "Wind Whispers," appeared in 1856, followed by a tragedy in five acts, "Istalilxo, the Lady of Tula," the scene of which was laid in Mexico before its conquest by Cortez. French was literary editor of a number of magazines and newspapers between 1856 and 1879. Her first novel, "My Roses," was published in 1872 and her last novel, "Darlingtonia," appeared in 1879. <mask>'s marriage was the result of a poem titled "The Lost Louisiana" that appeared in one of the New Orleans dailies. John Hopkins <mask> was standing in front of the St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans when he was approached by a newsboy selling the morning papers. The boy yelled.The words "lost Louisiana" made Mr. French want toTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkia.Trademarkia.Trademarkia.Trademarkia.Trademarkia.Trademarkia.Trademarkia.Trademarkia.Trademarkia.Trademarkia.Trademarkia.Trademarkia.Trademarkia.Trademarkia.Trademarkia.Trademarkia.Trademarkia.Trademarkia.Trademarkia.Trademarkia.Trademarkia.Trademarkia He was a passenger on the steamboat "Belle of Clarksville" and almost died in a collision with the "Louisiana." The story of the accident in verse was included in the paper. The poem was signed by someone. The name "L'Inconnue," which was already well known throughout the South, was added to Mr. <mask>'s interest in the theme when he clipped the poem from the paper and put it in his wallet. Mr. <mask> was a passenger on the steamer. He found a poem in a newspaper that had a strange interest in him."One or Two?" was the title. The author was L'Inconnue. He thought that it was different from the majestic nature of "The Lost Louisiana", still in his wallet. He said to himself, "I will quit this boat at Memphis." I will ask L'Inconnue if we will be one or two. On the day after he arrived at Memphis, a young woman entered the bookstore and bought a magazine. Mr. French asked the salesman the name of the customer after she walked out.The clerk said "Miss <mask> Smith." Mr. <mask> was surprised to see L'Inconnue. They were married in the Episcopal Church. After an extended honeymoon, the pair returned to Tennessee and lived at the homestead of the French family. Her last illness was short and she had been frail for a while. She died at "Forest Home" near McMinnville. The Lady of Tula 1867, Wind Whispers 1856, Istalilxo 1856, My Roses 1879, and Darlingtonia References are included in the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture."French, <mask> (Smith)" American Authors from 1600 to 1900. The H. W. Wilson Company was founded in NY in 1938. 19th-century American women writers, 19th-century American poets, and 19th-century American novelists were from Virginia.

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title: Dorothy Kilgallen

texts: She was an American columnist, journalist, and television game show panelist. She began her career as a reporter for the New York Evening Journal when she was 18. Her newspaper column "The Voice of Broadway" was syndicated to more than 140 papers. She was a regular panelist on the television game show What's My Line? until her death. Business news and gossip were the focus of Kilgallen's columns, but they also ventured into other topics, such as politics and organized crime. She wrote front-page articles for multiple newspapers on the Sam Sheppard trial and the John F. Kennedy assassination. Kilgallen was the daughter of newspaper reporter James Lawrence Kilgallen and his wife, Mae Ahern.She was a Catholic. Eleanor was six years her junior. <mask> was hired by the International News Service to be a correspondent in New York City. The family moved to New York. She was a student at the high school. She dropped out of The College of New Rochelle to work as a reporter for the New York Evening Journal. Her father's employer was the International News Service, which was owned by the same company as the newspaper.In 1936 Kilgallen competed with two other New York newspaper reporters in a race around the world using only means of transportation available to the general public. She came in second in the contest. She described the event in her book Girl Around The World, which is credited as the story idea for the 1937 movie Fly-Away Baby starring Glenda Farrell as a character partly inspired by Kilgallen. The "Voice of Broadway" was written by Kilgallen for the New York Journal-American, which was created by merging the Evening Journal with the American. She wrote a New York show business news and gossip column until her death in 1965, but also wrote about politics and organized crime. The column was syndicated to 146 newspapers. After its success, Kilgallen moved her parents and Eleanor from Brooklyn to Manhattan, where she lived until she got married.On April 6, 1940, Kilgallen married Richard Kollmar, a musical comedy actor and singer who had starred in the Broadway show Knickerbocker Holiday and was performing at the time of their wedding, in the Broadway cast of Too Many Girls. They had three children. Jill was born in 1941. Kerry Kollmar was born in 1943. They were married until Kilgallen's death. Both <mask> and Kollmar started their careers in network radio. Kilgallen