title: Adnan Sami

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<mask> (born 15 August 1971) is an Indian singer, musician, music composer, and pianist. He performs Indian and Western music, including for Hindi movies. He has been awarded with Padma Shri (India's fourth highest civilian award) for his remarkable contribution in music. His most notable instrument is the piano. He has been credited as "the first musician to have played the santoor and Indian classical music on the piano". A review in the US-based Keyboard magazine described him as the fastest keyboard player in the world and called him the keyboard discovery of the nineties. He was raised and educated in the United Kingdom and spent his life in Canada.He was born to Arshad <mask>, a Pakistani Air Force veteran and diplomat of Pashtun origin, and Naureen, who was originally from the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The Times of India has called him the "Sultan of Music". In 2016 he became an Indian citizen. He was awarded the Padma Shri on 26 January 2020. Early life and education
<mask> was born in London, England on 15 August 1971. He was raised and educated in the United Kingdom. His father, Arshad <mask>, was a Pakistani Pashtun while his mother Naureen Khan was an Indian from Jammu.<mask>'s father served as a Pakistan Air Force pilot, before becoming a senior bureaucrat and serving as Pakistan's ambassador to 14 countries. His paternal great-great-grandfather, General Ahmed Jan, was from Afghanistan and a military advisor to king Abdur Rahman Khan. His paternal great-grandfather Agha Mehfooz Jan was the governor of four Afghan provinces under King Amanullah Khan's reign and was also the King's first cousin, while his paternal grandfather <mask> Khan served as the Deputy Inspector General of Police. Agha Mehfooz Jan was assassinated by Habibullah Kalakani and therefore <mask>'s father's family migrated to Peshawar, then in British India. <mask> attended Rugby School in Rugby, West Midlands, UK. <mask> followed his bachelor's degree with a law degree (LLB) from King's College London. He went on to qualify as a barrister from Lincoln's Inn, England.He had played the piano since the age of five and composed his first piece of music when he was nine years old. <mask> began taking lessons in Indian classical music from the santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma when visiting India during his school vacations. Indian singer Asha Bhosle saw him at age ten at an R. D. Burman concert in London, and encouraged him to take up music as a career. He is an accomplished concert pianist, music composer and singer with a command of Indian and Western classical/semi-classical music, jazz, rock and pop music. As a teenager, <mask>, when performing on the piano on a TV program in Stockholm, was described by the US-based Keyboard magazine as the fastest man on keyboard in the world and the keyboard discovery of the nineties. <mask> went on to learn Indian classical music from Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, the Santoor maestro in India. At the age of sixteen, <mask> was approached to write a song for famine-hit Ethiopia, for which he won a special award from UNICEF.In his career of 32 years, <mask> has won many international awards including the Nigar Award, Bolan Academy Award and Graduate Award. <mask> is the youngest recipient of the Naushad Music Award for Excellence in Music. Previous recipients of this award include Lata Mangeshkar and Music Maestro Khayam. <mask> was invited as a member of the jury of the music festival Voice of Asia competition held annually at Almaty, Kazakhstan. Career

His first single, "Run for His Life", was released in 1986. It was in English, and recorded for UNICEF. It went to No.1 in the music charts in the Middle East. This was followed by three more No. 1s: "Talk to Me", "Hot Summer Day" and "You're My Best Kept Secret". His first formal album, The One & Only (1989), was a classical album on the piano accompanied by tabla maestro Zakir Hussain. He released his first vocal solo album Raag Time in 1991. The song from his album Teri Yaad was the title track of his first album, which became a huge hit in Pakistan. In 1994, he composed music for a film for the first time.The 1995 Pakistani film Sargam, in which he was the lead actor and Indian playback singer Asha Bhosle did the playback Sargam, was a box office success. It was also the first time that an Indian playback singer was featured in an album in Pakistan. To date Sargam is the only film <mask> has acted in, and the score is the best-selling album of all time in Pakistan. In 2000, Asha Bhosle collaborated with <mask> on a collection of love songs named Kabhi to Nazar Milao in India. The music was also composed by <mask>. The album became an instant success and topped the Indipop charts for most of 2001 and 2002. According to Business Week magazine, the album sold 4 million copies in India alone.Two songs from the album Kabhi To Nazar Milao, whose music video featured model Aditi Gowitrikar, and Lift Karaa De, whose music video starred the popular Indian actor Govinda became popular at that time. The videos were shot by Anil Mehta, who had shot popular Hindi films like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Lagaan. Because of the album's success, Magnasound and <mask> released an album named Always Yours which was a remix version of numbers from that album. He soon became popular, which led Hindi filmmaker Boney Kapoor to invite him to provide music for his film. This was the beginning for him to compose and sing for Hindi films and for the top Hindi film producers of the time like Yash Chopra and Subhash Ghai. Due to the popularity of his music videos and live performances, he started getting acting offers at the same time. The song "Tu Sirf Mera Mehboob" from the Hindi film Ajnabee, sung by <mask>, became popular and was declared a "superhit" by Screen Magazine, who called him the pop personality of the year in 2001.In 2002, Pepsi Foods made <mask> its brand ambassador in India, a contract which involved hosting a series of live music concerts across cities as well as featuring in ads for Pepsi products. He is the only artist in all of Asia and Europe to have endorsed Pepsi Cola and Coca-Cola together. According to the Pakistani newspaper Dawn, no Pakistani artist has ever managed to gain as much popularity in India as <mask> has. According to an article in The Times of India, <mask> is the "most successful face in non-film music in India". His second studio album, Tera Chehra, was released in October 2002 to critical acclaim. The music videos for this album were shot by Binod Pradhan, who had shot the popular 2002 Hindi film Devdas. The album features Bollywood stars Rani Mukerji in the title track and Amitabh Bachchan in the track "Kabhi Nahi", who also sang the duet with <mask>.Actress Mahima Chaudhry was also seen in another song. The title track was written by well-known Hindi movie lyricist Sameer. According to Screen Magazine, it was the only successful pop album of the year. <mask>'s Tera Chehra broke sales records by becoming India's best-selling album of 2002 (including film soundtracks), continuing its No. 1 position in 2003, and by becoming the best-selling Indian album of all time (including film soundtracks) in the U.S. and Canada. The album stayed in the No. 1 position in all the music charts of India from the time of its release in September 2002 for over a year, beating his debut album's No.1 record. Saathiya (2002) brought him the opportunity to work with A. R. Rahman in the form of "Aye Udi Udi". According to Screen Magazine, the song was "the highlight of the album". Rediff.com called him the "Reigning King of Indipop" in early 2003 based on the sales of his albums in the previous two years. His most successful albums have been Kabhi To Nazar Milao (with Asha Bhosle) and Tera Chehra, and his music videos usually have had Bollywood stars in them, including Namrata Shirodkar ("Bheegi Bheegi Raat"), Mahima Chaudhry, Raveena Tandon, Rani Mukerji ("Tera Chehra"), Govinda, Fardeen Khan, Amisha Patel ("O Meri Jaan"), Bhumika Chawla ("Maahiya"), Dia Mirza ("Pal Do Pal") and Amitabh Bachchan (Kabhi Nahi). Since 2003, he has sung for a few Tamil movies like Boys, Aaytha Ezhuthu composed by A. R. Rahman. The songs, "Boom Boom" from Boys and "Nenjamellam Kadhal" from Aayitha Ezhuthu, were hits.He also sang for the Tamil and Telugu versions besides the Hindi version of songs from the movie Yuva (2004), whose music was also composed by A. R. Rahman. Besides Rahman, he has also worked with composer Yuvan Shankar Raja, and sang the Tamil songs "Oh Intha Kadhal" from Satham Podathey and "OruKal" from Siva Manasula Sakthi. He sang the song "Chanchadi Adi Urang Nee" in the Malayalam movie Makalkku. He has also sung for a Kannada film. His first Kannada song was "Don't Worry Madabeda" for the film Super Star starring Upendra. He has also worked with music composers Devi Sri Prasad and M. M. Keeravani and sang songs in Telugu films Varsham, Chatrapathi, Shankar Dada MBBS and 100% Love. In 2005, he suffered from lymphoedema and developed an abscess in the knee, which interrupted his career.In 2006, he took a sabbatical and reportedly lost 130 kg. He came back in April 2007 with the album Kisi Din. In 2007, he sang the soundtrack "Dil Kya Kare" from the Hindi film Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love and "Noor-e-Khuda" from My Name Is Khan. He was also one of the guest judges on the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007. He has composed film music for several other Hindi films, including Lucky: No Time for Love, Yeh Raaste Hain Pyar Ke, Dhamaal, 1920, Chance Pe Dance, Mumbai Salsa, Khubsoorat, Sadiyaan, Shaurya and several others. As a classical concert pianist, <mask> has given solo performances before royalty such as the King of Sweden and King Hussein of Jordan. He has performed before heads of state and governments such as President Mitterrand of France, the President of the United Arab Emirates, the President and Prime Minister of India, the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan, the President and Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, the Prime Minister of Sweden and Princess Christina of Sweden.<mask> has performed for music festivals to sold-out stadiums of his solo concert tours all over the world in over forty countries. <mask> wrote a song for India during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. The video of this song captures the nationalistic spirit of competition, depicting <mask> performing with the Indian cricket team with guest appearances from Indian film stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Fardeen Khan and Kareena Kapoor. His work has associated him with prominent people from the Indian film and music industry. On 15 December 2002, BBC World Service celebrated 70 years of broadcasting by organizing a worldwide live concert with artists representing different parts of the world who performed before a global audience via satellite. <mask> was chosen to represent India. In the summer of 2003, <mask> became the only musical artist from the entire Asian region to have sold out Wembley Stadium in London for two nights in a row; this was recorded in the Limca Book of World Records (Asia's equivalent to the West's Guinness Book of World Records).He did this again in 2005, 2008, and 2012. In 2010, <mask> received the "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Prime Minister of Pakistan at a ceremony by Pakistan Television. In 2011, <mask> was given the "Glory of India Award" by the India International Friendship Society. This was the 350th anniversary of the completion of the Taj Mahal, and <mask> gave a solo concert performance in front of the Taj Mahal on the final night of the celebrations. After this performance, the Indian media dubbed him the "Sultan of Music". He hosted the Indian version of the American music game show Don't Forget the Lyrics! called Bol Baby Bol on the Star TV network in 2008.Prior to that in 2005, he was the sole jury for the singing competition program on Channel [V] called Super Singer. In 2011, <mask> returned as a judge on the singing reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs, which became popular worldwide. He performed a qawwali "Bhar Do Jholi Meri" in the 2015 film Bajrangi Bhaijaan, he appeared in the movie as well. Personal life
<mask> first married to actress Zeba Bakhtiar in 1993, with whom he had a son named Azaan <mask>. They divorced after three years. <mask> began living in India since 13 March 2001, on a visitor's visa which was extended from time to time. In 2001, <mask> married Dubai-based Arab Sabah Galadari.This was his second marriage and Sabah's second marriage as well; she had a son from her previous marriage. This relationship also ended in divorce, a year-and-a-half later. In June 2006, he weighed 230 kilograms (506 lb); he claimed his doctor had given him just six months to live. By diet and exercise, he lost  in 16 months. In 2008, his wife Sabah returned to Mumbai, remarried him and began living with him, but the marriage only lasted one year, after which Sabah filed for divorce again. In 2009, his father died of pancreatic cancer, which he described as the "biggest blow" of his life, saying that he had been extremely close to his father. On 29 January 2010 <mask> married Roya <mask>, the daughter of a retired diplomat and army general.He first met Roya in India during her visit in 2010 and proposed to her after some time. On 10 May 2017, he became a father to a daughter, <mask> Khan. On 26 May 2015, he submitted a request for Indian citizenship to the Ministry of Home Affairs, when his Pakistani passport expired, he had lived an adequate number of years in India that made him eligible for Indian citizenship hence he naturalised as an Indian citizen. In late December 2015, the Indian Home Ministry approved his request for legal status as a citizen of India, effective as of 1 January 2016. Filmography

