title: Jonathan Davies (rugby, born 1962)

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<mask>, OBE (born 24 October 1962) is a Welsh former rugby player who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and who represented Wales in both rugby union and rugby league. A goal-kicking backline player, he played his club rugby in Wales, England and Australia. <mask> has since become a television commentator for both codes and media personality, in both the Welsh and English languages. Biography

<mask> was born in Trimsaran, Carmarthenshire on 24 October 1962, the son of Diana and <mask>, who worked in Trostre, Llanelli. <mask> started school at Trimsaran Primary School, where he was part of the Welsh medium class. His teacher <mask> introduced him to rugby, and he started playing Sevens. Although he did not have the strong physique for the contact sport, his talent and flair for the game was recognised by many, including local great Carwyn James.He attended Gwendraeth Grammar School, where he met his first wife Karen Hopkins, whom he married ten years later. Rugby union
In 1974 <mask> played for the very first time at Cardiff Arms Park, when he was chosen for the West Wales Under 12s. He started his career at amateur level with Trimsaran RFC. His father Len had also played for and captained Trimsaran Rugby Club. Age 17, <mask> left school and became an apprentice painter and decorator. After developing at Trimsaran, he was given a trial with Llanelli but was rejected. Neath gave him another chance and he signed with them in 1982, selected to play at fly-half.After 35 games for Neath, <mask> was selected to play for Wales, against England at the Cardiff Arms Park. After scoring a try and a drop goal, <mask> was named Man of the Match in the Welsh victory. He was made captain at Neath before being transferred to Llanelli. In 1988 <mask> played a part in the Triple Crown success for Wales and between 1985 and 1997 he won 37 rugby union caps. Injuries during the 1988 New Zealand tour meant <mask> captained the side in four games. The two Tests were lost by fifty point margins, although <mask> did score a 90-metre try in the second. <mask> was blamed in the media for the surprising Welsh defeat by Romania.As Llanelli placed pressure on him from the WRU to commit himself wholeheartedly to them, he decided for the best interests of his family to move to the rugby league team Widnes, who signed him for a record fee of £230,000. <mask> was recruited into rugby league by Jim Mills and Doug Laughton. He would later return to rugby union. Rugby league

Widnes
<mask> commenced his professional rugby league career during the 1989–90 Rugby Football League season with defending champions Widnes. He played for them as a  in their 1989 World Club Challenge victory against the visiting Canberra Raiders. He was selected to play for Great Britain during the 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup tournament. During the 1990–91 season <mask> played left-, i.e.number 4, and scored 4 conversions in Widnes' 24-18 victory over Salford in the 1990 Lancashire Cup Final at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 29 September 1990. Canterbury Bulldogs
In 1991 <mask> took on a further challenge when he spent the summer in Sydney playing in the 1991 NSWRL season for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. <mask> played mostly as a  for the Bulldogs who were struggling to make the Semi-finals. He made an impact with the 'Dogs, scoring 100 points in his 14 games for the club (7 tries, 36 goals), including a personal haul of 18 points (2 tries, 5 goals) in the last round of the season against Cronulla at Canterbury's home ground, Belmore Sports Ground. Needing a win to force a 5th place playoff with Western Suburbs, the Bulldogs got off to a slow start and Cronulla took a 16–0 half time lead. Canterbury scored 26 unanswered points in the second half to win 26–16. In the playoff with Wests, <mask> first stint in Australia came to an end with Wests winning 19–14.Widnes
<mask> played , and scored a try, 3 conversions, and a drop goal in Widnes 24-0 victory over Leeds in the 1991–92 Regal Trophy Final during the 1991–92 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 11 January 1992. Warrington
After Widnes got into financial difficulties, in 1993 he transferred to their local rivals Warrington. He was also named player of the 1993–94 season, winning the RFL's Man of Steel Award. During the 1994–95 Rugby Football League season <mask> played , and scored a conversion in Warrington's 10-40 defeat by Wigan in the 1994–95 League Cup Final at Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield on Saturday 28 January 1995. North Queensland Cowboys
<mask> again played in Australia when he signed with the newly-formed North Queensland Cowboys in 1995. He was unable to get out to Australia until midway through the 1995 Winfield Cup Premiership. He scored a full field try against the Newcastle Knights in Newcastle.International
<mask> captained Great Britain in the 30-12 win over France on 16 Feb 1992 in Perpignan. During his time in rugby league he represented both Great Britain and Wales, scoring a solo try in Great Britain's last victory over the Kangaroos at the old Wembley in 1994 where he sprinted 50 metres to score in the corner out-pacing Australian  Brett Mullins. Although he left the field with a dislocated shoulder during the second half, his efforts in both attack and defence (which on the day saw him pull off two try saving tackles) saw him named as man of the match. However the shoulder injury would keep him out of the rest of The Ashes series (eventually won 2-1 by Australia) as well as prevent him from playing for Wales in a friendly against the Kangaroos in Cardiff. With the Rugby Football League splitting the Great Britain team into individual nations (Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland) from 1995, the test at Wembley would be the last time <mask> would represent Great Britain in rugby league. <mask>' last rugby league match was as captain of Wales against England in the 1995 World Cup Semi-final at Old Trafford, which Wales lost 25–10. Playing as a , <mask> kicked 3 goals for Wales taking his total score for Wales to 21 points (10 goals, 1 field goal), all scored in the 1995 World Cup.Return to rugby union
After the birth of daughter Geena in 1995, <mask>' wife Karen was diagnosed with cancer. In need of family support, and as rugby union had turned professional, <mask> went back to South Wales and signed to play for Cardiff RFC. On a guest appearance on A Question of Sport in 1995 he was asked what the biggest change was after returning to rugby union. <mask> replied: "It's the first time I've been cold for seven years. I was never cold playing rugby league." In 1996, <mask> was awarded an MBE and went with his family to Buckingham Palace to collect his award. In 1997, his wife Karen died.After rugby
Since retiring from rugby, <mask> has worked in the media as a commentator and pundit in both codes, mainly for the BBC in both the English and Welsh languages. Since 2004 <mask> has hosted his own rugby themed chatshow, <mask>, on S4C, usually before Welsh international matches. <mask> was also the President of Super League side Crusaders, until 2009, when he was replaced by David Watkins. He is a supporter of the Wooden Spoon charity. In 2015 <mask> was awarded the OBE  for his charitable services to people with cancer through his role as president of Cardiff's Velindre Cancer Centre. He has raised the Centre's profile as well as raising more than £10 million. Playing records

References

Further reading

External links
!Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk (statistics currently missing due to not having appeared for both Great Britain, and England)
(archived by web.archive.org) Profile at BBC Wales

1962 births
Living people
BBC sports presenters and reporters
British rugby league administrators
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players
Cardiff RFC players
Crawshays RFC players
Dual-code rugby internationals
Great Britain national rugby league team captains
Great Britain national rugby league team players
Llanelli RFC players
Neath RFC players
North Queensland Cowboys players
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Rugby league centres
Rugby league commentators
Rugby league five-eighths
Rugby league fullbacks
Rugby league players from Carmarthenshire
Rugby league wingers
Rugby union players from Trimsaran
Wales international rugby union players
Wales national rugby league team captains
Wales national rugby league team players
Wales rugby union captains
Warrington Wolves players
Welsh rugby league commentators
Welsh rugby league players
Welsh rugby union commentators
Welsh rugby union players
Welsh television presenters
Welsh-language television presenters
Widnes Vikings players

