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<mask> the Bold, also known as the Generous ( ; Śmiały; c. 1042 – 2 or 3 April 1081 or 1082), was Duke of Poland from 1058 to 1076 and third King of Poland from 1076 to 1079. He was the eldest son of Duke Casimir I the Restorer and Maria Dobroniega of Kiev. <mask> II is considered to have been one of the most capable of the Piast rulers. In 1075 he re-established the Archdiocese of Gniezno (consecrated in 1064) and founded the Diocese of Płock. He established Benedictine monasteries in Mogilno, Lubin and Wrocław. <mask> was also the first Polish monarch to produce his own coinage in quantity great enough to replace the foreign coins prevalent in the country during the reigns of the first Piast kings. He established royal mints in Kraków and Wrocław and reformed the coinage, which brought considerable revenue into the royal coffers.All these efforts had an enormous influence on the economic and cultural development of the country. According to the chronicler Gallus Anonymus, during his reign he was called largus ("the Generous" in English, "Szczodry" in Polish) as he founded many churches and monasteries throughout Poland. The nickname "the Bold" (Śmiały) was only given to <mask> II for the first time in the later Chronicle of the Polish kings, although it was considered by historiography of the 19th and 20th centuries as a contemporary nickname. Duke of Poland
Following the death of his father Casimir in 1058, <mask> II, as the eldest son, inherited Greater and Lesser Poland as well as the Mazovian, Pomerelian, and Silesian lands. His younger brothers Władysław Herman and Mieszko became Governors of the remaining provinces. However Mieszko died relatively early, in 1065, at which point his lands came under the authority of <mask> II. His father had left him a stabilised country; <mask> II continued his foreign policy on surrounding his realm with allied kingdoms in order to prevail against the extensive Holy Roman Empire in the west; he aimed to have Poland eventually bordering only allied countries.This is said to be the main reason behind his numerous foreign interventions: in 1060–1063 he intervened in Hungary to aid his uncle King Béla I in the inheritance conflict with his nephew Solomon, who was backed by his brother-in-law King Henry IV of Germany. As a result, Béla, in 1061, with the support of Polish troops, gained power. In Hungary, <mask> II pursued the policy of cooperation with the anti-Imperial faction, which allowed him to gain political independence from the Empire but put him in conflict with the Duchy of Bohemia, an Imperial ally. Moreover, he escalated the conflict with the Přemyslid duke Vratislaus II by refusing to pay the annual homage for Silesia and spurring the Bohemian nobility to revolt. In 1063, <mask> <mask> unsuccessfully besieged the then-Moravian town of Hradec nad Moravicí and was forced to retreat. In the end, relations with Vratislaus II were settled to a certain extent when the latter married Princess Świętosława, <mask> II's sister. Meanwhile, in 1063, King Béla I of Hungary died.<mask> <mask> could not defend the cause of his son Géza I against the German troops of Henry IV, who finally installed Solomon on the Hungarian throne. In 1069 Grand Prince Iziaslav I of Kiev and his wife Gertruda, Bolesław's aunt, were overthrown. A Polish military campaign re-established them in power in Kiev. In 1071 <mask> <mask> attacked Bohemia again. As he refused any attempt at arbitration by King Henry IV, the question was settled by an armistice between the two belligerents; however, <mask> <mask>, ignoring the treaty, renewed his attack in 1072 and refused to pay the tributes for Silesia to the Holy Roman Empire. Henry IV prepared for a campaign against Poland, but was hit by the outbreak of the Saxon Rebellion in 1073. Due to his involvement in Hungarian, Bohemian and Kievan affairs, <mask> II neglected Poland's interests on the Baltic coast.Therefore, in either 1060 or 1066, Gdańsk Pomerania (Pomerelia) severed its ties to the Polish Kingdom. King of Poland
When Hildebrand of Sovana, an enemy of the German king, became Pope <mask> in 1073, <mask> II saw in him a natural ally; he started to apply the Pope's reforms in the Archbishopric of Gniezno and commenced negotiations to obtain the royal crown. He spurred the ongoing revolt in Saxony, which had forced Henry IV to retreat from that region (he crushed the revolt at the Battle of Langensalza soon thereafter); the Polish king seized the occasion to launch an invasion against Henry IV's vassal, Vratislaus <mask> of Bohemia, alongside an ally from Grand Prince <mask> Monomakh of Kiev. Thanks to his support of the papal cause during the investiture controversy in the Holy Roman Empire, <mask> II gained the royal crown of Poland: on Christmas Day of 1076 Archbishop Bogumił crowned him in the Gniezno Cathedral in the presence of a papal legate. King Henry's IV act of contrition at the Walk to Canossa in 1077 included also the imperial recognition of <mask> II's royal title. Bolesław's new authority, along with his pride, however, caused the Polish magnates to rebel, as they feared the monarchy had started to grow too powerful. Deposition and death
In 1077 <mask> II's troops helped two pretenders to assume the throne: Ladislaus I of Hungary, another son of Béla I, and again Iziaslav in Kiev.In 1078, while returning from the latter campaign, the Polish troops conquered Red Ruthenia. In 1079, however, the conflict with the Polish nobles culminated into open revolt and <mask> was deposed and banished from the country. The circumstances that led to the King's banishment hinge on the person of Bishop Stanislaus of Kraków, who had excommunicated the king for his infidelity. From historical records it appears that Bishop Stanislaus was involved with the barons' opposition movement, plotting to remove the King and to place his brother Władysław Herman on the throne. <mask> <mask> unilaterally declared Stanislaus guilty of treason – Gallus Anonymus uses the word "traditor" meaning traitor. The historical record was first proposed by Master Wincenty Kadłubek, writing nearly 100 years after Gallus Anonymus and a century and a half after the actual affair. <mask> <mask> on 11 April 1079 assaulted and then personally wielded the sword that murdered Bishop Stanislaus of Kraków during the celebration of a Mass.Though the bishop had privately and then publicly warned the king to repent of adultery and other vices, Bolesław chose a course of action more characteristic of his nickname, "the Bold". He found refuge at the court of King Ladislaus, who also owed his crown to the deposed king. However, according to Gallus Anonymus, <mask> II's atrocious conduct towards his Hungarian hosts caused his premature death in 1081 or 1082 at the hands of an assassin, probably by poisoning. He was about 40 years old. Ossiach legend
A popular legend holds that Bolesław proceeded to Rome to beg forgiveness from Pope Gregory, who imposed on him to wander incognito as a mute repentant. On a summer evening in 1082, he reached the Benedictine Abbey at Ossiach in Carinthia, where he was received and did all kind of hard work until he finally was reconciled in the Sacrament of Penance and died. At the walls of Ossiach, there exists a tomb bearing the depiction of a horse and the inscription Rex Boleslaus Polonie occisor sancti Stanislai Epi Cracoviensis ("<mask>, King of Poland, murderer of Saint Stanislaus, Bishop of Kraków").In 1960, at the direction of Countess Karolina Lanckorońska, the tomb was opened and indeed revealed male bones and the remains of a Polish knight's armor dating from the 11th century. The legend, however, dates from centuries after the king's death (it was first mentioned by the chronicler Maciej Miechowita in 1499). His burial place actually remains unknown. Another popular hypothesis about the fate of his remains claims that in 1086 they were transferred to the Benedictine abbey of Tyniec near Kraków. Marriage and issue
Before 1069 <mask> II married Wyszesława (d. aft. 1089), who, according to the Chronicle of Jan Długosz (and supported by some sources), was a daughter of Grand Prince Sviatoslav II of Kiev by his first wife Kilikia, possibly a member of the House of Dithmarschen. They had one son, Mieszko (1069 – 1089).Modern historians, led by Oswald Balzer (in 1895), refuted the Kievan origin and name of <mask> II's wife and expounded the theory that his wife was the queen named Agnes whose obituary is recorded in Zwiefalten. She may have belonged to the Přemyslid dynasty. References