As an actor
 Sargam (1995)
 Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)

As a playback singer

Urdu songs

Hindi songs

Telugu songs

Tamil songs

Kannada songs

Other languages

As a music director and composer
 Sargam (1995)
 Love at Times Square (2003)
 Lucky: No Time for Love (2005)
 Dhamaal (2007)
 Mumbai Salsa (2007)
 Khushboo (2008)
 1920 (2008)
 Shaurya (2008)
 Daddy Cool, co-director: Raghav Sachar
 Sadiyaan (2010)
 Chance Pe Dance (2010), co-director: Pritam Chakraborty, Ken Ghosh, Sandeep Shirodkar

Discography

Badaltay Mausam (1997) was re-released in India as Kabhi To Nazar Milao (2000). Awards and accolades

<mask> has won a number of international awards, including the Nigar Award, the Bolan Academy Award, and the Graduate Award. He was given a special award by UNICEF for the song he wrote for famine-hit Ethiopia as a teenager and a United Nations Peace Medal for a song he wrote and performed for Africa.A review of his piano solo performance on British TV Channel 4 in Keyboard magazine called him the "Keyboard Discovery of the 90s". In 2001, he was awarded the Breakthrough Artist of the Year by MTV. Swedish and British radio and television have often referred to him as the fastest keyboard player in the world. <mask> has performed for prestigious music festivals to sold-out stadiums of his solo concert tours all over the world in over forty countries. In summer 2003, he became the only Asian artist to have sold out Wembley Stadium, London, for two consecutive nights, which won him a place in the Limca Book of Records. As a classical concert pianist, <mask> has given performances before the King of Sweden and King Hussein of Jordan. In 2007, <mask> was given a Special Award from the U.K. Parliament (House of Commons) for his 'Outstanding Contribution to Sub-Continental Music'.In 2008, he was presented the "Naushad Music Award" by Andhra Pradesh Department of Culture, in Hyderabad. In 2008 he also won "Best International Act" at the UK Asian Music Awards. In 2013, he was given the BrandLaureate International Brand Personality award by the President of The BrandLaureate, Dr KK Johan, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Later in 2013, <mask> was given a Special Award by the Canadian Parliament for his 'Exceptional Services to Indian Music'. In April 2017, <mask> became the first South Asian to have performed at London's Wembley Stadium 8 times; tickets were sold out on all 8 occasions. The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, attended the concert. On 25 January 2020, he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour in the field of Arts, by Government of India.He received the award from President of India on 8 November 2021

Notes

References

External links
 Interview on Republic TV by Arnab Goswami. 1971 births
Living people
Alumni of King's College London
Bollywood playback singers
Indian film score composers
Indian male playback singers
Indian male pop singers
Indian television presenters
Indian Muslims
Indian people of Pashtun descent
Indian pop composers
Musicians from London
Musicians from Mumbai
Nigar Award winners
Pakistani emigrants to India
Indian people of Afghan descent
People with acquired Indian citizenship
People educated at Rugby School
People who lost Pakistani citizenship
Indian male film score composers
Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts

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title: Sam Wells (priest)

type: original

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<mask> is an English priest of the Church of England. , he has been the vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields in central London, and Visiting Professor of Christian Ethics at King’s College London. In 2018, he was installed as Honorary Canon Theologian of Guildford Cathedral. Early life and education
<mask> studied at Merton College, Oxford, and graduated in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree; as per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree. In 1988, he entered Edinburgh Theological College to train for ordination. During his time at theological college, he also studied theology at New College, University of Edinburgh, and graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor of Divinity (BD) degree. He later undertook post-graduate study at Durham University and received his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1996.Ordained ministry
Ordained in 1991, he served Church of England parish appointments for 14 years in Newcastle, Cambridge and Norwich. He spent ten years of his ministry in areas of social disadvantage. For six years he was involved in establishing a community-led development trust, called the North Earlham, Larkman and Marlpit Development Trust. <mask> was also involved in the 'Body, Mind and Spirit' project at St Elizabeth's Earlham, offering children opportunities to participate in creative play. Dean of Duke Chapel
In 2005, <mask> became dean of Duke Chapel and research professor of Christian ethics at Duke Divinity School, North Carolina. He developed and chaired the Faith Council, which consists of 12 members from different faith traditions. He initiated dialogue and led discussions on faith and ethics.While acting as the Dean at Duke Chapel, <mask> coordinated the ministry and music of the chapel, preached and led worship. He also oversaw the campus ministries and taught in the divinity school and the school of public policy. He worked with the local Durham community through organizations such as the Religious Coalitions for a Nonviolent Durham to foster a closer relationship with the university and the city. Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields
, <mask> has been the vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields in central London. He was inducted by Richard Chartres, Bishop of London, on 2 July 2012. As vicar, in addition to his pastoral ministry, <mask> is a trustee of The Connection at St Martin's, and of the St Martin-in-the-Fields Trust. From 2014, he has been a regular contributor to Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4.In his review of How Then Shall We Live?, Walter Brueggemann wrote, "<mask> arguably has the liveliest, most agile, best informed, critically disciplined mind in the entire Christian community. And he has a baptized heart of honesty, compassion, and passion to match his baptized mind. In this book he ranges over a cluster of complex issues and at every turn his sound judgment instructs us as he moves easily from life to Scripture and back through church tradition. This book will serve many of us well who live with daily perplexities that admit no resolution." Personal life
<mask> is married to Jo Bailey <mask>, Bishop of Dorking. They have two children; a son and a daughter. Publications

 Liturgy on the Edge: Pastoral and Attractional Worship (edited, Norwich: Canterbury 2018)
 Who Is My Neighbour?The Global and Personal Challenge (edited, with Richard Carter, London: SPCK 2018)
 Incarnational Mission: Being with the World (Grand Rapids and Norwich: Eerdmans and Canterbury 2018)
 For Good: The Church and the Future of Welfare (with David Barclay and Russell Rook, Norwich: Canterbury 2017)
 Incarnational Ministry: Being with the Church (Grand Rapids and Norwich: Eerdmans and Canterbury 2017)
 Hanging by a Thread: The Questions of the Cross (Norwich: Canterbury 2016; New York: Church Publishing 2018)
 Eucharistic Prayers (with Abigail Kocher, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans 2016)
 Joining the Angels’ Song: Eucharistic Prayers for Sundays and Holy Days, Years A, B & C (with Abigail Kocher, Norwich: Canterbury 2016)
 How Then Shall We Live?

