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<mask> (February 1, 1895 – March 19, 1981) was an American executive in professional baseball, most notably serving as a general manager in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Athletics and Milwaukee Brewers for 15 seasons between  and . Biography
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, <mask>'s first involvement with professional sports came in American football, where he played guard for a number of "Ohio League" teams prior to the creation of the National Football League. After his attempt at playing professional baseball fell short, <mask> shifted to officiating, serving as a referee in both football and basketball. Baseball front offices
In 1933 he was named as traveling secretary for the Cincinnati Reds, while continuing to spend his offseasons as an official. After later spending one season as general manager of the team's Durham, North Carolina minor league club, <mask> was elevated to assistant general manager for the Reds under Warren Giles on November 17, 1936. After the U.S. entered World War II, <mask> joined the Navy and spent the next four years in the service before returning in 1946 as general manager of the Kansas City Blues, a top farm club of the New York Yankees. One year in that position led to a two-year stretch as president of the minor league American Association.<mask> then resigned that post in 1948 to become general manager of the White Sox. Over the next seven years, he shaped the team into a contender after nearly two decades of mediocrity, acquiring Baseball Hall of Famers Nellie Fox and Minnie Miñoso, and All-Stars Chico Carrasquel, Sherm Lollar and Billy Pierce, among many others. Fox, a future 15-time All-Star and  American League MVP, was acquired from the Philadelphia Athletics at age 21, straight-up for backup catcher Joe Tipton; the price of the Detroit Tigers' Pierce (also 21), a future seven-time AL All-Star who would win 186 games in a White Sox uniform, was another catcher, 33-year-old Aaron Robinson, who had only three major-league seasons left in his tank. In his seven years in Chicago, <mask> made 241 trades. The ChiSox made their league's first division in 1951, and topped the one-million mark in attendance each year for the remainder of <mask>'s tenure. After resigning in September 1955, <mask> quickly found work again in St. Louis, signing a three-year contract as general manager of the Cardinals on October 6. His first controversial move was to introduce new home and away uniforms of which the pair of redbirds on a bat was removed in favor of only the name "Cardinals" in red script edged with navy blue.In what he subsequently referred to as "the worst trade [he] ever made," <mask> sent Bill Virdon, recipient of the previous season's National League Rookie of the Year Award, to the Pirates for Bobby Del Greco and Dick Littlefield on May 17, 1956. When <mask> tried to trade superstar hitter Stan Musial to the Philadelphia Phillies for pitcher Robin Roberts—both future Hall of Famers—news of the proposed transaction was leaked to the radio and Cardinals' owner August A. Busch Jr. stopped the deal. The Cardinals finished second in their league in , eight games out, but <mask> moved on to Cleveland in November to take the reins of the Indians' front office. There he gained infamy in April 1960 by trading popular star slugger Rocky Colavito, who co-led the Junior Circuit in home runs in 1959, to the Detroit Tigers for Harvey Kuenn, the defending American League batting champion, whom <mask> would peddle to the San Francisco Giants on December 3. <mask> left Cleveland in January 1961 to become general manager of the Kansas City Athletics, but the combination of <mask> and volatile owner Charlie Finley led to an early end to <mask>'s employment just eight months later, and a lawsuit ensued. Due to his uncertain contract status, <mask> was forced out of baseball during this period, but found employment on May 7, 1962 as general manager of the National Basketball Association's Chicago Zephyrs. On January 8, 1965, <mask> settled his lawsuit with Finley, accepting $113,000 plus the freedom to take another baseball front-office position.Early reports of his being part of an ownership group to buy the Boston Red Sox, as well as potentially serving as president of the Texas League, proved to be unfounded. Instead, the Baltimore Orioles hired him as a special assistant to general manager Lee MacPhail on March 7, serving primarily as a scout, a post he held for nearly six years. Shortly before his 76th birthday, <mask> was hired as general manager for the Milwaukee Brewers. He took advantage of the rain postponement of Game 2 of the 1971 World Series on October 10 to acquire George Scott, Jim Lonborg, Ken Brett, Billy Conigliaro, Joe Lahoud and Don Pavletich in a ten-player blockbuster that also sent Tommy Harper, Marty Pattin, Lew Krausse and minor-league outfielder Pat Skrable to the Red Sox. <mask> ended his career as a scout for both the California Angels and Texas Rangers. Death and reputation
<mask> gained fame (and sometimes infamy) for his many transactions, earning nicknames such as "Trader <mask>", "Frantic Frank", "Trader Lane" and "The Wheeler Dealer" for having made over 400 trades in his career, including 241 with the White Sox alone. <mask> traded star players, such as Norm Cash, Rocky Colavito and Roger Maris, as well as future Hall of Famers Red Schoendienst and Early Wynn.Yet players were not the only people involved in <mask>'s transactions – in 1960, during his tenure with the Indians, he dealt manager Joe Gordon in exchange for Detroit Tigers skipper Jimmy Dykes. He died in a Dallas, Texas nursing home at 86 years of age. In Bobby Bragan's book You Can't Hit the Ball With the Bat On Your Shoulder, Bragan wrote that he was asked by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn's office to represent Major League Baseball at the funeral. He was the lone baseball official to attend. References

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<mask> at SABR (Baseball BioProject)
<mask> 1957 Sporting News Executive of the Year Award
<mask>—The Library of Congress

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Dr. <mask> (born 1952 in Mali) is the Africa Union Special Envoy for The Africa Medicine Agency(AMA). He was the Minister of Health and Social Affairs of Mali. A long-standing champion of a people-centered approach to health and development and a strong advocate for social justice, <mask> was the second Executive Director of UNAIDS, serving from January 2009 until May 2019. He held the rank of Under-Secretary-General. Background

Dr. <mask> was born in Medina Koura (Bamako) to a French mother Jeanne Poitevin and a Malian father, <mask>. After completing his secondary education in Mali and university degrees in economics, international development, and social planning in France, he began his professional career as the first Country Director of Terre des Hommes France in Mali in the Timbuktu region, working to improve the health and well-being of the nomadic Tuareg populations

Career

<mask> was born in Medina Koura (Bamako). After completing his secondary education in Mali and university degrees in economics, international development, and social planning in France, he began his professional career as the first Country Director of Terre des Hommes France in Mali in the Timbuktu region, working to improve the health and well-being of the nomadic Tuareg populations.In 1982, he formulated and launched the first semi-sedentarization program for the nomadic populations of the Timbuktu region. In 1984, Dr. Sidibe became a founding member of the CCA-ONG, which brings together 111 national and international NGOs working in Mali to coordinate actions in the field and ensure consultation between the NGOs. In 1987, he joined the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As Program Manager, he led the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) planning and implementation, designed to cover 30 million people in the country. During a 14-year career at UNICEF, <mask> supervised technical assistance programs to 10 French-speaking countries in the formulation of their national programs. He then served as a Representative in Swaziland, Burundi, and Uganda. He was Chief Negotiator for the ratification of Children's Rights in Swaziland to King Mswati III.In Burundi, he contributed to the lifting of the embargo; he negotiated the creation of a humanitarian corridor for the delivery of vaccines and medicines essential to the survival of the population; he launched with President Buyoya the Temporary Schools Program to ensure the education of children displaced by the war. In Uganda, he was a Negotiator with President Museveni to free Congolese child soldiers and ensure their family reunification in the Congo; He skillfully advocated for the release of young girls abducted by the Lord's Liberation Army; He supported the creation of a psycho-social care center in Northern Uganda. In 2001, <mask> joined UNAIDS as Country and Regional Support Director. He organized a reform to transform "UNAIDS into a more focused, effective and efficient joint program capable of delivering results at the country level." In 2007, he was appointed Deputy Executive Director of Programs at UNAIDS and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations. In 2008, he was appointed Executive Director of UNAIDS. In 2009, he was named by the French newspaper Le Monde as one of the 50 personalities of the year.In 2011 in New York, <mask> was part of the formulation and launched with Presidents Clinton and Goodluck of the first Global Plan to Eliminate Mother to Child Transmission of HIV. In 2012, he was named by Africa Report as one of the 50 most influential Africans. In 2016, he was Chief Negotiator with 193 UN countries for the Political Declaration on Ending AIDS by 2030. In 2017, he received the President's Medal from Emory University in Atlanta in recognition of his work as a “passionate advocate for health and humanity.” Past recipients of the President's Medal include President Jimmy Carter, the Dalai Lama, Congressman John Lewis, global health hero William Foege and civil rights activist Rosa Parks. In May 2019, he was appointed Minister of Health and Social Affairs in Mali. In 2020, he led the development of the COVID-19 Response Plan budgeted at 55 billion CFA francs, with 60% financed by partners. He has led the development of a new strategy for Action for Health in Mali, whose conceptual framework, similar to a World Health Organization model, was recognized at the global level.He has implemented the creation of the National Agency for Reproductive Health with the mission to focus on maternal and child health. In 2020, he was appointed Africa Union Special Envoy for The Africa Medicine Agency(AMA), following the Executive Council decision of February 2021, to lead the global advocacy for the creation of the agency and the mobilization of African Countries to sign and ratify the AMA. Scandal and resignation
Sidibé offered his resignation from his post as head of UNAIDS following an expert report on sexual harassment in the agency that criticized his "defective leadership." Initially, when allegations surfaced in mid-2018, <mask> refused to quit. In response to heightened scrutiny and reports of his gross mismanagement, however, <mask> informed the agency's board on 13 December 2018 that he would leave his post in June 2019. A panel of independent experts released a report on 13 December 2018 saying <mask> was overseeing a "patriarchal" workplace and promoting a "cult of personality" centered on him as the all-powerful chief. The experts further said the situation could not be changed unless <mask>, a native of Mali who has headed the UN agency for nine years, resigned.Other activities
 International Gender Champions (IGC), Member
 Calouste Gulbenkian Prize for Human Rights, Member of the Jury (since 2017)
. Global Commission on Drug Policy, Board member

