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<mask> is a writer, advocate, and social entrepreneur. <mask> is known for writing The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez, a magical realism novel which received critical acclaim and literary awards. In 2014, <mask> authored Seven for the Revolution, a book that explores the "hard lives of Latinos and the fraught relations between their native and adoptive countries." The book won Best Popular Fiction–English and Best First Book in Fiction at the 2014 International Latino Book Awards. <mask> is also a regular special contributor to CNN and co-founder of Interlex, an advertising and marketing agency whose work is focused on "public sector, non-profit, and socially conscientious marketing for multicultural audiences." Interlex is one of the 50 largest U.S. Hispanic advertising agencies, according to AdAge. Early life
<mask> was born in Brownsville, Texas, a bilingual and multicultural city along the border of Mexico.His parents, Rodolfo <mask> and Lilia Zolezzi <mask>, were Mexican immigrants. After graduating from St. Joseph Academy in 1986, <mask> went on to Harvard University. He graduated from Harvard with a bachelor's degree in government and a master's degree in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government. While at Harvard, <mask> participated in Raza, Harvard's Chicano students organization. He was also part of Harvard's Undergraduate Council. Career
In 1995, <mask> co-founded Interlex with his wife Heather in San Antonio, Texas. Interlex is an advocacy and cause-related advertising and marketing firm that has worked with clients such as the Pan American Development Foundation, Tracfone Wireless’ SafeLink brand, American Express, Texas Department of Transportation, AARP, American Heart Association and Center for Science in the Public Interest.Interlex is one of the 50 largest U.S. Hispanic advertising agencies. <mask> is the president and chief executive officer of the firm. Interlex acquired Californian advertising agency SenaReider in 2012. SenaReider was relocated to San Antonio and spun off from Interlex in 2013. <mask> is SenaReider's CEO. Literary career
<mask>'s first works were published in literary publications while he attended Harvard. His first book, ¡Adelante!, was published in 2003 by Random House.<mask> also wrote an essay covering stereotypes and eating disorders called "Ghost of Gordolfo Gelatino," which was published in the book Going Hungry. In 2014, <mask> authored Seven for the Revolution, a collection of short stories about the experiences of seven characters as they immigrate to the United States. The book was named as one of "The Top Ten Fiction Books by Latino Authors for 2014," and received four prizes at the 2014 International Latino Book Awards, along with another three awards at the Latino Books Into Movies Awards including first place in the Action & Adventure category. <mask>'s fiction writing has also appeared in literary journals such as the Pushcart Prize-winning Ninth Letter. In 2017, <mask> was awarded the Gulf Coast Prize for fiction. During the Fall of 2018, the Notre Dame Review published <mask>’s short story, “Vexing Gifts.” Reviewed as “vivid” and “palpable,” the magical realism satire is highly critical of President Trump’s border and immigration policies. In December 2018 it was announced that Blackstone Publishing signed a multi-book contract with <mask> Ramirez, explores “not just the physical border between two countries, but borders between life and death … and past and present.”

In 2019, New Texas, a Journal of Literature and Culture, published two of <mask>’s short stories, “Ports of Entry” and “The Limes.” The stories are both installments in a border bildungsroman <mask> is writing. In 2020, <mask>’s short story, “The Limes,” originally published in New Texas, was named a Finalist for the Texas Institute of Letters’ Kay Cattarulla Best Short Story Award. Also, his short story, “Oblivious,” was selected – and published – as a Finalist for the Texas Observer Annual Short Story Award. In September 2020, his novel, The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez, was released by Blackstone Publishing. The novel won two Gold Medals at the 2021 International Latino Book Awards. Advocacy
As an advocate, <mask> has regularly contributed to CNN on issues such as comprehensive immigration reform, and tighter regulation and taxes on sugary drinks and unhealthy foods. He served on the Board of Directors of Center for Science in the Public Interest, a leading non-profit nutrition advocacy group based in Washington, D.C.He was also the founding editor of RedBrownandBlue.com, a multicultural political commentary website. Bibliography
¡ADELANTE! : una guía personal del éxito para usted y su familia (2003) – A guide for success for immigrants. Going Hungry: writers on desire, self-denial, and overcoming anorexia (2008) (Contributor) – A collection of essays about anorexia. Seven for the Revolution (2014) – A series of short stories that explore the lives of Latinos in America. Winner of Best Popular Fiction–English and Best First Book in Fiction at the 2014 International Latino Book Awards. Also won second place Most Inspirational Fiction Book and Honorable Mention Best Cover Design.According to Kirkus Reviews, the book contains "[w]ell-executed stories that offer fresh perspectives on long-standing societal problems." The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez: A Novel (2020) – A novel, largely inspired by the stories of <mask>'s father, about a son of immigrants in a border town during the 1950s. The American Library Association’s Booklist named it one of the Ten Best Debut Novels of 2020. In February 2021, it was longlisted for the Reading the West Book Awards. It was also named a Finalist for the 2021 Spur Award for Best Contemporary Novel by the Western Writers of America. The novel won two Gold Medals at the 2021 International Latino Book Awards: the Rudolfo Anaya Best Latino Focused Fiction Book and Best Audiobook. Valley of Shadows (2022) – A magical realism novel set in West Texas in the 1880’s.It is scheduled for release in September 2022 by Blackstone Publishing. External links
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<mask> (born September 17, 1982) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and Washington Nationals. Amateur career
<mask> attended Wellington High School in Wellington, Florida. He was also a part of the 1999 State Champions. Professional career

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<mask> was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first round in 2000 Major League Baseball Draft. Known for his change-up, remarkable control, presence, and a low-90s fastball. <mask> was the Pirates Minor League Pitcher of the Year in 2001 and 2002, and 2002 Carolina League Pitcher of the Year.Baseball America named him the Carolina League's #1 prospect, and the Pirates #2 prospect. Baseball America after 2002: “<mask> was anointed as the Hillcats' ace--and he rarely disappointed. A left-hander with a 91 mph fastball and the league's best changeup, he did his part to help create a winning attitude on the field. Batters found it difficult to drive the ball in the air against him because he pitches down in the strike zone.”  His velocity improved in 2002, hitting . His changeup is his best pitch, he also has a good slider. Knowles: “He needs to improve his breaking ball, he makes a lot of mistakes with it, but he throws enough strikes with his other pitches that he gets by with it.”

