title: Kevin Muscat

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<mask> (born 7 August 1973) is an Australian association football former player and manager of Yokohama F. Marinos. As a player, he represented the Australia national team at international level winning 46 caps and scoring 10 goals between 1994 and 2006. After beginning his professional career in the Australian National Soccer League with Sunshine George Cross in 1989, Muscat played eight seasons in the United Kingdom with Crystal Palace, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Rangers and Millwall. He returned to Australia in 2005 for the first time since leaving South Melbourne in 1996 to captain Melbourne Victory in the inaugural season of the A-league. Muscat retired from professional football in March 2011 after Melbourne Victory's 2011 AFC Champions League campaign, citing his growing frustration at his inability to keep pace with the game. Muscat briefly rejoined his former club Sunshine George Cross for part of the 2011 Victorian State League Division 1 season. During his international career, Muscat represented the Australia U-20 side at the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship in Portugal and the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship in Australia.He represented the Australia U-23 side at the 1996 Summer Olympics. After making his full international debut for Australia in September 1994 against Kuwait, Muscat represented the national side at the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2000 OFC Nations Cup, 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup. After several seasons as an assistant coach, Muscat was appointed head coach at Melbourne Victory in October 2013. He has coached Victory to the 2014–15 A-League Premiership, the 2014–15 A-League Championship and success in the 2015 FFA Cup. He left the role in 2019. Club career

Born in Crawley, West Sussex, in England from Maltese descent, Muscat began his career as a junior at Australian National Soccer League (NSL) club Sunshine George Cross, making his first senior appearances for the club in the 1989/90 season. He moved from Sunshine to the Australian Institute of Sport in 1990 and was awarded the Weinstein Medal as the Victorian Junior Player of the year.He continued playing in the NSL for Heidelberg United in the 1991-92 season and then spent four seasons with South Melbourne Hellas. In 1995-96 he was trialled at Sheffield United under manager Dave Bassett but stayed at South Melbourne. After impressive performances with South Melbourne and the Olyroos, he attracted the interest of many overseas clubs. By August 1996 Bassett had taken the helm at Crystal Palace and signed Muscat to the south London club for £35,000 from South Melbourne Hellas. Muscat was part of the Palace team that subsequently won promotion to the English Premier League, defeating Sheffield United in the 1997 play-off final at Wembley. Muscat made nine Premier League appearances for Palace before moving to First Division Wolverhampton Wanderers for £200,000 in October 1997. Muscat remained at Wolves for five seasons before moving to Scotland to join Rangers on a free transfer in July 2002.He was part of the Rangers squad which won a treble of domestic trophies in 2002–03. Muscat's final British club was Millwall, for whom he played from 2003 to 2005. In 2004, he captained Millwall to the FA Cup Final for the first time in their history. He missed the final itself after suffering a knee ligament injury in the semi-final against Sunderland, although the Millwall manager Dennis Wise insisted on him being presented with a medal. He left Millwall to return to Australia to become Melbourne Victory's inaugural captain in the 2005–06 season. Under Victory manager Ernie Merrick, Muscat, a defender for virtually his entire career, moved to midfield for the 2006–07 season. He remained the captain until 2011.In February 2011, <mask> announced his intention to retire from club football after the conclusion of the 2011 Asian Champions League. His decision to finish was fast-tracked by an infamous tackle he committed in a Melbourne derby on 22 January 2011, which resulted in a season-ending eight-week ban from the A-League. Muscat played out his competitive career in the 2011 AFC Champions League under the captaincy of centre-back Adrian Leijer, despite having previously referred to the competition as "not all that enjoyable". Muscat regained the captaincy for his farewell match in Melbourne, a 1–1 draw against J-League side Gamba Osaka. Muscat scored on his return to Sunshine George Cross in a 3–1 loss to Altona Magic in August 2011.

International career
Muscat represented Australia at Under-20 level at the World Youth Cup finals in Portugal in 1991 and Australia in 1993, and at Under-23 level at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. He made his full international debut in September 1994 against Kuwait, and went on to make 51 appearances for the national team, including Confederations Cup tournaments in 1997, 2001 and 2005. Muscat captained the national team five times from April 2001 and scored a critical penalty in the 1–0 home leg of Australia's unsuccessful play-off against Uruguay for a place in the finals of the 2002 FIFA World Cup.<mask> was dropped from the squad when coach Guus Hiddink took over in 2005 and played no part in Australia's subsequent qualification for the 2006 World Cup, but was recalled later in 2006 by Graham Arnold and captained Australia in its 2–0 Asian Cup qualifier against Kuwait. In 2008, newly appointed coach Pim Verbeek selected Muscat in a squad of 22 A-League based players to prepare for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, but he did not play in any subsequent fixtures. Reputation

In 1996, Muscat was sent off in his first season in the UK in a match involving Crystal Palace and Norwich City after body checking Norwich player, Darren Eadie which then sparked a 21-man melee where punches were thrown. Two other players were also sent off in the incident. Muscat was branded a "lowlife" and a "nobody" by ex-England striker Ian Wright, then of Nottingham Forest, in September 1999. Wright claimed he was about to shoot when he heard Dougie Freedman, Forest's other striker, shout "leave it". Wright stepped over the ball to allow Freedman to hit it, but instead <mask> (who had, according to Wright, merely impersonated Freedman) appeared to clear the ball.Muscat was dubbed the "most hated man in football" by then Birmingham City player Martin Grainger in 2000 after a reckless tackle against international teammate, Stan Lazaridis. He seriously injured both Craig Bellamy and Christophe Dugarry, the latter in a friendly international between Australia and France in 2001 with a sliding tackle from behind. The French manager Roger Lemerre dubbed the tackle "an act of brutality". It was speculated that <mask>'s temperament was the reason he was never selected for inclusion in an Old Firm derby during his time at Rangers. In March 2002, Muscat was sent off after nine minutes in a match against Grimsby Town for elbowing Grimsby striker Michael Boulding. Wolves lost the match and Muscat was suspended for three matches following the incident. In 2003, after only three weeks since signing for Millwall, Muscat was fined and reprimanded by Millwall after a match against Watford where he gave away a penalty and was sent off for stamping on Watford's Danny Webber.Millwall chief executive, Ken Brown, formally warned Muscat that he would be sacked if he did not "clean up his act." "<mask>'s actions were totally unacceptable. We have made him aware that such behavior will not be tolerated. Any repeat of such a deliberate, unprovoked, off-the-ball incident will result in his instant dismissal." In 2004, a lawsuit on Muscat brought by former Charlton Athletic player Matty Holmes resulted in a settlement of £250,000 plus costs in favour of Holmes, bringing the estimated settlement to around £750,000. Holmes had to have four operations on his leg following a tackle by Muscat in 1998, and there were initial fears that his leg might have to be amputated. The claim was settled at the High Court without any admission of liability.In a League Cup tie while at Millwall, he grabbed the throat of Liverpool striker Milan Baroš. Also in 2004, Iwan Roberts admitted he deliberately stamped on Muscat in a match against Norwich City in revenge for his attempt to injure Craig Bellamy in 1999. Roberts was subsequently fined and suspended by The Football Association for his comments. In March later that year whilst playing for Millwall, Muscat was red carded and suspended for five games for a challenge from behind on Sheffield United player, Ashley Ward which ignited an on-field brawl that involved most players from both teams. Sheffield United went on to win the game 2-1 despite having goalkeeper Paddy Kenny sent off alongside Muscat, and as Millwall players were walking off the pitch, Blades manager Neil Warnock was seen shaking players’ hands while also saying “serves you right for f*cking Muscat, that” - one of which being former Chelsea assistant manager, Jody Morris. In December 2005, he was the first A-League player to appear before a FFA disciplinary hearing and was subsequently suspended for two matches for "violent conduct". At an A-league game in October 2006 Muscat clashed with then Adelaide United coach John Kosmina, knocking Kosmina from his chair while retrieving the ball.Kosmina responded by grabbing <mask> by the throat, an action for which Kosmina was suspended for four matches. Muscat's dominant personality and aggressive style did win some admirers in the A-League, with former England international Terry Butcher stating "Every manager in the A-League would love to have <mask>, and I'm no exception". In February 2009, Muscat "escaped" further sanction by the FFA for stamping on Adelaide United defender, Daniel Mullen, while challenging for the ball. Due to the referee seeing the incident during the match, as according to A-League protocol, the Match Review Panel had no authority to intervene any further. In January 2010, Muscat was suspended for two games for elbowing Gold Coast United midfielder, Jason Culina, in an off the ball incident. In October 2010, Manchester United winger Ashley Young recalled he was threatened by Muscat during his first professional match as an 18-year-old. "<mask>t said he would break my legs if I went past him," said Young.Their meeting occurred as they were warming up for an encounter between Watford F.C. and Millwall back in September 2003, but Muscat was sent off for stamping on Watford's Danny Webber before Young came on as substitute for Watford. In January 2011, Muscat was sent off for elbowing Adelaide United midfielder, Adam Hughes, in the face while following through on a challenge for the ball. In his first match back from suspension, Muscat was then suspended for eight matches following a tackle on Melbourne Heart player Adrian Zahra in a Melbourne Derby. The tackle was widely condemned in Australia and around the world, with former Socceroo Mark Bosnich calling it a "disgrace". In a professional career spanning 19 years from 1992 to 2011, Muscat received 123 yellow cards and 12 red cards. In December 2013, the Spanish football website El Gol Digital named Muscat as football's dirtiest ever player.Managerial career

