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<mask> (; born 28 August 1983), nicknamed "<mask>", is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest limited overs bowlers of all time. <mask> captained the Sri Lankan 2014 T20 World Cup winning side and he is the highest wicket taker in IPL and is the only bowler to take 4 wickets in 4 balls twice in international cricket. <mask> is a right-arm fast bowler that is commonly used as a specialist death bowler, and is well known for his distinctive round-arm action, sometimes referred to as a sling action, hence his aforementioned nickname. <mask> announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on 14 September 2021. <mask>'s unorthodox action and dipping slower ball yorkers are credited with much of his success. He changed the dynamics and landscape of death bowling in limited overs cricket by bowling his toe crushing yorkers. He is best known for his ability to take consecutive wickets, with in-swinging yorkers: he is the only bowler in the world to have two World Cup hat-tricks, first bowler to take a double hatrick, the only bowler to have taken three hat-tricks in ODIs and only bowler to have two double hatricks.He is also the first bowler to take five hat-tricks across all formats of international cricket, and holds the record for most hat-tricks in international cricket. On 22 April 2011, he announced his retirement from Test cricket. He has been named as the official event ambassador for the World Twenty20 Championships by ICC. On 26 July 2019, he retired from One Day International cricket after the first ODI against Bangladesh. In September 2019, during the series against New Zealand, <mask> became the first bowler to take 100 wickets in Twenty20 International cricket. <mask> took a hat-trick to become the first bowler to claim two T20I hat-tricks, and four wickets in four balls, in the third over of his spell, while becoming the second bowler in the world to take four wickets in four consecutive balls in T20I history after Rashid Khan during the process. In January 2021, he retired from T20 franchise cricket.In September 2021, <mask> announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. He is also currently the highest wicket taker in IPL with 170 wickets in 122 matches. Early years
<mask> grew up in modest circumstances in Rathgama, a coastal village situated 12 km northwest of Galle. He often played cricket with friends on the sand banks and coconut groves by a river in his cricket-obsessed village. His father Separamadu Milton, is a retired bus mechanic who worked out of the Galle depot. He had his education at three schools, namely Mahinda College, Galle; Vidyaloka College, Galle and Vidyathilake Vidyalaya, Thiranagama. <mask> had his primary education at Vidyathilake Vidyalaya in Thiranagama, a school situated near by his village.He married Tanya Perera in 2010. After passing the grade 5 Scholarship Examination in 1993, he entered Vidyaloka College, Galle for his secondary education, where he started his cricket career. Here <mask> was discovered by former Sri Lankan paceman Champaka Ramanayake. Champaka, so impressed by <mask>'s raw ability, invited him to join the Galle Cricket Club. Champaka also helped him to join the first XI cricket team of Mahinda College, Galle. Joining Mahinda College was the turning point of his cricket career and he was helped by some of its distinguished Old boys. A short-lived attempt to make <mask>'s action more upright led to much reduced pace and failing accuracy.Malinga promptly returned to his natural action with success, and with great encouragement from Ramanayake. He didn’t pick up hard-ball cricket until relatively in his teenage but his talent was discovered by fast bowling coaches Champaka Ramanayake and Anusha Samaranayake. Both of them brought him to the domestic system and nurtured him during his early years. International career

Debut years

<mask> made his Test debut on 1 July 2004 against Australia at Marrara Oval In Darwin. He was immediately successful, taking six wickets in the match (Darren Lehmann twice, Adam Gilchrist, Damien Martyn, Shane Warne and Michael Kasprowicz) He was impressed by the friendliness of the Australian team in general, and in particular Adam Gilchrist who sought him out after the game to present him with one of the match stumps in the Sri Lankan dressing room. <mask> made his ODI debut in Sri Lanka's opening match of the 2004 Asia Cup against the United Arab Emirates, becoming the 123rd player to do so. Easily winning the match by 116 runs, <mask> took the wicket of the Emirati captain, Khurram Khan to finish the match with figures of 1/39.Since then he has become a regular member on the ODI squad. Test retirement
He developed into Sri Lanka's fastest Test bowler and a regular member of both their Test and One Day International sides. He has earned a reputation for troubling batsmen with his lively pace and well-directed bouncer. He regularly bowls at speeds between  and sometimes slightly faster. As time went by he started to lose pace, clocking around . His slower off cutter was also menacing. He burst onto the test scene after ripping through the New Zealand top order, helping Sri Lanka draw the test series on their 2006/07 tour of New Zealand.He announced his retirement from Test cricket on 22 April 2011 in order to prolong his career in ODI and T20 cricket. Golden World Cups
During the 2007 Cricket World Cup Super 8 match on 28 March between Sri Lanka and South Africa, <mask> became the first player to take four wickets in four consecutive balls in One Day International cricket. Needing five runs for victory and with five wickets in hand, <mask> was handed the ball in the 45th over of the South African's innings. In the final two balls of the over he cleaned bowled Shaun Pollock and had Andrew Hall caught at cover. In his next over, he removed Jacques Kallis caught behind then bowled Makhaya Ntini. This was only the fifth hat-trick in World Cup history, the third ODI hat-trick for Sri Lanka and the 24th overall in ODIs. He nearly took the final wicket as a ball shaved the stumps.Despite <mask>'s lethal spell, however, South Africa proceeded to win the match by 1 wicket with 10 balls still left. He was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' by Cricinfo for the 2007 World Cup. During the 2011 Cricket World Cup, <mask> took his second career hat-trick in Sri Lanka's group stage match against Kenya. This made him the first bowler to take two World Cup hat-tricks, and the fourth to take two hat-tricks in all One Day International cricket (alongside Wasim Akram, Saqlain Mushtaq and Chaminda Vaas). He was named as part of the 'Team of the Tournament' by Cricinfo. In August 2011, he managed yet another hat-trick, against Australia, to become the first man to take three hat-tricks in ODI cricket. For his performances in 2011, he was named as 12th man in the World ODI XI by the ICC.He was also named in the World ODI XI by the ICC for 2012 and 2013. He was also named in the World ODI XI by the Cricinfo. He was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' by ESPNCricinfo for the 2009 T20I World Cup. His spell of 5 for 28 against Australia was voted to be the second-best ODI bowling performance of the year 2011 by ESPNCricinfo voters. His spell of 5 for 31 at Pallekele against England was voted as the best T20I bowling performance of the year 2012 by ESPNCricinfo. He was also named in the 'Team of the Tournament' for the 2012 T20 World Cup by the ICC. Injury
After West Indies tour, <mask> suffered a back injury and a knee injury.Because of this, he did not participate in both the New Zealand tour and the Indian tour, hoping that he would recover for the beginning of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20. <mask> was appointed as the captain for the 2016 Asia Cup, where he was only able to play against UAE, with a match-winning bowling performance. The knee injury caused him to skip the remaining matches and Sri Lanka lost all them all. Sri Lanka announced their World T20 team with <mask> as the captain, but continuous injuries resulted in <mask> stepping down from the captaincy and Angelo Mathews was named the captain in all formats. Even though Sri Lanka felt that <mask>
<mask> was named as the vice-captain of the Sri Lankan Twenty20 International team in October 2012.He became captain of Sri Lankan Cricket Team in 2014 ICC World Twenty20 after Dinesh Chandimal received a ban. He successfully led the team to win the world cup. Due to continuous injuries, he stepped down from the captaincy in 2015. His spell of 5 for 56 against Pakistan at Mirpur in 2014 was named as the best ODI Bowling Performance of the year by ESPNCricinfo. He was also nominated for his spell of 5 for 52 against the same opponents in the group stage game. However, in 2016 against India, he was appointed as the ODI captain due to injuries to permanent captain. Sri Lanka lost the match in that game.On 14 December 2018, <mask> was appointed as the limited over captain for New Zealand tour. International comeback
<mask> quit from all domestic and international cricket for a one-year after his T20I match against UAE in March 2016. Due to these injuries, <mask> lost matches against England, Australia, and Zimbabwe Tri-series, where Sri Lanka involved heavy defeats in limited over cricket and went down in international rankings. Though he recovered from injuries in late December, <mask> was unavailable to South Africa series after a bout of dengue. <mask> was picked up to the Australian tour and played in the match against Prime Minister's XI. His comeback match came against Australia on 17 February 2017, where he took two wickets and two catches. Sri Lanka won the match by 5 wickets at the end.On 6 April 2017, during the second T20I against Bangladesh, <mask> took a hat-trick, becoming the second Sri Lankan and fifth overall to take a T20I hat-trick. With that, <mask> has taken 4 international hat-tricks, which is most by a Sri Lankan player and joint highest with Pakistani Wasim Akram. <mask> was included to the ODI squad for 2017 ICC Champions Trophy in June 2017. He played his comeback match against South Africa on 3 June 2017 at the pool match of Champions Trophy. However, his comeback was not good at all, where he finished the spell wicket less by giving 57 runs and put down a catch and was sloppy in the fielding as well. Sri Lanka suffered a heavy loss in the match by 96 runs finally. During the Indian ODI series, captain Upul Tharanga was suspended two ODIs due to slow over rate.Therefore, Chamara Kapugedera was appointed as the stand-in captain of those two ODIs. However, he aggravated a back injury during the third ODI and ruled out of the series. For the fourth ODI, <mask> was appointed stand-in captain. In the match, <mask> took his 300th ODI wicket by dismissing Virat Kohli. Despite his milestone, India scored 375 runs and Sri Lanka only managed to score 207 runs and lost the series 4–0. India won the fifth match of the series and whitewash Sri Lanka for the second consecutive time in a 5-match series. Since his comeback, <mask> was not fully effective with the ball and also with the fielding.However, he did not announce an immediate retirement and said he wanted to play international cricket for Sri Lanka until 2019 Cricket World Cup. Since his return, <mask> averaging 62.30 for each of his 10 wickets, and going at six an over, Due to his ineffective bowling, <mask> was omitted from the ODI squad for 2017–18 Pakistan series in the UAE. Due to his continuous injuries, he was not considered for the selection by the Sri Lankan cricket team in 2018 Nidahas Trophy. In the series, Sri Lanka suffered heavy losses against Bangladesh and omitted from the final as well. He was left out from team selection process in late 2017 when the sports ministry directly intervened into Sri Lanka cricket by introducing the minimum fitness standards. <mask> challenged the then sports minister Dayasiri Jayasekara regarding his exclusion from the team for lack of fitness levels and in retaliation Dayasiri used his authoritarian powers to sack <mask> from being selected to the national team for over a year. Sri Lanka Cricket informed <mask> to play in the domestic competition and then he will selected for the upcoming international tours.But, due to coaching responsibilities in Mumbai Indians, <mask> also missed 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament. However, <mask> announced that he hope to join international squad for the South African limited over tour in Sri Lanka 2018. But he was not picked for both ODIs and T20Is. He however continued to work on his fitness and bowling with his mentor Anusha Ramanayake and following an impressive domestic season he was subsequently recalled to the national team for the 2018 Asia Cup. <mask> was included in the squad for 2018 Asia Cup as the premium fast bowler with Suranga Lakmal. He played the

