title: Navin Ramgoolam

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<mask>, GCSK, FRCP (born 14 July 1947) is a Mauritian politician who was former Prime Minister of Mauritius from 2005 to 2014 and leader of the Labour Party (Mauritius). He was Leader of the Opposition from 1991 to 1995. He served as Prime Minister for the first time from December 1995 until September 2000, and became Leader of the Opposition again from October 2000 to 4 July 2005. On 5 July 2005, he became prime minister for a second term after his Alliance Sociale won the general elections. He served again as Prime Minister from 2005 to 2014, when he was defeated afterwards. Early life and education
<mask> was born on 14 July 1947 to <mask> (SSR) and Sushil Ramjoorawon at their Desforges Street residence in Port Louis. SSR was the 6th Governor General of Mauritius, as well as the first Chief Minister and Prime Minister of Mauritius.In the 1800s his ancestors migrated to Mauritius from Harigaon in Bhojpur district, Bihar. <mask> is married to Veena <mask>. He attended the Royal College Curepipe from 1960 to 1966 and proceeded to study medicine in Ireland between 1968 and 1975, where he obtained the LRCP&SI licentiates from the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. When his father SSR died in December 1985, Ramgoolam was on the point of immigrating to Canada when Sir Satcam Boolell (then leader of Labour Party) and Paul Berenger (the leader of the Mauritian Militant Movement) convinced him to return assume the leadership of the Labour party with the objective of an alliance which would defeat Anerood Jugnauth in the general elections. He subsequently served as a medical doctor at Dr A.G Jeetoo Hospital in Mauritius from 1985 to 1987. In 1987, he started his law studies at The London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London. Upon completion of his LLB degree in 1990, he returned to Mauritius to face the electorate as the new leader of the Labour party in the 1991 general election.1991 elections and first candidacy

The leadup to the general elections held in 1991 saw a realignment of the country's major political parties. The Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM), which had been the main opposition party, decided to contest the election as an ally of Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth's Militant Socialist Movement (MSM). <mask>'s Labour Party and Gaëtan Duval's Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate (PMSD), both of which had been allied with the MSM in the previous election, formed a separate alliance, along with the Rodrigues People's Organisation (OPR). A major campaign issue was the proposal of the MSM-MMM alliance to cut the country's ties with the British Monarchy and declare a republic with a President as head of state. <mask> opposed this, arguing that the Presidential office would be too ceremonial, leaving all executive powers effectively in the hands of the Prime Minister. The election turned out to be a landslide for Jugnauth. The MSM/MMM alliance won 57 of the 62 directly elected seats.Of the 5 seats won by <mask>'s alliance, 2 were held by the OPR and 3 by his own Labour Party (Arvin Boolell, Vasant Bunwaree and himself, being elected in constituency 5, Triolet & Pamplemoussess). Following his defeat, he took leave as Leader of the Opposition and returned to London to complete his law vocational course at Inns of Court School of Law. He was called to United Kingdom Bar, Inner Temple in 1993. In 1993, Prime Minister Jugnauth asked the Speaker of the National Assembly to declare <mask>'s seat vacant as he had not attended Parliament for three consecutive moments. The Speaker referred the case to the Court but the Judge found that it was unconstitutional. Shortly afterwards, Jugnauth dismissed Bérenger from the Cabinet after learning that Ramgoolam had hosted him at a private dinner at his Riverwalk residence. Bérenger and 10 MMM members joined Ramgoolam on the opposition benches.Although the MMM caucus was larger than the Labour Party caucus, he agreed to let <mask> continue as Leader of the Opposition. 1995 elections

The Labour Party and the MMM went on to forge an alliance to contest the 1995 elections. The alliance won all 60 directly elected seats from the mainland (with Labour taking 35 seats and the MMM 25). <mask> became Prime Minister with Bérenger as his Deputy. The coalition soon fractured and Ramgoolam dismissed Bérenger in 1997. Bérenger then became Leader of the Opposition, while <mask> formed a one-party government. 2000 elections

Jugnauth and Bérenger formed a new alliance to contest the 2000 elections.Part of the agreement was to allow Jugnauth to serve for the first three years of the five-year term, then resign to assume the Presidency and allow Bérenger to complete his unexpired term. <mask>, for his part, formed an alliance with the Mauritian Party of Xavier-Luc Duval (PMXD), a breakaway from the PMSD led by Xavier-Luc Duval, the son of Sir Gaëtan Duval. The MSM/MMM alliance won 54 of the 60 directly elected mainland seats. <mask>, who had retained his own seat, became Leader of the Opposition. 2005 elections
His Alliance Social won the general elections against the MSM/MMM outgoing government. He was again appointed as prime minister with a majority of 38 out of 60 seats. His alliance also won the local/municipal elections in 2006 where the MSM/MMM was severely defeated.These consecutive defeats and internal instability caused the break-up of the MSM/MMM coalition. As the MSM had more seats than the MMM and Pravind Jugnauth was not elected, Nando Bodha was appointed as Leader of the Opposition. 2010 elections

With the 2010 elections approaching, Ramgoolam decided in 2008 to support Jugnauth for re-election as President, to forestall a possible return by Jugnauth to parliamentary politics, where <mask> viewed him as a potential threat. Jugnauth's condition for accepting the offer was an alliance between the Labour Party and the MSM. At <mask>'s insistence, the Alliance de L'Avenir also included the PMSD, into which the PMXD, and its leader, Xavier-Luc Duval, had merged; seven of the sixty parliamentary candidates would come from the PMSD). The Alliance de L'Avenir won 41 of the 60 directly elected seats. <mask> remained Prime Minister and Pravind Jugnauth, son of Sir Anerood Jugnauth, became his Deputy.Following the involvement of some members of the MSM in the Medpoint Scandal, however, <mask> dismissed the MSM from the government. 2014 elections

The general elections originally scheduled for 2015 were brought forward to December 2014. The Labour Party made a new alliance with the MMM, proposing a constitutional amendment to upgrade the Presidency to a less ceremonial role. <mask> and Bérenger, the MMM leader, claimed that the election was a referendum on the proposal, which they called the Second Republic. If the alliance won more than 45 of the 60 directly elected mainland seats, the Constitution would be amended; <mask> would run for the Presidency and Bérenger would succeed him as Prime Minister. <mask> and Berenger were opposed by the MSM-led Alliance Lepep, which also included the PMSD, which had been Ramgoolam's coalition partner, and a new party called Muvman Liberater, formed by a significant portion of ex-members of the MMM who were opposed to the idea of giving Ramgoolam more powers . The Alliance Lepep, which opposed the proposal for the Second Republic, won 47 seats out of 60.The Labour-MMM alliance won only 13 seats, 9 from the MMM and 4 from the Labour Party. <mask> lost his seat for the first time in his political career. On 12 December 2014, he resigned as Prime Minister of Mauritius.+

Controversies

1978 arrest by British police
<mask> <mask> was arrested in the UK on 24 May 1978 in Wardour Street, Soho, London according to records of the Foreign Colonial Office (FCO). He was a student at University College London (UCL). British Police noticed <mask> Ramgoolam driving dangerously as he committed a number of offences such as driving through a red traffic light, and performing an illegal u-turn where it was prohibited. Although he was not entitled to Diplomatic Immunity Navin <mask> attempted to claim such protection after refusing to provide a breath specimen. When <mask> <mask> was subjected to a blood test the result was positive.As a result he was summoned for driving with excess alcohol in his blood, and was fined at Malborough Street Magistrate Court where he eventually pleaded guilty. 2010 verbal abuse of Nita Deerpalsing
On the public holiday of the 1st of May 2010 during a public meeting of the Labour-MMM coalition Alliance de l’Avenir in Quatre-Bornes <mask> Ramgoolam became frustrated about a defective microphone. He soon lost his temper and abused the Director of Communication of the Labour Party (Mauritius) Kumaree Rajeshree Deerpalsing, also known as Nita Deerpalsing by yelling Li pas marsé ta putain (meaning "It does not work, you slut". The abuse was broadcast live by other radio stations which were covering the event and was reproduced several times on social media as an example of <mask> <mask>'s lack of respect for women. 2014 London suitcase and Rolls Royce RR10RAM
After claiming to be visiting London for the tenth time to discuss a legal matter with British counsel Phillipe Sands, <mask> <mask> was spotted in his chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce bearing number plate RR10RAM as he carried a suitcase to a bank, where an attendant recognised and greeted him with "How are you Mr Banker?" 2015 arrest for conspiracy, money laundering & murder
In February 2015 <mask> <mask> was arrested for alleged conspiracy, money laundering and as part of a July 2011 robbery and murder case (Affaire Roches-Noires). Local police searched his home located at Riverwalk in Floréal and discovered safes and suitcases containing around $6.4 million in various foreign currencies, 9 exclusive American Express Black credit cards, as well as packets of Viagra sexual stimulant pills.He was later released and charges against him were dropped due to lack of sufficient evidence and the prosecution's delay in lodging the case. Awards and decorations

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 Grand Officer of the Order of Legion of Honour
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Recipient of the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (2008)
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 Grand Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (2008)