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title: Phil Coulter

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<mask> (born 19 February 1942) is an Irish musician, songwriter and record producer from Derry, Northern Ireland. He was awarded the Gold Badge from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors in October 2009. <mask>lo Awards, which includes Songwriter of the Year; three American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers awards; a Grammy Nomination; a Meteor Award, a National Entertainment Award and a Rose d'or d'Antibes. He is one of the biggest record sellers in the island of Ireland. Early years
<mask> was born in Derry, Northern Ireland during the height of the Second World War, where his father (from Strangford, County Down) was one of a minority of Catholic policemen in the Royal Ulster Constabulary. His mother was from Belfast. He was the fourth child with two older brothers and a sister and one younger sister, each born with a year's difference between them, in a two-up two-down terraced house.<mask>'s father, also called <mask>, encouraged music in the house. He played the fiddle whilst his wife played the upright piano. The younger <mask> recalls this piano, made by Challen, as "the most important piece of furniture in the house". "I always stayed away from the fiddle, having inflicted enough pain on my family with the piano," he laughed. <mask> confesses that he came close to abandoning the piano at an early age. "The truth is I hated the piano at first. I'd love to say I was a natural but I wasn't.I hated playing it and I hated my music teacher. My father, who was a canny man, told me, 'We have to scrimp and save to pay for these lessons, you might as well give them up." "It wasn't long before I gravitated back to the piano, trying to play the songs that I was listening to on the radio. I always wondered what my left hand was supposed to be doing though. But after two or three years at St. Columb's College I began thinking of the piano as an extension of myself." One of <mask>'s most popular songs, "The Town I Loved So Well", deals with the embattled city of his youth, filled with "that damned barbed wire" during the Troubles. Education
Coulter spent his secondary school years at St. Columb's College.He later studied music and French at Queen's University Belfast (QUB). Beginnings of a career in music
He started his first band at Queen's University, playing early rock and roll music despite studying classical music. <mask> was also founder of the Glee Club, which staged music events for the university. By 1964, his final year at university, <mask> had already written a couple of hit songs in Ireland and he moved to London, where his first job was as an arranger/songwriter with a music publisher in Denmark Street. From here he was hired to work with acts including Billy Connolly, Van Morrison, Jerry Lee Lewis and Tom Jones. He wrote "Foolin' Time" (1963), a hit for the Capitol Showband. Other songs he contributed to around that time included his arrangement of "Terry" (1964), a UK No.4 hit for Twinkle, plus co-writing "I Can Only Give You Everything" with Tommy Scott, which was originally recorded by Them. Songwriting partnership with Bill Martin
In 1965, he met Bill Martin and the two became established as a successful songwriting team that lasted more than ten years (Martin for the lyrics, <mask> for the melody). They wrote Sandie Shaw's 1967 Eurovision-winning entry, "Puppet on a String", which became an international hit which was covered more than a 100 times. The following year their song "Congratulations", sung by Cliff Richard, came second in the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2008 a Spanish documentary alleged that Cliff Richard had been robbed of victory after General Francisco Franco fixed the vote. The person who made the claim in the documentary, José María Íñigo, said later that his words had been taken out of context. Seven years after "Congratulations", another Coulter song, "Toi", co-written with Pierre Cour, was performed as the Luxembourg entry by <mask>'s future wife Geraldine in Stockholm.<mask> conducted the orchestra for the song, which came fifth. <mask> and Martin also wrote "Shine It On", which finished third in the 1978 heat of A Song for Europe, performed by the Glaswegian performer Christian. Between 1967 and 1976, they had four No. 1 hits in the UK: "Puppet on a String", "Congratulations", "Back Home" and "Forever and Ever". There were also numerous Top 10 hits including the Bay City Rollers' "Shang-A-Lang", "Fancy Pants" by the glam rock band Kenny, "Requiem" by the Scottish pop group Slik, and "Surround Yourself with Sorrow" by Cilla Black. In 1975, Martin and <mask> Novello Award for 'Songwriter of the Year'. The Bay City Rollers had a No.1 hit in 1976 in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Saturday Night", a song that was not released as a single in the UK. There were three No. 1 hits in the US for the songwriters, the other two (which were chart-toppers on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and the Adult Contemporary listings respectively) being "Thanks", performed by Bill Anderson and "My Boy", sung by Elvis Presley. They also contributed incidental music to the 1967 Spider-Man television series, and <mask> also wrote the score to the 1978 film version of The Water Babies. Sideman and producer
As well as writing hit singles, <mask> produced three albums with Planxty. Christy Moore wrote:
"With no competition he gave us a shite contract and we signed everything away. All that said, 30 years on this album sounds good.He produced it well and ... (he had) the foresight and wherewithal to record the band at a time when no one else was listening. <mask> produced The Dubliners 1973 album, Plain and Simple. He wrote or co-wrote many of the tracks. <mask> produced, arranged and wrote most of  Joe Dolan's 1983 album, Here and Now. The album featured several hit singles, including the Irish Top Ten hit "Deeper and Deeper" which remained a staple in Dolan's live sets, and was also one of the last songs Dolan performed before he became ill on stage, during what turned out to be his last show in Abbeyleix. The album was released in South Africa as Yours Faithfully where it went to number one within one week of release. In 2007, <mask> joined with Sharon Browne, one of the originators of the successful Celtic Woman production, to collaborate on formation of a male version of that production called Celtic Thunder.A stage production at The Helix in Dublin was released on DVD as Celtic Thunder: The Show, and it went to the top of the Amazon and Billboard Top World Albums chart in 2008. Many of the tracks in the show, such as "That's a Woman" and "Heartbreaker", were written by <mask>. <mask> resigned from his position in 2011. Solo success
In 1984, <mask> launched himself as an artist in his own right and began by releasing a solo instrumental album called Classic Tranquility. His follow-up, Sea of Tranquility, peaked at No. 46 in the UK Albums Chart, and remained in the chart for fourteen weeks. The follow-up album, <mask>'s Ireland reached No.86 in the UK. He moved from London back to Ireland, where he established his music publishing company on the grounds of his house in Bray, south of Dublin. <mask>'s official website notes that he has some 23 platinum records, 39 gold and 52 silver albums. He also keeps one of the walls of his office blank, "to remind me that there's still room for a lot more." In the 1990s, <mask>'s produced work for both Sinéad O'Connor and Boyzone. In 2001, he was nominated for a Grammy Award in the "New Age" category for his album Highland Cathedral (2000). He continues to be a popular performer in his native country and around the world in places such as The White House and Carnegie Hall.On 28 October 2009, <mask> was presented with a BASCA Gold Badge Award in recognition of his unique contribution to music. Personal life
<mask>'s first marriage was to <mask>; their second child was born with Down's Syndrome and died aged four. With the encouragement of Luke Kelly, he wrote the song "Scorn Not His Simplicity" to help him get through the difficult time. Kelly recorded the song and it appeared on The Dubliners' 1970 LP Revolution, becoming the definitive version, later being recorded by several artists. In 1974, <mask> was approached by Luxembourg to write a song for the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, following his success with "Puppet on a String", which won for the UK in 1967, and his "Congratulations" (recorded by Cliff Richard), which nearly won in 1968. Whilst looking for a singer he saw Geraldine Brannigan in a Guinness TV advert in Dublin and felt that he had to meet her. She went on to represent Luxembourg and came in fifth place.He later said in an interview on Miriam Meets... on RTÉ Radio 1 it was love at first sight. In November 1998, <mask> married Brannigan in a low-key ceremony at Wicklow registry office, witnessed by their six children, Danielle, Dominique, Alexandra, Daragh, Ryan and Georgina, and 16 guests. <mask> and his wife live in Bray, County Wicklow. Politics
Disregarding the broad international campaign against the Apartheid regime and the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela, <mask> performed in an undemocratic South Africa in May 1983 and his name was included in the register of entertainers who travelled to that country by the United Nations Centre Against Apartheid, which was published in 1986. In 2002, <mask> was encouraged by the Save the Swilly organisation to run for the Dáil to protect Lough Swilly from aquacultural destruction. After some deliberation, he concluded that work and family commitments would not allow him the time necessary to fill the political position. Around that time, <mask>'s brother died in a drowning incident in Ireland, which also caused <mask> to retreat from the music industry for some time.<mask> is a former president of Derry City Football Club and is known to be a supporter of the club, having attempted to help the club with its financial problems in the early 2000s. He has also helped Derry City's local rivals, Finn Harps, in their time of need. His son Ryan plays in goal for Forward Madison FC. In 1995, the Irish Rugby Football Union commissioned <mask> to write a politically neutral anthem for the Ireland national rugby union team, which represents both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The result was "Ireland's Call", which is played alongside, and in some cases instead of, "Amhrán na bhFiann". As well as being used by both the Ireland national rugby union team and the junior national teams, "Ireland's Call" has since also been adopted by the Ireland's national hockey, cricket and rugby league teams and by the world-renowned singing group Celtic Thunder. Awards
<mask> has received honorary doctorates from the University of Ulster (1988), Dublin Institute of Technology (2006), and The Open University (2018).Discography

Albums

Entries in the Eurovision Song Contest

<mask> co-wrote three Eurovision Song Contest entries:

"Puppet on a String" by Sandie Shaw, United Kingdom (Eurovision Song Contest 1967), 1st place
"Congratulations" by Cliff Richard, United Kingdom (Eurovision Song Contest 1968), 2nd place
"Toi" by Géraldine, Luxembourg (Eurovision Song Contest 1975), 5th place

References

External links
 Official website

1942 births
Living people
Alumni of Queen's University Belfast
Eurovision Song Contest winners
Ivor Novello Award winners
Musicians from Derry (city)
People associated with Dublin Institute of Technology
People associated with the Open University
People associated with Ulster University
People educated at St Columb's College
Songwriters from Northern Ireland
Windham Hill Records artists

