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Barnett "<mask>" P<mask> (December 25, 1898 – October 18, 1962) was a British-born American police officer and private detective. During his 20-year career on the force <mask> was among the NYPD's prominent "celebrity detectives" of the 1920s and 1930s. <mask> was associated with many criminal cases during this period, most notably, ending with the break-up of Murder Incorporated in 1940. Years later, he was called to testify before the Kefauver hearings due to his knowledge of the criminal underworld in Southern California and Las Vegas. He later worked as a private investigator in California, and also served as a technical advisor on a series of crime films for 20th Century Fox in the mid-1940s and The Lawless Years, a television series loosely based on his career. Early life
Barnett P<mask> was born in London, England on December 25, 1898. He was the son of Blooma (née Marin) and <mask>, a boot finisher.His family lived in South Africa for a time before returning to England. He was Jewish. In 1908, the <mask> family emigrated to the United States and settled on the East Side of Manhattan. At the age of 18, <mask> enlisted in the United States Army and saw active service during the 1916 U.S. expedition into Mexico and on the Western Front during the First World War. Career in the NYPD
Upon his return from France, <mask> joined New York City Police Department (NYPD), officially becoming a patrolman in 1921. The young officer soon made a name for himself when, in August 1923, he subdued a much larger man using his nightstick and was praised by both Magistrate Henry M. R. Goodman and The New York Times for the arrest. <mask> was made a detective the following year in the gangster-industrial squad, headed by Detective Johnny Broderick.The two men would eventually become one of the Broadway Squad's leading detectives during Prohibition. On the night of February 21, 1926, he and his wife Mollie stopped the robbery of a confectionery store near their home on Pennsylvania Avenue in Brooklyn. The two were returning from celebrating their wedding anniversary at a theatre and supper club when they noticed the hold-up taking place. <mask> managed to overpower one of the robbers, took his gun, and handed it to his wife while he chased down the second robber. Mollie held the first robber at bay while <mask> apprehended his accomplice a block and a half away. He then took both men to the nearby Brownsville Police Station. Six months after this incident <mask> was promoted to second-grade detective.In 1928, <mask> and fellow detective Harry Hagen disguised themselves as customers in a Turkish bathhouse on Second Street, a known underworld hangout, where they successfully captured the notorious "Poison Ivy" gang. Similarly, he arrested members of the "Pear Buttons" of West Side Manhattan. It was these cases which first gained <mask> fame as a detective. By the end of the decade <mask> and other detectives had earned a sort of celebrity status as "tough-fisted cops", described by The New York Times as "slight of build, but utterly fearless, who, together or separately, battled and beat many an oversized gangster". The exploits of the <mask>, Broderick and other detectives were frequently featured in crime magazines and newspapers as they took on such underworld figures as Jack "Legs" Diamond and Dutch Schultz. <mask> himself personally arrested Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel and Abe "Kid Twist" Reles at various points in his career and investigated Louis Buchalter's infamous "Murder, Inc." during the 1930s. Years later, <mask> told Senator Estes Kefauver at the hearings on organized crime that he had been "threatened a thousand times ... but I got around them pretty good; nobody got back at me."<mask> was among the 300-man police squad called into action when 2,000 Communist protesters threatened New York City Hall on January 30, 1931. It was the largest force ever assembled to protect City Hall. When the protesters began attack the police, several officers were isolated by the mob and beaten, <mask> being among them until he was saved by a fellow officer. In November 1935, <mask> was involved in the pursuit of three hold-up men who had robbed nightclub entertainer Frances Faye and her escort Joseph Eichenbaum. The high speed chase began after he commandeered a car and, with detective Thomas Aulbach, followed them until the would-be thieves crashed their car into an elevated pillar at Ninth Avenue and 63rd Street. He chased one of the men on foot and captured him following a shootout. He was presented with the NYPD Combat Cross, the NYPD's second-highest honor, for his actions.<mask> was also assigned to crowd control for the police guarding child star Shirley Temple during her 1938 visit to New York City; the two met again in Hollywood ten years later, when <mask> offered to take the young woman along for the police raid that saw actor Robert Mitchum arrested in a "marijuana bust". Temple was tempted but declined the offer. One celebrity with whom he enjoyed a close friendship was musician and big band leader Charlie Barnet. In his autobiography, Those Swinging Years (1992), Barnet described a road trip with <mask>:

In 1939, <mask> was enmeshed in a bribery scandal stemming from his in the Industrial Squad, which disbanded in 1933. A former Communist, Maurice L. Malkin, accused <mask>, Broderick and other officers of corruption in testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Malkin testified that the furriers union, which was controlled by Communists, borrowed $1.75 million from racketeer Arnold Rothstein to finance a 1926 strike, and that $110,000 of that went to members of the Industrial Squad, including  <mask>. No action was taken against the officers.Similar charges had been made in 1927 by the American Federation of Labor, and the officers were exonerated. Private Eye in Hollywood
On October 19, 1941, after twenty years with the NYPD, <mask> retired from the force. Shortly after the US entered the Second World War less than two months later, he reenlisted in the United States Army. He was sent to the North African theatre and served as a guard for prisoners of war until being wounded by shrapnel in 1943. While in the military, <mask> completed his memoirs, largely about his career in the NYPD, entitled Angel's Corner. At the end of the war, <mask> moved out to Los Angeles, where he opened a private detective firm and a small liquor store and became co-owner of a Sunset Strip nightclub called Sherry's. He was also employed by 20th Century Fox as a technical advisor (and occasional actor) on a series of crime films during the mid-1940s; these included "film noirs" such as Otto Brower's Margin for Error (1943) and Behind Green Lights (1946), and Edwin L. Marin's Nocturne (1946); <mask> also spearheaded a Hollywood-based organization to "take the kids off the streets" in an effort to discourage juvenile delinquency.His business ventures brought him into contact with figures in the entertainment industry, law enforcement, and organized crime. Association with gangland figures
Despite his reputation in the NYPD, <mask> had a poor relationship with the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPD claimed that his detective agency, the Associated Security Council, collected on bad gambling debts owed to various Las Vegas casinos such as The El Rancho and the Nevada Biltmore; among his clients was one-time nemesis Bugsy Siegel, who now owned the Flamingo and allegedly discussed the underworld financing of the casino with <mask>. When Siegel was murdered in 1947, <mask> offered his theories to Los Angeles detectives regarding the gangland slaying; a state report by the "Special Crime Study Commission on Organized Crime" stated that <mask> was at the crime scene even before police arrived. The details of this meeting were subsequently leaked to syndicated columnist Westbrook Pegler, who exposed <mask>'s relationship with Siegel, and his image as "a squeaky clean New York cop" was called into question. <mask>'s nightclub, according to the LAPD, was also a popular hangout for local underworld figures. On at least one occasion he contacted New York mobster Frank Costello, known as "Prime Minister of the Underworld", to assist him in getting a certain type of liquor for his club.<mask> routinely checked the street and parking lot for the safety of patrons. In July 1949, Mickey Cohen, a regular at Sherry's, was attacked outside the club and shot in the shoulder in an attempted mob hit. In the aftermath of the attack <mask> assisted crime reporter Florabel Muir in searching the area, where they discovered "spent shells and half-eaten sardine sandwiches" on a nearby flight of cement stairs. The next year, <mask> was called to testify before the televised Kefauver hearings to discuss his knowledge of organized crime. He specifically shared details about Mickey Cohen and Bugsy Siegel, and described the erratic behavior of Virginia Hill, calling her "psychopathic"; however, he distanced himself from suggestions that he had "improper ties" with the local underworld. Marilyn Monroe and the Wrong Door Raid
Though it enjoyed the status of being "Hollywood's most popular detective agency", <mask>'s firm continued to be linked to questionable activities. In 1954, baseball player Joe DiMaggio, then in the midst of divorce proceedings with film star Marilyn Monroe, hired <mask> to discover whether she was having an extramarital affair.On the evening of November 5, 1954, one of <mask>'s associates, 21-year-old Phil Irwin, observed Monroe's Cadillac parked at Kilkea Drive and Waring Avenue. Monroe was visiting a friend, actress Sheila Stewart; however, DiMaggio suspected at the time that Monroe was having an affair with her vocal coach Hal Schaefer and that Stewart, one of Schaefer's students, was letting the two use her apartment. Irwin reported to <mask>, who phoned DiMaggio, who was dining with Frank Sinatra at an Italian restaurant in Hollywood, the Villa Capri. DiMaggio and Sinatra, along with Sinatra's manager Henry Sanicola and Villa Capri owner Pasquale "Patsy" D'Amore, arrived at the address less than an hour later, where they met with <mask> and Irwin. Together, the group entered the two-story apartment building, broke down the door of one of the three rooms, and rushed into the bedroom with a cameraman expecting to catch the couple in bed. Instead, the lights from the flash camera revealed the frightened occupant, 37-year-old secretary Florence Kotz Ross. Realizing their mistake, they quickly fled from the building.The police were called; however, because Kotz Ross was unable to identify the intruders, the case, then thought to be an attempted burglary, remained unsolved and was finally closed by the LAPD almost a year later. The entire incident came out in the September 1955 issue of Confidential, which called it the "Wrong Door Raid"; it became a legendary story in Hollywood gossip and caused embarrassment for all parties involved. After the story broke, Kotz Ross sued DiMaggio and Sinatra for $200,000; they settled out of court. Two years later, the incident was revisited by a state legislative committee as part of its investigation of the "Hollywood gutter press". Shortly thereafter, California Attorney General Pat Brown brought a criminal libel suit against Confidential. <mask>, who was then suffering from heart problems and whose second wife, Reggie, had recently died, was excused from testifying before the investigative committee. The negative publicity created by the "Wrong Door Raid", and the discovery that his detective firm did not have a state license, seriously harmed his reputation.<mask> subsequently retired as a P.I., later commenting: "[P]rivate detective work is a dirty, filthy, rotten business". Later years and death
Though his detective career had ended in scandal, <mask> managed to redeem himself though his literary efforts by the late 1950s. After a decade of negotiations, an agreement was made with the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) to create a television series based on his unpublished memoirs. In 1959, The Lawless Years, a half-hour weekly series based on <mask>'s Angel's Corner, debuted on NBC with <mask> being portrayed by James Gregory. <mask> himself served as technical adviser on the series, which was widely praised for its attention to detail. He was also a part-time casting director and contacted old criminal associates to portray criminals in the series. His only condition for working on the series was that his stories be kept as accurate and realistic as possible.Although the producers did not show the more graphic details from Angel's Corner, such as the use of ice picks and hot pokers, the events seen on each episode were generally a faithful depiction of Prohibition-era gangland violence. The Lawless Years ran during the summer television season for three years before being canceled in 1961. The show was the first of its kind and inspired the creation of its ABC network rival, the long-running series The Untouchables, based on Eliot Ness's exploits against Al Capone and the Chicago underworld. <mask> died in Los Angeles from a heart attack on October 19, 1962, only nine days after being admitted to Cedars of Lebanon Hospital for surgery to remove a tumor from his colon. He was survived by a son, Martin Phillips of Los Angeles. He was buried at Hillside Memorial Park. In popular fiction
<mask>, a popular police detective in his lifetime, has been portrayed in television, books and comics.<mask> is a major character in William Heffernan's fictionalized biography Broderick (1983)
<mask> is a minor character in Denise Hamilton's historical novel The Last Embrace (2008)
<mask> is a minor character in Adam Braver's fictionalized biography Misfit (2012)
Fictional detective Fred Rubinski, a major character in Max Allen Collins' short story "Unreasonable Doubt", is based on <mask>. Comic books;
<mask> appears as himself in the first issue of Mystery Men Comics (August 1939). Television
<mask> is portrayed by actor James Gregory in the 1950s television series The Lawless Years
Danny Arnold, creator of the 1970s television series <mask>, named the show in honor of his old friend by using his longtime nickname "<mask>". Bibliography
Angel's Corner (unpublished memoirs, later used as the basis of The Lawless Years)