For the final two years of his playing career, Muscat served as a playing assistant coach under Ernie Merrick. Due to a clause in his contract with Melbourne Victory, which makes him an assistant coach at Melbourne Victory for the next two years after his retirement, <mask> began serving as an assistant coach at Melbourne Victory shortly after his retirement from football. After Mehmet Durakovic was sacked after a poor run of results, <mask> was appointed as the caretaker coach of Melbourne Victory until he was succeeded by former Ipswich Town and Queens Park Rangers manager Jim Magilton. In his only game as Victory manager, Melbourne Victory defeated the Newcastle Jets 2–1, with two own goals from defender Byun Sung-Hwan. After an underwhelming tenure as Melbourne Victory manager, in which he recorded just two wins in 12 matches, Magilton left the Victory at the conclusion of the 2011–12 A-League with Brisbane Roar manager Ange Postecoglou taking the reins at Victory for the beginning of the 2012–13 A-League season, signing a three-year contract. After a relatively successful first season in charge of the Victory, in which the Victory finished 3rd on the A-League ladder, and made it to the semi-finals of the A-League finals, Postecoglou was appointed the new manager of Australia, with Postecoglou departing the Victory after their Round 3 win against Postecoglou's former club, Brisbane Roar. Having served under four managers since his appointment as assistant coach, <mask> was subsequently appointed as Postecoglou's successor on 31 October 2013, three games into the 2013–14 season, on a two-year contract.In his first full season as Melbourne Victory manager, and just his second year in charge of the club, Muscat guided Melbourne Victory to an A-League premiership-championship double in 2015, the Victory's third A-League premiership-championship double. Under Muscat, the Victory finished with a regular season record of 15 wins 8 draws and 4 losses, with a final points tally of 53 points, three points ahead of second placed Sydney FC and a final goal difference of +25, the highest of any club that season. Muscat guided the Victory to a 3–0 win over Melbourne City in the semi-finals, before recording a 3–0 win over Sydney FC at AAMI Park. In June 2017, Muscat, along with Darren Davies and Ross Aloisi, were called up by Ange Postecoglou to serve as members of Australia's coaching staff for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. On 5 June 2020 <mask> was announced as the manager for Belgian First Division A team Sint-Truidense V.V., however just six months later he was sacked due to poor results. players
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title: Roger Corbet

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<mask> (c.1501–1538) was an English politician and landowner of the Tudor Period. A member of the Shropshire landed gentry, he represented the Borough of Truro in the English Reformation Parliament. Background and early life

<mask> was the son of <mask> (c.1477–1513) of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, and Elizabeth Vernon (died 29 March 1563), daughter of Sir Henry Vernon of Haddon Hall and Tong by Anne Talbot, daughter of John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury. Elizabeth's father had been treasurer to Arthur Tudor, the Prince of Wales and Henry VIII's elder brother. Her mother's family were among the most powerful in the country, with large estates in Shropshire and Staffordshire. <mask> had two brothers, both MPs: <mask> represented Shropshire in the parliaments of 1558 and 1563, while <mask>, a distinguished lawyer, Serjeant-at-law and Justice of the King's Bench, represented Much Wenlock in 1542 and Shrewsbury in the parliaments of 1545, October 1553 and 1555. Sir Robert also had four surviving daughters by Elizabeth: Jane, Joan or Anne, Mary and Dorothy.All married into the local landed gentry. Sir Robert died on 11 April 1513. His will made generous provision for his daughters, guaranteeing them their keep and 100 marks each their marriages, but left nothing specific for Richard and Reginald. <mask> was his heir and was to inherit all his estates and half of his cattle and household goods, together with "my best salt with the covering, my best piece of silver with the covering, my best goblet and half my spoons." Wardship and marriage

<mask> was about twelve when his father died and his wardship became a commodity to be sold by the Crown. The History of Parliament avers that his wardship was bought by Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, a close friend of Henry VIII, and that it was probably he who arranged <mask>'s marriage to Anne Windsor, the daughter of Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor. The family historian Augusta Corbet documents the Brandon wardship.There is also a record of Brandon appointing George Onslow as steward of the Shropshire estates in February 1514. However, Brandon cannot have held the wardship for long. It is known that Andrew Windsor himself bought the wardship from the executors of John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, probably in 1514, because a legal wrangle arose 42 years later between Windsor's executors and Robert Wingfield, son of Oxford's executor, Humphrey Wingfield. The issue is clouded by the fact that Oxford died a month before Sir <mask>, so can never have been <mask>'s guardian. The connection seems to be Humphry Wingfield himself, who was Brandon's cousin, and a lawyer for both him and the de Veres. The
details are obscure but he appears to have engineered the transfer of the wardship to Windsor via the estate of the earl of Oxford. His son claimed that the payment of 950 marks was never completed, to his own detriment, and Windsor's executors could not produce a receipt.However, they denounced Robert Wingfield's claims as merely vexatious, "contrary to all right, equity & good conscience", in a complaint to Nicholas Heath, the Lord Chancellor. Both sides, however, accepted that the purchase agreement was between Andrew Windsor and the earl's executors. Having acquired the wardship and marriage of <mask>, Andrew Windsor arranged his marriage to his own daughter, Anne, by 1522. Windsor was very rich because he was deeply embedded in the mechanisms of power at Court. As Keeper of the Great Wardrobe to Henry VII of England, he had responsibility for an annual budget running into thousands of pounds and was an important part of the network of his cousin, the notorious Edmund Dudley. He had survived Dudley's fall to continue in office under Henry VIII. He therefore had influence he could use on his son-in-law's behalf.Landowner
<mask> obtained livery, i.e. took full possession, of his inheritance on 22 October 1522. Corbet's seat was Moreton Corbet Castle, Shropshire. The Corbets buried their dead in the parish church of St Bartholomew, just to the north of the castle. In Buckinghamshire he had the manors of Cublington and Linslade (now in Bedfordshire. Half of Cublington had been inherited by <mask>'s grandmother, Elizabeth Lucy. The Corbets seem to have acquired the other half as a result of its successive owners being attainted during the Wars of the Roses and saw off a legal attempt to regain it by Nicholas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden in 1500.<mask> was able to settle it on himself and his wife in 1525. Linslade was another former Lucy property that descended with Cublington. <mask> also inherited land from the Arcedekne family in Cornwall, including an estate near Truro. In Warwickshire Corbet held the manor of Harborough Magna, acquired by his great-grandfather, also called <mask>. In Hertfordshire he held Wigginton, part of the Lucy inheritance. Corbet became prominent both in Shropshire, his family's traditional focus, and in Buckinghamshire, where Windsor was particularly influential. He occupied the customary offices of county gentry.He was pricked to be High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1529. In 1532 he was made a justice of the Peace in Buckinghamshire and in 1535 High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. In 1537 he was one of the three nominated for Sheriff but he was not selected. In November 1538 he was selected to be High Sheriff of Shropshire for the second time, but he died the following month. The three sons of Sir Robert Corbet are all shown armed on his tomb. The History of Parliament points out that <mask> seems not to have gone to war: at least there is no indication that he took part in Suffolk's French campaign of 1523, part of the Italian War of 1521–26 – a campaign in which he might have been expected to participate. It appears that in 1536 he was summoned to take part in the suppression of the Lincolnshire Rebellion, but a countermanding letter arrived before he could respond, as the rebels had already been defeated.Lacking military experience and dying young, Corbet never achieved a knighthood. Member of Parliament
It is possible that Corbet sat in the House of Commons of England in the parliament of 1523, the first called after the end of his wardship. However, the records of the membership of this parliament are largely lost. In 1529 he was elected as first member for Truro, the borough nearest his main Cornish estate. His colleague was John Thomas, a Yeoman of the Guard who was prominent at Court. Truro was a small town, although election returns of the period seem to indicate a wide electorate. In 1533 Thomas Cromwell noted a vacancy at Truro, but this is thought to be a mistake for Lostwithiel, the next constituency on his list.The English Reformation Parliament elected in 1529 was unusually long-lived. It dealt with Henry
VIII's marriage and succession problems and all their consequences: the Statute in Restraint of Appeals, which broke with Rome, the Acts of Supremacy, the Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535. At the Parliament's dissolution in 1536, the king asked electors to return the same members, wherever possible, to continue the work. So <mask> probably sat again for Truro in the parliament of 1536, which lasted for less than six weeks. Death
When Corbet made his will on 27 November 1538, he declared that he was already "sick of body but whole of mind." He provided for his wife, Anne, whom he made his sole executrix, and each of his children, as well as confirming the 100 marks for his sister Mary, as she was still unmarried. He provided for funeral garb for 13 poor men and 13 poor women, as well as for thirty gold rings, marked RC, to be given as mementoes to his friends.He asked that his "evidences" or personal effects from Linslade and from his room on the Strand to be brought to Moreton Corbet. He directed that his servants should receive their full year's wages or be compensated with his horses in lieu. Andrew, his eldest son, was still only 16, and he feared he too would endure a long wardship. "I require and humbly beseech my supervisors and my executrix, tenderly lamenting the captive bondage of wardship, to consult together, pondering the readiest ways how to redeem my heir out of the thraldom and bondage of wardship, for whose marriage I was offered one thousand marks"
Assuming the thousand marks materialised, he urged them to set aside the very large sum of three hundred marks each for his daughter's marriages. It was not to be: Andrew was forced into wardship, as his mother's will attests. <mask> died on 20 December 1538. Marriage and family
<mask>et married by 1522 Anne Windsor, daughter of Sir Andrew Windsor, later 1st Lord Windsor, and of Elizabeth Blount.Anne outlived him by about twelve years. They had at least four sons and four daughters, all of the sons and two of the daughters surviving them. Sir <mask> was <mask>'s eldest son and heir. A distinguished soldier and administrator, he was twice MP for Shropshire
<mask>, who died of the plague in 1583, sine prole, along with his nephew, Andrew's son, Robert, who was visiting him in London. <mask> of Stanwardine. <mask>, who was MP for Bridgnorth
Margaret <mask>, who married Francis Palmes of Lindley. Francis Palmes, their son, was an Elizabethan politician and MP for Knaresborough
Elizabeth Corbet