After sporting a 14–6 record with the Double-A Altoona Curve in 2003, <mask> advanced to the Triple-A Nashville Sounds for 2004. He was recalled by the Pirates, and made his major league debut on May 30, 2004, against the Chicago Cubs.<mask> pitched five solid innings, allowing only one run, but did not get a decision in the game. He finished the 2004 season with a 5–5 record and a 5.02 ERA. <mask> missed the entire 2005 campaign with shoulder and elbow problems which eventually culminated in surgery. He spent the 2006 and 2007 seasons with the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians. After a stellar 2008 spring training, <mask> was returned to Triple-A, as the Pirates decided to keep Rule 5 pitcher Evan Meek in his place. Meek was designated for assignment on May 4, 2008, and <mask> was recalled to take his place. <mask> made his first major league appearance since August 21, 2004 on May 6, 2008 against the San Francisco Giants.He allowed 2 runs in  of an inning. Said <mask> of his return: "Honestly, it might have been more nerve-racking than my debut because my debut came so easy. It was such an easy road coming up through the Minor Leagues. This one was so much more hard work, and harder to get here, and a lot more time." <mask> had a 4.54 earned run average (ERA) in  innings pitched for the Pirates from 2004-2009. Washington Nationals
On June 30, 2009 the Pirates traded <mask> along with Nyjer Morgan to the Washington Nationals for Lastings Milledge and Joel Hanrahan. <mask> had a 2.98 ERA in 145 innings pitched for the Nationals from 2009-2011.In 2012, <mask> went 1–2 with 2 saves and a 2.38 ERA with 56.2 innings in 70 appearances. On November 1, <mask> declined his half of a 2013 mutual option worth $3.5 million. Since the Nationals exercised their half, <mask> wasn't paid a $250K buyout. Los Angeles Angels
On December 5, 2012, <mask> agreed to a two-year, $9.5 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, pending a physical examination. The contract became official on December 12. On August 7, 2013, <mask> underwent elbow surgery and it prematurely ended his 2013 season. After being almost a full year out, <mask> came back to pitch for the Angels in May 2014; after 3 appearances, <mask> was placed back on the DL.After an MRI, it was revealed <mask> had a torn UCL, ending his 2014 season. The Angels declined his 2015 option on October 30, making him a free agent. Return to Washington
On November 16, 2015, <mask> signed a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals. While <mask> did not allow a run during spring training, he was informed on April 1, 2016, that he had not made the team. He chose to exercise an opt-out clause in his contract and become a free agent. Los Angeles Dodgers
<mask> agreed to a minor league deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 9, 2016. Atlanta Braves
On May 2, 2016, <mask> opted out of his deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers and signed a minor league deal with the Atlanta Braves.He opted out of his contract and became a free agent on May 20, 2016. Minnesota Twins
On May 23, 2016, <mask> signed a minor-league deal with the Minnesota Twins. Third stint with <mask> was acquired by the Washington Nationals for cash considerations on August 19, 2016, moving from the Twins' Class-AAA affiliate, the Rochester Red Wings, to the Nationals' affiliate, the Syracuse Chiefs. His contract was purchased from Syracuse by the Nationals on September 2, 2016, and he made his first major league appearance since 2014 the following day, coming out of the Nationals' bullpen in a game against the division rival New York Mets at Citi Field. He faced one batter, Curtis Granderson, and retired him on a lineout. Philadelphia Phillies
On December 10, 2016, <mask> signed a minor league contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. He was released on March 26, 2017.Miami Marlins
On March 13, 2018, <mask> signed a minor league contract with the Miami Marlins. He was released on June 18, 2018. New York Mets
On February 7, 2019, <mask> signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets. Retirement
On May 26, 2019, <mask> retired from professional baseball. References

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<mask> is an African-American scholar, author and blogger. His research and scholarly writing focuses on social injustices impacting African Americans and other marginalized groups in the US. His work includes the study and impact of race on US health care, the practice of white parents adopting black and biracial children, religion, sports, politics and other pertinent subject matters of present time. <mask>'s most known work is the 2004 book, Black and Mormon, a book-length anthology exploring black Mormons and their place in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since the 1978 priesthood revelation that lifted the ban on blacks holding priesthood in the church. His most recent book, When Race, Religion and Sport Collide: Black athletes at BYU and Beyond, explores African American male student-athletes through the medium of sport in the era of the Black Lives Matter movement. Early life and education
<mask> was born in Nashville, Tennessee, but his formative years were split between Los Angeles and Nashville. As a child, he followed the Baptist faith along with his family.As a teenager, however, <mask> began to question his faith. When he was 15, he met a black member of the LDS Church who briefly introduced him to Mormonism. A short time later, <mask> had an unrelated encounter when two Mormon missionaries came to the <mask> residence and further broadened his understanding of the religion. He felt that his questions about religion were better answered through Mormonism. <mask> converted from the Baptist faith to Mormonism in 1981. He later went on to serve a mission for the LDS Church in Lansing, Michigan. After graduating from Antioch High School in Nashville, he began his collegiate studies at the LDS Church-owned BYU-Idaho (formerly known as Ricks College).During his time at Ricks, <mask> served one year in the regular Army, training as an Army photographer. He later transferred his undergraduate training to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City where he completed his Bachelor Degree in Behavioral Science and Health in 1994. Career and further education
<mask> completed the physician assistant training program from the University of Utah School of Medicine in 1996. In the late 1990s, he started teaching college students. While continuing to practice as a certified PA, <mask> taught courses at universities in and around the Salt Lake valley, including the Brigham Young University, Utah Valley University and the University of Utah. It was while working as a PA student at the BYU Sports Medicine facility in Provo, Utah that he enrolled in the Masters of Educational Leadership at the BYU. He completed his M.Ed.in 2000. Two years later, he enrolled in the University of Utah’s Education, Culture, and Society doctoral program. <mask> continued to teach at BYU until 2006, when his contract was not renewed. In May 2010, <mask> received his Ph.D. from University of Utah. The winter, he joined the faculty at Wichita State University as an assistant professor in the Physician Assistant Program. He left Wichita State University in mid 2012 and pursued his work on When Race, Religion and Sport Collide. By April 2013, he relocated to Memphis, Tennessee to join the staff at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center as an assistant professor.<mask>'s research focus includes issues of social inequality, stress, racism, discrimination, income inequality, disparities in higher education and health-related inequalities that African Americans withstand. He studies and writes about the emotional toll of being a racialized minority in a white supremacist nation and the impact it has on physical and mental well being. His articles have been featured in numerous academic journals. Additionally, his work has appeared in Adoption Today, Religion Dispatches, Deadspin, and Your Black World, and he also published op-ed pieces in The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune. He is a regular blogger for Huffington Post, where he uses social media as a platform to advocate for social change. He has written widely from urban street culture to pop culture. <mask>'s most successful post explored the appropriation of black music by Justin Bieber’s rise to stardom.<mask> has also written about the Ferguson Riots, which began shortly after the death of Michael Brown that sparked a national outcry against police brutality against young unarmed black men and woman. Books
<mask> co-edited the book, Black and Mormon, a book-length anthology exploring black Mormons and their place in the LDS Church since the 1978 priesthood revelation. It was published in 2004. The book received positive reviews. Publishers Weekly wrote that it is "one of the most far-reaching studies of black Mormons to date" and that it is "an outstanding series of essays on the problems of racism among the Mormons and the exclusion of African American men from the priesthood of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." He co-authored the 2011 book, White Parents, Black Children: Experiencing Transracial Adoption that explains the issue of race in transracial adoptions—particularly the adoption of black and biracial children by white adopting parents. The book argues that racism remains a significant problem for transracial adoptees.Choice Magazine recommended the book and called it "an important read for all parents, practitioners, and pundits in the field [of adoption]." Social Forces wrote that “... the book will surely serve as a valuable resource for parents to help them understand that when forming a family across the color line, love is not enough." In 2016, he wrote When Race, Religion, and Sports Collide: Black Athletes at BYU and Beyond to critical acclaim. The book tells the story of Brandon Davies’ dismissal from Brigham Young University’s NCAA playoff basketball team. It illustrates the intersection of sport, race and religion at BYU. <mask> also examines athlete's dismissed through honor code violations at BYU, indicating that they are mostly African American. While reviewing the book on Mormon Stories, John Dehlin wrote that "I want to highlight this amazing book .. . [It] is a really fascinating read . . . I can’t plug this book enough and tell everybody they need to read it." Choice Magazine reviewed the book and wrote that "Arguing that the close and complex relationship between race and religion can be uncovered through sports, <mask> does a masterful job of weaving together critical race theory, US religious history, and sports to examine institutionalized racism in intercollegiate athletics." Bibliography
Black and Mormon. (2006). White Parents, Black Children: Experiencing Transracial Adoption.(2011). Social Inequality and Social Justice in Medicine. (2012). When Race, Religion, and Sports Collide: Black Athletes at BYU and Beyond. (2016). References