ran her radio program Voice of Broadway, which was broadcast on CBS during World War II, and Kollmar worked a long stint in the nationally syndicated crime drama in which he played Boston Blackie.Breakfast With <mask> and Dick was hosted by Kilgallen and Kollmar from their 16-room apartment on Park Avenue. The show followed them when they bought a neo-Georgian house. Like Kilgallen's newspaper column, the radio program mixed entertainment with serious issues. After other radio shows were terminated, Kilgallen and Kollmar continued to do the show from their home until 1963. Frank Sinatra and Kilgallen had a falling out after she wrote a story about him called "The Frank Sinatra Story." Frank Sinatra and Kilgallen had a falling out after she wrote a story about him called "The Frank Sinatra Story." The New York Journal-American was one of the newspapers that ran the story. Sinatra made derogatory comments about Kilgallen's physical appearance to his audiences at nightclubs in New York and Las Vegas, though he stopped short of mentioning her name on television or during interviews for magazines and newspapers.The murder trial of Sam Sheppard, a doctor convicted of killing his wife in the Cleveland suburb of Bay Village, was covered by Kilgallen. The New York Journal-American headline said that Kilgallen was "astounded" by the guilty verdict because of what she argued were serious flaws in the prosecution's case. The Cleveland newspaper dropped Kilgallen's column after she criticized the Cleveland jury's guilty verdict. All she had seen in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas was not revealed in her articles and columns. She claimed at an event held at the Overseas Press Club in New York that the judge told her before the start of jury selection that Sheppard was guilty. Attorney F. Lee Bailey asked Kilgallen if she would help him after hearing what she said at the Overseas Press Club event. Bailey wrote in his memoir The Defense Never Rests that they obtained a deposition from the judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.Bailey included a statement from Edward Murray, who worked as a court clerk at the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. Murray said that the original Sheppard judge had said that Sheppard was guilty before the grand jury indicted him. In July 1964, four months after the Overseas Press Club event where Kilgallen broke her silence, Judge Weinman of the federal court granted Bailey's petition and Sam Sheppard was released from prison. Sheppard was acquitted after <mask>'s death. Kennedy assassination Kilgallen was skeptical of the conclusions of the Warren Commission's report about the assassination of President Kennedy and Jack Ruby's shooting of Lee Oswald, and she wrote several newspaper articles on the subject. On February 23, 1964, she published an article in the New York Journal-American about a conversation she had with Jack Ruby. She obtained a copy of Ruby's June 7, 1964, testimony to the Warren Commission, which she published in three installments on the front pages of the New York Journal-American, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.What's my line? Kilgallen was a panelist on What's My Line? It aired live on February 2, 1950. The show was broadcast from New York City on the CBS network. She was on the show for 15 years. The series was not always broadcasted live. Goodson Todman productions used a recent invention.They were able to take their first long summer vacation in 1961. They came back from another long summer vacation to do a live show. The last time Kilgallen appeared live was on November 7, just before her death. The death of Kilgallen was1-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-6556 She died from a combination of alcohol and barbiturates. The New York City medical examiner's report stated that it was a suicide or accidental death. Thousands of people attended her funeral mass on November 11 at St.Vincent Ferrer.She was buried at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in New York. One of the first 500 people to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was Kilgallen. What's My Line? The To Tell the Truth regular panelist Kitty Carlisle, who had been a guest panelist on three previous episodes of What's My Line?, filled in for Kilgallen. Even though she was occupying Kilgallen's seat, no one could ever take her place. In a 1996 memoir, Kilgallen's colleague and friend Theo Wilson wrote that her work as a crime reporter was often overlooked during her lifetime and was forgotten after her death. She couldn't do that because people wouldn't let her.She would walk into a trial and the prosecutor would ask for her autograph, or the judge would greet her. The inspiration for the film was her book Girl Around the World, which was published in 1936. There was an uncredited onscreen appearance as herself in Pajama Party. Flo Kilgore is based on Kilgallen and three other reporters in Bye Bye Baby. <mask>'s death is investigated in Ask Not. Flo Kilgore is a reporter who is covering the Sam Sheppard murder case. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has a list of unsolved deaths.