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title: Meenakshi Seshadri

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<mask> (born as Shashikala Sheshadri, 16 November 1963) is a former Indian actress, model and dancer who mainly appeared in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu-language films. She won the Eve's Weekly Miss India contest in 1981 at the age of 17. <mask> made her film debut in 1983. She became one of Hindi cinema's leading actresses in the 1980s and 1990s, and was acknowledged for several of her performances, her beauty, and her accomplished dancing. She was noted for her performances in films including Hero (1983), Aandhi-Toofan (1985), Meri Jung (1985), Swati (1986), Dilwaala (1986), Dacait (1987), Inaam Dus Hazaar (1987), Parivaar (1987), Shahenshah (1988), Mahaadev (1989), Awaargi (1990), Jurm (1990), Ghayal (1990), Ghar Ho To Aisa (1990), Damini (1993), Duet (1994) and Ghatak (1996). She received particular critical acclaim for Swati (1986), Dahleez (1986), Satyamev Jayate (1987), Awaargi (1990) and Damini (1993). She also performed at the Khajuraho Dance Festival in the 1990s.After the release of her film Ghatak, she left the film industry to raise her children in the United States with her husband, where she runs the Cherish Dance School. A documentary was made about her life, titled Meenakshi Accept Her Wings. Early life
<mask> <mask> was born on 16 November 1963 as Shashikala <mask> in a Tamil Brahmin family in Sindri, Bihar (now in Jharkhand). She trained in four Indian classical dance forms, Bharata Natyam, Kuchipudi, Kathak, and Odissi, under Vempati Chinna Satyam and Jaya Rama Rao. She won the Eve's Weekly Miss India contest in 1981 at the age of 17 and represented India at the Miss International 1981 in Tokyo, Japan. Career

Debut and early success (1983–1985)
After a forgettable debut in Painter Babu, Meenakshi acted alongside another newcomer, Jackie Shroff, in Hero. The film was a blockbuster and Meenakshi became an overnight star.Immediately after the success of Hero, she got an offer to star with superstar Rajesh Khanna. She appeared with Khanna in Awara Baap in a double role, but the film underperformed. She then appeared in several commercially unsuccessful films, including Love Marriage, Paisa Ye Paisa, and Lover Boy. Her next film, Bewafai, was again with Khanna, with Rajinikanth in an antagonist role. Then Ghai again cast her alongside Anil Kapoor in his next film, Meri Jung, which was one of the highest-grossing films of the year 1985. This gave her a major foothold in the industry. Some of her films were moderately successful, namely Swati, Mera Jawab, and Aandhi Toofan.She then appeared in the film Hoshiyar alongside Jeetendra. In the same year she acted with Rajinikanth in Mahaguru (1985) as his heroine. Later Meenaakshi did a special appearance song with Rajnikant in a Telugu movie Jeevana Poratam (1986). Established actress (1986–1989)
Seshadri appeared in many critically acclaimed films in 1986. In Swati, a woman-centric art house film, she performed the title role in an ensemble cast. The film gained immense critical acclaim and critics said, "<mask> <mask> has acted in Swati the way Amitabh Bachchan acts in his films. That same year she appeared in B. R. Chopra films alongside Jackie Shroff' and Raj Babbar in the romantic drama Dahleez, which dealt with the taboo topic of infidelity but underperformed at the box office.Her other releases that year, such as Allah Rakha, was average performers at the box office. In 1987, she appeared in the hit film Inaam Dus Hazaar alongside Sanjay Dutt. She also appeared in Dacait, an action drama alongside Sunny Deol; it was critical acclaim. Dilwala (1986) and Parivaarwith Mithun Chakraborty, film did very well at box office. Main Balwan (1986) was average in India, but Superhit in overseas. In 1988, she appeared in Yash Chopra's Vijay. In 1988, she appeared in Shahenshah alongside Amitabh Bachchan.The film was heavily hyped. After the great success of Shahenshah, Meenakshi teamed up with Bachchan for the films Toofan, Akayla, and Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswati, but all three were flops. In 1989, she was directed by Dev Anand in the film Sachché Ká Bol-Bálá In 1989, she made her Tamil film debut with En Rathathin Rathame, a remake of the Hindi film Mr. India, opposite K.Bhagyaraj, which bombed at the box office. In 1989, she appeared in the family drama Bade Ghar Ki Betiin the title role, and the family drama Gharana these were moderate successes. She worked with fellow dancer Mithun Chakraborthy in Aandhi Toofan, Main Balwan, Dilwaala, Parivaar, Bees Saal Baad, Pyar Ka Karz, and Shandaar Her best and most successful pairing, as well as best on-screen her chemistry, is regarded to be with Anil Kapoor. Her pairings with Shroff, Rishi Kapoor, Sunny Deol, and Vinod Khanna are often also praised by the media. Her successful films with Anil Kapoor include Aag Se Khelenge, Meri Jung, Awaargi and Ghar Ho Toh Aisa, but others, such as Love Marriage, Amba, Joshilaay, Vijay, and Humlaa were box office duds.In Vijay she has a hot kissing scene with Anil Kapoor in a Fiat car and in Inteqam she tied a Rakhi to Anil Kapoor; the scene was also filmed in a Fiat. She would have acted with Anil Kapoor in more than nine films, but some planned films were never completed. Prakash Mehra announced Dhan Dhahej, starring Anil Kapoor and <mask>, and in 1988 Sanjay Khan announced the movie Sarzameen with Anil Kapoor, <mask>, and Vinod Khanna. That same year, Ramesh Sippy announced Aalishaan with Amitabh Bachchan and <mask>. Subhash Ghai signed Bachchan for the first time in film Devaa opposite <mask> Seshadri, but it was shelved after a song picturised on Bachchan and Shammi Kapoor the song sung by Mohammed Aziz. Commercial success (1990–1996)
In 1990, Meenakshi appeared in two films by Mahesh Bhatt, the first being Awaargi, an art house film. Many critics call this her best performance.The second film was Jurm, released in the same year. The film was a critical and commercial success. Her role of a wife who has to face her problems after her husband gets involved with another woman gained immense critical praise. She received her first Filmfare Award nomination for best actress for her role in the film. She also appeared in the film Ghar Ho To Aisa opposite Anil Kapoor; the film was a hit and <mask> was noted for her comedic timing. She then appeared in Ghayal alongside Sunny Deol. This film started her long association with Rajkumar Santoshi.Ghayal was the highest-grossing film of the 1990s.In 1991, she appeared opposite Amitabh Bachchan in Akayla, directed by Ramesh Sippy; despite being well-promoted, the film flopped at the box office. Her on-screen pairing with Vinod Khanna was widely appreciated, and the pair starred in such successful films as Satyamev Jayate, Mahaadev, Jurm, Humshakal, and Police Aur Mujrim. She acted in the successful family drama Ghar Parivar in 1991, with Rajesh Khanna and Rishi Kapoor as her co-stars. <mask> made her Telugu film debut with Brahmarishi Vishwamitra in 1991. In 1992, she appeared in the Telugu film Aapadbandhavudu opposite Chiranjeevi. In 1992 her film Aaj Ka Goonda Raaj opposite Chiranjeevi was a hit. In 1993, she appeared in the film Damini – Lightning.Directed by filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi, it also starred Rishi Kapoor, Sunny Deol, Amrish Puri, Tinnu Anand, and Paresh Rawal. The film depicted the sensitive subject of injustice towards a rape victim. She won many accolades for her performance in the film. Damini received a number of awards, including a National Film Award and a Filmfare Award nomination. Damini is regarded as <mask>'s career-defining role. She performed a Tandav dance in the film, choreographed by Ravindra Atibudhi. <mask> played the female lead in the 1996 film Ghatak: Lethal opposite Sunny Deol, directed by Rajkumar Santoshi.It was one of the highest-grossing films of 1996. This was her last film. After this film, she married and moved to the United States. In 1992, she did the Telugu film Apathbandavudu with Chiranjeevi under the direction of K. Vishwanath. In 1993, she also appeared in Aadmi Khilona Hai opposite Govinda; and Kshatriya opposite Vinod Khanna – both the films were successful at the box office. In 1994, she was in a dance show of songs from Damini: "Bin Sajan Jhula Jholu" with Aamir Khan, and in 1991 Raj Kumar Santoshi started the film Dil Hai Tumhara with Sunny Deol. Meenakshi paired for the first time with Salman Khan; they only shot once before the film was shelved.She appeared in the Tamil film Duet opposite Prabhu Ganeshan, directed by K. Balachander. Hiatus (1997–present)
After her marriage, she made a rare appearance on Shekhar Suman's talk show. After a few years of marriage, she shifted her base to Plano, Texas, in the United States. In an interview she stated: "Coming from a very Indo-centric background, life abroad shook me, I just could not relate to the US environment." However, with the passage of time she has settled there. Now she is running her own dance school in Carrollton called Cherish Institute of Dance; the school is described as "an assembly of talented dancers, a voluntary body to enhance multi-culture, revealing the best talent of people of all ages". Personal life
Meenakshi retired from cinema after marrying investment banker Harish Mysore in 1995.They had a civil wedding and a registered marriage in New York. The couple has two children, a daughter and a son. <mask> lives in Plano, Texas. There, she teaches Bharatanatyam, Kathak, and Odissi. She performs with her students at charity events and fundraisers, including the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) convention in California. Artistry