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title: Caleb Fleming

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<mask>, D.D. (4 November 1698 – 21 July 1779) was an English dissenting minister and Polemicist. <mask> was born at Nottinghamshire on 4 November 1698. His father was a hosier; his mother, whose maiden name was Buxton, was a daughter of the lord of the manor of Chelmerton, Derbyshire. Brought up in Calvinism, <mask>'s early inclination was for the independent ministry. As a boy he learned shorthand, in order to take down sermons. In 1714 John Hardy became one of the ministers of the presbyterian congregation at the High Pavement Chapel, Nottinghamshire, and opened a nonconformist academy.<mask> was one of his first pupils. He was admitted as a communicant in 1715. Hardy (who conformed in 1727) taught him to discard his inheritance in theology. He gave up the idea of the ministry and took to business, retaining, however, his theological tastes. In 1727 he left Nottingham for London. By this time he had married and had a family. How he maintained himself is not clear.He began to publish pamphlets which attracted some attention, but remained poor. In 1727 a Catholic tried to make a convert of him, but desisted on discovering that he had to deal with an anti-trinitarian. Some help in further classical and biblical study was given to him by John Holt, then a presbyterian minister in London, later mathematical tutor at Warrington Academy, and he learned Hebrew from a rabbi. Through William Harris, D.D., presbyterian minister at Crutched Friars, an offer was made for his services as a government pamphleteer. He replied that he 'would sooner cut off his right hand.' In 1736 he published a pamphlet, 'The Fourth Commandment abrogated by the Gospel,' dedicating it to his namesake, Sir <mask>, bishop of Carlisle. It would appear that he had been advised to do this by John Thomas, afterwards bishop of Winchester.Bishop <mask> offered him the living of Lazonby, Cumberland, worth some 600l. a year. Dr. Thomas was ready to advance what was needed for his removal, but <mask> could not conform. In his refusal, he was supported by his wife. His friends now began to urge him to enter the dissenting ministry. In his fortieth year he preached his first sermon to the presbyterian congregation at Wokingham, Berkshire, Catcot, the minister, publicly thanking him for his services. After this he officiated at a few places in the neighbourhood of London.At length, on the death of John Munckley (August 1738), he was strongly recommended by Benjamin Avery as a suitable candidate for the charge of the presbyterian congregation at Bartholomew Close. There, <mask> and William May were ordained as joint pastors in 1740. <mask> had scruples about presbyterian forms, and classed himself as an independent. At his ordination, conducted by Samuel Chandler, D.D., Jeremiah Hunt, D.D., a learned independent, and others, he refused to submit to the imposition of hands, His confession of faith was unique. He would only say that he believed the New Testament contained 'a revelation worthy of God to give and of man to receive;' and this he promised to teach in the sense in which he should 'from time to time' understand it. It was soon rumoured that <mask> was a Socinian. His congregation was never large, and the scantiness of his stipend reduced him to dire financial straits.His friends fell off, with the exception of Jeremiah Hunt. After Hunt's death (1744) <mask> contracted an intimacy with Nathaniel Lardner, D.D., his neighbour in Hoxton Square, and co-operated with him in literary work. In January 1752 James Foster, became disabled from preaching. John Weatherley (d. May 1752), a General Baptist minister, who supplied Foster's place, met <mask> at Hamlin's Coffee-house, and engaged him for a Sunday at Pinners' Hall, an Independent congregation. He attracted the notice of Timothy Hollis, was soon afterwards elected as Foster's assistant, and on Foster's death (5 November 1753) as pastor. The Bartholomew Close congregation then came to an end, its few remaining members joining Pinners' Hall. For nearly a quarter of a century <mask> remained at his post; his ministry, though painstaking, was not popular, and when he ceased to preach, in December 1777, his congregation became extinct, the lease of their meeting-house expiring in 1778.He had admirers, who left him considerable legacies, among them being a bequest by a Suffolk gentleman (Reynolds), who had once heard him preach but did not know his name. A wealthy widow placed her whole fortune at his disposal. <mask>, however, declined to be enriched at the expense of her needy relatives. In his old age his friend William Dalrymple of Ayr procured for him the degree of D.D. from St. Andrews. <mask> was inclined to reject this 'compliment;’ but his friend Thomas Hollis 'put it into the public papers,’ so <mask> accepted it in a characteristic letter (6 April 1769). After completing his seventy-ninth year, <mask> retired.He died on 21 July 1779, and was buried in Bunhill Fields. He left an epitaph for his gravestone, in which he describes himself as 'dissenting teacher,' and expresses a conditional hope of immortality. For this, however, was substituted a eulogistic inscription by Joseph Towers, LL.D. His funeral sermon was preached by John Palmer at New Broad Street. A portrait of <mask>, by William Chamberlain, was bequeathed by him to Dr. Williams's Library. An engraving by Hopwood is given in Wilson. Works
<mask>'s major work is 'A Survey of the Search after Souls,' 1758, dedicated to Nicolas Munckley, M.D.The title and topic were suggested by the writings of William Coward. To prove, against Coward, the existence of a separate soul, <mask> employs the arguments of Samuel Clarke, and especially of Andrew Baxter. He does not contend that the soul is inherently immortal, but simply that it possesses a 'capacity of immortality.' His view of the resurrection was adopted by John Cameron (1724–1799). <mask> was an unwearied writer of argumentative and combative pamphlets, the greater part of them being anonymous. His political brochures, in defence of civil liberty and against the Jacobites, church establishments, and the toleration of popery, are tart enough. Against the theological writers of his time, high and low, he entered the field with confident vigour.He attacked Thomas Sherlock, Soame Jenyns, John Wesley, the Sabbatarians as represented by Robert Cornthwaite, and the Muggletonians. His most severe, and perhaps his best remembered, publication is his 'character' of Thomas Bradbury, 'taken from his own pen.' The topics to which he most frequently recurred were the defence of infant baptism and of the authority of the New Testament against the deists, especially Thomas Chubb, whom he is said to have impressed. His own theology, as may be seen in his 'True Deism, the Basis of Christianity,' 1749, was little more than a specially authenticated deism. He retains the 'supernatural conception,' minimised after a fashion of his own, and the miracles of Christ, which 'did not introduce a single unnatural phenomenon,’ but 'removed defects in nature' (True Deism, p. 14). In a manuscript sermon (10 October 1773) he ranks Confucius, Socrates, Plato, Cicero, and Seneca among organs of divine revelation. Many of his pamphlets and sermons attempt to deal with the problem of a general depravity of morals.Under the title of 'A Modern Plan,’ 1748, he drew up 'a compendium of moral institutes,’ in the shape of a catechism in which the learner asks the questions. Walter Wilson enumerates sixty of <mask>'s publications. The following are not included in Wilson's list. Most of them will be found in Dr. Williams's Library, Grafton Street, W.C.; others are from a collection formed by <mask>'s nephew:

 'The Parent Disinherited by his Offspring,’ &c., 1728. 'Observations on Some Articles of the Muggletonians' Creed,’ &c., 1735,(answered in 'The Principles of the Muggletonians,’ &c., 1735, by A. B., i.e. Arden Bonell).'An Appeal to the People of England,’ &c. [1739]. 'The Challenge … on … Baptism,’ &c., 1743. 'A Fine Picture of Enthusiasm,’ &c. 1744. 'A Letter to the Rev. Charles Willats upon his Assize Sermon,’ &c., 1744. 'Remarks upon the Life of John Duke of Argyle,’ &c., 1745. 'Tracts on Baptism,’ &c., 1745 (a collection of six previous pieces, with an introduction).'A Fund raising for the Italian Gentleman,’ &c., 1750 (the reference is to the Young Pretender). 'The Devout Laugh,’ &c., 1750. 'Natural and Revealed Religion at Variance,’ &c., 1758 (against Thomas Sherlock). 'A Letter to the Rev. John Stevens,’ &c., 1760. 'The Pædo-Baptist's sense of Positive Institutions,’ &c., n.d.
 'Grammatical Observations on the English Language,’ &c., 1765. 'A few Strictures relative to the Author,’ prefixed to 'An Enquiry,’ &c., 1776, by Paul Cardale.'Two Discourses,’ &c., 1778. Some of Cardale's anonymous pieces have sometimes been ascribed to <mask>. He edited many works by divines and others, including the first volume (1756) of Thomas Amory's 'Life of John Buncle.' Family
He married a daughter of John Harris of Hardstoft, Derbyshire, and had ten children, of whom one survived him. References

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1698 births
1779 deaths
English Dissenters
People from Nottingham
English pamphleteers
Burials at Bunhill Fields

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title: Gladys Spellman

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<mask> (March 1, 1918 – June 19, 1988) was an American educator who served as a U.S. Congresswoman representing 5th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1975, to February 24, 1981. She was a member of the Democratic Party. Early life

<mask> was born <mask> in New York City and attended Eastern and Roosevelt high schools in Washington, D.C. She graduated from George Washington University, Washington, D.C., and graduate school with the United States Department of Agriculture. Spellman became a teacher, and taught in Prince George's County, Maryland, schools. A consummate politician, <mask> was part of the wave of young, new suburban dwellers who moved to Prince George's County from Washington and elsewhere in the years after World War II, and that group remained her constituency throughout her political career. Teacher and county politician

During the 1950s and 1960s, <mask> was a teacher and president of the PTA for Happy Acres Elementary School (renamed the Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary School in 1991) and a civic association activist as a young mother and housewife in Cheverly. Her activities led to leadership positions in the reform movement that seized control of the Prince George's County government during the 1960s, ousting the old guard Democratic organization that had managed affairs in Prince George's for decades.Spellman was active in the fight for a home rule charter form of government for Prince George's. In 1962, running on a reform slate, she served as a member of the Prince George's County Board of Commissioners from 1962 to 1970. She served two years as chairman, effectively the head of the county's government. After the establishment of the County Council, Spellman served as councilwoman at large from 1971 to 1974. She was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations in 1967 and was awarded the highest honor that could be bestowed by county officials nationwide when she became the first woman elected president of the National Association of Counties in 1972. Congress
<mask> easily won the Democratic primary nomination in September 1974 for Maryland's fifth congressional seat, and went on to defeat the Republican, John B. Burcham, Jr., in the general election. While in Congress, she served on the Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing, the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, and the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (including serving as chairperson of the Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits).Almost 40 percent of the work force in her district was employed by the federal government – the highest percentage of any congressional district in the nation. In 1977, <mask> favored legislation to establish a bank to make loans to cooperatives owned by consumers as well as legislation to extend the federal revenue-sharing program. She also voted for the 1975 proposal authorizing $7 billion to loan guarantees for the financially troubled New York City. Spellman also resisted placing restrictions on hiring or promotion of federal employees and opposed Jimmy Carter's plan to reform the civil service system in 1978. Honors, coma and death
In 1979, the Supersisters trading card set was produced and distributed; one of the cards featured Spellman's name and picture. On October 31, 1980, <mask> was judging a Halloween costume contest at the Laurel Mall when she collapsed after suffering an incapacitating heart attack. She was re-elected to Congress with 80% of the vote against a little-known Republican opponent on November 4, 1980, but it soon became clear that she would be comatose for the remaining years of her life.In the first weeks of the 97th Congress, the House passed a resolution providing for <mask>'s pay as if she had been seated, and for her Congressional office to be supported as if a member of Congress had died or resigned. When it became clear she was permanently incapacitated and unlikely to recover, the House passed an act declaring the 5th District seat vacant. As a result, <mask>'s pay and administrative support was scheduled to be terminated upon the election of someone to her seat. It is the only time that medical reasons have resulted in the House of Representatives declaring a seat vacant. Thirty-two candidates from both parties entered the race, including her husband, Reuben. He was defeated for the Democratic nomination by Steny Hoyer,  who won the special election on May 19 against the Republican nominee, Bowie mayor Audrey Scott. Hoyer has continued to be re-elected since then, and eventually became House Majority Leader.In 1985, <mask> was an inductee to the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame, part of its inaugural class. The Baltimore–Washington Parkway, a scenic north–south highway in Maryland, is dedicated to <mask>, as is <mask>on Spellman Elementary School, located in Cheverly, Maryland. <mask> never regained consciousness and died in a Maryland nursing home on June 19, 1988, after nearly 8 years in a coma. She and her husband are buried at Arlington National Cemetery. See also