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Da'<mask> (born November 16, 1988) is a former American football safety. He played college football for the University of North Carolina Tar Heels and was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the fourth round of the 2011 NFL Draft. High school career
Searcy attended Towers High School, where he was a two way standout at both defensive back and running back. He recorded 71 tackles, including 21 solo stops, eight tackles for losses and three sacks, as a senior. He also rushed for 1,607 yards and 16 touchdowns as a senior. In track & field, Searcy recorded personal-best times of 11.18 seconds in the 100m and 23.31 seconds in the 200m. Considered only a two-star recruit by Rivals.com, Searcy had quite a lot of offers from top BCS schools including Florida, Virginia Tech and Ole Miss.However, he ultimately decided to attend North Carolina and play for the Tar Heels. College career
In 2007, he was one of 11 true freshmen to see action. He played in all 12 games primarily on special teams. In 2008, he played primarily on special teams and as a reserve safety. He played in all 13 games and finished the season with 25 tackles, two sacks and three pass breakups. In 2009,  he moved into the starting safety spot and also served as Carolina's starting punt returner. He finished the season with 35 tackles and had one interception, three pass breakups and returned seven kickoffs for an average of 23.1 yards.As a senior in 2010, he started nine of 10 games. He missed the first three games of the year while Carolina worked with the NCAA to determine his eligibility after violations, mostly receiving improper benefits committed by Searcy and other players part of the football program. He returned to the team, and recorded 37 tackles, including two for losses, and a team high 4 interceptions. Professional career
Searcy attended the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis and completed all of the combine and positional drills. On March 31, 2011, Searcy participated at North Carolina's pro day and attempted to improve his 40-yard dash (4.50s), 20-yard dash (2.68s), 10-yard dash (1.62s), and broad jump (10'5"). At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, <mask> was projected to be a third or fourth round pick by NFL draft experts and scouts. He was ranked as the second best strong safety in the draft by DraftScout.com.Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills selected <mask> in the fourth round (100th overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft. Searcy was the fourth safety drafted in 2011. 2011
On July 29, 2011, the Buffalo Bills signed <mask> to a four-year, $2.52 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $484,424. Throughout training camp, Searcy competed to be the starting strong safety against George Wilson and Bryan Scott. Head coach Chan Gailey named <mask> the third strong safety on the Bills' depth chart to start the regular season, behind George Wilson and Bryan Scott. He made his professional regular season debut in the Buffalo Bills' season-opening 41–7 victory at the Kansas City Chiefs season. On September 18, 2011, <mask> deflected a pass and made his first career interception in the Bills' 38–35 win against the Oakland Raiders in Week 2.Searcy intercepted a pass by quarterback Jason Campbell, that was originally intended for wide receiver Denarius Moore, to seal the Bills' victory as time expired in the fourth quarter. On November 20, 2011, <mask> earned his first career sack after George Wilson injured his neck and missed three games (Weeks 11–13). He finished the Bills' 35–8 loss at the Miami Dolphins with a season-high 11 combined tackles (nine solo). In Week 13, he recorded nine combined tackles (six solo) in a 23–17 loss to the Tennessee Titans. He finished his rookie season in 2011 with 34 combined tackles (26 solo), a pass deflection, and an interception in 16 games and three starts. 2012
Searcy entered training camp slated as a backup safety. Defensive coordinator Dave Wannstedt retained <mask> as the backup safety, behind Jairus Byrd and George Wilson, to start the regular season.On December 9, 2012, he collected a season-high five combined tackles in the Bills' 15–12 loss to the St. Louis Rams in Week 14. <mask> was inactive during the Bills' Week 17 victory against the New York Jets due to a groin injury he suffered the previous week. On December 31, 2012, the Buffalo Bills fired head coach Chan Gailey after they finished the 2012 season with a 6–10 record. <mask> completed his second season with 39 combined tackles (26 solo), two forced fumbles, and a pass deflection in 15 games and zero starts. 2013
Defensive coordinator Mike Pettine held a competition to name a new strong safety between <mask>, Aaron Williams, and Duke Williams. The role became vacant after George Wilson departed for the Carolina Panthers in free agency. Head coach Doug Marrone named <mask> the starting strong safety to start the 2013 regular season, alongside free safety Aaron Williams.<mask> became the starter after Jairus Byrd was sidelined for the first six regular season games due to plantar fasciitis. He started in the Buffalo Bills' season-opener against the New England Patriots and recorded nine combined tackles, made his first career sack, and returned a fumble recovery for his first career touchdown in their 23–21 loss. Searcy made his first sack on quarterback Tom Brady for a five-yard loss in the second quarter. He also recovered a fumble by running back Stevan Ridley, after it was stripped by teammate Kiko Alonso, and returned it for a 74-yard touchdown in the second quarter. In Week 6, Searcy collected a career-high 16 combined tackles (13 solo) and sacked quarterback Andy Dalton for a ten-yard loss during the third quarter of the Bills' 27–24 victory against the Cincinnati Bengals. <mask> was demoted to backup strong safety behind Jairus Byrd in Week 8 and remained the backup for the remainder of the season. On November 17, 2013, Searcy deflected a pass and returned an interception for a touchdown during a 37–14 win against the New York Jets in Week 11.<mask> intercepted a pass by quarterback Geno Smith and returned it for a 32-yard touchdown in the third quarter. He finished the 2013 season with 71 combined tackles (48 solo), seven pass deflections, a career-high 3.5 sacks, two touchdowns, a fumble recovery, and an interception in 16 games and seven starts. 2014
The Buffalo Bills hired former Detroit Lions' head coach Jim Schwartz as the new defensive coordinator after Mike Pettine accepted the head coaching position with the Cleveland Browns. Schwartz held a competition between <mask> and Duke Williams during training camp after Jairus Byrd departed for the New Orleans Saints during free agency. Head coach Doug Marrone officially named <mask> the starting strong safety to start the regular season, along with free safety Aaron Williams. On November 30, 2014, Searcy recorded four combined tackles, three pass deflections, and intercepted two passes by quarterback Brian Hoyer during a 26–10 victory against the Cleveland Browns in Week 13. This marked <mask>'s first multi-interception game of his career.<mask> was inactive for the Bills' Week 15 victory against the Green Bay Packers due to a hamstring injury. In Week 16, he collected a season-high 11 combined tackles (nine solo) in the Bills' 26–24 loss at the Oakland Raiders. He finished the 2014 season with 65 combined tackles (44 solo), five pass deflections, a forced fumble, and an interception in 15 games and 13 starts. <mask> became an unrestricted free agent after he completed his four-year contract with the Bills. Buffalo Bills' general manager Doug Whaley explained "Searcy is going to be a little challenging because we have paid Aaron Williams, and there's some money tied u in that position and Searcy may probably garner starting money at safety. That's going to be a little more challenging getting that done just because of the cap space used on that position." He received interest from multiple teams, including the Indianapolis Colts, Houston Texans, Oakland Raiders, and Miami Dolphins.Tennessee Titans
On March 10, 2015, the Tennessee Titans signed <mask> to a four-year, $24 million contract with $10.50 million guaranteed. 2015
He entered training camp slated as the de facto strong safety. Head coach Ken Whisenhunt officially named <mask> the starting strong safety to start the 2015 regular season, alongside starting free safety Michael Griffin. On October 18, 2015, <mask> collected a season-high eight solo tackles and three pass deflections during a 38–10 victory against the Miami Dolphins in Week 6. On November 4, 2015, the Tennessee Titans fired head coach Ken Whisenhunt after they began the season with a 1–6 record. Assistant head coach/tight ends coach Mike Mularkey was named the interim head coach for the last nine games of the season. He was sidelined for the Titans' Week 15 loss at the New England Patriots after injuring his hamstring.He finished his first season with the Tennessee Titans with 55 combined tackles (42 solo), four pass deflections, an interception, and was credited with half a sack in 15 games and 15 starts. 2016
Head coach Mike Mularkey named Searcy the starting strong safety to start the regular season, alongside free safety Rashad Johnson. He started the Tennessee Titans' season-opener against the Minnesota Vikings and collected a season-high eight solo tackles and a pass deflection in their 25–16 loss. Searcy was inactive for two games (Weeks 4–5) due to a sprained ankle. In Week 12, Searcy made two combined tackles, two pass deflections, and made an interception in the Titans' 27–21 victory at the Chicago Bears. Searcy finished the season with 40 combined tackles (35 solo), six pass deflections, and an interception in 14 games and 14 starts. 2017
Throughout training camp, Searcy competed against Johnathan Cyprien to be the starting strong safety.Head coach Mike Mularkey named <mask> the backup strong safety to start the regular season, behind Johnathan Cyprien. Searcy started at strong safety for six games (Weeks 2–7) after Johnathan Cyprien sustained a hamstring injury during the Titans' season-opener. On September 17, 2017, Searcy recorded three combined tackles, deflected a pass, and intercepted a pass by quarterback Blake Bortles early in the third quarter of the Titans' 37–16 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 2. In Week 5, he collected a season-high five combined tackles and broke up a pass during a 16–10 loss at the Miami Dolphins. He finished the season with 26 combined tackles (15 solo), two pass deflections, and an interception in 16 games and six starts. Pro Football Focus gave Searcy an overall grade of 71.5, which ranked 38th among all qualifying safeties in 2017. On March 9, 2018, Searcy was released by the Titans.Carolina Panthers

2018
On March 23, 2018, the Carolina Panthers signed <mask> to a two-year, $5.70 million contract with a signing bonus of $1.30 million. On September 21, 2018, <mask> was placed on injured reserve after suffering a concussion in Week 2. On May 6, 2019, <mask> was released by the Panthers. Career Stats

References

External links
Tennessee Titans bio
Buffalo Bills bio

1988 births
Living people
People from Decatur, Georgia
Players of American football from Georgia (U.S. state)
Sportspeople from DeKalb County, Georgia
American football safeties
North Carolina Tar Heels football players
Buffalo Bills players
Tennessee Titans players
Carolina Panthers players

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title: Eric Tsang

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<mask>i or Amp Van  (; born 14 April 1953) is a Hong Kong actor, film director, producer, and television host, best known for hosting the variety show Super Trio series on the Hong Kong television network TVB over 18 years. He now holds the general manager post at TVB. Early life
<mask> is a Hakka of Wuhua ancestry. His father, <mask>-wing, was a former football coach and player, then served in the Royal Hong Kong Police Force from 1940 to 1972. He fled to Taiwan to escape from the Independent Commission Against Corruption in 1976 after being convicted of corruption and sentenced to three years in jail, while still free pending an appeal. In 2001, the Department of Justice seized his house in La Salle Road and later auctioned it for HK$4.35 million after 10 years of civil proceedings. <mask> died in Taiwan in 2011 with his son <mask> and other family members around him.<mask> is a cousin of former Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Frederick Ma. In his youth, <mask> was a Hong Kong professional soccer player. Career

<mask> began his show business career as a stuntman. Due to his popularity, <mask> is often the master of ceremonies (MC) in events organised by the Hong Kong television network TVB; due to him being the main host of the variety show Super Trio series, he was nicknamed "Prize Master" (), his title in the show. In the 1980s and 1990s, he made parody comedy cassette tapes with songwriter, actor, and comedian Andrew Lam Man Chung. <mask>'s singing vocal range is a tenor with no falsetto. He is known for being a short plump guy with a habit of speaking before thinking, often landing himself into hot water.His insults have led to him being assaulted by rumored triads over bad mouthing singer Joey Yung. As an MC in the Miss Chinese International Pageant, he often favours contestants in Hong Kong. <mask> has appeared as an actor in many successful Hong Kong films, gaining awards and nominations. Early on in his career, he was typecast as a bumbling, ugly, and crude sidekick, and it was not until encouragement from his daughter <mask> to stop doing comedic roles that he went on to star in a film with friend Alan Tam and was awarded a Hong Kong best actor award. Perry Lam, a cinema critic from Muse, wrote that <mask> 'brings directness, straightness and a lack of nonsense to whatever role he plays, and occasionally demonstrates an uncanny ability to enter the egoless states of which only the greatest of character actors like Robert Duvall are capable.' <mask> has also been an occasional singer. Despite his high-pitched voice, he sings his parodies and theme songs to variety shows in a low-range tenor or high-range baritone of 2 octaves.In January 2021, <mask> was appointed TVB's deputy general manager and special advisor to the executive committee and will be responsible for the variety show and infotainment program segment. <mask> was involved in the Miss Hong Kong 2021 audition process. Personal life
<mask> is a devout Buddhist, often leading other actors in efforts to raise money for Hong Kong Buddhist temples and events. <mask>'s best friends are Natalis Chan and Alan Tam, who are also famous singers and actors from Hong Kong. <mask> has been close friends with Tam's family since childhood as their fathers were colleagues in the police force and played football together. <mask> has been married twice. His first marriage was to Taiwanese actress Wang Mei Hua (王美華) in 1972 and they had two daughters, <mask> and <mask> Wing Yee.They divorced in 1975. Wang brought their eldest daughter back to Taiwan, while their younger daughter moved to Canada. His second marriage was to Rebecca Chu (朱錫珍) in 1989 and they had two sons, <mask>, the director of Better Days, and <mask>. Chu and their two sons later immigrated to Toronto, Canada without <mask>, who chose to stay in Hong Kong and they have had in a long-distance relationship since then. On 21 April 2013, the Hong Kong 3 Weekly Magazine reported that <mask>'s current wife was named Sung Lai Wah (宋麗華) and they had lived apart for 20 years. This was dismissed by <mask> on the following day. In fact, Sung Lai Wah was the mother of Alan Kuo.Chu died of cancer on 3 August 2020 at the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital. Sexual assault allegation