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<mask> (June 16, 1922 – July 8, 2020) was an American politician and farmer in Florida who served as the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Florida from 1979 to 1987, and as the 39th Governor of Florida for three days in January 1987. <mask> served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1967 to 1978 prior to being elected as lieutenant governor. He was a lifelong conservative Democrat, and though he served in the Florida legislature and as Florida's lieutenant governor as a member of that party, he supported a mix of Democratic and Republican candidates for various state and national offices after retiring from elected office. <mask> was born and raised in New Brockton, Alabama. He served in the United States Navy during World War II, then attended college at Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania before moving to Florida and finishing his degree at the University of Florida in 1947. He became an active member of the American Farm Bureau Federation and served in multiple positions in the organization from the county to statewide level both before and after his terms in elected office. <mask> entered politics in 1966, with an unsuccessful run in the Democratic primary election for a seat in the Florida Senate.In 1967, he won election to the Florida House of Representatives from Jackson County in the Florida panhandle and served a total of six terms as a state legislator. In 1978, Bob Graham, a state senator from South Florida, tapped <mask> to be his running mate to balance the ticket in his campaign for governor. They won, and <mask> was sworn in as Florida's 12th lieutenant governor in January 1979. The ticket of Graham and <mask> were reelected in 1982. but Graham was prohibited from running for a third term in 1986 due to Florida's term limit law. Instead, Graham ran for and won election to the United States Senate. <mask> considered running for governor to replace Graham in 1986, but ultimately decided to retire from electoral politics and Republican Bob Martinez won the office. Graham's term in the U.S. Senate began three days before his term as governor ended, so he resigned effective January 3, 1987 to assume his new duties in Washington.As stipulated in state law, lieutenant governor <mask> briefly assumed the office of governor, and he held the office for about 72 hours before Martinez was inaugurated on January 6, 1987. Early life and education
<mask> <mask> was born on June 16, 1922, in New Brockton, Alabama, to Cecil Marion <mask> and Mineola Moseley. <mask>'s great-grandfather and great-uncle had both served as members of the Alabama Legislature. In 1941, he graduated from high school and moved to Florida. In 1942, Mixon joined the United States Navy. <mask> attended Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania before graduating from the University of Florida in 1947, with a degree in business administration. On December 27, 1947, he married Margie Grace in Graceville, Florida.Farm Bureau

During the 1950s he served as president of the Jackson County Farm Bureau. <mask> was selected to replace Sandy Johnson as the Florida Farm Bureau's field representative in North Florida and took the position on June 15, 1954. In 1955, he was selected to replace Sandy Johnson as organizational director of the Florida Farm Bureau. From 1958 to 1960, he served as the southern regional director for the national Farm Bureau. In 1960, he became the director of industry relations and commodity activities for the Florida Farm Bureau. In 1961, <mask> resigned from his position within the Florida Farm Bureau to manage his farm and considered running in the 9th congressional district during the 1962 elections. In 1963, he was selected to serve on the board of directors of the Jackson County Farm Bureau and was reelected in 1964, and 1966.In 1965, E. H. Finlayson, president of the Florida Farm Bureau, announced that he would not seek reelection, and <mask> ran to succeed him, but later withdrew. Art Karst was selected to replace Finlayson while <mask> was selected to serve as vice president. During the 1970s <mask> would serve as the only full-time farmer on the Agriculture committee in the Florida House of Representatives or as the only full-time farmer in the state House. In 1977, he had a net worth of $256,200, assets worth $1,051,400, with $564,900 coming from his 1,883 acres of farm land and $150,000 from his cattle, and an income of $298,592, with a majority coming from cattle, peanuts, and grain sales. Career

During the 1950s <mask> supported Republican presidential nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower. During the 1964 presidential election he supported Republican nominees Barry Goldwater and William E. Miller. He also served as a member of the Florida Citizens For Goldwater-Miller committee.State legislature

Elections

<mask> ran for the Democratic nomination for the state Senate from the 6th district in 1966, but placed third behind Bill Pearce and L. P. Gibson. In 1967, he ran for the Democratic nomination for the state House of Representatives from the 11th district. In the primary he defeated incumbent Representative Coy J. Mitchell and later faced no opposition in the general election. In 1968 and 1970, he won reelection. On June 29, 1972, he announced that he would seek reelection to the House of Representatives. In the Democratic primary he defeated John Grace, a 26 year old veteran of the Vietnam War, and in the general election <mask> faced no opposition. In 1974, he was reelected.Tenure

During the 1967–1968 session of the House of Representatives <mask> served on the Ad Valorem Taxation, Appropriations, Claims, Public Health and Welfare, and State Institutions committees. During the 1968–1970 session of the House of Representatives he served as the vice chairman of the Agriculture committee and as a member of the Ad Valorem Taxation, and Transportation committees. During the 1970–1972 session of the House of Representatives he served as the vice chairman of Community Affairs committee and as a member of the Agriculture, Appropriations, and Migrant Affairs committees. In 1971, <mask> was selected to serve as a Majority Whip alongside John Clark, Elvin L. Martinez, Roy Hess, Ed Fortune, John Forbes, Lew Whitworth, and Harold Featherstone. Each whip was placed in charge of ten of the eighty-one Democratic members of the House. During the 1972 Democratic presidential primaries he supported Senator Henry M. Jackson. In January 1972, <mask> was selected by Speaker Richard Pettigrew to replace Howell Lancaster as chairman of the Agriculture committee due to Lancaster's death.During the 1973–1975 session of the House of Representatives he served as the chairman of Agriculture committee and as a member of the Rules, and Community Affairs committees. In 1973, an impeachment trial was held for Lieutenant Governor Thomas Burton Adams Jr. for using public employees for personal financial gain during his service as Secretary of Commerce. On May 17, the House of Representatives voted 61 to 55, with <mask> voting against, in favor of impeaching Adams, but needed a two-thirds majority of 78 to impeach him. After failing to impeach Adams the House of Representatives voted 88 to 26, with <mask> voting in favor, in favor of censuring Adams for using the office for personal gain. During the 1975–1977 session of the House of Representatives he served as the chairman of Agriculture, and General legislation committees and as a member of the Appropriations, Community Affairs, and Rules committees. During the 1977–1979 session of the House of Representatives he served as the chairman of Agriculture, and General legislation committees and as a member of the Appropriations, and Rules committees. On June 2, 1975, the House of Representatives voted 104 to 15, with <mask> voting against, in favor of impeaching state Treasurer Tom O'Malley.Lieutenant governor

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1978

During the 1978 Florida gubernatorial election <mask> was speculated as a possible lieutenant gubernatorial nominee for both Bob Graham and Robert L. Shevin. In January 1978, Shevin listed <mask> as one of his five candidates for the position alongside state Senators Lori Wilson, Betty Castor, James Glisson, and state Speaker of the House T. Terrell Sessums. On March 18, <mask> announced that he would be Graham's running mate, but Graham stated on March 19, that a final decision had not been made yet. On March 30, Graham announced that <mask> would serve as his lieutenant governor as <mask> could appeal to rural voters in northern Florida. Following his selection he was endorsed by the Jackson County Floridian, the daily newspaper in Marianna, Florida, where <mask> lived, and by Guy Long, president of the NAACP in Jackson County, who held a press conference to refute rumors of <mask> being a redneck racist. <mask> was accused of stating "You all might think you have the nigger vote sewed up in Jackson County, but the truth is, whoever pays 'em last gets it" at Miami's Tiger Bay Club on August 16, by the Miami Herald. Graham and <mask> stated that <mask> did not make that statement.In the Democratic gubernatorial primary runoff Graham and <mask> defeated Shevin and Glisson with 482,535 votes to 418,636 votes. In the general election Graham and <mask> defeated Jack Eckerd and Paula Hawkins, the Republican gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial nominees. Sam Mitchell was elected to succeed <mask> in the Florida House of Representatives from the 7th district. 1982