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Astor, Gerald. The New York Cops: An Informal History. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971. . Dash, Samuel, Richard F. Schwartz, and Robert E. Knowlton.The Eavesdroppers. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1959; repr. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971. .
Messick, Hank. The Beauties and the Beasts: The Mob in Show Business. New York: David McKay, 1973. . External links

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title: Neil Bartlett (playwright)

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<mask>, OBE, (born 1958) is a British director, performer, translator, and writer. He was one of the founding members of Gloria, a production company established in 1988 to produce his work along with that of Nicolas Bloomfield, Leah Hausman and Simon Mellor. His work has garnered several awards, including the 1985 Perrier Award (as director for Complicite, for More Bigger Snacks Now), the Time Out Dance Umbrella Award (for A Vision of Love Revealed in Sleep), a Writers Guild Award (for Sarrasine), a Time Out Theatre Award (for A Judgement in Stone), and the Special Jury Prize at the Cork Film Festival (for Now That It's Morning). His production of The Dispute won a Time Out Award for Best Production in the West End and the 1999 TMA Best Touring Production award. He was appointed an OBE in 2000 for his services to the arts. His 2004 production of Shakespeare's Pericles was nominated for an Olivier Award for Outstanding Theatrical Achievement in 2004

Career
<mask>'s first book, Who Was That Man, showed how the gay history of London in the 1890s affected <mask>'s life as a gay man in London in the 1980s. His fourth novel, The Disappearance Boy, was published in London by Bloomsbury Circus in January 2014; his most recent novel  Address Bookis published in London by Inkandescent in November 2021.<mask>'s early performance work with Gloria included A Vision of Love Revealed in Sleep, Sarrasine and Night after Night. He also served as artistic director at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith from 1994 until 2004. At the Lyric he directed productions of classic British plays, foreign classics which he translated or adapted, and a series of notable Christmas shows. The following are some of the plays he directed and translated:

 The first English production of Jean Genet's Splendid's
 Kleist's Prince of Homburg and Marivaux's La Dispute
 His adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, and A Christmas Carol. Adaptation of The Servant by Robin Maugham. Many of <mask>'s translations of classic plays have been performed throughout the world. Since leaving the Lyric he has created work for leading cultural producers including the National Theatre in London, the Abbey in Dublin, the Bristol Old Vic, the Manchester Royal Exchange, the Edinburgh International Festival, the Manchester International Festival, the Brighton Festival, the Aldeburgh Festival, the Holland Festival, the Wellcome Foundation and Tate Britain.He also took part in the Bush Theatre's 2011 project Sixty Six Books, where he wrote a piece based upon a chapter of the King James Bible

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Fiction
 Who Was That Man: A Present for Mr. Oscar Wilde (1988)
 Ready to Catch Him Should He Fall (1992)
 Mr. Clive and Mr. Twenty Four Hours of Peace (2019) Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. The Importance of Being Earnest (2020) RADA, London. Tenebrae; Lessons Learnt in Darkness (2020) Brighton Festival. Television
 That's What Friends Are For (1988) television, for After Image/Channel Four
 Where Is Love? (1988) television, for ICA/BBC2
 Pedagogue (1988) with Stuart Marshall
 That's How Strong My Love Is (1989) television, for Channel Four
 Now That It's Morning (1992) television, for Channel Four/British Screen

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Sources
 <mask>, <mask>, adapter. 2003.Camille. By Alexandre Dumas fils. London: Oberon. .
 <mask>, <mask>. 2005. Solo Voices: Monologues 1987-2004. London: Oberon. .
 Burton, Peter, editor. 2008.A Casualty of War: the Arcadia Book of Gay Short Stories. London: Arcadia Books. . External links
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title: Charles Rondony

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<mask> (6 March 1856 – 22 August 1914) was a French general. Joining the metropolitan army as a private soldier in 1875 he rapidly rose through the ranks and was commissioned into the Troupes de marine (colonial army) in 1880. Serving in the Tonkin War in command of indigenous troops he was wounded during an attack on a fort, he was posted briefly to Senegal before returning to Tonkin in 1890. During the Pacification of Tonkin Rondony distinguished himself, being wounded twice in action, being cited in the order of the day, receiving the Tonkin and Colonial Medals and being appointed a commander of the Order of the Dragon of Annam. Returning to France in 1897 he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and saw service in the Boxer Rebellion of 1900–01. Furthers postings in Tonkin and Madagascar followed before Rondony was promoted to général de brigade in France. Holding command of the 3rd Colonial Brigade upon the start of the First World War he led it in defeat at the Battle of Rossignol on 22 August 1914.Rondony and his divisional commander, Léon Amédée François Raffenel, were killed in action, the first French generals to die during the war. Early life and non-commissioned career
Born on 6 March 1856 at Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, Pyrénées-Orientales, to Bonaventure and Julie Tardey <mask>, Rondony enlisted in the French Army's 22nd Line Infantry Regiment as a 2nd class private on 5 November 1875. Rondony soon received promotion, first to corporal on 7 May 1876 and to quartermaster-sergeant on 11 November the same year. He was demoted to sergeant on 26 February 1877 but reappointed quartermaster-sergeant on 26 May. He was appointed to the senior non-commissioned rank of sergeant-major on 14 October 1877 and to adjutant on 6 November 1879. Colonial campaigns
Rondony transferred from the metropolitan army into the 5th Marine Infantry Regiment of the troupes de marine (the French colonial army, controlled by the navy rather than the war office) on 6 October 1880 and received a commission as a second lieutenant four days later. Rondony served in French Indo-China from 13 January 1883 until 23 May, being promoted to lieutenant in the Tirailleurs Annamites two days later for service in Tonkin.He was wounded in the left shoulder whilst attacking a fort at Dong Lai on 15 May. Rondony transferred to the 2nd Tonkinese Rifles on 16 June 1885, and to the 2nd Marine Infantry on 29 September before his return to France in December of that year. Posted to Senegal on 8 February 1887 he was transferred to the Senegalese Tirailleurs on 21 May. He was appointed a chevalier of the Legion of Honour on 16 June. Remaining in Senegal he was promoted to captain in the 1st Marine Infantry Regiment on 21 February 1888 before leaving for France on 2 March 1889. He was transferred to the 4th Marine Infantry Regiment on 11 April 1890 and to the 3rd Tonkinese Rifles on 16 February 1891, prior to his return to Tonkin on 15 March that year. He was wounded again in the left shoulder on 23 September 1892 at Dong Rhé and once more by a bullet on 11 December 1892.Cited in the Order of the Day on 14 December for "great vigour" displayed in action at Long-Xa in July and August 1892, he also held the Colonial Medal and the Tonkin Expedition commemorative medal. Remaining in Tonkin Rondony was transferred to the 5th Marine Infantry regiment on 3 March 1893 and to the 9th Marine Infantry Regiment on 1 April 1894, where he received promotion to chef du bataillon on 13 July. He joined the 4th Marine Infantry on 19 July 1894, returned to the 3rd Tonkinese Rifles on 11 January 1896 and to the 2nd Tonkinese Rifles on 23 July that year. Rondony left Tonkin for France on 21 July 1897 where he joined the 1st Marine Infantry Regiment and was married on 18 October 1897. He had received an appointed as commander of the Order of the Dragon of Annam on 4 July 1897. Promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 8 March 1900 he joined the 17th Marine Infantry during the Boxer Rebellion on 1 July 1900 and served on the staff of the general commanding Indo-China from 24 September to 1 November 1901. Rondony was posted from China to Tonkin, arriving on 8 November 1901 and was again transferred to the 3rd Tonkinese Rifles on 1 February 1902.Leaving for France on 18 May 1902 <mask> was transferred to the 3rd Colonial Infantry Regiment on 31 May and to the 23rd Colonial Infantry Regiment on 16 September 1902. He was appointed an officer of the Legion of Honour on 13 July 1903. Being posted to Madagascar on 10 July 1904 <mask> was transferred to the 13th Colonial Infantry Regiment on 20 September 1904 and promoted Colonel on 21 December. He joined the 1st Tirailleurs Malgaches Regiment on 17 January 1905 and the 7th Colonial Infantry Regiment on 19 August 1906. Returning once more to Tonkin on 29 January 1912 with command of a brigade and a position with the 3rd Colonial Infantry Regiment he received promotion to général de brigade on 18 March 1913. He became a commander of the Legion of Honour on 11 July 1914. First World War
Holding command of the 3rd Colonial Infantry Brigade (consisting of the 3rd and 7th Colonial Infantry Regiments) upon the French mobilisation in August 1914 he moved his brigade by rail from the south-west of France to the Meuse where it formed part of the 3rd Colonial Division under Général Léon Amédée François Raffenel (along with the 1st Colonial Brigade).<mask>'s brigade crossed the Semois River to enter Belgium and confront the invading German army. Engaged at the Battle of Rossignol on 22 August 1914, the 3rd Colonial Division was defeated with heavy losses. Although <mask>'s troops fared better than other elements of the division, which ceased to exist as a formed unit, the 3rd Colonial Infantry Regiment lost 2,085 men killed, wounded or missing and the 7th Colonial Infantry Regiment some 1,500. <mask> and Raffenel were amongst those killed, becoming the first French generals to lose their lives during the war. <mask> was cited in a general order of 19 September 1914 for his "glorious death". References

