title: Zhu Xiao-Mei

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<mask>-Mei (, born 1949) is a Chinese classical pianist and teacher, now based in Paris, France. Biography
<mask>-Mei was born in Shanghai in 1949. Her music studies started early, and she played on Beijing radio and television by the age of 8. Two years later, she entered into the National School of Music for gifted children, and also attended the Central Conservatory of Music. Brief Info: <mask>, was born in Shanghai in 1949 , and currently teaches at Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris, living by the river side of the Seine in Paris, France. She maintains a low-key life style and is one of the most talented and respected Chinese pianists of the century. "1957-1975"  Early Years:  Cultural Revolution Survivor

Coming from an artistic family, she stepped onto the stage of Radio channels in Beijing to play piano at the age of 8.She graduated with excellent academic achievement from the high school affiliated with the Central Conservatory of Music in 1962. During the "Cultural Revolution" period, <mask> was dispatched to Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province for reeducation through a Maoist Labor Camp for 5 years. Despite this unfortunate experience, she kept her longing for art and an ideal future alive and well during the years of national chaotic madness. She even found a piano with broken strings on which she could practice in secret. She returned to Beijing in 1975. When China resumed the College Entrance Exam policy, <mask>'s age only allowed her to be enrolled in the class of advanced studies at the Central Conservatory of Music. She then started to teach piano lessons at Beijing Dancing Academy."1979"  Master's Degree in Piano Music -The New England Conservatory of Music. Her major life-changing event was when the famous American violinist Isaac Stern visited China in 1979, which eventually contributed to <mask>'s study in the United States (also with the great help of prestigious pianist/educator Zhou Guang-Ren). She began to study at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston in 1980, and got her Master's Degree in Piano Music there. During her years of study in the United States, she worked hard through part time jobs to support her study and it was a difficult time. She even did housecleaning for the principal female flutist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in exchange for practicing piano at her home, which was greatly appreciated by the flutist, according to one of her interviews. "1985"  Move to Paris, France

Just when she was losing hope in the States, <mask> got the chance to pursue her dream in Paris, France in 1985, just 2 days before her U.S. visa expired. At the beginning, she could barely make ends meet, but with the admiration and generous help of one professor in the Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris, she was offered a teaching position in the school and a budget accommodation in which to live.She had 7 different places where she could practice piano for free. With the help of friends, her stunning piano skills started to draw attention both from Europe and South America, leading to several music concerts & recitals in those areas. "80s-90s"  Golden Years: the Big Takeoff

Without an agent's proper promotion, she still managed to make her impact in the classical music circle one step at a time, focusing her interest on a handful of composers of whom she was particularly fond. During her takeoff years playing piano in Paris, every single one of her recitals was sold out. Then she started to go on tours in Europe, North America, South America, Asia and even Australia. Her records/albums were great hits and have been admired by some major record companies since then. Mirare had published many of her records.Her interests include the Goldberg Variations, Domenico SCARLATTI, Joseph HAYDN, MOZART, BEETHOVEN, SCHUBERT and SCHUMANN, but it is BACH who remains at the heart of her music universe. And she is now widely recognized as one of his leading exponents. Of Thomas Kantor's keyboard works, she has already recorded The Well-Tempered Clavier, the Partitas, The Art of the Fugue, the Inventions and Sinfonias and the Goldberg Variations. Her first album was completed at the age of 50. One of the legendary stories is that when <mask> played the Goldberg Variations at a family concert in Paris, an old lady was so deeply impressed and touched by her way of interpreting BACH's music, that she offered a riverside apartment to <mask> at an extremely low price. The apartment was close to Musee du Louvre and Notre Dame de Paris with an amazing view of the River Seine. Visitors said there was almost nothing in <mask>'s apartment except her piano and bed.She has lived a low profile and simple life all these years ever since she arrived in Paris. "1994-2014" Highlights of her career

In 1994, <mask> was invited to perform a piano recital in Théatre de la Ville, which was also her first public performance as a pianist in Paris. Ever since then, her concerts have all sold out and until this day she keeps performing in Théatre de la Ville once a year. Her first appearance in Théatre des Champs Elysées was a huge success. Being a perfectionist as she is , <mask> turned down the offer from the famous Théatre des Champs Elysées - an invitation to perform there every year. Overexposure of herself is frowned upon by <mask>-Mei, as she only wants the audience to enjoy the pureness of her music rather than her life story. Unlike most artists that aim to get more opportunities by exposing themselves in front of cameras, she limits her public appearances as she only wants to perform for responsive audiences who love real classical music.On June 21, 2014, <mask> was invited to perform in the St. Thomas Church, Leipzig, where J.S BACH had worked for 23 years. The recital was held just in front of BACH's grave , <mask> was the first pianist to perform in this church, "The concert started at 10:30pm and ended at 1:30am. It was a special musical experience." <mask> said, who played BACH's music for almost all her life. The DVD and CD of this recital have received a Special Achievement Award at the International Classical Music Awards. Documentary

The peace and quietness, and real balance that she finds in Bach's music is actually the highest level of traditional Chinese philosophy and wisdom – Taoism, the concept of which is explained in a more detailed manner in her documentary "Une Chinoise avec Bach", directed by Michel Mollard. The short film briefly tells the story of <mask>-Mei's life -long passion with J.S BACH and is a very beautiful artwork indeed.Recent Updates

She performed in China for the first time in 2014, after an absence of 35 years, While she received the title of Professor Emeritus at the Beijing Conservatory, the same year she was honored with the title of "Chevalier of Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" by The Ministry of Culture, France . She currently has two major projects in hand: First her recording of BACH's keyboard works and second, her help for a younger generation of musicians. Her own generation having known not only a loss of liberty accompanied by material hardship but also what she regards as the worst of all privations: the closure of schools and universities and the actual denial of an education. Her autobiography, The Secret Piano: From Mao's Labor Camps to BACH's Goldberg Variations was published by Robert Laffont in 2007 and won the 2008 Grand Prix des Muses. It has been translated into many other languages. Fan Page

Facebook Fan Page:  search page "<mask>-Mei"

References

zhuxiaomei's website

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Living people
Chinese classical pianists
Chinese women pianists
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Central Conservatory of Music alumni
New England Conservatory alumni
Conservatoire de Paris faculty
Chinese emigrants to the United States
Chinese emigrants to France
Sent-down youths
Musicians from Shanghai
Musicians from Paris

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title: Greg Combet

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<mask>  (; born 28 April 1958) is a former Australian politician and trade unionist. He was Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions between 1999 and 2007. He was elected member for the New South Wales Federal seat of Charlton for the Australian Labor Party at the 2007 election and was immediately appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement in the First Rudd Ministry on 3 December 2007. <mask> was the Minister for Climate Change, Industry and Innovation in the Second Gillard Ministry before announcing his resignation from the ministry on 26 June 2013 following Julia Gillard's defeat in a leadership ballot. He previously served as Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change, when Penny Wong was the Minister. He retired from politics at the 2013 election. In 2020, <mask> was appointed to the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission to "provide strategic and policy advice" for the Morrison Coalition Government.Early life
<mask> was born in Sydney and attended Eastern Creek Primary school, then Rooty Hill High School from years 7 to 10. He completed his secondary education at Baulkham Hills High School. He was later educated at the University of New South Wales where he studied mining engineering, and then graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Economics, and a Graduate Diploma in Labour Relations and the Law. He was a project officer for the New South Wales Tenants' Union, before working for the Lidcombe Workers' Health Centre. In 1987, he was employed by the Waterside Workers' Federation, now part of the Maritime Union of Australia. Union activity
Combet's association with the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) began in 1993 when he became a Senior Industrial Officer. In 1996 he was elected Assistant Secretary and in 1999 following the retirement of Bill Kelty, he became Secretary.Over his time at the ACTU, <mask> has co-ordinated many union campaigns, and rose to prominence during the 1998 Australian waterfront dispute. Combet also led successful campaigns to secure entitlements and compensation for the staff of the collapsed airline Ansett Australia and asbestos victims of the James Hardie company. In his capacity as Secretary of the ACTU, Combet led the Rights at Work campaign against the Howard Government's WorkChoices industrial relations law changes. Parliament

On 4 May 2007 <mask> announced his intention to run for the safe Labor seat of Charlton in Newcastle, New South Wales. The sitting member for Charlton, Kelly Hoare, expressed anger at losing preselection for her seat, and for a time considered running as an independent. <mask> stood down as ACTU Secretary to campaign full-time in Charlton in the lead up to the federal election. On 14 June 2007 Jeff Lawrence, National Secretary of the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union (LHMU) was elected unopposed as the next Secretary of the ACTU.<mask> was elected as the new member for Charlton on 24 November 2007 as part of the ALP's victory in the 2007 Australian federal election, achieving a two party preferred swing of 4.47 per cent, winning 62.87 per cent of the two party vote. Following the election, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd appointed <mask> as Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement in the First Rudd Ministry. He was sworn in on 3 December 2007. In February 2009, <mask> was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change, with a focus on emissions trading, to assist Climate Change Minister Senator Penny Wong. As a result of the resignation of Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon and the subsequent ministerial reshuffle, <mask> was promoted to the ministry on 6 June 2009, as Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science and Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change. Combet's portfolio was amended into April 2010 to Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency and Minister for Defence Materiel and Science and to help him focus on the Government's energy efficiency programs, he axed part of this scheme—Home Insulation Program (HIP) in late April due to the safety risks and the blow-out in funding. <mask> was re-elected to Charlton at the 2010 federal election, suffering a post-redistribution two party swing of 0.24 per cent, winning 62.67 per cent of the two party vote.After Labor was returned to government in this election, <mask> entered Cabinet, succeeding Wong as Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Following the passage of the government's Clean Energy Bill, the portfolio of Industry and Innovation was added to Combet's responsibilities. <mask> had decided to step down over health concerns prior to Prime Minister Gillard's defeat in a leadership spill on 26 June 2013, but brought this decision forward and announced he would step down as minister and not contest his seat in the upcoming election. The seat of Charlton was subsequently won for the ALP by <mask>'s former advisor and chief-of-staff Pat Conroy. Subsequent activities