Dance
<mask> is not only known for her acting skills, but for her dancing skills as well. Often referred to as "Damini", she is famous for her dance in the song "Tu Mera Hero Hai" from the film Hero.She is also known for her dance sequences to Bollywood songs such as "Pyar Karne Wale" (from Hero), her one of great dance sequences in songs such as "Teri Payal Mere Geet" with Govinda (from Teri Payal Mere Geet), "Jaane Do Jaane Do" (from Shahenshah) opposite Amitabh Bachchan, "Badal Pe Chalke" (from Vijay) opposite Anil Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor, "Bin Saajan Jhula" (from Damini) opposite Aamir Khan, "Sajan Mera Uss Par Hai" (from Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswati), "Mujre Wali Hoon" (from Awaargi), "Jab Koi Baat Bigad Jaye" (from Jurm), and "Badan Main Chandni" (from Ghatak). She considers herself more of a dancer than an actress. Her desire to continue the art and extend this culture in a foreign land led her to found the Cherish Dance School. Singing
Meenakshi sang some poetic notes in J.P. Dutta's movie Kshatriya, in a composition by Laxmikant Pyarelal. She sang a song in another movie, Tadap, with Chunkey Pandey and Nana Patekar, but the movie was not released. She sang "Tumhare Roop ka", composed by R.D. Burman, with Amit Kumar and Suresh Wadkar.Documentaries and television appearances
She has made few appearances on talk shows and rarely gives interviews. In 1987, she appeared in an interview in London, in which she discussed her personal and professional life. In 1992, Meenakshi featured in the television documentary World of Film: India about the Indian film industry; she appeared with stalwarts such as Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, and Mira Nair. In 1997, she made a rare public appearance on Shekhar Suman's talk show Movers & Shakers (TV series); this was also her last television appearance before she left the industry to raise her children. She discussed her entire career, her personal life, and her passion for dance and her stage performances. In 2006, a documentary was made on her life called Meenakshi Accept Her Wings, directed by Margret Stephens; the two-hour musical documentary depicted the lifestyle transition from a dancer and actress to a homemaker. The movie gave a deeper insight to her life after quitting films and her successful marriage.Awards and recognition
 1986 – Lux Award as Best Actress for Swati
 1991 – Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for Jurm
 1992 – Filmfare Award South Nomination as Best Actress for Aapadbandhavudu
 1994 – Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for Damini
 1993 – Smita Patil Memorial Award as Best Actress for Damini
 1993 – Andhra Pradesh State Award as Best Actress for Aapadbandhavudu

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title: Alexander Tuschinski

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<mask> (born October 28, 1988, Stuttgart, West Germany) is a German film director, film producer, writer, actor and musician. Internationally, he is best known for his feature films which have won awards at various film festivals, as well as his academic writing on the early works of Tinto Brass. Notably, his research into, and interest in, Brass's work on Caligula was examined in his feature documentary Mission: Caligula. At the documentary's premiere, Penthouse announced plans to work with Tuschinski on a new cut of Caligula that aims to restore and finish Brass's original version of the film. Though 85 minutes of his original workprint will be used, it remains unclear if Brass himself will be involved in finishing the film's edit. Life
<mask> attended school in Stuttgart, Germany, and originally wanted to study physics after finishing school in 2008. However, he changed his mind shortly before enrolling at university realizing that film was his main passion, and instead started studying Audiovisual Media at Hochschule der Medien.Graduating 2011 as a Bachelor of Engineering in Audiovisual Media, he enrolled at University of Stuttgart afterwards to study history and literature, graduating in 2014 with his second degree as a Bachelor of Arts. He continues pursuing a master's degree there. He produces his works parallel to his studies. Prior to 2008, Tuschinski had already produced short videos that he published on YouTube. He is friends with Tinto Brass and Hugo Niebeling whose 1960s films influence his cinematic style. He considers them his "mentors". Works

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For <mask>, his films Menschenliebe, Timeless and a planned upcoming project called Revolution!form an informal Trilogy of Rebellion: The films are independent of each other, but feature similar themes, styles and the same two main characters (Arnold and Konstantin). The scope of the topics they address increases with each instalment: While Menschenliebe deals mostly with relationships between individuals, Timeless addresses topics from all aspects of society. Break-Up is a smaller film, independent of the trilogy, but featuring the character of Arnold and some references to the other films. As of 2015, Tuschinski considers Timeless "by far" his best film. Short films

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Academic writing/Film Restoration
<mask> has been called an "encyclopledic Brass expert" on Caligula. Tuschinski  wrote an essay on Tinto Brass' film The Key. In 2012, Tuschinski restored some of Brass' 1960s films using material from the director's private archive.They were later screened at a retrospective in Hollywood. In 2018, at the premiere for his documentary  Mission: Caligula, <mask> made a joint announcement with Penthouse regarding a new cut of Caligula. The project aims to restore and finish Tinto Brass's version of the film. Brass was dismissed by Penthouse in post-production before he could complete his cut of the film. In July 2018, <mask> released Mission: Caligula on Vimeo. Other writing
<mask>'s first novel "Das Fahrzeug" was published in Germany in 2011. Music
<mask> frequently composes and performs songs and instrumental music for his own films.He occasionally performs his songs live on stage, often combined with comedy routines. In 2014, <mask> published an album featuring classical music recorded on synthesizer and vocoder. Filmmaking style

General description

<mask>'s films have been compared to "the early works of Woody Allen". He uses an impressionistic camera- and editing-style that is considered experimental by some. His films frequently employ classical music with scenes edited to the rhythm and the structure of the music, as well as satirical songs that are often used to progress the story. Visual language

<mask> himself uses an analogy to language when describing his approach to cinematography and editing, calling different shots nouns (e.g. shots showing an object / a person without any additional intention than showing it, like establishing shots), verbs (shots used to depict an action or movement) or adjectives (shots "describing" things, like quick cut-aways and details), comparing regular visual rules of filmmaking to classical literature, while his way of filming is rather like slam poetry.In almost all of <mask>'s films, him and Matthias Kirste share the cinematographer-credit. When <mask> is acting, Kirste operates the camera, and when <mask> is not seen in the frame, he often operates the camera himself. Sebastian B. is often cast as the lead actor in <mask>'s films. Awards (excerpt)

 Golden Pelican (for Gold): Mykonos Biennale 2015. Best Director (for Break-Up): Maverick Movie Awards 2014. Best Director (for Menschenliebe): California Film Awards 2011. Best New Filmmaker: Take One Awards 2012.Best Foreign Film (Break-Up): American Movie Awards 2014. Best Comedy (for Menschenliebe): Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival 2011. Best International Film (for Break-Up): Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival 2015. Gold Medal for Excellence (for Menschenliebe): Park City Film Music Festival 2011. Best New Director (nominated, for Menschenliebe): Action on Film International Film Festival 2011. Best Foreign Film (for Menschenliebe): Nevada International Film Festival 2011. Special Jury Award (for Menschenliebe): Honolulu Film Awards 2012.Best Comedy Film – Silver Remi Award (for Break-Up): WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival 2014. Best Editing (for Break-Up): Oregon Independent Film Festival 2014. Best Foreign Feature (for Break-Up): Oregon Independent Film Festival 2014. Best Short <5 min (for Hollow Date): Berlin Independent Film Festival 2013. Silver Ace Award (for Mutant Calculator): Las Vegas Film Festival 2011. Additionally, <mask>'s documentary Quasicrystal Research was selected to play during the Australian National Science Week in 2012, being shown in 400 venues around Australia during that week. References

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Take One Magazine: Interview with <mask>.German male film actors
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title: Fred Gray (attorney)