In April 1981, <mask> stated that he would seek reelection with Graham in 1982, however, on June 23, he stated that he might not run due to him feeling that he had been cut out of administration decisions as Graham became more reliant on his advisers Garry Smith and Steve Hull. However, after <mask> made the statement Graham held a ninety-minute meeting to discuss <mask>'s complaints, and on June 24, Mixson stated that "I think Bob Graham's the greatest governor Florida has ever had, I'm very rewarded to be a part of his team" and that he would still seek reelection. <mask> was the first lieutenant governor of Florida to win reelection to a second term. Tenure

On January 2, 1979, <mask> was inaugurated as the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Florida by Chief Justice Arthur J. England Jr. of the Supreme Court of Florida.On January 22, <mask> led a 37-member delegation, as Governor Graham was unable, to Guatemala City, Guatemala, for the state's fourth trade mission called the "Intercambio Comercial", with the past three being to Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela, meant to increase trade between Florida and Central and South America. The trade mission was the first overseas trip sponsored by Graham's gubernatorial administration. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter appointed <mask> as special ambassador to Ecuador. During the 1980 presidential election <mask> supported President Carter. At the state Democratic convention <mask> was selected to serve as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in support of Carter alongside Graham, James C. Smith, Doyle Conner, Claude Pepper, Hazel Talley Evans, and Phyllis Miller. From February 10 to 16, 1980, <mask> was meant to lead a 35-member delegation, which included Agriculture

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 Commissioner Doyle Conner, state House Speaker J. Hyatt Brown, and Commerce Secretary Sidney Levin, during Florida's fifth Intercambio Comercial to Quito and Guayaquil, Ecuador. However, he was unable to lead the delegation as he had been selected to replace Ronnie Book as the head of Graham's legislative lobbying staff and had to lobby for Graham's 1980 tax reform legislation.In April 1980, <mask> was criticized for his intervening to prevent the suspension of Marianna Circuit Court Clerk Raymond Bruner. The Florida Ethics Commission voted four to one, with <mask> being the only vote against, in favor of recommending the suspension of Bruner for allegations that he had used his position as clerk to sexually harass fourteen employees. <mask> later sent a letter to Graham written by Bruner's lawyers alleging that Bruner was the victim of a political conspiracy. On June 27, Graham signed an executive order to suspend Bruner with the order stating that "these women were subjected to improper sexual advances in actual physical form, including actual physical touching, grabbing, kissing or attempted kissing, pinching, patting, and rubbing, all against their will" and accused Bruner of attempting to cover up the allegations. On April 29, 1980, Alabama Governor Fob James proclaimed "Wayne Mixson Day" in honor of <mask> giving an address to the Alabama state legislature on the same day. In 1985, <mask> served as Florida's representative at President Ronald Reagan's second inaugural address. Governor

After serving as Florida's governor for the maximum two consecutive terms, Bob Graham was elected to the United States Senate in November 1986.He soon announced that he planned to resign as Florida's governor to assume his new role on January 3, several days before the end of his term. <mask> would therefore become Florida's governor in the interim. Prior to taking the office <mask> received letters asking either for themselves to be appointed as his lieutenant governor-designate or to appoint a black, Hispanic, or a woman as a symbolic gesture. On January 3, <mask> was inaugurated as the 39th Governor of Florida by Chief Justice Parker Lee McDonald of the Florida Supreme Court. He was the second lieutenant governor to assume the governorship. During his three-day gubernatorial tenure, <mask> held one cabinet meeting and one press conference, appointed a new Secretary of Commerce, made 105 appointments, and signed over 800 letters. Mixon's brief term as governor ended on January 6, when Bob Martinez was inaugurated as the 40th Governor of Florida.Martinez recalled one of the political appointments made by <mask> along with 277 political appointments made by Graham, as the Florida Senate had not yet approved the appointments. <mask> stated that "my goal was to be the governor who did the least damage to Florida during his term in office." Later life

After leaving office <mask> was selected to serve to serve as a member of the First Florida Bank of Tallahassee's board of directors and as a member of the Bankers Insurance Group's board of directors. In April 1987, he wrote a letter criticizing a proposed 5% sales tax on insurance premiums and called for mass protests against it. In May, <mask> was elected to the board of trustees in Tallahassee, Florida. In 1987, Governor Martinez appointed <mask> to serve on the Florida Transportation Commission alongside David Kerr, Kaye Henderson, John Browning, Arthur Hill, Arthur Kennedy, <mask>, and Robert Wilhelm. In 1988, Martinez appointed <mask> to serve as the director of PRIDE, which ran prison industries in Florida.In 1988, <mask> supported Bill Gunter for the Democratic nomination for the Senate election and supported John W. Vogt for the Democratic nomination for insurance commissioner. During the 1994 Senate election he supported incumbent Republican Senator Connie Mack III. In 1996, <mask> was inducted into the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame. <mask> was given an honorary doctorate from the Florida Institute of Technology. During the 1994 Florida gubernatorial election <mask> supported incumbent Democratic Governor Lawton Chiles against Republican nominee Jeb Bush. However, during the 1998 Florida gubernatorial election he supported Bush against Lieutenant Governor Buddy MacKay although <mask> still supported Graham for reelection to the Senate against Republican nominee Charlie Crist. During the 2000 presidential election <mask> supported Texas Governor George W. Bush's presidential campaign.During the 2000 Senate election he supported Republican nominee Bill McCollum against Democratic nominee Bill Nelson. During the 2004 Democratic presidential primaries <mask> supported and donated to Graham's presidential campaign. However, after Graham dropped out of the presidential primary <mask> supported President Bush for reelection in the 2004 presidential election. <mask> was viewed widely as a conservative Democrat. In 2012, he changed his voter registration status to identify as a Republican. In 2014, the Florida State Senate designated Highway 73 out of Marianna Florida to be the Governor <mask> Highway. Both Governor and Mrs. <mask> were present for the dedication ceremony in September 2014.In 2015, <mask> wrote the foreword for the first complete book of the Florida Governorship, Florida Governors: Lasting Legacies. <mask> died on July 8, 2020, in Tallahassee, Florida, at the age of 98. Political positions

Abortion

<mask> was in favor of allowing abortions in the cases of rape, incest, deformity, and if the health of the mother was threatened. In 1970, he voted against legislation that would have left the decision of an abortion to the woman and her doctor. Agriculture

In 1967, <mask> and state Senator Elmer O. Friday introduced a resolution calling for the United States Congress and President Lyndon B. Johnson to maintain protective tariffs on agricultural imports. The resolution was later approved by the state House of Representatives. In 1969, he introduced legislation that would give sheriffs the ability to declare a state of emergency if overt acts of violence or imminent threat of violence occurs within a county and if the governor has not yet declared a state of emergency.The legislation also gave governing bodies the ability to designate another official with the power to declare a state of emergency. Civil rights

In 1972, <mask> voted in favor of leaving the phrase "prohibit forced busing" in a voter referendum on desegregation busing. In 1972, he voted against a referendum on lowering the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old. In 1973, he opposed the Equal Rights Amendment stating that the amendment would take more rights away from women than it would give them. The state House of Representatives voted 64 to 54, with <mask> against, against ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment. <mask> cosponsored legislation created by Charles Papy that would prohibit gender discrimination in employment, banking, and education. In 1975, the state House of Representatives voted 61 to 58, with <mask> voting against, in favor of ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment.Despite personally being against the Equal Rights Amendment he lobbied for its passage while serving as Governor Graham's chief lobbyist. Crime

In 1967, the state House of Representatives voted 61 to 53, with <mask> against, against legislation that would require a majority of the members of a jury to support the use of capital punishment. Florida law at the time required a majority of the jury to vote to not use capital punishment. In 1971, he voted in favor of legislation that would institute a $5,000 fine for violations of pollution laws. In 1971, he voted in favor of legislation that would reduce the penalty for possession of marijuana from a felony to a misdemeanor. In 1977, the state House of Representatives voted 72 to 35, with <mask> voting in favor, in favor of legislation that would allow security guards at mental health facilities to use Mace on patients in emergency situations. In 1979, <mask> supported Graham's decision to sign the death warrant permitting the execution of John Spenkelink, the first execution carried out after capitol punishment was reinstated, and stated that he and Graham were "strong supporters" of the death penalty when they were members of the state House.Development

During his tenure in the state legislature <mask> and state Senator Lawton Chiles introduced legislation creating sinkhole insurance. <mask> supported the use of nuclear power and stated that accidents at the Crystal River Nuclear Plant shouldn't deter the development of nuclear facilities. Employment

In 1972, <mask> voted in favor of right-to-work legislation. In 1973, <mask> and Lewis Earle co-wrote right-to-work legislation, which would prohibit the denial of work due to membership or non-membership of a union. He stated that unions would preserve the drudgery and rigors of hand harvesting methods. In 1977, <mask> was one of twelve members of the state House of Representatives that was given a 0% rating by the Florida Education Association-United. During the 1979 oil crisis <mask> opposed the energy saving policy of banning gasoline sales on weekends proposed by President Jimmy Carter as it would cost Florida's economy $100 million and 29,000 jobs.<mask> later called for an increased taxation on gasoline to as the oil crisis reduced gasoline taxation by $100 million. Gambling