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title: John Thomas Jones

texts: Major General <mask>, 1st Baronet, was a British officer in the Royal Engineers who played a leading engineering role in a number of European campaigns. <mask> was asked to advise on fortifications by the Duke of Wellington. He made six first-class appearances as an English amateur cricketer. Mary, daughter of <mask> of the 29th foot, was the wife of Sir <mask>, the eldest of five sons of <mask>. He was born at Landguard Fort. His brother was Sir <mask>. He joined the Royal Military Academy in the spring of 1797, received a commission as second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers in August 1798, and embarked in October for Gibraltar.Improvements for Gibraltar's fortifications were advised by <mask>. He was the adjutant of the corps for four years. He became a good French and Spanish scholar after working on the defences of the north front and constructing the famous galleries. He returned to England after being promoted to lieutenant on September 14, 1800. He was employed on the eastern coast in constructing defence works to oppose the threatened invasion, and in the following year in throwing up field-works from Widford to Galleywood Common to cover London. After being promoted to second captain, <mask> embarked on the expedition under Sir James Craig. After some months' cruising the troops were disembarked in July at Malta, where <mask> did garrison duty until the autumn.He was detached from the commanding engineer to Calabria to cover a re-embarkation after accompanying the expedition to Naples. On the dethronement of the king, the troops were garrisoned in Sicily. The works of defence were constructed by <mask>. The forts, harbours, and military condition of Sicily were reported by <mask> in the spring of 1806. His work was praised by Sir <mask>. <mask> and Sir <mask> landed in the bay of St. Euphemia in June of 1806. He was present at the battle of Maida, and marched with an advanced corps under General Oswald to sweep off the French from Monteleone and Reggio.The castle was so well defended that it had to be captured. After the castle was captured, Stuart was persuaded to strengthen it instead of blowing it up by <mask>. This work was so successful that it was held until February 1808, which was when Sicily was to be invaded. When the garrison was reduced to ruins by the French, a covered gallery was built by <mask> and the garrison was withdrawn in boats. <mask> considered the retention of Scylla to be the most important effort of his career. <mask> was appointed adjutant at the headquarters of the royal military artificers on January 1, 1807, after visiting Algiers on the way back to England. The augmentation of the local and independent companies of engineer workmen was necessitated by the increasing demand of the war, and <mask> was occupied until the following year in reorganizing them into one regular corps.The two assistant-commissioners under General Leith, Major Lefebure and <mask>, were appointed military and semi-diplomatic agent to the northern provinces of Spain. <mask> was attached to the army of the Marquis de la Romana and was fond of its commander. Leith was told at the end of the year to take command of a brigade and pick an officer to succeed him as commissioner. <mask> declined Leith's offer of appointing him because he wanted to join the army and because the high rate of pay was tempting. Leith appointed him his acting aide-de-camp. After the skirmish in front of Lugo, <mask> was ordered to assist in blowing up the bridge over the Tamboya, and was employed with his own corps during the retreat to Corunna. On his arrival in England, <mask> was promoted to first captain.He was appointed brigade-major to the engineers on the 9th of the month to accompany the expedition under the Earl of Chatham to Walcheren. All the arrangements for the attack of Rammekins and Flushing were made by Zeeland <mask>, who was the chief of the engineers' staff. After the defences were repaired and strengthened, <mask> returned to England, where he was appointed to command the engineers in the northern district. <mask> was ordered to go to Lisbon in March of 1812, where he was employed by the Colonel. <mask> was appointed commanding engineer in the south of Portugal and tasked with the completion of the works to cover Lisbon from the threat of the French under Massena. The various field-works forming the lines of Torres Vedras are described in the memoranda by <mask> relative to these defences. The arrangements for manning the works and placing the troops had been made by <mask> so well that the points were occupied as quickly as possible.On 17 November 1810 <mask> was appointed brigade-major of engineers in the Peninsular, and was attached to the headquarters' staff, the details of the engineers' service in all parts of the Peninsular passing through his hands. The appointment was held by <mask> until May 1812, during which time he worked at all the sieges. Wellington mentioned him in his despatches, and on February 6 1812 he was gazetted brevet-major. <mask>, Wellington's staff officer, took over the active duties when the commanding engineer was wounded at the siege. The life of the captain of the engineers was saved when he fell onto the fraise after being shot down on the parapet. <mask> resigned his appointment as brigade-major after he was gazetted as brevet lieutenant-colonel. <mask> was appointed commanding engineer and sailed from Lisbon in the beginning of June to continue operations on the eastern coast of Spain.