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<mask> (born 13 March 1981) is a former Australian rules football player and soccer player and is the current North Melbourne development coach. He played for 13 seasons with Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Drafted with the 19th selection in the 1999 AFL Draft, <mask> played in a losing Grand Final in his first season. In 2010 he won the club's best and fairest award and was the club's leading goalkicker, with many commentators stating he was unlucky to miss out on All-Australian selection. <mask> was named Melbourne's captain for the next season, but the appointment was short-lived as he held the position for only one year. He also represented the Australian International rules football team in 2004, 2010 and 2011, captaining the side in 2011. <mask> is now an assistant coach at North Melbourne, having previously been an assistant coach at the Carlton Football Club from 2013 to 2015.Early life
<mask> was born in Georgetown, Tasmania. A natural sportsman, <mask> played representative cricket and soccer as a teenager and captained the Australian under-15 cricket team. Soccer career
Whilst still a teenager <mask> was selected for the senior soccer side at Launceston United SC in the Tasmanian football championship. <mask> attended the Launceston Church Grammar School in Tasmania, and later Victoria University and La Trobe University. During his early soccer-playing days as a teenager he was scouted by Manchester United. After spending a month at Old Trafford, the 15-year-old <mask> trained with Walsall, a lower division English club, and was offered a contract but turned it down, choosing to finish his schooling in Tasmania. <mask> remains a soccer fan and supporter of Melbourne Victory.Switch to Australian rules
<mask> only began playing Australian rules seriously in his mid teens – after returning from England – but his talent was obvious. <mask> decided to focus his sporting attention on the local game playing for the Tassie Mariners. He was subsequently drafted to Melbourne in the 1999 AFL Draft. AFL career
<mask> made his AFL debut in 2000. Melbourne had a highly successful year in 2000 and in his first year of AFL football <mask> played an important role in the Melbourne forward line. Melbourne made the Grand Final, but were ultimately unsuccessful, losing to Essendon. After working his way into a greater role in the midfield in 2004, <mask> found plenty of the ball both forward and through the midfield in 2005.His penetrating and very accurate left foot kicking was effective to leading forwards or in front of goals. He often sets up Melbourne's marking forwards. He played in 21 of a possible 23 games in 2005, consolidating himself as an integral part of the Demons outfit in 2006 with consistent displays in the midfield and excelling as part of the leadership group. <mask> wore the number 18 guernsey for Melbourne. Described, as a "soft" player early in his career, <mask> became renowned for his acts of courage mid-career, attacking the football with vigour and courage. This resulted in him taking a higher number of contested marks in 2007. In the 2007 season, he played very good football both in defence, the midfield, and in the forward line.<mask> continued his solid form into the 2008 season, being one of Melbourne's few highlights in a miserable season. It took time for <mask> to decide if he wanted to go on and play with the Demons in 2009 but eventually signed a contract and agreeing to stay red and blue for another three years. In 2010, <mask> had his best season to date, kicking 55 goals and taking 153 marks, both ranked sixth in the AFL, in a young Melbourne side to make the All-Australian squad and win his first Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal. <mask> finished on 295 votes to win the award from James Frawley (277) and Mark Jamar (231). He also won the Ron Barrassi Leadership Award and the "Heart and Soul" Award, pushing his case to be the next captain of the Demons, after the retirement of James McDonald. <mask> was named the new Melbourne captain in January 2011, succeeding James McDonald, who retired at the end of 2010. He described being named captain as a "surreal experience".He was also named captain of the Australian International rules football team for the 2011 Series in Australia, and was the only Australian to kick a goal during the 2011 International Rules Series; many commentators named this goal a 'captain's goal'. Before the 2012 season, under new coach Mark Neeld, <mask> was removed from the captaincy and the leadership group altogether in favour of a new and younger group of whom only two were retained from the previous year. <mask> played his 250th AFL game in Round 18 against North Melbourne, coincidentally the same team against whom he made his AFL debut back in 2000. On 8 August 2012, <mask> announced that he would retire at the conclusion of the 2012 season. Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Individual
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal: 2010
Melbourne F.C. Captain: 2011
Melbourne F.C.Leading Goalkicker: 2010 (55 Goals)
Australian Representative Honours in International Rules Football: 2004, 2010, 2011 (Captain)
AFL Rising Star Nominee: 2000 (Round 19)

Coaching career
On 5 November 2012, Carlton Football Club announced that <mask> had been appointed as a development coach under Mick Malthouse. After three years at Carlton, <mask> joined the North Melbourne Football Club as their defensive coach. Personal life
<mask>'s wife, Anna, died on 27 May 2019. The couple have two sons. References

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1981 births
Living people
Melbourne Football Club players
Sportspeople from Launceston, Tasmania
People educated at Launceston Church Grammar School
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy winners
Australian rules footballers from Tasmania
Melbourne Football Club captains
Tassie Mariners players
Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame inductees
Casey Demons players
Australia international rules football team players

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<mask> (born February 21, 1988) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Background
Born and raised in Três Rios, Rio de Janeiro, <mask> worked for a time as a construction worker and bull rider before he starting training in martial arts. <mask> had three brothers – of whom two deceased due to violent crime – and four sisters. He also trained in Muay Thai for a couple of years before switching to mixed martial arts at the age of 22. Mixed martial arts career
Fighting out of Três Rios, he made his professional debut competing in the welterweight division in December 2011. He compiled a record of 11–2–1 (1), including a two-fight stint for Bitetti Combat while competing exclusively for regional promotions in his native Brazil. After taking a unanimous decision victory over Joilton Santos, <mask> signed with the UFC in early 2015.Ultimate Fighting Championship
<mask> made his promotional debut as a short notice replacement against Gilbert Burns on March 21, 2015 at UFC Fight Night 62, filling in for an injured Josh Thomson. After arguably winning each of the first two rounds, <mask> eventually lost via submission in the third round. For his second fight in the UFC, <mask> was again tabbed as  short notice replacement and faced K.J. Noons on May 30, 2015 at UFC Fight Night 67, filling in for Yan Cabral. <mask> won the fight via submission in the first round. Competing in his third UFC fight in just over three months, <mask> faced promotional newcomer Joe Merritt on June 27, 2015 at UFC Fight Night 70. <mask> won the fight by unanimous decision.<mask> faced Piotr Hallmann in a lightweight bout on November 7, 2015 at UFC Fight Night 77. He won the fight by knockout in the third round. The win also earned <mask> his first Performance of the Night bonus award. <mask> fought Donald Cerrone on February 21, 2016 at UFC Fight Night 83, filling in for Tim Means. <mask> lost the fight via submission in the first round. <mask> faced James Moontasri on July 23, 2016 at UFC on Fox 20. He won the one-sided fight via unanimous decision.<mask> next faced Will Brooks in a lightweight bout on October 1, 2016 at UFC Fight Night 96. The bout took place at a catchweight of 161.5 lbs, as <mask> missed weight. <mask> won the fight via KO in the third round. <mask> faced Tim Means on December 30, 2016 at UFC 207. The bout was halted in the first round after Means landed several knees to the head of <mask> while he was considered a grounded opponent. As a result, <mask> was unable to continue after the foul occurred. Subsequently, referee Dan Miragliotta judged that the foul was accidental, and in turn, the result was scored a No Contest.A rematch with Means eventually took place on March 11, 2017 at UFC Fight Night 106. <mask> won the bout via submission in the second round. <mask> faced Ryan LaFlare on July 22, 2017 at UFC on Fox 25. He won the fight via knockout in the second round, after landing a well timed right uppercut. He was awarded his second Performance of the Night bonus award. <mask> faced Yancy Medeiros on December 2, 2017 at UFC 218. He lost the back-and-forth fight via TKO in the third round.Despite the loss, <mask> earned his first Fight of the Night bonus award for the fight. <mask> defeated Carlos Condit  on April 14, 2018 at UFC on Fox 29, after replacing injured Matt Brown. He won the fight via a guillotine choke. This fight earned him the Performance of the Night bonus award. <mask> was expected to face Neil Magny on September 22, 2018 at UFC Fight Night 137. However Magny was removed from the pairing on August 22 in favor of a matchup with Santiago Ponzinibbio in November at UFC Fight Night 140,  he was replaced by Carlo Pedersoli Jr. <mask> won the fight via knockout just 39 seconds into the first round. <mask> faced Gunnar Nelson on December 8, 2018 at UFC 231.He lost the fight via a rear-naked choke in round two. <mask> was expected to face Li Jingliang on April 27, 2019 at UFC Fight Night: Jacaré vs. Hermansson. However, it was reported on March 23, 2019 that Li was injured and was forced to pull from the bout. He was replaced by Mike Perry. <mask> lost the back-and-forth fight by unanimous decision. The bout also earned <mask> his second Fight of the Night bonus award. <mask> faced returning veteran Nicolas Dalby on September 28, 2019 at UFC Fight Night 160.He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Subsequently the decision was appealed on grounds of erroneous action by the referee. <mask> was expected to face Mickey Gall on February 29, 2020 at UFC Fight Night 169. However, on December 27, 2019 the bout was pulled from the event by UFC. The bout will not be replaced and no reason was given from UFC. <mask> was quickly rescheduled and instead faced Max Griffin the following week at UFC 248. He won the back-and-forth fight via split decision.<mask> faced Peter Sobotta on July 26, 2020 at UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till. He won the fight via unanimous decision. <mask> faced Shavkat Rakhmonov, replacing injured Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos on October 24, 2020 at UFC 254. At the weigh-ins, <mask> weighed in at 173 pounds, two pounds over the welterweight non-title fight limit. The bout proceeded at catchweight and he was 20% his purse, which went to his opponent Rakhmonov. <mask> lost the fight via a guillotine choke submission in the first round. <mask> was expected to face Randy Brown on February 27, 2021 at UFC Fight Night 186.However, Brown pulled out of the fight during the week leading up to the event due to undisclosed reasons, and he was replaced by promotional newcomer Ramazan Kuramagomedov. However, the bout was scrapped the day before the event when Kuramagomedov was removed due to illness. The bout between <mask> and Brown was rescheduled and eventually took place at UFC 261 on April 24, 2021. <mask> lost the fight via a one-armed rear naked choke in the first round. <mask> faced Niko Price on October 2, 2021 at UFC Fight Night 193. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. <mask> is scheduled to face Kevin Holland at UFC 272 on March 5, 2022.Personal life
<mask> is nicknamed "Cowboy" due to formerly being a rodeo bullrider. <mask> has ten children from various relationships. Grenade attack on Christmas Eve 2018