Honours

Ramgoolam has received several accolades and honours. In 1998 he was made an Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Dr Honoris Causa by the University of Mauritius, Dr Honoris Causa from Aligarh Muslim University, India and Dr Honoris Causa by the Jawaharlal Nehru University, India in October 2005. Other awards he attained are the Grand Officier de la Legion d'Honneur from France in March 2006, the Honorary Freeman of Rodrigues from Rodrigues Regional Assembly in March 2007, The Wilberforce Medal from Wilberforce Lecture Trust, Hull, United Kingdom in June 2007, The Rajiv Gandhi Award from Mumbai Regional Congress Committee, India in August 2007, The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award from Government of the Republic of India in January 2008 as well as Grand Commander of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (GCSK) from the Government of the Republic of Mauritius in March 2008. In Paris, <mask> received the Prix Louise Michel, awarded generally each year to a high personality in recognition of his or her outstanding contribution in the political field. He was made Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by the Padmashree Dr D. Y. Patil University, Mumbai, India in February 2009, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) of the Royal College of Physicians, London in May 2009, Honorary Doctor by Staffordshire University, United Kingdom in July 2010, Order of the Rule of Law by the World Jurist Association, Bethesda, Maryland, USA in April 2011, Overseas Bencher by the Inner Temple, United Kingdom in April 2011 and Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) by the Kurukshetra University, Haryana, India in February 2012. See also

 Veena Ramgoolam
 Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
 Leader of the Opposition (Mauritius)
Bihari Mauritians

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title: Elia Viviani

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<mask> (born 7 February 1989) is an Italian professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . On 10 May 2015, <mask> won his first Grand Tour stage victory at the Giro d'Italia, winning stage 2 in a bunch sprint before Moreno Hofland and André Greipel. In August 2016 <mask> won gold in the omnium at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2021, he won bronze in the omnium at the 2020 Summer Olympics. <mask>'s nickname in the peloton is "Il Veggente" for his ability to foresee line moves of other sprinters during the sprint. Career

Team Sky (2015–17)

2015 season
Viviani signed for  on 24 October 2014 after considering offers from  and the . He chose Team Sky because they were willing to help tailor his road programme to help with his track ambitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.After winning Stage 2 of the Dubai Tour, <mask> headed to the Track World Championships in Yvelines winning two medals including bronze in his focused Olympic event, the omnium. Back on the road <mask> made a big leap forward, consistently winning at World Tour level winning stages at the Tour de Romandie, the Eneco Tour and winning his first Grand Tour stage at the Giro d'Italia on stage 2 into Genoa. He ended the season well, becoming the European Track Champion in the omnium, gaining Olympic qualification points in the process. He also won three stages at the Tour of Britain and finished where he started the season, winning in the Middle East, this time at the Abu Dhabi Tour. Quick-Step Floors (2018–19)

2018 season
<mask> signed for the  team before the 2018 season, replacing Marcel Kittel who joined . He got off to a good start winning Stage 3 of the Tour Down Under, the 50th victory since his professional début in 2010. He continued the momentum in the Middle East where he won his first major overall title and two stage wins at the Dubai Tour as well as a stage in the Abu Dhabi Tour.He returned to Europe for his first big objective of the season where he came 19th at Milan–San Remo. He added another success in Belgium at the Three Days of Bruges–De Panne but suffered an emotional defeat at Gent–Wevelgem, finishing in second place behind Peter Sagan. He also won the Italian National Road Race Championships. 2019 season
He again got off to a good start in Australia winning the opening stage of the Tour Down Under, and followed it up with the One-day classic Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, going one better than the previous year. <mask>'s next win came at the UAE Tour a month later as he had an easier build up to the two Grand Tours he was scheduled to compete in – the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France. After winning Stage 3 of Tirreno–Adriatico, he encountered a dry spell mainly due to bad luck at the Giro d'Italia, where he was disqualified after winning a sprint on Stage 3 into Orbetello, after he was adjudged to have illegally blocked 's Matteo Moschetti. After last year's success, he failed to win a single stage in his home tour while wearing the national champion's jersey.In his build up to the Tour de France he won two sprints in a row at the Tour de Suisse, before going onto win his first stage at the Tour de France into Nancy. <mask> came out of the Tour on top form, winning the London–Surrey Classic. After losing his national champion's jersey in June, he earned the right to wear a non standard team kit again for the following year after he won the European Championships on 11 August in Alkmaar. He won from a three-man break following the attack from trade teammate Yves Lampaert, and beating him and Pascal Ackermann in the sprint. Cofidis (2020–21)
In August 2019, <mask> was announced to be joining  for the 2020 season along with his lead-out man Fabio Sabatini. Ineos Grenadiers (2022–)
In November 2021, <mask> signed a three-year contract with the  team, from the 2022 season. Personal life
<mask> is married to fellow cyclist Elena Cecchini.His brother Attilio <mask> is also a professional cyclist.

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title: Craig Armstrong (composer)

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<mask>,  (born 29 April 1959) is a Scottish composer of modern orchestral music, electronica and film scores. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 1981, and has since written music for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the London Sinfonietta. <mask>'s score for Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet earned him a BAFTA for Achievement in Film Music and an Ivor Novello. He would collaborate with Luhrmann again on his next two films, Moulin Rouge! and The Great Gatsby. His score for the former earned him the 2001 American Film Institute's composer of the Year award, a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and a BAFTA. <mask> was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Original Score in 2004 for the biopic Ray.His other feature film scoring credits include Love Actually, Oliver Stone's World Trade Center, Elizabeth: The Golden Age and The Incredible Hulk. Life and career
<mask> was born in Shettleston, Glasgow, Scotland

He studied musical composition, violin and piano at the Royal Academy of Music from 1977 to 1981, where he was awarded the Charles Lucas prize and the Harvey Lohr scholarship for composition. He was also awarded the FTCL Fellowship in composition, and won the GLAA Young Jazz Musician of the Year in 1982. Upon completing his studies, <mask> served as music and dance specialist at the Strathclyde Regional Council in 1984. 1985 <mask> toured with Midge Ure on his Gift World Tour, and with Ultravox on their european U-Vox Tour winter 1986. Between 1994–2002 he was commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company to write music for The Broken Heart and The Tempest, both directed by Michael Boyd. He sees no difference in credibility between popular and classical forms and this respect for the pop genre was cemented in 1994 with a one-off collaboration with the Bristol band Massive Attack on their album Protection, after which the band formed their Melankolic vanity record label releasing his first two solo albums.In 2001, <mask> received BAFTA, Golden Globe, and American Film Institute Award, as well as World Soundtrack Award and a Golden Satellite Award for Moulin Rouge!. In 2002 he wrote the meditative piece Visconti, commissioned by Barbican Centre Elektronika festival for the London Sinfonietta. In 2004 <mask> collaborated with visual artists Dalziel + Scullion on One Minute to celebrate the opening of Perth's Horsecross Hall. In 2005 he received a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack album for the film Ray, directed by Taylor Hackford. In 2008 his first classical release, Memory Takes My Hand, featuring a violin concerto for Clio Gould, was released on EMI Classics. <mask> Delay. He has worked with a wide variety of more well-known musical artists, including U2, Tina Turner, Madonna, Texas, and Luciano Pavarotti.<mask> has written several classical commissions for the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the London Sinfonietta, the Hebrides Ensemble and the Scottish Ensemble. In 2006, <mask> collaborated with the visual artists Dalziel + Scullion for the reopening of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery in Glasgow with a joint exhibition called Once. In 2007 <mask>'s first opera was premiered as part of the Scottish Opera, titled '5:15  – Opera's made in Scotland', a 15min opera with a libretto by Ian Rankin. Honours
 <mask> was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours for his contribution to music. Key works
 1994: Slow Movement (strings)
 1998: 20 Movements (orchestra)
 1999: If Time Must Pass (violin, strings)
 1999: Escape (orchestra, vocal). 2000: When Morning Turns to Light (mezzo-soprano, orchestra)
 2002: Northern Sounds ... Islands (orchestra)
 2005: One Minute (orchestra)
 2007: Immer (violin concerto no. 1) (violin, orchestra)
 2012: The Lady from the Sea (opera)
 2015: Far from the Madding Crowd (2015 film)

Recordings
<mask> has released two solo records on Massive Attack's label Melankolic, followed by Piano Works on Sanctuary in 2004 and Film Works on Universal in 2005.In 2007 <mask> recorded his first classical record, "Memory Takes My Hand", for EMI Classics with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. It was released in 2008 and includes a violin concerto "Immer" for Clio Gould. Rosebud was released from a new co written and co produced project of <mask> and Scott Fraser – Winona. September 2009:  "Without You (Deal Soul Brothers Remix)" – Format: 12" Vinyl single

 1998: The Space Between Us
 2002: As If to Nothing
 2004: Piano Works
 2005: Film Works 1995–2005
 2005: The Dolls by the Dolls (<mask> with Antye Greie and Vladislav Delay)
 2008: Memory Takes My Hand
 2014: It's Nearly Tomorrow
 2018: Sun On You

Film scores
His score to William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (with Baz Luhrmann) earned him a BAFTA for Achievement in Film Music and an Ivor Novello. <mask>'s score for Baz Luhrmann's groundbreaking musical Moulin Rouge! earned him AFI's Composer of the Year award, a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score of the Year and a BAFTA for Achievement in Film Music. His score for Phillip Noyce's The Quiet American garnered him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Film Score.His other feature film scoring credits include the Oliver Stone drama World Trade Center, the Oscar-winning bio-pic Ray for which <mask> was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Original Score and the worldwide ensemble comedy smash Love Actually. His scores can also be heard in The Magdalene Sisters, Kiss of the Dragon, The Bone Collector, The Clearing, Best Laid Plans, Orphans, Elizabeth: The Golden Age and The Incredible Hulk. Escape
One of the most popular tracks composed by <mask> is "Escape" from Plunkett & Macleane. The composition was used in the pilot of the 2000 science fiction series Dark Angel''', as well as having been used in various film trailers and sports broadcasts due to the emotional buildup caused by its rising crescendo and choir. It was used in the trailer for the BBC's Euro 2012 coverage (the BBC had already used 'Balcony Scene' from the Romeo + Juliet soundtrack for their Euro 2004 trailer), and has often been used in the BBC's Top Gear series at the climax of the season finale "epic challenges". <mask> lists the songs which Top Gear has used on his web site. "Escape" has been used in a number of action film trailers, including Spider-Man 2 and Daredevil."Escape" has also been used as entrance music by various sports teams, including the professional wrestling stable Team Vision, Premier League football team Aston Villa when playing at their home ground Villa Park, as well as fellow Premier League team Wigan Athletic when at the DW Stadium. It has also been used as entrance music for the England rugby union team at Twickenham stadium, Premiership rugby union team Leeds Carnegie before home games, and Kent County Cricket Club in Twenty20 matches. Filmography

 1995: Close (Short) 1995: Fridge (Short) 1995: Good Day for the Bad Guys 1996: Romeo + Juliet – BAFTA and Ivor Novello awards. 1997: Orphans 1998: The Negotiator – Opening credit track ("Rise")
 1999: Plunkett & Macleane 1999: Best Laid Plans 1999: The Bone Collector 2000: Romeo Must Die 2001: Moulin Rouge!