<mask> received an appointment on the staff as assistant quartermaster-general, because he was already an engineer officer senior to himself in command of the engineers. <mask> was sent to Madrid to explain to Wellington the differences between the commanders of the allied forces. Wellington kept <mask> to accompany him to the north to the siege of Burgos because he was travelling by night and avoiding roads. When the plans for exploding a mine and making a lodgment were complete, <mask> was told to signal to Wellington by holding up his hat. <mask> repeated the signal until the French saw him, and their fire brought him down with a bullet through his ankle. He had difficulty rolling himself into the parallel, but he ordered the mine to be fired, and the operations he ordered were successfully carried out before he left the field. Wellington sent <mask> to Lisbon in the only spring wagon because he was in a state of delirium for ten days.After two months in Lisbon, he was sent to England. Eighteen months of suffering followed. He composed and published a volume entitled Journal of Sieges carried on by the Allies in Spain in 1812. He exposed the deficiencies of the engineer service due to the incapacity of the board of ordnance. The dispensers of patronage were offended by these strictures. Although the book was published without his sanction, Wellington praised it and remained the author's friend. <mask> visited the Netherlands in 1814 and met Wellington at Paris.Wellington told him that he had been appointed to report on the system of defence for the new kingdom of the Netherlands. The Commissioners arrived in Belgium in March of 1816. <mask> was made a C.B. in June of 1816. <mask> was with Wellington when he was appointed to the command in the Netherlands. The reports of the commission were submitted to Wellington at the end of August and the commission was broken up by March 1816. <mask> was chosen as Wellington's medium of communication with the Netherlands government for furtherance of the objects of the report. The fortress of Charlemont was prevented from falling into the hands of the Prussians in the previous December.Landrecy was returned to Paris in January 1816 by the Commissioners. Wellington was given the power to delegate his powers to as many inspectors as he pleased after a convention was signed between England and the Netherlands in 1816. <mask> was named sole inspector by the duke despite strong pressure from a superior officer. <mask>'s duty was to make periodic inspections of each fortress, to make sure that the approved plans were executed. When <mask> was alone, Wellington made two inspections a year, and became very intimate with him. On the return to England of the army of occupation, <mask>, who became a lieutenant-colonel on 11 November 1816, was appointed to the command of the royal engineers and royal sappers and miners at Woolwich, and to the charge of the powder factories, while still acting as inspector. <mask> was sent by Wellington to the Ionian Islands in 1823 to confer with the high commissioner.His plans were carried out gradually. <mask> was an aide-de-camp to the king and had the rank of colonel in the army. Wellington sent him on a special mission to the Netherlands with a view to any military arrangements that might be necessary due to the recent revolution in France. The Dutch army and the Prince of Orange were joined by <mask> at the request of the king of the Netherlands. The prince had a good military position and was able to maintain himself. The prince retired to the Hague two hours after <mask> left for London to report on his mission, abandoning his advantages and determining the course of the revolution. <mask> was given a baronet for his services in the Netherlands.Wellington suggested a castle with the word 'Netherlands' as an addition to his armorial bearings. <mask> had to live in a southern climate because of his health. He was made a K.C.B. after being promoted to major-general on January 10, 1836. In the summer of 1839 <mask> was requested by the master-general of the ordnance to revise and digest the projects of defence for British coasts and harbours, and in the spring of 1840 he was a member of a commission on the defences of the colonies. He was asked by the government to lay down a general scheme of defence for Great Britain. Major-general <mask> <mask> was sent to Gibraltar in October 1840 to report on the defences of the fortress. Improvements for Gibraltar's fortifications were advised by <mask>.He was the major-general on the staff until June 1841. His proposals for the improvement of the defences of Gibraltar were approved. Eight guns were installed in 1842 after <mask> advised on improvements to the Parson's Lodge battery. New batteries should be seen high above the Gibraltar Harbour to take advantage of the increased height of the rock. <mask>' battery was named after him. He died after a day's illness at his residence in Pittville. <mask> may be the first military engineer of his day according to the Dictionary of National Biography.He had talents of the highest order and great mathematical knowledge. His intimate knowledge of the details of these operations gives great value to his published works, as he was present at six sieges and at five of them acted as brigade-major. His reputation as a military engineer was not limited to his own country. There is a statue in the south transept of St. Paul's Cathedral. Cricket <mask> was associated with Middlesex. He played in six first-class matches. <mask> and Catherine Maria were married in London in 1816.He had four children. His oldest son, Sir Lawrence, was murdered on November 7, 1845, when travelling between Macri and Smyrna, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his brother, who died in 1884. The account of the war in Spain, Portugal, and Sicily was written by <mask>. The Memoranda were published in the Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers after they were printed for private circulation. The third edition of the Journal of the Sieges was edited by his brother, Sir Harry David <mask>, who added some valuable information and incorporated it in this edition. <mask>'s Reports relating to the Re-establishment of the Fortresses in the Netherlands from 1814 to 1830 were edited by Sir <mask> and printed for private circulation among the officers of the corps of royal engineers. The account of the war in Spain, Portugal, and the South of France was written by <mask> <mask>.

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title: Sandra Lee (chef)

texts: An American television chef and author, known as "<mask>", was born on July 3, 1966. <mask>'s "Semi-Homemade" cooking concept uses 70 percent pre-packaged products and 30 percent fresh items. In 2012 she received an award for Outstanding Lifestyle/Culinary Show Host for her show. When Andrew Cuomo ended his relationship with her, she became New York's defacto First Lady. The daughter of high-school sweethearts, <mask> was born in Santa Monica, California, in 1966. When she was two years old, her mother sent her and her sister to live with their paternal grandmother. In 1972, after divorcing Wayne, <mask>'s mother moved with her girls to Sumner, Washington, where they acquired a new stepfather, whose last name was Christiansen.In the 70s, she had three more children, including John Paul. Due to her mother's illness and the absence of her and her siblings' fathers, <mask> effectively raised her four younger siblings. <mask> learned how to feed her younger siblings frugally with a combination of food stamps and welfare payments, an experience that informed her future approach to cooking. <mask> attended Onalaska High School and the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. <mask> says her family is Catholic. Her family became members of the Jehovah's Witness after she was raised as a Seventh-day Adventist. She left college in December of her junior year to live with her family in Malibu.She attended a two week course at Le Cordon Bleu. <mask> created a kit that turned a wire rack and sheets into decorative drapery in the early 1990s. It was sold on cable shopping networks. She was hired as an on-air talent. <mask> sold 20 million items in her first 18 months. The craft and home decorating categories on the U.K. and Germany networks were launched by <mask>. Her first home improvement video series sold more than a million copies.The Food Network aired Semi-Homemade Cooking with <mask>. The show was in the top three new weekend shows on the network for the first five years. Each episode contains entertaining and arts and crafts elements, in which <mask> decorates the table setting and kitchen in accordance with the theme of the meal that she just prepared. She refers to them as "tablescapes". In response to the Great Recession, <mask>'s second Food Network series, "<mask>'s Money Saving Meals," began airing on May 10, 2009. She was the only host on the Food Network with two cooking shows. She is among TV's most successful female chefs according to Kurt Soller.Her shows have aired in 63 countries. She has written 27 books, including a memoir, Made From Scratch, which was released in November 2007. The New York Times had a list of the best selling books. A magazine based on her show was released in 2009. In late 2009, <mask> hosted a series of four one-hour specials. <mask> won the award for Outstanding Lifestyle/Culinary Host for Semi-Homemade Cooking. She started a monthly lifestyle magazine in partnership with TV Guide.She is starring in two new shows. She's been included in People magazine's list of "most beautiful" multiple times. In early 2020, <mask> began creating her "Top Shelf" video series for Today.com, showcasing new ways to make meals from products commonly found in pantry. Jessica Bennett