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<mask> (; born 30 September 1959), is a Honduran politician who is the 56th president of Honduras. She took office on 27 January 2022. She is the country's first female president, as well as the first president not to be a member of either the Liberal Party or the National Party since democracy was restored in 1982. <mask> has represented the left-wing Libre Party in the 2013, 2017 and 2021 Honduran general elections, running as the party's candidate for president of Honduras in 2013 and 2021, and for vice president of Honduras in 2017 – as Salvador Nasralla's running mate. As the country's former first lady, she was a leader of the movement resisting the 2009 coup d'état against her husband Manuel Zelaya, who was the president between 2006 and 2009. <mask> was elected president of Honduras in the 2021 Honduran general election. Early life
The second of five children, <mask> attended primary and secondary school in Tegucigalpa at the San José del Carmen Institute and the María Auxiliadora Institute.Following, she earned a degree in business administration without attending university. In January 1976, <mask> married Manuel Zelaya. Immediately after the wedding, they made their home in Catacamas, Olancho. <mask> played an active part in the Association of Spouses of Members of the Rotary Club of Catacamas, as well as the activities developed within the group to take care of children in need in the Olancho department. She took part in the creation of the Centro de Cuidado Diurno para Niños en Catacamas (Children's Daily Care Center in Catacamas), with the aim of offering assistance to single-parent families led by women, including through the creation of projects of basic cleaning, sowing of vegetables, and floriculture as important projects of job development. Political career

In Catacamas, <mask> organized the women's branch of the Liberal Party of Honduras and conducted a strong campaign in favor of her husband in the internal elections of February 2005, an occasion in which she was in charge of sub-political coordination of Catacamas. As First Lady of Honduras, <mask> was in charge of social development programs, and she worked with the United Nations in coalition with other first ladies to address issues faced by women with HIV.Following the removal of her husband in the 28 June 2009 coup d'état, <mask> led the movement resisting the coup d'état, repeatedly joining thousands of Hondurans in the streets calling for Zelaya's return. This movement became known as the National Front of Popular Resistance (FNRP) and formed the basis for the political party Libre. <mask> joined her husband in the Brazilian embassy, where he had taken refuge after returning to Honduras before reaching a negotiation with the de facto regime. Presidential campaigns

2013
On 1 July 2012, <mask> officially launched her presidential campaign at an event in the department of Santa Barbara. She then won her party's primary on 18 November 2012, and on 16 June 2013, <mask> was officially chosen to represent Libre in the 2013 presidential election. <mask> expressed opposition to neoliberalism and the militarization of society, and she campaigned for a constituent assembly to write a new constitution. Leading up to the election, <mask> was first in the polls among all eight candidates during the months of March through October.However, in the final poll before the election, <mask> fell to second place, behind the President of the National Congress, Juan Orlando Hernández of the National Party of Honduras. <mask> and Hernández were widely seen as the two leading candidates going into the election. <mask> came in second behind Hernández with 896,498 votes (28.78%) to Hernández's 1,149,302 (36.89%). Even though she didn't win the presidency, she was widely seen as provoking a rupture in Honduras's bipartite system, as the support for her Libre party eclipsed that of the Liberal Party, with Libre winning the second most seats in Congress. 2017

For the 2017 presidential election, <mask> again sought to be Libre's nominee. She easily won the primary, but when Libre formed an alliance with the Innovation and Unity Party, she agreed to step aside and let Salvador Nasralla lead the alliance's presidential ticket. 2021
<mask> was chosen as the 2021 presidential candidate for Libre and represented her political party in the 2021 Honduran general election.Salvador Nasralla, a presidential candidate for the Savior Party, later dropped out and became <mask>'s running mate. Polls showed a tight race between <mask> and her right-wing opponent Nasry Asfura, of the incumbent National Party, a two-term mayor plagued by allegations of corruption. During her presidential campaign, she suggested the diplomatic recognition of the People's Republic of China in Beijing over the Republic of China on Taiwan (see One-China policy), the establishment of an anti-corruption commission backed by the United Nations similar the one active in Guatemala and an update to the Honduran Constitution. <mask> has proposed a constituent assembly to rewrite the Constitution of Honduras. She has also suggested easing the country's complete prohibition of abortion, under limited circumstances. Following the release of the preliminary results of the election, <mask> declared victory, and was described by international media as the apparent victor of the election, pending full results. On 30 November, Asfura's party conceded defeat.He then met with <mask> and congratulated her. <mask> became Honduras' first female president on 27 January 2022. 2022 congressional leadership dispute

Before the 2021 election, <mask> had promised Salvador Nasralla that his Savior party would hold the leadership of the national congress should they win the election. This promise was one of the conditions that persuaded Nasralla to end his presidential campaign and join <mask>’s. However, on 21 January 2022, 20 deputies from Libre refused to follow suit. They voted for Libre deputy Jorge Cálix to be the congressional president. The rest of the Libre deputies and allied parties voted for Luis Redondo of the Savior party.A fight then broke out on the floor of Congress, and <mask> refused to recognise Cálix's election. She subsequently denounced the 20 deputies (two of whom later retracted their support for Cálix) as "traitors" and expelled 18 from Libre. The following evening <mask> held a vigil with Libre supporters outside congress; she stated that the purpose of the event was "...to prevent the kidnapping of the National Congress and to reject the bipartisanship led by the dictator Juan Orlando Hernández with the direct complicity of a few traitorous deputies, elected by the people under our banner". The dispute ended when Calíx and the expelled Libre deputies agreed to support Redondo. <mask> subsequently had their party membership restored. Presidency (2022–present)

<mask> was inaugurated as president on 27 January 2022. She was sworn in at a soccer stadium in Tegucigalpa, with thousands of individuals present.Among the attendees were King of Spain Felipe VI, Vice President of Taiwan, Lai Ching-te, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, Vice President of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Vice President of Cuba Salvador Valdés Mesa and President of Costa Rica Carlos Alvarado Quesada. <mask> is the first female President of Honduras and the first to not be a member of the National or Liberal parties since the restoration of democracy in 1982. During her inaugural address, <mask> said, "the economic catastrophe that I'm inheriting is unparalleled in the history of our country." She also promised to combat corruption and inequality which she said was 'rampant' during the rule of the previous National government. Economic policy
<mask>, in her inaugural speech vowed to re-found a socialist and democratic state, stating she had a duty to restore an economic system based upon transparency, efficiency of production, social justice in the distribution of wealth and in national income, and that her vision of her world puts the human being before the rules of the market. Energy
In a bid to combat poverty, <mask> announced during her inauguration that the poorest families in Honduras; those that consume under 150kWh per month of electricity, will no longer pay electricity bills, and that the additional cost of this policy will be paid for by the biggest consumers assuming an extra charge on their bills. In addition, <mask> also announced that her government would send a decree to the National Congress of Honduras to achieve a fuel subsidy, and vowed no more concessions in the exploitation of rivers, hydrographic basins and national parks.Fiscal policy
In her inaugural address, <mask> announced to the nation that the largest base of the budget she will present to parliament is dedicated to salaries and wages. In-addition, <mask> stated that she had ordered her Minister of Finance and the Central Bank to take action to reduce interest rates for production. Foreign policy

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
In February of 2022, Deputy Foreign Minister Gerardo Torres Zelaya held a meeting with Saharawi President Brahim Ghali, which concluded with an announcement that diplomatic relations between the peoples and governments of Honduras and the SADR had been restored and would be deepened. Taiwan
<mask> has reassured that she has no plans of changing recognition from the Republic of China (Taiwan) to the People's Republic of China, and vowed to vice president Lai Ching-te to strengthen the relationship with Taiwan. Furthermore, a spokesperson for <mask> said that she has "no immediate intention to change or shift the One-China policy." Venezuela
Shortly following <mask>'s inauguration, an event attended by representatives of the Nicolás Maduro government, the Venezuelan embassy in Honduras's capital of Tegucigalpa was vacated by representatives of Juan Guaido, who had been recognised as the President of Venezuela by outgoing President Juan Orlando Hernandez since the Venezuelan presidential crisis. As a result, the embassy was recovered by the Venezuelan delegation sent by the Maduro government.Former President and First Gentleman  Manuel Zelaya responded to the news by sending a tweet welcoming Maduro, Latin American unity and the Bolivarian Revolution. Soon after, the Foreign Minister of Venezuela, Félix Plasencia and newly appointed Foreign Minister of Honduras Enrique Reina announced the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two nations for the first time since 2009, when they were severed shortly after the coup. The restoration of diplomatic relations was followed by Honduran accreditation of the Venezuelan ambassador Margaud Godoy by Foreign Minister Reina, who said that if the United States had any uncertainty about Honduras' position, reestablishment of relations with Venezuela "for Honduras is a matter of sovereign foreign policy". See also
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title: Prokhor Chaliapin