Since leaving parliament, <mask> has worked as a consultant to unions, governments and business and as a company director. Combet works primarily with industry superannuation funds and in December 2018 became chair of Industry Super Australia and Chair of IFM Investors, a global asset management business owned by the industry superannuation funds. In 2020, in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Combet was appointed to "provide strategic and policy advice" for the Liberal Morrison Government.<mask>, writing in The Guardian in late‑2021, describes Australia's failed climate policies and argues that a sensible energy transition is indeed possible. Personal life
On 12 June 2006, Combet was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for service to industrial relations and through advocacy for the improved health and safety of workers, including people affected by asbestos-related diseases, and to the community. Combet is separated from his second wife and in 2012 began a relationship with ABC-TV newsreader Juanita Phillips. Combet is the son of a winemaker and grew up on the Penfolds Minchinbury Estate in western Sydney. He is well known for breeding Gouldian finches. In 2014, Combet published his autobiography The Fights of My Life. In the 2007 ABC-TV series Bastard Boys, dramatising the 1998 Australian waterfront dispute, in which Combet was heavily involved, the role of Combet was played by Daniel Frederiksen.See also
 First Rudd Ministry
 First Gillard Ministry
 Second Gillard Ministry

References

External links

Profile at NSW Labor Party

<mask> at OurCampaigns.com
Profile at ABC News
The Hon <mask>t AM MP speech to the National Press Club of Australia
 Profile at ACTU
 Your Rights At Work

1958 births
Living people
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia
Australian mining engineers
Australian trade unionists
Government ministers of Australia
Members of the Australian House of Representatives
Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Charlton
Members of the Cabinet of Australia
Members of the Order of Australia
People educated at Baulkham Hills High School
People from Sydney
University of New South Wales alumni
University of Sydney alumni
21st-century Australian politicians

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title: Philip Pavia

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<mask> (1911-2005) was a culturally influential American artist of Italian descent, known for his scatter sculpture and figurative abstractions, and the debate he fostered among the 20th century's most important art thinkers. A founder of the New York School of Abstract Expressionism, he "did much to shift the epicentre of Modernism from Paris to New York," both as founding organizer of The Club and as founder, editor and publisher of the short-lived but influential art journal It Is: A Magazine for Abstract Art. Reference to the magazine appears in the archives of more than two dozen celebrated art figures, including Picasso, Peggy Guggenheim, and art critic Clement Greenberg. The Club is credited with inspiring art critic Harold Rosenberg’s influential essay “The American Action Painters" and the historic 9th Street Show. Sculpture

<mask>'s spent two years studying architecture at Yale, before transferring to the Art Students League of New York in 1931 where he met life-long friend, fellow abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock. For the next few years, <mask> alternated between art studies in New York and traveling studies in Europe. In 1937, he finally settled in New York City permanently.Soon after, he was hired as WPA Federal Art Project artist, which he later described as an invaluable training ground for himself and for friends and contemporaries like Willem de Kooning, Landes Lewitin, Franz Kline, Jack Tworkov. The experience solidified their discipline and their dialogue, while also giving them ready access to others with a daily practice of making, and therefore thinking about, art. By 1946, <mask> had started to show professionally, but he was, according to the Times, "something of a loner in his work, and arguably more of an original than some of his better-known contemporaries." As a result, <mask>'s first major show was in the 1960s, and featured "tumbling blocks of coloured stone that echoed the effects de Kooning had achieved in his paintings, and which are perhaps," the Times underscored, "underrated for their originality." In a 1971 article for the New York Times, <mask> explained his work this way:I like to get light to come out of the stone—that's the beauty of it.... I try to carve so as to convey the feel of the light simmering up along the piece and down,” he continued. “Color and light make the marble real, otherwise it looks just like a balustrade.When I'm finished, the three pieces should go around like a carrousel, like one big shaft.Best known for his large-scale abstract assemblages, <mask> also created figurative pieces. His most monumental work been installed on the grounds of several major public sites. In 1971, he was one of four chosen to help sculpt 10 pieces for New York City's first Sculpture Symposium at the Cooper Hewitt Museum of Design. In 1973, he showed a six-foot-tall bronze head of President Kennedy at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Other major installations included the 10-foot-high marble abstraction Wind, Sand and Stars, installed at New York's Cloisters Museum, and the Ides of March, which stood on Sixth Avenue, outside of the New York Hilton, for nearly 25 years. The Times described the latter piece as "four large, rough-hewn diamond shapes whose edges appeared to follow the viewer wherever he walked." <mask>'s marble scatter sculpture "East Pediment, Sun-up" was exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. in 1966, before traveling to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and its permanent home at the UB Art Galleries in Buffalo, New York in 2020.<mask> also created large-scale abstract figuration, including "imaginary portraits of many members of The Club" in 1982. John Russell, writing for the New York Times, describes them as "... remarkably ''like,'' without being merely descriptive, and when the light falls on their polished surfaces, the sitters really look like people who are growing old in the service of art." In <mask>'s final show, in 2005, he exhibited "12 colossal terracotta heads, executed in a menacingly primitive style [that] drew comparisons with the work of Giacometti." The Club

Called an "outspoken avant-garde thinker" by the Boston Globe, <mask> founded The Club in 1948, envisioning regular debate among artists, writers and thinkers about issues in art during twice-weekly lectures, members-only panel conversations and other events. Established shortly after the war, The Club was, in part, a response by American artists intimidated by the modernists who had taken refuge in New York after the war: "[T]here were geniuses walking in the streets, you know. About 30 of them," <mask> told the New York Times in 2002. "They included Piet Mondrian, Max Ernst, Josef Albers, Marcel Breuer, Yves Tanguy, André Breton and Marcel Duchamp.Matisse came for a visit and everybody lined up to see him.... Eventually, the refugees moved uptown, and the Americans decided to take them on." "''The Club'' was a schoolhouse of sorts," writes Devin M. Brown, reviewing Pavia's Club archives, "but it was also a theater, a gallery space, and a dancehall.... [T]he collection demonstrates how various media constantly overlapped whether simply through discussion or in performance. Concerts, dances, and theatrical pieces were all hosted there. Poets, composers, painters, sculptors, filmmakers, and critics all rubbed elbows and argued with each other about aesthetics at The Club’s many panel discussions...." Over time, Pollock rejected surrealism and Jungian imagery, then de Kooning followed suit. After a series of Club lectures on expressionism and abstraction, ideas from both started to merge, and America's first major home-grown abstract art movement was on its way. "There was just blood on the floor every night," Pavia said once, describing the art fights that would result from panel debates.Debate topics spanned both art and philosophy, and frequently included "non-members like Hannah Arendt, Joseph Campbell and John Cage," while bringing together abstractionists and expressionists, which helped lend currency to the term "abstract-expressionism." Artists like Elaine de Kooning, Willem de Kooning, Barnett Newman, Robert Motherwell, Landes Lewitin, Aristodimos Kaldis, and Leo Castelli would attend meetings too. Devin M. Brown also cites Club Without Walls: Selections from the Journals of <mask>, when recalling <mask>'s observation, “If it wasn’t for our persistent gatherings, I am sure we would have all become loners and faded away.”

It is. A Magazine for Abstract Art

In 1956, <mask> resigned from The Club and, in the spring of 1958, published the first edition of the short-lived but influential art journal It is. A Magazine for Abstract Art, as another way to exchange ideas in the Arts. The magazine was used as a forum to discuss ideas of the day, and to champion both emerging artists, such as Allan Kaprow, Robert Rauschenberg, Helen Frankenthaler, and John Chamberlain and already established ones. As a self-described "partisan publisher," Pavia also used it as a platform to advocate for neglected forms of art.For example, in 1959, in an open letter to Leslie Katz, the new publisher of Arts Magazine, he wrote:I am begging you to give the representational artist a better deal. The neglected representational and near-abstract artists, not the abstractionists, need a champion these days.Numerous high-profile artists supported the project, including Elaine de Kooning who spread word of the publication while serving as a judge on an art show and with local museums in New Mexico. Brooklyn Rail critic Phong Bui described the magazine's influence this way: "Although there were only six issues in its  entirety — with a circulation of 2,000 in the first five and 8,000 copies in the last, which was solely devoted to sculpture — It is is considered to be an indispensable document of American art of that period." Interviews

 Bui, Phong. "The Club IT IS: A Conversation with <mask>." Feb-March 2001: The Brooklyn Rail. De Antonio, Emile."Painters Painting" (1973, 116 min). Hooten, Bruce. "Oral history interview with <mask>, 1965 Jan. 19." Archives of American Art. Potter, Jeffrey. "Meet Your Neighbor."Springs, NY, 1989. LTV Public Access Archives, East Hampton, New York. (1989, 29 min). Tatge, Catherine. "Robert Motherwell & The New York School: Storming the Citadel." (1991, 55 min). Public Collections

 Albright-Knox Art Gallery
 Hofstra University Museum Outdoor Sculpture Collection
 National Academy of Design, The
 Metropolitan Museum of Art
 Museo dei Bozzetti (Pietrasanta, Italy)
 Museo della Scultura Contemporanea Matera (MUSMA, Italy )
 Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.Whitney Museum of American Art