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<mask> (born December 14, 1930) is a civil rights attorney, preacher and activist who practices law in Alabama. He litigated several major civil rights cases in Alabama, including some, such as Browder v. Gayle, that reached the United States Supreme Court for rulings. He served as the President of the National Bar Association in 1985, and in 2001 was elected as the first African-American President of the Alabama State Bar. Early life
Born in Montgomery, Alabama, <mask> attended the Loveless School, where his aunt taught, until the seventh grade. He attended the Nashville Christian Institute (NCI), a boarding school operated by the Churches of Christ, where he assisted NCI president and noted preacher Marshall Keeble in visiting other churches of the racially diverse nondenominational fellowship. After graduation, <mask> matriculated at Alabama State College for Negroes, and received a baccalaureate degree in 1951. Encouraged by a teacher to apply to law school despite his earlier plans to become a historian and preacher, <mask> moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and received a juris doctor degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1954.At the time there was no law school in Alabama that would accept African Americans. After passing the bar examination, <mask> returned to his home town and established a law office. He also began preaching at the Holt Street Church of Christ, where his parents had long been devout members. Career as a preacher
In 1957, <mask> fulfilled his mother's dream by becoming a preacher in Churches of Christ. In 1974, he helped merge white and black congregations in Tuskegee, Alabama, where he had moved. <mask> also served on the board of trustees for Southwestern Christian College, a historically black college near Dallas, Texas affiliated with the Churches of Christ. In 2012 Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, also affiliated with the Churches of Christ bestowed a doctorate of humane letters honoris causa upon <mask> in 2012.<mask> once challenged Lipscomb's segregation practices. Civil Rights Movement
During the Civil Rights Movement, <mask> came to prominence working with Martin Luther King Jr. and E.D. Nixon, among others. In some of his first cases as a young Alabama attorney (and solo practitioner), <mask> defended Claudette Colvin and later Rosa Parks, who were charged with disorderly conduct for refusing to seat themselves in the rear of segregated city buses. After Alabama Attorney General John Malcolm Patterson effectively prohibited the NAACP from operating in Alabama in 1956, <mask> provided legal counsel for eight years (including three trips through the state court system and two through federal courts) until the organization was permitted to operate in the state. He also successfully defended Martin Luther King Jr. from charges of tax evasion in 1960, winning an acquittal from an all-white jury. Other notable civil rights cases brought and argued by <mask> included Dixon v. Alabama (1961, which established due process rights for students at public universities), Gomillion v. Lightfoot (1962, which overturned state redistricting of Tuskegee that excluded most of the majority-black residents; this contributed to laying a foundation for "one man, one vote") and Williams v. Wallace (1963, which protected the Selma to Montgomery marchers).In another Supreme Court case, <mask> was driven in his efforts to have the NAACP organize in Alabama after the group was forbidden in the state.Alabama resisted integration of public schools following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) that ruled segregation of public schools was unconstitutional. <mask> successfully represented Vivian Malone and James Hood, who had been denied admission to the University of Alabama, and they entered the university despite Governor George Wallace's Stand in the Schoolhouse Door incident. In 1963 <mask> successfully sued Florence State University (now University of North Alabama) on behalf of Wendell Wilkie Gunn, who had been denied admission based on race. <mask> also led the successful effort to desegregate Auburn University. In 1963 <mask> filed the Lee v. Macon County Board of Education case, which in 1967 led a three-judge panel of U.S. District Judges to order all Alabama public schools not already subject to court orders to desegregate. Lawsuits filed by <mask> helped desegregate more than 100 local school systems, as well as all public colleges and universities in his home state. In 1970, <mask>, along with Thomas J. Reed, became the first African Americans elected as legislators in Alabama since Reconstruction.<mask>'s district included Tuskegee and parts of Barbour, Bullock, and Macon counties. <mask>'s autobiography, Bus Ride to Justice, was published in 1994, and a revised edition in 2012. Browder v. Gayle
Browder v. Gayle was a court case heard before a three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama on Montgomery and Alabama state bus segregation laws. The panel consisted of Middle District of Alabama Judge Frank Minis Johnson, Northern District of Alabama Judge Seybourn Harris Lynne, and the fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Rives. On June 5, 1956, the District Court Ruled 2–1, with Lynne dissenting, that bus segregation is unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution to the U.S. Constitution

Later the state and city would appeal the decision, which later went to the Supreme Court on November 13, 1956. A motion of clarification and the rehearing of the case was later declined on December 17, 1956. Shortly after the beginning of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in December 1955, many black community leaders were discussing whether they would file a federal lawsuit to try to challenge the City of Montgomery and Alabama about the bus segregation laws.About two months after the bus boycott began, civil rights activists reconsidered the case of Claudette Colvin. She was a 15-year-old who had been the first person arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus, nine months prior to Rosa Parks's actions. <mask>, E. D. Nixon, president of the NAACP and secretary of the new Montgomery Improvement Association: and Clifford Durr (a white lawyer who, with his wife, Virginia Foster Durr was an activist in the Civil Rights Movement) searched for the ideal case law to challenge the constitutional legitimacy of the Montgomery and Alabama bus segregation laws. <mask> later did research for the lawsuit and consulted with NAACP Legal Defense Fund attorneys Robert L. Carter and Thurgood Marshall (who would late become United States Solicitor General and the first African-American United States Supreme Court Justice). <mask> later approached Claudette Colvin, Aurelia Browder, Susie McDonald, Mary Louise Smith (activist), and Jeanetta Reese, all women who had been discriminated against by the drivers enforcing segregation policy in the Montgomery bus system. They all agreed to become plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit (except Jeanetta Reese due to intimidation by the members of the white community), thus by passing the Alabama court system. Jeanetta Reese later falsely claimed she did not agree to the lawsuit which made the lawsuit an unsuccessful attempt to disbar <mask> for supposedly improperly representing her.Tuskegee experiment lawsuit
<mask> also represented plaintiffs in the class-action lawsuit about the controversial federal Tuskegee Syphilis Study (1932-1972). During the Great Depression, the study was changed to review untreated syphilis in rural African-American male subjects, who thought they were receiving free health care and funeral benefits. <mask> filed the case, Pollard v. U.S. Public Health Service, in 1972, after a whistleblower reported the abuses to the Washington Star and The New York Times, which investigated further and published stories. In 1975, <mask> achieved a successful settlement for $10 million and medical treatment for those 72 subjects still living of the original 399. (Penicillin had become a standard treatment by 1947, although research subjects were specifically denied that treatment as well as their true diagnosis.) The 40 subsequently infected spouses and 19 congenitally infected children were compensated with medical, health and burial benefits managed by the USPHS's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) several years later. As a result of the lawsuit and settlement, the 1979 Belmont Report was prepared and Congress passed federal laws.These were implemented by establishing Institutional Review Boards for the protection of human research subjects and the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, now the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) in the Department of Health and Human Services. In 1997 <mask> founded (and subsequently served as president and board member of) the Tuskegee History Center. This nonprofit corporation operates a museum and offers educational resources concerning the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, as well as contributions made by various ethnic groups in the fields of human and civil rights. Judicial nomination
On January 10, 1980, President Carter nominated <mask> to be a judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, to fill a vacancy created by Judge Frank Minis Johnson's elevation to what then was the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. <mask> later asked his nomination be withdrawn, as happened on September 17, 1980; President Carter instead nominated Myron Herbert Thompson to that seat. Personal life
<mask> married the former Bernice Hill, his secretary, in 1955, and they had four children. He published his autobiography the same year, Bus Ride to Justice: The Life and Works of <mask>.He is also a member of Omega Psi Phi and Sigma Pi Phi. Awards
In 1980, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference awarded <mask> its Drum Major Award. In 1996, the American Bar Association awarded <mask> its Spirit of Excellence Award (having awarded him its Equal Justice Award in 1977). The National Bar Association awarded him its C. Frances Stradford Award. In 2002, <mask> became the first African-American president of the Alabama Bar Association. In 2006, the NAACP recognized <mask>'s accomplishments with the William Robert Ming Advocacy Award, citing the spirit of financial and personal sacrifice displayed in his legal work. In 1980 <mask> received the Drum Major Award of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.He also won the Spirit of Excellence Award from the American Bar Association (1996). <mask>'s hometown of Montgomery renamed the street he grew up on after him in 2021. The street was previously named Jefferson Davis Avenue, so the change is a potential violation of the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act. In popular culture
<mask> is portrayed by Cuba Gooding, Jr. in the 2014 film Selma, which dramatizes the Selma to Montgomery marches and <mask>'s argument before Judge Frank Johnson that the march should be allowed to go forward. Shawn Michael Howard portrays <mask> in the 2001 film Boycott, in which <mask>, himself, plays a cameo role as a supporter of Martin Luther King Jr.

<mask> was depicted in the 2016 stage play The Integration of Tuskegee High School. The production premiered at Auburn University, was written and directed by Tessa Carr, and dramatizes <mask>'s involvement in the case of Lee v. Macon County Board of Education. <mask> is portrayed by Aki Omoshaybi in a 2018 episode of Doctor Who, "Rosa".References

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title: Killian Tillie

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<mask> (born March 5, 1998) is a French professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Listed at  and , he plays the power forward and center positions. <mask> joined Gonzaga University beginning in the 2016–17 season. Youth career
<mask> played basketball and volleyball until the age of 14, before choosing to focus on basketball. He started his basketball career in the youth setup at Cagnes Basket, when he was six years of age. He then moved to Stade Laurentin Basket, before joining the youth academy of Olympique d'Antibes in 2013.Prior to the 2014–15 season, he joined the INSEP academy. Recruiting

In January 2015, <mask> was highlighted by ESPN among five of the best international players in the 2015 and 2016 classes with aspirations to play college basketball. He was drawing major interest from California at the time, and scouts were impressed with his  terrific offensive rebounding, athleticism and high motor. In August 2015, <mask> traveled to the United States and took official visits to Georgia Tech, Utah, and Gonzaga. Less than a week after his trip to Spokane, he verbally to committed to play college basketball at Gonzaga University, citing the Zags' "success with international players and because of the people that love basketball there." He signed with the Zags in the early signing period in November 2015. College career
He made his first appearance in a Gonzaga jersey on November 5, 2016, when scoring four points to go along with four rebounds, three assists, two blocked shots and two steals in twelve minutes of play against West Georgia.As a freshman during the 2016–17 season, <mask> appeared in 33 games, averaging 4.2 points and 3.2 rebounds in 12.3 minutes. He saw 14 minutes of action in the NCAA championship game against North Carolina, pulling down nine rebounds and scoring one point. As a sophomore in 2017–18, <mask> was Gonzaga’s second leading scorer, averaging 12.9 points in 26.2 minutes per game to go along with 5.9 rebounds and 1 blocked shot per contest. Coming into his junior season, <mask> was named to the Preseason All-WCC Team. On October 30, 2018, it was announced that <mask> was to miss approximately eight weeks with a stress fracture on his ankle. <mask> missed the beginning of his senior season recovering from a knee injury. He returned to the lineup on November 19, 2019,  finishing with 15 points and eight rebounds as Gonzaga held off Texas-Arlington 72–66.On January 30, 2020, <mask> left a game against Santa Clara in the first half after suffering an ankle injury. At the conclusion of the regular season, <mask> was named to the First Team All-WCC. He averaged 13.6 points and 5.0 rebounds per game as a senior. Professional career