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<mask> (; born as  Andrei Andreevich Zakharenkov ; born November 26, 1983, in Volgograd) is a Russian singer, media personality and television presenter. <mask> first became known as a finalist on the sixth season of the Russian musical reality programme Fabrika Zvyozd. Early life
<mask> was born as Andrei Zakharenkov in Volgograd on November 26, 1983. His mother was a cook, and his father, a steelworker. In many interviews, <mask> acknowledged that he endured a challenging childhood due to his father's problems with alcoholism and schizophrenia. His parents divorced when he was nine. As a result of a then deteriorating relationship with his mother and new step-father, Chaliapin moved in with his paternal grandparents.In 1996, his maternal grandmother and aunt were murdered in their apartment in Volgograd; <mask> was the first one to discover the murder scene. Initially, charges were pressed against both his parents, leaving Chaliapin to be sent to an orphanage. However, after three days, charges were dropped and his mother returned home. A few months later, Chaliapin became involved in a serious car accident. Chaliapin was involved in music from a young age. He started playing bayan and entered a local music school, but was expelled after a few years. In the fifth grade, he became a soloist of the Russian folk band "Vyunok" and moved from the regular school to the Central School of Art at the Volgograd branch of the Samara Academy of Arts and Culture.At the age of 15, <mask> auditioned to enter the State Music and Pedagogical Institute named after M. Ippolitov-Ivanov at the department of "Folk singing". <mask> was enrolled in the programme with a full scholarship. With this, he also moved to Moscow. After graduating from the institute, he applied to the same department at the Gnessin Musical College, where he managed to enroll. His tution fees were sponsored. Music career

Early career
From 1991 to 1996, <mask> was known as a child singer and as one of the soloists of the vocal show group "Jam", where he sang along with Irina Dubtsova, Tanya Zaikina (Monokini) and Sofia Taih. With the show group, he performed at different events in Volgograd, where the group enjoyed local popularity.<mask> also took part in several television recordings with the group. In 1996, he wrote his first song "Nerealniy son". After moving to Moscow, <mask> applied to the casting of Morning Star. He was eventually asked to appear as a replacement in one broadcast after a boy fell ill in 1999. At the broadcast, he sang "Nerealniy son" and "Ne otrekayutsa lyuba", taking the third place. <mask> subsequently took part in various musical competitions. In 2005, at the contest "Star Chance", held in New York, he sang the song "Odna kalyna" by Sofia Rotaru in Ukrainian and took the third place.Nationwide breakthrough
In 2005, <mask> officially changed his name to <mask> Andreevich <mask>. In the same year he released his debut album Volshebnaya skripka, which was produced by Viktor Drobysh. <mask> had unsuccessfully auditioned for the first, third and fifth season of Fabrika Zvyozd. In the fifth season, Chaliapin made it to the last audition round, where he was personally rejected by Alla Pugacheva, who told him that letting Chaliapin on the show would be sycophantic. <mask> eventually became a contestant in the sixth series of the show, which was under moderation of Drobysh. For his frivolous behaviour and one-liners, <mask> quickly became an audience favourite and a widely discussed participant. His most famous one-liner became "You are stars, but I am a legend!"(Вы – звёзды, а я – легенда!). He also attracted negative attention by posing as the descendant of the famous opera singer Feodor <mask>. <mask> was nominated four times, more than any other contestant, but was saved each time. Twice, <mask> was saved by public vote, once by contestants' vote and once by the veto of the producer. In the end of the competition, <mask> reached the final, finishing fourth behind Zara, Arseniy Borodin and Dmitry Koldun. After Fabrika Zvyozd
After Fabrika Zvyozd, Prokhor <mask>'s producer was Victor Drobysh. Parting with Drobysh in 2007 was held with mutual accusations and scandals.After the end of the Fabrika Zvzyod tour, <mask> <mask> began to conduct an active solo tour activity, including abroad. In 2008, his first video for the song "Serdtse.com" was released. In the same year, the singer graduated from the Gnessin State Musical College. His diploma was dedicated to the use of Russian folk songs in the work of Feodor <mask>. In 2011, <mask> portrayed Boris Shtokolov in the television series Zhukov. In 2013, <mask> released his second album Legenda. In 2014, he starred as recurring character Lyova in the television series Kurazh.In 2019, <mask> performed at the festive concert dedicated to second anniversary of the complete destruction of chemical weapons in Russia. During this concert in Volgograd, <mask> held a short speech in which he said he wished for a peaceful world without war. For his performance, he earned the medal "For Coorporation in the Field of Chemical Disarmament". In 2021, <mask> was a guest on a special broadcast of Hello, Andrey!, hosted by Andrey Malakhov on Russia-1, dedicated to Russian folk songs. Television appearances

Between 2012 and 2020, <mask> was a regular guest of Russian sensationalist shows as Live on Air, Let Them Talk and Actually, becoming a popular and widely discussed personality in Russian yellow press. After Fabrika Zvyozd, <mask> first appeared in a broadcast of Live on Air in 2012, where he and his then girlfriend discussed their relationship in an unconventional manner. The broadcast did well in the ratings, which posed the producers to reinvite Chaliapin as a guest on their show in subsequent broadcasts.In 2013, <mask> appeared in a broadcast in which he announced that he would marry 57-year-old business woman and media personality Larisa Kopenkina. The broadcast became a part of a media circus around the couple. In early 2015, in a broadcast of Let Them Talk, the two announced that their relationship had been fake and a PR stunt. Instead, <mask> announced that he had a child with another woman, model Anna Kalashnikova, which was born to the couple in March 2015. In a 2016 broadcast of Let Them Talk, where <mask> and Kalashnikova tried to prove that the child Kalashnikova bore was <mask>'s, it was found that Chaliapin was 0% likely to be the child's father. The result of the DNA test led to a new media circus around <mask>'s persona. The video in which Chaliapin receives his negative DNA test was watched more than 15 million times on YouTube.In late 2016, <mask> returned with a new broadcast on Live on Air, in which he first discussed his bad childhood experiences on television and showed his teenage companion. In 2018, <mask> again became a popular topic in the yellow press after appearing alongside Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya, the former wife of famous actor Armen Dzhigarkhanyan. This led to increased appearances of Chaliapin on sensationalist shows again. In a broadcast of New Russian Sensations in June 2019, a discussion between Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya and her lawyer escalated to fisticuffs, also involving <mask>, who tried to de-escalate the situation. In early 2021, <mask> announced his temporary withdrawal from sensationalist shows, stating he needed a break and that he wanted to direct his attention on folk songs: "I'm having a small break. My head hurts from weddings, from shows. I sing folk songs now, go to do sports, I pray.".He returned on Let Them Talk in August 2021 to discuss his new marriage and featured in an unusual one-to-one interview with Andrey Malakhov on Live on Air in October 2021 after the passing of his wife. Between 2018 and 2020, <mask> presented the weather forecast on NTV on weekend days. In 2018, he also debuted his own travel show, titled GoProshka on YouTube. Personal life
<mask> first married at the age of 18 to a classmate three years his senior, but divorced after three years. Between 2011 and 2012, he dated singer and model Adelina Sharipova. On December 3, 2013, 30-year-old <mask> <mask> married 58-year-old entrepreneur Larisa Kopenkina, whom he met in early 2013 while on holiday in Jamaica. The singer's mother was actively against the wedding.The two had an open marriage. The couple separated in late 2014 and their marriage was annulled officially in early 2015. On December 15, 2014, <mask> <mask> officially stated on the talk show Let Them Talk he was expecting a child together with then 30-year-old singer and model Anna Kalashnikova. In a release dated April 20, 2016, the results of a DNA test showed that their common child is not the biological son of Chaliapin. Their planned wedding in May 2016 was left cancelled as the couple separated. From 2018 to late 2019, Chaliapin had a companionship with pianist Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya. On 31 July 2021, <mask> married his third wife Tanya Davies, a 46-year-old Canadian citizen, in a secret and private ceremony in Las Vegas.The two had met in Monaco in 2019 and started dating in early 2020. The couple kept their relationship mostly outside of the public eye. She proposed to Chaliapin in late 2020. Shortly after the wedding ceremony, <mask>'s wife fell ill with COVID-19 and was hospitalised not much later. She passed away as a result of complications of the illness on 25 September, less than two months after the wedding. After rumours circled around his sexuality in 2014, Chaliapin acknowledged that he "loves all people" and that he thinks that the LGBT community should be protected. He said: "I like it that everyone likes me.Hate is one step away from love. Beautiful! Love me friends. I support all people. Especially sexual minorities who need it today." He previously spoke out his support for Conchita Wurst's win at Eurovision 2014. Political views
<mask> considered himself apolitical in 2021 and referred to Russia as his "house".He said that he did not see the United States as "an enemy of Russia". In the same interview, he was critical about propaganda on state channels, which dictated in his opinion that "all are to blame for our problems". <mask> had lifelong musical ties with Ukraine and has performed in Ukrainian. In early 2014, he was one of the first Russian singers to visit the Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine and criticized Russian foreign policy and the increased prices for Ukrainians on gas. He was one of the very few artists to never visit or perform in Crimea or the Donbass region after 2014. On 22 February 2022, shortly before the escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian crisis, he called for "peace, economic stability and calmness" between Russia and Ukraine, referring to Ukraine as a "brother-country" and posting a handshake with between hands painted in the colors of each flag. Prior to the conflict characterized by show business colleagues as "naive" and "persuadable", on the day of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, <mask> stated that he believed that Russia was under threat by NATO and that there was no war with Ukraine.He wrote that he previously thought that Russia had invaded Ukraine, but that his opinion changed after consuming state media. Discography
2005 — Volshebnaya Skripka
2013 — Legenda