Awards and Honors

 Honorary doctorate, Pennsylvania Academy of Painting and Sculpture, 1995
 Selected as one of the Artists of the Millennium for an exhibition at the United Nations, 1999
 Pollack-Krasner Foundation Grant, 2000
 Artists Equity Honoree, 2002
 Guggenheim Award for Sculpture, 2004

Personal life
<mask> was married to the painter, art critic and writer Natalie Edgar. The couple had two sons: His elder son Luigi died in 2012. His younger son Paul is also a sculptor. References

External links
 Artsy
 Smithsonian American Art Museum
 Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University: <mask> and Natalie Edgar archive of abstract expressionist art, 1913-2005

1911 births
2005 deaths
21st-century American sculptors
American male sculptors
21st-century male artists
Artists from Connecticut
Abstract expressionist artists
People of the New Deal arts projects
Federal Art Project artists
Art Students League of New York alumni
Yale University alumni
21st-century publishers (people)
American magazine publishers (people)
American magazine founders

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title: Sean Morey (American football)

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<mask> (born February 26, 1976) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Brown. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the seventh round of the 1999 NFL Draft. Morey also played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals. He earned a Super Bowl ring with the Steelers in Super Bowl XL against the Seattle Seahawks. Early years
Morey graduated from Marshfield High School of Marshfield, Massachusetts in 1994. Because of his light weight, Morey did not receive a scholarship offer from his dream school Boston College and had a partial scholarship offer from Northeastern University, so he decided to attend Hebron Academy.At Hebron, Morey led the football team to win the New England Prep School Class D Championship in 1994. He would win All-Evergreen League Team, Evergreen League MVP, and Class D New England Player of the Year while playing football for Hebron. He played both wide receiver and defensive back while in high school. College career
After graduating from Hebron Academy, he attended Brown University, where he finished with an Ivy League record 251 receptions for 3,850 yards and 40 touchdowns, and was voted Ivy League player of the year in 1997 — when he caught 74 passes for an Ivy League-record 1,434 yards and 15 touchdowns. <mask> was one of seven Brown players selected as First-Team All-Ivy League in 1998, including Stephen Campbell (WR), Zack Burns (TE), Tim Hevesy (C), James Perry (QB), Alex Pittz (CB) and Ephraim "Fry" Wernick (DL). <mask> finished his career second in all-time receiving yards in Division I-AA behind only Jerry Rice. After his stunning career, <mask> was the first Brown player to have his number retired.He also earned a degree with honors in organizational behavior and management. Morey won the Ivy League Bushnell Cup in 1997. Professional career

New England Patriots
Morey was originally selected with the 35th pick of the seventh round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots. He remained with the Patriots until the end of the 2000 season, with the majority of his time being spent on the practice squad. <mask> caught Tom Brady's first career pass. Philadelphia Eagles
In 2001 Morey joined the Philadelphia Eagles where he would become 2003 Special Teams MVP. That same year he was nominated for Dr. Z's (Sports Illustrated) All-Pro team as a special teams player.Also in 2003, <mask> became the 12th player in NFL Europe history to catch 3 touchdown passes in a game while playing for the Barcelona Dragons. Pittsburgh Steelers
The Steelers acquired Morey September 6, 2004 as an unrestricted free agent. He was captain of special teams for Pittsburgh. <mask>'s role for the Steelers was mostly special teams; he did not usually line up at wide receiver. In 2006, <mask>'s role expanded because of injuries to wide receivers Hines Ward and Cedrick Wilson. He finished the season with just 2 receptions (bringing his career total to 3), but also contributed with his blocking and with his work on special teams. He collected a team-high 21 special teams tackles while also returning eight kickoffs for 202 yards (25.3 yard avg.).In a Week 11 24-20 victory over the Browns, he had a 76-yard kickoff return. Arizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals signed <mask> on March 15, 2007 to a three-year free agent contract. Morey rejoined ex-Steeler coaches Ken Whisenhunt (head coach), Russ Grimm (assistant head coach / offensive line) and Kevin Spencer (special teams) in Arizona. The Cardinals released <mask> on March 17, 2008, but re-signed him on March 26. Morey blocked a punt in overtime against the Cowboys on October 12, 2008 that was run in by teammate, Monty Beisel, for the game-winning touchdown. It was the first time in NFL history that a game was ended in overtime by a blocked punt that resulted in a touchdown. Morey was selected to the Pro Bowl in 2008 as a special teamer.Seattle Seahawks
Morey signed with the Seattle Seahawks on March 29, 2010. He never played a game for them, however, announcing his retirement due to concussions just hours before the start of training camp on July 31. Coaching

In February 2014, Morey accepted the head coach position for the Sprint Football team at Princeton University. For the two previous years, he was a Department of Athletics Fellow for general administration at Princeton. Princeton shut down the sprint football team after two seasons with Morey as coach; Morey failed to win a single game as coach of the Tigers, continuing a 16-year-long losing streak. Now, Morey is a high school football coach at the prestigious Lawrenceville School. He has played a pivotal role in turning the program around, and works with the DB's and special teams.Concussion Activism
In May 2014, Morey, along with a group of plaintiffs, filed a formal objection to the National Football League Players' Concussion Injury Litigation and Proposed Settlement being overseen by US District Court Judge Anita Brody. The objection sought to highlight what some players see as a narrow scope of the settlement, claiming, among other things, that "The settlement would have compensated only a small subset of [mild-traumatic-brain-injury-related] injuries to the exclusion of all others." Personal
His wife, Cara formerly played defense for the Brampton Thunder of the  Canadian Women's Hockey League in Ontario after starting at Brown in ice hockey and field hockey. His father, Dennis, was also a semi-pro football player with several teams, including the Brockton, MA Pros, his grandfather, Joe, and his great uncle, Dick, both have been inducted to the Bridgewater State Hall of Fame for basketball. He has three daughters, Devan, Kathryn "Kate", and Shea "Piper". Morey was featured on an episode of the Canadian sports/comedy program Cabbie on the Street, where it was revealed he lives in Toronto during the offseason. Morey appeared in Sports Illustrated'''s "Faces in the Crowd" feature in the magazine's January 12, 1998 issue.<mask> and his wife Cara were featured in a November 2007 episode of the HGTV show Divine Design''. In October 2010, <mask> was named co-chair of the NFL Players Association's newly formed Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury Committee. Morey suffered more than twenty concussions in his career. <mask>'s committee has two main goals: the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of concussions and traumatic brain injuries in active players and research into the long-term cumulative effects of such injuries on NFL players. On January 31, 2014, <mask> and his wife were interviewed about traumatic brain injury in football players by Melissa Block on NPR's "All Things Considered." See also
Living former players diagnosed with or reporting symptoms of chronic traumatic encephalopathy

References

External links
<mask> at pro-football-reference
Arizona Cardinals bio

1976 births
Living people
People from Marshfield, Massachusetts
Sportspeople from Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Players of American football from Massachusetts
American football wide receivers
Brown Bears football players
National Conference Pro Bowl players
New England Patriots players
Barcelona Dragons players
Philadelphia Eagles players
Pittsburgh Steelers players
Arizona Cardinals players
Seattle Seahawks players
Concussion activists
Hebron Academy alumni

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title: Alexander Witcomb

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<mask> (also known as Alejandro S<mask> in Argentina; Winchester, 1838 – Buenos Aires, 1905) was a British photographer whose work is considered historical heritage of Argentina. where he established the first photography studio. The Witcomb collection has about 500,000 negatives, although people from his era stated that the General Archive of the Nation could have received about 700,000 negatives at that time to become part of the Archive collection. Biography
<mask> studied photography in France, then moved to Rio de Janeiro where he worked as a trader for some time. In 1872, he again moved to Montevideo, where he worked in a bank and then as a photographer in the city of Mercedes. <mask> moved again to Rosario, Argentina, where he worked with Christiano Junior, from whom he later acquired his studio and negatives. The partnership lasted until <mask> travelled to Buenos Aires.<mask> not only took pictures at his studio but in the streets, where he photographed the social life of Argentina. Because of his influences, <mask> made several portraits of diverse presidents of Argentina, as well as the high class of Buenos Aires in his social meetings. In 1880, <mask> established his own studio, located on Florida street n° 364, which later became the most traditional photograph studio in Argentina. Starting as a photography studio, it then expanded its activities to an art gallery where new artists had the opportunity to show their work. Following <mask>'s death in 1905, his son took his place continued with the exhibitions and work until his dead in 1945. The company continued working, being managed by <mask>comb Collection
The collection is made up by photographic plates that belonged to Wicbomb gallery, but it is believed that some pictures could have been also taken by Christiano Junior when he and <mask> were partners.Witcomb witnessed and photographed the life of Buenos Aires in many aspects: streets, notable persons, transport, celebrations, social and historic facts. The beginning of Witcomb galleries were as photographic art. In 1897 <mask>comb established in Florida street n° 364 of Buenos Aires city, with the purpose of exhibiting artwork. Since the galleries started activities until their closure in 1971, about 1,900 exhibitions were made there. Photography gallery