Memphis Grizzlies (2020–present)
After going undrafted in the 2020 NBA draft, he signed a two-way contract with the Memphis Grizzlies. On November 24, 2020, the Memphis Grizzlies officially announced the signing of <mask>. On August 12, 2021, <mask> signed a second two-way contract with the Grizzlies. On January 1, 2022, he was signed to a two-year standard contract.National team career
<mask> helped the French Under-16 National Team win the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, averaging 14.3 points, 9.6 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.2 blocked shots and 1.2 steals a contest, while being recognized as the tournament's MVP. He dropped in 25 points and grabbed 18 boards, in the title game, a 78–53 win over hosting Latvia. In the summer of 2015, <mask> competed in the FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Championships, where he teamed up with Bathiste Tchouaffe, Jules Rambaut, and Timothe Vergiat and he represented France at the 2015 World Championship, in Debrecen, Hungary, where they finished in third place, with an 8–1 record. His team defeated USA, featuring fellow Gonzaga commit Zach Collins, in the quarter-finals, before losing to Argentina in the semifinals, and thumping Spain in the third-place game. He competed for France at the 2017 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, averaging team-bests of 12.4 points and 8.7 rebounds a contest. <mask>’s brothers are also professional athletes: <mask> plays basketball, <mask> plays volleyball. References

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Basketball players at the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Final Four
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title: Andy Sheppard

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<mask> (born 20 January 1957) is a British jazz saxophonist and composer. He has been awarded several prizes at the British Jazz Awards, and has worked with some notable figures in contemporary jazz, including Gil Evans, Carla Bley, George Russell and Steve Swallow. Biography

<mask> was born in Warminster, Wiltshire, England, in 1957. At the age of 19 he emerged as a musician in the Salisbury-based contemporary quartet Sphere in the late 1970s, gigging only three weeks after picking up the saxophone. He honed his skills in the wine bars and jazz clubs of the UK and Europe in the early 1980s. He also played with world music groups and with more established improvisers such as Keith Tippett. While still with Sphere, <mask> moved to Paris, working with French bands Lumière and Urban Sax.In the mid-1980s <mask> returned to the UK, playing often on Ki Longfellow-Stanshall's and Vivian Stanshall's Bristol, England-based Old Profanity Showboat, and released his self-titled debut solo album, featuring Randy Brecker and Steve Swallow, who also produced the album.The record was well received and led to <mask> being awarded the Best Newcomer prize at the 1987 British Jazz Awards, followed by the Best Instrumentalist Award in 1988. '87 also saw <mask> join George Russell's Living Time Orchestra and tour with Gil Evans. His second solo album, Introductions in the Dark, was released in 1989. Unusually for a jazz record, the album entered the UK pop charts. Off the back of this, <mask> was awarded Best Album and Best Instrumentalist in 1989's British Jazz Awards, became the subject of television documentaries for both the BBC and HTV, and toured the world, taking the first Western jazz group to play in Outer Mongolia. <mask> formed his first big band, the Soft on the Inside Band, in 1990 for an album of the same name. The band featured many notable players, including drummer Han Bennick, trumpeter Claude Deppa and trombonist Gary Valente.This band turned into In Co-Motion, which included keyboardist Steve Lodder and bassist Sylvan Richardson, who released an eponymous album in 1991. After this <mask> signed a deal with Blue Note Records, who issued Rhythm Method in 1993. The In Co-Motion band was expanded for this release and dubbed Big Co-Motion. Big Co-Motion recorded a live album at London jazz club Ronnie Scott's, Delivery Suite, which was released by Blue Note in 1994. The TV movie The Music Practice, based on <mask>'s music, took part in the contest The Golden Prague, presented by Czech Television, in 1997 in Czech Republic. Discography

As leader
 <mask> (Antilles, 1987)
 Introductions in the Dark (Antilles, 1989)
 Soft on the Inside (Antilles, 1990)
 66 Shades of Lipstick with Keith Tippett (EG, 1990)
 In Co-Motion (Antilles, 1991)
 Inclassificable with Nana Vasconcelos & Steve Lodder (Label Bleu, 1994)
 Delivery Suite (Blue Note, 1994)
 Moving Image with Steve Lodder (Verve, 1996)
 Learning to Wave (Provocateur, 1998)
 Dancing Man & Woman (Provocateur, 2000)
 Nocturnal Tourist (Provocateur, 2001)
 Music for a New Crossing with Kathryn Tickell (Provocateur, 2001)
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title: Emeryk August Hutten-Czapski

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<mask>, coat of arms Leliwa, (born 21 August 1897 in Stankow, Minsk Governorate, died 31 January 1979 in Rome, Italy), Polish Count, politician, military officer, diplomat and Bailiff of the Polish Sovereign Military Order of Malta. <mask>, descended from a long line of nobles who contributed much to Poland's political and cultural life. His father was Count Karol Hutten-Czapski (1860-1904), President of Minsk, and his mother was Maria Leontyna Pusłowska (1870-1965). His grandfather was Count <mask>, renowned collector and numismatist, founder of The Emeryk Hutten-Czapski Museum in Kraków. Emeryk was adopted by a second cousin twice removed, Count Bogdan Hutten-Czapski, who had no issue, was very wealthy, and was a prominent and controversial figure in Polish politics. Józef Czapski, the painter, and Maria Czapska, the writer, were his first cousins. Emeryk had two sisters: Elżbieta (1895-1930) married to Count Aleksander Piotr Mohl, and Fabianna (1895-1974), married to Józef Godlewski.Life before the War

Hutten-Czapski lost his father in 1904, when he was seven years old. He was sent to boarding school at the Benedictine boarding school in Ettal, Bavaria, Germany. After graduation he studied law at the university in St Petersburg. In 1919 he worked for the Hoover Food Mission of the American Relief Administration in Warsaw, and in 1920 he was placed in charge of the religious and ethnic affairs of Minsk. After this he worked in administration at the headquarters of the Fourth Army under General Leonard Skierski. From 1921 to 1923 he was named Starosta of the town of Stowbtsy. In 1922 three bombs were thrown into his bedroom, only one exploded, and he survived the assassination attempt.He settled on his Synkowicze estate, near the district of Słonim. He was very active in community affairs. From 1925 to 1931 he was involved in the Landowners Association. From 1933 to 1939 he was adviser to the Board of Agriculture of Vilnius. He represented the Nowogródek Voivodeship, as deputy in the Sejm (Parliament), for two terms,  between 1930 and 1935. He was involved in various other associations and economic trade delegations and commissions. He was accepted into the Polish Knights of Malta in 1932.Activities During the War
When the Russians invaded Poland on September 17, 1939, Hutten-Czapski fled to France, and worked with the Polish Government in Angers. When the Germans invaded France, Czapski became a delegate of the Polish Red Cross (1940-1943). He then moved to North Africa where he lent support to fleeing Polish soldiers trying to get to England, helped protect the Polish gold reserves that had been sent to Dakar, and headed the diplomatic mission in Algiers as Consul General until he was replaced by Kajetan Morowski. He was named Head of the Refugee Department. In 1943 he was transferred to London, to work for the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1944 he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the army, and transferred as political adviser, to the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force. In 1945 he was embedded with the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Armoured Division (Poland) under the command of general Stanisław Maczek which fought in the Falaise Pocket and crossed the Rhine into Germany.He was part of the patrol that liberated the Polish women of the Home Army who had fought in the Warsaw Uprising, and were interned in the Oberlangen prison camp. For participating in this action he was awarded the Cross of Valour (Poland). He visited the Dachau, and the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camps, and informed the Cardinal Primate, <mask>, of the clergy that had survived. In Nuremberg he located the famous Veit Stoss altarpiece in Kraków, that had been stolen by the Germans from the St. Mary's Basilica, Kraków. He was named delegate to General Władysław Anders High Commission of the II Corps (Poland) in Italy, and when the war ended he settled in Rome. Rome
Hutten-Czapski helped many Polish soldiers, stranded in Italy, to get to England. In 1948, and until 1975, he served as President of the Polish Knights of Malta.He also served as Bailiff (chivalric orders), as well as Chancellor of the World Organization of the Order of Malta. Since 1968 he administered the Hospice of the Knights of Malta in Rome. He was Chairman of a foundation which granted scholarships to Polish academics in the field of science. In 1972 he created a fund, which purchased all the marble required, to help with the reconstruction the Royal Castle in Warsaw. Czapski regularly attended mass at Santo Stanislao dei Polacchi. He was very close to the Holy See and knew Pope Pius XII, Pope John XXIII, Paul VI, and was friendly with Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, who became Pope Paul II, the first Polish Pope, a year before Emeryk passed away. Like his grandfather, Hutten-Czapski was a great collector of Polonica.He constantly travelled around Europe visiting auction houses and antiquarians. He collected many items, principally related to Poland, and his passion was books, old maps and city views. He became a recognized collector, and he bequeathed to the Czpaski Museum in Cracow a collection of precious books and maps. Czapski made a two volume catalogue of his Polish map collection in 1978. After his death, his heirs sold his remaining collection of maps to the Polish state. Hutten-Czapski died in January 1979. He was buried in the Prima Porta cemetery in Rome next to his mother, Maria Leontyna Czpaska, who had died in 1965.Decorations
Gold Cross of Merit (Poland) (1944)
Gold Cross of Merit with Swords (Poland)
Cross of Valour (Poland) (1944),
Grand Officer, Order of the Crown of Italy
Knight, Order of the Crown of Italy
Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary
Knight. Honor and Devotion Cross, Order of Malta (1933)
Bailiff Grand Cross Honor and Devotion, Order of Malta (1946)
Bailiff Knights Grand Cross in Obedience of the Order of Malta (1968)
Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great (Holy See, 1978)
Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George 1st class,
Moroccan Order of Ouissam Alaouite Grand Officer
Nischan-el-Iftikhar Order of Glory (Tunisia)

References

Bibliography
 Memoires, Fabianna Godlewska, 1994. Edited by Marie-Christine and Karol Godlewski. A Family of Central Europe: Through the storm, Maria Czapska; [translated from the French by Alasdair Lean], Published by Kraków; Buenos Aires: Wyd. Znak and Czapski (eds.). . The Nobility of Poland, Puslowski Xavier Jon, 2011. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. .