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Samuel Martin Bailey Wells
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title: John Dolan (writer)

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<mask> (born July 1955) is an American poet, author and essayist. He has been identified as the once-secret identity behind the pseudonym Gary Brecher, fictional author of the War Nerd column for the newspaper the eXile which has ceased publication. <mask> writes as the War Nerd, but no longer "in full character" as Brecher, the two identities having merged. <mask> formerly also wrote for and co-edited the eXile under his own name. After the newspaper's demise, he was a regular contributor to NSFWCorp and then from 2013 to 2015 to PandoDaily, again both as <mask> and Brecher. He appears on a regular podcast "Radio War Nerd", which he co-hosts with Mark Ames. He also writes the podcast's subscriber newsletter and contributes to the eXiled Online.Biography
<mask> was born in Denver, Colorado in 1955. <mask> taught and studied at UC Berkeley, where he completed a PhD thesis on the literary works of the Marquis de Sade. He has published poems in many U.S. and New Zealand literary journals and his first collection won the Berkeley Poetry Prize in 1988. In 1993, he moved to Dunedin, New Zealand, where he lectured at the University of Otago. During his time in Dunedin, <mask> contributed to the Otago literary journal Deep South. He is married to his former student, the author, reviewer, poet and essayist Katherine Liddy, a New Zealander 24 years his junior. In 2001, <mask> resigned his academic post, and moved to Moscow to become co-editor of the eXile, a bi-weekly English-language publication based in the Russian city.He relocated to Canada to teach at the University of Victoria in Canada in 2006. He claims to have been fired for encouraging students to criticize British environmentalist George Monbiot in 2008. Until spring 2010, <mask> was an associate professor of English composition and literature at the American University of Iraq - Sulaimani. He subsequently taught English as a Second Language in Najran, Saudi Arabia, until he was fired for one of the War Nerd Articles, and shortly after from East Timor, where he was fired for writing an article on the Indonesian occupation of Timor. Recently he has been living in Europe, where he was finishing work on his now-published retelling of The Iliad. Gary Brecher
Gary Brecher is a character invented by <mask> to be the pseudonymous author of The War Nerd column, which first appeared in The eXile, discussing current wars and other military conflicts from the perspective of a "war fan", and later for NSFWCorp, and PandoDaily. "Crude, scatological, un-P.C., yet deeply informed", he analyzes military strategy, tactics, and contexts of ongoing and past conflicts.A collection of his columns was published by Soft Skull Press in June 2008 (). Brecher's identity was mostly secret throughout the run of The eXile from 1997 to 2008. He was suspected to be <mask> as early as 2005 and by 2010 <mask> was openly discussing his alter ego. Revelation of identity
The fictional version of Brecher's identity, referenced from his first column, was that he was employed as a data entry clerk in Fresno, California and deeply unsatisfied with his job. Mark Ames, editor of The eXile offered Brecher a column as a "war reviewer". Brecher wrote that life in Fresno was a "death sentence" and that he spent 15 hours a day in front of a computer ("6 or 7 hours entering civilian numbers for the paycheck and the rest surfing the war news"). In a Dolan article in The eXile about the newspaper and "the strange being known as the War Nerd" (mythologizing Brecher as a separate person to <mask>), Brecher is described as a community-college dropout, and "fat, miserable, and incidentally brilliant".The first hint that Brecher was <mask> was perhaps in a 2001 eXile article, "Cleanse the World", in which <mask> openly admitted to being a "war nerd": "Oh, my poor naive war-nerd brothers, how could you ever have dreamed that Bush." The columns were the only source of information on Brecher until an email interview with him conducted by Steve Sailer was published by United Press International. Brecher's reclusive nature and the lack of information about him raised speculation during the interview that Brecher was a pseudonym for another eXile contributor. The use of invented characters was not unprecedented for the eXile. Researchers of the original Wikipedia Gary Brecher page found the photo on which the illustration at the top of each War Nerd column, supposedly representing Brecher, was based. It was actually that of Roger Edvardsen the tour manager of the Norwegian rhythm & blues band Ehem. One of the page authors emailed the band, and they confirmed the image was of Edvardsen.Brecher participated in radio interviews including a April 5, 2008, interview by Chuck Mertz on the Evanston/Chicago radio station WNUR and a May 25, 2008 interview by Steve Paulson on Wisconsin Public Radio. A review in the Buffalo Beast of Dolan's novel/memoir Pleasant Hell stated that "a faithful eXile reader [would] have to be as dense as young <mask> not to realize you're reading about the birth of 'Gary Brecher' – nome [sic] de guerre of the famed 'War Nerd'." In the memoir, <mask> writes of obsessively studying military history and Jane's manuals while binging on junk food in the basement of a UC Berkeley library building in the mid-seventies. In one War Nerd column, Brecher writes, "I used to spend every free hour, back before there was an internet, going over those big heavy reference books in the library: Jane's Tanks, Jane's Missile Systems, Jane's Combat Vehicles." On June 25, 2008, the following revelation was published within a short book review on Philadelphia CityPaper.net: "But the War Nerd is, in fact, neither of those things. He is not even Gary Brecher! Brecher is the creation of <mask>, a poet, novelist, lecturer in English at the University of Victoria, and The eXile co-editor.That's very exciting news for the War Nerd's regular readers: The columns you've been dissecting and debating for the last six years were written by an English professor who writes poetry!" On November 2, 2010, in an interview with Scott Horton for Antiwar Radio, <mask> spoke for the first time about his Gary Brecher alter-ego which he described as being strongly based on his younger self. During the interview, he described Gary Brecher "as a more honest version of who I really am". War Nerd writings
Every two to five weeks, Brecher published his War Nerd column in The eXile. In each installment, Brecher offered his idiosyncratic analyses of armed conflict from a military, political, or (rarely) social standpoint. In his first eXile column, Brecher declared that The War Nerd was to be "a column on how all the wars are going, kind of a war reviewer." He has since migrated to the subscription-only Radio War Nerd podcast,
"American peace truly sucks (That's what I live in and work in: American peace.Fresno. Townhouses in a dry riverbed. Scrub acreage with fancy British names. America the hot and stupid)." "That's why we need a war now and then. You can drain your dick at every bondage site on the web, but you can't really drain your head there, it takes something bigger like a decent war and some of those guncamera shots. I figure about one a year.Which is why this was already a good year." Following publication of Brecher's article, "Victor Hanson: Portrait of an American Traitor", Hanson responded with an article accusing Brecher of being an anarchist. In the September 9, 2005 of The eXile, the editors announced that the War Nerd would be suspended without pay for one issue as a result of these accusations. It is doubtful that this was a serious reprimand. Nonetheless, the subsequent issue of The eXile did not contain Brecher's regular column. Another similarly themed Brecher article, "It's All Greek to Victor Davis Hanson", appeared in the December 19, 2005 issue of The American Conservative. Brecher has summarized his view of modern warfare as follows:
 Most wars are asymmetrical/irregular.In these wars, the guerrillas/irregulars/insurgents do not aim for military victory. You cannot defeat these groups by killing lots of their members. In fact, they want you to do that. Hi-tech weaponry is mostly useless in these wars. "Hearts and minds," meaning propaganda and morale, are more important than military superiority. Most people are not rational, they are TRIBAL: "my gang yay, your gang boo!" It really is that simple.The rest is cosmetics. Publications

Non-fiction
The War Nerd (as Gary Brecher) (Soft Skull Press, 2008, )

Novels
 Pleasant Hell (Capricorn Press November 2004, ). Short fiction
 Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Dead Cat" and "The Very Moment When The Camera Left Me," Deep South v.2 n.3 (Spring 1996). "Children's book"
 Neighbors from Hell (Feral House 2015, ), with Jan Frel and illustrations by Taras Kharechko. Poetry
 People With Real Lives Don't Need Landscapes (Paul & Co Pub Consortium September 2003, ). Slave (Occident Press, January 1988, ). Stuck Up : Poems from Great Central Lake (Paul & Co Pub Consortium April 1995, )."Collage," a poem by <mask> appearing in Double Jointed, a compendium of poems compiled by Jenny Powell-Chalmers (Inkweed Press, Titahi Bay, NZ 2003). "A Couple of Mongols," published the New Zealand literary journal, Sport (v.10 1993). "An Angel Reports to Darwin," Deep South v.1 n.1 (February 1995). "What Happens to a Cyanide Molecule? A Ballet," Deep South v.1 n.2 (May 1995). "HOW I KILLED THE MOUSE". Translation
 A Young Scoundrel (Russian: Молодой Негодяй), a novel by Eduard Limonov (to which <mask> wrote a translator's note).The War Nerd Iliad (Feral House 2017, ). Criticism
 "Books," a review of The Paris Review Book appearing in New York Press (v.16, n.30). Poetic Occasion from Milton to Wordsworth (Palgrave Macmillan June 2000, )
 , a lecture given May 22, 2004 at Budapest University of Technology and Economics, during an international conference entitled "Dissolving and Emerging Communities – The Culture of Periodicals from the Perspective of the Electronic Age". The title of <mask>'s talk was originally listed in the conference's program as "Our Friends From Frolix 8: Offending, Attracting and Ignoring the Reader from Afar." "Attack Ships on Fire off the Shoals of Otago: Arguing about Starship Troopers," Deep South v.4 n.2 (Spring, 1995). "The King's Bow: Review of Rick McGregor's Per Olof Sundman and the Icelandic Sagas," Deep South v.1 n.3 (Spring, 1995). , originally appearing in eXile May 29, 2003.This was the first review to expose James Frey's memoirs as fraudulent. War Nerd archives
Archive of Brecher's columns at The Exile (April 2002 - May 2008)
Archive of Brecher's columns at The Exiled Online (April 2011 - September 2012)
Archive of Brecher's columns at NSFWCorp (September 2012 - November 2013)
Archive of Brecher's column in PandoDaily (November 2013 - November 2015)

Other publications
 Masculinities in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Aotearoa Dunmore Press: Palmerston North (1999). In addition to co-editing with R. Law and H. Campbell, <mask> collaborated on the introduction, one chapter of original material, and an interview. The table of contents is available online. Writing Well, Speaking Clearly, University of Otago Press 1997, . A textbook. <mask> has acknowledged writing The War Nerd column for The eXile, under the pseudonym Gary Brecher.While this has not been publicly acknowledged by <mask>, critical reading reveals that the club reviews of one 'Denis Salnikov', in The Exile, are very probably his own work as well. See also

 Mark Ames
 The eXile
 New Zealand literature

References

External links
 <mask>'s entry in the New Zealand Book Council's directory. A short biography of <mask> appears on the website of a conference he attended at Budapest University of Technology and Economics (see above). The biography seems to have been self-submitted. A list of reviews made by <mask> on Amazon.com (under an account with Amazon's 'real name' tag). An archive of some of <mask>'s literary and commentary articles. A review of Stuck Up by Dolan's University of Otago colleague Lucy McAllister, appearing in Deep South v.1 n.2 (May 1995).Archive of articles by <mask> on The eXile website. The Man Who Loves To Hate, profile on <mask> in The Listener. External links
Long audio interview of Brecher (at 1:16:45 into the podcast)
The Insurgency: Neighborhood Watch, an article of Brecher's appearing on AlterNet
Brecher article in The American Conservative
An interview with Gary Brecher on The Marketplace of Ideas