In December 2013, Next Magazine published an anonymously-produced interview with actress Yammie Lam where she said that she had been raped by two Hong Kong entertainment industry "big brothers" 20 years ago. According to Lam, one of the individuals had died not long ago, while the other individual is alive. She further claims that the second individual had raped her during a film production in Singapore. However, the names of the alleged perpetrators were censored out of the audio, which generated intense media speculation. It is not known who the interviewer was; in fact, the interviewer's voice shows evidence of having been digitally manipulated from a natural female voice to a male voice. In January 2018, a mainland Chinese journalist uploaded what is purported to be an uncensored recording of Yammie Lam's 2013 interview.In the new 2018 clip, the interviewer now has a natural female voice, and the formerly censored portions implicate Alan Tang (deceased in 2011) and <mask> as the two alleged rapists of Lam. Media analysts have endorsed the authenticity of the newly released video; they note that the 2018 video did not have noise removal or other post-production traces that are observed in the publicly released 2013 clip; hence, whomever leaked the video must have had direct access to the original unedited video. Two days after the release of the January 2018 video, the sexual offense claim against <mask> was corroborated by Grace Han, a talent agent who formerly headed the Ford Models agency in Asia. Han further alleged that <mask> had sexually assaulted more than one woman, and claims to know of a specific incident in which a group of male Hong Kong celebrities, led by <mask>, allegedly drugged seven female models in a Hong Kong karaoke bar and raped six of them, while one girl escaped after she noticed the drugging. Han's Weibo post has since been deleted. <mask> rejected the authenticity of the uploaded video and denied Grace Han's allegation. A week after the allegations surfaced, <mask> filed a defamation lawsuit against Grace Han in the Hong Kong High Court, arranged for a press event, and announced that "punishment" is needed.<mask> further claimed to the media that he had already won a defamation lawsuit in 2006 on similar grounds, but independent media sources have not been able to corroborate this claim. Selected filmography

 The 14 Amazons (十四女英豪) (1972) (cameo)
 Tie jin gang da po zi yang guan (1974)
 Na Cha (1974)
 Zhong tai quan tan sheng si zhan (1974)
 Five Shaolin Masters (少林五祖) (1974)
 Kung Fu Stars (1975)
 Challenge of the Masters (陸阿采與黃飛鴻) (1976)
 The Dragon Lives Again (李三腳威震地獄門) (1977)
 Money Crazy (1977)
 The Iron-Fisted Monk (三德和尚與舂米六) (1977)
 Enter the Fat Dragon (肥龍過江) (1978)
 Warriors Two (贊先生與找錢華) (1978)
 By Hook or by Crook (鹹魚番生) (1980)
 The Bloody Tattoo (賊贓) (1980)
 All the Wrong Clues (鬼馬智多星) (1981)
 The Legend of the Owl (1981)
 Once Upon A Rainbow (1982)
 It Takes Two (難兄難弟) (1982)
 Till Death Do We Scare (1982)
 He Lives by Night (1982)
 Play Catch (1983)
 Aces Go Places 2 (最佳拍檔大顯神通) (1983)
 I Love Lolanto (1984)
 Carry On Wise Guy (1984)
 Heaven Can Help (1984)
 Beloved Daddy (1984)
 Double Trouble (1984)
 My Lucky Stars (福星高照) (1985)
 Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars (夏日福星) (1985)
 From the Great Beyond (1985)
 The Thirty Million Rush (橫財三千萬) (1985)
 Why Me? (何必有我) (1985)
 Those Merry Souls (時來運轉) (1985)
 Funny Triple (1985)
 Millionaire's Express (富貴列車) (1986)
 Strange Bedfellow (1986)
 Lucky Stars Go Places (最佳福星) (1986)
 The Romancing Star (精裝追女仔) (1987)
 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World (富貴逼人) (1987)
 Trouble Couple (1987)
 Seven Years Itch (1987)
 Scared Stiff (小生夢驚魂) (1987)
 Final Victory (最後勝利) (1987)
 The Final Test (1987)
 Criminal Hunter (1988)
 Double Fattiness (雙肥臨門) (1988)
 Golden Swallow (1988)
 The Greatest Lover (1988)
 Force of the Dragon (1988)
 How to Pick Girls Up! (求愛敢死隊) (1988)
 Mr. Mistress (1988)
 The Other Half & the Other Half (1988)
 The Romancing Star II (精裝追女仔之2) (1988)
 Shyly Spirit (1988)
 The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus (潘金蓮之前世今生) (1989)
 Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989)
 Fatal Vacation (安樂戰場) (1989)
 They Came to Rob Hong Kong (八寶奇兵) (1989)
 Code of Fortune (1989)
 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World III (1989)
 Return of the Lucky Stars (1989)
 Lucky Guys (1989)
 Pedicab Driver (1989)
 Little Cop (1989)
 A Li Ba Ba (1989)
 Curry and Pepper (1990)
 The Last Blood (a.k.a. Hard Boiled 2) (1990)
 The Sniping (1990)
 The Banquet (1991)
 Alan and Eric Between Hello and Goodbye (1991)
 Ghost Punting (1991)
 The Tigers (1991)
 The Family Squad (1991) TV series
 Once Upon a Time a Hero in China (1992)
 Yes Madam '92: A Serious Shock (1992)
 Twin Dragons (1992)
 The Days of Being Dumb (1992)
 Handsome Siblings (1992)
 Yesteryou, Yesterme, Yesterday (1993)
 Drug Tiger (1993)
 Once a Cop (1993)
 Master Wong Vs. Master Wong (1993)
 Lady Super Cop (1993)
 1993 Year's Love of Vampires (1993)
 Cheese 'n Ham (1993)
 Bogus Cops (1993)
 He's a Woman, She's a Man (1994)
 The New Legend of Shaolin (1994)
 Over the Rainbow Under the Skirt (1994)
 All of the Winners (1994)
 Switch Over (1994)
 The Age of Miracles (1995)
 Who's the Woman, Who's the Man? (1996)
 Those Were the Days (1996)
 Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996)
 How to Meet the Lucky Stars (1996)
 Final Justice (1996)
 Yun cai zhi li xing (1996) as Himself
 Hold You Tight (1997)
 Hercules (1997) as Philoctetes (voice, Cantonese version)
 The Wedding Days (1997)
 Task Force (1997)
 Contract Killer (1998)
 Sleepless Town (1998)
 Anna Magdalena (1998)
 Hitman (1998)
 Fly Me to Polaris (1999)
 Gen-X Cops (1999)
 Liang Po Po: The Movie (1999)
 Metade Fumaca (1999)
 Gigolo of Chinese Hollywood (1999)
 I.Q.Dudettes (1999)
 When I Look Upon the Stars (1999)
 Wai Goh dik goo si (1999)
 Jiang hu: The Triad Zone (2000)
 And I Hate You So (2000)
 Merry-Go-Round (2001)
 Cop on a Mission (2001) as Boss Tin The Accidental Spy (2001)
 Fai chai tong mung (2001)
 Golden Chicken (2002)
 Infernal Affairs (2002)
 Troublesome Night 15 (2002)
 Frugal Game (2002)
 Three (2002)
 Partners (2002)
 No Problem 2 (2002)
 The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra (2002, TV Series)
 Infernal Affairs II (2003)
 Fu bo (2003)
 Men Suddenly in Black (2003)
 Dragon Loaded 2003 (2003)
 City of SARS (2003)
 Blood Brothers (2004)
 Love Is a Many Stupid Thing (2004)
 PaPa Loves You (2004)
 In-Laws, Out-Laws (2004)
 Master Q: Incredible Pet Detective (2004)
 Infernal Affairs III (2004)
 One Stone and Two Birds (2005)
 Perhaps Love (2005)
 Mob Sister (2005)
 2 Young (2005)
 Divergence (2005)
 Son of the Mask (2005) (Cantonese dub)
 It Had to Be You! (2019)
 Monkey King – The Volcano (2019)
 The Legend of Pig Warrior (2019)
 A City Called Macau (2019)
 The Last Thieves (2019) as Lin Ming-Yen
 Fox Hunting (2020)