References

External links
 Official website

Gnessin School of Music alumni
Russian folk-pop singers
People from Volgograd
1983 births
Living people
Fabrika Zvyozd
21st-century Russian singers

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title: Mark Randall (footballer)

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<mask> (born 28 September 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for NIFL Premiership club Larne. <mask> spent his formative footballing years at Arsenal where he was touted by manager Arsène Wenger as a key Arsenal player for the future. He was released at the end of his contract in 2011 and subsequently joined Chesterfield, where he won the Football League Trophy. Early life
Born in Milton Keynes, <mask> grew up amongst a family of Tottenham Hotspur supporters, but says he is "100% a Gooner". Career

Arsenal
After playing youth football for Northampton Town, <mask> joined Arsenal's academy in 2001. <mask> signed for Arsenal on schoolboy forms and played seven matches in the Premier Reserve League in 2005–06. <mask> was also the only player in the team to play all 18 reserve team fixtures in the 2007–08 season.He played in Dennis Bergkamp's testimonial against Ajax Amsterdam in July 2006, and in the club's pre-season tour of Austria and the Netherlands. He made his first-team debut as a substitute for Denílson in Arsenal's League Cup third-round match against West Bromwich Albion on 24 October 2006. He also played in Arsenal's fourth-round match against Everton on 8 November 2006, again coming on for Denílson, and was on the bench for their quarter-final against Liverpool, but did not play in that match. On 8 February 2007, he signed his first professional contract with Arsenal, and in the summer of 2007 took part in Arsenal's annual first-team pre-season training camp in Austria. However, he was out of the side for the first few months of the 2007–08 season after suffering an injury in Arsenal Reserves' opening Premier Reserve League match of the season, against Fulham in late August, but made his first start for Arsenal in the League Cup quarter-final against Blackburn Rovers on 18 December 2007, and also made his second appearance in the competition as a last-minute substitute in the first leg of the semi-finals against Tottenham Hotspur. <mask> signed for Burnley on loan, on 31 January 2008, the last day of the transfer window and made 10 league appearances for the Championship club. He returned to Arsenal following the end of the Championship season on 4 May and went on to make his Premier League debut against Sunderland on 11 May in Arsenal's final match of the season.He came on as an 81st-minute substitute and having a goal disallowed in the final moments of the match. After playing in much of Arsenal's pre-season campaign for 2008–09, <mask> made his European debut in Arsenal's UEFA Champions League third qualifying round match away to FC Twente on 13 August 2008, coming on as a substitute for Theo Walcott in the 84th minute. He also played the full 90 minutes in Arsenal's 6–0 League Cup third round victory over Sheffield United on 23 September, where he set up Arsenal's fifth goal, scored by Jack Wilshere and in the 3–0 win over Wigan Athletic, as well as starting in the defeat to Burnley at the quarter final stage. He made UEFA Champions League debut on 10 December in the 2–0 defeat to F.C. Porto replacing Alexandre Song. At the start of the season, a loan was agreed, in principle, for <mask> to move to Championship side Derby County on a season-long loan, though the club declined to sign the player after he failed to impress on trial. <mask> was involved in Arsenal's win over West Bromwich Albion in the League Cup after replacing Francis Coquelin on 58 minutes and indirectly assisted Carlos Vela when his attempted lob from outside the box struck the bar.On 15 January, <mask> signed on loan for Milton Keynes Dons until the end of the season. He scored his first goal for Milton Keynes Dons in the 3–1 Football League Trophy second leg semi final loss to Southampton. <mask> was once again sent on loan for the 2010–11 season, this time to a League Two side in Rotherham United. After playing just 21 minutes on his Rotherham debut against Southend United, <mask> was sidelined with a broken collarbone. This injury kept him out of the team until the New Year's Day clash against Port Vale in which <mask> scored his only goal for the Millers. At the end of his loan spell he returned to Arsenal where his contract was not renewed, signalling the end of his Arsenal career. <mask> completed a move to League One's Chesterfield on a one-year contract during the summer of 2011.Upon signing he stated this it was a move in which he intended to use to rebuild his career and fulfil his potential after growing disillusioned with life at Arsenal and disheartening loan spells. Manager John Sheridan stated that <mask> possesses great potential that he hopes will be fulfilled at the club. He impressed when scoring his first goal and for Chesterfield in a 3–1 win over Notts County on 4 October 2011 in the Football League Trophy. His time at Chesterfield was dogged by niggling injuries, including wrist and shoulder afflictions that interrupted his run in the team. However, in the Football League Trophy Final on 25 March 2012, he came on as a substitute as Chesterfield defeated Swindon Town 2–0, setting up the second goal with an incisive pass. He went on to appear in the subsequent games, impressing as Chesterfield's form drastically improved, although by that time relegation was already all-but-confirmed. He was offered a new one-year contract by the club in May 2012.After failing to agree a new contract with Chesterfield, <mask> left the club on 1 July 2013 after his contract expired. Altogether <mask> scored 4 goals and was capped a sum of 51 times with Chesterfield. Ascoli
On 10 September 2013 it was announced that <mask> had signed a two-year contract with Italian third-tier side Ascoli. He made his debut on 22 September 2013 versus L'Aquila. On his first start for the club <mask> assisted three goals and was the man of the match. Milton Keynes Dons
On 8 March 2014, Milton Keynes Dons announced that <mask> had agreed to join the club until the end of the season, subject to international clearance. On 14 March, <mask> completed his move to the Dons after receiving international clearance.At the end of the season he signed a further one-year contract, with the option of a further 12 months. His contract was extended until the end of 2015–16, but he did not play at all for the Dons following their promotion to the Championship. In all he played 17 times across all competitions. Barnet
On 14 January 2016, following a mutual decision to terminate his contract with Milton Keynes Dons, <mask> joined League Two side Barnet on a contract until the end of the 2015–16 season. He was released at the end of the season. Newport County
On 31 May 2016, <mask> joined Newport County on a two-year deal. He made his debut for Newport on 6 August 2016 versus Mansfield Town.He scored his first goal for Newport, a 55th-minute penalty, in a 3–2 EFL Cup loss against Milton Keynes Dons on 9 August 2016. In January 2017, <mask> asked to be transferred, stating family reasons. A move in the January transfer window did not happen and <mask> was dropped from the match day squad by manager Graham Westley. In March 2017, <mask> returned to the squad under new manager Mike Flynn and played a big part in County's successful bid to avoid relegation. At the end of the 2016–17 season <mask> was again placed on the transfer list at his request. On 28 June 2017, <mask>'s contract at Newport was cancelled by mutual consent. Crawley Town
On 30 June 2017, <mask> joined fellow League Two side Crawley Town on a two-year deal.His contract was terminated by mutual consent on 5 February 2019. Non-league
<mask> joined National League South club Hemel Hempstead Town in March 2019. Larne
On 1 June 2019, <mask> joined newly promoted NIFL Premiership club Larne. Style of play
<mask> is a midfielder. He plays primarily as a central midfielder but can also play as advanced playmaking midfielder. He is noted for his composure on the ball and his passing abilities. Career statistics