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title: Peter Hill (entrepreneur)

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<mask> (born 1964 in Melbourne, Australia) is a former champion Australian skateboarder and the co-founder of Globe International, a multinational, youth culture, branded footwear, apparel and skate/surf business with his brother <mask>. <mask> has also acted as an executive producer on over 30 media projects, including feature films and television specials and a producer on Eric Bana's Love the Beast. Career
<mask> started skateboarding at age 7 with his brother Stephen in Melbourne in the early 1970s. In their teenage years, they put together one of the early Australian-sponsored skate teams, Sparx, were in the Nike skateboard team in 1979 and competed successfully in Australian skate titles. Along with their younger brother, <mask>, they began to import skateboards and associated equipment, eventually forming Hardcore Distribution, a company that later grew into Globe International. In the 1980s, the brothers promoted skateboarding in Australia, running demonstrations and tours featuring local and American skateboarders including Allen Losi, Mark Gonzales, Christian Hosoi, Tony Hawk, Lance Mountain, Jeff Phillips and Jason Lee. They also distributed Vision Streetwear and Airwalk shoes.<mask> and Stephen wrote two books on skateboarding, The Skateboard Book: Blast! (1986) and Skate Hard (1988). The design plans from those two books influenced the construction of Australian skateparks and ramps for the following decade. In 1987 the brothers were profiled on a segment on Australian skateboarding on 60 Minutes. In that same year, they co-founded an Australian skateboarding magazine, 540. <mask> and his brother were also early snowboarders in Australia and successfully lobbied for snowboarders' access to Australian snow fields. <mask> and Stephen's private company grew throughout the 1990s, and they also licensed major streetwear labels Mossimo, Stussy, Eckō Unltd., Split, Hardcore Jeans and Paul Frank Industries, along with creating their own propriety brands, including Globe, Mooks and M-ONE-11.In 2001, <mask> oversaw the public float of the company, Globe International, on the Australian Stock Exchange with his brothers, maintaining a large shareholding and subsequently appointed to the board as an executive director. <mask> remained actively involved in product development and brand creation, as well as development and positioning for the company as it expanded into North America, Europe and Asia. Along with his brothers, <mask> also founded Whyte House Entertainment, a multimedia company based in Australia and Los Angeles in 1997, where he acted as an executive producer on all titles produced. <mask> was a producer on Love the Beast, a feature documentary featuring his friend Eric Bana and released theatrically in Australia and the UK in 2009. <mask> executive produced the award-winning surf short film Electric Blue Heaven (2012)
<mask> also is reported as driving the family group's telco and motorsport company interests. Both he and his brother Stephen hold an interest in Boost Mobile with Paul Keating. The <mask> brothers featured in the book, Unemployable: 30 Years of Hardcore, Skate and Street released for the 30th anniversary of the Globe and Hardcore companies in 2015.After overseeing six years of development, <mask> launched the dot board, an electric skateboard as part of a new division of Globe International, in late 2019. Personal life
Along with his brother, Stephen, <mask> has been listed in BRW Rich 200 list since 2001. <mask> maintains an extensive interest in skateboarding and design, as well as being an active participant in surfing, snowboarding, and motorsports. Filmography
1998 Canvas: The Skateboarding Documentary (television documentary) Executive Producer

2000/1 The Heist (feature film) Executive Producer

2001 Opinion (video documentary) Executive Producer

2001 Tic Tac 2 Heelflip (television documentary) Executive Producer

2001 Down and Out with the Dolls (feature film) Executive Producer

2002 Globe World Cup Skateboarding (TV movie) (producer)

2002 AKA: Girl Skater (documentary) Executive Producer

2003 The Globe World Cup Skateboarding (TV movie) Executive Producer

2004 AKA: Girl Surfer (TV documentary) Executive Producer

2004 The Globe World Cup Skateboarding (TV movie) Executive Producer

2004 Somewhere, Anywhere, Everywhere (surf video) Executive Producer

2004 Almost: Round Three (skate video) Executive Producer

2005 Globe Wildcard Skateboarding (TV movie) Executive Producer

2005 The Globe World Cup Skateboarding (TV movie) Executive Producer

2005 What If? (skate video) Executive Producer

2005 Globe WCT Fiji (TV movie) Executive Producer

2006 The Global Assault!!! (TV movie) Executive Producer

2006 Secret Machine (surf video) Executive Producer

2006 2006 Globe WCT FIJI (video documentary) Executive Producer

2007 United by Fate 2 (TV movie) Executive Producer

2007 The Man Who Souled the World (feature documentary) Executive Producer

2007 Money for Blood (TV documentary) Executive Producer

2007 Inaugural Hobgood Challenge (documentary) Executive Producer

2007 United by Fate 1 (TV movie) Executive Producer

2008 United by Fate 4 (TV movie) Executive Producer

2008 Slaughter at the Opera (TV movie) Executive Producer

2008 United by Fate 3 (TV movie) Executive Producer

2008 New Emissions of Light and Sound (video documentary) Executive Producer

2009 Love the Beast (documentary) Producer

2009 2008 Globe Pro Fiji (TV movie) Executive Producer

2009 United by Fate 5 (TV movie) Executive Producer

2010 United by Fate 6 (TV movie) Executive Producer

2011 Year Zero (surf video) Executive Producer

2012 Electric Blue Heaven (surf video) Executive Producer

2014 Strange Rumblings in Shangri-LA (surf video) Executive Producer

References

External links
Globe International corporate website
Whyte House Entertainment website

Peter Hill’s Carrera Cup profile page

1964 births
Living people
Businesspeople from Melbourne
Australian film producers
Australian skateboarders
Australian film studio executives
Australian company founders

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title: Gina Barreca

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<mask> (born 1957) is an American academic and humorist. She is a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of English literature and feminist theory at the University of Connecticut and winner of UConn's highest award for excellence in teaching. She is the author of ten books and editor of 11 others. Her weekly articles from The Hartford Courant are syndicated internationally by the Tribune Co. and her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Independent of London, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Cosmopolitan, and The Harvard Business Review. She is a member of the New York Friar's Club and an honoree of the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame. Her latest book, "If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?" Questions and Thoughts for Loud, Smart Women in Turbulent Times, was published by St. Martin's Press in the spring of 2016 and was an ELLE Reader's Prize selection that June.Currently, she is working on a book about loneliness. Early life and education
<mask> grew up in Brooklyn and Long Island, New York, and is of Italian descent. She was the first woman to be named Alumni Scholar at Dartmouth College, where she earned her 1979 bachelor's degree. Her stories from this time can be found in her memoir, Babes in Boyland: A Personal History of Co-education in the Ivy League. She was a Reynolds Fellow and earned her 1981 M.A. at New Hall, Cambridge University, and earned her 1987 Ph.D. (English Literature) from the Graduate School, City University of New York, dissertation: “Hate and Humor in Women’s Literature: Twentieth-Century British Writers.”. Career

Professor
From 1981 to 1987, <mask> was a Graduate Assistant/Adjunct Lecturer at Queens College.In 1987 she became an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Connecticut, where she became an Associate Professor of English in 1991. From 1997 on she has been Professor of English. She has also been a Reed Fellow for English Language and Literature at UConn since 2017. As of 2018, she has received the American Association of University Professors Excellence in Research and Creativity: Career Award, and was named the Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of English Literature. Author

Articles and other publications
She is currently a columnist for the Hartford Courant, as well as a blogger for Psychology Today, where she has over 6 million views. <mask> has also published articles in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Chicago Tribune, Harvard Business Review, The Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, The Orlando Sentinel, Ms. magazine, The Common Review, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and Cosmopolitan and elsewhere. <mask>'s books have been translated into Chinese, German, Spanish, and Japanese.<mask> cowrote a series of humor columns in The Washington Post with Gene Weingarten about the differences between men and women. These became the basis of the book she wrote with Weingarten, I'm with Stupid: One Man. One Woman. 10,000 Years of Misunderstanding Between the Sexes Cleared Right Up. They worked for two years via email and on the phone without having met first. <mask> appeared in Milton Friedman's documentary Free to Choose - Episode 6, as a student for Dartmouth College. Books
In 2011, <mask> published a memoir called Babes in Boyland: A Personal History of Co-education in the Ivy League.Her most recent book, "If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?" Questions and Thoughts for Loud, Smart Women in Turbulent Times, was published by St. Martin's Press in the spring of 2016. Currently she is working on a book about loneliness that will be released in 2020. Speaker
A noted public speaker, <mask> lectures nationally and internationally about a variety of topics including humor, women's comedy, women's lives, everybody's stress, and gender issues in the workplace. She has served as an advisor to the Library of Congress for work on humor and the American character, and was deemed a "feminist humor maven" by Ms. magazine. She has appeared on dozens of radio and television programs including The Oprah Winfrey Show, 20/20, 48 Hours, The Joy Behar Show, Dr. Phil, and The Today Show. Recently, <mask> joined the Mark Twain House and Museum Board of Trustees.Personal
<mask> married her husband, Michael Meyer, in 1991. They live in Storrs, Connecticut. Works and publications