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External links

 Official Website of Star East Holdings Ltd., founded by <mask>

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Hong Kong Buddhists
Hong Kong male film actors
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<mask> (18 September 1928 – 29 January 2012) was the Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tiruchirapalli in India. Biography
Ordained in 1955, <mask> was named Bishop on 30 December 1990 and resigned in 1997. He died in 2012, aged 83. Most Rev. <mask> was born on 18 September 1928 at Madhakottai, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu. He did his schooling in Thanjavur and Seminary formation at Poonamallee, Chennai. He was ordained priest on 27 April 1955.During his pastoral ministry Fr. <mask> served as Asst. Parish Priest at Pudukottai (1955) and at Vailankanni (1955–1964); as Parish Priest at Alangudu (1964) and at Karunganni (1964–1967); as Rector of the St. Mary's Minor Seminary, Thanjavur (1967–1982) and as Parish Priest at Vailankannni (1982–1990). Fr. <mask> contributed immensely to the phenomenal growth of the Shrine Basilica of Vailankanni both as Asst. Parish Priest and Parish Priest. He erected many buildings and bought a lot of land with the intention of developing Vailankanni just like Lourdes in France.In order to provide adequate safety to pilgrims, he reinforced the security personnel. It was at his time that, through the efforts of Bishop Sundaram and his own hard work, the Shrine of Our Lady of Health, Vailankanni was elevated to the status of Basilica by Pope John XXIII. He encouraged the pilgrimages from all corners of Tamil Nadu as well as from other parts of India. In order to enhance the quality and extent of the accommodation of pilgrims, he undertook the construction of many houses/buildings/halls with other residential facilities, v.gr. a hospital for the sick pilgrims, a community hall and an open-air auditorium, various cottages and lodges. He also established a new colony known as Antoniarpuram, and provided several quarters for the benefit of the staff. Fr.<mask> persuaded several Religious Congregations to establish their houses at the Shrine. While the Sisters of Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Sisters of St. Louis Gonzaga are catering to the spiritual needs of the pilgrims, the Missionaries of Charity (MC) take care of the abandoned children and the handicapped. The blessing of the extremely sick with the Blessed Sacrament on every First Saturday as in Lourdes has been a great consolation to the many sick pilgrims that come to the Shrine. He introduced the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on every First Saturday, and the exposition of the Holy Eucharist every day all through the year. Besides, he was much interested in promoting Marian devotion through literature. In the educational field, he not only built a school for the local boys and girls at Vailankanni but even got it upgraded to the status of a Higher Secondary School. Moreover, he set up schools in many sub-stations of the Parish of Vailankanni and built/renovated some Chapels, particularly where the Christians were less in number.Press apostolate has always been his favorite option. Besides authoring and editing some books, he did encourage people to write for journals. He always advocated the belief that Catholic books sustain a high culture and nurture piety. He also promoted reading habits and for this purpose he founded Oli Nilaya and a Library in Thanjavur. For 13 years he was editor of Vailankanni Kuraloli (Tamil monthly of the Shrine Basilica of Vailankanni) and also headed Vedanayakar Ezhuthalar Kazhakam (Tamil Writers' Association). In fact, he initiated and encouraged the translation of the Papal Encyclicals. He was National Secretary of the Pontifical Missionary Union for 15 years.In this capacity, he visited almost all the Dioceses of India from Kanyakumari to Kashmir. Wherever he went he spread the devotion to Our Lady of Health Vailankanni and introduced the English monthly 'Vailankanni Calling'. He strengthened the Legion of Mary not only in the Diocese of Thanjavur but also in the whole of Tamil Nadu. He served as the Inspector of schools of the Diocese of Thanjavur for three years and as the Regional Secretary of TNBC for the Catechism. On 6 October 1990 Fr. <mask> was appointed Bishop of Tiruchirapalli and was ordained Bishop on 30 December 1990. Simplicity, humility and kindness were the hallmarks of his personality.During his episcopal ministry, he visited the villages and constructed Chapels in many of them. He established at least 10 new parishes. He spared no efforts to make his Diocese financially self-reliant. He had a great devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, which he promoted wherever he went among priests and people. During his pastoral visits to parishes he catechized the faithful to deepen the faith of his flock. In order to make Jesus Christ more and more known and loved, he encouraged the people to read the Word of God daily and he even supplied the Bible free of cost to all parishes and sub-stations. Very loyal to the Magisterium of the Church, Bishop <mask> devoted himself tirelessly to the ministry of evangelization, catechesis and charismatic renewal.As a matter of fact, he was deeply convinced about the evangelization done through Kalai Kaviri School of Fine Arts. He gave many talks in All India Radio and his clearly articulated sermons were much appreciated by the people. Despite all his wonderful achievements and exemplary pastoral leadership, Bishop <mask> also had his share of suffering and crosses. But in all the adversities that he faced in his Diocese, he always trusted in the Providence of God and maternal protection of Blessed Virgin Mary. On 14 October 1997, he resigned as Bishop of Tiruchirapalli after serving the Diocese for seven years. Thereafter, he retired to Vettaikaraniruppu, a remote rural village where he could spend his time in prayer and evangelizing the poor people. He helped the local parish priest in spiritual activities and went about preaching the Word of God all over Tamil Nadu.The funeral service of Bishop <mask> <mask> held on 30 January 2012, at the St. Mary's Cathedral, was largely attended by several Bishops, hundreds of priests, religious and lay faithful. The body was taken to his home Diocese of Thanjavur where it was buried as per his wish. May God of Mercies grant this zealous Pastor and faithful servant of the Church eternal bliss and heavenly reward! You are kindly requested to offer one Holy Mass for the repose of the soul of Bishop <mask> <mask>, late CBCI member. Yours sincerely in Christ,

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Fr. Thomas d’Aquino Sequeira
Deputy Secretary General, CBCI

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Francisco "<mask><mask> (; born May 24, 1979), is an American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler who most recently competed for Bellator MMA in the Heavyweight division. He formerly competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) for sixteen years. A former two-time UFC Heavyweight Champion, he holds the record for the most finishes and the most submission victories in UFC Heavyweight history. <mask> possessed the longest uninterrupted tenure of any fighter in UFC history, competing for the company from 2001 to 2016. He was the first man to knock out and the first to submit Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira. Background
Born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, <mask> began training and competing in American Kenpo at a school owned by his parents, earning his black belt as a teenager. <mask>'s father played a major role in convincing him to begin wrestling on the basis that it could help him avoid submissions.<mask> joined the wrestling team at Bonanza High School during his junior year and lost his first nine matches. During his senior year (1998) he went 44–1 and won the state championship. <mask> played fullback and defensive end on the school's football team, which reached the Southern Zone semifinals in 1997. He also competed in track and field; his discus throw of  is still a Sunset Regional record. Career
<mask> met UFC matchmaker Joe Silva at a Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) school. Silva saw potential in <mask> and suggested that he compete in mixed martial arts. <mask> made his professional debut against Jerome Smith at HOOKnSHOOT: Showdown on July 14, 2001.<mask> won the bout by unanimous decision after two rounds. He won his second fight by triangle choke in the first round, against Dan Quinn at IFC Warriors Challenge 15 on August 31, 2001. Ultimate Fighting Championship
On November 2, 2001, at UFC 34: High Voltage, <mask> made his UFC debut against 6th degree BJJ black belt Roberto Traven. Traven had previously competed in the UFC (at UFC 11) and was the 1999 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship open class champion. <mask> defeated Traven by armbar at 1:05 of round one, earning "Tapout of the Night" in the process. <mask>'s next UFC match was against Lion's Den fighter and eight-time UFC veteran Pete Williams at UFC 36: Worlds Collide on March 22, 2002. <mask> submitted Williams in 46 seconds with an inside shoulder lock that has since been named after himself.It was the only submission loss of Williams' career. <mask> faced Ian Freeman in London, England, at UFC 38: Brawl at the Hall on July 13, 2002. Despite several leglock attempts by <mask>, Freeman achieved side control four minutes into the first round and landed numerous punches and elbows to <mask>'s head. A time out was called due to a cut on <mask>'s face. After Freeman separated, the referee signaled to <mask> to stand back up and stopped the fight after <mask> struggled to do so. <mask> then faced Tank Abbott at UFC 41 on February 28, 2003. <mask> submitted Abbott with a toe hold in 46 seconds.On June 26, 2003, <mask> fought Wes Sims at UFC 43: Meltdown. <mask> won by disqualification at 2:55 of the first round after Sims stomped on <mask>'s jaw following a slam escape of an armbar attempt by <mask>. They would rematch at UFC 46: Supernatural on January 31, 2004. <mask> won by knockout at 4:21 of the second round. Heavyweight championship
On June 19, 2004, <mask> faced Tim Sylvia for the vacant UFC Heavyweight Championship at UFC 48: Payback. Referee Herb Dean stopped the fight 50 seconds into the first round after <mask> broke Sylvia's right forearm with a straight armbar. Sylvia initially protested the call but relented following a replay of the break.<mask> earned his BJJ black belt from Ricardo Pires following this performance. Motorcycle injury
On September 17, 2004, <mask> was knocked off his motorcycle by a car. The accident caused two breaks in <mask>'s femur and tore all the ligaments in his knee. An Interim Heavyweight Championship was created while <mask> recovered from surgery, which Andrei Arlovski won by defeating Tim Sylvia via first round submission. On August 12, 2005, the UFC learned that <mask> would not be able to face Andrei Arlovski in October as scheduled and stripped him of the title after 14 months, promoting Arlovski to undisputed UFC Heavyweight Champion. In 2010, <mask> told FIGHT! Magazine that he was grateful for the accident as it gave him time to be with his wife.Return to the UFC
In his first bout since the accident, <mask> fought 4th degree BJJ black belt and six-time Mundials Champion Márcio Cruz at UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3 on February 4, 2006. In a shocking upset, <mask> was defeated by first-round TKO. He returned to the octagon on July 8, 2006, at UFC 61: Bitter Rivals against Dan Christison. <mask> won by unanimous decision when all three judges scored the bout 29–28. <mask> was widely criticized following the bout due to his sloppy appearance and inability to finish a seemingly mismatched opponent. Despite the criticism, <mask> was subsequently matched with Brandon Vera at UFC 65: Bad Intentions to determine the number one contender. <mask> showed improved striking ability but was quickly stunned by a straight right from Vera, who then dropped him with knees from the Muay Thai clinch.Vera then secured side control and delivered a number of punches and elbows, forcing the referee to stop the fight at 1:09 of the first round. While preparing for UFC 140, <mask> attributed his poor performance in his initial return bouts to lingering health issues following the accident. Rise back to title contention
<mask> was scheduled to fight kickboxer Antoni Hardonk at UFC Fight Night 9 on April 5, 2007, but had to drop out due to a shoulder injury. He faced Hardonk at UFC 74 and won via kimura at 1:17 of the first round. At the end of the bout, <mask> walked to the cameras pointing at himself saying "I'm back!". <mask>'s wife Jennifer was shown on the replay screaming and crying with joy when <mask> secured the kimura and the fight was stopped. On February 2, 2008, at UFC 81, <mask> welcomed former WWE wrestler Brock Lesnar to the octagon for Lesnar's highly anticipated debut.It took Lesnar less than 10 seconds to shoot for a takedown and muscle <mask> to the mat. However, seconds after Lesnar began to unload strikes from <mask>'s half guard, referee Steve Mazzagatti controversially deemed that there were some illegal punches landed to the back of <mask>'s head, drawing a foul and a one-point deduction. The fighters were ordered to stand up, and <mask> was given a brief recovery period. As the fight resumed, <mask> was almost instantly dropped with a big punch from Lesnar. Lesnar continued to land punches on <mask> and shucked off <mask>'s armbar attempt before moving to a stacked guard. It was here that <mask> caught Lesnar with a kneebar, causing Lesnar to tap out at 1:30 of the first round. <mask> was awarded with Submission of the Night honors.The Ultimate Fighter season 8
Spike TV announced on May 12, 2008, that former UFC champion <mask> would face off with the current UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion and former PRIDE Heavyweight Champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira as the coaches for the eighth season of The Ultimate Fighter. The season, which premiered on Spike TV on September 17, returned to the two weight class format. It featured Light heavyweight and Lightweight fighters. Production on season eight began in late May, with the entire cast announced in September, and concluded in December. Second heavyweight championship
<mask> fought his fellow Ultimate Fighter coach, Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, at UFC 92 for the Interim UFC Heavyweight Championship. This bout was part of a mini-Heavyweight tournament, often hyped by UFC president Dana White. The winner of this fight would then face the winner of the match between the Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture and Brock Lesnar.Lesnar defeated Couture by TKO in the second round, earning him the Heavyweight Championship belt in the process and setting him up to face the winner of Nogueira/<mask> to unify the belts. In the fight with Nogueira, <mask> showcased vastly improved striking, particularly his boxing, knocking down the Brazilian twice in the first round and once in the second. Herb Dean stopped the match at 1:54 of the second round, declaring <mask> the winner. Nogueira's loss marked the first time he had lost a fight due to strikes. In a post-fight interview, <mask> credited his improved striking to a drastic improvement in conditioning. Two days after the fight, Dana White revealed in an interview that "Nogueira had just gotten over a Staph infection." Nogueira himself verified this fact several months later in his own interview, stating that he had a staph infection "20 days before the fight, [requiring] 5 days in the hospital."When asked if this infection affected his fight, he answered, "For sure." In addition to this illness, his knee was injured during training, for which he had surgery in February 2009. Despite these handicaps, Nogueira offered strong praise for <mask>'s performance, with particular credit given to <mask>'s ability to maintain "very good distance." Heavyweight championship unification
<mask>'s victory over Nogueira set in place a re-match with the UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar for the UFC Heavyweight Championship. However, <mask> stated, that in his opinion, holding victories over former UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 92 and current UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar at UFC 81 is enough to recognize him as the owner of the "real belt." <mask> was originally scheduled to fight Lesnar at UFC 98 On May 23, 2009, in Las Vegas, Nevada, however, he sustained a knee injury during training which required arthroscopic surgery and the removal of bone chips from his knee. The rematch against Lesnar was therefore rescheduled for UFC 100 on July 11, 2009.The show would break many UFC records in terms of PPV sales and is in the top 3 best selling UFC PPV of all time. At UFC 100, <mask> was lively on his feet but proved unable to counter Lesnar's wrestling and positional dominance. Lesnar dominated the first round with superior wrestling. In the second round, after being allowed to stand up, <mask> landed a combination, ending with a turning right elbow which forced Lesnar to look for a clinch. <mask> took this opportunity to attempt a jumping right knee, which landed, but ultimately resulted in Lesnar securing another takedown. After a short period of recovery from the knee, Lesnar pinned <mask> up against the cage and delivered multiple unanswered heavy blows to his face, forcing referee Herb Dean to stop the fight via TKO at 1:48 in the second round. With the win, Lesnar became the undisputed UFC Heavyweight Champion.<mask> vs. Kongo
<mask> had his next fight against Cheick Kongo on December 12, 2009, at UFC 107. Two months prior to this fight, <mask> replaced his striking coach Ken Hahn with boxing trainer Jimmy Gifford. <mask> was expected to weigh 20 to 25 lbs heavier than usual, due to the strength and conditioning program that he had undertaken to improve his muscular frame. As expected, <mask> weighed in for his fight against Kongo at 264.5 lbs. At the weigh-ins, Kongo refused to face <mask> during the traditional stare-down before the fight. During the fight, <mask> stunned Kongo with an overhand left early, dropping him and swarming to secure a guillotine choke