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title: Regis Cordic

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<mask> (May 15, 1926 – April 16, 1999) was an American radio personality and actor. His career in entertainment was divided roughly in half. From 1948 to 1965, he was the dominant morning drive-time radio host in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. From the late 1950s to the mid-1980s, he was a successful voice, television, and film actor in Los Angeles, California. Radio career

Cordic was born in the Hazelwood neighborhood of Pittsburgh and attended Central Catholic High School. He started in radio as a staff announcer and substitute sportscaster at WWSW-AM. When morning host Davey Tyson left the station in 1948, Cordic was one of a number of staffers given the opportunity to replace him.At first a straightforward announcer, Cordic began introducing comedy to his program—first in subtle ways, such as reading a sports score for "East Overshoe University" along with the real scores, and later by adding a repertory company of supporting comic characters. The morning show, renamed Cordic & Company, became the most popular in Pittsburgh. In 1954, Cordic & Company moved to KDKA (AM) on Labor Day, one of the first times that an American radio station had hired a major personality directly from a local competitor. Popular Bette Smiley had decided to retire from her full-time KDKA wake-up show Radio Gift Shoppe of the Air and move to a Sunday-only condensed version on WCAE in August 1954 in order to raise her young son Robbie. Cordic's immediate predecessor in the morning slot was the Ed and Rainbow show, featuring Ed Schaughency with Elmer Waltman cast in the role of Rainbow, the janitor. Waltman was dropped, and Schaughency was moved to the afternoon with a show called Schaughency's Record Cabinet. Schaughency lasted less than two years in that role before he was replaced by Art Pallan, who also came over from WWSW.Schaughency took on a new role as a news reader and moved back to mornings, delivering the newscasts during Cordic & Company. The show's ratings continued to grow until, at some points, it had an 85 share—meaning that 85% of all radios in Pittsburgh were tuned to Cordic & Company while it was on. By the end of his tenure in Pittsburgh, Cordic was reportedly earning $100,000 a year, a huge sum for a radio host at the time. Olde Frothingslosh
One of Cordic's most memorable running gags at both WWSW and KDKA were fake advertisements for "Olde Frothingslosh", "the pale stale ale with the foam on the bottom." This beer was supposedly brewed by Sir Reginald Frothingslosh at Upper Crudney-on-the-Thames. In 1955, Pittsburgh Brewing Company began issuing special Christmas-season cans and bottles of Olde Frothingslosh filled with real beer. Since the Cordic ad read "The foam is on the bottom", the bottles and cans were packed upside down in the cases.The humorous labels changed every year and became favorites of collectors. The brewery (as well as a few other small local Pittsburgh breweries such as Tech Beer) released new editions of Olde Frothingslosh even after Cordic left Pittsburgh, continuing until 1982 and then reviving the brand in 1998, and more recently in 2007 (currently available). Other products advertised on the show
Cordic advertised a wide variety of whimsical products on the show, including the Crudley white liner (an automobile that was only  wide, designed to drive on the white line that divided highways), Mediocre cigarettes in a crush-proof package made of stainless steel, and Cordoco Gasoline (it prevents undependable gas gauge problems by compressing ten gallons into nine). Another product was a book of sports misinformation, so one could memorize the alleged facts and win bar bets using the book as proof. Cordic also produced a short-lived radio show composed of simulated baseball games, based on a 1620 computer program developed by John Burgeson of the IBM Corporation. Regulars on the show
Two characters who visited Cordic regularly on the show were Omicron and his girlfriend Matildacron, who were aliens from Venus. Sometimes he was accompanied by Noodnicron who was from Jupiter.After arriving noisily in their flying saucer, Cordic usually had to explain something about humans that puzzled them. Noodnicron was apparently shaped like a billiard ball, as in one famous skit he was injured while resting on a large green field when suddenly Earth people began to poke him with long sticks and shooting deaf and dumb Jovians at him. Omicron reportedly helped finish drilling the Fort Pitt tunnel by accidentally flying his saucer through it when incomplete and crashing into the unfinished section and out the other side. Brunhilda, a spectacularly overweight but jolly young woman with a heavy Western Pennsylvania accent, was also a regular. When she arrived, listeners would hear booming footsteps followed by the opening of the freight door (because she could not fit through the regular doors). Cordic called her "Bruny" and she called him "Chub", although he was a very thin man. Another frequent guest was Carmen Monoxide, known for his bad jokes and puns.In one episode, Carmen runs afoul of Milove, the resident cow. Milove and Milk, the milkman who collected her milk, often had run-ins over whether he was milking another cow. Mr. Goat was also present in the audience and often became offended when he was rudely pushed aside so that Bruny could get to her seat. Much of the material mentioned here and more can be heard at the official Cordic web site including some memorable moments on the radio and some of the ads printed locally in Pittsburgh. Louie Adamchevitz, the Garbageman was one of the best-known regulars. He spoke with an unspecified ethnic accent, called his garbage truck "Catherine" and was proudly featured in Better Homes and Garbage magazine.He had a reputation for his hip boots and his Polka "yipping and stomping" awards. Roquefort Q. LaFarge was the fussy studio announcer, Mr. Murchison was the mean boss, and Max Korfendigas was the always-tipsy golf pro. Every year, Cordic ran his brick throwing contest from the bluff down to the B&O train yard below. It was run by "Greasy Thumb McGilligan" and the fake contest drew hundreds of viewers to the bluff to see the event. Cordic had a creative team who wrote many of the routines and provided the voices for their characters. Although the cast changed over the years, the main contributors were Sterling Yates, Karl Hardman, Bob Trow, and Charlie Sords. Advertising man Bob McCully wrote for the show, but was not a performer.Hardman's long-time partner, Marilyn Eastman, also contributed as a writer and voice actor. Personal life
He was in a relationship with voice actress Joan Gerber. Move to Los Angeles

In 1965, CBS Radio offered Cordic the morning drive-time spot at KNX (AM) in Los Angeles. The spot was being vacated by Bob Crane, who was leaving radio to star in Hogan's Heroes. <mask> accepted the offer in July 1965, but KDKA owner Westinghouse Broadcasting Corporation refused to release Cordic from his contract until it ended in November 1965. KNX's morning ratings dropped precipitously during the four months that the show had no permanent host. They improved somewhat when Cordic arrived, but not enough to offset the drop, and the station switched to an all-news format after 18 months with Cordic as the morning host.The flair for Pittsburgh-centered satire, it seems, was difficult for Cordic to import to the more sophisticated Los Angeles radio market, despite the successes of similar personalities like Jim Hawthorne. While he lived in Los Angeles, Cordic regularly flew back to Pittsburgh to tape segments for WTAE-TV's Sunday Afternoon Movie, giving detailed background information about the films presented. Cordic, still being paid for the remaining time under his KNX contract, studied acting, and began to get television roles. He first appeared on television in The Monkees in 1967 and The Flying Nun in 1968. He had small parts in a few films, but was primarily a television actor. Over the years, he appeared several times on Gunsmoke, and also had roles in Kung Fu, Nichols, Columbo, Rockford Files, Barnaby Jones, The Waltons, and McCloud, among many others. From the late 1970s until 1991, he was heard in cartoon voice roles, starting with The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour in 1976, and also including Jabberjaw, Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, Transformers, and a voice part in the 1977 animated film The Mouse and His Child.Cordic had an uncredited part as a featured party guest in Woody Allen's 1973 movie, Sleeper. <mask> returned to morning radio for a brief time in late 1981, taking over at oldies station KRLA/Pasadena. He signed on for a year, but left the job after just four months. He spent the rest of his career in the lucrative voice-over field, lending his voice to many national commercials. None of his four children followed him into performing, but the youngest of his three daughters, Claudia, is a well-known fashion designer who had her own line. She now works for Liz Claiborne. His only son, John, is an architect and home builder in Southern California.One daughter, Nanette Tevrow, died of bone cancer in 2009 at age 52. Cordic died in Los Angeles of brain cancer in 1999, one month short of his 73rd birthday. He was buried in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Filmography

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External links

 "The Cordic & Company Sound File Archive" (A collection of sound files from original Cordic masters or fan recordings from radio broadcasts)
Obituary: Rege Cordic: Popular Pittsburgh radio announcer in '40s, '50s, '60s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sunday, April 18, 1999. 1926 births
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title: Mark John Taylor