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title: Garrett McNamara

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<mask> ‘GMAC’ <mask> (born August 10, 1967) is an American  professional big wave surfer and extreme waterman known for breaking the world record for largest wave ever surfed at Nazaré, Portugal, successfully negotiating a monstrous barrel at Jaws, and riding tsunami from calving glaciers in Alaska. Biography

Early life
McNamara was born on August 10, 1967, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and spent much of his childhood in Berkeley, California. McNamara has Irish ancestry, and his surname is very common in Ireland and Scotland. In Berkeley, McNamara, and his younger brother Liam, were both known by friends to be rather fearless and to shrug off the pains of rough childhood play, foreshadowing his later ability to face danger while surfing. During his early childhood, his mother took the family to Central America, where she was a victim of domestic abuse and occasionally abandoned him and his brother; at one point, a Guatemalan farmer sought to adopt him, but his mother returned and brought the family back to America. He then returned to Berkeley, where his mother left him with his birth father; McNamara lived with him for several years until his mother returned with a new domestic partner, who moved the family to the North Shore of Hawaii in 1978. At eleven years old, McNamara followed his younger brother's footsteps and began surfing at Sunset, Waimea and the outer reefs in search of giant swells.He entered and placed in the prestigious Hawaiian Triple Crown Series at seventeen and began to gain major sponsors from major Japanese brands. For the next ten years, both brothers joined the competition circuit, traveling and becoming fluent in Japanese. Tow surfing caught on among the surfing community in the early 1990s and McNamara was one of the first to join the movement. Boats and personal water craft enabled surfers to chase down and catch giant waves that were thought impossible, beyond the bounds of surfers paddling with their bare hands. McNamara welcomed and craved the challenge to find the biggest waves in the world, which would instantly become his dream and mission in life. Career

After training for a year, McNamara and tow-in partner Rodrigo Resende won the $70,000 purse at the Tow Surfing World Cup in Maui at Jaws in 2002. Later that year, he posed for the cover of major surf magazines around the world after being photographed in a dramatic barrel shot off of the coast of Teahupo'o in Tahiti.In 2003 he rode one of his most well known waves. McNamara was once again at Jaws and caught a wave with a  barrel where onlookers believed he had been crushed by the lip of the wave. The wave spit and, escaping death, he emerged to the surprise and amazement of everyone watching, including himself. The boundaries of big-wave surfing were pushed once again in the summer of 2007 by McNamara and partner Keali’i Mamala, seeking tsunami formed by  calving glaciers in South-Central Alaska. A feature film was made documenting their experience. In January 2016, McNamara suffered a severe wipeout on a 50-foot wave at Mavericks in California that caused him to skip off the water three times before being swallowed by the monster-size wave. Rescuers on jet skis eventually pulled McNamara to safety, and he suffered a dislocated shoulder and a broken upper arm that required surgery.Video of McNamara's wipeout went viral, and local surfers have said it was one of the worst wipeouts caught on video. World record

In November 2011, chasing storms and tracking swells paid off for McNamara as he entered the Guinness World Records. He caught a  wave in Praia do Norte, Nazaré, Portugal, after being towed into the wave from a jet ski riding a 6’0 Dick Brewer Tow Board. His record beat the prior world record by over a foot, but the premature announcement (by others, not by McNamara) proved a source of controversy in the surf world. Meanwhile, McNamara continued to search for an even larger wave. In January 2013, McNamara broke his own world record by surfing an estimated  wave. He also did this off the coast of Nazaré.Beyond surfing
McNamara became interested in Stand Up Paddle (SUP) and gave it his own twist by designing and creating SUP boards for a more extreme experience, venturing into big wave venues like Waimea, Puerto Escondido, and Mavericks. He was invited to compete in the World Stand Up Paddle Surfing Championship in June 2009 by the International Surfing Association, where only 32 elite surfers were invited to attend. Personal life
McNamara is married to Nicole McNamara (née Macias), an environmental sciences teacher. The couple wed at Praia do Norte, Nazaré, Portugal, in November 2012. They have three children, Barrel (2015), Theia Love Nazaré Celeste Rose (2018) and Fe do Mar Strawberry Lucy (2021). He has three children from his previous marriage to Konnie Pascual McNamara, including Ariana Kaimana <mask> (1995), Titus Waimea <mask> (1997), and Tiari McNamara.

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title: George L. Sheldon

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<mask> (May 31, 1870 – April 4, 1960) was an American politician and 14th governor of Nebraska with service from 1907 until 1909. He was the first native of his state to become its governor. He was a Republican from the progressive wing of that party, which was identified nationally with Theodore Roosevelt of New York. Early life

Born in Nehawka in Cass County in southeastern Nebraska, <mask> received a bachelor's degree in 1892 from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. As a cadet at Nebraska he commanded Company A of the University's Military Department headed by Lieutenant John J. Pershing. He led Company A to win the Maiden Prize of $1,500 at the National Competitive Drills in Omaha on June 13, 1892. <mask> was also a founding member of the Varsity Rifles, which became Pershing Rifles.He then attended Harvard University for one year, receiving a second bachelor's degree cum laude in 1893. He married Rose Higgins in 1895, and they had four children. Career
During the Spanish–American War, <mask> served as a captain in the 3rd Nebraska Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Colonel William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska, who had just lost to William McKinley of Ohio in the race for president two years before. En route to Cuba, the regiment traveled through Mississippi, and <mask> liked what he saw there. After the war, <mask> returned to Nebraska. In 1902, he purchased a plantation of 1,700 acres near Greenville, Mississippi. That same year, at the age of 32, he successfully ran for state senate in Nebraska, and was re-elected in 1904.The railroads had been central to the creation of Nebraska territory through the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, but public perception among white Nebraskans had changed. When the Union Pacific and Burlington railroads were "opening up" the land to settlement (and the dispossession of the Native American inhabitants), towns were eager to court the railroads. However, anger at apparent railroad domination of Nebraska politics had been growing for decades. On June 16, 1906, <mask> and fellow progressive Norris Brown, who was then attorney general, announced that they were seeking the Republican nominations for governor and U.S. Senator, respectively. <mask> was on record as favoring regulation of the railroads, having said, "You can trust the representatives of the people to deal fairly with the railroads, but you cannot trust the railroads to deal fairly with the people." <mask> defeated the Democratic nominee, Ashton C. Shallenberger, who was viewed as "being under railroad influence," 97,858 (53.5 percent) to 84,885 (46.5 percent).<mask> became the first Nebraska governor born in the state and one of its youngest ever. With huge majorities in both chambers of the legislature (Nebraska's legislature would not become unicameral for another twenty years), <mask> moved quickly to redeem his campaign promises. Accordingly, the 1907 legislative session has been characterized by historians James C. Olson and Ronald C. Naugle as creating "more important and more permanent changes in the political structure of the state than those of any other." These included prohibitions on the free train passes that railroads had previously distributed generously to influence politicians, a restriction on train passenger fares to no more than two cents, and the establishment of a state railway commission. That year <mask> also signed a child labor law, an anti-discrimination law, a law forbidding brewers from owning any part of a saloon, and legislation creating a state board of pardons and a bureau charged with investigating agricultural pests and plant diseases. The 1907 legislature also enacted a statewide direct primary law, but that would continue to be a hot political issue for many years and be frequently revised. <mask> ran into two political hurdles to his re-election.First, bank deposits had seemed especially at risk during the financial panic of 1907, when many banks failed. However, although <mask> personally favored a state law guaranteeing bank deposits similar to the one in Oklahoma territory, the Republican convention overwhelmingly voted it down. Second, he fought hard for an option for individual counties to prohibit liquor, losing many "wet" votes that he might otherwise have picked up. Ashton Shallenberger secured the Democratic nomination, and campaigned hard for a state bank guarantee law. He skillfully allowed "dries" think he was for prohibition and "wets" to think he was against it. Shallenberger decisively beat <mask>, 132,960 to 125,976, and the Democrats gained majority control of both houses of the legislature. Mississippi
After his defeat, <mask> moved to his plantation in Mississippi, and became active in state politics there.He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives. While <mask> was publicly a staunch Republican, he was elected in the 1918 Democratic primary. He registered as a Republican while in the Mississippi House of Representatives. He retired after a single term due to financial conditions on his plantation. In 1927, he organized the moribund state Republican Party. After the election, Herbert Hoover appointed <mask> the Mississippi state head of the Internal Revenue Service. He ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1947, having polled only 2.5 percent of the ballots cast.In 1956, <mask> was the leader of the small Lily-White Movement in the Mississippi Republican Party, which had formerly carried the backing of former President Theodore Roosevelt. A new faction of conservative lawyers and businesspeople, many from the Young Republicans organization, led by Wirt Yerger from the capital city of Jackson gained control of the Mississippi party. By the margin of his own vote, Yerger was elected the first modern chairman of the Mississippi GOP. Perry Wilbon Howard, the long-term African American leader of the Black and Tans contingent, continued to serve as National Committeeman until his death in 1961. After <mask>, the next Republican to seek the governorship was Rubel Phillips of Corinth and Jackson, who ran in 1963 on a ticket with State Senator Stanford Morse of Gulfport. Phillips tried again in 1967 but was crushed by U.S. Representative John Bell Williams, by which time Clarke Reed had succeeded Wirt Yerger as the party chairman. In 1991, Kirk Fordice became the first Republican elected as governor of Mississippi since Reconstruction.Death
<mask> died in Greenville, Mississippi, on April 4, 1960. He is interred at Greenville Cemetery. References