Archives
Archive of Brecher's columns at The Exile (April 2002 - May 2008)
Archive of Brecher's columns at The Exiled Online (April 2011-September 2012)
Archive of Brecher's columns at NSFWCorp (September 2012-November 2013)
Gary Brecher profile, pando.com  (his articles after November 2013 have appeared here)

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title: Pavle Julinac

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<mask> (1730–1785) was a Serbian writer, philosopher, historian, traveler, soldier, and diplomat in the Imperial Russian service. As a historiographer, <mask>'s "A Short Introduction to the History of the Slavo-Serbian People" published in Venice in 1765 was the most significant historical oeuvre of the period. Ten years later, <mask>'s translation of Marmontel's "Bélisaire" became one of the most prominent works of the Enlightenment in Serbian literature, thanks to dramatists Marko Jelisejić (1760-1833), Joakim Vujić and others. The work of Marmontel soon popularized the philosophical ideas of the Enlightenment in Austria among the large Slavo-Serbian population there and in Russia. <mask> was a contemporary of not only Jean-Francois Marmontel, but also of Serbian intellectuals like the polymaths Teodor Janković-Mirijevski, Dositej Obradović, Zaharije Orfelin, Jovan Rajić, Emanuilo Janković, Vasilije Damjanović, Pavel Kengelac, and others. Biography
Some say that <mask> was born in Segedin; others believe it was in Čurug. He comes from a noble Serbian Military Frontier family, the son of an Austrian soldier <mask>, and the nephew of Major <mask> of Segedin.Pavle attended the Lyceum in Pozun (Bratislava) from 1747 to 1753, studying the works of such well-known authors as Christian Wolff's "Psychologia rationalis" (1734) and "Cosmologia generalis" (1731), Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten's "Metaphysica" (1739) and "Ethica philosophica" (1748), and several philosophical encyclopedias by F. C. Baumeister. Upon graduation, Julinac spoke Serbian, Slovak, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian, and French, and held the greatest esteem for his teacher and mentor, Slovak historian Jovan Tomka Saksi. (Saski thought that geography is a natural introduction to historical treatises, so he paid special attention to Serbian geography). His classmate was Vasilije Damjanović (1734-1792). The following facts seem certain: he was the son of a Serbian officer in the Austrian army who on retirement had been rewarded with a patent of nobility. A title and an estate too small to support his numerous family Pavle was entrusted to the care of his wealthy godfather, then Lieutenant Colonel Jovan Šević, who took Pavle after graduation with him to Russia. Pavle eventually entered the Russian military service and was assigned to the Russian embassy in Vienna as a courier.Slavo-Serbia and New Serbia
At the time free lands in Slavo-Serbia and New Serbia (historical province) were being offered to Serbs, Vlahs, and other Balkan people of Orthodox Christian denomination to ensure frontier protection and development of this part of Southern steppes. Slavo-Serbia was directly governed by Russia's Governing Senate. <mask> Julianc joined the mass of settlers leaving Austria for Russia, led by Rajko Preradović and Jovan Šević, his godfather. Both Preradović and Šević soon became the commandants of Slavo-Serbia. The Serbian and Vlah settlers eventually formed the Bakhmut hussar regiment in 1764. These two colonels led their soldiers in various military campaigns, in peacetime they kept the borderlands, along with the Cossacks, free from incursions by other states. Upon his arrival in Russia, <mask> immediately entered the Russian military service.In the following years, he won his colonelcy on the field of battle. Empress Elizabeth of Russia had long ago adopted the dangerous policy of remodeling the Russian army to turn into a more potent Russian Orthodox force, and Julinac, whose family adhered to the same faith—Eastern Orthodoxy—as the Russians, was selected to assist in this organization. During the reign of Catherine the Great, Julinac was appointed to the Russian Embassy in Vienna as a courier in 1761. Working under the protection of Prince Dmitry Mikhailovich Golitsyn (1721-1793), the Russian ambassador to Vienna from 1761 to 1793, Julinac was given a mission to liaise between Russia and the disfranchised Serbs whose territories were under both the Habsburg and Ottoman rule since the 15th century. Later, he was active in recruiting Serbian Austrians and Serbian Hungarians into the Russian military service. In 1781, Julinac is made Russian consul in Naples, while still in military service. As consul in the Port of Naples, he was charged with the duty of attending to the Russian seamen's interests there and other tasks.(It is a misdemeanor wrongfully to force a sailor on shore, or otherwise wrongfully leave him in any place before the completion of a voyage for which he was engaged). Julinac would address such issues and many other complicated ones that befall a consul in a foreign land. Eventually, ill-health would compel him to return to Austria to the Russian Embassy, and he died in Vienna on the 25th of February 1785. Works
He is best known for four books, each with a historical and literary significance of the time. Today students of Serbian historiography remember Bishop Vasilije Petrović Njegoš's "History of Montenegro" largely because it is the first published history by a Serb. (Though George Branković's "Chronicles" were first written between the 1690s and early 1700s; they remained, however, in manuscript form for a long time). Among the Serbian books published in Venice during the eighteenth century, there was the first real Serbian history, written by Julinac in 1765 with a long title: "A Short Introduction to the History of the Slavo-Serbian People".<mask>'s books were printed in the Greco-Orthodox typography of Dimitrije Teodosije, a printer of Greek origin. <mask> <mask>, however, wrote " in the hope that the Almighty might be pleased to deliver all the Serbs from the barbarian yoke," a statement that sounds very much like a precursor to an ideology of national liberation after many waves of abuse Austrians levied on the Serbs. But Julinac added " and give them such gracious masters as the Austrian rulers (sic)." <mask>, an officer in the Russian army and a diplomatist who spent most of his life in the service of Imperial Russia, knew when and when not to rattle the proverbial cage of the powerful. Marmontel's Belisaire was the first French novel translated into Serbian and published by Pavle <mask> in the year 1775. <mask> also translated The Song of Roland, an epic poem based on the Battle of Roncevaux in 778, during the reign of Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle as Matter of France. He wrote his memoirs and a travel book of his visit to Hilandar Monastery at Mount Athos.His contemporary, the famous Serbian man of letter, Dositej Obradović, called him "Major Julinac," the highest military rank he attained while in the Russian military and diplomatic service. See also
 Jovan Horvat
 Ivan Lukačević (soldier)
 Jovan Šević
 Jovan Albanez
 Simeon Piščević
 Anto Gvozdenović
 Mikhail Miloradovich
 Semyon Zorich
 Peter Tekeli
 Georgi Emmanuel
 Marko Ivelich

References

 From Serbian Wikipedia: Павле Јулинац
 Adapted and translated from Jovan Skerlić's Istorija nove srpske književnosti (Belgrade, 1921) pages 47–50

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title: Ivan Kaye

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<mask> (born 1 July 1961) is an English actor and producer. His international fame came with roles in historical drama shows like the Duke of Milan in all three seasons of The Borgias, and King Aelle in the first four Seasons of History channel's series Vikings. More recent projects include action thriller Gunpowder Milkshake, the series pilot for Amazon's adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower and the original British Disney+ series Wedding Season. In the UK, he is also widely known for is role as Bryan in the comedy series The Green Green Grass. Early life
<mask> was born on 1 July 1961 in Northampton, Northamptonshire. His passion for entertainment started in early childhood when he recreated television adverts at age two and performed shows with his friends throughout his childhood. As an eight-year-old boy, a key experience strengthened his enthusiasm and he joined a youth theatre group at age eleven, taking over organizational duties some years later.The only family member to have been involved in the entertainment industry before was <mask>'s maternal grandmother who had been a musical star in the 1920s. As his parents were social workers who moved frequently, <mask> attended thirteen different senior schools and experienced bullying along the way. It was in a school fight that he got his nose broken. As his parents ran hostels for mentally ill people, adolescents and delinquents, <mask> came in contact with various types of behaviours and people from an early age. According to his own appraisal, this experience has been a helpful factor for the development of his wide-ranging repertoire. While earning his degree in English Literature at the University of Kent at Canterbury on the insistence of his parents, he performed in as many student plays as possible and started his professional career right afterward, getting an agent after one of his first serious performances in his early twenties and making his first West End theatre appearance early on. Hence <mask> had a successful theatre career already before starting his television work in his thirties.He decided to leave the theatre and turn to television in order to be able to spend time with his children while they were growing up because theatre performances in the evenings would have meant that he would not have been at home when they returned from school and university. Career
<mask> made his theatre debut in 1980 at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London as Willie Wonka in a stage version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. More theatre roles followed throughout the 1980s and 1990s, e.g. at the Royal National Theatre and the Piccadilly Theatre (The Rocky Horror Show). In 1990, he started his television career by guest starring in the crime shows The Paradise Club and The Bill. In 1992 he played the leading part Sam Sterne in ITV's crime show Sam Saturday. Since then he has played almost 50 roles in television and, from 2004, in movies (Layer Cake, Control).<mask>'s roles in recent international productions include drug baron Polo Yakur in Assassination Games (2011), the Duke of Milan Ludovico Sforza in The Borgias (2011-2013), Joshua Collins, father of the main character Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp) in Dark Shadows (2012), famous Viking warrior Ivar the Boneless in Hammer of the Gods (2013), pub landlord Mick Sturrock in BBC One's crime show The Coroner (2015-2016) and the Saxon King Aelle of Northumbria in History channel's period drama Vikings (2013-2017). Aside from his villain roles as cold-blooded Polo Yakur (a "stand-out performance") and unscrupulous Duke Ludovico it is mainly his portrayal of King Aelle - in Vikings the deadly enemy and nemesis of the legendary hero of the show Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel) - that has recently shaped <mask>'s international profile. In his Twitter bio he describes himself as "Villain for Hire". His performances in the second part of season 4 of Vikings have been met with increased interest as his character King Aelle is of pivotal importance in the scenes of Ragnar's death and at the centre of attention during his own execution through the blood eagle torture inflicted by Ragnar's sons in revenge for the death of their father. In an interview on his character King Aelle in September 2017, <mask> contested the assessment of this antagonist as a villain - an assessment that had already been subject to disputes between parts of the audience. Earlier internationally known roles include Reuben Starkadder in the television film Cold Comfort Farm (1995) and Adonija in the German-Italian-French co-production Solomon (1997). Mainly in the United Kingdom, <mask> is also known for his characters Dr. Jonathan Leroy in 27 episodes of the soap opera EastEnders in 2003-2004 and the herdsman Bryan in all of the episodes of the 4 Series television sitcom The Green Green Grass (2005-2009).Up to 2021, <mask> has performed in four short films and, as a voice artist, he has lent his voice to characters in several video games like Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior (2003) and Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011) as well as starring as a main character in comedy episodes and short films produced by his own and Douglas McFerran's production company Comedy Ink Productions. From October 2017 to January 2018 he returned to the stage in the role of Tom Kettle in Jez Butterworth's play The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre in London's West End. In April and May 2018, <mask> came back to the small screen in the UK in his role as Pesca in the five part miniseries The Woman in White, a new BBC adaptation of Wilkie Collins' novel of the same name. A sneak peek review of British independent feature film For Love or Money: An Unromantic Comedy (released in the US on 15 March 2019) has emphasized his outstanding performance as the father of the main female character. <mask>'s more recent projects include Amazon's unreleased but reviewed pilot for an unrealized adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower book series, starting with a prequel about the main character's youth based on book 4 Wizard and Glass and Navot Papushado's new action thriller Gunpowder Milkshake. The former has started filming in Split on 13 May 2019, the latter finished filming in August 2019 in Berlin and has been released in the US and several other countries in July 2021 and in the rest of the world in the following months. <mask>'s own Comedy Ink short film Acter has been released in April 2020.In 2021, he has returned to TV series projects by joining the cast of the Father Brown spin-off Sister Boniface Mysteries produced by BBC Studios and released on 8 February 2022 on BritBox in the US as well as the original British Disney+ series Wedding Season. Personal life and social engagement
Aside from his native language English, <mask> also has knowledge in French and Spanish. As indicated by his first name he has Russian ancestry. <mask> has two adult daughters and lives in London. By supporting the Hounslow Urban Farm and the animal home The Mayhew, <mask> stands up for the protection of animals and the environment. He also supports the campaign "Justice for Andrew Jones" which aims at bringing the killers of a teenager to court who was killed in 2003 in Liverpool on the street. In 2021, <mask> also joined The Celebs to record a cover of The Beatles classic Let It Be (Beatles song), a song produced by Grahame and Jack Corbyn assisted by Stephen Large.The song was recorded at Metropolis Studios, in support of Mind (charity) and released on 3rd December 2021 on independent record label Saga Entertainment. <mask> was part of a choir of celebrities including his Vikings cast mate Georgia Hirst, Anne Hegerty and Eunice Olumide who were backing Eastenders star Shona McGarty. Filmography