Honours
Chesterfield
Football League Trophy: 2012

Milton Keynes Dons
Football League One runner-up: 2014–15

Larne
County Antrim Shield: (2) 2020-21, 2021-22

References

External links

Arsenal.com profile

1989 births
Living people
English footballers
England youth international footballers
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Northampton Town F.C.players
Arsenal F.C. players
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Barnet F.C. players
Newport County A.F.C.players
Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C. players
Crawley Town F.C. players
Hemel Hempstead Town F.C. players
Larne F.C. players
People from Milton Keynes
Premier League players
English Football League players
National League (English football) players
Serie C players
NIFL Premiership players
English expatriate footballers
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title: Viktor Yelensky

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<mask> (; born March 26, 1957, Chadan) is a Ukrainian scholar and public figure, expert in religious studies, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor. The member of Ukrainian Parliament (the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine) of the 8th convocation. Biography
<mask> was born on March 26, 1957, in Chadan, Tuva Region. The same year, the family returned to their native city of Kyiv. In this city, <mask> graduated from high school No. 85. In 1974, he became a student at the Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University (Faculty of History).During 1975–1977, <mask> served in the Soviet Army. In 1986, as a reserve officer, <mask> was involved in the emergency response to the Chernobyl disaster, where, in the ranks of the 731st Special Protection Battalion, he worked in a particularly dangerous zone. In 2018, he was awarded the Order of Merit of Grade III (State Award of Ukraine). Education
In 1982, <mask> graduated with honors from the Department of History of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. In 1989, he defended his PhD thesis in philosophy for the scientific degree of the candidate of science with the research topic Protestantism in the process of social adaptation to the conditions of Soviet society. In 2003 he successfully protected at Institute of Philosophy of National Academy of Science the thesis for a Doctor's degree in Philosophy on the subject Religious and social changes in the process of post-communist transformation: Ukraine in the Central-Eastern European context and the degree of the Doctor of Science was appropriated to him. He has interned at Columbia University (New York, USA, 1998) and Nijmengen University (Netherlands, 2003).<mask> was a member of the Fulbright Scholar Program 2003–2004. Within 2004 he worked at Brigham Young University (Utah, USA), where he read a training course and studied the problems of religious freedom and national identity. Professional activities
After graduating from the university, since 1982 <mask> has worked as an inspector of the Council on Religious Affairs under the Cabinet of Ministers of the USSR. During 1987–1990 he headed the department of worldview culture of the Republican Center for Spiritual Culture. From 1991 to 1992 he worked as a researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine. During 1992–2010, this researcher was a leading contributor to the Gregory Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. In 1996 <mask> became a member of the International Society for the Sociology of Religion, and since 2001 he is the President of the Ukrainian Association of Religious Freedom.<mask> headed the Ukrainian journal for religious studies "Lyudina i Svit" ("Human Being and the World", 1995–2004) and lead the Kyiv Bureau of Radio Liberty (2005–2008). Also on the radio he was the host of the program "Freedom of Conscience". Prof. <mask> taught at the Ukrainian Catholic University (Professor, 2010–2014, Head of Department of Theology). and at the Diplomatic Academy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (Professor, since 2005). Since 2011 he has been served as Director of the Center for the Study of Religion at the Drahomanov National Pedagogical University (Professor, since 2011). He is married, has a daughter, a son, grandchildren. Political activities
From March to October 2014, Yelensky worked as an adviser to Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk.In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, he was elected to the Ukrainian Parliament (VIII convocation) on the lists of the political party People's Front. He did not pass the (next) 2019 parliamentary elections, when he ran for political party "Ukrainian Strategy of Groysman". In 2019 <mask> was a member of the Ukrainian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. That year, in June, he headed another Ukrainian delegation that took part in the work of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy in Georgia. He supported Georgian protesters, who demanded deputies of the State Duma to leave the building of the Parliament of Georgia. He also condemned Russia's occupation of the territories of other Orthodox countries (Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine) and said that it undermined inter-Orthodox solidarity. Mr <mask> was then attacked by members of the Russian delegation.Parliamentary activities
In the Verkhovna Rada of the 8th convocation <mask> was the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Culture and Spirituality of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (12/04/2014 – 08/28/2019), Chairman of the Subcommittee on State Policy on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations (10/12/2014 – 08/28/2019). He participated in 96% of the meetings of the committee. He is the author or co-author of laws aimed at the development of cultural industries, the preservation of cultural heritage, and the implementation of constitutional guarantees of freedom of conscience. Among them were the following acts: "On Amendments to Some Laws of Ukraine on Volunteer Activity", "On State Support for Cinematography in Ukraine", "On Amendments to Some Laws of Ukraine (Establishing Educational Institutions by Religious Organizations)", "On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine 'On Protection of Cultural Heritage' (on granting the status of the Marine Memorial underwater cultural heritage objects)", "On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine (Concerning the Jurisdiction of Religious Organizations and the Procedure for State Registration of Religious Organizations with Legal Entity Status)". The latter Law was severely criticized by the Head of Moscow Patriarchate personally while famous Russian religious dissident protodeacon Andrei Kuraev called it "beautiful". On November 1, 2018, the Government of the Russian Federation included <mask> in the list of sanctioned persons. According to Voxukraine's iMoRe Index, which characterizes the government's efforts to implement reforms, <mask> ranks 21st in support of reform bills among 415 MPs of the 8th convocation.<mask> took part in the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election with the party Ukrainian Strategy of Groysman. But he was not elected to parliament as the party did not win any seats (it won 2.41% of the national vote). Scientific activities
<mask> is the author of books, scientific works and publications published outside Ukraine. Among these countries are: Belgium, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, USA. Research interests: Church-State Relations, Religion and Globalization, Religion and Conflict, Sociology and Political Science of Religion. He represents Ukraine in the international project REVACERN (Religions and values: Central and Eastern European research network). Scientific works
Monographs
 В. Єленський.Велике повернення: релігія у глобальній політиці та міжнародних відносинах кінця ХХ – початку ХХІ століття [The Great Return: Religion in Global Politics and International Relations of the late XX – early XXI Centuries]. — Львів: Видавництво УКУ, 2013. — 504 с. —
 В. Єленський. Релігія після комунізму. Релігійно-соціальні зміни в процесі трансформації центрально- і східноєвропейських суспільств: фокус на Україні [Religion after Communism. Religious and Social Changes in the Process of Transformation of Central and Eastern European Societies: Focus on Ukraine].— К. : НПУ ім. М. П. Драгоманова, 2002. — 420 с. —