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  papers at the Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved on November 16, 2009. National Governors Association

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title: Xenia Hausner

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<mask> (born 1951 in Vienna) is an Austrian painter and stage designer. Life
<mask> was born into a family of artists. Her father was the Austrian painter <mask>. From 1972 to 1976, she studied stage design at the Academy of Arts in Vienna and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. From 1977 to 1992, she designed sets for theatre, opera and film at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Salzburg Festival, Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, Theâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels etc., as well as a stage design for a new production of Richard Strauss's opera “Der Rosenkavalier” in 2020 staged by André Heller at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin. Since 1992, Hausner has been working exclusively as a painter. Her works have been shown at numerous galleries, art fairs and museums.She lives and works in Berlin and Vienna. Work

Stage sets
Her first stage sets were collages built from material collected from condemned houses, junk yards and garbage dumps. She used this raw material to assemble a theatrical space that sprung to life in the clash between naturalistic clarity and abstract interpretation. Her favorite configuration was the oxymoron, a correlation of opposites, a concentrated unification of elements caught in centrifugal chaos. Painting
As of 1990, she began concentrating on painting. People are at the center of her focus. Her images are enigmatic, the situations she depicts ambiguous.Hausner's large-formatted works are societal descriptions, the situations purposely fragmentary, snapshots from daily life. In contrast to the classical portrait, the characters in her images play the roles of people other than themselves. They are cast like actors in a play. Her style is expressive and her palette brims over with strong colours, a fact that is apparent in the flesh tones of her protagonists. In addition to the dominance of female figures, fiction and invention are her central themes. The lie that evokes the truth is her specialty and is painted, preserved and composed in images. Hausner paints invented stories the viewer can identify with his or her own life.Staging is also the main component of her retrospective exhibition, “True Lies” at the Albertina Museum Vienna. Hausner works on paper and mixed-media as well. She transforms large-formatted photos into paintings, incorporating various materials depending on the specific medium she is working in. In this way, painting and photography merge, are transported to the limits of current artistic awareness. Using a variety of techniques, she concentrates images and constructs a new reality. Producing special edition art works on hand-made paper has become a new field of experimentation for Hausner. These unique limited editions deal with subjects known from her paintings, but the images are reinvented through technique and the medium and evolve into an independent artistic form.While preparing for her exhibition, "Damage", at the Shanghai Art Museum in 2011, she became intensively interested in Asiatic, especially Chinese motifs and began incorporating them into her personal artistic DNA: clear evidence of the global networking in contemporary art. Fotography

In addition to painting, photography is a major component in her work. Hausner interlaces the history and potential inherent in both these image media in a multi-faceted manner, implicitly bringing into her painting not only the principles of photography but consolidating elements of film as well. Hausner stages photos as a basis for painting. She produces and directs her photographic scenarios in her studio, using one or more characters. The choice of a cut, the sense of the fragmentary, the actual montage and the drastic staging of light according to color ultimately contributes to the intense individual atmospheric character of the image. Projects
Hausner is active in the "Women without Borders" movement and documents through her camera women, active in the struggle against terrorism.She is strongly interested in architectural projects, for example the mantling of the Ringturm in Vienna in 2011, or in designing church windows (Kilian Church in Heilbronn, St. Johannis Church in Gehrden, St. Johannes and St. Laurentius Cathedral in Merseburg). Prizes, honors, fellowships and awards
 2000 - Ernst Barlach Preis

Notable exhibitions
A selection
 2021: "Xenia Hausner. True Lies",  Albertina Museum, Vienna
 2020: "<mask> Hausner – This will have been another happy day! ", Palais Populaire, Berlin
 2020: "Schiele – Rainer – Kokoschka / Der Welt (m)eine Ordnung geben", Landesgalerie Niederösterreich, Krems
 2020: "A.E.I.O.U. – Österreichische Aspekte in der Sammlung Würth", Galleri Würth, Hagan, Norway
 2020: "Freunde. Hunde und Menschen", Bayrisches Nationalmuseum, Munich
 2020: 8th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art, State Tretyakov Gallery
 2019: "Xenia Hausner", Forum Gallery New York
 2019: "Xenia Hausner. Behind The Scenes", Austrian Cultural Forum New York
 2019: "Body extended", Shepherd W&K Galleries, New York
 2019: "Juntos Aparte", Bienalsur – South America's Art Biennale, Cucuta Colombia
 2019: "<mask> Hausner – Displaced – Storie in Movimento" Palazzo Ducale di Mantova, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Italy
 2019: "Warhol bis Richter", Albertina Contemporary Art, Wien
 2019: "The Still Life in Contemporary Art" Galleri Würth, Norway
 2019: "Blickwechsel: Neue Frauenbilder" Galerie von Braunbehrens, Stuttgart
 2019: "Frauen über Frauen" Galerie Deschler, Berlin
 2018: "Die Geste" Ludwiggalerie, Schloss Oberhausen, Deutschland
 2018: "Guernica – Ikone des Friedens" Hofburg Innsbruck
 2018: "Objects of Desire" Xenia Hausner & Dorothee Golz, Galerie 422, Gmunden, Österreich
 2018: "Mit Haut und Haar.Frisieren, Rasieren, Verschönern", Wien Museum
 2018: "<mask> Hausner – Shaky Times" Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum Bratislava
 2018: "Black & White", Galerie Deschler, Berlin
 2017: "Monet to Picasso. The Batliner Collection", Permanent Collection, Albertina, Wien, Österrreich
 2017: "Seeing with our own eyes", Forum Gallery, New York, USA
 2017: "Glasstress", Palazzo Franchetti, Venice
 2017: "<mask> Hausner – Exiles" in Personal Structures: Crossing Borders, Palazzo Bembo, Venice
 2017: „Entfesselt. Malerinnen der Gegenwart“, Schloss Achberg, Germany
 2017: „Fleischeslust“, Galerie Deschler, Berlin
 2017: „Modern & Contemporary Art“, Forum Gallery, New York
 2017: „10 – Alive and Kicking“, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
 2017: „Menagerie. An Animal Show from the Würth Collection“, Forum Würth Rorschach, CH
 2016: “Frau im Bild – Female Portraits from the Würth Collection”, Gallery Würth, Oslo
 2016: “Rendezvous, Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Essl”, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg
 2015: "From Hockney to Holbein. The Würth Collection in Berlin", Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
 2015: "Personal Structures: Crossing Borders", Palazzo Mora, Venice
 2015: "Soft Power", Leo Gallery, Shanghai
 2015: "Girl, Girls, Girls", Galerie Deschler, Berlin
 2015: <mask> Hausner "Some Hope", FO.KU.S, Innsbruck
 2014: Xenia Hausner "Look Left – Look Right", Today Art Museum, Beijing
 2014: Xenia Hausner "Look Left – Look Right", The Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong
 2014: "Glanzlichter. Meisterwerke zeitgenössischer Glasmalerei im Naumburger Dom", Naumburg
 2014: "Die Andere Sicht", Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg
 2013: "Sie. Selbst.Nackt." Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen
 2013: "Painting Water", Berlin Art Week, Galerie Deschler
 2013: "A.E.I.O.U. – Österreichische Aspekte in der Sammlung Würth", Museum Würth, Künzelsau
 2012: "ÜberLeben" Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg
 2012: 5th Beijing International Art Biennial, Beijing (China)
 2012: "Xenia Hausner – Flagrant délit", Musée Würth France, Erstein
 2012: "Glasmalerei des 21. Jahrhunderts", Centre intern. du Vitrail, Chartres
 2011: "Damage", Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
 2011: "Sense of Family", Installation Ringturm, Vienna
 2011: "Glasmalerei der Moderne", Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe
 2010: "Intimacy. Bathing in Art", Kunstmuseum Ahlen, Ahlen
 2010: "Trailblazer", Gabriele Münter Prize 2010, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
 2009: "Sehnsucht nach dem Abbild. Das Portrait im Wandel der Zeit", Kunsthalle Krems
 2009: "Yearning for an Image: the Portrait through the Ages", Kunsthalle Krems
 2008:  Montijo International Biennal ON EUROPE 2008, Portugal
 2008: "You and I", Forum Gallery, New York
 2007: "Back to the Figure", Kunsthaus, Vienna
 2007: "Two", Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich
 2006: "Back to the Figure – Contemporary Painting", Kunsthalle der Hypokulturstiftung, Munich
 2006: "Austria: 1900 – 2000 Confrontations and Continuities", Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg
 2006: "Works on Paper", Forum Gallery, New York
 2006: "Glücksfall", KunstHausWien, Wien
 2005: "Physiognomy of the 2nd Republic", Austrian Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
 2005: "Round Leather Worlds", Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
 2005: "Xenia Hausner – Glücksfall", Ludwig Museum, Koblenz
 2004: "Strange.Public collections
 Essl Museum Klosterneuburg
 Albertina
 Batliner Foundation
 Wien Museum
 European Central Bank
 Museum Angerlehner
 Museum Würth, Künzselsau und Würth Collection Oslo
 Droege Group, Düsseldorf
 The George Economou Collection
 First Art Foundation
 Hong Kong Arts Centre
 Today Art Museum, Peking
 Seven Bridges Foundation
 Shanghai Art Museum
 Seven Bridges Foundation, USA
 Steven Bennett Collection, San Antonio/USA
 Serendipity Arts Trust, New Delhi, India
 Sammlung Klewan
 Paul Allen Collection