Notable art exhibitions

Between 1897 and 1913 Spanish curator José Artal organised modern art expositions of notable artists from his country. Artal designed brochures detailing the pieces to be exhibited, sending them to the media, art collectors and intellectuals. As during the first years of existence the gallery exhibited European art, in 1902 Martín Mahlharro opened the season with great success.Then president of Argentina Julio A. Roca acquired La Argentina and Joaquín V. González gave his approval to the purchase of En Plena Naturaleza, both by Martín Malharro, for the National Museum of Fine Arts. In 1908 the "Nexus" Group, which include painters such as Carlos P. Ripamonte, Justo Lynch, Pío Collivadino, Alberto Rossi, among others, exhibited 99 works of art with a huge repercussion. Painter Fernando Fader also made exhibitions of his work in 1906, 1907 and 1908. In 1907 young artist Lia Gismondi was the first woman to make an individual exhibition, followed by other notable artists such as Julia Wernicke, Andree Moch and French painter Leonie Matthis. One year later Martín Malharro made his second individual exhibition, and then in 1911 and 1913. Taking advantage of the good economic situation in Rosario, Santa Fe, Witcomb opened an exhibition room in that city, more specifically in the "Souza" room. Meanwhile, several young Argentine artists had also an opportunity to show their art at the Witcomb gallery in Buenos Aires.Some of them were Victoria Aguirre, Francisco Recondo, Ramón Silva, Fray Guillermo Butler, Raúl Mazza, Faustino Brughetti, Eduardo Schiaffino (who would later be named as director of the National Museum of Fine Arts), amongst others. In 1918, a young painter named Benito Quinquela Martín exhibited in the gallery for the first time, being acclaimed by both, media and public. The main subject of his paintings was his neighborhood, La Boca, the Isla Maciel and workers at the docks. In Rosario, a 16-year-old painter Antonio Berni exhibited his work in 1921, then repeating in 1922 and 1923. Due to the good results, one year later Berni featured his artwork at Buenos Aires. During the 1920s there were notable exhibitions such as Emilio Pettoruti, Uruguayan Pedro Figari, Xul Solar, Cesáreo Bernaldo de Quirós, Luis Macaya, Jorge Larco, Víctor Valdivia, Alberto María Rossi, Luis Tessandori and sculptor Rogelio Yrurtia. The 1930 featured the art of Atilio Malinverno, Juan Sol, Tito Gache, Adam Styka, Florencio Molina Campos, Rodolfo Franco, Mario Anganuzzi, Ángel della Valle, Alfredo Lazzari.At the end of the decade (1939) the gallery moved to Florida 760. In 1947 Antonio Berni returned to the gallery after 20 years of absence. In the 1950s the gallery remained active with a considerable amount of exhibitions by recognised artists and new talents also. Some of the artists that featured their work were Raúl Soldi, Luis Macaya, Enrique Larrañaga, Marcos Tiglio, Florencio Molina Campos, Santiago Cogorno, Ramón Gómez Cornet, Raul Russo, Carlos Alonso, Leopoldo Presas, Jorge Larco, Antonio Berni, Pedro Figari, Ginez Parra, Rómulo Macció, Leopoldo Torres Agüero, and Quinquela Martín. In 1953 the gallery held an exhibition in tribute to Figari that was widely covered by the media. When new art styles (neo figurative, pop art, happening) came up in the 1960s, Witcomb did not show more enthusiast about them. Nevertheless, the gallery held some exhibitions p.e.Berni's collages (with Juanito Laguna as his main character). Those collages were badly criticized by some critics, but on the other hand, they were well received by other audiences that approved the artist's evolution. Some of the artists exhibiting during those years were Alberto Bruzzone, Quinquela Martín, Ricardo Sánchez, Batlle Planas, Pettoruti, Luis Centurión, Ramón Gómez Cornet, Cesáreo Quirós, Mario Mollari, César Bustillo. The new generation of artists also had a place to exhibit their art, being Luis Felipe Noe, Antonio Seguí, Juan Grela, Lino Palacio, Vito Campanella, Sakai, Clorindo Testa, Jorge de la Vega, Rogelio Polesello among them. In 1968 the gallery celebrated its 100th. anniversary with multiple activities. In 1970 the gallery held 88 exhibitions (duplicating 1969) but it had to close in 1971 due to the excessive increase of the rent and the refurbishment of Florida streets that became it a pedestrian street.Art gallery

See also
 General Archive of the Nation (Argentina)
 Christiano Junior

Bibliography
 "Historia: Un siglo difundiendo el arte argentino" on Galería Witcomb website
 Witcomb: Nuestro Ayer by Sara Facio – Editorial La Azotea Buenos Aires, 1991) –
 La Fotografía en la Argentina (Desde 1840 a Nuestros Días) by Sara Facio – La Azotea Ed. (Buenos Aires, 1991) –
 Canto a la Realidad: Fotografía latinoamericana, 1860–1993 by Erika Billeter – Editorial Lunwerg, 2007 –
 Foto Mundo (magazine) N° 203 (p. 36–37) – March 1985

References

External links

 Galerías Witcomb website

Photographers from Hampshire
British emigrants to Argentina
1838 births
1905 deaths
Argentine photographers

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title: Ivano Bonetti

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<mask> (born 1 August 1964) is an Italian football manager, club director and former professional footballer, the current CEO and president & owner of Mobisafe. As a player he was a midfielder from 1981 to 2002. He made appearances for several clubs in Italy in both Serie A and Serie B most notably Juventus, Sampdoria, Bologna and Brescia. He became notably remembered in England for his spell at Grimsby Town where despite being a fans favourite he was involved in an infamous half time bust up with his manager that left him with a broken cheekbone. He also turned out in his home country for Genoa, Atalanta, Torino and Sestrese as well as spells in England with Tranmere Rovers F.C. and Crystal Palace. In 2000 he was appointed player/manager of Scottish Premier League side Dundee where he remained for two years before being appointed director of football of Lega Pro Prima Divisione club A.S. Pescina Valle del Giovenco where he remained until 2010.Playing career

Italy
Born in Brescia, <mask> made his debut for his hometown club, Brescia (1981–84), before moving to Serie B side Genoa (1984–85), and subsequently defending European Champions Juventus (1985–88), where he won the 1985 Intercontinental Cup, and the 1985–86 Serie A title; he made his Serie A debut on 10 November 1985, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–1 home win over Roma, the club for which his brother Dario was playing at the time. During <mask>'s time at the Turin club, he was also sent on loan to Atalanta for the 1987–88 Serie B season, helping the club to obtain a fourth-place finish and Serie A promotion. He later played for Bologna (1988–90), and Sampdoria (1990–93), where he won his second Serie A title in 1991, also reaching the European Cup final the following year, playing alongside his brother Dario once again. He later returned to Bologna (1993–94) in Serie C1, before briefly returning to Brescia the following season (1994–95), and spending the second half of the 1994–95 Serie A season with Torino, before moving to England later in 1995. Grimsby Town

Initial impact
When <mask> signed for Grimsby Town in 1995; it brought massive national attention to the club and he became an instant fans' favourite. The loyalty of the fans was tested when it was announced that £100,000 was needed to hire Bonetti from the American management company that held the rights to his "services and image"; this was raised by £50,000 from the fans and £50,000 from <mask> himself, further increasing his appeal. Grimsby, under FIFA regulations, were not allowed to deal with the company and probably could not have afforded the money anyway.The love affair was completed when he scored the winning goal against West Brom, then managed by former Grimsby boss Alan Buckley and featuring several former Grimsby players. The "plate of chicken" incident
On 10 February 1996, an incident after a 3–2 defeat away to Luton Town led to the departure of <mask> from Blundell Park. Just a month before, Grimsby had beaten them 7–1 in the FA Cup third round. Apparently Brian Laws, angry after the defeat, threw a plate of chicken wings at Bonetti, who he felt did not try hard enough, leaving him with a fractured cheekbone. At the end of the season <mask> left for Tranmere Rovers on a free transfer; Laws lasted until November of the next season. At Tranmere, Bonetti scored twice, including a late winner in a 4–3 win over Portsmouth. At the start of the 1997–98 season, Bonetti turned up at Crystal Palace, making two substitute appearances in the Premier League, shortly before returning to Italy to join Genoa.Legacy
In 1998, a consortium looking to take over Grimsby Town were planning to install <mask> as manager, though this later fell through. Coaching career
<mask>, along with brother Dario, enjoyed a stint as a coach, serving as a player-manager of the Scottish club Dundee, replacing Jocky Scott. During his first season at Dundee, he signed in several foreign players such as Fabián Caballero, Georgi Nemsadze and, most notably, Argentine superstar Claudio Caniggia, the latter being signed by Rangers only one year later following an impressive season with the club. Despite this, he made only a sixth place in his first season, but was however publicly backed by the club. Further top signings such as Temuri Ketsbaia, Zurab Khizanishvili and Fan Zhiyi failed to make an improvement to the team results, and Dundee ended the 2001–02 season in a disappointing ninth place. He was sacked on 2 July 2002 by the club management. A few months later he claimed back £800,000 from Dundee, declaring he had loaned the money to his former club in order to perform the signing of Fabián Caballero.Between 2004 and 2010 he had a spell as director of football of Lega Pro Prima Divisione club A.S. Pescina Valle del Giovenco. In August 2020, Bonetti joined Serie D club Rimini as head youth coach. Personal life
Bonetti is married and has three children. He is the son of Aldo <mask> who played for Brescia until the Second World War. His brother Mario played for Atalanta and brother Dario played over 100 games for Roma and won two caps for Italy. Media and business interests
Bonetti became an entrepreneur in 2013, he is the founder, CEO and president of Mobisafe, a company that deals with technology applied to health. He sells a product that, when applied to mobile phones, is able to reduce electromagnetic waves, the Skudowave.The medical device has been sold in pharmacies and distribution of the Skudowave to several football clubs, among others Bayern Munich, Juventus and Manchester United. Managerial statistics