In 1967, <mask> voted against legislation that would have legalized the use of Bingo by non-profit organizations. During the 1978 gubernatorial campaign he stated that legalized casino gambling would reduce tourism to Florida as "families come here to see our beaches, and our natural wonders, but if we create a Las Vegas-type atmosphere, we'll lose them." Government

In 1967, <mask> opposed a plan that would have reduced the amount of Florida counties from 67 to 50. He and William Inman introduced legislation that would allow for a new city charter to be given to Chattahoochee, Florida. He also introduced legislation that would raise the jurisdiction of small claims courts in Jackson County from cases involving less than $250 to cases involving less than $750. In 1977, the state House of Representatives voted 73 to 31, with <mask> voting against, in favor of a motion to kill a resolution urging the United States Congress to abolish the electoral college and replace it with the direct election of the president using the popular vote.Electoral history

References

External links
Official Governor's portrait and biography from the State of Florida
Biography from Florida Governor's Mansion
Article about <mask>'s naval service during World War II (with photo)
New York Times article about <mask>'s governorship

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<mask> (born 3 February 1991) is a former Australian professional rugby league footballer who last played as  and  for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL. <mask> previously played for the Brisbane Broncos and the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League, and has played at representative level for the Prime Minister's XIII and Queensland in the State of Origin series. Background
<mask> was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia of Māori descent. He is eligible to represent both  and . He attended Keebra Park State High School on the Gold Coast. He played his junior football for the Beenleigh Lions before being signed by the Brisbane Broncos. Playing career

Early career

<mask> played for the Broncos NYC Team in 2009–2011, where in 2009 he was awarded as the Broncos Back of the Year.2010
In Round 1 of the 2010 NRL season, <mask> made his NRL debut for the Brisbane Broncos against the North Queensland Cowboys, beating the likes of Josh Hoffman to the Number 1 jersey after impressing in the trials. <mask> made an impression in the opening minutes by saving two early tries before for the 19th minute when he set up Israel Folau in the corner for the first try of the night. Three minutes later, <mask> delivered a perfectly weighted pass to captain Darren Lockyer to send him over for the second try of the night which helped the Broncos stay in front for the rest of the game, eventually winning 30–24 at Suncorp Stadium. After the game, <mask> was named Man of the Match and became an instant hit with Brisbane fans. <mask> continued to play at fullback till Round 5 before going back to the Broncos NYC team for a few matches after Hoffman was chosen to be the preferred fullback. In Round 9 against the Melbourne Storm, <mask> scored his first NRL Career try in the Broncos 36–14 upset win in the Storms’ first match at their new home ground of AAMI Park. On 21 July, <mask> extended his contract with the Broncos to the end of the 2012 season.For the remainder of the season, <mask> only played in 5 matches, 4 of them at five-eighth as an experiment. He finished his debut year with 1 try from 12 matches. On 23 October, <mask> played for the Junior Kangaroos against the Junior Kiwis, playing at five-eighth in both of the 2 junior test matches, the Kangaroos 24–16 win in the first and the 36–20 loss in the second test. 2011
In the 2011 NRL season, <mask> only played in 9 matches for the Broncos, playing most of the year in the Toyota Cup. 2012
On 24 February, <mask> extended his contract with the Broncos to the end of the 2013 season. It was a breakout year for <mask>, where he cemented the void five-eighth position following the retiring departure of Broncos captain Darren Lockyer. <mask> played in all of the Broncos 25 matches, scoring 10 tries and kicking 2 goals.2013
Following the signing of Gold Coast Titans experienced playmaker Scott Prince to the Broncos, <mask> was shifted back to fullback. On 25 March, <mask> announced that he signed a lucrative 3-year contract with the Parramatta Eels starting from 2014, guaranteed fulltime playing position in his preferred five-eighth spot. <mask> continued to play at fullback until Round 18 when he fell from favour of coach Anthony Griffin and spent the rest of the year playing for the Wynnum-Manly Seagulls in the Queensland Cup. He finished his last year with the Broncos with 2 tries from 18 matches

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In February, <mask> was selected in the Eels inaugural 2014 Auckland Nines squad. In round 1, <mask> made his club debut for Parramatta against the New Zealand Warriors, playing at five-eighth and kicking 2 goals in the 36–16 win at Parramatta Stadium. In Round 10 against the St George Illawarra Dragons, he scored his first try for the Eels in the 36–0 win at Parramatta Stadium. <mask> cemented the five-eighth position, playing in all of the club's 24 matches and scoring 3 tries in 2014.2015
On 26 January, <mask> played in the Auckland Nines and he was named in the Team of Tournament. In Round 13 against the North Queensland Cowboys, <mask> played his 100th NRL match and also scored a try in the 36–30 loss, after they lead 30–6 till up to the 57th minute. <mask> finished the season with 3 tries from 22 matches. 2016
In February, <mask> captained the Eels Auckland Nines squad. He took out coveted Player of the Tournament award after he led the team as they triumphed over the New Zealand Warriors 22–4 to win their maiden Auckland 9's title. In Round 1 against his former club the Broncos, <mask> left the field injured and was seen using his mobile phone in the changing room, which is banned during NRL matches. <mask> was cleared of wrong-doing and said that he was only letting his family know that he was okay.During a round 9 game, commentator Phil Gould quoted, "<mask> would walk into a blues Jersey if he was a New South Welshman." <mask>'s eligibility is to Queensland despite being stuck behind the likes of Johnathan Thurston and Cooper Cronk. By May, <mask> was named third in the leader board for the Dally M Medal. On 21 July, <mask>'s 2016 campaign ended after he was suspended for 8 weeks and was fined $20,000 for breaches of conduct including being caught with capsules of MDMA in his possession at the Star Casino, filming drug use and sexual activity and consorting with known criminals. He scored  one try from his 18 appearances in 2016. 2017
In February, <mask> again captained the Eels Auckland Nines team. In Round 1 against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, <mask> made his return from suspension, shifting to halfback and scoring a try in the 20–12 win.On 23 July 2017, <mask> kicked a field goal to win the game for Parramatta in a close match against The Wests Tigers 17–16. On 20 September 2017, <mask> received a late call up to the Prime Minister's XIII Representative Team due to a late withdrawal from Canberra Raiders player Josh Papali’i. The team played against PNG XIII. <mask> played his hand in two tries coming off the bench. 2018
In the 2018 season, <mask> struggled with form over the opening rounds with the club sitting last on the table and only winning 2 of the first 11 games. On 22 May, coach Brad Arthur shifted <mask> to fullback in a switch with Clint Gutherson for the Round 12 clash against The Brisbane Broncos. On 30 May 2017, <mask> was handed a $20,000 breach notice for being spotted on social media drinking while he was on the injured list which is against club rules.Parramatta chief executive Bernie Gurr released a statement confirming <mask> had been sent a breach notice. “The Parramatta Eels Club has been in discussion with <mask> and his management regarding a disciplinary matter, which resulted in a breach notice as part of our club’s disciplinary process,” Gurr said
<mask> ended the 2018 season with 23 appearances for the club as Parramatta finished in last place on the ladder claiming their 14th wooden spoon. On 19 December the St George Illawarra Dragons announced the signing of <mask> to a 3-year deal. 2019
On 15 January, a video emerged online through social media showing <mask> and Australian Rugby Union player Kurtley Beale sitting on a couch as an older man is shown snorting cocaine off a plate. <mask> was then heard saying “That’s the young blood right there baby. Get it baby, get it". <mask>'s new club had informed the NRL integrity unit and released a statement saying “The St George Illawarra Dragons have been made aware of a video circulating on social media of <mask> from several years ago, The Dragons informed the NRL Integrity Unit on Monday afternoon.The Integrity Unit confirmed they had previously been made aware of the footage and dealt with it accordingly at the time, The club will make no further comment". <mask> made his debut for St. George Illawarra against North Queensland in round 1 which ended in a 24–12 defeat. In Round 3, he kicked the winning field goal in golden point as St George Illawarra defeated Brisbane 25–24. The following week, <mask> kicked a field goal in golden point for the second week running as they defeated Newcastle 13–12. In round 8, <mask> played against his former club Parramatta for the first time since his departure from the club. St. George Illawarra raced out to a 14–0 lead before a second half fight back by Parramatta saw them lose 32–18. <mask> suffered a cheek fracture in the match and was taken from the field.He returned in round 13 against Canterbury-Bankstown scoring a try in a 36–12 victory. On 17 June, <mask> was named in the Queensland Maroons squad for Game 2 of State Of Origin as the 19th man. He played in game 3, setting up a try in the first half of the match after he put a kick through for Felise Kaufusi to score. In the second half and with only a minute remaining, the game was set to head into golden point extra-time to decide who would be the series winner until New South Wales shifted the ball to the wing of Blake Ferguson. <mask> who was in cover defence missed his tackle on Ferguson who passed the ball back on the inside to James Tedesco who scored the match winning and series winning try. <mask> made a total of 19 appearances for St. George Illawarra in his first year at the club as they endured one of the worst ever seasons finishing in 15th place. Before the start of the season, St George Illawarra were expected to reach the finals and challenge for the premiership but only managed to win a total of 7 games.2020
In round 10 of the 2020 NRL season, <mask> scored the winning try for St. George Illawarra as they defeated Canterbury-Bankstown 28–22 at WIN Stadium. <mask> played a total of 18 games for the club in the 2020 NRL season as they finished 13th on the table and missed out on the finals. 2021
On 25 January, <mask> and former NRL player James Segeyaro were involved in a street brawl at Cronulla. It was alleged during the scuffle that a knife was produced. The matter was referred to the NRL Integrity Unit. On 20 February, <mask> was handed a breach notice by the NRL and a fine of $20,000 for his involvement in the street fight. On 15 June, <mask> was informed by the club that his services were not required for next season.In round 16, <mask> kicked the winning field goal for the club as they beat the New Zealand Warriors 19-18 in golden point extra-time. On 5 July, <mask> was fined $50,000 by the NRL and suspended for one game after breaching the game's Covid-19 biosecurity protocols when he  attended a party along with 12 other St. George Illawarra players at Paul Vaughan's property. It was also alleged that <mask> fled Vaughan's house but left his wallet behind which was discovered by NSW Police. <mask> played a total of 22 matches for St. George Illawarra in the 2021 NRL season as the club finished 11th on the table and missed out on the finals. On 16 December, <mask> announced his retirement from rugby league. <mask> claimed that he had received offers from club's in the NRL and Super League for 2022 but said he had no desire to play professional rugby league. <mask> spoke on his social media account saying “Yeah I was just like na I’m not even keen to play anymore hey,” <mask> said on yktr.sports.“I was just over it so I thought just call it a day". Personal life
<mask> along with James Segeyaro and Isaac John own a clothing business called YKTR. References