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 opening game of the series with Bangladesh and took two wickets in the first over of the match. He finished the spell with 4 wickets for just 23 runs.On 13 October 2018 against England in the second ODI of the series, <mask> took his 8th five-wicket haul. Four wickets of them were slow dipping yorkers, which credited as his best strength in the career. He finished five wickets for 44 runs, despite Sri Lanka lost the match by 31 runs in D/L method. During the match, he also completed 500 international wickets. Late ODI career
During South African series in early 2019, under the captaincy of <mask>, Sri Lanka suffered another big loss. They lost the ODI series 5–0, which was the second time they lost 5–0 to South Africa away. In the T20I series, Sri Lanka suffered a 3–0 loss.During South African series, <mask> said that the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup would feature his final ODI appearance and 2020 ICC T20 World Cup would be his last international appearance for Sri Lanka. In April 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. On 21 June 2019, in the match against England, <mask> took his 50th wicket in a World Cup match. He became the quickest to achieve the milestone with 26 innings in World Cups. Sri Lanka won their fourth consecutive World Cup match against England, and <mask> won the man of the match award for his match winning bowling spells. He finished the tournament as the leading wicket taker for Sri Lanka, with thirteen dismissals in seven matches as the third-highest wicket taker of all time in World Cups. ODI retirement
On 26 July 2019, he played his final ODI at R Premadasa Stadium in first ODI against Bangladesh inside a packed house with banners citing ThankYou Mali, Our Slinga Our Pride.In the match he scored 6 runs unbeaten. With the ball, he delivered a yorker spell to dismiss Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar. In the end, in his final over in ODIs, he took the wicket of Mustafizur Rahman to surpass Anil Kumble to become the ninth-highest wicket taker in ODIs finishing with 338 dismissals. Post ODI retirement
<mask> was named as the captain for T20I series against New Zealand, which composed of many young cricketers. During the first T20I, he surpassed Shahid Afridi's wicket tally of 98 to become the highest wicket taker in Twenty20 Internationals. He took two wickets in the match, though Sri Lanka lost the match. In the second T20I, he went to wicket less 39 runs and New Zealand won the match and sealed the series.In the third T20I, Sri Lanka scored a modest score of 125 runs. In the match, <mask> delivered a match winning bowling spell. With the wicket of Colin Munro, <mask> became the first cricketer to take 100 wickets in Twenty20 Internationals, as well as the first ever cricketer to take 100 wickets in all three formats of the game. In the course with wickets of Hamish Rutherford and Colin de Grandhomme, he completed his fifth hat-trick, second in T20Is as well. He is the only cricketer to have two take T20I hat-tricks and five international hat-tricks (three in ODIs and 2 in T20Is). He then took the wicket of Ross Taylor to become the world's only bowler to take two four-in-four, where his first four-in-four came in 2007 World Cup against South Africa. <mask> finished his spell with 5 for 6 runs, and Sri Lanka won the match by 37 runs.He won the man of the match award for impressive bowling performance. He created a YouTube account titled ‘’Master The Game’’ in 2020 and he uploaded videos related to cricket match analysis in Sinhala language with Hindi and English languages. In November 2020, <mask> was nominated for the ICC Men's ODI and T20I Cricketer of the Decade awards. <mask> retired from all forms of cricket on 14 September 2021, ending his career as the leading wicket taker in T20Is with 107 wickets. He announced his retirement through his official YouTube channel. T20 franchise career

On 20 January 2021, <mask> <mask> retired from T20 franchise cricket. Indian Premier League
<mask> has played for Indian Premier League (IPL) team Mumbai Indians since 2008.He became their leading bowler in this format and leading bowler in the competition in terms of wickets taken. Sachin Tendulkar, the ex-Mumbai Indians captain, described <mask> as an important cog in the Indians' game plan after the retirement of captain Shaun Pollock, who represented the team in the first season. In the first match for the Mumbai Indians in the fourth season, he got 5 wickets against Delhi Daredevils, restricting them to a mere 95. His best bowling figures ever is 6/7 for Melbourne Stars against Perth Scorchers in December 2012, the only six-wicket haul taken the Australian Big Bash League. <mask> was also one of the overseas players to represent Kent Spitfires in the English T20 competition in 2007. Kent went on to win the tournament beating Gloucestershire with <mask> playing a key part throughout the tournament. For his performances in 2010, 2011 and 2014, he was named in the Cricinfo IPL XI.He won the Purple Cap award (most wickets) in the fourth season of Indian Premier League with 28 scalps in 16 matches. Throughout the tournament, he led the Mumbai Indians attack from the front and was instrumental in many victories. <mask> <mask> chose Mumbai Indians over Southern Express in the CLT20 cricket tournament. In the 2011 Champions League Twenty20, he was the highest wicket taker in the tournament and won the golden wicket for this performance and won the award for the player of the tournament. <mask> also hit a lot of runs. For his performances in 2011, he was named in the Cricinfo CLT20 XI. He picked up his 100th IPL wicket of his career during the 2013 Indian Premier League in a league stage match against Kings XI Punjab and became the first ever bowler to reach the milestone of 100 wickets in IPL history.On the occasion of the 10-year anniversary of IPL, he was also named in the all-time Cricinfo IPL XI. In 2018 IPL Auctions, <mask> was not bought by Mumbai Indians due to his ineffective bowling in the recent past. However, on 7 February 2018, <mask> was named bowling mentor of Mumbai Indians ahead of IPL 2018. He has played 127 games for Mumbai Indians in the IPL and Champions League T20 and is the highest-wicket taker for the franchise with 179 scalps at an economy rate of 6.88. In 2019 he was again bought by the Mumbai Indians. In December 2018, he was re-bought by the Mumbai Indians in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League. On 22 March 2019, he ruled himself out of at least the first six IPL matches for Mumbai Indians in 2019.This was due to the fact that in order to qualify for the Sri Lanka World Cup squad, Sri Lanka's selectors told him that he must play in the forthcoming Super Provincial One Day domestic tournament to get qualify for the World Cup. However, on 25 March 2019, SLC soften the decision and make him available for the IPL 2019. The decision was taken after BCCI asked Sri Lanka Cricket to make <mask> available for as much of the tournament as possible. He returned to Sri Lanka to feature in the Super Provincial One-Day Tournament before rejoining Mumbai after 10 April. <mask> was available for Mumbai Indians through the entirety of April. He contributed to the fourth title win for Mumbai Indians with a wicket on the last ball in the final where 2 runs where required thus giving Mumbai a win by 1 run. He also holds a unique distinction of picking up 10 wickets in two different formats across 2 nations within a space of 24 hours which he achieved it in 2019.On 3 April 2019, he featured in an IPL match as part of the 2019 Indian Premier League playing for Mumbai Indians against Chennai Super Kings and picked up 3/34 in the match which progressed up until midnight Indian time. The very next day, he took a flight early morning to reach Kandy in order to play in a domestic List A match as part of the Sri Lanka Super Four Provincial Limited Over Tournament representing Galle for which he was named as the captain. He subsequently went onto record his career best bowling figures in List A cricket by capturing 7/49 for Galle in that match and recorded 10/83 within a single day in two different matches in two separate nations. He pulled out from participating in the 2020 Indian Premier League due to personal reasons and James Pattinson was named as his replacement for the season. Global T20 Canada
In May 2018, he was named as one of the ten marquee players for the first edition of the Global T20 Canada cricket tournament. On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Montreal Tigers in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the tournament. He was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament for the Montreal Tigers, with thirteen dismissals in six matches.Lanka Premier League

In October 2020, he was drafted by the Galle Gladiators for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League. However, he pulled out from the 2020 Lanka Premier League citing lack of match practice. However, he received criticism from fans for not featuring in LPL and accused him of lack of patriotism. Style

<mask>'s action has attracted great comment. The cricket reference text Wisden has noted that <mask>'s delivery action is similar to "slinging", resulting to his nickname "Slinga <mask>". <mask> has said that his unique round-arm bowling action was a result of learning to play cricket exclusively with a tennis ball. Typically, younger bowlers are encouraged to deliver the ball with their arm near vertical to remove or reduce direction variables.Sir Viv Richards admired <mask> <mask>'s impressive bowling during the 2007 Cricket World Cup which was held in the Caribbean, saying that <mask> <mask> is the best thing that happened to Sri Lankan cricket after Aravinda de Silva. Records
 Only bowler to take two four wicket hauls in consecutive balls in international cricket (v. South Africa March 2007 and New Zealand 2019). First bowler to take 100 T20I wickets. First bowler to pick up 100 wickets in across all three formats of international cricket (Tests, ODIs and T20Is). He holds the joint record along wth Umar Gul, Ajantha Mendis, Rashid Khan, Imran Tahir and Ashton Agar for having taken the higher number of fifers in Twenty20 Internationals with 2. The first and, to date, only bowler to take three hat-tricks in One-Day International cricket. Highest ninth wicket partnership in an ODI: 132 runs with Angelo Matthews against Australia in 2010.<mask> is the fourth highest wicket taker across all forms of T20 cricket with 390 scalps just behind Dwayne Bravo, Imran Tahir and Sunil Narine. Second highest wicket taker in Men’s T20 World Cups with a record tally of 38, just one behind Shahid Afridi’s 39. He took 195 wickets for Mumbai Indians in both IPL and Champions League T20 competitions which is the most for a bowler representing a particular team in T20 cricket. He holds the joint record with Andrew Ellis for picking the most number of wickets against a particular opposition in T20 cricket with 37. <mask> secured 37 scalps against Chennai Super Kings in a time period from 2008 to 2019. He has taken five wicket hauls in T20 cricket 5 times in his career, just one behind David Wiese’s record 6 fifers in the format. He holds the record for having taken higher number of four-wicket hauls in T20s with 15.He holds the best bowling figures by any bowler in the men’s edition of the Australia’s Big Bash T20 league. 6/7 for Melbourne Stars against Perth Scorchers. First bowler to take 100 and 150 wickets in the history of Indian Premier League. Coaching career
In February 2018, he was appointed as the bowling mentor for the Mumbai Indians team though Shane Bond serves as the bowling coach for the side in 2018 IPL season. Mumbai Indians franchise revealed that <mask> would provide supportive role as a mentor and would be part of the coaching staff ahead of the 2018 IPL season. Prior to the decision made by the Mumbai Indians, <mask> was released from the Mumbai Indians team for the 2018 IPL auction due to his poor bowling performances at the 2017 IPL season. References