Honours
Juventus
Serie A: 1985–86
Intercontinental Cup: 1985

Sampdoria
Serie A: 1990–91

References

External links
 Bonetti discovers paradise after Juventus – <mask> signing for Grimsby, Independent, The (London), 2 December 1995
 Played for the Town: <mask> <mask> – Electronic Fishcake player profile
 Bonetti knows wheeling and dealing won't save his neck at Dens Sunday Herald, The, 14 May 2000 Bonetti becomes Dundee manager
 Italian Playing Stats
 Bonetti T-shirts
 The Bonetti years Review of Dundee Management, BBC website

1964 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Brescia
Italian footballers
Italian football managers
Association football defenders
Brescia Calcio players
Genoa C.F.C. players
Juventus F.C. players
Atalanta B.C. players
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title: Louis-Pierre Bougie

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Louis-<mask> (16 August 1946 - 10 January 2021) was a Canadian painter and printmaker specialized in engraving and etching. He developed his knowledge of intaglio techniques at Atelier Lacourière-Frélaut in Paris, where he worked for fifteen years, and through travel and study in France, Portugal, Poland, Ireland, Finland, and New York. His work is regularly shown in Canadian, American, and European galleries, and is represented in major public and private collections, notably in Québec and New York. Bougie was considered Québec's foremost engraver for the depth and consistency of his work. He died from pneumonia. Training
After an introduction to printmaking at École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, where he attended classes with Angèle Beaudry, <mask> studied  in Paris, notably at Lacourière-Frélaut (1979–1993), Atelier Rene Tazé, and Atelier Champfleury, and in Vancouver and Montréal. Additional training in Strasbourg (1979–1982), Cracow (1980), Helsinki (2003), and Buenos Aires (2006) introduced him to a compagnonnage-like approach to the transmission of printmaking skills.An heir to Goya, Blake, and Rops, he had developed an original monotype technique that combined engraving with live figure drawing in a reversal of traditional processes: the paper is first drawn with pierre noir and reworked with acrylic before receiving a print from a copper plate marked with spit-bite and drypoint. The finished print captures all elements with exceptional transparency, bringing its subject to light in the true sense of illumination. In Bougie's work, engraving was a process that both opened and sealed spaces. Desire and imagination inhabited matter in unexpected ways, and appearance was literally cast in a different light (through highlights and illumination), giving us back a bit of ourselves. Influence and involvement
In the early 1980s, while also conducting residencies at major printmaking studios abroad (including Paris and Strasbourg), Bougie joined forces with Catherine Farish, Pierre-Léon Tétreault, Kittie Bruneau, and other print-based artists to found Atelier Circulaire. Throughout his career, he promoted the work of Quebec printmakers both locally and outside Canada. He also collaborated closely with writers and poets.In 1983, the poets Gaston Miron and Michael La Chance together signed a telegram to Bougie:
We salute Louis-Pierre Bougie, one of those rare souls who is always a step ahead, continuously opening the way to new possibilities and escaping the bounds of mortal time. As an engraver and etcher of international renown, he has brought greater visibility to Québec printmaking and has been pivotal in inviting printmakers from abroad to take part in major collaborations with Québec, including artist's books, residencies, and exchanges between Québec and other countries. He has also helped foster talent in Québec, both through his work with artists at Atelier Circulaire and as the organizer and curator of numerous exhibitions. Selected exhibitions
Bougie's work benefited from the support of major curators such as Léo Rosshandler, Bernard Lévy, Céline Mayrand, Gilles Daigneault, Claude Morissette, and Anne-Marie Ninacs. Artist's books
A significant part of Louis-Pierre <mask>'s printed oeuvre involved a dialogue with poetry in the form of collaborative exhibitions and, above all, artist's books that brought together the artistry of typographers, printmakers, poets, and bookbinders. Bougie created books with many poets, among them Gaston Miron, Paul Chamberland, Geneviève Letarte, Jérôme Élie, Michel Butor, Michel van Schendel, François-Xavier Marange, Paule Marier, and Michaël La Chance. Working closely with the authors, he contributed a distinctive sensibility that was both rough and sensitive, abrasive and idyllic.His artist's books were featured in the following exhibitions:
 1990 – Titre?, Bibliothèque des arts, Université du Québec à Montréal
 2005 – Titre?, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
 2007 – Actualité de l’estampe au Québec, Grande Bibliothèque, BAnQ (second iteration of exhibition originally presented in Québec City, 2005)
 2013 - Louis-Pierre <mask> – 30 ans de livres d'artiste, Centre d'archives de Montréal, BAnQ (curator: Claude Morissette)

Collections
 Bibliothèque nationale d’Ottawa
 Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, Montréal
 Bibliothèque nationale de Paris
 Library of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
 Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal
 Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
 National Bank of Canada
 Caisses populaires Desjardins
 Groupe Laurentienne
 Provigo
 Loto-Québec
 New York Public Library
 Newark Public Library

Catalogs and monographs
 2013 - Michaël La Chance, Louis-Pierre Bougie. Espaces chavirés, torsions du désir. Foreword by Isabelle de Mévius, preface by Georges Leroux. Montreal: Les Éditions de Mévius. 2007 – Léo Rosshandler, Désert vert. Quebec City: Éditions Lacerte Art Contemporain - Galerie Orange. 2005 – Sylvie Alix, Louis-Pierre Bougie: prix de la Fondation Monique et Robert Parizeau 2005.Ed. Anne-Marie Ninacs, with translations by C. Bilodeau and M. E. Elgue. Quebec City: Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. 2005 - Michel van Schendel, Absence de bruit. Quebec City: Éditions Lacerte Art Contemporain - Galerie Orange. 2001 - Bernard Lévy, Études au quotidien. With poems by Paul Chamberland and Michaël La Chance.Quebec City: Éditions Galerie Madeleine Lacerte. 1996 - Louis-Pierre <mask>, Journal d’exil, New York 1996. With texts and poems by Michaël La Chance, Jérôme Élie, Geneviève Letarte, François-Xavier Marange, and Paule Marier. Quebec City: Galerie Madeleine Lacerte. 1996 – Louis-Pierre <mask>, Christine Palmiéri, Espace D. René Harrison, et al., De la monstruosité, expression des passions. Montreal : Jaune-Fusain. 1991 - Michaël La Chance, Céline Mayrand, Morsures.Louis-Pierre <mask> Gravures et monotypes 1986-1990. Preface by Léo Rosshandler. Montreal: Éditions Promotion des arts Lavalin, Maison de la Culture Côte-des-Neiges, Atelier Circulaire. 1978 - Louis-Pierre <mask> (dessins). Quebec City: Musée du Québec. Montreal-Paris: Éditions de la Griffe d’Acier. 2011 - Les mots griffonnés, 12 engravings, text by Michel van Schendel.Montreal-Paris: Éditions de la Griffe d’Acier. 2005 - Le jardinier, 17 engravings, text by Michel van Schendel. Montreal-Paris: Éditions de la Griffe d’Acier. 2004 - Terre brune, 25 engravings, poem by Michel van Schendel. Montreal-Paris: Éditions de la Griffe d’Acier. 2000 - Flou comme la nuit, 7 engravings on chine collé, poem by Geneviève Letarte. Saint-Lambert-Montreal: Éditions Bonfort and Éric Develin.1996 - Rencontres, 16 engravings on Japan paper, texts by Paule Marier, François-Xavier Marange, Geneviève Letarte, and Jérôme Élie. Quebec City: Éditions Galerie Madeleine Lacerte. 1992 -  Entre deux eaux, 8 etchings and 4 tinted plates, text by Michel Butor. Montreal-Paris: Éditions de la Griffe d’Acier. 1992 - Les derniers outrages du ciel, 6 engravings, text by Michaël LaChance. Montreal-Paris: Éditions de la Griffe d’Acier. 1990 - Terminus Nord, 12 engravings on chine collé, poem by Geneviève Letarte.Montreal: Éditions Atelier Circulaire). 1987 - Forger l’Effroi, 12 colour etchings, text by Michaël LaChance, foreword by Gaston Miron. Montreal-Paris: Éditions de la Griffe d’Acier. 1983 - Le prince sans rire, 12 etchings, poem by Michaël LaChance, postface and poem by Gaston Miron. Montreal-Paris: Éditions Lui-même. 1977 - Le rendez-vous d’août, 5 lithographs, poem by Raymond Cloutier. 1975 - Doux le vent, 5 silkscreen prints, poem by Jean-Guy Charbonneau.Montreal : Guilde Graphique. References

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title: Jack White (music producer)