External links
St. George Illawarra Dragons profile
Parramatta Eels profile
Eels profile
NRL profile

1991 births
Living people
Australian rugby league players
Australian people of Māori descent
New Zealand Māori rugby league players
Parramatta Eels players
Brisbane Broncos players
Wynnum Manly Seagulls players
Redcliffe Dolphins players
Norths Devils players
Junior Kangaroos players
Rugby league fullbacks
Rugby league five-eighths
Rugby league halfbacks
People educated at Keebra Park State High School
Rugby league players from Brisbane
St. George Illawarra Dragons players
Queensland Rugby League State of Origin players

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title: Kevin Coyne

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<mask> (27 January 1944 – 2 December 2004) was an English musician, singer, composer, film-maker, and a writer of lyrics, stories and poems. The "anti-star" was born in Derby, Derbyshire, England, and died in his adopted home of Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. <mask> is notable for his unorthodox style of blues-influenced guitar composition, the intense quality of his vocal delivery, and his bold treatment, in his lyrics, of injustice to the mentally ill. Many influential musicians have described themselves as Coyne fans, among them Sting and John Lydon. In the mid-1970s, prior to the formation of the Police, <mask>'s band included guitarist Andy Summers. Prominent BBC disc jockey and world music authority Andy Kershaw described <mask> as "a national treasure who keeps getting better" and as one of the great British blues voices. Over many years <mask> produced the distinctive art work for many of his own album covers but his move to Germany, in the 1980s, saw his work on full-size paintings blossom in its own right.Early days
As a teenager and young adult <mask> studied at the Joseph Wright School of Art from 1957 to 1961 and then studied graphics and painting at Derby School of Art from 1961 to 1965. There he met Nick Cudworth (piano, acoustic guitar). His love of American bluesmen developed, as did his song-craft and his guitar and vocal talents. At the conclusion of his arts training, <mask> began the work that would change him forever – he spent the three years, from 1965 to 1968, working as a social therapist and psychiatric nurse at Whittingham Hospital near Preston in Lancashire and then for "The Soho Project" in London as a drugs counsellor. During this period of working with the mentally ill he performed regularly. Subsequently, his musical aspirations took precedence and he signed a record deal in 1969. Joined by Dave Clague (bass, acoustic guitar, ex-Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band), <mask>'s band got an early break as a result of a demo heard by John Peel, who in 1969 signed them to his Dandelion Records label.At first billed as <mask>-Clague (an early Dandelion release erroneously named them just "Clague"), the band soon altered its name to Siren. Reviewing the band's 1971 LP Strange Locomotion, Robert Christgau wrote in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981): "Like Fleetwood Mac, this is British blues that neither chokes on false roots nor enmires itself in boogie reductionism. <mask>'s humorously belligerent drawl embodies the band's wit and its punk chauvinism. Mistake: 'Fetch Me My Woman,' which (second mistake) goes on for 7:40." An established artist
In 1973 he appeared on the BBC's The Old Grey Whistle Test, performing "I Want My Crown" and "House on the Hill" with guitarist Gordon Smith and percussionist Chilli Charles. In 1975 <mask> and his band performed at the alternative festival held to protest against the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 in Stockholm; footage from the concert was later released as the 1976 film Musikfilmen. In late 1975 and 1976 <mask> completed the musical England, England, written with playwright Snoo Wilson, and described as "an evocation of the Kray twins".The musical, directed by Dusty Hughes, was performed on stage in August 1977 at the Jeannetta Cochrane Theatre, in Holborn, London. It was one of the first theatre pieces to reference the fascist associations of a kind of British nationalism that later became more prevalent with the rise of the National Front and the election of Margaret Thatcher. From 18 August to 24 September 1977 it played at the Bush Theatre in Shepherd's Bush. In 1978 <mask> collaborated with fellow Derby Art School graduate Ian Breakwell to produce the film The Institution based on Breakwell's Artist Placement Group work at Rampton Secure Hospital in Nottinghamshire. Early in his career, <mask> turned down a meeting with founder of Elektra Records Jac Holzman (Coyne's band Siren were on Elektra in America) to discuss replacing Jim Morrison in the Doors. "I didn't like the leather trousers!" was <mask>s' alleged reason.<mask>'s first solo album Case History (1972), primarily with just his own voice and guitar, was powerful and direct, was recorded for Peel's Dandelion label. When Dandelion ceased to exist, the album largely sank into obscurity. But not before it had come to the attention of Virgin Records, who were sufficiently impressed to sign <mask> and release his 1973 album Marjory Razorblade. The single "Marlene" (b/w "Everybody Says"), taken from the album and released in August 1973, was the first Virgin single. <mask> was the second artist signed to Virgin Records, after Mike Oldfield, where he continued his uncompromising stance. It was this attitude that endeared him to label-mates such as John Lydon, who played "Eastbourne Ladies" on a Desert Island Discs–type show, and the Mekons, who recorded his "Having a Party", a scathing attack on Richard Branson. Described as being musically "... a mixture of blues and music hall comedy, with a punk edge", the 1973 album contained many notable songs, such as the bitter and irreverent "Eastbourne Ladies" and the plaintive "House on the Hill" about life in a psychiatric institution.It was the record that was to be largely responsible for putting <mask> on the map of mainstream rock. Another Virgin album release, Babble, by <mask> and singer Dagmar Krause, courted controversy when <mask> suggested, in the theatre presentation of the piece, that the destructive relationship between the two lovers could have been based on The Moors Murderers. Two performances at the Theatre Royal in Stratford, London were cancelled at short notice by Newham Council following negative press reports in The Sun and the Evening Standard. The show was eventually staged, for four nights, at the Oval House in Kennington. Reviewing the show for the NME, Paul Du Noyer wrote:

"Babble" is a particularly thorough, painstaking exploration of the reality of one relationship, stripped of romance and artifice. The format employed is correspondingly stark. Against a stage-set of light-bulb, table and chairs <mask> and his partner Dagmar Krause stand at either side; the only accompaniment comes from Bob Ward and Brian Godding, playing electric and acoustic guitar in the gloom behind.American singer/songwriter Will Oldham claimed that the Babble album had "changed my life" and he recorded two of the songs himself. Oldham also went on to form a side project called The Babblers – who strictly played covers of songs from Babble. Extracts from a performance of Babble, in Berlin, were included in the short German film Herz Aus Feuer (1979) by Claudia Strauven and Wolfgang Kraesze. The album Politicz, featuring Peter Kirtley on guitar and Steve Bull on keyboards, was released in 1982. AllMusic's reviewer Dean McFarlane described the album as "One of the British singer/songwriter's more outwardly experimental records, this album contains some of his most intimate work, deeply personal songs and techniques which were taking him further and further away from tradition...  strictly a post-punk album with a humorous political agenda". The same year <mask> appeared in concert with his band (Kirtley and Bull augmented by Steve Lamb on bass and Dave Wilson on drums), live in front of the Berlin Wall at the Tempodrom. The concert was later issued on the 2008 DVD At the Last Wall (Dockland Productions, Meyer Records).Nuremberg
Following a nervous breakdown and increasing difficulties with drink, <mask> left the UK in 1985. He settled in Nuremberg, West Germany and having given up alcohol, never stopped recording and touring, as well as writing books and exhibiting his paintings. A selection of <mask>'s writings, including many of his poems, can be viewed on the internet. <mask>'s move to Germany saw his writing and painting career truly blossom. He published four books, two of which, Showbusiness and Party Dress, were published by Serpent's Tail in London. There were numerous exhibitions of his visual work throughout Europe and the response was reassuringly strong. Those in Berlin, Amsterdam and Zürich being particularly well reviewed and attended.The paintings gained some notoriety and still attract commercial attention today. In the late 1980s <mask> acted on stage, playing the small part of a rock star in Linie Eins (Line One), a German musical, at the Nuremberg Opera House, but appearing only at the very end of the play. His 1995 album, The Adventures of Crazy Frank, was based on a stage musical about English comedian Frank Randle – with <mask> in the title role. It also starred the singer Julia Kempken who was erroneously listed in the Guardian obituary as <mask>'s wife. Kempken later wrote fondly of this mistake, suggesting that her performance on stage as Randle's wife had been so strong as to transform her, in the eyes of the press, into <mask>'s actual wife. In reality <mask> married only twice, first to Lesley and second to Helmi, having another relationship between the two which saw the birth of his son Nico. In Germany his sons from his first marriage, Eugene and Robert, appeared on recordings such as Tough And Sweet (1993) and Sugar Candy Taxi (1999), with guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Robert joining his band.His later German recordings, including Knocking on Your Brain (1997) often featured the "Paradise Band". In later years he also collaborated with Brendan Croker on Life Is Almost Wonderful, with Jon Langford of the Mekons (on One Day in Chicago) and with Gary Lucas once of Captain Beefheart's Magic Band (on Knocking on Your Brain). A reunion with original Siren members Dave Clague and Nick Cudworth happened for a John Peel's Dandelion Records DVD, alongside solo performances by <mask>. Siren performed all material for the film without any prior rehearsals. In a 2004 interview with Frank Bangay, <mask> named his favourite blues musicians as Robert Johnson, Leroy Carr, Peetie Wheatstraw and Tommy McClennan

Death
Diagnosed with lung fibrosis in 2002, <mask> died peacefully at his home. He is survived by his wife Helmi and his sons Eugene, Robert and Nico. His wife Helmi intends to continue releasing recordings <mask> made in his last years, on his own Turpentine Records label.The first was Underground (2006). 2007 tributes
In 2007, the Nightingales recorded a version of "Good Boy" for their album Out of True, Jackie Leven recorded a song about <mask> on his album Oh What A Blow The Phantom Dealt Me!, and "Here Come The Urban Ravens" featured on the album, Whispers From The Offing – A Tribute to <mask>, put together by <mask>'s friend Frank Bangay. The full track listing for the CD version of the album was:

 "Black Cloud" – Nigel Burch
 "Talking To No One" – Big Mehr and friend
 "Born Crazy" – Razz
 "Sand All Yellow" – Goldfish
 "Cycling" – Dog Latin
 "Marlene" – Nikki Sudden
 "Raindrops on the Window" – <mask>
 "Hello Judas" – Alternative TV
 "I Only Want To See You Smile" – Veronique Acoustique
 "Blame It on the Night" – Grae J Wall
 "My Evil Island Home" – Jowe Head
 "Case History No 2" – Pascal Regis
 "House on the Hill" – Leo O'Kelly
 "Mad Boy No2" – Frank Bangay and almost real
 "Looking for the River" – Chris Connelly
 "Victoria Smiles" – Heinz Rudolf Kunze
 "Are We Dreaming?" – The Otters (Ft. Mark Astronaut)
 "Strange Pictures" – Dave Russell
 "Weirdo" – Joey Stack
 "A Loving Hand" – Clive Product
 "Lonesome Valley" – Stumble on the Valves
 "Here Come The Urban Ravens" – Jackie Leven

The downloaded version also includes two bonus tracks – Sally Timm's "I'm Just A Man" and Jon Langford's "Having a Party" in <mask>'s own voice. In 2008 Swiss performance artist Pipilotti Rist produced a video in which she mimes "Jackie and Edna" against the background of various images, including film taken from a moving train. This video was exhibited in Helsinki's Kiasma Gallery in January 2012 as part of the "Thank you for the Music" exhibition. Critical appraisal
Although Coyne has been neglected by popular music historians and academics, George McKay's 2013 book Shakin' All Over: Popular Music and Disability, features a critical discussion of Coyne's work.The book opens with an epigraph from <mask>: 'anything that rhymes with "me"' (from the song "Fat Girl" as performed on the 1977 album In Living Black and White). Describing him as 'the great lost English singer-songwriter' with his 'social-work approach to pop', McKay discusses the 1978 song "Having a Party" in the context of songs about the destructive economy of the pop industry. He also notes <mask>'s 'anti-star' status and his innovative 'anti'-guitar playing: "Not being able, or electing not, to play the instrument "properly", and hearing other voices while singing: there is something culturally disabling about each of these artistic choices, quite apart from the lyrical terrain". On 15 June 2017 <mask> was commemorated with the unveiling of a blue plaque at the University of Derby Art School. In January 2018, an exhibition of <mask>'s work was staged at the city gallery Alte Feuerwache in Amberg An exhibition, accompanied by a 70-page catalogue, compiled by Stefan Voit, was held from 9 June to 5 August 2018, at the Städtische Galerie Cordonhaus in Cham. Discography

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Solo and with his band

 Live At Rockpalast 1979. (2CDs + DVD) - 2019 (Mig Music/Indigo; also previous editions without video, by other publishers.)John Peel's Dandelion Records - 2008 (Ozit/Morpheus Records)
 Live At Rockpalast 1979 (2CDs + DVD) - 2019 (Mig Music/Indigo; also previous editions without video, by other publishers.) Film
 The Institution (with Ian Breakwell) – 1978

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External links
 Official <mask> Site

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title: Walter Leslie (field marshal)

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Count <mask> (Fetternear House, Aberdeenshire, 1607 – Vienna, 4 March 1667) was a Scottish soldier and diplomat. He gained the positions of Imperial Field Marshal, Count of the Holy Roman Empire, Governor on the Croatian-Slavonian Military Frontier, Imperial Ambassador to Naples, Rome in 1645 and to Constantinople in 1665–1666. Family
<mask> was born to a prominent Scottish noble family from the Clan <mask>. His father William was the 10th Baron of Balquhain and his mother Joan was a daughter of John Baron of Gogar. In 1647, he married Anna Francesca von Dietrichstein, daughter of Count Maximilian von Dietrichstein. They had no children. He was succeeded by his nephew, Count <mask>, who continued the <mask> line at the family castle, Nové Město nad Metují.Early military career: 1624–1632
In 1624, <mask> crossed the North Sea to fight with the Protestant Army of the United Provinces. By 1628, he was in Stralsund in Northern Germany fighting for either the Danes or the Swedes. In 1630, he transferred to the army of the (Catholic) Holy Roman Emperor and fought alongside his countryman John Gordon that summer in War of the Mantuan Succession in Northern Italy, under the command of General Albrecht von Wallenstein. Wallenstein was recalled from Italy in 1631. In December 1631 <mask> followed the General to fight in Northern Germany against the Swedes. By July 1632, <mask> had risen to the rank of oberwachtmeister, or sergeant in the infantry ranks of Count Adam Erdmann Trčka, Wallenstein's brother-in-law, and was still under John Gordon, then lieutenant colonel. The military relationship between <mask> and Gordon would become increasingly important as they became closer to Wallenstein.<mask> fought under Gordon at Bentheim in lower Saxony and at Freistadt in upper Austria. Both men were captured at Freistadt by the Swedes after having had joint command of 1000 Scottish and Irish musketeers. After that, Gordon rose to commander of a regiment and <mask> became his spokesman in court. This was the first time <mask> was put in such a position, although it would not be the last. In November 1632 <mask> fought with Gordon at the Battle of Lützen. That was a Protestant victory, but cost the life of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. After that, they captured Eger and <mask> was again commissioned as Gordon's second in command.Plot to assassinate Wallenstein: 1633–1634