Literature
  <mask> Hausner: Look Left – Look Right. Brandstätter Verlag, 2014,
 ÜberLeben. Brandstätter Verlag, Wien 2012. Flagrant délit. Swiridoff Verlag 2012. Damage. Hirmer Verlag 2011.You and I. Prestel Verlag, München 2008. Two. Galerie von Braunbehrens, München 2007. GlücksFall. Prestel Verlag, München 2005. Damenwahl- Berichte aus dem Labor, mit Beiträgen von André Heller, Elfriede Jelinek und Peter Weiermair, deutsch/englisch, Übersetzung von P. J. Blumenthal und Allison Brown, Wienand Verlag, Köln 2003. Wieland Schmied (Hrsg.): <mask> Hausner. Kampfzone. 2. Auflage, Wienand Verlag, Köln 2003. Heart Matters. New York 2003. Kampfzone.Wienand Verlag, Köln 2000. Figuration. Bozen 1999. Liebesfragmente. Wienand Verlag, Köln 1997. <mask> Hausner: Rätselraum Fremde Frau. Braus Verlag, Heidelberg 1990,
 Global Art Affairs Foundation: "Personal Structures – Crossing Borders".European Cultural Centre, Venice 2015,
 Die andere Sicht. Sammlerin und Künstlerin. Edition Sammlung Essl, 2014,
 Elfriede Jelinek: Werk und Rezeption. Diskurse. Kontexte. Impulse. Publikationen des Elfriede Jelinek-Forschungszentrums.Pia Janke (Hg.) 2014, 2 Teilbände
 Sie. Selbst. Nackt. Paula Modersohn-Becker und andere Künstlerinnen im Selbstakt. Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2013,
 Dieter Wellershoff: Was die Bilder erzählen. Ein Rundgang durch mein imaginäres Museum.Kiepenheuer & Witsch Verlag, 2013,
 A.E.I.O.U. Österreichische Aspekte in der Sammlung Würth. Swirdoff Verlag, 2013,
 Museum Angerlehner. Hirmer Verlag, Munich,
 Holger Brülls: Zeitgenössische Glasmalerei in Deutschland. Centre International du Vitrail, Chartres 2012,
 Burkhard Leismann und Martina Padberg (Hg. ): Intimacy! Baden in der Kunst.Kunstmuseum Ahlen, 2010,
 Hans-Peter Wipplinger: Sehnsucht nach dem Abbild. Das Portrait im Wandel der Zeit. Kunsthalle Krems, 2009,
 Christiane Lange/Florian Matzner (Hg. ): Zurück zur Figur. Malerei der Gegenwart, Prestel Verlag Munich, 2006
 Österreich: 1900 – 2000. Konfrontation und Kontinuitäten. Edition Sammlung Essl, 2005

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title: Sam Togwell

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<mask> (born 14 October 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He began his career with Crystal Palace in 2002, where he was loaned out to Oxford United, Northampton Town, and Port Vale. In July 2006 he transferred to Barnsley, before he joined Scunthorpe United in August 2008. He helped the "Iron" to win promotion out of the League One play-offs in 2009. He signed with Chesterfield in July 2012, and became a key player in the 2012–13 season. He lost his first team place the following season and was loaned out to Wycombe Wanderers. He helped Chesterfield to win the League Two title in 2013–14.He signed with Barnet in August 2014, and helped the club to the Conference title in the 2014–15 season. He was sold on to Eastleigh in December 2016, before joining Slough Town in June 2018. He retired in May 2021, having made a total of 606 appearances in all competitions, scoring 23 goals. Career

Crystal Palace
Togwell started out in the Crystal Palace youth set-up at the age of ten, before making his senior debut as a seventeen-year-old substitute on 22 December 2002 at Millmoor. Palace beat Rotherham United 3–1, returning to London with three First Division points. He did not get another game in the 2002–03 or 2003–04 seasons, mainly due to a broken leg. After rejecting a loan move to Norwegian club Viking FK, Togwell joined League Two club Oxford United on loan in October 2004.He made five appearances before returning to Selhurst Park the next month. In March 2005 he went back into the basement division to join Northampton Town on loan. He made eight appearances, before his loan deal was extended to cover the play-offs. Southend United defeated the "Cobblers" in the semi-finals, before beating Lincoln City in the final. <mask>, by now captain of the reserve team, played in the opening three rounds of the League Cup in 2005–06, including a 2–1 defeat of European Champions Liverpool in which he marked Steven Gerrard. In November 2005, he joined League One club Port Vale on a six-week loan deal. He impressed at Vale Park, especially on 6 January when he scored both goals of a FA Cup Third Round defeat of Doncaster Rovers.Having already had the loan extended once, Martin Foyle managed to extend the deal until the end of the season after Togwell played some excellent football in January. In March, Vale made Palace an offer, to sign the young midfielder permanently in the summer. The next month, with Togwell and Vale agreed on personal terms, chairman Bill Bratt admitted that the two clubs were a long way from agreeing a deal, with Palace demanding a large sum in transfer fees. The cash-strapped club were forced to abandon hope of signing Togwell, though handed him the club's "Young Player of The Year" award in recognition of his performances in his 30 games that season. Barnsley
His tenure at Palace did not last much longer, however, as he left for Barnsley in July 2006 for an undisclosed fee. Togwell made his League debut for Barnsley on 5 August 2006, in a 2–1 defeat at Cardiff City. He made 46 appearances in 2006–07, including both Championship clashes with former club Palace, both of which finished 2–0 for the home team.Battling with Bobby Hassell and new signing Anderson Silva de França for a first team place, he found life tough at Oakwell the next season. In all he played 27 games, three of which came in the club's impressive FA Cup run, including a substitute appearance in the memorable victory over Premier League team Chelsea. Scunthorpe United

He joined Scunthorpe United on a free transfer in August 2008, signing a two-year deal. The young midfield battler was optimistic of the club's future, predicting promotion. His prophecy was fulfilled at Wembley, as the "Iron" defeated Millwall 3–2 in the play-off final. He remained a key member of Scunthorpe's first team in the Championship; making 47 appearances in 2009–10, he managed to bag a goal against his former employers at Selhurst Park in the process. Signing a new two-year deal in June 2010, Togwell recovered from a knee injury to make 40 appearances in the 2010–11 campaign.He was given the club's Player of the Year award, the Ernie Storey Memorial Trophy, however he could not prevent the "Iron" from finishing in last place and thereby suffer relegation back into League One. He made 44 appearances in 2011–12, as Alan Knill led the Glanford Park outfit to an 18th-place finish in League One. However he was one of ten players released by the club in May 2012. Chesterfield
In July 2012, Togwell joined League Two club Chesterfield on a two-year contract. He made 50 appearances in the 2012–13 campaign. On 14 March 2014, Togwell joined fellow League Two club Wycombe Wanderers on a one-month loan deal. He made his debut for the "Chairboys" the next day in a 2–0 defeat to York City, and gave away a penalty before being sent off for two bookable offences.He returned from suspension to play three games for Wycombe before being recalled by Chesterfield on 9 April. He played a total of ten games for Chesterfield as the "Spireites" won promotion as divisional champions in 2013–14, and was released by manager Paul Cook in the summer. Barnet
Togwell joined Barnet of the Conference Premier in August 2014. He missed just four league games of the 2014–15 season as Martin Allen's "Bees" won promotion back into the English Football League as champions of the Conference. He played 40 games in the 2015–16 season and signed a one-year contract extension in May. He underwent a hernia operation in October 2016, which kept him out of action for six weeks. In total he played 99 times for the Bees, scoring one goal.Eastleigh
On 15 December 2016, Togwell joined National League club Eastleigh for a fee of £20,000. He signed an 18-month contract; the move reunited him with former Barnet manager Martin Allen. He was appointed as club captain one month later following the departure of Joe Partington. However he endured a difficult 2017–18 campaign, which started badly as he was ruled out for the first half of the season after picking up a thigh injury in August. By the time he recovered to full fitness manager Richard Hill had been replaced by Andy Hessenthaler, who opted to release Togwell at the end of the campaign. Slough Town
Togwell joined newly-promoted National League South club Slough Town in June 2018, where he joined up with his brother Lee. As well as playing together, the brothers also ran a personal training business together.He scored three goals in 44 matches in the 2018–19 season, helping the "Rebels" to reach the Second Round of the FA Cup, where they were beaten by Gillingham. Slough beat Reading Under-23s 3–1 in the 2019 Berks & Bucks Senior Cup final, with <mask> scoring a brace and his brother scoring the other goal. He scored two goals in 34 games during the 2019–20 season, helping Slough to qualify for the play-off quarter-finals, where they were beaten 3–0 by Dartford. He made 13 appearances before the 2020–21 season was curtailed early due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England. He announced his retirement in May 2021. Career statistics

Honours
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Scunthorpe United F.C. Player of the Year: 2011

Scunthorpe United
Football League One play-offs: 2008–09

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Football League Two: 2013–14

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Conference Premier: 2014–15

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Berks & Bucks Senior Cup: 2019