Books written
 "If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?" Complete Stories Colleen Bresse (Editor), <mask> (Introduction)
Louisa May. Little Women <mask> (Introduction), Susan Straight (Afterword)

Honorary degrees and awards

She has received a number of honorary degrees. In 2000, she received an honorary degree from Shepard's College in West Virginia. She received an honorary degree from Manchester Community College in 2014, and honorary Doctorate of Human Letters, Charter Oak State College, Connecticut in 2016.References

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<mask> (April 25, 1945 – March 16, 2012) was an American musician, songwriter and actor. He began his career in the 1960s playing pop and folk music, and appearing on The Andy Williams Show. <mask> wrote several songs that were recorded by successful artists of the time including Glen Campbell, The Monkees, and Andy Williams. After using drugs while travelling on the hippie trail, he suffered mental health problems which worsened over time. He released two solo albums, Apache and Inca, in the early 1970s under the names Maitreya Kali and Satya Sai Maitreya Kali. After spending nearly three years in prison for assaulting his mother, he spent the majority of the next 35 years homeless. Early and personal life
<mask> was born in Los Angeles, the son of Charles "Chuck<mask> and Marguerite "Carole" <mask> (née Lundquist).His father was a descendant of gospel songwriter Charles H. Gabriel. His mother was of Swedish and German descent. <mask> had two older brothers and one younger sister. <mask> had worked as a manager at the Jade Room, a nightclub owned by Larry Potter, and was known by the stage name Chuck Barclay. After World War Two he worked as a welder and a salesman. Chuck died in 1978, aged 64, from a stroke, and Carole died in 1998, aged 82, from pulmonary disease. <mask> attended Grant High School, becoming class president and being on the school gymnastics team.He graduated in June 1963, and turned down a number of offers from colleges in order to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. Career

1963–1966: the Good Time Singers
In August 1963 <mask> was recruited by Michael Storm and Tom Drake (who had performed together as the Other Singers) to join the Good Time Singers, a band formed to replace the New Christy Minstrels on The Andy Williams Show. From December 1963 to January 1964 <mask> and Storm also performed shows with Gordon and Sheila MacRae, supported by their daughters Heather and Meredith. The Good Time Singers released their debut self-titled album in January 1964, and their second album One Step More in October 1964. In between the albums they had embarked on a 17-city tour. Around this time <mask> began songwriting, and he wrote a song called "Christmas Holiday", which was recorded by Andy Williams for his 1965 album Merry Christmas. As the Good Times Singers' was ending, <mask> and fellow bandmember Lee Montgomery intended to form a new duo called <mask> & Lee, but <mask> had to pull out after successfully auditioning for a new ABC television show, called The Happeners.<mask> had previously unsuccessfully auditioned for The Monkees. The pilot for The Happeners was filmed in November 1965. The Good Times Singers' contract for The Andy Williams Show was not renewed past 1966. 1966–1967: The Happeners and Chris & Craig
After a successful audition process, <mask> won the role of Alan Howard on The Happeners. The show was to be directed by David Greene, and was a mix of acting and singing, set in New York and based on the fictional eponymous folk trio. However, ABC declined to pick up the show following the pilot episode. <mask> and his The Happeners co-star Chris Ducey decided to form a musical duo called Chris & <mask>.They moved into an apartment together and began writing songs. They signed to Capitol Records, recording a number of demos throughout the summer of 1966. Their first single, "Isha", was written by Ducey b/w "I Need You" written by <mask>, and was produced by Steve Douglas utilizing session musicians Hal Blaine and Carol Kaye of The Wrecking Crew. It was released in July 1966. Another single, "I Cant't Go On" (written by Ducey), was produced with the same line up. Originally an acoustic duo  utitilizing session musicians, during their later 1966 sessions they began experimenting with a full band, and in November 1966 they played a show supporting the Mothers of Invention with such a full band, with <mask> and Ducey playing electric guitars. Throughout late 1966 and early 1967 the duo continued to write and record more songs, but they were never released by the label.In 1967 <mask> befriended Gábor Szabó and the Beach Boys, unsuccessfully offering to write songs for the latter. In early 1967 Chris & <mask> began playing with a permanent backing band. Through their friendship with Michael Nesmith of the Monkees, they hired Jerry Perenchio as their manager. They changed their name to the Penny Arcade, shortly becoming the Penny Arkade for trademark reasons. 1967–1968: the Penny Arkade
Nesmith began producing <mask> and Ducey, initially pairing them with John London (bass) and Johnny Raines (drums). They were eventually replaced by Donald F. Glut on bass (who had appeared in an earlier incarnation of the band) and Bobby Donaho on drums. While the band worked on their own material, <mask> continued to write songs, including "Salesman" for the Monkees, and "Hands of the Clock" and "Lazy Sunny Day" for Heather MacRae.<mask> was also credited as co-producer for the songs, alongside Bob Thiele. He also wrote "Holly" for Williams. Nesmith took the band into a studio to record their album. One of the songs written at this time by <mask> was "Country Girl", which was later recorded and released by Glen Campbell for his Try a Little Kindness album. The album never materialised, but some of the songs were collected and released as Not the Freeze in 2004. After a bad review of one of their live shows, the band decided to concentrate on writing and recording songs. In early 1968 they unsuccessfully auditioned for the role of house band on the TV show Peyton Place.In February 1968 <mask> and his father went into business together, running a bar called the Buckeye Inn. In late 1968 <mask> was associating with the Manson Family, and exploring an interest in Eastern philosophy, particularly Transcendental Meditation. <mask> eventually left the Penny Arkade and decided to go travelling. The band continued without <mask> until 1969, renamed as the Armadillo and with Bob Arthur as a replacement guitarist. 1968: travelling to Asia
After previously smoking small amounts of marijuana with friends, <mask> began using LSD in 1968. During his travels <mask> took LSD on a "regular" basis, and he smoked "copious amounts of hashish" while in Afghanistan. <mask> decided to travel to India alone, with just a guitar and a backpack.He set off to join the hippie trail, arriving in Turkey in October 1968, possibly via Austria and Greece. <mask> met fellow Western travellers (an Irishman and two American women) in Istanbul, and they set off together in a VW van, intending to drive to Delhi. After the van broke down, they hitched a ride in a lorry transporting olive oil, before taking a bus to Iran. They passed through Afghanistan, with <mask> deciding to leave his companions for a few days in Kandahar while they travelled on to Kabul. <mask> never joined them in Kabul; when his companions returned to Kandahar a few months later, they heard rumours that he had "gone crazy", running through the market with a knife threatening people, and then disappeared. It later became apparent that after threatening a market vendor, <mask> had been beaten close to death and robbed, and possibly kidnapped and raped. <mask> possibly spent some time in an Afghan insane asylum, where he is thought to have developed acute schizophrenia.It is not known if <mask> ever reached India, although he and his travelogue claims he did visit India and reconnected with the Maharishi and went to Nepal. 1969–1970: return to United States and travelling to South America
<mask> returned to the United States in late 1968 or early 1969, initially living back with his parents. He was possibly institutionalized and medicated for a short period. By this stage he was using the name "Maitreya Kali", which he intended to become his legal name, although this didn't happen until 1971. He continued to receive royalty checks from his historical songwriting for Williams and Campbell, amongst others. After his girlfriend left him, <mask> decided to travel to South America, spending time in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina, and the Galapagos Islands of Chile. Returning from South America, <mask> reunited with his girlfriend, and they became engaged.When the engagement ended, <mask> ripped up the wedding dress his fiancée had chosen. Following another brief re-connection, the relationship ended for good when <mask> violently threatened one of her male friends. 1970–1971: deterioration in mental health
<mask> claimed to have mystical powers, and thought he was a messiah. He prophesied that he would be "King of the World" by 2000. He claimed to be a reincarnation of Jesus, Buddha, and Hitler. As his erratic and bizarre behavior became more pronounced, such as claiming voices were telling him to kill people, his friends started to ignore him. One friend eventually had to obtain a restraining order against <mask>.His appearance became more and more unkempt, with long hair and a wild beard. At one point, he shaved his head and beard off, and dressed in robes, his appearance comparable to a Buddhist monk, although his hair and beard would later grow back. He visited Heather and Sheila MacRae in Miami, and was asked to leave by Sheila's new husband after he woke up to find <mask> standing over their bed with a knife. Heather saw him again in Los Angeles in 1972, when he "looked really scary [...] just totally looked insane, and would say weird things." 1971–1972: Apache and Inca
<mask> wrote two solo albums Apache and Inca in 1971, which were self-released in 1972. In the liner notes to both albums, <mask> claims to have played every instrument. The liner notes as a whole have been described as "bizarre [and] rambling", and display his belief system.Apache was released on his own 'Akashic Records', and features three songs from the Penny Arkade recording sessions. Inca was released a few months after Apache, in the summer of 1972, not as a standalone album but as a double gatefold with Apache on his new 'United Kingdom of America Records' label. Like Apache, Inca also features songs from the Penny Arkade recording sessions. The albums were mainly distributed to <mask>'s friends or sold on the street. 1973–1976: prison
After the albums were released, <mask> sold his car with the intention of going to Ethiopia. His mental health problems continued, such as suggesting to a friend that they fight to the death using samurai swords. He also had a small black spider tattooed in the middle of his forehead in 1972 or 1973.On April 22, 1973, <mask> attacked his mother at the family home. An attempted murder charge was not established, and following a psychiatric examination, he pleaded 'no contest' to a charge of assault. He was sentenced in November 1973 to six months to life, the maximum sentence for the offence, and the Judge suggested intense medical and psychiatric treatment. He began his sentence at the California Institution for Men, before transferring to the Deuel Vocational Institution in December 1973. He transferred again, to the California Men's Colony, in February 1974. He was granted parole at the fourth attempt, and was released from prison in June 1976. 1977–2012: later years and death
Suzannah Jordan, the third member of The Happeners trio, ran into <mask> in LA in 1977; he was homeless but did not display any mental health issues.He drifted in and out of mental hospitals until the mid-1980s when funding was cut, and would then spend the next years homeless. He also had various run-ins with the law. In 1981 or 1982 he saw another old friend and told her he had been recording music. He has been indeed recording music, according to Mike Stax, as late as the late 1990s, which includes the 1994 song "Waves", which was released on the 2018 CD version of the album Love is Our Existence. By the early 2000s his "ramblings" had moved from Eastern philosophy/his Maitreya Kali persona to aliens. <mask> died on March 16, 2012. His family declined to collect his ashes, and they were eventually collected by journalist Mike Stax.Discography