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<mask> is an American DJ and record producer from Lake Orion, Michigan. His DJ work focuses on house and techno, while he has produced on the Wolf + Lamb, Crosstown Rebels and Circus Company labels, collaborating with artists Art Department, Deetron, Tiefschwarz, Matthew Dear and Subb-an. Troxler draws upon the musical heritage of Detroit and Chicago and his influences include Richie Hawtin and Moodymann. He is one of the founders of the record label Visionquest, as well as head of labels Tuskegee, Soft Touch and Play It, Say It. He also owns a restaurant in East London called Smokey Tails. Early life
Troxler was born on September 29, 1985, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. His parents split up when he was two years old and his step-father hosted a local radio show in his home town.As a boy, Troxler used to listen to his step-father's radio show in the studio. Such early exposure to early house music and hip hop paved the way for <mask> to begin his career as a DJ. When <mask> was fourteen years old, his family moved to the outskirts of Detroit, where he involved himself in the musical heritage of the city. In the 90s, Troxler went to underground techno raves, and shortly after threw his own underground parties – notably booking Magda to play for him when he was only fifteen years old. Around the same time, he landed a job as a techno buyer in the record store ‘Melodies & Memories’ 23013 Gratiot, Eastpointe Michigan, just a few block north of 9 mile, working alongside Reggie Harrell and Terrence Parker. His sound was influenced by underground techno legend Drew Maddox. Troxler spent countless hours trainspotting Maddox at underground techno parties during his rise to success.It was through his work at ‘Melodies & Memories’ that Troxler met his future Visionquest label-mates Ryan Crosson, Lee Curtiss and Shaun Reeves. A week after graduating from high-school Troxler was invited on a small European tour for Omar-S’ FXHE label, playing at the German clubs Panorama Bar and Robert Johnson. Once he finished his degree in America, he decided to move to Berlin. He now tours throughout the year playing at festivals and clubs. Career

As a DJ
Troxler has played at a number of clubbing institutions such as Fabric, Circo Loco, Panorama Bar, Watergate, Warung, Womb and Robert Johnson as well as festivals like the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, ZoukOut, Glastonbury, Coachella, Wonderfruit, Sónar and Burning Man. He was a member of the Visionquest collective which includes Ryan Crosson, Lee Curtiss and Shaun Reeves. In 2013 the four DJs undertook their Visionquest Thirteen world tour which saw take over various clubs around the world for an all night multi-deck DJ performance.Troxler's constant touring (158 gigs in 2012) resulted in him being subsequently voted number three, two, then one in the Resident Advisor Top 100 DJs poll from 2009–2012. Visionquest
Visionquest is both a DJ collective and record label, headed by Troxler, Ryan Crosson, Lee Curtiss and Shaun Reeves. The label has seen releases from Footprintz, Wareika, Benoit & Sergio, Tale of Us and many more. At the beginning of 2014, Troxler decided to step back from his role in Visionquest to pursue a different musical direction with some new record labels of his own. Record Labels
In 2014 Troxler founded three new record labels: Tuskegee, Soft Touch and Play It, Say It

Tuskegee
Troxler set up Tuskegee with New York City-based DJs The Martinez Brothers - a "label of cultural heritage" exposing "more people of [Troxler and Martinez's] background, to the opportunities of electronic music and to create a platform to release music of people of ethnicity". The label has seen releases from William Kouam Djoko, Filsonik, Kyle Ridings, Ibellini, Jesse Calosso as well as a collaboration between Troxler and The Martinez Brothers. Soft Touch
Soft Touch was set up with the intention of displaying a less 'dance oriented' side of Troxler's taste, he explains "“Soft Touch is an indie label putting out all sorts of random stuff- some folk, some rock, all limited editions.It’s about music by artists I’ve met over the years whose music is amazing but not finding its niche.” The first release was a limited 10" from Clarian, titled 'Is There A Light At The End'

Play It, Say It
Troxler's third label - Play It, Say It - draws its name from the stickers which used to appear on records in the 1980s and 1990s, where promos sent to US radio stations often had stickers on them saying, "When You Play It, Say It" to encourage disc jockeys to mention the names of the songs they were broadcasting on air. Troxler's intentions behind this label are both simple and functional: "just me putting out records that I've been field testing but have never come out. They aren't moody, the critics might hate them, but I know they work a floor and are awesome in that context. This isn't some crazy art thing, just high grade white labels to play in clubs. It's that basic." The label has seen releases from Sharam, Steve Lawler, Berkson & What, and Clarian. Awards
No.1 DJ – RA Top 100 DJ Poll, 2012. No. 2 DJ – RA Top 100 DJ Poll, 2011. No. 1 Tech House DJ – Ibiza DJ Awards, 2012. No. 13 of 25 DJs that rule the world, Rolling Stone, 2012.Smokey Tails
Troxler won the Amsterdam Dance Event DJ cook-off for three years in a row and subsequently judged in the competition. In August 2013, Troxler undertook a new venture, with three other collaborators, to set up the pop-up restaurant Smokey Tails in Hackney Wick – an American BBQ serving smoked meats and cocktails. The restaurant ran for two months before moving to Dalston as part of a new venture called ’Night Tales’ which combines food, experimental bar culture and nightlife. Smokey Tails has taken over the kitchen at Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen in Shoreditch to host his 'Midwestern modern' family recipes. - I Feel So Free (Troxler X Moffa Lost Souls Of Saturn Remix)
2016: Kate Simko & London Electronic Orchestra - Tilted (<mask> Troxler & Phil Moffa Remix)

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<mask> (born January 18, 1939 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American evolutionary ecologist, and conservationist. He divides his time between his professorship in biology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is the DiMaura Professor of Conservation Biology, and his research and field work in Costa Rica. Janzen and his wife <mask>chs have catalogued the biodiversity of Costa Rica. Through a DNA barcoding initiative with geneticist <mask>, they have registered over 500,000 specimens representing more than 45,000 species, which has led to the identification of cryptic species of near-identical appearance that differ in terms of genetics and ecological niche. They helped to establish the Area de Conservación Guanacaste World Heritage Site, one of the oldest, largest and most successful habitat restoration projects in the world. Early life and education
<mask> was born January 18, 1939 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His father, <mask>, grew up in a Mennonite farming community and served as Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.His father and  mother, Miss Floyd Clark Foster of Greenville, South Carolina, were married on April 29, 1937. Janzen obtained his B.Sc. degree in biology from the University of Minnesota, in 1961, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1965. Career
In 1963, Janzen attended a two-month course in tropical biology taught in several field sites throughout Costa Rica. This Advanced Science Seminar in Tropical Biology was the precursor to a Fundamentals in Tropical Biology course, which Janzen designed for the Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS), a consortium of several North American and Costa Rican universities. Janzen went back in 1965 as an instructor and has lectured in at least one of the three yearly courses every year since. Janzen taught at the University of Kansas (1965–1968), the University of Chicago (1969–1972) and at the University of Michigan (1972–1976) before joining the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania.There he is the DiMaura Professor of Conservation Biology, and his research and field work in Costa Rica. Janzen has also held teaching positions in Venezuela (Universidad de Oriente, Cumaná in 1965–66; Universidad de los Los Andes, Mérida in 1973), and in Puerto Rico (Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, 1969). Research
Janzen's early work focused on the careful and meticulous documentation of species in Costa Rica, and in particular on ecological processes and the dynamics and evolution of animal-plant interactions. In 1967, for example he described the phenological specialization of bee-pollinated species of Bignoniaceae, amongst them a "kind of mass flowering", which Alwyn <mask> in his classification of flowering named Type 4 or "big bang" strategy. Miguel Altieri in his textbook Agroecology: The Science of Sustainable Agriculture says: "<mask>'s 1973 article on tropical agroecosystems was the first widely read evaluation of why tropical agricultural systems might function differently from those of the temperate zones". In 1985, realizing that the area in which they worked was threatened, <mask> and <mask>chs expanded the focus of their work to include tropical forest restoration, expansion (through land purchases) and conservation. They employed the help of local Costa Ricans, converting their farming skills into parataxonomy, a term they coined in the late 1980s.As of 2017, some 10,000 new species in the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste have been identified thanks to the efforts of parataxonomists. Through a DNA barcoding initiative with geneticist <mask>, they have registered over 500,000 specimens representing more than 45,000 species, which has led to the identification of cryptic species of near-identical appearance that differ in terms of genetics and ecological niche. Janzen and <mask>wachs have supported species barcoding initiatives at both national and international levels through the Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), CBOL (Consortium for the Barcode of Life) and iBOL (International Barcode of Life). Coevolution of plants and animals
 Coevolution of a mutualistic system in New World tropics between species of Acacia (Mimosoideae; Leguminosae), v. gr., Acacia cornigera, and the ant Pseudomyrmex ferruginea (Formicidae). Acacia spp in the Neotropics are protected by ants against defoliation; for this, the ants are rewarded by means of special organs and physiology that Acacia has evolved. Spondias mombin (Anacardiaceae) lost its megafauna seed dispersers in the Pleistocene.Between fire in open pastures and seed predation by bruchid beetles in closed-canopy forest, S. mombin does not stand a chance. But, today, in Guanacaste, seeds are dispersed by White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and some 15 other mammals, that feed mostly in forest edges, where bruchids are less likely to find the seeds and fires are not so frequent. Tropical habitat restoration
Tropical dry forests are the world's most threatened forest ecosystems. In middle America there were 550 000 km2 of dry forests at the beginning of the 16th century; today, less than 0.08% (440 km2 ) remains. They have been cleared, burnt and replaced by pastures for cattle raising, at an ever-faster rate during the last 500 years. In 1985, realizing that widespread development in northwestern Costa Rica was rapidly decimating the forest in which they conducted their research, <mask> and <mask>wachs  expanded the focus of their work. <mask> and his wife helped to establish the Area de Conservación Guanacaste World Heritage Site (ACG), one of the oldest, largest and most successful habitat restoration projects in the world.They began with the Parque Nacional Santa Rosa, which included  of pasture and relictual neotropical dry forest and  of marine habitat. This eventually became the  Área de Conservación Guanacaste, located just south of the Costa Rica-Nicaragua border, between the Pacific Ocean and the Cordillera de Tilaran which integrated four different national parks. Together these house at least 15 different biotopes, viz (mangroves, dry forest and shrubs, ephemeral, rainy season, and permanent streams, fresh water and littoral swamps, evergreen rain- and cloud forests...) and ca. 4% from world's plant, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes and insects diversity, all within an area less than . It is one of the oldest, largest and most successful habitat restoration projects in the world. As of 2019, it consists of . The park exemplifies their beliefs about how a park should be run.It is known as a center of biological research, forest restoration and community outreach. Habitat restoration is not a simple matter. Not only must one fight against hundreds of years of ecological degradation, manifested in the form of altered drainage patterns, hard to eradicate pastures, compacted soils, exhausted seed banks, diminished adult and propagule stocks, proliferation of fire-resistant and unpalatable weeds from the old world tropics and sub-tropics. Also one is faced with the difficulties of changing a culture which coevolved with, profited from and can become miserable with such a system. For this reason ACG was conceived as a cultural restoration project, which, to paraphrase its natural counterpart, ought to be grown as well. ACG integrates complementary processes of experimentation, habitat restoration and cultural development. The techniques used include:
 Active restoration, artificial dispersal of propagules from plant species native to the Guanacaste habitats
 Passive restoration by means of fire, anti-poaching and herbivore control
 Ecological education and sensibilisation