Theatre
West End Theatre;

 (1987) Play. 'Serious Money'. Wyndham's Theatre. Zac Zackerman. (1990) Musical.'The Rocky Horror Show'. Piccadilly Theatre. Eddie/Dr. Scott. (1993) Play. 'On The Piste'. Garrick Theatre.Dave. (1994) Play. 'View from the Bridge'. Strand Theatre. Marco. (2000) Play. 'In Flame'.Ambassadors. Matt / Frank / Fabrizio. (2017-2018) Play. 'The Ferryman'. Gielgud Theatre. Tom Kettle. National Theatre;

 (1988) Play.'The Changeling'. National Theatre. Don Pedro. (1988) Play. 'The Magic Olympical Games'. National Theatre. Magus.(1989) Play. 'Ghetto'. National Theatre. Kruk/ Sasha Molevsky. (1992) Play. 'Fuente Ovejuna'. National Theatre.Dan Manrique. Other;

 (1980) Musical. 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'. Sadler's Wells/Sheffield Crucible. Willy Wonka. (1984) Play. 'In Nomine Patris'.Edinburgh/King's Head Dad. (Fringe First)
 (1984) Review. 'The Floodlight's Review'. Edinburgh. Various Roles/+Writer. (Nominated for Perrier)
 (1985) Musical. 'Sammy's Magic Garden'.Edinburgh Festival/Latchmere. Compost. (1986) Play. 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead'. Latchmere. Player King. (1987) Panto.'Cinderella'. Latchmere. Ugly Sister. (1994) Play. 'View from the Bridge'. Bristol Old Vic/Birmingham Rep. Marco. (1996) Musical.'Lock up your Daughters'. Chichester Festival Theatre. Ramble. (1999) Play. 'In Flame'. Bush Theatre. Matt/ Frank / Fabrizio.(2002) Play. 'Teeth 'n' Smiles'. Sheffield Crucible. Saraffian. References

External links

 Official Website

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title: Myron Augsburger

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<mask> (born August 20, 1929) is an American Mennonite pastor, professor, theologian, and author. He is the former president of both Eastern Mennonite College (now known as Eastern Mennonite University) and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. Early life
<mask> was born in Elida, Ohio. He is one of six children, Fred, Donald, Anna Mary, Daniel and David, born to Clarence and <mask>. On November 28, 1950 he married Esther L. Kniss in Elida, Ohio. They have three children, <mask>, Michael David, and Marcia Louise. Education
<mask> received his Junior College Bible Diploma (1950) from Eastern Mennonite College (EMC) after which he began as pastor for Tuttle Avenue Mennonite Church in Sarasota, Florida.He returned to Harrisonburg, Virginia in 1953 to continue his studies and serve as a part-time campus pastor at EMC. He received his AB (1955), and ThB (1958), from EMC. After leaving EMC he completed a Masters of Divinity from Goshen Biblical Seminary, in Goshen, Indiana in 1959. Returning to Virginia for his studies he finished his Masters in Theology (1961) and Doctorate in Theology and Ph.D. (1964) at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, while serving as a pastor at National Heights Mennonite Church. Augsburger continued his education in postgraduate positions at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., in 1964, at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1965, the University of Basel, Switzerland in 1974, and Mansfield College, Oxford University, England in 1980. He was also a scholar in residence at Princeton Seminary during 1980–81. Early career
During the years 1955–1961, while he was pursuing various degrees, he worked as an evangelist for Christian Layman’s Tent Evangelism (CLTE).CLTE was a Mennonite evangelical organization founded in Kidron, Ohio in the early 1950s and in operation until the early 1960s. Augsburger continued to serve as an evangelist and speaker to large crowds throughout his career including: Staley Distinguished Christian Scholar, in Staley Foundation Lectures, for over 60 campuses, serving the Evangelical Fellowship of India in Conventions across India in 1964, 1969, 1973, speaker at the MarThoma Convention, Kerala, So. India Feb. 2008. In 1960 Augsburger attended the first National Christian Leadership Breakfast with President Dwight D. Eisenhower. In 1961 Augsburger took a position as an evangelist with InterChurch, Inc. where he preached and ran city-wide meetings intermittently until 1996, at times drawing in as many as 7,000 people. Mid-career
Starting in 1963, Augsburger began his professorial career at Eastern Mennonite College as Professor of Theology. In 1965, at age 35, he was named the fifth president of Eastern Mennonite College & Seminary, serving from 1965 to 1980.He continued to teach Theology during his tenure as college president. Shortly thereafter, in 1966, he received the first of his 10 honorary doctorates, at Houghton College. In 1969 Augsburger was named one of the five most influential "preachers of an active gospel" by Time magazine. The magazine noted that he was a "dedicated integrationist and pacifist". That same year Augsburger founded the Mennonite Christian Leadership Foundation which was later integrated with the organization Global Disciples in 2000. In 1971, Augsburger joined with other college presidents to found the Christian College Consortium. In 1976, he also participated in the founding of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, an organization he would later go on to become president of.In 1980 <mask> left EMC after a fifteen-year presidency. His time was marked by the completion of a new library and science center, as well as an increased profile for the university. As a well-known evangelist, <mask> had the vision and stature to guide EMC from being a rather insular school – one that lacked art, instrumental music, drama and intercollegiate athletics – to rapidly growing into a national player among Christian liberal arts colleges. - Phil Helmuth EMU’s executive director of development

Later career
After leaving the EMC presidency in 1980 Augsburger moved to New Jersey to become a scholar in residence at Princeton Theological Seminary. In the spring of 1981, <mask> and <mask> were asked by the Mennonite Board of Missions to start a church in Washington, DC. The a church they founded on Capitol Hill, Washington Community Fellowship, continues to this day. Augsburger remained on the pastoral staff there until 1987.In September 1987 the Augsburgers spent a semester at Union Biblical Seminary in Pune, India. During their time there <mask> taught courses and Esther (a renowned artist) built a nine-foot sculpture of Jesus washing Peter’s feet. During this time he also began his work as Moderator of the General Assembly of the General Conference Mennonite Church (now known as Mennonite Church USA), which he held for two years. In May 1988 <mask> became president of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU). During his time at CCCU the coalition sponsored the Through the Eyes of Faith books and conferences on a variety of topics, opened the Los Angeles Film Studies Center, and partnered with the Centre of Medieval and Renaissance Studies in Oxford, among other things. His tenure was characterized by a focus on racial and ethnic diversity. This global focus and concentration on social justice issues and peace theology caused some coalition college presidents to question whether he was pulling the coalition to the left.Augsburger served as president of the CCCU until 1994. During his tenure as president of the CCCU Augsburger advocated for a focus on Russia and led a team to Moscow to give lectures. Later, he returned to Russia to work with other evangelical leaders on developing the Russian American Christian University (opened in 1995), now known as the Russian American Institute. During this period Augsburger was a visiting or adjunct professor at a variety of institutions, notably: Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Indiana (currently known as Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Union Biblical Seminary, Pune, India, Messerite Christian College, Addis Abba, Ethiopia, and Evangelical Theological Seminary, Osijek, Croatia. Augsburger continues to write books and to work in various positions of education and ministry. He also has served on a number of boards, including the board of reference for Christian’s for Biblical Equality and their publication Priscilla Papers, the Evangelical Environmental Network, Evangelicals for Social Action, Call for Renewal, and others. Books authored
 Called to Maturity, Herald Press (1960), ASIN: B000MQ6V2I
 Plus Living, Zondervan (1963), ASIN: B000UT7SV0
 Invitation to Discipleship: The Message of Evangelism, Herald Press; Second Edition (1967), ASIN: B000M9QGE8
 Faith for a Secular World (reprint, When Reason Fails), Word Books; First Edition (1968), ASIN: B00005VV66
 The Broken Chalice (a historical novel), Herald Press (June 1971),
 The Expanded Life (on the Sermon on the Mount), Abingdon Press (1972),
 Quench Not the Spirit, Herald Press; rev.