<mask> suffered a leg injury and went for surgery on Christmas Eve in 2018 to remove fragments of a grenade when he went to get gasoline for his mother’s car in Tres Rios, Brazil and a grenade was thrown toward his direction while his family members were in an altercation with thugs armed with machetes, knives and a grenade. Incidents in May 2019
According to reports, seemingly intoxicated <mask> got into an altercation with a security guard during a party on May 24, 2019. The next morning, <mask> showed up at his wife's apartment where he allegedly assaulted her, fleeing the scene on a motorcycle with their baby daughter. The child was found on May 26 at one of <mask>'s sister's apartment, and <mask> had generally been understood to be reported missing until his early March 2020 arrival in Las Vegas for the UFC 248 fight card which he competed on. In an interview <mask> denied punching his wife but did not comment on other indictments.<mask> also said they were only having an argument and that they haven't separated: on the contrary, his wife is pregnant again. Cowboy
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title: S. Fowler Wright

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<mask> (6 January 1874 – 25 February 1965) was a  British editor, poet, science fiction author, writer of screenplays, mystery fiction and works in other genres, as well as being an accountant and a conservative political activist. He also wrote as <mask> and Anthony Wingrave. <mask> was born in Smethwick (then in the Kings Norton registration district), England. <mask> left school at eleven, and spent his adolescence studying literature when not
working. From a young age, <mask> deliberately adopted a healthy lifestyle; he did not smoke or eat meat, and rarely drank alcohol. <mask> also took regular exercise by hiking or cycling in the countryside. He was married twice.His first wife was Nellie (Julia Ellen) Ashbarry, whom he married in 1895. After Nellie's death in 1918, <mask> married Truda (Anastasia Gertruda) Hancock in 1920. <mask> had ten children. Writing career
In 1917, <mask> helped found the Empire Poetry League and edited the League's journal, Poetry. <mask> used Poetry to publish his translations of Dante's Inferno and Purgatorio. <mask> began writing science fiction in the 1920s. The book Science-Fiction: The Early Years describes <mask> as "the major British writer of genre science fiction between Wells and the moderns".His first science fiction novel was The Amphibians (1924), set in a future where humanity has been succeeded by the titular beings. His 1928 novel Deluge, about a flood which devastates Britain, was a success and was later adapted into a Hollywood film of the same title. The Island of Captain Sparrow (1928) was inspired by H.G. Wells' The Island of Doctor Moreau. <mask>'s novel features a race of satyr-like beast men persecuted by humans. <mask> was critical of modern industrial civilization, and his 1932 collection The New Gods Lead contained several stories attacking trends <mask> disagreed with, including birth control and the motor car (The "New Gods" of the book's title were described by
<mask> as Comfort and Cowardice). The New Gods Lead includes several stories of note, including "The Rat", about
a doctor who discovers an immortality serum, and "P.N.40", which is set in a repressive future controlled by supporters of the eugenics movement. "The Choice:An Allegory of Blood and Tears" is a satire on the Christian conception of Heaven. In 1934, <mask> visited Nazi Germany to write a series of newspaper articles. Alarmed at what he saw, he wrote three novels about a future war in Europe: Prelude in Prague: The War of 1938, Four Days' War, and Mediggo's Ridge. Works

Science fiction novels

The Amphibians (1924)
The Island of Captain Sparrow (1928)
Deluge (1928)
Dawn (1929) [parallel and sequel to Deluge]
The World Below (1929) [sequel to The Amphibians]
Dream, or the Simian Maid (1931) [first novel in the Marguerite Cranleigh Series]
Beyond the Rim (1932)
Power (1933)
Prelude in Prague: The War of 1938 (1934)
The Vengeance of Gwa (1935) [second novel in the Marguerite Cranleigh Series]
Four Days War (1936) [sequel to Prelude in Prague]
The Screaming Lake (1937)
Megiddo's Ridge (1937) [sequel to Four Days War]
The Hidden Tribe (1938)
The Adventure of Wyndham Smith (1938)
The Adventure of the Blue Room (as <mask>) (1945)
Spiders' War (1954) [third novel in the Marguerite Cranleigh Series]

Historical novels
Elfwin (1930) (Novel about Ethelfleda of Mercia)
Lord's Right In Languedoc (1933)
David (1934)
Last Days Of Pompeii (1948) (Redaction of Lord Lytton's novel by S.F.W.). Marguerite de Valois (1946) (Translation of Alexander Dumas père novel). The Siege Of Malta, Part One: St Elmo (1942)
The Siege Of Malta, Part Two: St Angelo (1942) (Completion of Walter Scott's unfinished novel)

Mystery novels (as Sydney Fowler)
The King against Anne Bickerton (1930, vts REX v Anne Bickerton and The Case of Anne Bickerton)
By Saturday (1931)
The Bell Street Murders (1931)
 Crime & co. (1931, vt The Hand-Print Mystery)
Who Else But She?(1934, vts Cherchez la Femme, and Who But She?) Was Murder Done? (1936)
The Attic Murder (1936)
Post-Mortem Evidence (1936)
Four Callers in Razor Street (1937)
The Jordans Murder (1938) (Reprinted in abridged edition in 1941)
The Murder In Bethnal Square (1938)
The Wills of Jane Kanwhistle (1939)
The Secret of the Screen (1940)
The Hanging of Constance Hillier (1941)
The Rissole Mystery (1941)
A Bout with the Mildew Gang (1941)
Second Bout with the Mildew Gang (1942)
Dinner in New York (1943)
The End Of The Mildew Gang (1944)
Too Much for Mr. Jellipot (1945)
Who Murdered Reynard? (1947)
With Cause enough? (1954)

Other novels
Seven Thousand In Israel (1931)
Red Ike (1931, vt. Under The Brutchstone, Redaction of J.M. Denwood's novel Cumberland).Ordeal Of Barata (1939)

Short fiction
 "Automata: I" (1929)
 "Automata: II" (1929)
 "Automata: III" (1929)
 "P.N. 40" (1929)
 "The Rat" (1929)
 "Automata" (1929)
 "Brain" (1932)
 "Choice" (1932)
 "The Rule" (1932)
 "Proof" (1932)
 "Appeal" (1932)
 "This Night" (1932)
 "Justice" (1932)
 "Original Sin" (1946)
 "The Terror of William Stickers" (1946)
 "A Question of E.D.D." (1946)
 "The Congo Cat" (1946)
 "The Temperature of Gehenna Sue" (1946)
 "Carrots" (1946)
 "Burglar's Aid" (1946)
 "Who Else But She?" (1946)
 "Status" (1946)
 "The Witchfinder" (1946)
 "Obviously Suicide" (1951)
 "The Better Choice" (1955)

Collections
Scenes from the Morte d'Arthur (1919) as <mask>
The New Gods Lead (1932)
The Witchfinder (1946)
The Throne of Saturn (1949)
S. <mask>'s Short Stories (1996) . Non-fiction
 Police and Public (1929)
 The Life Of Sir Walter <mask> - Part I (1932)
 The Life Of Sir Walter <mask> - Part II (1932)
 Should We Surrender Colonies? (1938)