Personal life
Of his research partner and wife, Winifred <mask>,  Janzen says "We did these things together," and "we are very much together in perceiving things the same things....Since I'm the vocal member, it's then attributed to me.But I would say these ideas and directions and thoughts and actions are easily fifty-fifty attributable." Honorary distinctions
Janzen has been subject to recognition many times in the US, as well as in Europe and Latin America; the monetary endowments of these prizes have been invested in the trust fund of the ACG or another of his conservation's projects in Costa Rica; amongst the 19 prizes and distinctions, the following are the most important:
 1975, The Henry Allan Gleason Award, Botanical Society of America
 1984, Crafoord Prize: Coevolutionary ecology. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
 1985, Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Pennsylvania
 1987, The Berkeley Citation for Distinguished Achievement and Notable Service to the University,  University of California, Berkeley
 1987, <mask> Ilustre de Guanacaste (awarded by the Governor of Guanacaste province)
 1987, Global 500 Roll of Honour, UNEP
 1989, MacArthur Fellowship
 1989, Leidy Award, Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences
 1991, Founder's Council Award of Merit, Field Museum of Natural History
 1992, Member, National Academy of Sciences, USA
 1993, Award for Improvement of Costa Rican Quality of Life, Universidad de Costa Rica (co award with W. <mask>wachs). 1994, Silver Medal Award, International Society of Chemical Ecology. 1995, Global Service Award, Society for Conservation Biology
 1996, Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Minnesota. 1996, Thomas G. and Louise E. DiMaura Endowed Term Chair, University of Pennsylvania
 1997, Kyoto Prize (Basic Sciences Field), Inamori Foundation
 2002, Albert Einstein World Award of Science, Consejo Cultural Mundial, (Mexico)
 2002, Honorary Fellow of the Association for Tropical Biology (and Conservation) (ATBC)
 2006, Winner, National Outdoor Book Awards (NOBA), for 100 Caterpillars: Portraits from the Tropical Forests of Costa Rica (2006), Design & Artistic Merit Category. 2011, BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award of Ecology and Conservation Biology for his pioneering work in tropical ecology and his contributions to the conservation of endangered tropical ecosystems throughout the world, drawing on an understanding of plant-animal interactions.Janzen acknowledged the role of his wife and long-term research partner, ecologist Winnie <mask>, to the work being recognized. 2013, Wege Foundation $5 million grant to the  Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund (GDFCF), founded in 1997 by <mask> and Winnie <mask>. 2014, Blue Planet Prize, from the Asahi Glass Foundation

See also
Ecological fitting
Janzen–Connell hypothesis

Publications
The following are just a couple of the publications by Janzen not otherwise listed. References

External links

 Costa Rica : Paradise Reclaimed, Profile of <mask> in Nature, MacArthur Foundation, WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y., 1987)
 Faculty page at University of Pennsylvania

1939 births
Living people
Albert Einstein World Award of Science Laureates
American ecologists
Kyoto laureates in Basic Sciences
MacArthur Fellows
Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
United States Fish and Wildlife Service personnel
University of Minnesota College of Biological Sciences alumni
University of Pennsylvania faculty
University of Michigan faculty
21st-century American biologists

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title: Gerald Ross

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<mask> (born September 26, 1954, Detroit) is a musician specializing in American Roots Music – Swing, Early Jazz, Western Swing, Hawaiian, Ragtime and Blues. Playing the guitar, lap steel guitar and ukulele he has performed throughout the USA and Europe and has recorded seven solo CDs. <mask> currently tours as a solo act performing and teaching ukulele and steel guitar at festivals and music camps. Awards and recognitions
1993 – Won the WEMU Jazz Competition (solo artist category)

2010 – Won the 2010 Hawaii Music Awards Steel Guitar category. 2010 – The aNueNue Ukulele company issued the <mask> Signature Tenor Ukulele. 2011 – Became an artist/endorser for Mya-Moe Ukuleles. 2011 – Became an online columnist for Mel Bay's "Ukulele Sessions".2011 – Became an endorser for MI-SI instrument pickups. 2012 – Became an endorser for the Kala U-Bass. 2013 – Named Mya-Moe Ukulele Artist of the Month (June)

2013 – Became the Music Director for the annual Ashokan Uke Fest (2013-2019). 2014 – <mask>'s steel guitar work was featured on the Hula Honey's CD 'A Hui Ho'. The CD won the Na Hoku Hanonano Award (Hawaiian Grammys – Jazz category)

2015 – Named UkeFarm Radio Artist of the Month (January)

2018 - Became an endorser for Henriksen amplifiers. Featured in Henriksen advertisement - Ukulele Magazine, Winter 2017, Spring & Summer 2018, Winter 2019. 2020 - Ukulele Magazine Fall 2020.Full page feature story about <mask>’s two month musical lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic in Spain

2021 - <mask> and Marcy Marxer hosted the awards presentation at the World Virtual Ukulele Contest sponsored by CF Martin guitars

2021 - Ukulele Magazine Winter 2021. A four page feature article profiling <mask> entitled ‘King Of Swing’

Lost World String Band
<mask> played guitar, ukulele, Cajun accordion and steel guitar with the LWSB from 1979 - 2011. The Lost World appeared numerous times on American Public Media's A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. The band's reputation for on-stage spontaneity and humor secured them a spot as the featured musical act at New York's famed comedy club The Improv for the 1982 New Year's show. 2020 Covid-19 Lockdown - Oviedo, Spain
In March 2020 a brief work/vacation in Oviedo, Spain became a fifty four day lockdown for <mask> and his wife Margaret. Neither contracted Covid-19. <mask> recorded four instrumental ukulele videos during the lockdown.Besame Mucho
Sunday
Magnetic Rag
Music To Watch Girls By

Discography

Solo
 Romance & Adventure
 Ukulele Stomp
 Moonlight And Shadows
 Ukulele Hit Parade
 Mistletoe Mazel Tov
 Swing Ukulele
 Absolute Uke

Collaborations
 Stoney Creek – Meet The Creek
 Lost World String Band – Ready To Wear
 After 10 Years – Elderly Instruments (w/MacPherson Strutters)
 Sally Rogers – In The Circle of the Sun
 Wheatland Festival – At This Stage – 30 Years at the Wheatland Festival
 Various Ukulele Artists – Square Pegs And Round Holes
 Yiddishe Cup – Klezmer Guy
 Greg Gattuso (Hilo Greg) – Little Songs For Big Kids
 Bosko & Honey Present... Ukulele Safari Volume 1
 The Beatles Complete on Ukulele – Paperback Writer
 The Beatles Complete on Ukulele – Penny Lane
 Katseye – Makin' Lemonade
 The Hula Honeys – A Hui Hou
 Tree Town Ukes – Veterans Song (guitar)
 Phil Doleman - And (guitar, bass, Dobro - UK release)
Shawano Folk Festival - 40 years

Music Festival Appearances

<mask> makes appearances at a wide variety of venues as documented below. At most events there are workshops where he teaches participants aspects of the ukulele or steel guitar. Europe etc. Ukulele Festival of Great Britain – Cheltenham, England
 Sevilla Ukulele Festival – Sevilla, Spain
 Ukulele Ceilidh – Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada
 Montreal Uke Fest – Montreal, Quebec, Canada
 Ukulele Festival Of Scotland - Dumfries, Scotland
 Vancouver Ukulele Festival – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
 Hawaii Island Ukulele Retreat - Big Island, Hawaii
 Czech Ukulele Festival - Prague, Czech Republic
 Royal City Uke Fest - Guelph, Ontario, Canada

USA East

Augusta Heritage Swing Week – Elkins, WV
 Ashokan Western & Swing Week – Olivebridge, NY
 Swannanoa Gathering – Guitar Week – Asheville, NC
 Strathmore Uke/Guitar Summit – Bethesda, MD
 New York Uke Fest – NY, NY
 M.A.U.I.