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title: Philipp Kohlschreiber

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<mask> (; born 16 October 1983) is a German professional tennis player. The right-hander has won eight singles and seven doubles titles on the ATP World Tour and made the quarterfinals at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 16 in July 2012. Personal life
Kohlschreiber married his long-term girlfriend Lena Alberti on 1 August 2018 in Kitzbühel, Austria. Career

2007: First ATP career title
In 2007, <mask> achieved his greatest result at an ATP Masters Series event during the Monte-Carlo Masters, when he reached the quarterfinals after going through qualifying, defeating world No. 12 David Nalbandian in the second round.He won his first career title in Munich defeating Mikhail Youzhny, thereby becoming the first German player to win the event since Michael Stich in 1994. 2008: Four top-ten victories
<mask> started 2008 by reaching the quarterfinals of the tournament in Doha and winning his second career title in Auckland, where he defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final. After his win in Auckland, he defeated world No. 6, Andy Roddick, in the third round of the Australian Open 6–4, 3–6, 7–6, 6–7, 8–6. <mask> hit a personal record 32 aces and 104 winners. He eventually lost in the fourth round to Jarkko Nieminen 6–3, 6–7, 6–7, 3–6. <mask> failed to convert 11 set points in the second (7) and third (4) sets.He reached the final of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany, eventually falling to the four-time champion Roger Federer 3–6, 4–6. At the US Open, he had to retire in the match against Viktor Troicki. 2009: 4th round at the French Open

<mask> started 2009 by reaching the quarterfinals in Doha and Auckland. The German reached the second round at the Australian Open where he defeated Sam Querrey, before losing to Fabrice Santoro in five sets. In the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, <mask> beat Nicolás Lapentti 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 before being defeated by Fernando Verdasco in the fourth round. Also in 2009, during the French Open, <mask> defeated world No. 4, Novak Djokovic, in a 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 upset.In the third round of Wimbledon, he was defeated by Roger Federer 6–3, 6–2, 6–7, 6–1. He was the only person other than finalist Andy Roddick to take a set off of Federer, the eventual champion. 2010: Quarterfinals in Monte Carlo and Canada Masters
<mask> started the season in Auckland well with three straight sets wins, including wins over Thomaz Bellucci and Frenchman Marc Gicquel before running into eventual finalist Arnaud Clément, losing in straight sets in the semifinals. <mask> progressed to the third round of the Australian Open with wins over Horacio Zeballos and Wayne Odesnik. He gave second seed Rafael Nadal a test in the third round, before losing 4–6, 2–6, 6–2, 5–7. He returned to action in San Jose seeing off local boy Rajeev Ram in three sets and crushing Dudi Sela, only losing two games. He then ran into the in-form Denis Istomin and lost in three topsy sets, sparking a three-match losing streak.He crashed out of Memphis to Evgeny Korolev in two tight sets, followed by an easy three set lost to Gaël Monfils in the Davis Cup. <mask> got back to winning ways at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells as he had a bye then beat fellow German <mask> in straight sets. He then lost a final set tie-breaker in round 3 to world No. 2, Djokovic. At the Sony Ericsson Open <mask> received another bye and took on fellow German Florian Mayer and it was about to go into a first set tie breaker before Florian retired with an injury. Again he went out in the third round this time to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets. To start his clay-court season, <mask> went to the Monte-Carlo Masters where he caused a couple of upsets.In the first round, he edged out Bellucci in a final set tie-break before he thumped the world No. 4, Andy Murray, for the loss of just three games. He then took on Petzschner, again and again, won in straight sets, to reach the quarterfinals. Where he played David Ferrer and was edged out in two tight sets. At Wimbledon, <mask> defeated Potito Starace and Teymuraz Gabashvili, before losing to Andy Roddick in the third round. At Hamburg, he lost to Thomaz Bellucci in the third round. In September, he hired Murray's former coach Miles Maclagan.2011: Grand Slam struggles
<mask> began his year at the Qatar Open where he was the eighth seed. He won his first match against Andreas Seppi 6–2, 6–4 but then lost to Ivo Karlović in a tight match 7–6, 6–7, 7–6. He then went to the Heineken Open in Auckland where he won against Carlos Berlocq 2–6, 6–3, 6–1, and 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 against Marcel Granollers before falling to the top seed David Ferrer, 3–6, 7–6, 3–6, in the quarterfinals. In February, <mask> attended the ABN AMRO tournament in Rotterdam. In the first round, he faced Lu Yen-hsun of Taiwan whom he defeated 6–4, 7–6. In the second round, he put up a brave showing against top seed and world No. 4, Robin Söderling, but lost 6–3, 5–7, 7–6.In the first round of the Davis Cup tie against Croatia, <mask> saved one match point in the second rubber against Ivan Dodig to win in five sets and to draw the score after day one. In the fourth rubber, Marin Čilić was too strong for Kohlschreiber – he was defeated in straight sets to give the tie a 2–2. In the deciding fifth rubber <mask> managed to lead Germany to a 3–2 win. After a first round bye in Indian Wells, <mask> defeated Tim Smyczek in Round two saving 3 MP before beating world No. 4, Robin Söderling, 7–6, 6–4, saving five set points in the opening set tie-break. In round 4, he lost to Juan Martín del Potro, 6–7, 6–7. <mask> was defeated by Federer in the second round of the Monte-Carlo Masters after beating Andrey Golubev in round 1.He captured his third career title at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle defeating <mask> in the final. On the way to the title, he overcame Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Lleyton Hewitt and Gaël Monfils. 2012: Quarterfinals at Wimbledon
At the Australian Open he lost in the fourth round to Juan Martín del Potro. <mask> reached the semifinals of Gerry Weber Open, defeating Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals, 6–3, 6–4. He lost in the semifinals to Tommy Haas, 6–7, 5–7. Less than two weeks following his defeat of Nadal, <mask> beat Tommy Haas, Malek Jaziri and then Lukáš Rosol in straight sets 6–2, 6–3, 7–6 in the third round of Wimbledon Championships. Rosol had defeated Nadal in the previous round of in one of the greatest upsets in Grand Slam history.<mask> then advanced to the quarterfinals of a major for the first time by defeating Brian Baker, but was thwarted by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–2. At the US Open, he lost in the fourth round to Janko Tipsarević. 2013: 4th round at the French Open and US Open

At the Australian Open, he lost in the third round to Milos Raonic. He made it to the fourth round of the French Open before losing to world number one, Novak Djokovic. At Wimbledon, he had to retire in his first-round match against Ivan Dodig. At the US Open, he lost in the fourth round to eventual champion Rafael Nadal. 2014: Davis Cup quarterfinals
At the 2014 Rotterdam Open, <mask> defeated Richard Gasquet to reach quarterfinals, where he lost to Igor Sijsling.At Dubai, he won over Andreas Seppi in the second round and was defeated by Tomáš Berdych in the semifinals. <mask> won the Düsseldorf Open, then the following week reached the third round of the French Open where he took reigning Wimbledon champion Andy Murray to five sets. At Hamburg, he reached the semifinals winning over Gilles Simon and Lukáš Rosol. At the US Open, he defeated John Isner in the third round and lost to Djokovic in the round of 16. 2015: Title in Kitzbühel
<mask> defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu in the first round of the Australian Open in straight sets for his first win of the season, before bowing out to Bernard Tomic in a tightly contested four-set match, 7–6, 4–6, 6–7, 6–7. He was very dominant against Japanese Go Soeda to begin the French Open, losing only three games, but could not get past Pablo Andújar despite winning sets three and four. He fell to Djokovic with a score of 4–6, 4–6, 4–6 in the first round of Wimbledon.<mask> then took part in Kitzbühel, defeating two top-30 players in Fabio Fognini and Dominic Thiem in the quarter- and semifinals, respectively. He then defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu to win the tournament. The US Open saw his best grand slam performance of the year, defeating countryman Alexander Zverev in five sets, and then taking down Lukas Rosol with a score of 7–6, 6–2, 6–2. Federer took down <mask> in straights in the third round, however. 2016: Munich champion, Stuttgart runner-up, poor Grand Slam results
<mask> began 2016 ranked 34th in the world and had a season high rank of 22. He lost in the first round of the Australian Open to Kei Nishikori in straight sets. He played in the Sofia Open and lost to Victor Troicki in the quarterfinals.His next tournament was the Rotterdam Open where <mask> beat former US Open champion Marin Cilic in the quarterfinals. He then lost in the next round. Following the Rotterdam semifinals, <mask> made the quarterfinals of Dubai where he lost to Stan Wawrinka. <mask> then represented Germany in their Davis Cup team against the Czech Republic where he beat both Lukáš Rosol and Tomáš Berdych. <mask> reached the round of 32 at both the Indian Wells Masters and the Monte-Carlo Masters where he lost to Djokovic and Wawrinka, respectively. He reached the semifinals in Barcelona before winning the Munich Open with wins against Mayer, del Potro, Fognini and Dominic Thiem in the final. He lost early at both Madrid Masters and the Rome Masters before a first-round loss at the French Open to Nicolás Almagro.2017: 400th win, best Grand Slam fourth round result since 2014
<mask> started 2017 ranked No. 32. At the Australian Open, he won against Nikoloz Basilashvili and Donald Young, but lost in round 3 to Gael Monfils. In February, <mask> played in the Dubai Tennis Championships where he beat eighth seed Gilles Muller in straight sets. In the quarterfinals, <mask> who was aiming to win his 400th match on tour lost in three tight sets to eventual champion and world No. 1, Andy Murray. <mask> won the first set 7–6, and in the second set tiebreaker lost 18–20.In that tiebreaker, <mask> had seven match points. Murray saved all seven, won the tiebreaker and the deciding set 6–1. <mask> finally won his 400th match at the BNP Paribas Open against Alexandr Dolgopolov. He subsequently lost his next match to eventual finalist Stan Wawrinka. Later that month at the Miami Open, as the 26th seed, <mask> won his second-round match in three sets against young American Taylor Fritz. In the third round, despite winning the first set 6–0, <mask> lost to 15 time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal. In August, <mask> won his second title at Kitzbuhel.Originally for the US Open, <mask> was to be unseeded; however, the last-minute withdrawal of Andy Murray saw a draw reshuffle with <mask> becoming the 33rd seed. <mask> reached the round of 16 where he lost to Roger Federer, world No. 3, in straight sets. <mask> did not drop a set in reaching the round of 16. 2018: Masters 1000 - singles quarterfinal since 2010, first doubles semifinal; fifth US Open fourth round