References

External links

 Foreword written by <mask> for S<mask> <mask>'s Short Stories
 The Works of <mask> <mask> 1874 – 1965

1874 births
1965 deaths
20th-century English novelists
20th-century British short story writers
English historical novelists
English male novelists
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20th-century English male writers
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title: Wahidullah Waissi

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<mask> is a career Afghan diplomat. He is now serving as an Ambassador of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand and Republic of Fiji. He worked as Director-General for Economic Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from 2012 to 2016 overseeing regional economic cooperation and multilateral development partnerships, chaired economic diplomacy committee, coordinated Regional Economic Cooperation Conference for Afghanistan process and projects and served as a Focal Point for economic Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) of the Heart of Asia Istanbul Process. <mask> is co-founder and Chair of the Green Club, a voluntarily association on environment and green activities. He used to teach economic development at the University of Afghanistan and writes on development, region, geoeconomics and socio-development issues. Early life and education

<mask> was born on April 18, 1975, in Kabul. He has studied in the United States and holds MA in Development Economics from Center for Development Economics of Williams College.<mask> was one of the first Afghan students studied at the CDE. Among them were fellows from countries near Afghanistan—the Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan and Georgia. He is a visiting scholar of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute of the SAIS/Johns Hopkins University in Washington DC, a fellowship program for raising regional leaders in government, commerce, and academia from Central Asia, Mongolia, the Caucasus and Afghanistan (CAMCA). <mask> had also studied Results-based management at the Shanghai based Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Institute (AFDI) in 2007 under a fellowship granted from Shanghai International Program for Development Evaluation Training (SHIPDET) program. Diplomatic career

<mask> joins Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2012 as Senior Advisor on regional cooperation. Later, he was appointed as Director-General for Economic Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2012 to 2016). In this position he was overseeing regional economic cooperation and multilateral development partnerships, chairing Economic Diplomacy Committee, coordinates Regional Economic Cooperation Conference for Afghanistan and serving as a national Focal Point for economic Confidence Building Measures of Heart of Asia Istanbul Process.<mask> was coordinating infrastructure project negotiation phases for TAPI, CASA-1000, TAT Railway, regional transit and transport agreements and projects and Special Economic Zones/Dry Ports. Ambassador accredited to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji

<mask> was appointed as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the Commonwealth of Australia in February 2017 and as a non-resident Ambassador to New Zealand and Fiji on 12 August 2017 and 24 April 2018 respectively. As an ambassador, this is his first mission abroad. <mask> has submitted his letter of credentials to Sir Peter Cosgrove, Governor-General of Commonwealth of Australia on 1 March 2017 and to Dame Patsy Reddy, Governor-General of New Zealand on 6 September 2017 as the fifth Ambassador of Afghanistan to both Australia and New Zealand. As the first Afghan President visiting Australia, Dr. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani arrived to Canberra on 2 April 2017 for an almost 3 days visit. Marking the visit, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Afghanistan and Australia had forged a “solid connection” for more than a century. From Afghan cameleers in the 1860s, through to the Australian military effort to free Afghanistan of terrorism, the two nations have long maintained a healthy partnership.Discussions were mainly focused on security and development co-operation. Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA)

One of the efforts that have been striving to have regional economic cooperation in South and Central Asia so as to assist Afghanistan is Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA). RECCA is a forum that has been managed to promote stabilization in Afghanistan and South and Central Asian regional economic integration. Waissi have been engaged on developing the first Regional Cooperation Strategy for the ANDS since 2005. This strategy made the platform for broader regional cooperation discussion among immediate neighbors and far neighboring countries of Afghanistan. The first regional economic cooperation conference under the title of RECCA has been inaugurated in Kabul in 2005. More annual RECCA meetings were hosted in New Delhi in 2006, Islamabad in 2007, Istanbul in 2009, Dushanbe in 2012 and back in Kabul in 2015.<mask> played a major role in organization and coordination of the last two RECCA events in Dushanbe and Kabul. The RECCA process in 2015 covers a broader range of economic activities in forms of energy cooperation, connectivity, and business to business opportunities in the region. <mask> and his team at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have launched a new website to include necessary information about status of projects under the RECCA process for a wider outreach. He also initiated identifying RECCA Focal Points from 16 countries for better coordination of regional project's implementation. The first meeting of the RECCA Focal Points took place on 26 August 2017 in Kabul. The Seventh RECCA meeting will be hosted by the Turkmenistan Government in Ashgabat in November 2017. Chabahar Agreement

<mask> was a lead-negotiator for the International Transport and Transit Corridor (also known as the "Chabahar Agreement") on behalf of the Afghan Government since 2012, when the primary discussion over this agreement started in 2012 in Tehran between Afghanistan, Iran and India and to its signing ceremony.On 23 May 2016, the Agreement was signed in Tehran, Iran, by the Afghan Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, the Indian Minister of Shipping, Road Transport, and Highways and the Iranian Ministry of Road and Urban Development, while the three heads of states, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, President Hassan Rouhani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were present. The agreement later approved by the Cabinet of the Afghan Government on 3 August 2016 and ratified by the Afghan National Assembly (Parliament). The Agreement aims to: 1) Facilitate access to international markets by using land, sea, and/or air transportation through Chabahar Port; and 2) Simplify, harmonize, and standardize procedures governing the international transport and transit of goods and passengers, in accordance with the international agreements and conventions in which the three signatory governments are members. The Chabahar Agreement is the first multilateral transit and transport agreement of its kind that Afghanistan signs with other countries. It basically connects South Asia with Central Asia, and Gulf region with Central Asia and Caucasus markets. The ports in Chabahar will considerably cut transportation costs and time. The Lapis Lazuli Route

Afghanistan as a landlocked country needs more diversified transit policy.Alternative routes and corridors are always helpful for the domestic economy as well as regional connectivity. This was the biggest motivation for <mask> to initiate an alternative transit route, later called the Lapis Lazuli Transit and Transport Route. His ideas was accepted by Jawed Ludin, former Deputy Foreign Minister of Afghanistan and later by Zarar Ahmad Osmani, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan. <mask> was being appointed immediately by Minister Osmani to follow with the concerned counties and coordinate to become a party to this initiative. Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Georgia immediately joined and Turkey was the last country to become as a party to this initiative. In early 2014 <mask> and a team of experts from the Afghan Government started the negotiation from Ashgabat in Turkmenistan. <mask> was leading the negotiation for the agreement on behalf of the Afghan Government.The Lapis Lazuli corridor was opened for business in December 2018. Multilateralism & Multilateral Diplomacy

Working for the Afghanistan's Aid Coordination Authority (AACA) in 2003, <mask>'s main work focuses were on multilateral cooperation. He was appointed as Aid Coordination Officer at the Ministry of Finance when the AACA moved to this ministry and his areas of focus were on International Financial Institutions (IFIs) i.e. the World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and European Commission (EC) between years 2003 and 2004. In early 2004, <mask> was manager for a newly established department focussing on IFI's portfolio monitoring. Later in 2012, as Director-General for Economic Cooperation, <mask> was mainly working on multilateral diplomatic activities throughout Afghanistan's Foreign Policy principles. <mask> represented the Afghan Government at the United Nation's General Assembly debates on G7+, G77, Land-Locked Development Countries (LLDC), Least-Development Countries (LDC), special events on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and many other events in years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.Sustainable Development Goals

<mask> has initiated the Sustainable Development Goals & Green Economy Desk at the department of economic cooperation of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to promote and increase focus on Afghanistan's green diplomacy at the regional and international level. This has enabled more cooperation between Afghanistan and its partners when Afghanistan's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are developed. <mask> participate at the Rio+20 of United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 20–22 June 2012 as part of the Afghan delegation. The Government of Afghanistan has presented its position paper in support of the SDGs. In 2013 and 2014, <mask> and his team at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have inaugurated a first series of consultations on SDGs and adopting the goals to national level policies and plans. The first review of SDGs for Afghanistan has been developed in 2014 and submitted to the United Nations. The Government of Afghanistan endorsed the SDGs and presented its adoption policy of the post-2015 development agenda at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 held on 25–27 September 2015, in New York City.Development career
<mask>'s professional work focuses on economic development since 1998. He has worked for many national and international non-governmental organizations, UN agencies, and government in Kabul and provinces. <mask> has started his first government engagement in the field of aid management and budget policy. He has been responsible for most of the development partnership activities for Afghanistan since 2003 and has been directly involved in coordination and organizing of 22 national and international conferences for Afghanistan from 2004 to 2015 in Kabul, Berlin, Paris, Tokyo, Rome, London, Bonn, Brussels and in number of neighboring countries. Afghanistan National Development Strategy

In June 2006, <mask> has been appointed as the Coordinator and Formulation Manager for the Interim-Afghanistan National Development Strategy (I-ANDS) at the Office of the Senior Economic Advisor to the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Professor M. Ishaq Nadiri (Former President Hamid Karzai). The I-ANDS was served as the interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (I-PRSP) based on the World Bank development modules. The ANDS was a five-year national development plan outlined the government strategy for achieving its long-term development vision.It was based on the Afghanistan Millennium Development Goals and the benchmarks of the Afghanistan Compact. Both the MDGs and ANDS/PRSP meant to help the government and policy makers at the national and ministry levels to plan activities for reaching the priority development results required to address people's priority needs. The I-ANDS/I-PRSP was presented at the International Donor Conference in London in 2006. The Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS), 2008-2013 served as Afghanistan's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) and used the pillars, principles and benchmarks of the Afghanistan Compact (2006) as a foundation. The ANDS document was instrumental for absorbing more foreign aid for the development process of Afghanistan and presented at the Paris Conference on Afghanistan in July 2008. In July 2007, the Boards of Executive Directors of the International Development Association (IDA) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed that the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan had met the requirements for reaching the decision point under the enhanced Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) initiative. The amount of debt relief determined at the decision point was US$571.4 million on March 20, 2006, net present value (NPV) terms, calculated to reduce the NPV of eligible external debt to 150 percent of exports at March 20, 2006.This relief implied a common reduction factor of 51.0 percent. After the Paris Conference and approval of the ANDS by the boards of the World Bank and IMF in 2008, <mask> has been appointed as Director for Coordination of ANDS Implementation and Budget Policy overseeing implementation of the ANDS and its activities underlined in its National Action Plan. Millennium Development Goals (MDG)