Other books
 В. Єленський, В. Перебенесюк. Релігія. Церква. Молодь [Religion.Church. Youth]. — К. : А.Л.Д., 1996. — 160 с. —
 В. Єленський, О. Саган. Саєнтологія в Україні : віровчення і практика релігійної організації "Церква Саєнтології" та відповідність форм і методів її діяльності чинному в Україні законодавству [Scientology in Ukraine: the doctrine and practice of the religious organization "Church of Scientology" and conformity of the forms and methods of its activity with the legislation in force in Ukraine]. — К. : Швидкий Рух, 2004.— 80 с. —

References

External links

 V<mask>'s publications on the academia.edu
 V<mask>'s publications on the Дзеркало тижня
 V. <mask>'s publications on the RISU (Web.archive.org)

Eighth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
Front for Change (Ukraine) politicians
People's Front (Ukraine) politicians
Living people
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Historical faculty alumni
Chernobyl liquidators
1957 births
People from Dzun-Khemchiksky District

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title: Ronaldo Souza

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<mask> (born December 7, 1979), nicknamed Jacaré (), is a retired Brazilian mixed martial artist and submission grappler, who competed for UFC. A highly regarded grappler on the world stage, <mask> is also the former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion, and has also formerly competed for DREAM, and Jungle Fight. Background
<mask> was born in Vila Velha, Brazil, into a cafuzo family and was raised in Cariacica, Brazil. <mask> had a rough upbringing, and on the day he turned 15, he saw one of his good friends get shot to death. After this event, <mask>'s mother moved him to Manaus to go and live with his brother and he started training in Judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu when he was 17. He is an eight-time World Jiu-Jitsu Champion, including gold medals in the Openweight class in 2003, 2004 and 2005. His other credentials include the 2005 77–87 kg ADCC Champion and the 2005 ADCC Absolute Division runner-up, only losing to Roger Gracie who outweighed him by approximately 25 lbs.Along with Roger Gracie and Marcelo Garcia, <mask> is widely considered to be among the greatest BJJ practitioners of his time. Mixed martial arts career

Early career
<mask> made his mixed martial arts debut on September 9, 2003, at Jungle Fights inaugural event where he lost to Jorge "Macaco" Patino by KO at 3:13 into the first round. He returned to mixed martial arts eight months later at Jungle Fight 2 securing a submission win over Victor Babkir under a minute into the first round. His next fight was in April 2006 at Jungle Fight 6 where he got his second win, defeating Alexander Shlemenko by an arm triangle choke submission. He went on to fight twice before the end of 2006, winning both fights by submission during the first round. In 2006, <mask> fought and drew with UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture in a grappling contest. After the match <mask> was invited by Couture to train at his gym.<mask> accepted and started training at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas. <mask>'s first fight of 2007 was on May 19 with him scoring a submission win due to strikes over veteran Bill Vucick at Gracie Fighting Championships: Evolution. He would next fight twice within a two-week period on September 29 and October 13, scoring two submission wins both within the first round. DREAM
In 2008, <mask> signed with Japanese MMA-promotion DREAM and was scheduled to participate in the 2008 DREAM Middleweight Grand-Prix. In the first round of the tournament, at DREAM 2 on April 29, 2008, he defeated Ian Murphy by a rear-naked choke submission in the first round. This secured him a place in the quarter-finals which took place at DREAM 4 on June 15 where he fought former ICON Sport Middleweight Champion Jason "Mayhem" Miller. The fight went the distance with <mask> continuously going for submissions with Miller escaping multiple rear-naked choke, leglock and armbar-attempts while mounting his own offense on the feet.<mask> was awarded a unanimous decision victory which secured him a place in the semi-final of the Middleweight Grand-Prix. In the semi-finals which took place at DREAM 6 on September 23, <mask> defeated Zelg Galesic early in the first round by armbar submission. The victory earned him a place in the finals of the tournament and a shot at the DREAM Middleweight Championship against Gegard Mousasi that same night. In the fight <mask> was knocked out early in the first round by an upkick as he attempted to dive past Mousasi's guard to land a strike of his own. After participating in the tournament, <mask> left Xtreme Couture and went to San Diego to train with Saulo and Xande Ribeiro, before leaving to train with Anderson Silva and André Galvão in preparation for Silva's upcoming bout with Thales Leites at UFC 97 at Black House. <mask> fought in the DREAM Middleweight Championship in a rematch with Jason Miller at DREAM 9 after Gegard Mousasi vacated the title when moving up to Light Heavyweight. The fight was called a no contest due to an illegal kick to the head that opened up a gash on <mask>'s head.Strikeforce
<mask> made his Strikeforce debut on December 19, 2009, at Strikeforce: Evolution with a first-round submission win over Matt Lindland, via arm-triangle choke. In this fight, <mask> showed a major improvement in his stand up game and striking. <mask> faced Joey Villaseñor on May 15, 2010, at Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery. He won the fight via unanimous decision, dominating the first round, being very aggressive, achieving the mount position and almost achieving the submission, but slowed down on the 2nd and 3rd round. <mask> fought Tim Kennedy on August 21, 2010, at Strikeforce: Houston for the vacant Strikeforce Middleweight Championship, and won via unanimous decision. <mask> then defended the belt for the first time against Robbie Lawler, on January 29, 2011, at Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg. In his second defense, <mask> lost his Middleweight Championship against American Kickboxing Academy fighter Luke Rockhold via unanimous decision (50–45, 48–47, and 48–47).On March 3, 2012, <mask> made his sixth Strikeforce appearance against late replacement Bristol Marunde. <mask> won via arm-triangle choke, submitting Marunde at 2:43 of the final round. On August 18, 2012, <mask> faced Derek Brunson in his seventh Strikeforce appearance. <mask> dropped Brunson early with a counter right hand which planted Brunson on the mat and landed three ground strikes, knocking out Brunson in just 41 seconds. <mask> faced UFC veteran Ed Herman at the final Strikeforce card, Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine, on January 12, 2013. He won via submission in the first round. Ultimate Fighting Championship
2013
<mask> signed a five-fight deal with the UFC in January 2013.<mask> was expected to make his promotional debut against Costas Philippou on May 18, 2013, at UFC on FX 8. Philippou pulled out of the bout in early May, citing a cut above his eye, and was replaced by Chris Camozzi. <mask> arm-triangle choked Camozzi unconscious in the first round. <mask> next knocked out Yushin Okami in the first round on September 4, 2013, at UFC Fight Night 28. 2014
<mask> beat Francis Carmont by unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, and 30–27) on February 15, 2014, at UFC Fight Night 36. After, he said he was injured during his training camp and would require a minimum of six weeks for recovery. <mask> was expected to rematch Gegard Mousasi on August 2, 2014, at UFC 176.When the event was cancelled, the bout was rescheduled for September 5, 2014, at UFC Fight Night 50. <mask> won via submission in the third round, earning his first Performance of the Night bonus award. 2015
<mask> was expected to face Yoel Romero on February 28, 2015, at UFC 184. <mask> pulled out of the fight on January 15, due to pneumonia. The bout was rescheduled for April 18, 2015 at UFC on Fox 15. Romero pulled out of the fight a week before the event, citing a ligament and meniscus tear in his knee. <mask> instead rematched returning veteran Chris Camozzi, submitting him with a first-round armbar.The bout with Romero was scheduled for a third time, eventually taking place on December 12, 2015, at UFC 194. <mask> lost the bout via split decision. 12 of 17 media outlets scored the bout in favor of <mask>, and 3 of 17 scored it a draw. 2016
<mask> faced Vitor Belfort on May 14, 2016, at UFC 198. He won the fight via TKO in the first round and was awarded a Performance of the Night bonus. <mask> was expected to face Luke Rockhold in a rematch on November 27, 2016, at UFC Fight Night 101. However, the pairing was cancelled on November 1, 2016, after Rockhold was ruled out of the contest after sustaining an undisclosed injury.As a result, <mask> was removed from the card as well. 2017
<mask> faced Tim Boetsch on February 11, 2017, at UFC 208. He won the fight via submission in the first round. The win also earned <mask> his third Performance of the Night bonus award. <mask> fought Robert Whittaker on April 15, 2017, at UFC on Fox 24. He lost by second-round TKO. During the event weekend, <mask> signed a new, eight-fight deal with UFC.2018
A rematch with Derek Brunson took place on January 27, 2018, in the main event at UFC on Fox 27. <mask> won the fight via TKO in the first round. This win earned him the Performance of the Night bonus. <mask> faced Kelvin Gastelum  on May 12, 2018, at UFC 224. He lost the fight via split decision. The fight also received Fight of the Night honors. <mask> was expected to face David Branch on November 3, 2018, at UFC 230.However, on October 19, 2018, It was reported that <mask> replaced injured Luke Rockhold  to face Chris Weidman in the event. He won the fight via knockout in the third round. Both fighters earned Fight of the Night honors. 2019
<mask> was scheduled to face Yoel Romero on April 27, 2019, at UFC on ESPN 3. However, it was reported in early April that Romero pulled out of the bout due to illness. <mask> remained on the card and faced Jack Hermansson in the main event at UFC Fight Night: Jacaré vs. Hermansson. He lost the fight by unanimous decision.<mask> moved up to the Light Heavyweight division and  faced  Jan Błachowicz on November 16, 2019, at UFC Fight Night 164. He would lose the fight by split decision. 2020
<mask> was scheduled to face Uriah Hall for a middleweight bout on April 18, 2020, at UFC 249. However, on April 9, Dana White, the president of UFC announced that this event was postponed and the bout and event were rescheduled for May 9, 2020. On May 8, <mask> had to withdraw from the fight after testing positive for COVID-19. <mask> was expected to face Marvin Vettori on December 12, 2020, at UFC 256. However, the bout was scrapped when it was revealed Vettori would be serving as a late replacement to face Jack Hermansson at UFC on ESPN 19 and <mask> instead faced Kevin Holland.He lost the fight via knockout in the first round. 2021
<mask> faced André Muniz on May 15, 2021, at UFC 262. He lost the fight via technical submission in the first round after his arm snapped while trapped in an armbar. <mask> underwent surgery to repair his right humerus. The bout was the last of his prevailing contract, making him a free agent after the organization did not re-sign <mask>. On August 10, 2021, <mask> announced that he was retiring from MMA, hinting at a return to BJJ. Personal life
<mask> and his wife, Larissa Carvalho, have three children.On October 8, 2020, <mask> revealed the plans to start his own BJJ Academy in Orlando, Florida. In 2022, he expressed plans for a debut in boxing.