2019–2021: 2019 year-end loss of form; continued struggles in 2020; out of top 100 in 2021
<mask> won his first match against a current world No. 1 at the 2019 Indian Wells Masters, where he beat Novak Djokovic in the third round in straight sets. He lost in the next round against Gaël Monfils.After an extended period of playing on the Challenger tour, winning the 2020 Canberra Challenger, he struggled with form and was not able to pass the first round in multiple Grand Slams, except for the 2020 Australian Open where he withdrew in the second round,  <mask> found his form at the 2021 French Open using his protected ranking where he reached the third round of this major for the first time in seven years, since 2014. He defeated Fernando Verdasco and 24th seed Aslan Karatsev before falling to 10th seed and 2020 French Open semifinalist Diego Schwartzman. He lost in the first round at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships to Denis Shapovalov, where he also used his protected ranking, after a hard-fought five setter lasting more than  hours. At the 2021 US Open <mask> reached the second round, using his protected ranking once more, after Marin Cilic retired in the first round in the fifth set. It was Cilic's first retirement in more than 800 matches on the tour. 2022: 68th Grand Slam appearance
He competed in his 68th Grand Slam at the 2022 Australian Open. He is in 5th place on the list of Grand Slam appearances overall.Performance timelines

Singles
Current through the 2022 Australian Open. <mask>'s second-round match at the 2013 French Open was a walkover (so doesn't count as a win). Kohlschreiber withdrew before the second round match at the 2020 Australian Open due to an injury (so doesn't count as a loss). Doubles

ATP career finals

Singles: 18 (8 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Doubles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Team competition: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 10 (5–5)

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Playing style
<mask> is an all-court player with an emphasis on baseline play. He has strong groundstrokes on both wings which are equally as solid and is often able to wrong-foot opponents due to his quick follow-through, forcing them to commit early. His forehand is his primary weapon, and he is known to hit inside-out forehands to draw opponents out, while his single-handed backhand is considered one of the best on the tour currently. It is known for its consistency, power, and his ability to hit it in a variety of ways, namely flat, with top-spin and slice.Generally playing from the baseline, Kohlschreiber constructs points and uses a sudden injection of pace or a drop-shot to draw opponents out of their comfort zone and dominate the point from there. Complementing his strong baseline play, as an all-court player, Kohlschreiber is also a proficient volleyer and uses variety to construct points. He is known to employ drop-shots mid-rally to catch opponents off-guard, especially on the backhand side. He occasionally uses a chip-and-charge tactic as well, especially on grass. It is due to the variety of shots he has that has led him to be successful on all surfaces, as can be seen by the fact that he has reached at least the fourth round of all Grand Slam tournaments and won titles on all surfaces (although he has won the most titles on clay). Wins over top 10 players
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<mask>'s ATP-only record against players who have been ranked world No.10 or higher. ''Statistics correct . German tournaments

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<mask> (born June 29, 1987) is an American-Australian professional basketball player for the Waverley Falcons of the NBL1 South. He played college basketball for Benedict College before beginning a successful four-year stint with the Melbourne Tigers in 2009. He later played in the NBA Development League and the British Basketball League. Early life and high school
<mask> was born in Melbourne, Australia while his father, <mask>., was playing in the National Basketball League for the North Melbourne Giants. He is the grandson of the legendary Illinois Hall of Fame basketball coach <mask>., who coached the likes of LaPhonso Ellis, Cuonzo Martin and Darius Miles. Although born in Australia, <mask> was raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana and moved to East St. Louis, Illinois the beginning of his junior year in high school. As a junior at East St. Louis in 2003–04, <mask> led the team in free throw percentage (81.3) while only committing 10 turnovers and 14 fouls in 27 games for the Flyers, averaging 3.7 points and 1.2 rebounds per game.As a senior in 2004–05, <mask> averaged 10.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.4 steals in 27 games for the Flyers. He had a season-best game against Cahokia, recording 23 points and 8 rebounds. For his performance at the Thanksgiving Holiday Tournament, he earned All-Tournament Team honors. College career
As a freshman at Benedict College in 2005–06, <mask> helped the Tigers go 22–7 on the season and helped them win the conference championship. They earned a spot in the NCAA Division II Tournament where they were knocked out in the first round. In 29 games (7 starts), he averaged 5.2 points and 2.0 rebounds in 12.5 minutes per game. As a sophomore in 2006–07, <mask> helped the Tigers go 25–5 on the season and helped them win the conference championship for a second straight year.They earned a spot in the NCAA Division II Tournament where they were again knocked out in the first round. In 30 games (3 starts), he averaged 6.6 points and 2.3 rebounds in 14.5 minutes per game. As a junior in 2007–08, <mask> earned second-team All-SIAC, Paine Classic Tournament MVP, and NCAA D2 South Region All-Tournament Team honors. He helped the Tigers go 28–5 on the season and helped them win the conference championship for a third straight year. The Tigers went on to win the SIAC Tournament and booked themselves a spot in the NCAA Division II Tournament, making their way through to the third round. In 32 games (14 starts), he averaged 11.3 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 29.6 minutes per game. As a senior in 2008–09, <mask> helped the Tigers go 24–6 on the season and helped them earn conference runners-up honors.They also earned a spot in the NCAA Division II Tournament where they were knocked out in the first round for the third time in four years. In 30 games (16 starts), he averaged 11.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 32.0 minutes per game. <mask> finished his career having played in 121 games with 1,051 career points. He also recorded 173 career three-pointer, 369 career rebounds, and 128 career assists. As a junior and senior, he earned All-SIAC Academic Team honors, while also earning NABC Academic Honor Roll honors as a senior. Professional career