Results Based Budgeting
In 2008 <mask> has been appointed as the Director for ANDS Coordination of Implementation and Budget Policy at the Ministry of Finance. In late 2008 <mask> and his team at the Ministry of Finance have introduced Results-based management (RBM) mechanism and performance budgeting into National Budget of Afghanistan for the first time between 2009 and 2011. The RBM later introduced as the Performance Budgeting at the Ministry of Finance and still continues as a budget policy tool for measuring results at the Ministry of Finance of Afghanistan. Environmentalism

The Green Club

Wahid <mask> has had a long-standing concern with environmentalism as a national and global issue. <mask> has co-founded the Green Club in 2009 together with Jawid Omar and a team of young Afghans on voluntary basis.<mask> is the chairman and co-founder of Green Club, Afghanistan on voluntary basis. The Green Club soon found its way to the heart and minds of youth activists focused its objectives to encourage environment protection and green knowledge by volunteerism, advocacy and awareness rising. In June 2012, <mask> participated at the Rio+20 United Nation Conference on Sustainable Development as member of the Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan delegation. The Green Club became the first registered civil society organizations on environment protection and sustainable development. The Green Club engaged active citizens who are concerned about environmental degradation and volunteer to make the communities green. The Green Club made its path towards Earth Day Network and owned the 2013 Earth Day International Recognition Award for its green activities. <mask> also registered a petition with the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission and submitted the Right for Environment as future Human Rights Commission consideration for their annual analysis and reports.The Green Club volunteers organized several campaigns namely: A Tree for Me is a Tree for Afghanistan, Earth Day Festivals, Green Club Environment Week, Green Caravans Awareness Campaigns for schools, Run for Green Cycling Contest, Green Policy, media awareness campaigns, drawing competition at selected schools, and photography competition and exhibitions in support of the Earth Day and environment protection. More than 100 youth were engaged directly in all these campaigns all at the same time. A Tree for Me is a Tree for Afghanistan
<mask> and the Green Club volunteers have initiated the first national tree planting campaigns using the Facebook application under the title of A Tree for Me is a Tree for Afghanistan. The Green Club volunteers planted more than ten thousand trees in Kabul, Mazar-e-Sharif and Herat for five consecutive years. National Environment Week

In 2015, <mask> and Omar have submitted a proposal to the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, to localize the World Environment Day to National Environment Week based on its successful model practiced by the Green Club between years of 2010 to 2014. The Cabinet of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has approved this idea and included it into national calendar for annual celebration. Since 2015, the national environment week are being celebrated officially.Green Policy
The Green Club has partnered with the CW4WAfghan to make its Green Policy a public document in the hopes that other organizations, agencies and companies operating in Afghanistan will also adopt similar policies. Afghanistan, and its capital city in particular, are facing an environmental crisis that puts millions of lives at risk, and significantly lowers the quality of life of Afghans. Despite the gravity of this crisis—which is estimated to claim far more lives than the current conflict—little is being done. Memberships

Waissi is member of Afghanistan Policy Group (APG) focusing on regional peace and stability envisioning post 2014 with other policy groups of 10 member countries. APG is part of the network of policy groups in Afghanistan, Central Asia, India and Pakistan for a regional project entitled "Envisioning a Secure and Independent Afghanistan Post 2014. Perspectives and Strategies for Constructive Conflict Resolution from the Neighborhood". <mask> is member of Asia-Pacific Community of Practice (APCoP) on Managing for Development Results.Through APCoP, he has participated as Afghan Government representative at the Third High Level Forum on Managing for Development Results in Hanoi, Vietnam. He was also supporting for preparation of Fourth High Level Forum on New Deal Aid Effectiveness, which was held in Busan in 2011. <mask> was a fellow member and program coordinator (2012) of Afghanistan 21 Young Leaders Initiative a non-partisan and non-political group of young Afghans who shared common values and beliefs to address social, economic and political issues in Afghanistan. The AYLI fellows have managed to reflect their views and considerations about current and international affairs of Afghanistan. The AYLI fellows developed many position papers ahead of the key strategic events linked to Afghanistan i.e. Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan, 2012; Position Paper on NATO Summit in Chicago, 2012; and International Afghanistan Conference in Bonn, 2012. AYLI is being supported by Asia Society 21 Young Leaders program.Personal life
<mask> is married and has two daughters and a son. References

Afghan politicians
1975 births
Williams College alumni
Living people
Ambassadors of Afghanistan to Australia
Ambassadors of Afghanistan to Fiji
Ambassadors of Afghanistan to New Zealand

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title: David Bustamante

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<mask> (born 25 March 1982) is a Spanish pop singer and songwriter. He gained his initial fame in 2001 as a third-place winner on Operación Triunfo, the interactive musical reality television show that went on to achieve the highest audience ratings in the history of Spanish TV. <mask> has sold more than 2 million records -albums and singles combined- in Spain and Latin America, getting 15 Platinum in albums, digital downloads and mobile ringtones. By 2019, nine of his ten albums had reached number one in Spain. His latest hit is "Héroes" (2019). Biography

2001–2003: Operación Triunfo and Bustamante
<mask> is among the promising Latin pop singers who emerged in Spain in the early 2000s. <mask>'s breakthrough was in the TV hit Operación Triunfo in 2001.This show broke ratings records as well as dominated the top position of the CD sales charts during its 5-month run. The singer was in his late teens when he became the third finalist of this successful contest. <mask> went on to sign with Vale Music Spain and Universal Music Latino. His debut album, Bustamante, was released in Spain in May 2002 and in Latin America and the United States in 2003. The album became a big seller, thanks in part to the singles "Además de ti", "El aire que me das" or "Dos hombres y un destino". Another highlight of that album was "Perdóname", a duet with Puerto Rican pop star Luis Fonsi. He followed the promotion with a successful summer tour with over 70 concerts throughout Spain.2004–2005: Así soy yo and Caricias al alma
In 2004, <mask> followed up his first album with his sophomore outing, Así soy yo (That's the way I am), which was – for the most part – produced by the well-known Emilio Estefan in Miami. It was also in 2004 that <mask> recorded the intoxicating theme song of "Gitanas", a superb, highly thought-provoking telenovela (Latin soap opera) that was filmed in Mexico and ran on the Telemundo network (NBC's contribution to Spanish-language programming) in the United States. <mask> continued with Caricias al alma in 2005. The album was another success in Spain and other countries of Latin America like Venezuela, where it was certificated Gold. Caricias al alma was recorded in Italy and Spain and included the summer hit "Devuélveme la vida". Furthermore, he visited Latin America to promote his music. 2006–2010: Pentimento, Al filo de la irrealidad and A contracorriente
<mask>'s success continued with Pentimento (2006), Al Filo de la Irrealidad (2008) and A Contracorriente (2010) all reaching the top of the Spanish Album chart and going Platinum.With all this albums, <mask> has promoted his music throughout Spain, Latin America and some European countries. He had success with some singles like "Cobarde", "Por ella" or "A contracorriente". During this time, he made several spring, summer and winter tours. 2011–2015: Mio and Vivir
2011's Mio, produced by Christian Leuzzi (Celine Dion's producer) and Mauri Stern reached Platinum status and helped the singer's total sales figures approach the two million mark. Mio includes a duet with the copla, flamenco, pop star Pastora Soler. In 2012 and 2013 he toured Spain and served as a coach on the first and second season of the Spanish talent show El Número Uno. In 2014 <mask> released the studio album Vivir.The first single is the hit "Feliz". During the Christmas break, he presented Fuera de clase, a TV-show on La 1, the flagship television channel of Spanish public broadcaster Televisión Española (TVE). The channel also aired a music TV special gala dedicated to his career on Christmas Eve. 2016–2017: Amor de los dos
Amor de los dos is the ninth studio album by <mask> and it was released in June 2016 by Universal Music. The album reached number one in Spain and features guest vocals from Alejandro Fernández, Edith Márquez and Alicia Villareal. 2018–2019: Héroes en tiempos de guerra
In January 2019, <mask> unveiled his brand new single, Héroes. In February 2019, he released his tenth studio Héroes en tiempos de guerra (Universal Music) featuring guest vocals from Ana Guerra, among others.He serves as advisor for Luis Fonsi on La Voz (Antena 3). In other ventures, he has released six fragrances with Puig. Music style

He is not part of Spain's nuevo flamenco scene. The vocalist, does, however, incorporate elements of Spanish flamenco and Spanish gypsy music at times – and he has his share of Latin American influences as well, including Afro-Cuban salsa and Colombian cumbia. But <mask> is not a flamenco, salsa, or cumbia artist in the strict sense – his music is Latin pop first and foremost. Romantic pop ballads are one of his strong points. Some of <mask>'s admirers have described him as a Spanish equivalent of Ricky Martin or salsa romantica star Marc Anthony — both of whom are, to a degree, valid comparisons, although <mask> has a recognizable style of his own and sings with a distinctively Spanish accent.Because of the way he pronounces certain words, anyone who speaks Spanish will be able to tell that <mask> is from Spain instead of Latin America. He has been compared in style with other artists like Enrique Iglesias, Luis Fonsi or Cristian Castro. <mask> only uses his last name as a recording artist. Personal life
On 22 July 2006 he married the Spanish actress and model, Paula Echevarría in the Basílica de Santa María la Real de Covadonga in Asturias. On 17 August 2008, the couple's first child, a girl, was born whom, they called Daniella <mask> Echevarría. The couple divorced in March 2018. Since 2018, <mask> is in a relationship with the Russian dancer, Yana Olina.Discography