With The Penny Arkade

Not the Freeze (Recorded in 1967–68) (Sundazed, 2004)

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Apache (Released under the name Satya Sai Maitreya Kali) (Akashic Records, 1971) (Re-issued on Maitreya Apache Records, 2019 together with Inca)
Inca (Released under the name Satya Sai Maitreya Kali) (United Kingdom of America Records, 1972) (Re-issued on Maitreya Apache Records, 2019 together with Apache)
Love is Our Existence (Maitreya Apache Music, 2018)

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<mask> (September 24, 1786 – March 16, 1851) was an American minister and Indian Commissioner during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, a friend of his. Early life
<mask> was born on September 24, 1786 in Schenectady, New York. He was the son of <mask> and Ariaantje Van der Bogart. In 1809, he graduated from Union College with the degree of A.B. Career
Immediately after graduation he was sent out by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. His report to the Trustees of the Missionary Society of Connecticut was published in pamphlet form in Hartford in 1814, and was entitled: "A Correct View of that Part of the United States which lies West of the Allegheny Mountains, with regard to Religion & Morals"; by <mask><mask> and Samuel J. Mills.He entered the ministry of the Congregational Church, which he left in 1813 for the Dutch Reformed Church. He first settled at Middleburgh, Schoharie County, New York, where he was pastor of the Reformed Church there from 1816 to 1827. In 1816, he was Chaplain of the 9th Regiment New York Infantry. In 1817, he visited upper Canada with Reverend Jacob Van Vechten and worked three months among the Dutch Churches there. In 1819, he was constituted a Life Member of the American Bible Society, by subscriptions raised by his congregation in Middleburgh. He preached his first Protestant sermon in New Orleans, where he went with a letter of introduction to Pére Antoine, a well loved priest of that city. He made most of the trip to New Orleans on horseback.As well as being a personal friend of President Andrew Jackson, he visited him on more than one occasion at "The Hermitage," Jackson's home, a few miles outside the city of Nashville, Tennessee. In 1828, he was appointed Secretary of Domestic Missions by the Northern Board of the Missionary Society of the Reformed Church, which resulted in the organizations of Reformed Churches in Utica, Ithaca and Geneva, among others. Serious difficulties embarrassed his administration and though they were eventually amicably adjusted, he resigned the office in 1832. He never afterwards held a pastoral charge, but was frequently a leading member of the ecclesiastical assemblies, and continued to interest himself in the benevolent movements of the Church. Indian Commissioner

In 1832, President Andrew Jackson appointed him one of a Commission to remove the Cherokee and Chickasaw Indians beyond the Mississippi River (later to be known as the Trail of Tears). <mask> helped negotiate the Treaty of New Echota, proposing that in exchange for all Cherokee land east of the Mississippi River, the Cherokees would receive $5,000,000 from the U.S. (to be distributed per capita to all members of the tribe), an additional $500,000 for educational funds, title in perpetuity to land in Indian Territory equal to that given up, and full compensation for all property left behind. The treaty included a clause to allow all Cherokees who so desired to remain and become citizens of the states in which they resided, on individual allotments of  of land.With that clause, it was unanimously approved by the contingent at New Echota, then signed by the negotiating committee of twenty, But that clause was struck out by President Jackson. The treaty was concluded at New Echota, Georgia on the 29th of December, 1835 and signed on the 1st of March, 1836. While Indian Commissioner, he acquired large tracts of land in Highland, Grayson, Bath and Wythe Counties, Virginia, in all about 400,000 acres (1,600 km²). After long litigation the disposition of this property finally resulted in favor of his heirs. <mask><mask> moved to Carroll County, Indiana, in 1840. Personal life
He married twice, first on August 6, 1813 to Catharine Yates (1788–1835), the daughter of Revolutionary Col. Christopher Peter Yates (1750–1815), who served on the Vigilance Committee and was a member of the First Provincial Congress who raised a company of rangers and was with Montgomery in Canada. Col. Yates was the nephew of Abraham Yates Jr. (1724–1796), the New York State lawyer and politician, and cousin of Robert Yates (1738–1801).With his first wife, he had eight children:
<mask> (b. 1814)
Harriet Adriana <mask> (1815–1886)
Mary Yates <mask> (b. 1817)
Catherine Yates <mask> (1819–1839)
<mask> (1821–1883), who married Josephine Case
<mask> <mask> (1824–1876), who married Louisa Turner
Sarah Ingold <mask> (b. 1826)
Susan Yates <mask> (1828–1912), who married James Orr (1805–1876)

After the death of his first wife, he married again to Elizabeth "Eliza" Louisa (Hening) Spottswood of Virginia on April 6, 1837. Together, they had three children:
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Janette Egmont <mask> (b.1844). <mask> died on March 16, 1851 in Richmond, Virginia. Descendants
Harriet, a daughter by his first wife, lived in Buffalo, New York, and after the death of her husband, Aurelian Conkling son of Alfred Conkling and brother of Roscoe and <mask>. Conkling, went abroad and remained four years, most of the time in Paris, France. She travelled extensively through Spain, Germany, and Switzerland. During the Franco-Prussian War, she was in Paris, and was Directress of the Woman's Department of the American Ambulance Corps, organized by Dr. Evans, dentist to the Emperor. It was to his house that the Empress Eugenie fled when she left the Tuileries Palace. Mrs. Conkling assisted Dr. Evans in effecting the escape of the Empress, whom he took in his private carriage to the coast.She remained in Paris during the reign of the Commune and witnessed many blood-curdling scenes. References

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<mask> (July 21, 1932 – July 1, 2019) was an American Christian systematic theologian and philosopher. He was the co-founder of two non-denominational evangelical seminaries (Veritas International University and Southern Evangelical Seminary). He held a Ph.D. in philosophy from Loyola University and made scholarly contributions to the subjects of classical Christian apologetics, systematic theology, the history of philosophy, philosophy of religion, Calvinism, Roman Catholicism, Biblical inerrancy, Bible difficulties, ethics, and more. He was the author, coauthor, or editor of over 90 books and hundreds of articles. One of the primary architects of the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy, <mask> was well noted within the United States evangelical community for his stalwart defense of Biblical inerrancy. Education
<mask>'s education included a Th.B. (1964) from William Tyndale College, B.A.in philosophy (1958) and M.A. in theology (1960) from Wheaton College, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Loyola University. He had additional graduate work at Wayne State University, the University of Detroit, and Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Biography
<mask> <mask> was born on July 21, 1932, in Warren, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. He attended a nondenominational Evangelical church from age nine but was not converted until the age of eighteen. He immediately began attempting to share his faith with others in various evangelistic endeavors—door-to-door, street meetings, and jail service, rescue missions, and Youth for Christ venues. Some of his conversations forced him to realize that he needed to find better answers to the objections he was hearing.He subsequently earned two bachelor's degrees, two master's degrees, and a Doctorate. <mask>'s decades of degree work overlap a professorial career begun at Detroit Bible College (1963–66) and continued at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (1969–70) and Trinity College (1970–71). He was later Chairman of Philosophy of Religion at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (1970–79) and Professor of Systematic Theology at Dallas Theological Seminary (1979–88). In 1981, <mask> testified in "the Scopes II trial" (McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education). Duane Gish, a creationist, remarked: "<mask> was. . . the lead witness for the creationist side and one of its most brilliant witnesses. His testimony, in my view (I was present during the entire trial), effectively demolished the most important thrust of the case by the ACLU.Unfortunately, in my opinion, no testimony, and no effort by any team of lawyers, no matter how brilliant, could have won the case for the creationist side." <mask> was formerly a president of the Evangelical Theological Society but left the ETS in 2003, after it did not expel Clark Pinnock, who advocated open theism. <mask> also founded and was first president of The Evangelical Philosophical Society. Additionally, he was the founder and first president of the International Society of Christian Apologetics. In 1997, <mask> co-authored When Cultists Ask: A Popular Handbook on Cultic Misinterpretation. He contributed to The Counterfeit Gospel of Mormonism. In 2008, <mask> co-founded the Veritas Evangelical Seminary located in Santa Ana, California.The seminary offers master's degrees in theological studies, apologetics, biblical studies, and Divinity. <mask> served as Chancellor, Distinguished Professor of Apologetics and Theology, and occupant of the <mask><mask> Chair of Christian Apologetics. He retired from this post in May 2019. Personal
<mask> was married to Barbara Jean, and together they had six children. He died of cerebral thrombosis at a hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina on July 1, 2019, 20 days before his 87th birthday. <mask>'s funeral was held at Calvary Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. Ravi Zacharias gave the eulogy.Outline of <mask>'s apologetic system
<mask> is known first and foremost as a classical Christian apologist. Between 1970 and 1990 he participated in dozens of public debates and gained a reputation as a defender of theism, biblical miracles, the resurrection of Jesus, and the reliability of the Bible. The first attempt to publish an outline of his apologetic method showed up in an appendix of his 1990 book When Skeptics Ask. The appendix is titled "Reasoning to Christianity from Ground Zero" and in it we see a high-level view of the holistic system of classical apologetics he had been developing over the years. The first outline contained fourteen points of argument:

 There are self-evident truths (e.g., "I exist," "Logic applies to reality"). Truth corresponds to reality. Truth is knowable (all other views are self-defeating).One can proceed from self-evident truths to the existence of God. The argument from Creation (proceeds from "I exist")
 The argument from morals (proceeds from "Values are undeniable")
 The argument from design (proceeds from "Design implies a designer")
 God is a necessary Being (argument from being). My existence is not necessary (evident from the definition of a necessary Being). Therefore, theism is true (there is a necessary Being beyond the world who has created the contingent things in the world and intervenes in the world [chap. 3]). The objection from the problem of evil can be solved. The objection to miracles can be solved.The Bible is a historically reliable document. History is an objective study of the past. There is great historical, archaeological, and scientific evidence to confirm the reliability of the Bible. (Corollary: The Bible gives a reliable record of the teaching of Jesus Christ.) Jesus claimed to be both fully human and fully God. He gave evidence to support this claim. The fulfillment of prophecy
 His miraculous and sinless life
 His resurrection
 Therefore, Jesus is both fully human and fully God.Whatever God teaches is true. Jesus (God) taught that the Old Testament was the inspired Word of God and He promised the New Testament. Therefore, both the Old and New Testaments are the inspired Word of God. The overview of his system was later streamlined slightly into a 12-point schema. As of 1999, it could be summarized as follows:

 Truth about reality is knowable. Opposites cannot both be true (The Law of Noncontradiction). It is true the theistic God exists.If God exists, then miracles are possible. Miracles performed in connection with a truth claim are acts of God to confirm the truth of God through a messenger of God. The New Testament is historically reliable. As witnessed in the New Testament, Jesus claimed to be God. Jesus' claim to divinity was proven by miracles, especially the Resurrection. Therefore, Jesus is God. Because Jesus is God, whatever Jesus affirmed as true, is true.Jesus affirmed that the Bible is the Word of God. Therefore, it is true that the Bible is the Word of God and whatever is opposed to any biblical truth is false. These same twelve steps served as the framework for the chapters of the highly popular book I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist in 2004 and for <mask>'s 2012 e-book Twelve Points that Show Christianity is True. Theology
<mask> was a conservative evangelical scholar who wrote a four-volume systematic theology. He defended the full inerrancy of the Bible, being one of the co-founders and framers of the "Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy" (1978) and editor of the book Inerrancy (Zondervan, 1978). More recently, he co-authored Defending Inerrancy with William Roach (Baker, 2013). He also co-authored (with William Nix) General Introduction to the Bible (Moody Press, 1986) and From God to Us, revised (Moody, 2012).<mask> considered himself a "moderate Calvinist", as expressed in his book Chosen but Free (Harvest House, 2001) and Systematic Theology, in One Volume (Harvest House, 2012). On the Five Points of Calvinism, he believed:

Total depravity extends to the whole person but does not destroy the image of God in fallen human beings;
Election is unconditional from the standpoint of God's giving it and only one condition for humans receiving it—faith;
The atonement is unlimited in its scope—Christ died for all mankind—but limited in its application to only the elect;
Grace is irresistible on the willing but does not force the unwilling;
All those who are regenerate will, by God's grace, persevere to the end and be saved. Ethics
<mask> wrote two significant books on ethics: Christian Ethics and The Christian Love Ethic. He provided his perspective on ethical options, abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, biomedical issues, capital punishment, war, civil disobedience, sexual issues, homosexuality, marriage and divorce, ecology, animal rights, drugs, gambling, pornography, birth control, and more. Of the six major ethical systems (antinomianism, situationalism, generalism, unqualified absolutism, conflicting absolutism, and graded absolutism), <mask> advocated graded absolutism, which is a theory of moral absolutism which affirms that in moral conflicts we are obligated to perform the higher moral duty. Moral absolutism is the ethical view that certain actions are absolutely right or wrong regardless of other contexts such as their consequences or the intentions behind them. Graded absolutism is moral absolutism but clarifies that a moral absolute, like "Do not kill", can be greater or lesser than another moral absolute, like "Do not lie".Graded absolutism is also called "contextual absolutism" but is not to be confused with situational ethics. The conflict is