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title: Liselotte Neumann

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<mask>Lotta" <mask> (born 20 May 1966) is a Swedish professional golfer. When she recorded her first LPGA Tour win, by claiming the 1988 U.S. Women's Open title, <mask> also became the first Swedish golfer, male or female, to win a major championship. Early years
<mask> was born and grew up in Finspång, Sweden. Her father Rune was a former football player and coach of a local girls football team. After practicing different sports and supported by her father, her mother Ingegerd and her brother Mats, <mask> began playing golf at the local 9-hole course at Finspång Golf Club. She showed early promise and won the unofficial national youth championships, Colgate Cup, at three different levels, as a 12, 14, and 16-year-old. <mask> has later given a lot of credit, for her successful career, to her local coach since her early years, Pierre Karlström.<mask> also has showed her loyalty to her first golf club by, three times during the peak of her career in the 1990s, inviting some of the female golf stars of the world, Laura Davies, Karrie Webb, Kelly Robbins and Jane Geddes among others, for exhibition matches in Finspång. Amateur career
In 1981, only 15 years of age, she sensationally won the Swedish International Amateur Stroke-Play Championship, one of three major amateur tournaments in Sweden at the time, at Jönköping Golf Club, with a record aggregate of 282 and a 9-stroke margin. She bettered her personal 72-hole best with 30 strokes and beat the whole Swedish amateur national team, of which some did not even had heard of <mask> before the tournament. At the time of her triumph, she wasn't even qualified for the Swedish national junior team, which, the same summer, won the European Lady Junior's Team Championship. The year after, she successfully defended her stroke-play title and, at 16 years old, was a member of the national team at the Espirito Santo Trophy in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1983, she finished second in Orange Bowl International Junior Championship in Coral Gables, Florida. In 1984, she was the Swedish Match Play champion (tournament for first time open for professionals), member of the winning Swedish team at the European Lady Junior's Team Championship at Campo de Golf El Saler, Valencia, Spain, and medalist at the 36-hole qualifying competition in the European Ladies Team Championship, in Waterloo, Belgium.After another appearance at the Espirito Santo Trophy in Hong Kong in late 1984, she turned professional at the beginning of 1985, not yet 19 years old. Professional career
She collected her first professional win at the Pierre Robert Cup, over 54 holes at Falsterbo Golf Club, in Sweden in May 1985 and played on the Ladies European Tour (at the time named the WPGA Tour) the second half of the year, were she won twice. At the Höganäs Ladies' Open at Mölle Golf Club in Sweden, she became the youngest ever winner on the WPGA Tour. She led the 1986 Ladies European Tour Order of Merit for most of the season, with eight straight top three finishes, but lost the lead to Laura Davies at the last tournament, the Spanish Open. While Davies won the tournament, <mask> finished 27th, her worst of the season. In the rankings, <mask> finished second, earning £494 less than Davies. The same year the ladies' Swedish Golf Tour get started with seven tournaments and <mask> was its first Order of Merit winner.<mask> became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1988, after tying fourth at the LPGA Tour Final Qualifying Tournament in late 1987. At the 1988 U.S. Women's Open at Baltimore Country Club, Five Farms, Baltimore, Maryland, July 21-24, at 22 years of age, <mask> led wire-to-wire in just her 16th LPGA Tour tournament, setting a new tournament first-round record 67 and 72-hole record 277, becoming the first Swedish major winner, male or female, as well as the first Swedish tournament winner on the LPGA Tour or the PGA Tour. She became the fifth non-U.S.-winner and the second youngest (by two months to Catherine Lacoste in 1967) in the 43-year history of the championship. She was voted 1988 LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year and earned her second Swedish Golfer of the Year award. She was also appointed 1988 Swedish Sportswomen of the Year by Aftonbladet and the Swedish Sports Confederation. In total she won thirteen times on the LPGA Tour. The 1988 U.S. Women's Open remains her only LPGA major, but she won the Women's British Open in 1994, when it was recognised as a major championship by the Ladies European Tour, but not by the LPGA Tour.She also finished second five times in three other major championships. Her best finish on the LPGA Tour money list is third in 1994. She also finished top ten in 1996, 1997 and 1998. Throughout her career on the LPGA Tour, she continued to play on the Ladies European Tour, as well as in Asia and Australia. She won five times in Japan and the 1995 Women's Australian Open. Her victory in the 1994 Women’s British Open made her the fifth player to win both British and U.S. Open titles, joining Laura Davies, Jane Geddes, Betsy King and Patty Sheehan. This accomplishment was later also achieved by Alison Nicholas, Pak Se-ri, Karrie Webb, Inbee Park and Ariya Jutanugarn.In 1994 <mask> topped the LET Order of Merit, was voted Golf Worlds Most Improved Golfer and awarded Swedish Golfer of the Year for the third time. <mask> played in the European Solheim Cup team against United States, six times in a row, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2000. She captained the team to victory in August, 2013 at Colorado Golf Club in Parker, Colorado, the first time team Europe won the cup on foreign soil, and the first time Europe won consecutive cups. <mask> won the Women's World Cup of Golf for Sweden in 2006 with Annika Sörenstam. Awards and honors
Besides being awarded Swedish Golfer of the Year three times, <mask> received the Golden Club by the Swedish Golf Federation in 1998, as the tenth person, for great contributions to Swedish golf. In 1998, she also became an honorary member of the PGA of Sweden. She was recognized during the LPGA’s 50th Anniversary in 2000 as one of the LPGA’s top 50 players and teachers.On June 7, 2006, the Ladies European Tour announced that <mask> has earned Lifetime Membership of the LET, at the time a feat achieved by six other golfers, Helen Alfredsson, Laura Davies, Marie-Laure de Lorenzi, Alison Nicholas, Dale Reid and Annika Sorenstam. CUT = missed the half-way cut. WD = withdrew
"T" tied. Summary
Starts – 85
Wins – 1
2nd-place finishes – 5
3rd-place finishes – 4
Top 3 finishes – 10
Top 5 finishes – 13
Top 10 finishes – 17
Top 25 finishes – 34
Missed cuts – 21
Most consecutive cuts made – 14
Longest streak of top-10s – 3

LPGA Tour career summary

Team appearancesAmateurEuropean Lady Junior's Team Championship (representing Sweden): 1982, 1983, 1984 (winners)
Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Sweden): 1982, 1984
European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 1983
Vagliano Trophy (representing Continent of Europe): 1983Professional'
Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 1990, 1992 (winners), 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 (winners), 2013 (winners, non-playing captain)
World Cup (representing Sweden): 2006 (winners)
Handa Cup (representing World team): 2011, 2013 (winners), 2014, 2015

Solheim Cup record

See also
List of golfers with most Ladies European Tour wins
List of golfers with most LPGA Tour wins

References

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Swedish female golfers
LPGA Tour golfers
Ladies European Tour golfers
Winners of LPGA major golf championships
Solheim Cup competitors for Europe
People from Finspång Municipality
People from Rancho Mirage, California
1966 births
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title: Elijah Fletcher

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<mask> (July 28, 1789 – February 13, 1858) was a 19th-century teacher and businessman, who also served as mayor of Lynchburg, Virginia for two terms in the early 1830s, as well as on the city council. Early and family life
<mask> was born in Ludlow, Windsor County, Vermont, to farmer, revolutionary war veteran, town clerk, and justice of the peace <mask> (1762–1832) and his wife, the former Lucy Keyes (1765–1846). The family included ten sons and five daughters (of these, Steven, 1784–1790; Charlotte, died in 1795; and Dexter, 1801–1803, died as children). Sons <mask> (1785–1859), <mask> (1798–1866), and <mask> (1803–1882) all eventually moved to Indiana to seek their fortunes, which became intertwined with those of their middle brother, <mask>. Daughter <mask> married a doctor and moved to Newark, New York, whither her sisters <mask> (1804–1836) and <mask> (d. 1845) also moved. <mask> (1791–1870) also worked with <mask> in Virginia before returning home to Vermont, as did his brother Stoughton (whose son <mask> later became governor of Vermont), for vacations. After their father suffered financial embarrassment, <mask> accepted a teaching position in Raleigh, North Carolina.The job would pay $600, but required him to begin in the fall. Middlebury College, where he had studied for three years, refused to confer a degree upon him before the winter, so <mask> transferred to the University of Vermont at Burlington, which was willing to confer the necessary degree by July. By July 6, <mask> had started southward with a horse and borrowed $20, economizing by stopping at farmhouses for soured milk and eating only dinner (usually only bread and cheese, but five times a meal on the 15 day journey from Albany, New York). He arrived in Washington, D.C. with $8. There, he met another young schoolmaster, who knew people in North Carolina but had accepted a job at Alexandria, Virginia. The young men decided to trade positions, so <mask>'s first teaching job was at Episcopal High School. The following May, having met U.S. Representative James Garland, <mask> accepted a job as principal of New Glasgow Academy in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains.Thus, after riding one of Congressman Garland's horses and stopping at Monticello to meet Thomas Jefferson, <mask> arrived at a 50-house village which later became Clifford in Amherst County, Virginia. There, <mask> taught at two separate buildings for young men and women, as well as sent money back home to pay the family debts, educate his younger siblings, and give presents. One of his female students was Maria Antoinette Crawford (1792–1853), whose family lived nearby at Tusculum plantation. He wrote back to Vermont about her amiability and accomplishments, as well as being cousin to Vice President Crawford. Her father, Princeton graduate and lawyer William Sidney Crawford (1760–1815), served as clerk of Amherst County from 1792–1814 as well as a trustee of the academy. W. S. Crawford had inherited the Tusculum plantation, which may have been built by his great-grandfather or grandfather David Crawford (ca. 1697–1766); he and his wife, Sophia Penn Crawford, raised Maria and twelve other children on the plantation.<mask> married Maria Crawford on April 15, 1813. Four of their children survived to adulthood: <mask> (1821–1898), <mask> (1824–1898), Indiana, and <mask> Mosby (1830–1890). Their daughter Laura (1825–1826) and another son (1828) died in infancy. Career
<mask> soon learned to manage Tusculum, and his father-in-law appointed him administrator of his estate (which included four plantations worked directly and another three leased to tenants) before W.S. Crawford died in 1815. His mother-in-law and her children (including W.S. Crawford Jr.) lived at Tusculum until moving to Kentucky in 1837, when <mask>'s eldest son Sidney began managing that plantation.<mask> and Sidney introduced modern farming methods at their farms, including deep plowing, draining wetlands, using clover as a cover crop and improved breeds of cattle, hogs, and sheep (rather than the racehorses which some of their neighbors favored). Meanwhile, <mask> moved with his young wife to Lynchburg, about 20 miles away, where he became a successful businessman and prominent citizen. He bought land on Diamond Hill and established a household which included enslaved persons. His younger brother Calvin had joined him and was licensed to practice law in Virginia in 1819, but two years later became upset with slavery and moved back to Ohio and then to the new state of Indiana, where he established a legal practice in newly founded Indianapolis. Soon, Calvin also sent hogs to Lynchburg (using drovers until, partly at the urging of <mask> in Virginia and <mask> in Indianapolis, railroads were built); <mask> fattened them on his Diamond Hill cow lot (which locals called "Fletcher's Hill"), then sold them in the area or used the James River Canal to send the fattened hogs to Richmond or points further south and east. Beginning in 1824, <mask> bought Tusculum from W.S. Crawford's other heirs, and would buy further plantations either directly or as payments for debts.In 1830, <mask> bought Locust Ridge plantation from Maria's aunt and uncle and became a merchant in both cities. He renamed Locust Ridge Sweet Briar plantation, after the small pink wild rose that grew there and which Maria favored. Initially, Sweet Briar was the <mask>s' summer residence, but they moved there year-round in 1846. By 1850, <mask> owned between 80 and 100 slaves in Amherst County plantations,