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References

External links
<mask> - Official Website

1982 births
Living people
People from the Western Coast of Cantabria
Singers from Cantabria
Star Academy participants
Operación Triunfo contestants
21st-century Spanish singers
21st-century Spanish male singers

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title: Ken Rangkuty

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<mask> (born January 6, 1981) is a German-Indonesian composer, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. Known under the stage name Keenhouse, he produces electronic music covering a wide spectrum including synthwave ambient and house music. Group and production work

As a writer, arranger, and producer <mask> has been active in a variety of musical styles that range from jazz and bossa nova to electronic and soundtrack music. He has worked with Japanese new-age producer Osamu Kitajima, rock producer John Ryan, disco producer Luxxury, and vocalist Maiya Sykes of Postmodern Jukebox. Works with Osamu Kitajima feature him mainly as a pianist and arranger on the studio album Make Over by the bossa nova duo MAKE. The duo consisted of singer Mayumi Kaneyuki and <mask>ty. The album was produced for Japanese label Up-Front Works/Zetima and released in 2007.Further works with Osamu Kitajima include the album Forever Tonight by jazz singer Amber Quinteiro featuring him as a pianist and arranger next to jazz musicians Brian Bromberg, Tim Emmons, and Clayton Cameron. The album was co-produced by Osamu Kitajima and John Ryan for King Records and released in 2007. <mask>ty co-produced the album The Last Seduction with disco producer Luxxury on which he is also featured as Keenhouse on the track "Terry Richardson". The album was released in 2012 by Los Angeles-based label Manimal Vinyl. Remix works include collaborations with Los Angeles-based radio personality Raul Campos for several remixes including Femi Kuti’s "Do You Know" and the track "To Die In L.A." by West Indian Girl. As a composer and songwriter he has contributed soundtrack music for the movie Saidoweizu (a Japanese version of the movie Sideways) together with duo Make and the 2003 film Shade. He was commissioned to write compositions for Microsoft's launch campaigns for the game "The Vanishing Point Game" in 2007.The events featured original music synchronized with projections and a fireworks shows taking place at The Fountains of Bellagio in Las Vegas and Lake Union Seattle. As Keenhouse

Keenhouse's productions have been described as being rooted in a retro influenced style of electronic music while aiming to steer clear of trends and labels. In a piece for Impose Magazine he described his music to be deeply informed by retrospective imagery and futurism. As Keenhouse he has been active since 2008 when his music was first featured by French Artist collective and label Valerie Collective. The debut album Civic Transit was released on Sunlinxx Records and re-released as a special edition on Japanese label Nurbs/Thistime Records. The album saw initial success with fans of Synthwave and retrowave as tracks such as "Deep In The Forest" and "Mecho Maniac" became widely spread on music blogs. Several album tracks have been featured in TV shows such as MTV's Styl’d and Real World series.Shortly after the album release Keenhouse joined Los Angeles based collective Binary. The collective helped to establish a retro-influenced Synthwave sound dubbed "dreamwave". Eventually a connection between both the Valerie and Binary collectives was built that helped to spread the Synthwave genre on the US west coast. The term dreamwave was eventually picked up by Pitchfork and ABC News and helped to popularize a style of non-DJ centric electronic music production and live performances. Along with fellow artists Nightwaves, Fabian, and LexiconDon live-sets were mostly delivered using band settings and live vocals. In 2012 Keenhouse released his second studio album Four Dreams in collaboration with Binary Records. The album was described as a complex mix between 1980s influenced synth pop, ambient music, and contemporary house music.The album was a released as a double vinyl LP and features 12 tracks using electronic music as a story telling device. In 2015 Keenhouse released his third album A Future Past. Vice's online magazine Noisey described the album as his most organic to date mixing "futuristic impressionism" with surrealism while combining brass and string sections with synth programming. Buzzbands L.A. described the 15-track album as his most ambitious work mixing classical instrumentation with electronic productions. The album features singer Maiya Sykes on the track "Rise and Fall", artwork by Japanese multimedia artist Shinya Sato, and was released as a 24bit/96kHZ high resolution audio version. A remix version of the album was released by German future pop label Emerald & Doreen the same year. As a remixer Keenhouse has remixed such artists as Japanese producer Shinichi Osawa, West Indian Girl, College, Fitz and the Tantrums, and Housse De Racket.Discography

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2008: Civic Transit (Sunlinxx Records)
2009: Civic Transit Limited Edition (Nurbs/Thistime Records)
2012: Four Dreams (Binary Entertainment, Sunlinxx Records)
2015: A Future Past (Sunlinxx Records)
2015: A Future Past Remixed (Emerald & Doreen)

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2011: The Summer Society (Sunlinxx Records)
2012: Better Days (Sunlinxx Records)
2013: Flex (Repressure Recordings)

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2008: Mecho Maniac (Sunlinxx Records)
2008: Deep In The Forest (Valerie and Friends Compilation, Grand Blanc / Endless Summer Recordings)
2009: Ari-es (Binary Entertainment)
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<mask> (born 31 December 1985) is a  Dutch singer, television host, and actor. <mask> mostly sings songs in the Dutch language, in a genre known as Volendam music. In addition to his solo career, in 2015 <mask> joined the schlager trio KLUBBB3, and in 2017 The Toppers. As a TV presenter, he has worked on programs like the Beste Zangers (Best Singers in the Netherlands) and Sterren Muziekfeest op het Plein (Music Festival on the square.) Since 1999, <mask> has been serving as an ambassador for the SOS Children's Villages, and is  a member of the board for the football club FC Volendam. Career