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 victory at 1:12 in the first round. Kongo refused to tap and was rendered unconscious by the choke.In the post-fight press conference, <mask> expressed his desire to fight a rubber match with Brock Lesnar. <mask> later created controversy after commenting that he wanted to break Lesnar's neck, so that he would become the first mixed martial artist to die in competition. <mask> later made an apology for his comments after being admonished by Dana White. Interim Heavyweight Championship bout
<mask> faced Shane Carwin for the UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship on March 27, 2010, at UFC 111. After a brief standup exchange, Carwin pushed <mask> against the cage, where he delivered several short uppercuts to <mask>'s chin. <mask> lost the fight via knockout at 3:48 of the first round. Second rise back to title contention
At a UFC Fan Expo, <mask> said he briefly considered dropping down to the Light heavyweight division, although he later confirmed he would remain at Heavyweight.He was expected to face Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira on September 25, 2010, at UFC 119 in a rematch of the Interim Championship bout which <mask> won via TKO at UFC 92. Nogueira pulled out of this fight due to knee surgery and was replaced by <mask> Cro Cop. <mask> defeated <mask> Cro Cop via third-round knockout, earning the win with a knee from the clinch in a largely uneventful fight in which neither fighter was able to deliver any significant offense. <mask> faced former IFL Heavyweight Champion Roy Nelson on May 28, 2011, at UFC 130. He won via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, and 30–26) by using superior control and constant pressure. <mask> showed improved wrestling by pushing Nelson against the cage, completing a Judo hip throw and securing several takedowns in the third round. <mask> landed several hard knees and elbows from the Muay Thai clinch throughout the bout but was unable to finish the durable Nelson.A rematch with Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira took place on December 10, 2011, at UFC 140. In the bout, <mask> was dropped during the first round by a punch from Nogueira, and the bout was nearly stopped. <mask> quickly recovered and gained superior positioning, defeating Nogueira by kimura at 3:38 of round 1, snapping Nogueira's arm in the process, as Nogueira refused to tap. Along with being the first fighter to have finished Nogueira via knockout, <mask> became the first fighter to have defeated Nogueira via submission in mixed martial arts. The victory also earned <mask> Submission of the Night honors. UFC President Dana White called it the "submission of the century" at the post-fight press conference. Third title shot and beyond
<mask> was expected to face Cain Velasquez on May 25, 2012, at UFC 146.However, on April 20, 2012, Dana White announced that <mask> would face Brazilian Junior dos Santos for the UFC Heavyweight Championship, replacing kickboxer Alistair Overeem. On May 11, 2012, UFC Primetime returned to promote the fight between <mask> and dos Santos, and concluded on May 25. In their fight, dos Santos was able to use superior foot work to strike in and out before <mask> could mount any significant offense. <mask> lost the fight via TKO in the second round and said he would have to go back to the drawing board to continue his career. Later in 2012, the UFC announced that <mask> had been given a one fight sabbatical to compete under the Strikeforce banner to challenge Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Tournament Champion Daniel Cormier. The bout with Cormier was expected to take place on November 3, 2012, at Strikeforce: Cormier vs. <mask>. However, on September 19 it was revealed that <mask> suffered an injury in training and was forced to pull out of the bout.The bout with Cormier was rescheduled for April 20, 2013, at UFC on Fox 7. <mask> lost the fight by unanimous decision. <mask> faced returning former UFC Heavyweight Champion Josh Barnett on August 31, 2013, at UFC 164. <mask> lost via TKO in the first round. <mask> was scheduled to face Alistair Overeem on November 16, 2013, at UFC 167. However, the pairing was moved to February 1, 2014, at UFC 169. <mask> lost the fight via unanimous decision.<mask> was expected to face Antônio Silva on February 28, 2015, at UFC 184. However, the bout with Silva was moved up a week and served as the event headliner for UFC Fight Night 61. Despite being the betting underdog, <mask> won the fight via knockout in the first round, dropping Silva with a left hook and finishing him with a barrage of ground and pound. Subsequently, <mask> won a Performance of the Night bonus. <mask> faced Todd Duffee at UFC Fight Night 71 on July 15, 2015. He won the fight via knockout in the first round after dropping Duffee with a straight left. Referee "Big" John McCarthy immediately stepped in to stop the fight as Duffee face planted onto the mat.<mask> earned his second consecutive Performance of the Night bonus. <mask> faced Andrei Arlovski on September 5, 2015, at UFC 191. He lost the back-and-forth fight via unanimous decision, although some, including UFC president Dana White, scored the fight in his favor. 12 of 15 media outlets, however, scored the bout in favor of Arlovski. <mask> faced Mark Hunt on March 20, 2016, at UFC Fight Night 85 in Brisbane, Australia. He lost the fight via KO in the first round. On April 7, 2016, <mask> was notified by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) that the sample he submitted the day of the fight tested positive for oral turinabol metabolites.In a statement, <mask> responded, "I don't know how that is possible as I do not take any performance enhancing drugs (PEDs)." He was nonetheless suspended for two years. Speaking in early 2017 <mask> opened up to a radio show about retirement rumors indicating he was still interested in actively competing, and a potential comeback. <mask> indicated interest in a third Brock Lesnar fight. On July 8, 2017, <mask> announced that he had been granted his release from the UFC after nearly 16 years with the promotion, despite having six fights left on his contract. Bellator MMA
On August 16, 2017, it was announced that <mask> had signed a multi-fight deal with Bellator MMA. In his debut fight for the promotion, <mask> faced Fedor Emelianenko at Bellator 198 on April 28, 2018.The bout was part of the opening round of the Bellator Heavyweight Tournament. He lost the fight via TKO in round one. In his second fight for the promotion, <mask> faced Javy Ayala at Bellator 212 on December 14, 2018. <mask> successfully won the first round by taking Ayala down and controlling him on the ground. However, Ayala rallied in the second round and <mask> eventually lost by TKO after tapping to punches that caused an alveolar ridge fracture. <mask> faced Roy Nelson in a rematch of their 2011 UFC bout on October 25, 2019, in the main event of Bellator 231. He won via unanimous decision.On April 1, 2020, <mask>'s contract with Bellator expired, making him a free agent. Professional wrestling
In January 2019, Josh Barnett announced via Twitter that <mask> would be making his professional wrestling debut for Game Changer Wrestling's Bloodsport event, an independent wrestling event that features worked matches presented in an MMA style. <mask>'s debut coincided with WrestleMania 35 weekend on Thursday, April 4. On March 17, it was announced that <mask>'s debut match would be against former UFC Superfight Champion and former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dan Severn. <mask> defeated Severn, and post-match called out former UFC rival Brock Lesnar. Professional boxing
On February 25, 2021, <mask> announced he would be making his professional boxing debut against former multi-time light heavyweight and cruiserweight boxing champion Antonio Tarver on April 17 on the undercard of Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren. However, on March 23, it was revealed that Tarver was pulled from the bout after failing to meet the requirements to compete put forth by the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission.<mask> instead faced former IBF cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham at the event, losing by unanimous decision. Triad Combat
On November 27, 2021, <mask> faced Kubrat Pulev in the main event of a boxing vs MMA card promoted by Triller that featured other UFC veterans. <mask> lost the fight via TKO in the 1st round. Commentary and opinionist
<mask> was a color commentator for World Extreme Cagefighting until the 2010 WEC 47, when he was replaced by Stephan Bonnar. In June 2012, <mask> stated in an interview with The Chronicle-Journal that he wants to pursue commentary after he retires from fighting. "I like analyzing fights, and I like doing color commentating," he said. "It's an opportunity I would take advantage of when I run into it.Hopefully it's something I can do full time". <mask> was appointed in 2015 the color commentator for Absolute Championship Berkut. In February 2021 USA TODAY printed an op-ed in which <mask> and an executive director of the American Principles Project were hostile to the proposed Equality Act because "Our athlete daughters shouldn't have to compete with transgender women" who take female hormones. They raised the specter "of increased risk of severe injury based on physical differences" and noted that "biological male athletes have an insurmountable physical advantage over biological female athletes". They felt that "the entirety of women's athletics would be deeply imperiled". Personal life
<mask> and his wife Jennifer have three children together, and Jennifer has a son from a previous relationship whom <mask> adopted. <mask>'s oldest biological child, Bella, is also a professional mixed martial artist.<mask> is an atheist and a Libertarian. He followed a vegan diet for a year but switched to a Paleo diet due to lack of energy. He suffers from low testosterone and underwent testosterone replacement therapy from 2012 until its banning from combat sports in 2014. <mask>'s daughter, <mask>, has also embarked upon a professional MMA career, winning her debut in October, 2020 with her father in her corner. <mask> worked as a bouncer at the Spearmint Rhino in Las Vegas before entering the UFC and continued to work there as Director of Security while pursuing his UFC career. In January 2016, it was announced that <mask> would be inducted into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame. Championships and achievements