Meanwhile, in 1825 <mask> founded The Virginian newspaper. He also served on the Lynchburg city council, and as the city's mayor in 1830 and won re-election in 1832. He worked to bring a railroad to the hill city, and later once noted that local railroad contractors preferred slave labor rather than hiring white workers because they deemed the former "equally efficient, more moral and much easier managed," an assessment with which he agreed after hiring white labor to build an addition to his house. <mask> also helped found St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Lynchburg and Ascension Episcopal Church in Amherst, Virginia.Death and legacy
<mask> died at Sweet Briar on February 13, 1858, and was buried on his plantation. His letters would later be published, as would those of his brother Calvin. Upon <mask>'s death in 1858, his daughter, <mask> Williams, inherited the Sweet Briar plantation. Around 1858 in New York City, Indiana met J. Henry Williams (1831–1889), a recent graduate of General Theological Seminary, who would marry her and move to Virginia in 1865. Rev. Williams won election to in the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1868 and later served as clerk of Amherst County. After the American Civil War ended in 1865, slaves were emancipated, but several continued to work for pay and live at Sweet Briar and other plantations.Henry and <mask> Williams' only child, Daisy (1867–1883) predeceased her parents. When Indiana Williams died a widow in 1900, she willed the land and much of her assets to a trust, and founded Sweet Briar College for women, which opened in 1906. <mask>'s eldest son, Sidney was trained at Yale as well as in Richmond and Europe. He escorted his sisters on their European tour and briefly traveled to California with his brother Lucian, as well as practiced medicine for a time. <mask> had given Sidney the deed for Tusculum plantation in 1850, where he farmed and raised livestock until his death. Although Sidney never married officially, he had a long term relationship with a mulatto woman, and devised property to her children in 1870. He later asked a New York cousin to move to Virginia and help him and his widowed sister Indiana.John Jay Williams did so, and later learned that he had inherited the plantation, and kept it in the family for several more decades. In 2003, the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities acquired the property to prevent its demolition. Tusculum was listed on the National Register for Historic Places in 2004, but the house itself was dismantled in 2006 (archeological excavations having been conducted at various times) and plans to reassemble it on campus fell through, so it still awaits restoration. It also is the name of an institute at Sweet Briar College. <mask>'s youngest daughter, Elizabeth, married and build a plantation across from Sweet Briar, which she named Mt. San Angelo (which is now site of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts - VCCA), but which was acquired by Indiana after her death as some nuns in Lynchburg refused the bequest, and later sold by Sweet Briar College during its first decade. <mask> and Maria's second son, Lucian, also was educated at Yale (and, in law, at the College of William and Mary); he became the family's black sheep.Before his father's death, Lucian killed a man and fled to West Virginia, then committed further misdeeds (including another murder) that caused his father to disinherit him. Lucian would later flee to Canada, return to Amherst County, enlist in the Confederate Army (after killing another man in 1860, but soon was reduced to private and spent much of the war subject to court martial or imprisoned) and continued a "colorful" lifestyle. His children later contested <mask> Williams' will, but settled the dispute for $25,000, which allowed the college to be formed. See also
 List of mayors of Lynchburg, Virginia

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1789 births
1858 deaths
People from Ludlow (town), Vermont
People from Amherst County, Virginia
Politicians from Lynchburg, Virginia
Mayors of places in Virginia
19th-century American newspaper publishers (people)
19th-century American politicians
Journalists from Virginia

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title: Dave Hickson

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<mask> (30 October 1929 – 8 July 2013) was an English professional footballer who played for Everton, Aston Villa, Huddersfield Town, Liverpool, Cambridge City, Bury and Tranmere Rovers

Club career
<mask> started his football career as a teenager with non-league Ellesmere Port Town, where his robust style and keen eye for goal were noticed by the Everton manager Cliff Britton. He signed for the Toffees in 1948, but serving his stint of National Service delayed his debut for another three years. During this period he played for the Cheshire Army Cadets team, and it was with them that he was coached by the Everton legend Dixie Dean. It is fairly safe to assume that <mask> developed the physical side of his game in this period. <mask> made his debut for Everton in September 1951 against Leeds United, with the Blues in Division Two for only the second season in their history. Hickson was soon a regular fixture in the Everton side. Perhaps the defining moment in <mask>'s career came in Everton's 1952–53 FA Cup run.The Blues were still in Division Two, and home wins against Ipswich Town and Nottingham Forest put Everton into the fifth round, where they were drawn with Manchester United. In front of a capacity crowd at Goodison Park, <mask> launched himself headlong in amongst flying boots and emerged with a huge gash above one eyebrow. Hickson was led off down the tunnel, with the crowd fully expecting Everton to play the remainder with 10 men, as substitutes were not yet permitted. He emerged from the tunnel in the second half, greeted by a huge ovation from the crowd, with a row of freshly applied stitches holding the wound together. Minutes later Hickson scored what would end up as the winning goal, then headed against the post and opened the wound again. Despite pleas from both the referee and his captain to leave the field Hickson remained to the end of the game, his blond hair now red, and his shirt the same colour as the United ones. Hickson was also the match-winner in the quarter final against Aston Villa, with a thunderbolt shot from the edge of the box, after starting the move himself behind the halfway line.An epic year for cup ties this, as Everton next faced Bolton Wanderers at Maine Road. Hickson again received a head injury in this game, and was forced to retire with 15 minutes of the game to go. This was not until he'd scored a goal in an improbable comeback from 4-0 down at half time. The final score was 4–3, with Bolton going on to be defeated by the same score against Blackpool in the "Matthews final". Everton soon returned to Division One, as <mask>'s haul of 25 goals in the 1953–54 season helped them gain promotion to the top flight. After just one season back in the top flight with Everton, Hickson was sold to Aston Villa for £17,500. He never settled at Villa Park and played just 12 games in a brief stay.He moved next to Huddersfield Town, where he spent a further two years. Although his record at Huddersfield was respectable, <mask> was not content and he was happy to return to Goodison for a second spell in 1957 for £7,500. At least the board made a tidy profit on these deals. Hickson's second spell was not as productive as his first, but his passion & determination remained, and the Goodison Park faithful still worshipped him. When Everton sold him to their Merseyside derby rivals Liverpool in 1959, there was much dissent. Hickson was undoubtedly revered at Everton, but equally despised by the red half of the city. Supporters of the Reds, then struggling in Division Two, would soon be appeased.<mask> scored twice on his Liverpool debut at Anfield, watched by a crowd 15,000 higher than the average that season. Days later Liverpool had a new manager, Bill Shankly. Shankly had previously managed <mask> at Huddersfield and again made effective use of Hickson's style. His return of 21 goals in 27 games that season almost took Liverpool back to the top flight. Another near promotion the following year and a return of 16 goals in 33 would see the end of <mask>'s stint with Liverpool. <mask> was now nearing 32 and had to make way for Shankly's new signings. <mask> moved on, via non league Cambridge City, to Bury for a short spell, playing just a handful of games.He headed back to Merseyside in the twilight of his career, with a productive last couple of league seasons at Tranmere Rovers. He was Rovers' leading scorer in the 1962/63 season with 23 goals, at the age of 34. <mask> continued after this outside the Football League, playing for Ellesmere Port Town and Ballymena United (player/manager for both), and as a player at Winsford and Northwich Victoria. It is often said of Hickson that he is the only player to have played "for all three Merseyside clubs". This is wrong for several reasons: two other players, John Heydon and Frank Mitchell, also played for all three of Everton, Liverpool and Tranmere Rovers. But New Brighton were Football League members from 1923–51 and Bill Lacey and Neil McBain played for all three of Everton, Liverpool and New Brighton. In addition, John Whitehead played for Liverpool, Everton and also for Bootle in their one year as a league team (1892/93), before they were replaced in Division 2 by Liverpool.Playing style
His physical approach as centre forward, coupled with his determination soon made him a crowd favourite. Off the pitch, Hickson was a different man, quiet and unassuming, but the <mask>on that pulled on a Blue shirt and entered battle every Saturday afternoon was an aggressive character, no quarter given or asked. This aggression would lead to several run-ins with officials, and three sendings-off during his career, but that was his style & the fans loved it. A youthful Hickson with his striking appearance, fully quiffed up with a shock of blonde hair, as was the style of the day, was one of the few things to get excited about on the terraces of Goodison Park. <mask> soon forged a productive partnership with John Willie Parker, with Hickson being the target man. Although his reputation as an aerial threat was well known, Hickson was also a difficult opponent with the ball on the floor, and could produce a powerful shot, which earned him the nickname Cannonball Kid. Death
On 8 July 2013, Hickson died after a short illness, at the age of 83.His funeral service was held on 25 July 2013 at Liverpool Cathedral. References

External links
Everton FC Profile
Aston Villa player database profile
LFCHistory.net profile
Legends Feature from barmyarmyuk Blog

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2013 deaths
People from Ellesmere Port
English footballers
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Ellesmere Port Town F.C. players
Everton F.C. players
Aston Villa F.C. players
Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players
Liverpool F.C. players
Bury F.C.players
Tranmere Rovers F.C. players
English Football League players
Ballymena United F.C. managers
Ballymena United F.C. players
Cambridge City F.C. players
English football managers