1996–2004: International success as <mask> began his music career in Volendam where he sang in a boys' choir called De Zangertjes van Volendam. <mask> was discovered at the age of ten, when the famous Dutch band BZN asked him to participate in a duet with one of their lead singers, <mask>.They recorded the song Mama which was very successful. Because of this success, he was asked to record a solo song, which was produced by three members of BZN, titled Ik Zing Dit Lied Voor Jou Alleen (I sing this song just for you). The song entered the Dutch charts at number one, something that had never before happened in the history of the Dutch Charts (Nederlandse Top 40). In the following two years, <mask> <mask> had five more hits including Pappie, Waar Blijf Je Nou (Daddy, where are you now). All songs were written by BZN members <mask> (singer), Jack Veerman and <mask>. <mask> was also able to achieve success outside of the Netherlands, in Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy and France. For a while <mask> focused on and performed more often in Germany, where working legislation for minors was less strict, therefore allowing him to perform more.In the Netherlands minors can only perform a couple of times a year. While performing in Germany, he became one of the best-selling Dutch acts abroad. He released ten records sung in German. In 2001 <mask>, BZN and their producers received the Exportprijs for being the bestselling Dutch artists abroad. 2005: <mask> <mask>
In 2005 <mask> changed his stage name from <mask> <mask> to <mask>. Starting on 25 March 2005, he appeared in his own reality show Gewoon Jan <mask> (Just Jan Smit), which was a reality TV show and followed his everyday life. Later that year, the show won the Gouden Televizier-Ring {Golden Televizier Ring).<mask> started focusing more on being a presenter, and alongside Belle Pérez, he presented the TROS program Muziekfeest op het Plein (Music Festival on the Square). In the next few years <mask>'s popularity kept growing, as he scored hit after hit. Songs like Als de Nacht Verdwijnt (When the Night Disappears), and Laura, which reached number one in the Single Top 100. On 15 March 2006, <mask> was awarded the Edison Award in the Amsterdam Melkweg as Best National Singer for his album Jansmit.com. On 8 September 2006 the second season of Gewoon Jan Smit (Just Jan Smit) launched. In this season, unlike the first one, most of the attention focused on the singer's environment. In 2006 <mask> had his third and fourth number one hits on the Dutch charts.Als de Morgen is Gekomen (When the morning has arrived), stayed on top of the chart for 6 weeks, and in December Cupido also reached number one. In September 2006, C & A stores started including a clothing line named after <mask>. The collection was called J-style and revolved around some of his personal clothing choices. In 2007, <mask> had his fifth number one hit with Op Weg Naar Geluk (On the road to happiness). At the end of September 2007, <mask> returned to television with a new reality TV show titled <mask>, de Zomer Voorbij (<mask> Smit, After the Summer). In the autumn of 2007 <mask> released a new single titled Dan Volg Je Haar Benen (Then you follow her legs). The single hit the charts in November, and became his sixth number one hit in the Netherlands.The single also contained a song called Calypso, which is a duet with US singer John Denver. In 2008, <mask> went on tour in the Netherlands. The tour was called Jan Smit Komt Naar Je Toe (<mask> comes to you). 2007: Vocal problems
In mid-October it was announced that <mask> could not perform at least until the end of November. He had health issue with his vocal cords. All performances were cancelled until 29 November. Because of his health issues, <mask> missed his scheduled performances at Symphonica in Rosso and the TMF Awards, but he did appear to receive the award for best Dutch pop-act at this event.In November <mask> underwent a surgery, and he was not allowed to sing for half a year. This meant that both his work as a presenter for TROS pocket and his new album were put on hold. The tour Jasn Smit komt naar je toe (<mask>mit comes to you) was also rescheduled. After eight months out of the public eye, <mask> made his comeback at the Museumpleinconcert (Museum Square Concert) on Koninginnedag (Queen's Day) in 2008. 2008–2015: The Bombardment and 15th anniversary
On 14 July 2008 <mask> released his single Stilte in de Storm (Silence in the storm) which entered the Single Top 100 at the top spot. It was his seventh number-one song. In the fall of 2008 he was featured in a new season of <mask>, de Zomer Voorbij (Jan Smit, After the Summer), and was chosen as team captain in the program Te Leuk Om Waar Te Zijn (Too cute to be Real).On 8 November 2008, Als je Lacht (When you smile) was released and became his 8th number 1 hit in the Netherlands was. On 28 February 2009 his 9th number 1 hit was Je Naar in de Sterren (Your name in starlight). Although <mask>'s popularity kept growing in The Netherlands, his popularity in Germany waned. <mask> blamed this on the fact that the German audience prefers true Schlager music or pop music, while <mask>'s style is something in between, which the Germans were not keen on. In the meantime, <mask> stopped presenting television programs. In July 2009 he released a duet with Surinamese singer Damaru (singer) titled Mi Rowsu (Tuintje in mijn hart), released to benefit SOS Children's Villages. The song reached the number one spot in both The Netherlands as well as Suriname.On 3 September 2009 <mask> presented for the TROS the first episode of the program Ik Weet Wat Jij Deed (I know what you did). In addition, the third season of <mask>mit, de Zomer Voorbij (<mask>mit, After the Summer) premiered on 20 September 2009. This time the series was shot in Italy. <mask>'s next single Leef Nu Het Kan (Live while you can) entered the Single Top 100 at the number one spot on 6 March 2010. After The Beatles and Marco Borsato, <mask> is the artist that has been the longest at number 1 in The Netherlands in the history of the weekly charts (1960–present). In April 2010, <mask> was elected to be the Dutch mascot for Amarula. <mask>'s single Terug in de Tijd (Back in the Days) of his album Leef (Live) entered the charts on 19 June 2010 and reached the second position a week later, its highest position.His next song, Zie Wel Hoe Ik Thuis Kom (I will figure out how to get home) reached number one on 25 September 2010 in the Dutch Single Top 100. On 15 January 2011 his song Niemand Zo Trots Als Wij (No one as proud as we are) entered the charts at number one. On 30 September 2011 <mask> released Hou Je Dan Nog Steeds Van Mijn (Do you still love me) and a month later the collection 15 Jaar Hits (15 years of hits). The single again reached the highest position in the Top 100 after just one week. During the RTL-4 program Koffietijd Smit received a gold record for selling 10,000 copies. Eddy Veerman released a biography, titled Het Geheim van de Smit (The Secret of Smit). From 2011, he and Cornald Maas commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of the AVROTROS.In 2012 <mask> celebrated his 15th anniversary of being in show business. In August, he released the album Vrienden (Friends), which was awarded a platinum record. <mask> also had three number one hits in 2012: 1. Echte Vrienden (True Friends), a duet with Gerard Joling, 2. the song Altijd Naar (Always There) and 3. Sla Je Armen Om Me Heen (Wrap your arms around me), a duet with Roos van Erkel. As part of the anniversary celebration <mask> performed five concerts in Rotterdam Ahoy, with guest appearances by Gerard Joling, Yes-R, Carola <mask> and Damaru. In 2012 a biography was published chronicling <mask>'s life.Towards the end of 2012 he starred in the film Het Bombardement (The Bombardment). On the day the film was released both critics and audiences panned the movie, but it was noted that <mask>s acting debut "was the least of the problems of the whole movie". However, since more than one hundred thousand people went to see the film in the cinema it still managed to be awarded with a golden film status. Since 2012 <mask> has been the presenter of De Beste Zangers van Nederland (The Best Singers of The Netherlands). Each episode features a central singer, whom selects songs for other participants to sing. The featured singers does not perform themselves, but instead judges the other singers. On 4 June 2016 there was a special edition of the program, the featured guest was not one of the singers, but <mask> himself.This episode was a tribute to <mask> because he was celebrating his 20 year anniversary of being in show business. In 2012 <mask> launched the record label Vosound Records together with Jaap Buijs. Other artists on the label are <mask>'s sister Monique <mask>, Tim Douwsma and Gerard Joling. Additionally in 2012 <mask> was awarded the TrosKompas Oeuvre Award. At the end of February 2013 <mask> published the DVD and double CD and DVD Live in Ahoy, Jubilee Concert 2012. On 17 March 2013 <mask> returned to German television after a seven year absence. In the ARD program Das Frühlingsfest der 100,000 Blüten <mask> presented his single "Bleiben wie du bist" (Stay who you are).After the TV appearance the single was available to download for free download for 48 hours. After six minutes, the site crashed due to the amount of requests. A list of hit songs called "Volendammer Top 1000" was created by a large number of local television and radio stations in Northern Holland, in which <mask> had more than 70 entries. As in 2011, <mask> had three nights at the Amsterdam Arena during Toppers in Concert 2013. In 2014, <mask> played a supporting role in Cops Maastricht. In 2015 Jaap Buijs died. because of this <mask> skipped a season of hit hit show De Zomer Voorbij (Passed the Summer) as well as presenting Muziekfeest of het Plein (Music Festival on the Square) in Heerenveen (broadcast on 14 and 18 August) which instead was presented by Frans Duijts since this episode was recorded in the week Jaap Buijs died and <mask> did not consider it appropriate to stand on a square full of people in party-mode.In November 2015 <mask> released a new Christmas album. The album titled Kerst Voor Iedereen (Christmas For Everyone) contains eight Christmas classics and four new Christmas songs. 2016–present: KLUBBB3, Toppers and Eurovision Song Contest

Solo career

In 2016 <mask> celebrated being in show business for 20 years. He started touring the country in September with his Elfsteden Tour (Eleven City Tour). In 2017 he released the DVD Live in HMH. His jubilee album 20 made it to number 1 in the Album Top 100. He was set to present the show Gouden Televizier-Ring Gala, but he withdrew from the engagement because he was nominated for one of the awards for his contribution to Beste Zangers.In March 2018 he appeared for the first time in his career at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp. He released his new album Met Andere Woorden (In Other Words) on September 20, 2018. For this album he invited several famous Dutch artists to write song for him, including <mask> (singer), Barry Hay, Guus Meeuwis, BLØF and Frank Boeijen. He supported the project with a theater tour through The Netherlands and Flanders. Klubbb3

<mask> worked on resurrecting his career in Germany for a third time. Jaap Buijs' last project before he died was to include <mask> in a schlager trio with German Florian Silbereisen and Flemish singer Christoff De Bolle called Klubbb3. The debut album Vorsicht unzensiert!reached the top 10 in Germany, Austria and Belgium and also charted in the Netherlands and Switzerland. The debut single Du schaffst das schon reached the charts in several countries. On January 10, 2016 the band was awarded the smago! Award, an important prize in Germany schlager music. On 7 January 2017 they were awarded the prize Die Eins der Besten in the category Band des Jahres (Group of the Year). The award was presented during the ARD-televisieshow Schlager-Champions - Das große Fest der Besten. In early 2017 when they released their album Jetzt Geht's Los Richtig it entered the charts in Germany at number 1, number 2 in Austria and number 3 in Switzerland.Their Dutch single Het Leven Danst Sirtaki (Life Dances the Sirtaki), reached number 1 in the Single Top 100 after their performance on RTL Late Night. In May 2017 during Schlager Countdown - Das Große Premier Fest the trio received a platinum record for their first album Vorsicht Unsensiert and a gold record for their second album Jetzt Geht's Los Richtig!. From March 2017 KLUBBB3 toured with Das Grosse Schlager Fest - Die Party des Jahres (The Party of the Year) through Germany, Austria and Belgium. The Toppers
The Toppers is one of the most successful vocal band in the Netherlands, consisting of René Froger, Jeroen van der Boom, and Gerard Joling. They have performed a series of concerts every year since 2005 in the Amsterdam ArenA. During performances the De Toppers repertoire, consists mostly of a mix of covers and original material. In 2011 Gordon joined the group.In 2011 and 2013, <mask> was a guest artist for the Toppers in Concert series for six nights in the Amsterdam ArenA. In September 2016 <mask> spoke on radio 100% NL about his love for The Toppers. <mask> also indicated if any of the Toppers' men were to leave the group, he'd be willing to take over. A few hours later, Jeroen van der Boom posted a video on Facebook that he and Gerard Joling supposedly had auditioned <mask> for The Toppers. On 21 February 2017 it was announced that <mask> would join De Toppers as a member. In the Toppers in Concert - Wild West, Home Best Edition <mask> was gradually introduced to become a full member of the group. Television work
<mask> has hosted shows for the TV station TROS.He has also been one of the commentators for Dutch TV alongside Cornald Maas for the Eurovision Song Contest. On 4 December 2019, it was announced that he would be one of the three presenters of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam alongside Chantal <mask> and Edsilia Rombley. Eurovision 2020 was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 16 May 2020, the planned date of the Eurovision final, an alternative program was broadcast called Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light. The program was broadcast in 46 countries, and was hosted by <mask>, <mask> and Rombley. <mask> was later confirmed to host the 2021 contest, alongside <mask>, Rombley, and Nikkie de Jager, which was broadcast in May 2021. He has also been named to the selection committee for the Dutch entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.<mask> was a coach on The Voice of Holland on it’s 2020-2021 season. He was replaced by Glennis Grace the next season. Personal life
<mask> has two sisters, one of whom, Monique, like her brother, sings Dutch songs. From 2007 to 2009, he was in a relationship with actress and presenter Yolanthe Cabau. He lived with Cabau van Kasbergen for several months. Since 2009, <mask> has been in a relationship with Liza Plat. The two got married on 11 November 2011 on the island of Sint Maarten.<mask> and Plat have two children, a daughter and a son. In December 2013, <mask> joined the board of FC Volendam. He is responsible for the general affairs of the club. On April 24, 2020 he received the honor of being an Officier in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau.

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