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<mask>, also known as Mohammad Daniel and Abu Abdul Rahman, is a New Zealand citizen who traveled to Syria in 2014 to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). In early March 2019, it was reported by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that he had been captured and imprisoned by Kurdish forces. <mask> has since sought to return to New Zealand, triggering considerable media coverage and political commentary. Background
<mask> grew up in Hamilton in the North Island. According to a relative, he suffered brain damage following a "major fit with teething." He attended a special needs school but was brought up as a normal child. During the 1990s, <mask> served in the New Zealand Army.He married a Christian woman and became a "born again" Christian. In 2009, <mask> traveled to Yemen and Pakistan, drawing the attention of New Zealand authorities. Following his arrest by Pakistani authorities while trying to reach an Al Qaeda and Taliban stronghold on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, the New Zealand Government imposed travel restrictions on him. According to a Muslim elder from the Hamilton Muslim community, <mask> struggled with mental health issues and was influenced by the sermons of radical Yemeni-American preacher Anwar Al-Awlaki. In 2010, <mask> was deported from Australia after his visa was cancelled when he was classified as a "security risk" by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. <mask> had lived between Australia and New Zealand for 25 years. In 2011, <mask> was reissued with a New Zealand passport.In May 2012, he migrated to Indonesia where he worked as an English-language teacher for two years. During his time in Indonesia, <mask> reportedly married an Indonesian woman and had children with her. She reportedly expressed unease about his unstable character and addiction to violent video games. Joining ISIL
In June 2014, <mask> entered Syria through the Turkish border and joined the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). In late 2014, <mask> deleted 45 Twitter posts after they reportedly exposed an ISIL presence in the Kafar Roma area in Syria. In late April 2015, <mask> appeared in an ISIS YouTube propaganda video calling for terror attacks in New Zealand and Australia on Anzac Day, which falls on 25 April. In response, the United States Government designated <mask> as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist."<mask> has claimed that he was not a fighter during the five years that he spent with ISIL and that he only served as a border guard along the border between the Islamic State and Syria. <mask> has also alleged that he was imprisoned three times by the ISIL secret police unit. In October 2015, <mask> mistakenly exposed the location of ISIL fighters on Twitter when he forgot to turn off a tracking function on his phone, earning the nickname the "bumbling Jihadist". He claims that he was imprisoned for 50 days as punishment for that incident. <mask> has also claimed that he witnessed several beheadings and executions during his time with ISIL. In May 2017, <mask> surfaced on the Islamic marriage website "islamicmarriage.com" seeking a wife willing to join him in the Islamic State's capital of Raqqa. During his time in Syria, <mask> was reportedly married to two women.His first wife was a Syrian woman from Deir ez-Zor named Umm Mohammed who wanted him to leave for Turkey. <mask> subsequently married a younger woman who was sympathetic to ISIL. However, <mask> divorced her after she wanted to move to another area in order to be closer to her family. Capture and intended return
In December 2018, <mask> fled ISIL forces and surrendered to Kurdish forces in Syria. <mask> claims that he was motivated by the lack of food and money. On 4 March 2019, <mask> was interviewed while in custody by Australian Broadcasting Corporation Middle East correspondent Adam Harvey and Suzanne Dredge. During the interview, <mask> claimed that he had not taken part in hostilities but had merely served as a border guard for ISIL.<mask> also claimed to have witnessed several beheadings and executions. In addition, <mask> expressed regret that he was too poor to buy a female Yazidi slave. <mask> has expressed a desire to return to New Zealand but has acknowledged that he would not be surprised if his country did not take him back. During an interview with journalist Campell MacDiarmid of the Abu Dhabi-based newspaper The National, <mask> claimed that he had been in contact with New Zealand intelligence officers who had encouraged him to leave ISIS and had offered him assistance to return home. <mask> has also expressed an interest in setting up a medical marijuana company after returning to New Zealand. However, Andrew Little, the Minister in charge of New Zealand's intelligence services, has asserted that no New Zealand government representatives have been in contact with <mask> since his capture. Political responses
In response to media coverage of <mask>'s capture, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of the Labour Party has confirmed that New Zealand would not be stripping <mask> of his citizenship but that he would have to make his own travel arrangements since New Zealand lacked a diplomatic presence in Syria.She also warned that he would face an investigation in New Zealand due to his association with terrorist organisations. Similar sentiments were echoed by Justice Minister Andrew Little while the Green Party's Justice spokesperson Golriz Ghahraman has stated <mask> should cooperate with Kurdish forces and the UN to extradite to NZ. Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Winston Peters has described <mask> as a traitor to his country and Western civilization, opining that he had forfeited his right to return to New Zealand by joining ISIS. National Party leader and Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges has stated that New Zealand was in no hurry to take <mask> back and that he should face prison for his involvement with a terrorist group. National Party Deputy Leader Paula Bennett and New Zealand First Member of Parliament and government minister Shane Jones have described <mask> as a disgrace to New Zealand and said he should face justice. Media and public responses
Media coverage of <mask>'s capture has drawn considerable media coverage and public commentary. Several New Zealand academics including University of Waikato law professor Alexander Gillespie, University of Otago political scientist Robert Patman, and University of Auckland political scientist Chris Wilson have welcomed the New Zealand Government's decision not to strip <mask> of his citizenship and called for <mask> to face trial in New Zealand.New Zealand radio and television broadcaster Mike Hosking has criticised Ardern's decision not to strip <mask> of his citizenship. By contrast, broadcaster Andrew Dickens has rejected calls to strip <mask> of his citizenship, describing it as a policy characteristic of totalitarian regimes. Similar sentiments were echoed by the editorial of The Press newspaper. International security analyst Paul Buchanan has argued that <mask> is a prisoner of war who could provide valuable intelligence to the New Zealand authorities. Buchanan has also opined that <mask> could also face war crime charges if he is linked to war crimes such as complicity in slavery and executions. Notes and references

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<mask> (born December 27, 1927) is an American jazz bassist. Among other work, <mask> was the long-term bassist in saxophonist Gerry Mulligan's bands in the 1950s and 1960s. Early life
<mask> was born on December 27, 1927 in Othello, Washington but spent his childhood in Kirkland, Washington. In fourth grade, he took up the trumpet and in the sixth grade he switched to baritone horn. He played drums in his high school swing band. He joined the Army in 1946, where he played the baritone horn in the 2nd Army Band and drums in a Service Club band. He remained in the army until 1949.After leaving the Army, he played drums and valve trombone while a student at the University of Washington. Later life and career
In 1950, <mask> moved to New York City, playing the valve trombone and drums. On a summer job in Tupper Lake NY at the Altamont Hotel he taught himself to play the string bass. Within two years of starting to play the bass, he played with Teddy Charles and was with Stan Getz from October 1952 to April of the following year. /> He joined the Claude Thornhill band for the summer of 1953, moved to the Terry Gibbs Quartet that fall, and in 1954 he moved to the Marian McPartland Trio at the Hickory House in NYC, with Joe Morello at the drums. He was the bassist with Gerry Mulligan's sextet and quartet during the mid to late 1950s and early 1960s. While with Mulligan, he studied the bass with Fred Zimmerman, of the New York Philharmonic.In 1956 he was with Jay and Kai (J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding) for several engagements including the Newport Jazz Festival. And in 1962 he joined the Benny Goodman band for a summer tour of the Soviet Union. "<mask> joined the house band at Eddie Condon's club in 1965 and then played with Walter Norris’s small group, which was one of the house bands at the Playboy Club in New York (1965–71)." "In 1972 and 1973 he played Fender bass on society club dates with Peter Duchin's band and played occasional bookings with the Bob Brookmeyer/Clark Terry Quintet. From 1975 into the late 1990s he worked in theater orchestras for Broadway shows (where he sometimes played tuba) and during that time he also played engagements with Al Cohn and Zoot Sims." In 1983 he was elected to the Executive Board of Local 802, the musicians' union of Greater New York, where he served for twenty years. />

He wrote a book called Jazz Anecdotes that was published by Oxford University Press in 1991.A revised paperback edition of Jazz Anecdotes was published in 2005 with over 100 added stories. It is titled Jazz Anecdotes, Second Time Around. His autobiography, From Birdland to Broadway, was released by the same publisher two years later. Discography

As leader
 From Birdland to Broadway (Venus, 1995, 2002)
 Jazz Anecdotes (Venus, 1996)

As sideman
With Gerry Mulligan
 Recorded in Boston at Storyville (Pacific Jazz, 1956)
 Mainstream of Jazz (EmArcy, 1956)
 Annie Ross Sings a Song with Mulligan! (World Pacific, 1958)
 The New Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1959)
 What Is There to Say? (1959)
 Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard (Verve, 1960)
 Gerry Mulligan Presents a Concert in Jazz (Verve, 1961)
 Holliday with Mulligan (DRG, 1961 [1980]) with Judy Holliday
 The Gerry Mulligan Quartet (Verve, 1962)
 Gerry Mulligan '63 (Verve, 1963)
 Night Lights (Philips, 1963)
 Spring Is Sprung (Philips, 1962)
 Butterfly with Hiccups (Limelight, 1964)
 New York (December 1960), 1989
 Moonlight in Vermont, 1991
 Double Exposure, 1992
 Jazz 'Round Midnight, 1992
 Newport Jazz Festival: Mulligan in the Main, Vol. 1, Bob Dorough / Barbara Lea / Dick Sudhalter
 1994 Hoagy's Children, Vol.2, Bob Dorough / Barbara Lea / Dick Sudhalter
 1995 Early Quintets, Phil Woods
 1995 With Pleasure, Dick Sudhalter
 2002 Jazz in Paris: Piano aux Champs-Elysees, Ronnell Bright/Art Simmons
 2004 Sunday Session, Rich Pearle
 2005 The CTS Session, Spike Robinson
 2000 Autumn in New York, Claude Williamson Trio (Venus)
 2010 I Remember You, Michelle Leblanc

Books

Jazz Anecdotes, Oxford University Press 1990. From Birdland to Broadway: Scenes from a jazz life, Oxford University Press 1992. Jazz Anecdotes, Second Time Around, Oxford University Press 2005. References

External links
Official site

American double-bassists
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21st-century double-bassists
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