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title: Nikolay Madoyan

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<mask> (also spelled Nikolai Madojan, ; born 1 June 1973 in Yerevan) is an Armenian virtuoso violinist. Madoyan's continuous performance of 59 world classics of different styles and epochs, for more than 33 hours, has been entered in the Guinness World Records book as an “Officially Amazing” achievement. He studied with Hrachya Bogdanyan, Zakhar Bron, Miriam Solovieff and Isaac Stern. and has been awarded the title of the Merited Artist of Armenia for supreme mastery and excellence in the promotion of arts. Early life and education
<mask> was admitted to the Tchaikovsky Music School in Yerevan, where he studied under the patronage of professor Hrachya Bogdanyan. Impressed by the 13-year-old talent, Russian violin professor Zakhar Bron invited Madoyan to continue his studies at the Novosibirsk Glinka Conservatory. In the following years Madoyan won the 1st Prize at the All-Russian Competition for Young Violinists and became the laureate and the winner of the Special Jury Prize at the International H. Wieniawski and K. Lipinski Competition for Young Violinists in Poland.Together with Prof. Bron's wunderkind class, at the invitation of the Lübeck Music Academy, Madoyan moved to live and study in Germany where he made a debut at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival with the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev. <mask> Madoyan appeared in the “Five Young Russian Top Talents” series along with V. Repin, M. Vengerov, N. Luganski and E. Kissin, playing Beethoven's Violin Concerto at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and other European venues. In 1991, Madoyan won the 1st prize at the International Kullenkampf Competition of Violinists in Cologne, Germany. Moreover, he became the laureate at the Tokyo International Competition of Violinists and was awarded the Special Prize for the Best Performer of the Japanese Work. Madoyan took master classes from violinists Miriam Solovieff and Isaac Stern, with whom he would perform together in France,

<mask> <mask> holds Ph.D. degree in Violin Performance from Berlin University of the Arts and was bestowed the title of the “Honorary Professor” at the Yerevan State Conservatory. Career
After graduating from the Lübeck Academy, <mask> <mask> launched a series of concert tours in Germany with the London Mozart Players chamber orchestra conducted by Matthias Bamert. Then he had a concert in the United Kingdom with the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra, where among other works he played the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto conducted by Arnold Katz.Madoyan's performances with the Netherlands and Rotterdam Symphonic Orchestras and Cologne Chamber Orchestra were in the highlight of the local media. Madoyan was the founder of the “Madoyan-Westenholz-Denitzen” trio, which successfully toured around Europe, featuring works by Shostakovich, Schubert, Beethoven and Ravel. A collaboration of <mask> <mask> and the pianist Elizabeth Westenholz resulted in CDs, released by Kontrapunkt and Cowbell, featuring violin sonatas by Mendelson, Grieg, Schubert, Prokofiev, Strauss and Franck. In European newspapers and magazines reviews were written about Madoyan's CD records, among them the Gramophone review, which specifically highlighted Madoyan's natural feel for the right inflexion and successful collaboration with the pianist for the releases of Prokofiev's, Grieg's, and Schubert's Violin Sonatas. Performances
Madoyan's repertoire includes an extensive range of violin works. He performed all six Paganini's Violin Concertos by memory in one concert. <mask> Madoyan has performed with a number of world's best symphony orchestras and conductors such as Helmut Muller-Bruhl, Richard Hickox, Kurt Mazur, Frans Brüggen, Claudio Abbado, Arnold Katz, Dmitri Kitayenko, Valery Gergiev, Leopold Hager, Richard Dufallo, Karen Durgaryan, Kees Bakels, Nikolai Alekseyev, Vasily Sinaisky, Erich Vechter, George A. Albrecht, Janos Furst and many more.The list of the concert halls he performed at includes Teatro di San Carlo, Tivoli Concert Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Royal Festival Hall, Verdi Theater in Milan, Berlin Kammermusiksaal, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Edinburgh Queen's Hall, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Berliner Philharmonie, Hamburg Musikhalle, Stuttgart Beethoven Hall, Duesseldorf Robert-Schumann-Saal, Vienna Kammermusiksaal, Reims Concert Hall, Concertgebouw Brugge, Belgrade Philharmonia, Tokyo NHK Hall, Beijing Big Concert Hall, Montreal Place des Arts, Zurich Tonhalle, Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall, Kuhmo Concert Hall, Big Concert Hall of Moscow Conservatory and many more. Prizes and awards

Prizes

1988 – Laureate and Special Prize winner of Spectators and Journalists at the IV International H. Wieniawski and K. Lipinski Competition of Young Violinists
 1988 – 1st prize in the All Russian Violin Competition (Novosibirsk, Russia)
 1991 – 1st prize in the International Kulenkampf Competition of Violinists (Cologne, Germany)
 1992 – Laureate and Special Prize winner for Best Performer of the Japanese Work at Tokyo International Competition of Violinists (Tokyo, Japan)
 2003 – President Prize of the Republic of Armenia For the high performance of 15 violin miniatures of outstanding composers of 17–20 centuries

Awards
 1995 – Medal of the Coat of Arms of the City of Yerevan
 2004 – Merited Artist of Armenia
 2004 – Gold Medal of the Ministry of Culture, Armenia
 2017 – Guinness World Record – The Longest Violin Performance, “Officially Amazing” – 33 hours, 2 minutes and 41 seconds, England

Discography
 1990: Die Meisterschüler von Zakhar Bron. (N. Madoyan, D. Garett, M. Vengerov, V. Repin). Label Ambitus Musikproduktion
 1994:  Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas / Five Melodies. Label Kontrapunkt
 1995:  Grieg: Violin Sonatas. Label Kontrapunkt
 1997:  Mendelssohn-Bartoldy: Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano. Label Kontrapunkt
 1998:  Schubert: Works for Violin and Piano.Label Kontrapunkt
 2000:  Cesar Franck: Sonata F Major / Richard Strauss: Sonata E Flat Major. Label Kontrapunkt
 2007:  Favourite Encores. Label CowBell Music
 2008 - 2018: Recordings have been released and published by ONErpm that include Bach’s Solo Sonatas and Partitas, Paganini’s 24 Caprices, Armenian Miniatures, Paganini’s Sonatas for Violin and Guitar, Vivaldi 's Four Seasons and others:

References

External links

 Ours: <mask> Madoyan
 Nikolay Madoyan at Kontrapunkt
 <mask> <mask> at Cowbell Music
 <mask> Madoyan at AllMusic

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Living people
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Armenian classical violinists
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title: Henry F. Ashurst

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<mask> (September 13, 1874 – May 31, 1962) was an American Democratic politician and one of the first two Senators from Arizona. Largely self-educated, he served as a district attorney and member of the Arizona Territorial legislature before fulfilling his childhood ambition of joining the United States Senate. During his time in the Senate, <mask> was chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs and the Judiciary Committee. Called "the longest U.S. theatrical engagement on record" by Time,
<mask>'s political career was noted for a self-contradictory voting record, the use of a sesquipedalian vocabulary, and for a love of public speaking that earned him a reputation as one of the Senate's greatest orators. Among the sobriquets assigned to him were "the Dean of Inconsistency", "Five-Syllable Henry", and the "Silver-Tongued Sunbeam of the Painted Desert". <mask> was born on September 13, 1874 in a covered wagon near Winnemucca, Humboldt County, Nevada to William and <mask>, the second of ten children. His family moved to a ranch near Williams, Arizona when he was two, and he attended school in Flagstaff.At the age of ten he showed his ambition to be a Senator by writing "<mask> <mask>, U.S. Senator from Arizona" into a speller. After dropping out of school at the age of thirteen, he worked as a cowboy on his father's ranch. At the age of nineteen, Ashurst was made the turnkey at the county jail in Flagstaff. While working at the jail, he developed an interest in the law by reading Blackstone's Commentaries. He later worked at a local lumber yard and studied law at night. In 1895, he worked as a lumberjack in the Los Angeles area and as a hod carrier in San Francisco.Following a brief return to Flagstaff, Ashurst enrolled at Stockton Business College (now Humphreys College), and graduated in 1896. Ashurst was admitted to the bar in 1897 and began a law practice in Williams. He completed his formal education with a year at the University of Michigan Law School beginning in 1903. In 1904, Ashurst married Elizabeth McEvoy Reno, an Irish-born widow with four children from her first marriage. She had moved to Flagstaff with her children to establish and manage a Weather Bureau station. She served as his political advisor for the rest of her life. Mrs. <mask> died on November 1, 1939.Political career

<mask> was elected to the Territorial House of Representatives in 1897. He was re-elected in 1899, and became the territory's youngest speaker. In 1902, he was elected to the Territorial Senate. He served as district attorney of Coconino County from 1905 to 1908, when he moved to Prescott, Arizona. In 1911, <mask> presided over Arizona's constitutional convention. During the convention, he positioned himself for a U.S. Senate seat by avoiding the political fighting over various clauses in the constitution which damaged his rivals. With the admission of Arizona as a state in 1912, <mask> was elected by the Arizona legislature as one of the state's two Senators, taking office on April 2 alongside Marcus A. Smith.He was easily re-elected in 1916 (by popular vote), and again in 1922, 1928, and 1934, serving for almost 29 years. He sought re-election in 1940 but was defeated in the Democratic primary. During his early years in the Senate, <mask> was a supporter of the Woodrow Wilson administration and served as chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs between 1914 and 1919. The Democrats lost control of the Senate in 1918, and the presidency in 1920. Ashurst became a critic of Republican leaders and policy. The Democrats regained control in 1932, and <mask> became chairman of the Judiciary Committee, serving until he left the Senate in 1941. While in office, Ashurst focused on the interests of his constituents.He described this focus with the statement: "You (the people of Arizona) send me to Washington to represent you in the Senate. But you do not send me here because you are interested in grave questions of international policy. When I come back to Arizona, you never ask me questions about such policies; instead, you ask me, 'What about my pension?' or 'What about that job for my sons?'" While he routinely read correspondence from his home state, letters and telegrams from other states were normally ignored. During re-election campaigns, Ashurst employed one of his favorite quotations, "Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise." To this end, his normal technique was to confess his faults and shortcomings to the voters while at the same time praising his opponent.During the 1934 elections he even told his constituents "If you don't send me back to the Senate, you'll have an old broken down politician on your hands, and you don't want that." <mask> was popular with Arizona voters; only in the Republican landslide year of 1928 was his margin less than 10%, and in 1934 he won by 46%. But after five terms in the Senate, <mask> was unseated in the 1940 Democratic primary by <mask>. After his defeat, he gave a farewell address to the Senate. The Senate chamber was crowded with fellow Senators and also many U.S. Representatives. Ashurst reflected on the experience of defeat.He said,