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<mask> (born Horst Nußbaum, 2 September 1940) is a German composer and producer, and former footballer. Born in Cologne, <mask> developed an interest in both football and music in his childhood, but initially chose footballing as a career. He played professionally for 6 years, then chose to play at an amateur level while pursuing a career in music. As a singer, his work was popular in his native country and other German-speaking nations, but the majority of his success came from his production work on international records. In his music career, <mask> has created 25 of his own records, and is credited on 2512 other records, including 870 production credits. Some of the most notable artists he has worked with are Laura Branigan, Barry Manilow, and David Hasselhoff. As most of his work was with English speaking musicians, <mask> changed his name to make it easier to deal with English-speaking stars and their managers.In the international market, <mask>’s productions have sold millions of copies, earning Music Recording Certification awards. Personally, <mask> has won several European music awards for his own work and influence on the international music scene, including the German Golden Tuning Fork, and the RTL Group Lion. <mask> created several record labels throughout his career. White Records, Jack White Productions, and Gloriella Music, from which he continued to work with and produce for German and international artists. Currently, White Records and Gloriella Music are still operating, although without <mask> in any operational sense. Officially, <mask> retired from the stage in 2014, with his last song being performed at ‘The Summer Festival at the Lake’, hosted by Florian Silbereisen. Musical work
<mask> began as a singer in his native Germany in the late 1960s, and found local success performing at bars.At the same time, <mask> also began to produce and write music for other German musicians, and had his first hit, “Schöne Maid”, sung by Tony Marshall, in 1971. As his popularity in Germany increased, he began to work with international artists, and produced for a wide range of artists, establishing himself as a producer. <mask> decided to change his name after seeing the success that Roy Black (real name Gerhard Höllerich) had from changing his name in the international market, and so he decided upon <mask> with the recommendation from his agent at the time. Among the songs he produced or co-produced for the international market were Laura Branigan's "Gloria" (1982), "Solitaire" (1983), "How Am I Supposed To Live Without You" (1983), "Self Control" (1984) and "The Lucky One" (1984), as well as Jermaine <mask>'s and Pia Zadora's "When the Rain Begins to Fall" (1984). In the late 80s, <mask> worked with Engelbert Humperdinck and David Hasselhoff on several successful singles and albums including Looking for Freedom. He also worked with Paul Anka, Barry Manilow ("You're Looking Hot Tonight") and Audrey Landers. He wrote several hit songs with Mark Spiro, including Pia Zadora's "Let's Dance Tonight" (1984) and Hazell Dean's "Who's Leaving Who" (1988).He also worked with Anne Murray, producing tracks on her 1986 album Something to Talk About and all tracks on her 1987 album Harmony. <mask> also produced the soundtrack to the 1984 film, Voyage of the Rock Aliens. In 1984, <mask> founded his own record label, “White Records”, and published his work through the label, continuing to work with German and English speaking artists as a songwriter and producer. <mask> was also director of Jack <mask> Productions (JWP AG), which was established in 1998. In 2006, <mask> was terminated from JWP AG, due to a "breach in trust", between <mask> and chairman at the time, Thomas M. Stein. In June 2010, JWP AG became known as 7days entertainment AG, and then filed for bankruptcy in April 2014. The chairman of JWP AG, Thomas M. Stein claimed that a breach of trust was the reason behind the dismissal.In 2012, Munich based record label Telamo purchased White Records and now works with indie German musicians to produce and write new music. In 2008, <mask> re-entered the production market through a new label, Gloriella Music, where he continued to produce and write for artists. After his retirement in 2014, he sold distributing rights to Sony Music, although he remains involved with Gloriella, as an executive. Throughout his career, <mask> still made and performed his own music, and his international fame resulted in his own work becoming successful in German speaking nations. <mask> is credited on 2513 records over his career, and has created 25 of his own. Style of music
As a producer, <mask> worked with many international pop artists, especially the subgenre of synth-pop that was very popular in the 1980s. The development of synthesisers and music production software influenced <mask>’s music, as the majority of early producers in the 1980s developed the foundations of electronic dance music.In the German market, <mask>’s work mainly followed the same style of pop, although his early success came from writing folk style songs, and these remain some of his most popular songs in Germany, such as “Schöne Maid”. <mask>’s personal work is the same style as his German folk, as he wrote most of his own music at the beginning of his career, before finding his international style. <mask> didn’t use synthesisers or software often in his own music, such as “<mask> at the Piano”, recorded only using the piano and his voice. "Looking for Freedom"
<mask>’s production work with David Hasselhoff consisted of four albums for Hasselhoff, but the most popular song was Looking for Freedom. The record experienced great success both in America, and in Germany, was used in protests against the Berlin Wall and the separation of East and West Germany. In 1989, Hasselhoff performed this song on top of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, and two years later, the Soviet Union collapsed and the Berlin Wall was destroyed. The song remains popular in German speaking nations, as its political impact created a lasting impact in its audience.The song has also been analysed in philosophical studies discussing the nature of freedom in the modern world. "Last Song"
In January 2014, <mask> announced on "The Great Festival of the Best" that he was going to perform a final time before retirement. Then in May, <mask> made his last public performance as a musician, at a festival hosted by Florian Silbereisen called “The Summer Festival by the Lake”, where he played his own music, along with covers of his productions, and a final ‘Last Song’. Since then, he has officially stopped performing, and has become less involved in the music scene. Football career

Before getting into music, <mask> began playing professional football at the age of 20 for FC Viktoria Koln, and continued playing for 6 years (1961–1966) when he then decided to play at an amateur level with Tennis Borussia Berlin for 10 years while pursuing his music career. As athletes usually struggle with new careers post-retirement, he remained with the club for the opportunity to resume his professional contract. He represented 5 different clubs over his career, mainly playing in the right-midfielder or right-back positions.<mask> first joined FC Viktoria Koln when he was scouted by legendary coach Hennes Weisweiler in the 1961/62 season of Oberliga West, staying for 2 seasons, where the team finished tenth in 61/62, and eighth in 62/63. Because of the Bundesliga’s introduction the following year, the club was relegated to Regionalliga West. He then transferred to FK Pirmasens in the 63/64 season of Regionalliga Sudwest, where he played the most games and scored the most goals for a single club, along with finishing second that season. After his transfer to TSC Zweibrücken, <mask> also released his first single as a musician, and began to transition to music. He finished his professional career at PSV Eindhoven, coming 8th in the 1965/66 season. He then continued an amateur career at Tennis Borussia Berlin for 10 years while furthering his music career. In December 1976 From 1992 to 1995, <mask> served as their club president.During this time, <mask> financially supported the club in an attempt to bring it back to the top flight of German Football. During his time there as a player, the club was separated from the Bundesliga due to being in Berlin, and not West Germany, and thus was not allowed to play at the same level it did before the second world war. He loaned a total of 5.8 million Marks throughout his presidency, and was eventually succeeded by Göttinger Gruppe, a now bankrupt investment group. The club has struggled since, and now sits in the 5th tier of German Football, NOVF Oberliga Nord. Statistics

Awards
<mask>’s production work internationally has earned various Music Recording Certification awards for surpassing sales milestones in different countries, both in the German and English market. The European market has given the most awards to these works due to the smaller sales figures required to achieve the milestones compared to the North American market. Production awards
 Branigan (Laura Branigan) – 2 Gold awards, 1 in America and 1 in Canada
 Branigan 2 (Laura Branigan) – 1 Gold award in America
 Self Control (Laura Branigan) – 2 Platinum (Canada and US), 2 Gold (Germany and Hong Kong), 1 Silver (United Kingdom)
 Crazy for You (David Hasselhoff) – 6 Platinum Awards (2 in Austria, 1 in Germany, 3 in Switzerland)
 David (David Hasselhoff) – 4 Platinum Awards (2 in Austria, 1 in Germany, 1 in Switzerland)
 Everybody Sunshine (David Hasselhoff) – 3 Gold (1 in Austria, 1 in Germany, and 1 in Switzerland)
 Looking for Freedom (David Hasselhoff) – 5 Platinum (1 in Austria and Germany, 3 in Switzerland)

Personal awards
The Golden Tuning Fork (Goldene Stimmgabel) was a German music award won by <mask> in 1992 was awarded for high record sales between October 1991 – June 1992, specifically for the Everybody Sunshine album.<mask> was also awarded an honorary Lion by the RTL Group for his work in the European music industry as a producer. References

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1940 births
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German record producers
German songwriters
Musicians from Cologne
German footballers
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PSV Eindhoven players
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title: Rémy Mwamba

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<mask> (1921–1967) was a Congolese politician who twice served as Minister of Justice of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Republic of the Congo). He was also a leading figure of the Association Générale des Baluba du Katanga (BALUBAKAT). <mask> was born in 1921 in Vunga, Belgian Congo to a Luba family. After completing his education he took up work at the Élisabethville Parquet. He later co-founded and became secretary-general of BALUBAKAT. He served in the Collége Exécutive Général transitional government before being elected a senator of the newly independent Republic of the Congo in 1960. <mask>.On 5 September he and Lumumba were dismissed by the President. Following harassment by the new authorities, Mwamba fled to Stanleyville and joined a rival regime. Negotiations led to the creation of a new government in August 1961 under Cyrille Adoula and he resumed his work as Minister of Justice. Following his dismissal in July 1962, <mask> joined the parliamentary opposition. He died in 1967. Early life and entry into politics
<mask> <mask> was born in 1921 in Vunga, Belgian Congo. He was a Muluba and a direct descendant of Mutombo Mukulu.He underwent six years of primary education before studying at the Institut Saint-Boniface in Élisabethville for four years, followed by two years of secondary education. Mwamba eventually became chief clerk of the Élisabethville Parquet and a member of the council of the Kenya commune. He also co-founded the Association Générale des Baluba du Katanga (BALUBAKAT) party in 1957 and became its secretary-general. He was a friend and confidant of BALUBAKAT leader Jason Sendwe. Mwamba attended the Belgo-Congolese Round Table Conference of January–February 1960 in Brussels as delegate of the BALUBAKAT cartel. The Congolese delegates accepted the offer of the independence of the "Republic of the Congo" on 30 June 1960 from the Belgian government. Mwamba was appointed to a commission established to determine whether Belgium should retain any powers or official responsibilities in the Congo after 30 June.Ultimately the commission decided that the Congolese state should assume all responsibilities of governance. One of the resolutions adopted at the Round Table called for the establishment of a Collége Exécutive Général (General Executive College), a body composed of six Congolese (one from each province) designed to share power with the Governor-general until independence. <mask> served in it on behalf of Katanga. In May 1960 <mask> went to Brazzaville at the invitation of Congo-Brazza President Fulbert Youlou to listen to a proposal for the incorporation of the Republic of the Congo and Congo-Brazza into a larger federation. He unsuccessfully competed for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies in the general elections that preceded independence. However, on 12 June he was elected as a non-customary member of the Senate by the Katangese Provincial Assembly. That month he investigated the legitimacy of the elections in Katanga.Minister of Justice