In December 1633 Italian Imperial generals began to plot ways to remove Wallenstein from power. During that time, <mask>, Gordon and Irish Colonel <mask> remained in the service of Wallenstein but began to correspond with the Italian generals. <mask> wrote to one, calling him the "protector of all foreign cavaleirs," pledged his allegiance to the Ferdinand II and requested a promotion based on his service to the emperor. As historian David Worthington points out, the letter was timed to arrive on 12 January, the day before the Pilsen Agreement was signed by 47 of Wallenstein's officers to remain loyal to him. <mask> never signed the agreement. Days later, the Italian generals and 18 other senior officers signed the Pilsen Reverse, a document which expressed their loss of faith in Wallenstein's loyalty and ability. In January 1633 Ferdinand II granted immunity to all signers of the Pilsen Agreement except the top generals.By this time, <mask> and Gordon had both aligned themselves with one of the Italian generals who had just been made a field marshal and had been preparing their musketeers in Eger. In January 1634 Ferdinand issued a secret arrest warrant for Wallenstein. The general began exploring the allegiances of his Scottish officers, Gordon and <mask> by offering Gordon a promotion and asking to meet with <mask>. As Butler escorted Wallenstein into Eger, <mask> and Gordon were inside the castle walls awaiting their arrival. There are several accounts of what followed in the late days of February, but some events and details are unanimous. On 24 February Wallenstein entered Eger and retired to his bed at the Burgomaster's house, outside the castle walls. That night, <mask> dined with Butler and Gordon and they finalized their plans to assassinate Wallenstein and his senior officers.After dinner, a messenger came for Wallenstein and <mask> took him to the general's quarters. The letter was from Ferdinand II and it officially dismissed him as a general and indicted him as a traitor. Wallenstein is then reported to have let out his frustrations to <mask> and even confided in <mask> his plans to join forces with Saxe-Weimar. The next morning, <mask>, Butler and Gordon all took an oath with one of the loyalist officers, Ilow, to remain loyal to Wallenstein. Later that day, the Scotsmen invited all of the loyalist officers to a banquet to celebrate Wallenstein. Adam Trčka, Vilem Kinsky, Christian von Ilow and a lower ranking officer, Niemann all attended, but Wallenstein declined due to illness. At the banquet they drank heavily, made toasts to the General, cursed the court in Vienna and had dessert.Again, reports of events differ slightly in the small details but what is agreed is that at the end of dinner, <mask>, Butler and Gordon all stood up, drew their swords and yelled something along the lines of "Long live Ferdinand and the House of Austria!" At that point, the drawbridge had been raised and the Irish dragoons had been let into the banquet hall. Although <mask> was wounded in the slaughter, all of Wallenstein's officers were killed. Next, <mask> left the walls to gather <mask> and a team to go to Wallenstein's quarters, where he was asleep, and kill him, and so they did. <mask> was the first to bring word to Vienna and therefore the Emperor heard his name first. <mask> and his fellows were rewarded handsomely by Ferdinand II for their efforts. <mask> was given Trčka's castle, Nové Město nad Metují and some other properties as well as the "die golden ketten" or the imperial golden chain.<mask>'s career as a military officer, politician, diplomat, and imperial noble skyrocketed as a result of assassinating Wallenstein. Imperial court, new titles, and diplomacy: 1634–1650

<mask> was made an imperial chamberlain by Ferdinand II in 1634. His military rank was increased to a lieutenant field marshal and head of the bodyguard for the King of Hungary, and he was given command of two regiments. Just after his promotions, in the summer of 1634 he led a successful siege on Regensburg. In September 1634 he fought at the imperial victory at the Battle of Nordlingen. In the months leading up to the Peace of Prague, <mask> was in Rathenow in Brandenburg. Historian David Worthington claims that of all the assassins of Wallenstein, <mask> was rewarded the most and ultimately his career grew the most out of that event.In September 1636 <mask> and the imperialists were defeated by the French, the Swedes and Saxe-Weimar at the Battle of Wittstock. However, in 1637, <mask> wrote to the dying Ferdinand II, making his argument that he had Habsburg blood dating back over half of a century. After Ferdinand II's death, Ferdinand III approved the request and ennobled <mask> as an Imperial Count. This new title brought with it a new lifestyle, new political respect and more diplomatic opportunities. <mask> served as a Stuart-Habsburg intermediary at the Ratisbon Electoral meeting (1636–43), Imperial envoy to the Spanish Netherlands (1639), diplomatic trips to the Caroline Court in Spain, delegate in Regensburg (1640), and ambassador to Naples in 1645. In 1645, <mask>, then Imperial Ambassador to Naples, roamed the Italian Peninsula in an attempt to garner funds to fight the war. He is reported to have given Pope Innocent X a solid silver writing table.The trip yielded little money and few troops. Latter years, Ottoman diplomacy, and death: 1650–1667
<mask> was made a Field Marshal and the Governor of the Croatian-Slavonian Military Frontier in 1650, an appointment that drew his attention to the Southern reaches of the Holy Roman Empire. During this period, there is evidence that his lifestyle became more relaxed. In the 1650s, <mask> renovated his castles, Nové Město nad Metují in the Kingdom of Bohemia and Ptuj in Slovenia. He also continued a passion of his, collecting and commissioning works of art, especially portraits. He commissioned portraits for Ferdinand II, Ferdinand III, Leopold I and most of their families. In 1657, he was made Vice-President of the Imperial War Council.He had been an adviser to the Imperial Privy Council for some years. In 1663, he willed his estates and titles to his nephew, <mask>. In 1665, <mask> was made a Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece. Shortly after that, he embarked on his last diplomatic journey as Imperial Ambassador to Constantinople, a trip that lasted from 1665 until 1666. In Istanbul, he moved along peace treaty talks with Sultan Mehmed IV. Upon his return in 1666, <mask>'s health was failing. He died on 3 March 1667 and was buried in the Scottish Benedictine Abbey in Vienna.<mask> had commissioned the renovation of this very same church years earlier. Notes

See also
 Scotland and the Thirty Years' War

References
Prendergast, Francis. “An Authentic Account of the Death of Wallenstein, with a Vindication of the Motives of Colonel <mask>.” Transactions of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society, Vol. 2, No. 1 (1852): 9–32. Vidmar, Polona. “Under the Habsburgs and Stuarts: The Leslie’s Portrait Gallery in Ptuj castle, Slovenia.” In British and Irish Emigrants and Exiles in Europe, 1603-1688, edited by David Worthington, 215–233.Boston: Brill, 2010. Watson, Francis. Wallenstein: Soldier under Saturn. (New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc., 1938), 404–407. Worthington, David. Scots in Habsburg Service, 1618-1648. (Boston: Brill, 2004), 153–288.Mitchell J. Life of Wallenstein Duke of Friedland, London, James Fraser, 1888; pp. 323–345

Further reading
Worthington, David. British and Irish Experiences and Impressions of Central Europe, 1560-1688. Surrey, England: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2012. Pages, Georges. The Thirty Years' War 1618-1648.Translated by David Maland and John Hopper. New York: Harper and Row, 1970. Guthrie, William P., The Later Thirty Years' War: From the Battle of Wittstock to the Treaty of Westphalia. London: Greenwood Press, 2003. Worthington, David, "A Stuart-Austrian Habsburg intermediary: The life of <mask> (1606-67)", History Scotland, (July–August 2002), pp. 29–34. External links
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title: Phineas Banning

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<mask> (August 19, 1830 – March 8, 1885) was an American businessman, financier and entrepreneur. Known as "The Father of the Port of Los Angeles," he was one of the founders of the town of Wilmington, in Los Angeles County, California, which was named for his birthplace. His drive and ambition laid the foundations for what would become one of the busiest ports in the world. Besides operating a freighting business, <mask> operated a stage coach line between San Pedro and Wilmington, and later between Banning, California, which was named in his honor, and Yuma, Arizona. During the Civil War, he ceded land to the Union Army to build a fort at Wilmington, the Drum Barracks. He was appointed a brigadier general of the First Brigade of the militia, and used the title of general for the rest of his life. Early life
<mask> was born in Wilmington, Delaware, the seventh of 11 children to <mask> (1790–1851) and Elizabeth Lowber (1792–1861).At age 13, he moved to Philadelphia to work in his oldest brother's law firm. By his late teens, <mask> was working on the dockyards of Philadelphia. At the age of 20, he signed up to work a passage to a then-exotic destinationSouthern California. California and enterprise

<mask> arrived in San Pedro, California, in 1851, after a long land and sea journey that included crossing the isthmus of Panama before taking another ship to California. The 21-year-old was ambitious and worked in the fishing village of San Pedro, initially as a store clerk, and later as a stagecoach driver on the line that connected the hamlet with the pueblo of Los Angeles, a town of less than 2,000 people 20 miles (30 km) to the north. <mask> was elected to a one-year term on the Los Angeles Common Council, the governing body of that city, beginning May 10, 1858, and ending May 9, 1859. <mask> began his own staging and shipping company.By the 1860s, Banning stagecoach wagons were traveling to Salt Lake City, the Kern River gold fields, the new military installation at Yuma, Arizona, the Mormon settlement at San Bernardino, and in an arc around the Southern California region. <mask> was not content to consolidate business interests in staging. He also began expanding the harbor and docks at San Pedro from their beginnings as illegal exchange sites for mission contraband during the Spanish and Mexican eras, and made them efficient enterprises. In the late 1850s <mask> and a group of Southern California investors purchased 640 acres (2.6 km2) of land adjacent to San Pedro for port expansion. The land purchase was incorporated as Wilmington, after <mask>'s Delaware birthplace, and his facility became known as Banning's Landing. <mask> invested the profits from his trade networks into the development of a more sophisticated port complex and for the creation of roads, telegraphs, and other connections to Los Angeles. In 1859, the first ocean-going vessel anchored in Los Angeles-Wilmington harbor, and the 1860s saw the beginning of small-scale maritime trade between San Pedro and ships anchored in the deeper parts of the harbor.After government-funded dredging made a deep water harbor and breakwater a reality, the port continued to grow. Family life
In 1856, <mask> married Rebecca Sanford (1837–1868), the younger sister of his first California employer. <mask> and Rebecca had eight children, of which three survived into adulthoodWilliam <mask> (1857–1946), Joseph Brent <mask> (1862–1920), and <mask> (1866–1925). Family life was relatively stable in the <mask> household, and Phineas was a doting, if distant father to his three boys, who grew up around the expanding docks in San Pedro. <mask> died in childbirth in 1868, and the infant, <mask>, died as well. In 1870, <mask> married Mary Hollister (1846–1919), a wealthy heiress whose family lent their name to the city of Hollister, California. Phineas and Mary had three children, two of which survived to adulthoodMary Hollister <mask> (1871–1953) and Lucy Tichenor <mask> (1873–1929).Southern California development: 1860–1880