Mixed martial arts
Ultimate Fighting Championship
UFC Heavyweight Championship (One time)
Interim UFC Heavyweight Championship (One time)
Submission of the Night (Two times) vs. Brock Lesnar and Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
Performance of the Night (Two times) vs. Antônio Silva and Todd Duffee
Second most wins in UFC Heavyweight division (16)
Second most fights in UFC Heavyweight division (27)
Most finishes in UFC Heavyweight division (13)
Second most first round finishes in UFC history (10)
Third most wins by submission in UFC (8)
Most wins by submission in UFC Heavyweight division (8)
First and only toe hold finish in UFC history
Fastest submission in UFC Heavyweight division (45 seconds)
Fought five different UFC Heavyweight Champions
Defeated three different UFC Heavyweight Champions
2011 Submission of the Year vs. Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira on December 10
 2011 Comeback Of The Year vs Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira on December 10
 Tied for the 2nd most Finishes in UFC History (13)
 Tied for the 4th most Victories in UFC History (16)
Tied for Most fights in UFC history (27) with Tito Ortiz and Michael

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<mask> (May 30, 1913 – October 24, 1969) was an American professional heavyweight boxer. He fought Joe Louis for the world heavyweight title twice. He was managed for most of his career by Jimmy Johnston, and trained by Freddie Brown. In 1940, he was rated the sixth best heavyweight in the world, and would rise higher in the next two years. After retiring, he became an actor and had roles in two of America's best known boxing movies, Academy Award winner On the Waterfront,  and Requiem for a Heavyweight. Early life
<mask> was born to  Jewish parents Max and Rose in Richmond Hill, Queens, New York on May 30, 1913, and attended John Adams High School. He was a star lineman on his high school football team and was an interscholastic shot-put champion before taking up boxing.During a High School football game, several boxing promoters in the crowd noticed his strength and told him if he pursued boxing, he could have a lucrative career and they could arrange for him to be trained by the legendary trainer and cut man Freddie Brown. Brown trained many of boxing's greatest including Italian champions Rocky Marciano, and Graziano, and later Larry Holmes and Robert Duran. While pursuing his boxing career in his 20s he worked as a police patrolman in Long Beach, New York. Professional boxing career

Early career
Making a stir in his professional debut in March, 1935, at the age of 21, he knocked out Jim Dowling at the Jamaica Arena in Queens, New York. According to most sources, in an impressive display, he won his next thirteen fights, and nearly all by knockout. His two most notable early career losses against well known adversaries came against Lou Nova in 1936 in a six-round points decision and the six-foot-six Buddy Baer, brother of Max, who knocked him out in three rounds in 1937. In a rare loss on January 22, 1940, he dropped a decision to Willie Reddish in a well-attended match in Philadelphia.<mask> was down twice in the match, and Reddish was given eight of the ten rounds. Reddish peppered <mask>'s body and jaw with left hooks and right swings, and won an easy decision. In the prior month on December 6, 1939, <mask> had defeated Reddish in a fourth-round TKO in Philadelphia. As was not uncommon in <mask>'s matches, he had a sizable weight advantage over his opponent, in this instance a remarkable fifty-six pounds. The match took a turn for the worse in the fourth when the two boxers' heads clashed, and Reddish received a bad gash on his forehead, leading to the referee ending the fight from a technical knockout in the fourth. Knockout of Jersey Joe Walcott
In one of his most memorable victories, in a ramp up to the heavyweight title, he knocked out the legendary Jersey Joe Walcott, a future heavyweight champion, in six rounds in Newark, New Jersey, on February 12, 1940. A heavyweight in every sense, he benefitted from a remarkable sixty-two pound weight advantage in the match.Behind in points in the first five rounds, <mask> unleashed a tremendous right to the mouth of Walcott 2:32 into the sixth causing the knockout, and Walcott barely moved as he was counted out by the referee. In a well-attended match against a known opponent, <mask> defeated Eddie Blunt in a ten-round points decision at the Meadowbrook Bowl in Newark, New Jersey on May 20, 1940. The last three rounds were fought in a heavy rain in the outdoor arena. <mask> outweighed Blunt by 28 pounds, and persevered to pull off the win with a points victory. In one of his best known victories against a highly rated adversary, he defeated Roscoe Toles on December 6, 1940, in a ten-round unanimous decision before 5000 at Detroit's Olympia Stadium. After the fight, boxing promoter Mike Jacobs announced his intention to match <mask> with Louis for the heavyweight championship. <mask> performed better fighting in close, and was unaffected by a few punches to the jaw.There were no knockdowns in the match. Though <mask> was the clear winner, the Detroit Free Press wrote that Toles more than held up his end of the fight looking far better in the fourth, and that only in the final rounds did <mask>, showing greater endurance, take the fight to Toles. He also had a heavily publicized win over Finland's Gunnar Barlund on October 7, 1940 in a ten-round points decision at New York's St. Nicholas Arena. Barlund was soundly defeated suffering a cut eye and chin early in the match, and winning no more than two of the ten rounds. World heavyweight contender
In his first attempt at the world heavyweight championship, on March 21, 1941, he lost to reigning heavyweight champion Joe Louis before a record crowd of 19,000 at Detroit's Olympia Stadium in a 13th-round technical knockout. He was assisted in training for that match by the first African-American World Heavyweight Champion, Jack Johnson. In the most valiant effort of his career against his greatest adversary, many ringside experts gave <mask> the second, fourth, sixth, tenth, and eleventh rounds.According to one source, when Louis knocked him down in the first round, it was the first knockdown of his professional career. <mask> even managed to stagger Louis briefly in the seventh. Though he was down repeatedly in the thirteenth before the referee called the fight, his ability to withstand the blows of Louis and win four rounds placed him as a serious heavyweight contender in his mid-career. After the fight, Louis told reporters, "for a big guy, he was pretty good and just about as tough as they come". He lost to Louis again in his second and final attempt at the heavyweight title, at the coveted venue of Madison Square Garden on March 27, 1942, in a sixth-round technical knockout. He was down at the bell in both the second and fifth rounds. Before 18,000 fans, <mask> fought through a bruising attack by Louis, lumbering into the fourth round and connecting with a few blows, before succumbing to a brutal attack in the opening of the sixth.Louis was fighting for the Army for the first time, and though he was fitter than in his first match with <mask>, he was hoping for a quick knockout to avoid injury as he received no purse for the fight. The match was a benefit for the Army Relief Fund, which helped both boxer's reputations and garnered a larger audience, including many servicemen. Film and television
Between 1940–1962, <mask> acted in short roles in several TV series, had parts in four movies and appeared in a documentary short featuring his 1942 world championship fight with Joe Louis. Careers after boxing and death
Continuing his career in law enforcement after his second loss to Louis, he was appointed Deputy Police Commissioner of Long Beach in 1942. From 1947–1956, he had a successful part-time career as a boxing referee in the New York area. For most of his adult life he lived on 215th Street in Long Island's Bayside Hills, in Queens, New York. He began working as a detective at Roosevelt Raceway in 1957, and after suffering from arthritis, switched to Public Relations around 1966.He died on October 24, 1969 at Meadowbrook Hospital in East Meadow, Long Island, leaving a wife, Rita (Siebel), whom he had married in 1942, and two children, Alfred and Kathleen. A week before his death, he had been working in his Public Relations job for the Roosevelt Raceway, when he suffered a serious heart attack. He was buried at Mount Ararat Cemetery in East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York. Selected bouts

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| Jim Dowling
| Mar 11, 1935
| Jamaica, Queens
| 2nd Rnd. KO
| Boxing debut
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| Lou Nova
| Oct 21, 1936
| New York, New York
| 6 Rnds Points
| Rare early loss
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| Buddy Baer
| Aug 30, 1937
| Yankee Stad., Bronx
| 3rd Rnd TKO
| Rare early loss
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| Willie Reddish
| Dec 6, 1939
| Philadelphia
| 4 Rnd TKO
| Reddish had gash on his forehead
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| Willie Reddish
| Jan 22, 1940
| Philadelphia
| 10 Rnds Points
| Simon floored twice
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| Jersey Joe Walcott
| Feb 12, 1940
| Laurel Garden, Newark, NJ
| 6th Rnd KO
| Walcott, future heavywt. champ
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| Win
| Eddie Blunt
| May 20, 1940
| Newark, New Jersey
| 10 Rnd Points
| Fought in the rain
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| Roscoe Toles
| Dec 6, 1940
| Detroit, MI
| 10 Rnds
| Unanimous Dec.
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| Gunnar Barlund
| Oct. 7, 1940
| New York, New York
| 10 Rnd Points Dec.
| At St. Nicholas Arena
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| Joe Louis
| Mar 21, 1941
| Detroit, Michigan
| 13th Rnd TKO
| Heavyweight title match*
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| Turkey Thompson
| Oct 6, 1941
| Los Angeles, CA
| 10 Rnd Points
| Well-publicized match
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| Joe Louis
| Mar 27, 1942
| Mad. Sq.Garden, NY
| 6th Rnd TKO
| Heavyweight title match*19,000 fans
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title: Mark Ravenhill