<mask> was appointed to serve as Minister of Justice in the first government of the independent Congo under Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba. The government was invested by Parliament on 24 June 1960. He competed with Minister of Interior Christophe Gbenye to assert his authority over the Sûreté Nationale (security police) until Lumumba attached the chief of the organisation to his own office. On 5 July the Congolese garrisons in Léopoldville and Thysville mutinied, triggering a domestic crisis. On 8 July the Council of Ministers convened to discuss reorganisation of the army. Several ministers wanted Joseph-Désiré Mobutu to become the new Commander-in-Chief. <mask> believed he was too young and suggested Victor Lundula for the role.The ministers eventually compromised, accepting Mwamba's recommendation and making Mobutu the army chief of staff. Three days later Mwamba ordered the Procureur général to launch inquiries into the actions of soldiers against Europeans in the province of Kasai. On 28 July he was made a member of a cabinet committee established to coordinate government actions with those of United Nations officials. In early August he went to New York as part of a Congolese delegation to address the UN Security Council. On 5 September President Joseph Kasa-Vubu dismissed Lumumba, Mwamba, and several other members of the government from office. The government was paralyzed by the political battle that ensued, and on 14 September, Colonel Mobutu announced a military takeover and the installation of his own administration. Two days later, Lumumba was placed under house arrest.By October, Lumumba's supporters were convinced that few of their goals could be achieved through the new government. In November Mobutu's troops arrested and harassed several of them, including Mwamba. Antoine Gizenga, the former Deputy Prime Minister, fled to Stanleyville to set up a new pro-Lumumba regime. <mask> attempted to escape to the city with Lumumba and Pierre Mulele. At the Sankuru river Lumumba was separated from his wife and youngest child and, against Mwamba's and Mulele's advice, went back for them and was arrested. <mask> and Mulele spent several days in the bush before reaching Stanleyville. Once there the former was made Minister of Justice in Gizenga's government.In January 1961 Lumumba was executed in the secessionist State of Katanga. His death brought negative opinion of both Katanga and the central government to a climax. Hoping to defuse the situation, the Léopoldville authorities opened serious negotiations with Gizenga's regime. The following month Mwamba toured the declared "Province of Lualaba" in northern Katanga. On 2 August a compromise between the central government and Gizenga's regime resulted in the installation of a new national coalition government under Cyrille Adoula. <mask> returned to his post as Minister of Justice. In late December he accompanied Adoula to Kitona to negotiate with Katangese President Moïse Tshombe.In July 1962 Adoula shuffled his cabinet and Mwamba was dismissed. Later life
Following his removal from the government, Mwamba entered the parliamentary opposition and worked to dislodge Adoula. In 1963 he criticised the creation of Nord-Katanga, a Luba-dominated province split off from the rest of Katanga. Mwamba also called for the BALUBAKAT to revert to the use of one of its earlier names, Parti Progressiste Katangais, to change its ethnic nature and allow it to become a "Pankatangais" party. In March 1964 BALUBAKAT formed a cartel with two other political parties, CONAKAT and AFEKER, to become the ABC. <mask> was elected its president in July. He was later arrested, but was released in August 1965 at the instruction of Kasa-Vubu.He died of a heart attack in Kinshasa in 1967 at the age of 45. Notes

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1921 births
1967 deaths
People of the Congo Crisis
Government ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lumumba Government members
People from Sankuru

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title: Eric Schafer

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<mask> (born September 20, 1977) is a retired American mixed martial artist. A professional from 1997 until 2016, he competed for the UFC. <mask> attended the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh. <mask> is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Pedro Sauer. Mixed martial arts career

Early career
<mask> compiled an amateur record of 2-1 before making his professional MMA debut in 1998. He then amassed a record of 6-1-2 before being signed by the UFC. Ultimate Fighting Championship
He made his UFC debut at UFC 62, defeating Rob MacDonald by arm-triangle choke, rendering him unconscious at the 2:26 mark of round one.Schafer then lost his next 2 bouts consecutively via TKO to Michael Bisping at UFC 66 and Stephan Bonnar at UFC 77. <mask> next defeated Houston Alexander by arm-triangle choke in the first round on September 17, 2008 at UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs Neer. Schafer won via TKO over Antonio Mendes at UFC 93 on January 7, 2009. He lost to Ryan Bader by unanimous decision (30–27, 29–26, and 30–27) on October 24, 2009 on the undercard of UFC 104. <mask> was defeated by Jason Brilz via unanimous decision on March 21, 2010, at UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones. After this bout he was released from the promotion. Post UFC
In his first fight since being released from the UFC and his first fight at Middleweight Schafer defeated Chris Albandia via submission (triangle choke) in the first round at XFO 41 - Outdoor War 7 on September 3, 2011.Return to the UFC
<mask> returned to the UFC in a Middleweight bout against Aaron Simpson at UFC 136 on October 8, 2011, and lost a unanimous decision. <mask> next faced Jorge Rivera on January 20, 2012 at UFC on FX 1. He lost the fight via TKO in the second round. He was released from the promotion for the third time following this loss. Independent promotions
After being released from the UFC, <mask> faced John Poppie at Madtown Throwdown 29: Unstoppable on January 5, 2013. He won via second round TKO. He then fought <mask> for Chosen Few FC 6, in Madison Wisconsin on 09/19/15.He would win by choke in 2:38 of the first round. His next fight would be his retirement fight against James Austen Heidlage for Choose Few FC 8, in Madison Wisconsin on 04/16/16. <mask> would lose by referee stoppage at 3:01 of the second round.

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Eric John Schafer
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title: Jason De León

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<mask> is an anthropologist, a National Geographic Emerging Explorer (2013), and a MacArthur Foundation 2017 Fellow. He studies the migration from Latin America to the United States of clandestine migrants crossing the U.S.–Mexico border. <mask> is Professor of Anthropology and Chicana, Chicano, and Central American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles and Director of the Undocumented Migration Project, a non-profit research/arts/education collective aimed at documenting and raising awareness about migration issues. Since 2009, he has traveled frequently to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona to collect artifacts left behind by migrants trying to gain access to the United States. His Undocumented Migration Project includes more than 9000 objects, some of which are on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington D.C. From 2013 to 2017, he co-curated an exhibition of these artifacts and other materials collected by the Undocumented Migration Project in a show called State of Exception that was featured in multiple locations including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Detroit (MOCAD) and the New School in New York City. He is Head Curator of the global participatory exhibition Hostile Terrain 94 that will be installed in 130 locations on six continents in 2021. <mask> is a Mexican-Filipino American Army brat who grew up largely in McAllen, Texas near the Mexican border in the Rio Grande Valley and Long Beach, California.His native language is English and he is also fluent in Spanish. Outside of his academic work, he is a musician who has been involved in various bands and musical projects over the years. He hosted a television show on the Discovery Channel in 2011 called American Treasures. Education
<mask> is a graduate of Wilson High School in Long Beach, California. He received his BA in anthropology in 2001 from the University of California in Los Angeles, CA. He received his MA in 2004 anthropology from Pennsylvania State University, PA where he completed his thesis titled, “Aztec Salt Production in the Basin of Mexico: A Domestic Perspective. He received his PhD in anthropology in 2008 from Pennsylvania State University, where he completed his dissertation titled, "The Lithic Industries of San Lorenzo-Tenochtitlán: An Economic and Technological Study of Olmec Obsidian" on the many years he spent in Mexico excavating obsidian tool artifacts left by indigenous people thousands of years ago.Academic positions
<mask> is currently a Professor of Anthropology and Chicana/o and Central American Studies and is also Affiliate Faculty in the Latin American Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA. From 2008 to 2010 he was a Lecturer in anthropology at the University of Washington. He taught at the University of Michigan from 2010 to 2019. His current research lab is located in the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA. From 2013-2014 he was a Weatherhead scholar at the School for Advanced Research. He is currently President of the Board of Directors for the Colibrí Center for Human Rights. Publications and awards
<mask> has published a book and is currently working on two more including a book tentatively titled "Soldiers and Kings" that traces the lives of several Honduran smugglers moving migrants across Mexico.The book is under contract with Viking Books. He has 22 peer reviewed articles and book chapters, has been involved in dozens of museum works and exhibitions, and has been the recipient of numerous research grants, awards, fellowships and honors, including a 2017-2022 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. He received the 2016 Margaret Mead Award for his book The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail, with photos by Michael Wells, which combines the use of ethnography, archaeology, linguistics, and forensic science to document the human consequences of US immigration policy. He is the author of the book The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail (University of California Press, 2015). The book received the 2016 Margaret Mead Award and the 2018 JI Staley Prize  and has received positive reviews in many media outlets including The New York Times. His scholarly articles have been published in American Anthropologist, Journal of Forensic Sciences, and Journal of Contemporary Archaeology. Areas of interest and study
<mask>’s self-described areas of interest and methods include undocumented migration and deportation, human smuggling, violence, materiality, archaeology of the contemporary, photo-ethnography, and forensic science.His work has been described as a multidisciplinary approach to Latin America to US migration and involves ethnographic analysis of migrant stories, forensic science, and archaeological research. It has also been described as an “intersection of physical geography, cultural geography, and archaeology,” as he uses tools like GPS to document sites. He says that archaeology is “studying the past through material traces." We tend to think these must be ancient things” and asks us to question, “What happens if you think about the archaeology of the recent past, as recently as this morning in some cases”? Undocumented Migration Project (UMP) and Hostile Terrain 94 (HT94)