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 resolved in acting according to the greater absolute. That is why graded absolutism is also called the "greater good view", but is not to be confused with utilitarianism (see also prima facie right). <mask> believed the American Revolution was not justified by the standards of either the Bible or just war theory. However, he was not a pacifist, believing that defensive wars are justified but revolutions are not. Works
The following is a list of books authored, co-authored or edited by Dr. <mask>. A General Introduction to the Bible  (Moody, 1968)
 Christ the Theme of the Bible  (Moody, 1968 | Bastion Books, 2012)
 Ethics: Alternatives and Issues  (Zondervan, 1971)
 The Christian Ethic of Love (Zondervan, 1973)
 Philosophy of Religion (Zondervan, 1974)
 From God to Us  (Moody, 1974)
 * To Understand the Bible Look for Jesus (1975, reprint and retitle of Christ: The Theme of the Bible)
 Christian Apologetics  (Baker, 1976)
 A Popular Survey of the Old Testament (Baker, 1977)
 The Roots of Evil  (Zondervan, 1978) (Second edition, Zondervan, 1981)
 Inerrancy (Zondervan, 1979)
 Introduction to Philosophy: A Christian Perspective  (Baker, 1980)
 Options in Contemporary Christian Ethics  (Baker, 1981)
 Biblical Errancy: Its Philosophical Roots  (Zondervan, 1981 | Bastion Books, 2013)
 Decide for Yourself: How History Views the Bible  (Zondervan, 1982)
 The Creator in the Courtroom “Scopes II “: The 1981 Arkansas Creation-Evolution Trial (Baker, 1982)
 What Augustine Says (Baker, 1982 | Bastion Books, 2013)
 Is Man the Measure?An Evaluation of Contemporary Humanism (Baker, 1983)
 Cosmos: Carl Sagan's Religion for the Scientific Mind (Quest, 1983)
 Religion of the Force  (Quest, 1983)
 To Drink or Not to Drink: A Sober Look at the Problem (Quest, 1984)
 Perspectives: Understanding and Evaluating Today's World Views  (Here’s Life, 1984)
 Christianity Under Attack (Quest, 1985)
 False Gods of Our Time : A Defense of the Christian Faith  (Harvest House, 1985)
 A General Introduction to the Bible, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded (Moody, 1986)(Third Edition with revisions and expansion underway as of 2019 with projected publish date in 2021.) Reincarnation Sensation (Tyndale, 1986)
 Origin Science (Baker, 1987)
 Philosophy of Religion  (Expansion and Revision of #5. Baker, 1988| Bastion Books, 2021?) Signs and Wonders (Tyndale, 1988 | Bastion Books, 2019)
 * Worlds Apart : A Handbook on World Views  (Baker. Reprint and retitle of #22)
 Knowing the Truth About Creation (Servant, 1989 | Bastion Books, 2013)
 The Infiltration of the New Age  (Tyndale, 1989)
 The Battle for the Resurrection  (Thomas Nelson, 1989 | Bastion Books, 2013)
 Apologetics in the New Age  (Baker, 1990)
 Come Let Us Reason: An Introduction to Logical Thinking  (Baker, 1990)
 When Skeptics Ask: A Handbook on Christian Evidences  (Baker, 1990, 2013)
 Gambling: A Bad Bet (Fleming H. Revel, 1990 | Bastion Books, 2013)
 The Life and Death Debate  (Greenwood, 1990)
 In Defense of the Resurrection  (Quest, 1991 | Bastion Books, 2015)
 Thomas Aquinas: An Evangelical Appraisal  (Baker, 1991)
 Matters of Life and Death: Calm Answers to Tough Questions  (Baker, 1991)
 Miracles and the Modern Mind: A Defense of Biblical Miracles (Baker, 1992 | Bastion Books, 2012)
 When Critics Ask: A Handbook on Bible Difficulties (Victor, 1992)
 Answering Islam (Baker, 1993)
 Roman Catholics and Evangelicals: Agreements and Differences (Baker, 1995)
 Love is Always Right  (Word, 1996)
 Creating God in the Image of Man? (Bethany, 1997)
 When Cultists Ask  (Baker, 1997)
 The Counterfeit Gospel of Mormonism  (Harvest House, 1998)
 Legislating Morality  (Bethany, 1998)
 Baker's Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics (Baker, 1999)
 Chosen But Free : A Balanced view of God's Sovereignty and Free Will  (Bethany, 1999)
 Unshakable Foundations (Bethany, 2001)
 Why I Am a Christian : Leading Thinkers Explain Why they Believe  (Baker, 2001)
 The Battle for God: Responding to the Challenge of Neotheism  (Kregel, 2001)
 Living Loud: Defending Your Faith (Broadman & Holman, 2002)
 Answering Islam, Updated and Revised (Bethany, 2002)
 Who Made God? (Zondervan, 2003)
 Is Your Church Ready?Motivating Leaders to Live an Apologetic Life  (Zondervan, 2003)
 I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist  (Crossway, 2004)
 Systematic Theology, Vol. 1  (Bethany, 2002)
 Systematic Theology, Vol. 2  (Bethany, 2003)
 Systematic Theology, Vol. 3  (Bethany, 2004)
 Systematic Theology, Vol. 4  (Bethany, 2005)
 Bringing Your Faith to Work: Answers for Break-Room Skeptics  (Baker, 2005)
 * Correcting the Cults: Expert Responses to Their Scripture Twisting   (Baker, 2005, reprint of #….) * Why I Am a Christian : Leading Thinkers Explain why They Believe (revised for Baker, 2006)
 Integrity at Work : Finding Your Ethical Compass in a Post-Enron World  (Baker, 2007)
 Creation  and the Courts: Eighty Years of Conflict in the Classroom and the Courtroom  (Crossway, 2007)
 A Popular Survey of the New Testament (Baker, 2007)
 Love Your Neighbor: Thinking Wisely about Right and Wrong  (Crossway, 2007)
 Reasons for Faith: Making a Case for the Christian Faith  (Crossway, 2007)
 Conviction Without Compromise: Standing Strong in the Core Beliefs of the Christian Faith  (Harvest House, 2008)
 The Apologetics of Jesus: A Caring Approach to Dealing with Doubters   (Baker, 2008)
 Conversational Evangelism (Harvest House, 2008)
 Is Rome the True Church? (Crossway, 2008)
 * The Big Book of Bible Difficulties (Baker 2008, reprint of #43)
 * Making Sense of Bible Difficulties (Baker, 2009, abridgement of #43)
 Chosen But Free: A Balanced View of God's Sovereignty and Free Will  (third edition, revised and expanded, Bethany, 2010)
 Christian Ethics, Second Edition (Baker, 2010)
 If God, Why Evil?(Bethany, 2011)
 Systematic Theology in One Volume  (Bethany, 2011)
 Defending Inerrancy: Affirming the Accuracy of Scriptures for a New Generation   (Baker, 2012)(Revision and expansion underway as of 2019 by Dr. Bill Roach will include much of Norm’s thought and writings on the defense of inerrancy between 2011 and 2019.) Reasons for Belief : Easy-to-Understand Answers to 10 Essential Questions  (Bethany, 2012)
 Reasons for Belief Study Guide (Bastion Books, 2014)
 A Popular Handbook of Biblical Archaeology: Discoveries that Confirm the Reliability of Scripture   (Bethany, 2012)
 The Big Book of Christian Apologetics   (Baker, 2012) (Minor revision of The Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics)
 * Christian Apologetics  (revised, Baker, 2012)
 Twelve Points that Show Christianity is True  (NGIM, 2012)
 Explaining Biblical Inerrancy: The Chicago Statements on Biblical Inerrancy, Hermeneutics, and Application with Official ICBI Commentary (Bastion Books, 2013)
 * The Christian Ethic of Love (2012, a minor revision of #4)
 From God to Us (Moody, 2012) (a major revision and update of #6 with some additions from #25.) Is the Pope Infallible: A Look at the Evidence  (Bastion Books, 2012)
 * The Roots of Evil , Third Edition (Bastion Books, 2013. A Minor revision of #4)
 Should Believers Make Ashes of Themselves? Cremation, the Burning Question  (Bastion, 2013)
 * Should Old Aquinas Be Forgotten? (Bastion Books, 2013. Revision and expansion of #37)
 The Atheist's Fatal Flaw  (Baker, 2014)
 The Jesus Quest: the Danger from Within  (Xulon, 2014)
 The Bible's Answer to 100 of Life's Biggest Questions  (Baker, 2015)
 The Shack: Helpful or Hurtful?(Bastion Books, 2011)
 Teacher's Guide to Twelve Points That Show Christianity is True (NGIM, 2012). Beware of Philosophy  (Bastion Books, 2012)
 A History of Western Philosophy: Vol 1: Ancient and Medieval  (Bastion Books, 2012)
 A History of Western Philosophy: Vol 2: Modern and Contemporary  (Bastion Books, 2012)
 * A Handbook on World Views: A Catalogue for Worldview Shoppers  (Bastion Books, 2013) (A minor revision of Worlds Apart)
 * Biblical Inerrancy: The Historical Evidence  (Bastion Books, 2013)(A minor Revision of #15)
 * What in Cremation is Going On? 1 (1964-1979) | Vol. 2 (19xx-19xx)| Vol. 3 (19xx-19xx)| Vol. 4 (19xx-19xx)| Vol. 5 (19xx-19xx)
 *Conviction without Compromise: Standing Strong in the Core Beliefs of the Christian Faith (NGIM.org, 2021)(An unrevised republishing of #73)
 Is Man the Measure?An Evaluation of Contemporary Humanism and Transhumanism (Bastion Books, 2021? – Forthcoming)(A major update to and expansion of #18)

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title: Chester Barnes

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George "<mask>" <mask> (27 January 1947 – 18 March 2021) was an English table tennis champion, who was England No. 1 player for many years during the 1960s and 1970s. When he retired from professional table tennis he took up a post with the Martin Pipe racing stables as an assistant to the racehorse trainer. Early life

<mask> was born in a maternity home in Forest Gate, Greater London, on 27 January 1947. When he was about a year old his family moved to live on a farm near Basingstoke, Hampshire. <mask>' family also lived for a short period on a farm in Whitley Wood near Reading. In his autobiography, More Than A Match, <mask> sets out the details of how he came to be known as '<mask>'.His father was listening to the radio at the time of his birth when he was asked by the matron of the maternity home what Christian name he was going to be called by. The programme playing on the radio at the time was the <mask> Show, and his father replied: "We'll call him <mask>." The book then goes on to say that <mask> was never actually christened with the name <mask> although he was called by this name by both family and friends and has never been known as George. Early career
At the age of 10 he joined Len Hoffman's Youth Club, close to Godwin Road School, which he attended. Whilst at the school he was selected for the swimming, athletics and cricket teams, and at first had no interest in table tennis. In his autobiography, he states that he first picked up a table tennis bat when visiting a snooker hall with an uncle. He was stopped from playing snooker because the manager at the club felt he was too short and he couldn't see over the table.His uncle, rather than disappoint him, said they could play a game of table tennis instead. It was on this occasion that he picked up a table tennis bat for the first time and realised that there was a lot of skill required to play it well. At the age of 11 he started his secondary education at the Forest Gate County High School. Because of his interest in cricket, he was invited to attend the Essex County Cricket Club Training School in Ilford where Barry Knight was the resident cricket coach. It was the experience of having a very fast ball bowled to him by Barry Knight that led him to realise that his sporting future did not lie in cricket, because he felt that it was too dangerous. In his autobiography he says he was never really a 'team' player, so table tennis was more suited to his personal sporting ambitions. During the school summer holidays in 1959, at the age of 12, he took his first step towards becoming a serious table tennis player, when the Len Hoffman Youth Club took a group of boys to Butlin's holiday camp in Clacton.While the other boys in the group tried other activities, he stayed in the table tennis hall, where that he received coaching from Harry Venner, who was the resident coach and an England international at the time. Because he showed a lot of enthusiasm for the game and because of his rapid progress in learning how to play, Venner nominated him for 'Boy of the week' prize, a competition that was sponsored by the News of the World newspaper. Winning this prize meant that he could return later in the summer season for a free week's holiday to receive more coaching. This also gave him the opportunity to be coached by the England No. 1 at the time, Ian Harrison of Gloucestershire. The following year, <mask> again went on holiday with his family to Butlin's, at their Bognor Regis holiday camp. Despite having to compete with the two top England junior boys at the time, Maurice Billington of Warwickshire and Brian Hill from Lincolnshire, he was once again awarded the coveted News of the World 'Boy of the Week' prize, presented by Johnny Leach, the former table tennis World champion.In 1963, aged 16, <mask> became the youngest ever winner of the English Closed Table Tennis Championships. He retained the title for three consecutive years, by winning the competition in 1964 and 1965. At the start of the season of 1963/64 in September, <mask> was ranked at No. 3 in the English senior rankings and at No. 1 in the junior rankings. The top two positions in the English rankings were occupied by Harrison and Bryan Merrett, both of Gloucestershire. Harrison had been the England No.1 for the previous four seasons. <mask> successfully defended the English Closed title that he had won the previous year in 1963 and, in early January 1964, when the ETTA published the new English rankings, his reward was to be promoted to the No. 1 spot for the first time in his career. At this time <mask> was still three weeks short of his 17th birthday. Harrison and <mask> became good friends and fierce competitors. They teamed up on many occasions for exhibition matches, the most notable of which was on the BBC live Saturday afternoon flagship sports programme, Grandstand, when they were due to play an international match against the east German national team. Because the German team were delayed in reaching the venue the two top England players put on an exhibition match instead.This match was watched by millions of viewers and did a great deal to lift the profile of English table tennis at the time. Later career
In the course of his table tennis career, <mask> won many tournaments at junior and senior levels of the game around the UK, and also at national and international level. He was a top-ranked player in the world rankings at a time when the men's game was dominated by the Japanese, Chinese, and top European countries, notably Sweden, Yugoslavia and Germany. He was also an exceptional doubles player and played with many of the top men and women players of his day, winning numerous men's and mixed doubles titles. He played on numerous occasions for his county of Essex at the top level of the game, helping them to win the national English county table tennis league on several occasions. He represented England as an international on many occasions and played regularly in the Swaythling Cup, the table tennis equivalent of the Davis Cup. <mask> won the English Closed five times, and turned professional in 1975.The footballer, George Best, was a notable sportsman who had business and work interests outside his sport and, despite his amateur status as a table tennis player, <mask> too was making money from modelling and having sports equipment branded with his name. During his amateur career he both attracted and courted controversy. He used a unique square racket, which also catered for his preference for a bat that was heavier than a normal bat. He was one of the earliest British players to adopt the topspin attack style used by the best European and Asian players, along with the smooth reverse rubber used on the new rackets. Because of an old rule forbidding the use of reflective surfaces, this occasionally resulted in disqualification if the rubber became shiny in use. <mask> was regarded as an anti-establishment figure in the world of table tennis, in keeping with the trends of the time, and was frequently in trouble with the English Table Tennis Association, whom he saw as too conservative and even a clique that did not look after the best interests of the players. In his autobiography he described an incident where he issued a public ultimatum to the association to name him the No.1 English player, having already been told behind the scenes that this would happen. The resulting publicity only helped to further his career and bring him more notoriety. Horse Racing career
<mask> later became assistant trainer to Martin Pipe, the British National Hunt trainer who modernised training methods, in much the same way - and sometimes courting the same controversy - as <mask> had in table tennis. He was a key player in helping the handler win the UK Trainers' title on fifteen occasions between 1988 and 2005, running Pipe's telephone tipster line and later producing a daily blog, 'Chester's Chat'. Pipe described him as "the heart and soul of our team". Death
He died on 18 March 2021 from a heart attack. <mask> is survived by his wife Jane,  son Lester and daughter Joanne.Works