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<mask> (born 7 June 1966) is an English playwright, actor and journalist. <mask> is one of the most widely-performed playwrights in British theatre of the late-twentieth and twenty-first centuries. His major plays include Shopping and Fucking (first performed in 1996), Some Explicit Polaroids (1999), Mother Clap's Molly House (2000), The Cut (2006), Shoot Get Treasure Repeat (2007) and The Cane (2018). He made his professional acting debut in his own monologue Product, at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Early life
<mask> is the elder of two sons born to Ted and <mask>. He grew up in West Sussex, England and cultivated an early interest in theatre, putting on plays with his brother when they were eight and seven, respectively. He studied English and Drama at Bristol University from 1984–1987, and worked as a freelance director, workshop leader and drama teacher.In the mid-1990s, <mask> was diagnosed as HIV+, his partner of the early 1990s having died from AIDS. Career
His first short play, Fist, gained the attention of Max Stafford-Clark, artistic director of Out of Joint Theatre Company who asked to see his next play. <mask> quickly finished the play that would make his name: Shopping and Fucking. It is set among a mostly young, queer group of friends and captured a generation using sex, drugs, popular culture and therapy to replace a fundamental lack of history, value and political commitment. The play toured with two successful runs at the Royal Court Theatre and then the West End, before embarking on world tours. It was one of the British plays that were picked up by German theatres to establish a new generational wave of directors, writers, and audiences. <mask> followed this with a series of plays that shared Shopping and Fucking's punky, gender-queer aggression, including Faust Is Dead (1997), Handbag (1998), Some Explicit Polaroids (1999).The plays did not necessarily share the attitudes of their characters and contained ironic commentary beneath the violence and intensity. Faust is Dead explored some queer post-modern ideas, with nods to Jean Baudrillard; Some Explicit Polaroids adopted some features of the 'State of the Nation Play', an epic left-wing theatre style associated with the 1970s. Each play simultaneously endorsed and critiqued the intellectual styles and movements that they were working in. Handbag was a response to Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest making more explicit a sense of contemporary identities being connected to a longer history. This was brought even more to the fore in Mother Clap's Molly House, set in an eighteenth-century Molly House and depicting a range of gender-nonconformists from a pre-gay, pre-queer era exploring dissident sexualities. The play was directed by Nick Hytner who became Artistic Director of the National Theatre the year after, bringing in <mask> as a key advisor. Through the 2000s, <mask> moved further away from naturalism, continually changing styles and forms.His play The Cut moves into Pinteresque territory, its metaphorical image of a near-future society organised around an unspecified surgical procedure (the 'cut' of the title) was an allegory of liberal authoritarianism. Shoot Get Treasure Repeat began as a series of short (usually 20-minute) plays performed over successive mornings at the Edinburgh Festival in 2007, under the title Breakfast with <mask> (for which he received the Spirit of the Fringe award). Retitled collectively Shoot Get Treasure Repeat they were performed across London by the Gate Theatre, the Royal Court, the National Theatre, Paines Plough and others. Most of the plays' titles are drawn from the western literary canon, and offered satirical commentaries on western complacency, the Iraq War, and more. Product (2005), his monologue for two people (the second actor is silent) was a satire of Hollywood and attitudes to terrorism post-9/11. <mask> himself performed the role in the original tour. pool (no water) was written for the physical theatre company Frantic Assembly and concerned a group of artists who lament and celebrate the death of their successful colleague; the text was written in fragments, observing the speech patterns of the Young British Artists and the hypocrisies of artistic rivalry.Each of these texts move away from direct representations of the contemporary world towards something more abstract, minimalist, metaphorical. Despite this he continued to resist definition, also writing a pantomime, Dick Whittington (2006), for the Barbican Theatre, a piece for, about and performed by the drag performer Bette Bourne entitled A Life in Three Acts (2009), and a series of plays for young people: Totally Over You (2003), Citizenship (2005) and Scenes from Family Life (2007). His range widened further in the 2010s. At the end of the 2000s, <mask> collaborated with Ramin Gray in directing his own Over There, a highly experimental play and performance about twins separated by the Berlin Wall for the Royal Court. He also worked in music theatre, creating libretti for Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea and a new music-theatre piece Ten Plagues written for Marc Almond (both 2011). As Writer-in-Residence for the Royal Shakespeare Company, he produced a new translation of Brecht's Life of Galileo and a dramatisation and response to Voltaire's Candide (both 2013). At the end of the decade he collaborated with Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers on a musical adaptation of David Walliams's The Boy in the Dress (2019).He was commissioned by the London Gay Men's Chorus for a piece to mark the choir's 21st anniversary in 2012. With the music composed by Conor Mitchell, the piece, entitled Shadow Time, explores the evolution of mentalities in respect of homosexuality in the lifetime of the Chorus and was premiered at the Royal Festival Hall in May 2012 during the Chorus' summer concert: A Band of Brothers. He returned to the Royal Court in 2018 with The Cane, about a schoolteacher whose distant history as an administer of corporal punishment threatens his reputation, his family even his life. He created ITV sitcom Vicious with Gary Janetti which aired between 2013 and 2016. and in 2014 wrote a Doctor Who audio story entitled Of Chaos Time The for Big Finish. In 2021, <mask> was appointed co-artistic director of the King's Head Theatre for 2022. In a 2021 interview with Benjamin Yeoh, <mask> explained he was looking to programme more queer and LGBTQ+ work as a co-artistic director. Plays

 Fist (1995)
 Shopping and Fucking (1996)
 Faust Is Dead (1997)
 Sleeping Around (1998)
 Handbag (1998)
 Some Explicit Polaroids (1999)
 Mother Clap's Molly House (2000)
 Feed Me (Radio Play) (2000)
 Totally Over You (2003)
 Education (2004)
 Citizenship (2005)
 Product (2005)
 The Cut (2006)
 Pool (No Water) (2006)
 Ravenhill For Breakfast (2007)
 Scenes From Family Life (2007)
 Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat (2008)
 Over There (2009)
 The Experiment (2009)
 Ten Plagues - A Song Cycle (2011)
 Candide (2013)
 Ghost Story (2015)
 The Cane (2018)
The Boy in the Dress (2019)

Opera translations
 The Coronation of Poppea Monteverdi (2011)

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Biography at the Barbican homepage.<mask> at the website of the British Arts Council. Author's page, incl. "critical perspective." (Compiled and written by Dr. Peter Buse, 2003.) <mask> at the website of In-Yer-Face Theatre. Ravenhill 10. A symposium celebrating the tenth anniversary of Shopping & Fucking, The Pinter Centre for Performance and Creative Writing, Goldsmiths, University of London.Audio interview from OpenLearn
Literary Encyclopedia
Contemporary Writers, British Council
New York Entertainment
The Guardian
Barbican, <mask>
At the Playwright Database