As Executive Director of the long-term Undocumented Migration Project (UMP) Inc., a 501(c)(3) that began in 2009, <mask> uses fieldwork to “collect, catalogue, and interpret nearly 10,000 objects left in the desert by migrants making the treacherous, undocumented border crossing from Mexico into the United States” and says these objects become artifacts. The UMP project has focused on the last 20 years, but broadened more recently in 2020 to include longer histories of migration, labor, and environmental changes centered on Arizona, which is a main area of undocumented crossings from Mexico; they will conduct interviews and collect oral histories. As part of UMP, <mask> directs Hostile Terrain 94 (HT94), a participatory art project resulting in an exhibition of “3,200 handwritten toe tags that represent migrants who have died trying to cross the Sonoran Desert of Arizona between the mid-1990s and 2019.These tags are geolocated on a wall map of the desert showing the exact locations where remains were found”. HT94 was shown in the US and around the world, debuting a virtual exhibition on July 17, 2020. This exhibition is slated to be installed in 130 locations on six continents through the end of 2021. References

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title: Marga Boodts

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<mask> (February 18, 1895 – October 13, 1976) was a woman who claimed to be Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia. She was one of a considerable number of Romanov pretenders who emerged from various parts of the world following the execution of Tsar Nicholas II and his family at Yekaterinberg on July 18, 1918. She stands out, however, as one of very few who claimed to have been Grand Duchess Olga, the Tsar's oldest daughter. She was also known as Maria Bottcher. Purported escape from Russia
By her own account, <mask> survived the execution at Yekaterinberg when a member of the firing squad, whom she identified only as Dimitri K., knocked her unconscious and pretended that she was dead. Dimitri K., who had been a Cossack soldier, replaced her missing corpse with that of a young woman who had been caught stealing from the bodies of the other members of the Imperial family. He later accompanied her to Vladivostok.Boodts claimed that upon her arrival to Vladivostok she was received by a German elite commando, and  from Vladivostok, she reputedly said to have traveled through China and later she was taken by sea to Germany. Re-emergence and life in Europe
Boodts took her surname from <mask>, a German officer whom she married in Berlin on May 5, 1926 and divorced two years later. It was also while living in Germany that she claimed to have traveled to Doorn, the Netherlands, and visited Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859–1941), who recognized her as Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna. He apparently provided her with financial support for the remainder of his lifetime. She recalled that she had also promised the former Kaiser that she would never reveal her Imperial identity, and would "keep the secret of my survival throughout my life". According to Boodts, the former Kaiser choose the daughter of a friend, Baroness Elisabeth von Schevenbach, to pick her up upon her arrival to Hamburg, and asked her to take care and provide Mrs. <mask> with accommodation. Boodts lived with Frau von Schevenbach for a few years at Potsdam, and later moved to Berlin.She also lived in a state near Stralsund, in eastern Germany. Boodts' claim gained further credence from 1957, when she was recognised by Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1896–1978), who was a first cousin of the actual Grand Duchess Olga. He, in turn, introduced Boodts to Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1897–1970), a godson of Tsar Nicholas II, who provided her with financial support until his own death in 1970. In 1974, Prince Sigismund remained convinced of Boodts' authenticity. As he told journalists Anthony Summers and Tom Mangold, "we spoke about so many familiar matters that an outsider could not have known about, because they were things that had happened between us two". They maintained correspondence until 1976 when she died. There are 530 letters kept in a private archive in Italy as evidence of that relation.In 1958 Princess Charlotte Agnes of Saxe-Altenburg also visited <mask> <mask>, together with her brother Prince Frederick Ernst of Saxe-Altenburg. Prince Sigismund and Princess Charlotte both provided affidavits that the woman living at Lake Como was indeed Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia. During that period, <mask> is also said to have received financial support from Pope Pius XII. Mother Pascalina Lehnert, governess of Pope Pius XII, declared in 1983 to have witnessed the special meetings between Boodts and the Pope and said that he acknowledged her as the real Grand Duchess Olga of Russia. Living in Lake Como, Boodts remained in relative obscurity for many years and thus managed to avoid the sensational press coverage (and the suspicion of surviving Romanov descendants) that had long plagued her rival Imperial pretender, the notorious Anna Anderson, who claimed to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia. In 1955 she signed a contract with Mondadori editorial of Italy to publish her memoirs "Io Vivo" (I am alive) as a book. In spite of the contract the book was never published in Italy but in Spain in 2011 by Editorial Martinez Roca becoming a sensational editorial success.Close friends of the Grand Duchess blamed The Vatican for interfering with the publication, due to a legal case pending at the Tribunal of First Instance of the Vatican and the alleged Olga Romanov. Again in 1960, when Anna Anderson took her case to the Hamburg Courts,  Boodts decided to make her own claims public. In an interview with United Press International, <mask> insisted that she had seen "her sister Anastasia" executed at Yekaterinberg, and had now come forward in an effort to discredit the "impostor" in Germany. She further stated that she was considering legal action of her own against Anderson, and was willing to "step into the Hamburg Courts to unmask her". <mask>, at that time was very aware that her  benefactor, Prince Sigismund of Prussia, was also a firm supporter of Anderson's claims. Indeed, some of Anderson's strongest opponents (including Lord Mountbatten) cited Prince Sigismund's support of Boodts to discredit him as a witness in the Anderson case. For her own part, Anderson herself once admitted, in a taped interview with journalist Alexis Milukoff, that there was a possibility that <mask> may indeed be her "sister".The two women, however, never met. By contrast, <mask> is alleged to have met up with a far lesser-known Romanov pretender, Suzanna Catharina de Graaff, who claimed to have been the hitherto unknown fifth child of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, born after an alleged "hysterical pregnancy" in 1903. Mrs de Graaf's son stated that <mask> not only met his mother but acknowledged her claims, because <mask> herself had been old enough to remember the pregnancy in 1903. Both women exchanged correspondence during ten years. When Mrs. de Graaf's son and his wife subsequently visited Boodts themselves, she reportedly "welcomed them as nephew and niece-in-law". In 1960, <mask> also revealed to the press that she was currently working on her memoirs in collaboration with a close friend, Gräfin Brigitte von Harrach. Their ambitious project was described as "a 300-page book containing a number of very important documents allegedly proving, without any shadow of doubt, that she really was the first-born daughter of the Czar".This book was published in September 2012 by Martinez Roca Editorial in Spain. It has an extensive introduction by historian and researcher Marie Stravlo, who found the manuscript in Italy in 2010, together with thirty five thousand documents which supposedly prove that the woman known as <mask> <mask> was indeed Olga Nikolaevna. The book is available in Spanish. In 1975, journalists Anthony Summers and Tom Mangold visited Boodts at her Lake Como villa as part of research for their book, The File on the Tsar. She reportedly declined to speak about herself, or past events, and that "nothing at all emerged from the meeting to support the notion that she was either the Grand Duchess Olga, or even a Romanov". Death
<mask> <mask> died of pneumonia on October 13, in a nursing home at Sala Comacina, Como, Italy, at the purported age of 81 years. It is said that the money for her grave had been set aside by her former benefactor, the Hereditary Grand Duke of  Oldenburg, who had himself died six years earlier.According to the prologue written by historian and researcher Marie Stravlo in the book "Estoy Viva", following directions of Prince Sigismund of Prussia, her gravestone did not bear the name <mask> Boodts but, rather, was inscribed (in German) with text that translated as "In memory of Olga Nikolaevna, 1895-1976, eldest daughter of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia". As there were no direct descendants to pay for its maintenance, the gravestone was destroyed in 1995. In the epilogue of that same book, Marie Stravlo clarifies that Boodts' remains were not placed in a mass grave, as was told in the past. The bones were carefully transferred to another grave, under the supervision and custody of the Italian family that took care of Boodts until she died. Legacy
Boodts' claim to be the Grand Duchess Olga, which was taken seriously by some people during her lifetime, was disproved thirty years later, when archaeological investigation and scientific testing confirmed that all seven members of the Russian imperial family had been murdered at Yekaterinberg in 1918. This was disputed by the Russian Orthodox Church, which requested new DNA testing, authenticating the original findings. On August 23, 2007, a Russian archaeologist announced the discovery of two burned, partial skeletons at a bonfire site near Yekaterinburg that appeared to match the site described in Yurovsky's memoirs.The archaeologists said the bones are from a boy who was roughly between the ages of ten and thirteen years at the time of his death and of a young woman who was roughly between the ages of eighteen and twenty-three years old. Anastasia was seventeen years, one month old at the time of the assassination, while her sister Maria was nineteen years, one month old and her brother Alexei was two weeks shy of his fourteenth birthday. Anastasia's elder sisters Olga and Tatiana were twenty-two and twenty-one years old at the time of the assassination. Along with the remains of the two bodies, archaeologists found "shards of a container of sulfuric acid, nails, metal strips from a wooden box, and bullets of various caliber". The bones were found using metal detectors and metal rods as probes. See also
Romanov impostors

References

External links
http://elcomercio.pe/edicionimpresa/html/2008-10-11/rusia-mejora-su-imagen.html
http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=7420
http://www.caracol.com.co/nota.aspx?id=18620
http://ad-orientem.blogspot.com/2012/07/patriarch-kyril-announces-new.html

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Deaths from pneumonia in Lombardy
Romanov impostors

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