More Than a Match (Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd., 1969)
Modern Table Tennis Tactics (1973)
Table Tennis (1975)
Advanced Table Tennis Tactics (1975)

See also
 List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships

References

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title: Chris Walker (motorcyclist)

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<mask> (born 25 March 1972 in Nottingham) is a British motorcycle road racer and former scrambler with the nickname The Stalker. He is a four-time runner-up in the British Superbike Championship, and a former race winner in the Superbike World Championship. For the 2015 season <mask> signed for Tommy Hill's Be Wiser Kawasaki Team aboard a Kawasaki ZX-10R in the British Superbike Championship, following his 2014 season with Lloyds British GBmoto squad. Team manager Hill left in August, 2015, and the team folded in September, leaving <mask> without a ride for the final two race meetings of the season. In early 2016, <mask> announced he would no longer participate in superbikes, instead switching to the British Sidecar Championship, initially with a two-year contract. With no previous experience, <mask> stated he was excited by the future opportunities. Like Formula One legend Ayrton Senna, <mask> developed Bell's Palsy in 2002 which paralysed part of his face.He lists his determination as his best feature, and his love of puddings as his worst. He usually races #9. He returned to the grid in 2021 taking on the Ducati TriOptions Cup. Early years and British Superbike Championship 1995–2000
<mask> only started road racing in 1995 after many years as an accomplished motocross rider, but by the end of that year and into 1996 he rose through the ranks with ease and had ridden in Grands Prix and scored points. In 1997 he challenged for the prestigious British Superbike championship with Yamaha, finishing as runner-up to experienced team-mate Niall Mackenzie. He switched to Kawasaki for 1998, winning in the season’s first race, before it became clear that the Yamahas of Mackenzie and Steve Hislop were the bikes to beat. Injury to Hislop allowed <mask> to take 2nd in the series again, a feat he repeated behind Troy Bayliss’ Ducati in 1999.He came agonisingly close to the 2000 title, when an engine failure in his Suzuki took him out of a winning position with just three laps remaining of the final race at Donington Park, leaving <mask> in tears and gifting the title to GSE Ducati’s Neil Hodgson. He did however take a second place at Brands Hatch in the World Superbike round that year, the best of his many wild card entries in the UK rounds (and occasionally Assen in the Netherlands) over the years. 500 cc World Championship 2001 and World Superbikes 2002–2006
<mask> made an attempt at the 500 cc World Championship in 2001. He predicted that "For me it's going to be the toughest year ever", which proved accurate, as the factory Shell-sponsored Honda was hard to ride and forced <mask> to override, resulting in many huge crashes. In , he moved to the Superbike World Championship, initially with the Fuchs Kawasaki team. <mask> placed 6th in the championship for GSE Ducati in , and 11th for Carl Fogarty's Foggy Petronas team in , respectively teamed with James Toseland and Troy Corser (both of whom won the title the next season, Toseland riding the  Fila Ducati to success and Corser the Alstare Suzuki in ). In , he joined the PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse team, proving to be the most consistent Kawasaki rider in terms of pace and results, securing one podium finish (3rd place, round 6 at Valencia) and finishing 7th place overall.saw <mask> teamed up with Frenchman Régis Laconi and Spain's Fonsi Nieto on a Kawasaki Europe backed ZX-10R for PSG. <mask> secured his maiden Superbike World Championship race win on 3 September 2006 in Race 1 at Assen, Netherlands in his 131st race. Starting the race in 13th position, and dropping to 26th position at the first corner following an excursion onto the grass, <mask> braved the torrential rain and a high rate of attrition to win in a time of 44 minutes, 23.501 seconds. He came 9th overall in the championship, 19 points ahead of Nieto as the highest Kawasaki. Despite his finishing position, <mask> was subsequently dropped by PSG for the  season, while Kawasaki still supported PSG as an official factory team. Return to the British Superbike Championship 2007

<mask> initially struggled on the Rizla Suzuki in the British Superbike championship, occasionally outpaced by rookie team-mate Cal Crutchlow. When Neil Hodgson tested the bike some speculated that <mask>'s ride was under threat.The team insisted it wasn't, and at Oulton Park he took third in race one, in tricky conditions which saw many top riders (such as Jonathan Rea, Gregorio Lavilla and Tom Sykes) crash out. This was only his second podium of the season. His points tally for the year was 225, comparing favourably to his team-mate's 152. World Supersport 2008
He was not retained for 2008, but raced in the Supersport World Championship for the very first time in and , for the GIL Kawasaki team alongside teammate Katsuaki Fujiwara. However, the bike was not competitive, and he switched to the Paul Bird VK Vent-Axia team in World Superbikes for the final five rounds of the season. He opened with minor points at Brands Hatch, but crashed twice at Donington Park. British Superbike Championship 2009–2013
For 2009 he was optimistic of a top British Superbike Championship ride, as all the established good riders are gone.He ultimately joined the Henderson Yamaha team, but struggled for much of the year. He was competitive in race 1 at Mallory Park until chaos and controversy struck. He was running second when Josh Brookes lost control of his bike and catapulted race leader Simon Andrews, dropping oil from Brookes' Honda. <mask> was one of five other riders who either crashed or downed their bikes to avoid crashing. The red flag was shown, but these seven riders were excluded from the results, due to an unexpected application of the rules. Brookes received a two-race ban for his mistake. For 2010 <mask> was released by the Motorpoint Henderson Yamaha.It looked like he would not be racing in 2010, but he arranged a deal wirh  on a privately run Suzuki tuned by former BSB rider Ray Stringer just a week before the opening round. After 2 races <mask> was offered a ride in the MSS Kawasaki team when Simon Andrews was injured in a crash while guesting in World Superbikes. He returned to the Suzuki once Andrews was fit again, but raced for SMT Honda at Snetterton, scoring the team's best 2010 results of two sevenths and an eleventh in the process

During 2011 and 2012 <mask> rode for Pr1mo Bournemouth Kawasaki, and for 2013 he rode with Quattro Plant Kawasaki. British Superbike Championship 2014 and 2015
After a season with Lloyds British GBmoto on a Kawasaki ZX-10R, for 2015 <mask> changed to Be Wiser Kawasaki Team, again riding a ZX-10R, for a team owned by Alan Greig, having Be Wiser Insurance as main sponsor and part-sponsored by Dickies industrial clothing. As the oldest rider competing in British Superbikes, <mask>'s extensive experience with superbike machines and Kawasaki makes him ideal as lead-rider to develop the new squad, partnered by Danny Buchan, fresh from his 2014 success as Pirelli National Superstock 1000 Champion. Former BSB rider and 2012 Champion Tommy Hill was team-manager, making his return to racing after three years' absence developing his graphic design business. Hill left in August, 2015, and the team folded in September, leaving <mask> without a ride for the final two race meetings of the season.British Sidecar Championship 2016
<mask> competed in the 2016 British Sidecar Championship with 2012 World Sidecar Champion passenger Ashley Hawes in the chair. With over 6 podium finishes already this year and a 100% race finish record, <mask> and Ashley lie a comfortable 4th in the championship with only 4 races remaining. British Superbike Championship 2017
According to an article by Oli Rushby on Motorcycle News.com, <mask> sustained injuries during the "eight round of the 2017 MCE British Superbike Championship at Cadwell Park after a nasty crash in Friday’s Sidecar session." Rushby went on to report that "[t]he multiple BSB runner-up crashed his Kawasaki-powered Santander Salt outfit at Mansfield and was taken to hospital with suspected back injuries", before being "confirmed he sustained a break to his T4 vertebrae... as well as a broken nose." 2019
<mask> is planning on participating in the Hyundai Construction British Sidecar Championship with TAG Racing with the support of team-mate <mask>. Personal life
<mask>' father John was the proprietor of John Walker Superbikes, a retail motorcycle dealership in Langley Mill, Nottingham, which also owned Fox's Kawasaki in Mapperley, Nottingham, and Wraggs Motorcycles in Mansfield. <mask> lives in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, and also runs a Ducati & Kawasaki dealership Chris Walker Motorcycles in Grantham www.chriswalkermotorcycles.com

Career statistics
Stats correct as of 9 July 2012

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Superbike World Championship

Supersport World Championship

References

External links
 Personal Website
Column by <mask> from 2002
<mask> full profile

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