wrote an April 2020 New York Times article about <mask>. <mask> hosted a series of holiday segments on Lifetime. Shortly before she was diagnosed with cancer, <mask> started her own production company. She made a documentary about her experiences with cancer.The film was shown at the festival in January and at the festival in October. The Made in New York Award was given to <mask> for her work on the documentary. <mask> co-executive produced Ruth: Justice Ginsburg in Her Own Words, a documentary about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in collaboration with Academy Award-winning director Freida <mask>, Geralyn Dreyfous, and others. It was part of the network's Women's History Month programming. <mask> co-founded the Los Angeles chapter of the United Nations Children's Fund. She donated the proceeds from her second cookbook to two organizations that deliver food to homebound individuals. She was a special nutrition emissary for the organization and led a team on a mission to Haiti in 2015.<mask> was appointed to the board of directors of the U.S. division of the UN's World Food Program in May 2020. The Great American Bake Sale was created by <mask>, who was a spokesman for Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign. Her first Great American bake sale raised over $50,000. She serves on the board of the AIDS Foundation. A review of <mask>'s cookbook was critical of both her recipes and her "semi- homemade" concept. The review received a response that was more passionate than she anticipated, she wrote a follow-up column. A number of readers took <mask>'s side, including one who wrote, "Lots of people who don't want to take the time to shred a cup of carrots want to cook a good meal."Kurt Soller, writing for Newsweek, compared <mask>'s impact upon television cooking with that of Julia Child, noting that although <mask>'s show "is the furthest from Child's methods", both women "filled a niche that hasn't yet been explored". According to a 2003 review of Semi-Homemade Cooking in The New York Times, <mask>'s recipes can end up costing more, having harder-to- find ingredients, taking longer to make, and tasting worse than equivalent recipes made. In her books, <mask> encourages a dislike for cooking and gives people an excuse for feeding themselves and their families mediocre food. The context of scarcity made the "semi- homemade" concept feel relevant at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, as noted by Jessica Bennett in the New York Times. <mask>'s show, Semi-Homemade Cooking, might be the perfect way to cook through the disease. Much of the criticism of <mask> <mask>. The angel food cake was topped with icing, cinnamon, apple pie filling, pumpkin seeds and corn nuts, all of which were store-bought, with seven Kwanzaa candles then inserted into the cake.Food writer Anthony Bourdain, who was harshly critical of <mask> in general, described the video clip of this segment of the show as a war crime. The cake was called "scary" by the Houston Chronicle and "the most ghastly-sounding dish in <mask>'s kitchen" by the Tulsa World. The video takes pride of place in the pantheon of hilarious kitchen disasters. In December of 2010, a cookbook author who claims to have ghostwritten recipes for many celebrity chefs wrote a humorous post on The Huffington Post stating that she was responsible for the recipe and apologized for it. She wrote that <mask> has a bad food taste. The post was taken down after <mask>'s lawyer threatened legal action. <mask> has said that this recipe is the only one of hers that she has taken to heart, and that the recipe was due to the Food Network controlling the show's content at the time.She converted to Judaism after marrying Bruce Karatz, the CEO ofKB Home. Andrew Cuomo was the 56th Governor of New York from 2011 until his resignation in August 2021. <mask> owned a home in Chappaqua. The couple ended their relationship on September 25, 2019. <mask> is said to be dating Abdulwahab Benyoucef, an actor who is 13 years her junior. Friends of the couple affectionately refer to them as "Bendra." On May 12, 2015, <mask> announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.She was going to have a double mastectomy later in the week after having a lumpectomy. During and after the surgery, Governor Cuomo was going to take some personal time to be with her. She went on bed rest and was given IV drugs for three months after contracting an infection in her breast. <mask> said that she is cancer free. <mask> pushed for the passage of the "No Excuses" law in the state of New York, which provided for expanded breast cancer screening and removed insurance co-pays for mammograms. She advocated for other states to have their own versions of the "No Excuses" law. <mask> spoke at the Susan G. Komen Advocacy Summit for breast cancer advocacy in Washington, D.C.She became an ambassador for Stand Up to Cancer and produced a documentary about her cancer journey. The Made in NY Award was presented to <mask> by the New York City Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment. 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