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title: Liz Deschenes

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<mask> (born 1966) is an American contemporary artist and educator. Her work is situated between sculpture and image and engages with post-conceptual photography and Minimalism. Her work examines the fluidity of the medium of photography and expands on what constitutes the viewing of a photograph. <mask> has stated that she seeks to "enable the viewer to see the inconstancy of the conditions of display, which are always at play but sometimes hard to see." Her practice is not bound to a single technology, method, process, or subject, but to the fundamental elements of photography, such as light, paper, chemistry, and time. She has taught at Bennington College and was a visiting artist at Columbia University's School of Visual Arts and Yale University. In 2019, she was the Wolf Chair in Photography at Cooper Union.She currently teaches at the School of Visual Arts, New York. She lives and works in New York City. Early life and education
<mask> was born in 1966 in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up on the South Shore, a largely homogeneous and conservative town. As a child, she frequently encountered and was fascinated by the Boston Gas Tank (Rainbow Tank) by artist and activist Corita Kent, situated prominently on the waterfront of Dorchester. In the mid-1980s, <mask> enrolled at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), intending to study painting or architecture but eventually changing her focus to photography. The pedagogical style of RISD at the time was very conservative and there were few female faculty members in the photography department. As a result, Deschenes sought other contexts for involvement with feminism, queer politics, AIDS activism, examining the power of representation within the medium of photography.Deschenes graduated from RISD in 1988 with a BFA degree in photography. Deschenes worked in photography labs as a technician throughout her career as a young artist, becoming adept at chemical and analogue printing processes. In this capacity, she also worked extensively documenting the artwork of others, which influenced her notion of mediation and the conditions of production and display. In 1997, Deschenes presented Elevation #1-#7 (1997), a set of seven monochrome dye transfer prints whose colors correspond to those developed by cartographers to represent the range of earth's elevation. In the work, by utilizing the process of dye color transfer color printing, which was discontinued by Kodak in 1994, Deschenes investigates the technological changes in the medium. In 2001, influenced by her visit to the National Association of Broadcasters' convention in Las Vegas, Deschenes created her series Blue and Green Screens (2001-2002), which foregrounded the invisible backdrops used for special effects in film production. Work
Deschenes explores the materials and properties of photography, light, and perception, often in relation to the architectural environments within which they are displayed.Curator and critic Matthew Witkovsky has written that Deschenes' work "pushes against the basic terms by which photography is conventionally defined: instantaneity, veracity, fixity, or reproducibility." At the same time, Deschenes engages with the legacy of Minimalism, drawing attention to the techniques of the observer by deploying old photographic methods and techniques such as the photogram and the daguerreotype. Deschenes "calibrates her works to the site" in order to reveal the spectator's relationship to the space, whether by encouraging new visual encounters or responding to and disrupting the architectural space. Major works
In 2007, Deschenes presented her series of photographs titled Moiré (2007) at Miguel Abreu Gallery's "Registration" exhibition. For the work, Deschenes photographed a sheet of perforated paper filtering the light coming through the window, and layered the negative with a duplicate in an enlarger to create an abstract image with illusions of movement. Moirés were paired with Red Transfer (1997), a diptych of monochromatic dye transfer prints with subtle differences in hue. The dye transfers' matrices alignment served as a counterpoint to the misregistration in the Moirés series.In an interview with Mousse Magazine in 2014, <mask> noted that the Moires series sought to "confound" the limitations of making something "with a property largely outside of the confines of photography and expectations that are brought to looking at a photographic work." Two years later, in 2009, Deschenes created Tilt / Swing (2009), an installation of six "silver mirror" panels arranged in a 360-degree floor-to-ceiling configuration. It was based on an unrealized exhibition design conceived by Herbert Bayer, a Bauhaus artist and architect, in The Fundamentals of Exhibition Design. While Bayer's schema sought to be "an inclusive picture of all [viewpoint] possibilities," Deschenes' installation resulted in a fragmentation of the surrounding environment. Commenting on the title of the work, Matthew Witkovsky has written that the words tilt and swing evoke "abstract issues of viewpoint and manipulation, for example the ways in which the spectatorial subject is turned or focused in the controlled setting of a museum building." At the same time, curator Eva Respini has remarked that in addition to the reference to Bayer, it is crucial to consider the influence of Conceptual and Performance Art in Tilt / Swing, as the work requires a physical "activation by the viewer." In her 2012-2013 exhibition at the Secession in Vienna, Deschenes staged a new series of photograms, Stereographs 1-16 (2012).In the installation, Deschenes mimicked the illusion of spatiality in the stereoscopes by converting the gallery into a camera. Deschenes moved the gallery's entrance to a previously unused exterior side door, leading the viewers through a long hallway (the viewfinder) to two adjacent rooms (the stereograph). Each room contained four Stereographs of the same size. Johanna Burton stated that the Stereographs "must be seen not only as dilating context and insisting on spatial occupation but also as moving speculatively: developing." In 2014, at the invitation of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Deschenes created Gallery 7 (2014), a site-specific installation composed of three elements: eleven photographs in freestanding frames; three horizontal lines etched into the gallery walls; and the natural light from the floor-to-ceiling windows. The freestanding frames were located in the center of the space, relocating the viewing experience from the walls towards the windows. The exhibition was on view for a year, throughout which the light conditions changed and encouraged the oxidation of the light-sensitive photograms.The proportions of the photographs, furthermore, were based on those of an index card, in reference to Lucy Lippard's c. 7,500 exhibition of Conceptual art by women artists at the Walker Art Center in 1973. In 2018, Deschenes staged her Rates (Frames per Second) exhibition at Miguel Abreu Gallery. In the installation, Deschenes took the proto-cinematic experiments of Étienne-Jules Marey as the point of departure and presented two series, FPS (Frames per Second) and FPF (Frames per Feet). FPS was cut and mounted directly on vertical strips of dibond, and FPF was pressed in thin, horizontal frames. Both series progressed with the rhythm of the viewer's footsteps, akin to the body's movement being captured by the camera in time. The Brooklyn Rail described the show as centering on not "the specific atmospheric or environmental conditions that produced each print," but "how time is felt...and the specific weight that time can hold in space." Exhibitions
Deschenes has exhibited extensively in the United States and abroad, including solo shows at ICA/Boston (2016), MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA (2015), Walker Art Center in Minneapolis (2015), Campoli Presti in Paris  and London (2013), Secession, Vienna (2012), Sutton Lane, Brussels (2010), and Miguel Abreu Gallery in New York (2009).Her first solo presentation at an American museum, "Liz Deschenes: Gallery 7" was on view at the Walker Art Center from November 2014 to October 2015 and curated by Eric Crosby. Deschenes' work has been included in numerous group exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Musee d'Art Moderne, the Centre Pompidou, and Extra City Kunsthal in Antwerp. Her work was also featured in "Sites of Reason: A Selection of Recent Acquisitions" at the Museum of Modern Art (2014), "What is a Photograph?" at the International Center of Photography in New York (2014), and "Cross Over. Photography of Science + Science of Photography" at Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland (2013). Deschenes was also featured in the 2012 Whitney Biennial and "Parcours" (2012), a two-person exhibition at The Art Institute of Chicago that she co-curated with Florian Pumhösl and Matthew Witkovsky. Recent monographs dedicated to Deschenes' work includes <mask> (Boston: The Institute of Contemporary Art, 2016) and <mask>, Secession (Vienna: Secession, Berlin: Revolver, 2012).Collections
Deschenes' work is in the collections of the Centre Pompidou in France, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, as well as The Art Institute of Chicago, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the ICA/Boston, the CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art, the Milwaukee Art Museum, and the Corcoran Museum of Art and the Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston showed the first comprehensive survey of her work in 2016. References

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title: Robert Lee Yates

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<mask>. (born May 27, 1952) is an American serial killer from Spokane, Washington. From 1975 to 1998, <mask> is known to have murdered at least 11 women in Spokane. <mask> also confessed to two murders committed in Walla Walla in 1975 and a 1988 murder committed in Skagit County. In 2002, <mask> was convicted of killing two women in Pierce County and sentenced to death, but it was commuted to life without parole after Washington outlawed the death penalty in 2018. He is currently serving life in prison at the Washington State Penitentiary. Early life
<mask> was born on May 27, 1952, and grew up in Oak Harbor, Washington in a middle-class family that attended a local Seventh-day Adventist church. Before his birth, his grandmother murdered his grandfather with an axe in 1945.<mask> graduated from Oak Harbor High School in 1970. In 1975, he was hired by the Washington State Department of Corrections to work as a correction officer at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. In October 1977, <mask> enlisted in the United States Army, in which he became certified to fly civilian transport airplanes and helicopters. <mask> was stationed in various countries outside the continental United States, including Germany and later Somalia and Haiti during the United Nations peacekeeping missions of the 1990s. <mask> also served three years in the Army National Guard as a Helicopter Pilot from April 1997 through April 2000. He earned several commendation and service medals during his military career, including the US Army Master Aviator Badge. <mask> left the active duty Army in April 1996, apparently a year and a half short of being eligible for his full retirement benefits and pension.At this time, the military was reducing its numbers, so he got his full retirement despite being short of the customary 20 years served. He then joined the Army National Guard in April 1997 and served three years until his arrest in April 2000. He served a total of 21.5 years in the military. He has five children (four daughters and one son) with second wife Linda, whom he married in 1976. The children's birth years range from 1974 to 1989. Murders
The murders <mask> committed between 1975 and 1998 in Spokane all involved sex workers who worked along Spokane's East Sprague Avenue. The victims were initially solicited for sex work by <mask>, who would have sex with them (often in his 1979 Ford van), sometimes do drugs with them, then kill them and dump their bodies in rural locations.All of his victims died of gunshot wounds to the head. Eight of the murders were committed with a Raven .25-caliber handgun, and one attempted murder was linked to the same model of handgun. Autopsies of two of the victims indicated that the killer was a marksman aiming for the heart. One particularly bizarre detail of <mask>' murders involved the case of Melody Murfin, whose body was buried just outside the bedroom window of <mask>' family home, while his wife was sleeping in the room

On August 1, 1998, <mask> picked up sex worker Christine Smith, who managed to escape after being shot, assaulted and robbed. She is <mask>' only known attempted murder survivor. On September 19, 1998, <mask> was asked to give a DNA sample to Spokane police after being stopped. He refused, stating that it was too extreme of a request for a "family man."Convictions and appeals
<mask> was arrested on April 18, 2000, for the murder of Jennifer Joseph. After his arrest, a search warrant was executed on a 1977 white Corvette that he had previously owned. A white Corvette had been identified as the vehicle in which one of the victims had last been seen. Coincidentally, <mask> had been pulled over in this vehicle while the Task Force was searching for it, but the field interview report was misread as saying "Camaro" not "Corvette," thus the incident was not realized until after <mask> had been arrested. After searching the Corvette, police discovered blood that they linked to Jennifer Joseph and DNA from <mask> that they then tied to 12 other victims. In 2000, he was charged with 13 counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder in Spokane County Superior Court. As part of a plea bargain in which <mask> confessed to the murders to avoid the death penalty, he was sentenced to 408 years in prison.Charges were dropped in the murder of Shawn McClenahan, however in a statement made by <mask>, he apologized to her family and the other victims. In 2001 <mask> was charged in Pierce County with the murders of two additional women. The prosecution sought the death penalty for the deaths of Melinda L. Mercer in 1997 and Connie Ellis in 1998, which were thought to be linked to the killings in Spokane County. On September 19, 2002, <mask> was convicted of those murders and subsequently sentenced to death by lethal injection on October 3, 2002. The 2002 death sentence was appealed on grounds that <mask> believed his 2000 plea bargain to be "all-encompassing" and that a life sentence for 13 murders and a death sentence for two constituted "disproportionate, freakish, wanton and random" application of the death penalty. The arguments were rejected in 2007 by the Washington Supreme Court. A September 19, 2008 execution date was stayed by Chief Justice Gerry L. Alexander pending additional appeals.In 2013, <mask>'s attorneys filed a habeas corpus petition in federal district court, stating that <mask> is mentally ill and, "through no fault of his own ... suffers from a severe paraphilic disorder" that predisposed him to commit murder. The still-pending motion is regarded as a "long shot" by most observers. "I don't think Mr. <mask> helps his cause by relying on the fact that he's a necrophiliac," said Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist. <mask> remains incarcerated at the Washington State Penitentiary. His case was further complicated by Washington Governor Jay Inslee's 2013 declaration that he would not sign death warrants for anyone on death row while he is in office. Inslee cited the high cost of the appeals process, the randomness with which death sentences are sought, and a lack of evidence that the penalty serves as a deterrent to other criminals. In July 2015, the Washington Supreme Court once again rejected an effort by <mask> to overturn his conviction and death sentence.After the Washington State Supreme Court ruled in 2018 that the death penalty violated the state constitution, <mask>'s death sentence, as well as that of Washington's other death row inmates, was commuted to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Victims

See also
 List of serial killers in the United States
 List of serial killers by number of victims

References

External links
<mask> <mask>, Jr. at Crime Library
Kari & Associates – <mask> <mask>, Jr.

1952 births
American aviators
United States Army personnel of the Gulf War
American murderers of children
American people convicted of murder
American prisoners sentenced to death
American serial killers
Crimes against sex workers in the United States
Male serial killers
Living people
Necrophiles
People convicted of murder by Washington (state)
People from Spokane, Washington
People from Walla Walla, Washington
Prisoners sentenced to death by Washington (state)
United States Army soldiers
American male criminals
Violence against women in the United States

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