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<mask> "<mask>" <mask> (born October 25, 1951) is a President at Braeburn Entertainment, Ltd  and was the 2010 Republican nominee for United States Representative for Ohio's 9th District. A lifelong resident of Ohio, he is a former grocery executive, and is now a film producer and an active investor in a number of small businesses. Early life and education
<mask> is the son of grocers Wallace "Wally" <mask> and <mask> of Toledo, Ohio. He attended parochial grade school and graduated from Sylvania High School (now Northview) in 1969. <mask> wanted to enlist in the military during the Vietnam War era, but was refused due to a heart murmur. He attended Hillsdale College, but did not graduate. Career
He worked in the family grocery business, which grew to be the Seaway Food Town regional chain of 75 supermarkets and drug stores.He started out in clerk jobs in 1966 then moved up into management, becoming the President of the corporation in 1989. He was CEO from 1996 until the business was merged with Spartan Stores in 2000. Since leaving the grocery business, <mask> has become involved with start-up companies, ranging from 3D imaging to salsa making. He is also a filmmaker, producing over thirty feature films, mainly as an executive producer, between 2007 and the present, including films for the SyFy Channel, Lifetime Channel, a 3D family film Call of the Wild and the multiple award-winning  Beautiful Boy starring Michael Sheen and Maria Bello. He was co-founder of Toledo's Black Swamp International Film Festival in 2009 and is also a member of the Producer's Guild of America (PGA). Military service
Beginning in 1982, <mask> served in the Ohio Military Reserve (OHMR), a State Defense Force that is trained to provide logistics and resource support during disasters or threats to homeland security. <mask> is a graduate of the United States Marine Corps Command and General Staff College and the United States Air Force Air War College.He also holds a parachutist rating from both the Israeli Defense Force and the Army of The Netherlands. He retired at the rank of Colonel in April 2016 after more than 32 years of service. His last assignment was as the Deputy Commander of the OHMR. <mask> is the recipient of the State of Ohio Distinguished Service Medal. Community service
<mask> has been on numerous community boards over the years including the Toledo Zoo, the Toledo Chamber of Commerce, St. Ursula Academy, St. John’s Jesuit, Erie Shores Council of the Boy Scouts, and St. Luke’s Hospital. He was Chairman of the Ohio Council of Retail Merchants. As president of the Iott Foundation, <mask> funded the construction of a three-story expansion of St. Ursula's all-girls Catholic high school in 2006; The Iott Center at St. John's Jesuit, an all-boys Catholic high school in 2009, and the Iott Scout Shop at the new Erie Shores Council, B.S.A.headquarters in 2013. 2010 U.S. Congressional campaign

<mask> began his run for Congress as an independent, announcing his candidacy in late January 2010. Of his lack of political experience, <mask> said, "That is exactly my qualification," and, "I am not a politician, never have been, and don't intend to become one." Following complaints by members of the Tea Party movement that having a conservative independent and a conservative Republican on the November ballot would split the vote, <mask> dropped his independent candidacy and ran in the Republican primary against Jack Smith, a retired Toledo police chief and Vietnam veteran. <mask> defeated Smith on May 4, with 12,668 votes to Smith's 4,729. <mask>'s opponent in the general election was Democratic nominee Marcy Kaptur; initially Libertarian candidate Jeremy D. Swartz who withdrew so the Libertarian Party of Ohio replaced him by appointing Joseph Michael Jaffe. Several media outlets described <mask> as a Tea Party favorite.His campaign was largely self-financed, with $823,100 in loan contributions coming from <mask> as of June 30, 2010. As of September 30, <mask> had raised and spent $1.5 million, with approximately $1.4 million in candidate self-financing through loans. <mask> lost the election to incumbent Democrat Marcy Kaptur by 35,822 votes. He won Ottawa and Lorain counties, split Erie county and lost Lucas county. This represented a 59%-41% victory. "Who Killed Food Town" controversy
The Kaptur Campaign maintained that <mask> was unfit for office because he had "run the company into the ground", "took the money and ran", and put "5,000 people out of work". This was promoted through an intense television, radio, newspaper, and social media campaign, with the assistance of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union local.Reporters Lara Seligman, Michael Morse and Eugene Kiely of FactCheck.Org released a well researched story on September 17, 2010, which stated that the allegations were all false and misleading. The article said "the company prospered during the years that <mask> served as president and CEO, from 1996 to 2000. In July 1999, the company reported its best ever third-quarter financial results. During the fiscal 1999 third quarter, the company reported that sales increased 8.3 percent to $167.3 million, up from $154.6 million the year before. The company opened three new stores between 1998 and 1999." In October 1999, the Cleveland Plain Dealer described Seaway Food Town as a "well run" hometown grocery store that would be attractive to larger companies at a time when the industry was consolidating. "In the last six months, the company’s stock has jumped 130 percent, coming off a fiscal year that saw earnings jump 8 percent to $167.3 million.And from 1994 to 1998, earnings catapulted 300 percent on revenues that increased only 14 percent during the same period." FactCheck.Org goes on to say it was "wrong to blame <mask> for "closing our neighborhood stores," and it goes too far in blaming him for "costing 5,000 people their jobs." Although he was a major player in the decision to merge Food Town with Spartan Stores, there is no evidence that he was involved in the decisions to close Food Town stores. In the end, the ad’s summary charge — that <mask> "doesn’t create jobs, he sells them off" — misrepresents what happened to Food Town and its employees, and who was responsible for it." Spartan did not close the stores until 2003 - three years after <mask> had left the company. The Toledo Blade, the local newspaper, also drew the same conclusions, giving Representative Kaptur the chance to recant or revise her allegations. She chose, instead, to stand by her statements.Waffen-SS reenactment controversy
<mask> received national media attention in October 2010 when it was reported in The Atlantic that he was a member of a Waffen-SS reenactment group that portrays the German SS Division Wiking (German for 'Viking'). The Atlantic also published two pictures of <mask> dressed as an SS man that were replicated virally on the internet and by other news sources. <mask> told The Atlantic that his interest was historical and that he absolutely does not agree with the tenets of Nazism. He said he joined because reenactments were a hobby and a father-son bonding experience, and that he has participated in a range of reenactments over the years including as a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War, and as American soldiers in World War I and II. <mask>'s campaign said the candidate had not engaged in any reenactments for about five years. According to the Toledo Free Press, <mask> joined the group in 2002 and was listed on the membership rolls through 2008. In response to the ensuing criticism, <mask> said he never intended disrespect towards anyone through his reenactments, and later said the story was a coordinated character assassination attempt by his opponent to distract from the issues.Swastikas were found painted on several of <mask>'s campaign lawn signs on October 13, 2010, with <mask> accusing the Kaptur campaign of "inciting these hateful actions". A Holocaust survivors' group said that <mask>'s wearing of the SS uniform was "disgraceful", and the Republican Jewish Coalition called <mask> unfit for office. A local rabbi predicted the reaction would be negative and would not be limited to Jewish people. The JTA News Service noted that <mask> had not apologized. Some Republican leaders distanced themselves from <mask> in the wake of the controversy. House Republican whip Eric Cantor, a Jew, told Fox News that he repudiated and did not support <mask>'s actions. The National Republican Congressional Committee removed <mask> from its website list of preferred "contenders".A Jewish friend and movie business partner of <mask> offered a defense, calling <mask> one of the most pro Jewish and pro Israel people he knows. Toledo City Councilman Rob Ludeman said he was not withdrawing his support of <mask> because of one incident in the past. The Lucas County GOP chief continued to back <mask>, emphasizing that the county Republican Party organization did not condone Nazis, and adding the claim that this was nothing more than politically motivated mudslinging and an attempt to split the party. U.S. House Minority Leader John Boehner continued to solicit funds for <mask>'s campaign through his Freedom Project PAC. A Freedom Project spokesman said Boehner was not concerned about the reenactments turning off voters or donors. Endorsements
The pro-life Susan B. Anthony List Candidate Fund endorsed <mask> on July 13, saying he would be a supporter of pro-life issues. The political action committee of the National Federation of Independent Business endorsed <mask> on September 23, based on <mask>'s positions on health care, taxes, and regulation.The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (the lobbying arm of the Citizens Against Government Waste) endorsed <mask> on October 6, saying he had signed the PAC's "No Pork Pledge" and was committed to fiscal conservatism, cutting taxes, and reducing the size of government. Other endorsements came from the Change the Congress in 2010 PAC and the Gun Owners of America Political Victory Fund which gave him a grade of A. <mask> received a grade AQ from the NRA, which is an A based on how he answered the NRA's questionnaire,

Selected political positions
According to his campaign website, as a candidate <mask> advanced these political positions in 2010:
 He stated he would vote to repeal the 2010 health care reform legislation because he believes it is unconstitutional, a "job killer", and will lead to rationing. He stated he would vote for tort reform and would vote to make it possible for people to buy insurance across state lines. He opposes the cap and trade energy bill and is in favor of market-driven solutions to energy problems. He believes the government bailouts were unconstitutional, a waste of taxpayer money, and a violation of free market principles. He pledged never to ask for earmarks when elected to Congress. He believes the Social Security system needs to be reformed, but does not believe in privatizing it, increasing the retirement age, changing recipients' benefits, or raising taxes.He believes in sealing the borders and deporting all illegal immigrants who come to the attention of law enforcement, and supports Arizona's controversial immigration legislation, Arizona SB 1070. He believes that the Iraq War was a success, and supports an escalation of the War in Afghanistan. He supports America's participation in international free trade agreements. He believes that same-sex marriage is immoral but that making it illegal is a civil violation of equal rights. He supports Israel's right to self-defense and says America has an obligation to support it; he opposes a Palestinian state formed by taking land from Israel and a divided Jerusalem, and believes that the UN has become irrelevant. References

External links
 <mask> official site

 Financial information at OpenSecrets.org
 <mask> on FactCheck.org

 <mask> official blog site
 Rich Iott Rich Iott Entertainment site
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Living people
1951 births
American food industry business executives
Ohio Republicans
Politicians from Toledo, Ohio
Catholics from Ohio

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title: Jack Weiss

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<mask> (born August 21, 1964) is an American entrepreneur and former politician. He is co-founder of BlueLine Grid, Inc., formerly known as Bratton Technologies, Inc. <mask> is also a former member of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 5th district from 2001 to 2009. He previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California from 1994 to 2000. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Background and early career
<mask> graduated with honors from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 1986. After graduation, <mask> moved to Washington, D.C. where he worked as an arms control researcher and as a legislative assistant on Capitol Hill. He then attended UCLA School of Law and graduated in 1992.While at UCLA, <mask> was the editor-in-chief of the UCLA Law Review. After graduating from UCLA, <mask> served as a law clerk to a federal judge in California. <mask> then briefly practiced as an attorney with the Los Angeles law firm of Irell & Manella LLP. Business career
<mask> is a co-founder of BlueLine Grid, Inc., a New York-based start-up that provides mobile communications tools to public sector employees and agencies. The Company was originally known as Bratton Technologies, Inc., which <mask> co-founded in January 2013 with Bill Bratton and David Riker, a company with the mission of connecting all public safety agencies in the United States. BlueLine Grid launched a mobile communications application for public employees in May 2014. In 2009, <mask> joined Virginia-based security and global investigations firm Altegrity Risk International.In August 2010, Altegrity acquired Kroll, a global risk consulting company, and in September 2010, <mask> was chosen to head Kroll's Los Angeles office. <mask> led the company's expansion its due diligence and fraud investigative services in local corporate and legal communities. Legal career
<mask> joined the United States Attorney's Office for the Central District of California in 1994. He was assigned to the Public Corruption and Government Fraud Section and the Major Frauds Section, and he brought cases involving white collar crime, corruption, civil rights, and violent crimes. He initiated the government’s prosecution of a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge who had conducted an affair with a defendant in his court. Political career