Decatur Court Kings
After graduating from Benedict College, <mask> joined the Decatur Court Kings of the World Basketball Association (WBA). Over his three-month stint with the Kings, he led the team to the semi-finals and averaged over 20 points per game.He subsequently earned All-WBA First Team honors and was named the 2009 WBA Rookie of the Year. Melbourne Tigers
In September 2009, <mask> signed with the Melbourne Tigers as a development player for the 2009–10 NBL season. During the season, he shared court time with fellow rookie Ryan Bathie. He appeared in 13 games for the Tigers in 2009–10, averaging 1.4 points per game. Following the conclusion of the NBL season, <mask> joined the Tigers' junior affiliate team in the Big V. In 20 games for the junior squad during the 2010 Big V season, he averaged 20.9 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.1 blocks per game. On April 8, 2010, <mask> signed with the Melbourne Tigers on a full-time contract. He appeared in all 28 games for the Tigers in 2010–11, averaging a serviceable 4.3 points and 1.2 rebounds per game.He again played for the Tigers' junior squad during the 2011 Big V season, averaging 17.2 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.3 blocks in 18 games. <mask> returned to the Melbourne Tigers for the 2011–12 NBL season, and averaged 3.1 points in 26 games. For the 2012 Big V season, he joined the Waverley Falcons and attempted to guide the team to a third-straight championship. He was unsuccessful in doing so, but still had a solid season for the Falcons as he averaged 16.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.2 steals and 2.1 blocks in 20 games. <mask> continued on with the Tigers during the 2012–13 NBL season, and on December 22, he won the 2012 All-Star Slam Dunk Competition. In 27 games for the Tigers in 2012–13, he averaged 3.7 points and 1.0 rebounds per game. Perth Redbacks
On April 4, 2013, <mask> signed with the Perth Redbacks for the rest of the 2013 State Basketball League season.In 25 games for the Redbacks, he averaged 22.9 points, 6.4 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.2 steals per game. Fort Wayne Mad Ants and Geraldton Buccaneers
On December 5, 2013, <mask> was acquired by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Development League. He made his debut for the Mad Ants two days later, scoring nine points in 21 minutes off the bench against the Sioux Falls Skyforce. On December 15, he scored a season-high 19 points in the Mad Ants' 108–100 win over the Delaware 87ers. On February 17, 2014, he was waived by the Mad Ants. In 11 games for Fort Wayne in 2013–14, he averaged 7.4 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. Following his release from the Mad Ants, <mask> returned to Western Australia and joined the Geraldton Buccaneers for the 2014 State Basketball League season.He made his debut for the Buccaneers in the team's season opener, and went on to lead his team to the minor premiership with a 19–7 record. The Buccaneers reached the SBL Grand Final, where they lost to the East Perth Eagles. <mask> appeared in all 31 games for the Buccaneers in 2014, averaging 26.0 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game. In October 2014, <mask> participated in Mad Ants' try-outs and earned himself a spot on the 2014–15 season roster. However, his second stint with the team lasted just three games, as he was waived by the Mad Ants on November 28. <mask> subsequently returned to Geraldton and re-joined the Buccaneers for the 2015 season. He was selected to play in the 2015 SBL All-Star Game for the North Stars, scoring a team-high 19 points in a 143–135 loss to the South Stars.The Buccs finished in second place in 2015 with a 20–6 record, but were knocked out in the quarter-finals by the Goldfields Giants. <mask> earned SBL All-Star Five honors, and in 28 games on the season, he averaged 29.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. Plymouth Raiders
On May 8, 2015, <mask> signed with the Plymouth Raiders for the 2015–16 British Basketball League season. He played in the Raiders' first two games of the season before travelling to Fort Wayne in mid-October to try out for the Mad Ants again. Upon completing the try-outs, he returned to Plymouth after missing two straight games. He appeared in Plymouth's October 30 match-up against the Leicester Riders before departing the team for good and joining the Mad Ants on November 2 for the start of training camp. However, he was waived by the Mad Ants on November 11 prior to the start of the regular season.Frankston Blues
On December 10, 2015, <mask> signed with the Frankston Blues for the 2016 SEABL season. He made his debut for the Blues in the team's season opener on April 3, scoring 15 points in 38 minutes of action as a starter in an 81–76 win over the Albury Wodonga Bandits. In the team's second game of the season on April 9, he recorded team highs of 24 points and 9 rebounds in an 84–72 loss to the Kilsyth Cobras. On April 29, <mask> scored a game-high 20 points in an 85–55 loss to the Hobart Chargers. On June 18, he scored a season-high 29 points in a 92–88 win over the Bandits. On June 26, he set a new season high with 31 points in an 81–75 loss to the Chargers. He surpassed that mark on July 10, scoring 35 points on 15-of-26 shooting from the field (with only one made three-pointer) in a 108–97 loss to the Ballarat Miners.The Blues finished last out of eight teams in the SEABL South Conference (third last overall) with a 6–18 record. <mask> appeared in all 24 games for the Blues, averaging 19.9 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game. Melbourne United
On October 7, 2016, <mask> joined Melbourne United as a short-term injury replacement for David Barlow. He made his debut for United on November 4, missing his only three-point attempt in just under three minutes off the bench in a 98–92 loss to the New Zealand Breakers. Two days later, he recorded three points, one rebound, one assist and one steal in just under seven minutes off the bench in an 82–73 loss to the Illawarra Hawks. With Barlow's return to the squad in mid-November, <mask> was removed from United's active roster. On January 12, 2017, he was elevated to the active roster following a number of injuries to key players.That night, he scored three points in five minutes against the Adelaide 36ers. Return to Frankston
On February 6, 2017, <mask> re-signed with the Frankston Blues on a two-year deal. In Frankston's season opener on March 25, 2017, <mask> scored 16 points in a 77–67 loss to the Kilsyth Cobras. On April 29, he scored a season-high 25 points in an 87–84 win over the NW Tasmania Thunder. On July 14, he set a new season high with 28 points in a 102–95 overtime win over the Bendigo Braves. The Blues finished last out of seven teams in the SEABL South Conference with a 7–17 record. <mask> appeared in all 24 games for the Blues, averaging 15.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game.In Frankston's 2018 season opener on April 7, <mask> played all 40 minutes and scored a game-high 29 points in an 82–72 loss to the Albury Wodonga Bandits. On June 30, he recorded 21 points and 14 rebounds off the bench in a 101–75 win over the Bandits. The Blues finished the season second from the bottom with a 4–16 record. In 18 games, <mask> averaged 18.9 points, 7.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game. Return to Waverley
On December 20, 2018, <mask> signed with the Waverley Falcons of the newly-established NBL1 competition for the 2019 season, returning to the team for a second stint. In 20 games, he averaged 15.2 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.6 steals per game. On October 29, 2019, <mask> re-signed with the Falcons on a two-year deal.However, he did not play in 2020 after the NBL1 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He renewed his two-year contract with the Falcons in March 2021 ahead of the NBL1 South season. Personal
<mask>' father, <mask> Jr., played 10 seasons in the NBL between 1981 and 1990. References

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<mask> (; -ghee; born March 12, 1936) is an American physician and epidemiologist who is credited with "devising the global strategy that led to the eradication of smallpox in the late 1970s". From May 1977 to 1983, Foege served as the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Foege also "played a central role" in efforts that greatly increased immunization rates in developing countries in the 1980s. In June 2011, he authored House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox, a book on modern science, medicine, and public health over the smallpox disease. On September 23, 2020, he sent a private letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert R. Redfield urging him to acknowledge in writing that the CDC had responded poorly to COVID-19 and to set a new course for how CDC would lead the United States' response, calling the White House's approach "disastrous." Early life
Foege was born March 12 1936 in Decorah, Iowa. He was the third of six children born to <mask>. Foege, a Lutheran minister, and Anne Erika Foege.The family lived in Eldorado, Iowa in Fayette County, starting in 1936 and moved to Chewelah, Washington, in 1945. In his younger days he was inspired by the life of his uncle, a Lutheran missionary to New Guinea. He became interested in science at age 13 when working at a pharmacy, and read extensively about the world (e.g., Albert Schweitzer's work in Africa) while in a body cast for several months at age 15. When a teenager he expressed a desire to practice medicine in Africa. Education
Foege received a B.A. from Pacific Lutheran University in 1957. He attended medical school at the University of Washington, where he became interested in public health while working "after school and on Saturdays" at the Seattle–King County Health Department.After receiving his M.D. in 1961, he completed an internship with the United States Public Health Service hospital at Staten Island in 1961–1962. He participated in the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) between 1962 and 1964, assigned to Colorado. When Foege was with the EIS, he was inspired by Alexander Langmuir to pursue global health, and spent a short time with the Peace Corps in India under Charles Snead Houston. Upon reading a lecture on priorities in public health by Thomas Huckle Weller, Foege entered the Master of Public Health program at the Harvard School of Public Health where he studied with Weller. He received his M.P.H. in 1965.Smallpox eradication
While working for the Centers for Disease Control in Africa as Chief of the Smallpox Eradication Program, <mask> developed the highly successful surveillance and “ring vaccination” strategy to contain smallpox spread. This greatly reduced the number of vaccinations needed, ensuring that the limited resources available sufficed to make smallpox the first infectious disease to be eradicated in human history. For his efforts to eradicate smallpox, Foege was the co-winner of the 2020 Future of Life Award along with Viktor Zhdanov. "We're all indebted to <mask> and Viktor Zhdanov for their critical contributions to the eradication of smallpox, which demonstrated the immense value of science and international collaboration for fighting disease", said António Guterres, Secretary General, United Nations. Dr. <mask> who wrote an article about "Smallpox was one of the worst diseases to ever befall the human race, and its eradication is one of the greatest achievements of humanity. <mask> and Viktor Zhdanov should be celebrated for their contributions, and should inspire us today to take effective action to tackle the world's most pressing problems." In consideration of the achievements of Zhdanov and Foege, Bill Gates added, "They (Viktor and Bill) are phenomenal examples of what it means to harness science for global health”

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Foege's research includes child survival and development, injury prevention, population, preventive medicine, and public health leadership—particularly in the developing world.He is a strong proponent of disease eradication and control and has taken an active role in the eradication of Guinea Worm Disease, polio and measles, and the elimination of river blindness. In May 1977, he became the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and served until 1983. Directorship aside, he has also held various positions during his career:

President, co-founder, The Task Force for Global Health, 1984-1999
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Advisory Board Member, Emory University Global Health Institute
Professor Emeritus, Rollins School of Public Health
Health Policy Fellow, The Carter Center, 1986–present
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Personal life
He is noted for his height of . Foege and his wife Paula had three sons, the eldest of whom died in 2007. He has been described as a "religious man"; between 1997 and 2006 he served on the Board of Regents of Pacific Lutheran University. Awards and honors
Abraham Lilienfeld Award, American College of Epidemiology, 1990
Fries Prize for Improving Health, James F. and Sarah T. Fries Foundation (formerly known as the Healthtrac Foundation), 1992
Sedgwick Memorial Medal, American Public Health Association, 1993
 Frank A. Calderone Prize, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, 1996
Honorary Doctor of Science, Harvard University, 1997
Honorary Fellow, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 1997–present
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Pacific Lutheran University, 2000
Wittenberg Award, The Luther Institute, 2001
Mary Woodard Lasker Award for Public Service, 2001
C.-E. A. Winslow Medal, Yale University, 2004
Thomas Francis, Jr. Medal in Global Public Health, University of Michigan, 2005
Public Welfare Medal, United States National Academy of Sciences, 2005
Honorary Doctor of Medical Sciences, Yale University, 2005
Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal, Sabin Vaccine Institute, 2006
 Julius B. Richmond Award, Harvard School of Public Health, 2006
The William H. Foege building, named in his honor and dedicated in 2006, houses the University of Washington School of Medicine's Departments of Bioengineering and Genome Sciences. Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Award for Humanitarian Contributions to the Health of Humankind, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, 2007
Chosen as one of "America's Best Leaders" by U.S. News & World Report, 2007
Raymond and Beverly Sackler Award for Sustained National Leadership, Research!America, 2008
CDC Foundation Hero Award, 2009
Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at the Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012
Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2012
Richard and Barbara Hansen Leadership Award, University of Iowa College of Public Health, 2014
2020 Future of Life Award (Smallpox Eradication)

Selected publications

Books and book chapters

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Journal articles

References

External links
<mask> Oral History (interview by Victoria Harden, July 13, 2006; part of the Global Health Chronicles site). 1936 births
American epidemiologists
Smallpox eradication
Living people
University of Washington School of Medicine alumni
Pacific Lutheran University alumni
Harvard School of Public Health alumni
People from Decorah, Iowa
Vaccinologists
Theranos people
Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
Directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Carter administration personnel
Reagan administration personnel

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