Civil War California
Following the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, several Southern states broke away to form the Confederate States of America, which marked the beginning of the American Civil War (1861–1865). The effects of the war were felt in California, and particularly in Los Angeles, which had many Southern sympathizers, an alarming development for the new territory. An astute businessman and a vocal patriot, <mask> and fellow Californian politician Benjamin Wilson donated adjacent plots of land in Wilmington for a military base. The outpost, named Drum Barracks, or Camp Drum (1861–1871), served as headquarters for the Union's Southwestern command for the state of California and territory of Arizona. The move brought Union troops to Wilmington, further enriching Banning. He was nearly killed, along with his first wife Rebecca, when the boiler exploded on one of his packet steamers, the , in 1863. After the end of the American Civil War in 1865, Drum Barracks was decommissioned, but the port and harbor continued to grow.<mask> was an avowed Unionist and was friends with Winfield Scott Hancock when Hancock was stationed in Los Angeles. <mask>' son Hancock was named after the general. The American government presented <mask> with an honorary title, that of Brigadier General of the California First Brigade. The title was purely honorary, with no basis in military service, yet <mask> insisted on being referred to as "<mask>" for the remainder of his life. 1870s: Railroads, industries, and breakwaters

Between 1868 and 1869 he organized the construction of Southern California's first railroad, the Los Angeles & San Pedro Railroad which he sold to the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1873. <mask> spent the 1870s in a frenzy of activity. As a California state senator, he campaigned for greater transportation connections to the city of Los Angeles and the growing port, his personal project.<mask> eventually pushed through a plan for a small railroad linking Wilmington/San Pedro with the main city of Los Angeles, effectively halving the time necessary for the trip, but the plan was short-lived. The Southern Pacific Railroad began building track to connect Southern California to the greater national railroad lines, and demanded much of Los Angeles' prime real estate, an enormous sum of money, and <mask>'s small connector line railroad in exchange for adding Los Angeles as a terminus on the railroad. Realizing that Los Angeles would wither into nothingness if the company bypassed it, the city complied and <mask> surrendered his hard-earned railroad. Several personal successes marked the decade for <mask>. The first breakwater was built for the nascent port in 1873, and <mask> began to work for the Southern Pacific as a railroad agent. Final years
By 1880, <mask> had moved to  Wilmington and managed several smaller business interests. He was in poor health for two years prior to his death, suffering from liver and kidney problems.His disease was aggravated by an accident in San Francisco, where he was knocked down and run over by an express wagon. <mask> died at age 54 at the Occidental Hotel in San Francisco. He is interred in the Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles. Legacy
<mask>'s legacies lived on, and his dreams were realized with the federal approval of the Port of Los Angeles in the early 20th century, and the completion of a full breakwater in 1914, creating one of the world's busiest harbors. <mask>'s chief residence, the Banning House, was constructed in Wilmington in 1864. It is open to the public as a museum devoted to the Victorian era in California. See also
 David W. Alexander, 19th century Los Angeles, California, politician and sheriff
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 List of Riverside County, California, placename etymologies#Banning

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<mask> (April 17, 1929 – April 12, 2004) was an American paleontologist and artist best known for his studies of Cenozoic fossil floras in western North America, the Stonerose Interpretive Center, and as a part of the Northwest School of art. Wehr published two books with University of Washington Press that chronicled his friendships with artists and scientists. Early life
<mask> was born as the only child of Conrad J<mask> and Ingeborg (Hall<mask>, in Everett, Washington on April 17, 1929. As a child he displayed an aptitude for music which was encouraged with private lessons. In his senior year of high school two of his compositions, Pastoral Sketches for Violin and Piano and Spanish Dance, came to the attention of George F. McKay, then an instructor at the University of Washington. McKay invited <mask> for private study with him, and in 1947 Wehr entered the University. Northwest School
Wehr graduated the University of Washington in 1952 with a Bachelor of Arts and a recipient of the Lorraine Decker Campbell Award for original composition, then continued on to his Master of Arts in 1954.After graduation he took a position as watchman in the Henry Art Gallery on the weekends, passing the time between visitors by doodling. <mask>s only published music score Wind and the Rain was released in 1957 though Dow Music in New York. However after a comment by Theodore Roethke, <mask> became self-conscious of his musical works and stopped composing feeling that "The life went out of it". <mask> started out studying music composition, and later expanded to poetry classes with Roethke in his senior year of university. Northwest School Painter Mark Tobey was introduced to <mask> in 1949 by mutual friend and pianist Berthe Poncy Jacobson. An undergraduate at the time, he accepted the opportunity to serve as a stand-in music composition tutor for Tobey, and over time became friends with him and his circle of artists. Tobey introduced him to Guy Anderson and Morris Graves at a Christmas party in 1949 and later Kenneth Callahan, Pehr Hallsten, and Helmi Juvonen.Tobey encouraged him in painting, and Guy Anderson insisted he learn how to draw. <mask> first began painting in 1960, being inspired by pots of paint and a box of Crayola crayons over the Christmas holidays. With his group of friends gone home for the holiday, he drew on memories of the Oregon coast and the picture agate found in thundereggs, producing several landscapes that were no more than  on a side. His first additions to the Northwest School. <mask> was a student of the noted poet Elizabeth Bishop in 1953, and in 1967 she wrote a gallery note for a showing of <mask>'s paintings. In the gallery note she commented on the small size of his works and compared them to short works of music. In a similar reflection, Bishop commented on Wehr transporting new works in an old briefcase and showing them at a local coffee house, and the effect the painting had on those viewing them.Bishop notes that <mask> was a collector of natural objects such as agates, amber, and fossils. She noted that <mask>'s works possessed a "chilling sensation of time and space". Throughout his life Wehr collected signatures, and often wrote to people as an opening to get one. Some of the letters grew into more in-depth correspondence, including conversations with Vincent Price, Suzanne Langer and Katharine Hepburn. A selection of <mask>s and Joseph Goldbergs works were featured as part of the Spokane, Washington Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture 2021 exhibit "Inspired by Landscape", both of whos works were inspired by the landscapes of Eastern Washington. Paleontology

<mask> met the future chief curator of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Kirk Johnson, when Johnson was in his early teens. As <mask> had never learned to drive, when Johnson got his driver's license, <mask> and Johnson took a week-long trip through Eastern Washington.It was on this trip that <mask> and Johnson first visited Republic, Washington to find fossils. In the 1970s, he started to focus on paleobotany, guided by his correspondence with noted paleobotanists Charles N. Miller, Jr and Chester A. Arnold. He continued his love of petrified wood through correspondence with George Beck of Central Washington University. The 1977 visit to Republic led to the realization of the richness of the Republic Flora. Until his work in the 1970s the fossils of Republic were regarded as little more than a minor flora. In the early 1980s working with Republic councilman Bert Chadwick, <mask> helped with the initial setup and organization of the Stonerose Interpretive Center. In 1976, <mask> was appointed as an affiliate curator of paleobotany at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.<mask> maintained this position for the rest of his life. Through his contacts and work both in Republic and the Burke Museum he authored a series of papers on the fossils found at Republic. A group of ten papers published in the now defunct publication Washington Geology were aimed at a general audience. He also coauthored several technical scientific papers with paleobotanical colleagues. <mask> was recognized for his work with fossils in 2003 when he was awarded the Paleontological Society's Harrell L. Strimple Award, awarded each year to an amateur who has contributed to paleontology, with Kirk Johnson noting that "throughout his career, Wes has been an exporter of paleontology". The reception hosted by <mask> at the Burke Museum afterwards was attended by 200 of his friends and acquaintances, at which <mask> noted one of his inspirations to be Richard Fuller, geologist, vulcanologist, but also founder of the Seattle Art Museum. Similar to <mask> were also Beck, who was an accomplished musician, and V. Standish Mallory who trained in his early life as a composer and musician.A number of extinct plants and insects were named in honor of Wehr including Cretomerobius wehri, Osmunda wehrii, Pseudolarix wehrii, and Wessiea yakimaensis. The fossil flower, <mask>ea striata was named for Wehr and paleobotanist Jack Wolfe. While traveling with Kirk Johnson in 1992, <mask> visited the Black Hills Institute and saw the skeleton of the Tyrannosaurus rex Sue five days before it was seized by the FBI. Five days before his 75th birthday, <mask> suffered a series of heart attacks and died on April 12, 2004. The planned birthday party was changed into a memorial service, attended by more than 200 people. References

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