Los Angeles City Council
In 2001, <mask> was elected to the Los Angeles City Council from 5th district, defeating former state senator, assemblyman and gubernatorial candidate Tom Hayden by 369 votes. During his tenure on the Los Angeles City Council, <mask> chaired the Public Safety Committee; the Redistricting Committee; the Arts, Health and Humanities Committee; and, the Information Technology and General Services Committee.He also served on the Planning and Land Use Management Committee,  and contributed to the unsuccessful bid to hold the 2016 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. <mask> supported the efforts of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Police Chief William Bratton to increase the City's trash collection fees to raise funds to hire new police officers. <mask> was active on issues involving homeland security and the police department. He was a frequent speaker and author on the topic of terrorism preparedness. During his tenure on the Council, <mask> wrote legislation that toughened the city’s gun laws, and he served as the founding chair of the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission. In 2002, <mask> wrote a ten-point plan called "Preparing Los Angeles for Terrorism." <mask> was also an outspoken supporter of the State of Israel.<mask> won reelection in 2005 with 71.9% of the vote. As a city councilman, <mask> was criticized for accepting campaign contributions from real estate developers and their representatives. In particular, <mask> accepted 78 political contributions from subcontractors for developer Alan Casden. Additionally, a vice president of Casden Properties made contributions to the <mask> campaign that were later deemed to violate city campaign finance law. <mask> not accused of any wrongdoing by the either the city or state. The California Fair Political Practices Commission ruled that there was no evidence that the <mask> was aware of the source or illegal nature of the donations. Campaign for Los Angeles City Attorney
In 2007, <mask> announced that he would run for Los Angeles City Attorney seat in 2009, when incumbent Rocky Delgadillo would be forced from office by term limits.That May, a group of residents in his district launched a campaign to try to force a recall election of <mask>, accusing him of being too supportive of large development projects. <mask> said the developments were permitted under the city’s zoning laws and would bring needed jobs, housing, property taxes and other infrastructure improvements to the area. The group never turned in its petitions to the city, but claimed to have gathered 20,000 signatures. <mask> finished first with 36 percent of the vote in the primary election for City Attorney, but was forced into a runoff against Carmen Trutanich, an attorney in private practice. Several members of the Council threw their support behind Trutanich and <mask> was frequently criticized for his close relationship with Villaraigosa, whose popularity had fallen and who had won reelection in March by a much lower margin than expected. <mask> was also criticized for accepting money from Benjamin Reznik, a lobbyist with a long history of suing the city. Community involvement
He has served as a member of the UCLA School of Law Alumni Association Board of Directors, the Cesar Chavez Foundation, and the Pacific Council on International Policy.He serves as a fellow for the Truman National Security Project. While serving as a council member, <mask> was notified that he was a bone marrow match for a leukemia patient he did not know. <mask> donated bone marrow to the patient and later received the Legislative Award from the National Marrow Donor Program for expanding city medical leave for bone marrow donors. <mask> serves as a member of the board of the Younes and Saraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at UCLA, and is also a contributing editor to the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Awards
During his career as a public servant, <mask> received numerous awards including:
100 New Democrats to Watch by Democratic Leadership Council
Humanitarian Award from the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women
Environmentalist of the Year Award from the Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters
Distinguished Community Leader Award by UCLA Center for Community Partnerships
Civic Leadership Award by Santa Monica Baykeeper
Civic Leadership Award, Peace Over Violence

Personal life
<mask> resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Leslie Kautz, a former Pentagon policy analyst who is a co-founder of an investment advisory firm. The couple have two children, Jacob Wolf and Mollie. References

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Living people
California Democrats
Los Angeles City Council members
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title: Gone Benjamin Devasahayam

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Bishop G. B<mask> (born 23 August 1925; died 20 August 1996) was the second elected CSI-Bishop - in - Karimnagar Diocese of the Church of South India who occupied the Cathedra from 1982 through 1987 placed in the CSI-Wesley Cathedral in Karimnagar Town in Telangana, India

Devasahayam hailed from the Protestant CSI-Diocese of Medak which was predominantly a Wesleyan Methodist congregation initiated by the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society which unionized itself into the Church of South India that was inaugurated on 20 September 1947 at the CSI-St. George's Cathedral, Chennai. After <mask> discerned his avocation towards priesthood, then Bishop, Frank Whittaker sent him to the Protestant Regional Theologiate in Bangalore for ministerial formation during 1952-1956 after which <mask> was ordained and began ministering in the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Diocese of Medak during the successive bishoprics of Frank Whittaker, Eber Priestley, H. D. L. Abraham and B. G. Prasada Rao. After nearly 25 years of pastoral ministry, <mask> contested the bishopric in the adjoining Diocese of Karimnagar and was declared elected by the Church of South India Synod resulting in his appointment as the second CSI-Bishop - in - Karimnagar where he began his bishopric from 1982 and continued to build up the ministry and evangelism<ref name="Surya">P. Surya Prakash, Karimnagar Diocese 133 years and Beyond: Church of South India Karimnagar Diocese - A Story of Transformation (1879-2012), 2012, p.5.</ref> in the diocese following the precedent set by his predecessor B. Prabhudass. In 1987, after shepherding the bishopric for nearly six years, <mask> announced his resignation from the ecclesiastical office of the Bishop citing health reasons and vacated the Cathedra resulting in sede vacante. The sudden turn of events took the ecclesiastical circles by storm making the Church of South India Synod led by Moderator I. Jesudason and Deputy Moderator P. Victor Premasagar to huddle and take steps to fill the sede vacante caused by the resignation of Devasahayam. Ministerial formation

Graduate
Devasahayam pursued spiritual studies at the United Theological College, Bangalore affiliated to India's first University, the Senate of Serampore College (University) {a University under Section 2 (f) of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956} with degree-granting authority validated by a Danish Charter and ratified by the Government of West Bengal.Devasahayam studied at the seminary for four years from 1952-1956 during the Principalships of Max Hunter Harrison and Joshua Russell Chandran leading to award of Bachelor of Divinity during the annual convocation of the University held in 1957 during the Registrarship of William Stewart. Postgraduate
After a decade and half of ecclesiastical ministry, the Diocese of Medak led by H. D. L. Abraham sent Devasahayam to the McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago in 1971 to upgrade his academics where he enrolled for a Master of ArtsMar Aprem Mooken, Indian Christian Who is Who, Bombay Parish Church of the East, Bombay, 1983, p.41. programme leading to the award of the M.A. by the seminary. Ecclesiastical ministry

Pastorate
After a 4-year ministerial formation at the Protestant Regional Theologiate in Bangalore during 1952-1956, <mask> was ordained as a Pastor by Frank Whittaker, the first CSI-Bishop - in - Medak following which he began to minister parishes in the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Diocese of Medak pastoring in Secunderabad, Nizamabad, Dudgaon in Telangana region of the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh state. Bishopric
In 1982 when the first CSI-Bishop - in - Karimnagar, B. Prabhudass vacated the Cathedra on attaining superannuation, the Church of South India Synod announced the conduction of fresh elections to fill in the sede vacante, following which <mask> from the adjoining Diocese of Medak was declared elected and appointed to the bishopric leading to his consecration in 1982 by I. Jesudasan then Moderator of the Church of South India Synod who principally consecrated Devasahayam as CSI-Bishop - in - Karimnagar in the presence of Sundar Clarke, the Deputy Moderator and co-consecrator. As Bishop, Devasahayam took part in the biennial conclaves of the Church of South India Synods of 1984 and 1986 held at Secunderabad and Trivandrum respectively.In 1987, <mask> vacated the Bishopric on account of health reasons resulting in an unexpected sede vacante very much similar to the present papacy of Pope Benedict XVI who resigned citing health reasons in 2013. The Church of South India Synod filled the sede vacante by announcing the appointment of K. E. Swamidass, who incidentally was a companion of Devasahayam during his seminary studies in Bangalore. Governor
As CSI-Bishop - in - Karimnagar, <mask> was ex officio'' member of the Board of Governors of the near-ecumenical Andhra Christian Theological College, a Protestant Regional Theologiate situated in Hyderabad comprising a few Protestant societies, the Wesleyans, Methodists, Lutherans, Baptists, Congregationalists, and the Anglicans. Devasahayam represented the Karimnagar Diocese which was again a Wesleyan congregation from 1982 through 1987 on the Board of Governors coinciding with the successive cycle of Principalships held by Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars and the Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches led by The Rev. K. David, Ph.D. (Edinburgh) and The Rev. S. Joseph, D.Th. (Serampore) respectively.Retirement and death
After <mask> sought early retirement from the bishopric in 1987 on account of health reasons, he returned to the Diocese of Medak and resided in Secunderabad. In 1992 <mask> took part in the consecration of the Old Testament Scholar S. John Theodore as the fourth CSI-Bishop - in - Karimnagar along with his predecessor B. Prabhudass as well as K. E. Swamidass his successor. <mask> continued to minister in the Diocese of Medak until his death on 20 August 1996. References

Further reading

Telugu people
20th-century Anglican bishops in India
Anglican bishops of Karimnagar
Indian Christian theologians
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