Oratory and style

Ashurst had an affection for oration, as expressed by his statement, "I simply love speaking – just as one may like maple syrup, Beethoven, Verdi, or Longfellow, Kipling, or Shakespeare – one hardly knows why." This combined with his courtly manners and impeccable attire earned Ashurst a reputation as the Chesterfield of the Senate. The New York Times said "Sheer eloquence is best personified in the present Senate by Ashurst of Arizona – the debonair, balm-tongued chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Without losing one whit of his eloquence, or missing or misquoting a classical phrase, Ashurst can run the range from buffoonery to some of the most challenging remarks heard in Congress." Ashurst's loquacious nature developed at an early age. After obtaining copies of several speeches by Senator Roscoe Conkling, a prominent 19th-century orator, Ashurst developed his speaking range and ability by thundering the words of other to the plants and rocks of the surrounding countryside. He also read a wide variety of classical and literary sources in an effort to learn as much quotable material as possible.As a result of these early efforts, by the time Ashurst joined Congress he had a well-developed speaker's voice and a wide collection of memorized quotations in both English and Latin. To this was added an interest in etymology that aided his vast vocabulary. Ashurst's most celebrated address came on June 15, 1935, when on the Senate floor he chastised Huey Long with a harangue which Time called "one of the most devastating speeches the chamber ever heard." Other notable speeches by Ashurst dealt with Hugo Black's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1937, a proposed tariff on imported copper in 1932, and U.S. entry into World War I in 1917. Senator Barry Goldwater was so fond of Ashurst's speeches that he compiled fourteen into the book Speeches of <mask> <mask> of Arizona. Ashurst responded to the book with "But, Barry, I made over 5,000 of them." "Dean of Inconsistency"

Through his legislative career, Ashurst maintained a need to be inconsistent in his political actions.He was also noted for an eccentric and flexible record on a variety of issues. Ashurst's pride in his variable record was such that he appointed himself "Dean of Inconsistency" and awarded Degrees of Inconsistency to other Senators who displayed irregular voting patterns. For his critics, he usually kept a supply of tracts on his person explaining the virtue and necessity of being inconsistent and awarded these to his detractors when he was criticized for his incongruous nature. An example of Ashurst's inconsistency is his behavior regarding the Judiciary Reorganization Bill of 1937. During the 1936 presidential election Ashurst denounced rumors that <mask>. Roosevelt planned to reorganize the Supreme Court by "whittling, chiseling, indirection, circumlocution, periphrasis, and house-that-Jack-built tactics." He furthermore labeled the rumored plan to pack the court with six new justices "a prelude to tyranny". Upon Roosevelt's introduction of the plan, Ashurst became the legislation's sponsor and asserted "I'm for it, it's a step in the right direction.It will be enacted into law immediately." After the bill's introduction, Ashurst then delayed hearings in the Judiciary Committee, saying "No haste, no hurry, no waste, no worry – that is the motto of this committee." As a result of his delaying efforts, the bill was held in committee for 165 days, and opponents of the bill credited Ashurst as instrumental in its defeat. Upon receiving a constituent's congratulatory message for his stand on the bill, Ashurst replied "Dear Madame: Which stand?" Other examples of Ashurst switching positions include:
 Advocacy of Prohibition, followed by a vote to allow 3.2% beer. Voting both for and against the 18th (Prohibition) Amendment. His four votes on veteran's bonuses, two for and two against, which generated the comment "What of it?At least I was fifty per cent right, which is a pretty good record for a politician." Even his speaking skills could contribute to his inconsistency, as was the case on January 21, 1914. Ashurst gave a three-hour speech in support of the Nineteenth Amendment (for women's suffrage), which exhausted the time available to vote on it, and delayed its passage. Retirement and death
During his farewell speech in the Senate, Ashurst indicated his intention to retire to Arizona, saying, "When you are here worrying about patronage, worrying about committee assignments, worrying about bills, I shall possibly be enjoying the ecstasy of the starry stillness of an Arizona desert night, or enjoying the scarlet glory of her blossoming cactus, and possibly I may be wandering through the Petrified Forest in Arizona." But instead of going home, he accepted a position on the U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals, serving from April 8, 1941 until his retirement on February 28, 1943. After his retirement, Ashurst lived in Washington, D.C., devoting his time to classical poetry and public speaking. He also made several public appearances.<mask> was a contestant on the television game show The $64,000 Question; he missed a question, but received a Cadillac car as a consolation prize. He also made a cameo appearance in the film Advise and Consent, in the role of "Senator McCafferty". Ashurst suffered a stroke on May 15, 1962 and was admitted to Georgetown University Hospital where he died on May 31, 1962. Ashurst kept a journal from June 1910 to July 27, 1937 which contains pen portraits of several fellow Senators. The journal was edited by George F. Sparks and published in 1962 under the title A Many Colored Toga. See also

 List of United States senators from Arizona

References

External links

 Oral history interview with Senator <mask> <mask> [includes transcript], May 19, 1959 and October 9, 1961 from Cline Library, Northern Arizona University, Special Collections & Archives Department. Neophyte Arizona Senator Calls For Acquisition of Mexican Territory

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People from Winnemucca, Nevada
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Democratic Party United States senators from Arizona
Members of the Arizona Territorial Legislature
Arizona Democrats
Arizona lawyers
Arizona pioneers
People from Flagstaff, Arizona
People from Williams, Arizona
Politicians from Prescott, Arizona
Humphreys College alumni
University of Michigan Law School alumni

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title: Cheryl Boone Isaacs

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<mask> (born 1949) is an American film marketing and public relations executive. She represented the Public Relations Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), known for its annual Academy Awards (Oscars), on the AMPAS Board of Governors for 21 years, until 2013. On July 30, 2013 she was elected as the 35th president of AMPAS and on August 11, 2015 she was re-elected. <mask> was the first African American to hold this office, and the third woman (after Bette Davis and Fay Kanin)..  On November 16, 2021, it was announced that <mask> would serve as Founding Director of the Sidney Poitier New American Film School at Arizona State University's Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, effective January 1, 2022. Early life
<mask> was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, to father, postal worker <mask>, Sr., and a homemaker mother. Her family was middle class and she grew up near Springfield College until her family moved to the Sixteen Acres neighborhood of Springfield. She is the youngest of four children, with two older brothers: Ashley Jr. and Richard; and an older sister, Velma.In 1967 <mask> graduated from Springfield Central High School, known at that time as Classical High School. In 1971, she graduated from Whittier College with a degree in political science. During college she spent time in a study abroad program in Copenhagen, Denmark. <mask> married <mask> who is of English-Jewish descent. They live and work in the greater Los Angeles area. Career

After college, <mask> worked as a flight attendant for Pan Am based out of San Francisco. At the age of 25, she ended up following her older brother <mask>, Jr. who worked as an executive, to Hollywood.Publicity work
In 1977, <mask> began working in publicity at Columbia Pictures. Her first job was publicizing the Steven Spielberg film Close Encounters of the Third Kind. She then worked at Milton Goldstein's Melvin Simon Productions, working on publicity for The Stunt Man, Love at First Bite and Porkys, eventually becoming Vice President, Worldwide Advertising and Publicity. <mask> was then Director of Advertising and Publicity for The Ladd Company and worked to promote films like The Right Stuff and Once Upon a Time in America. In 1984, she was Director, Publicity and Promotion, West Coast, eventually becoming the worldwide publicity director for Paramount Pictures, a position she held until 1997. As Paramount's Executive Vice President of Worldwide Publicity, she orchestrated the marketing campaigns for Best Picture winners Forrest Gump and Braveheart. While at Paramount, she worked with an unusually large team of women there at that time, which included Dawn Steel, who was president of Production, as well as other women like Deborah Rosen, Lucie Salhany, Buffy Shutt, as well as Sherry Lansing.She was at Paramount for 13 years. From 1997 to 1999, she was President of Theatrical Marketing for New Line Cinema, where she promoted Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, The Wedding Singer and Boogie Nights. In this position, she was the first black woman to head a studio marketing department. <mask> started her own company, called CBI Enterprises, Inc., where she worked on publicity for films that included Best Picture winners The King's Speech and The Artist. Academy work
<mask> has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1987. All work for the Academy, even leadership roles, is on a volunteer basis. As President of the AMPAS, <mask> was instrumental in removing the restriction of the number of members allowed into the Academy, what had been a long-time membership cap.She also initiated a drive to invite over 400 new members, many of whom were young and came from diverse backgrounds. <mask> has been an active force in addressing the lack of diversity, and an imbalance of membership that is predominantly white and male. Other efforts that she is addressing include focusing on improving AMPAS mentorship programs, enhancing the student version of the Academy Awards and improving the scientific and technical council. Part of her duties as President included overseeing the Academy Awards. <mask> also oversaw the Governors Awards, where honorary lifetime achievement awards are given. Unlike the Oscars, the Governors Awards are not televised ceremonies. She has also spearheaded the development of an AMPAS museum developed in conjunction with Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art with a budget of $300 million, opening in 2017.At the 2015 Governors Awards, <mask> launched a new Academy initiative called A2020, which focused on improving representation of diversity—age, gender, race, national origin, point-of-view—and includes a five-year plan to focus on industry practices and hiring. Honorary Oscar-winner Spike Lee praised <mask> for her work towards diversity in Hollywood. Honors
 2013: Black Entertainment Sports Lawyers Association (BESLA)
 2013: Essence Magazine's Trailblazer Award
 2014: African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Horizon Award
 2014: NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame
 2014: Chapman University Dodge College of Film and Media Arts O.L. Halsell Filmmaker-in-Residence

Personal life
<mask> is married to film producer, director and writer <mask> and lives in Los Angeles. They have a son, <mask> <mask>. References

Further reading
 Gregory, Mollie. Women Who Run the Show: How a Brilliant and Creative New Generation of Women Stormed Hollywood.New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2003. External links

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Living people
Presidents of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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Whittier College alumni
African-American media personalities
American Buddhists
Converts to Sōka Gakkai
21st-century African-American people
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