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title: Jack L. Chalker

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<mask> (December 17, 1944 – February 11, 2005) was an American science fiction author. Chalker was also a Baltimore City Schools history teacher in Maryland for 12 years, retiring during 1978 to write full-time. He also was a member of the Washington Science Fiction Association and was involved in the founding of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society. Career and family life

<mask> was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. Some of his books said that he was born in Norfolk, Virginia although he later claimed that was a mistake; he attended high school at the Baltimore City College. Chalker earned a BA degree in English from Towson University in Towson, Maryland, where he was a theater critic for the school newspaper, The Towerlight. During 2003, Towson University named Chalker their Liberal Arts  Alumnus of the Year.He received a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Chalker intended to become a lawyer, but financial problems caused him to become a teacher instead. He taught history and geography in the Baltimore City Public Schools from 1966 to 1978, most notably at Baltimore City College and the now defunct Southwest Senior High School. Chalker lectured on science fiction and technology at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, and numerous universities. Chalker was married in 1978 and had two children, David, a game designer, and Samantha, a computer security consultant. Chalker's hobbies included esoteric audio, travel, and working on science-fiction convention committees. He also had a great interest in ferryboats; at his fiancée's suggestion, their marriage was performed on the Roaring Bull boat, part of the Millersburg Ferry, in the middle of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania.Science fiction
Chalker joined the Washington Science Fiction Association during 1958, and during 1963 he and two friends founded the Baltimore Science Fiction Society. Chalker attended every World Science Fiction Convention, except one, from 1965 until 2004. He published an amateur SF journal, Mirage, from 1960 to 1971 (a finalist nominee for the 1963 Hugo Award for Best Fanzine), producing ten issues. Another journal, Interjection, was published 1968–1987 in association with the Fantasy Amateur Press Association. Chalker also initiated a publishing house, Mirage Press, Ltd., for releasing nonfiction and bibliographic works concerning science fiction and fantasy. Chalker's awards included the Daedalus Award (1983), The Gold Medal of the West Coast Review of Books (1984), Skylark Award (1980), and the Hamilton-Brackett Memorial Award (1979). He was twice a nominee for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer and for the Hugo Award twice.<mask> was posthumously awarded the Phoenix Award by the Southern Fandom Confederation on April 9, 2005. Chalker was a three-term treasurer of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Chalker was also the co-author (with Mark Owings) of The Science Fantasy Publishers (third edition during 1991, updated annually), published by Mirage Press, Ltd, a bibliographic guide to genre small press publishers which was a Hugo Award nominee during 1992. The Maryland Young Writers Contest, sponsored by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society, was renamed "'The Jack L. Chalker Young Writers Contest" effective April 8, 2006. Novels
Chalker is best known for his Well World series of novels, but he also wrote many other novels (most, but not all, part of a series, or large novels which were split into 'series' by the publishers), and at least nine short stories. Many of Chalker's works involve some physical transformation of the main characters. For instance, in the Well World novels, immigrants to the Well World are transformed from their original form to become a member of one of the 1,560 sentient species that inhabit that artificial planet.Another example would be that the Wonderland Gambit series resembles traditional Buddhist jataka-type reincarnation stories set in a science fiction environment. <mask> announced that Wonderland Gambit might be made into a movie, but supposedly its close resemblance to The Matrix resulted in the project being canceled. At the time of his death, Chalker left one unfinished novel, Chameleon. He was planning to write another novel, Ripsaw, after Chameleon. Illness and death

On September 18, 2003, during Hurricane Isabel, Chalker passed out and was rushed to the hospital with a diagnosis of a coronary occlusion. He was later released, but was severely weakened. On December 6, 2004, he was again rushed to hospital with breathing problems and disorientation, and was diagnosed with congestive heart failure and a pneumothorax.<mask> was hospitalized in critical condition, then upgraded to stable condition on December 9, though he did not regain consciousness until December 15. After several more weeks in deteriorating condition and in a persistent vegetative state, with several transfers to different hospitals, <mask> died on February 11, 2005, of kidney failure and sepsis at Bon Secours Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Some of Chalker's remains are interred in the family plot at Loudon Park Cemetery in Baltimore. The remainder were distributed off a ferry near Hong Kong, the ferry between Hainan Island and the Chinese mainland, a ferry in Vietnam, White's Ferry on the Potomac River in Virginia on Father's Day 2007, and on author H. P<mask>'s grave in Providence, Rhode Island on December 17, 2005. Bibliography

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 <mask>. Chalker Young Writers' Contest
 <mask><mask> at The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

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title: Naoki Inose

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is a Japanese politician, journalist, historian, social critic and biographer of literary figures such as Yukio Mishima and Osamu Dazai. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Tokyo from June 2007 until becoming Acting Governor on 1 November 2012 following the resignation of Shintaro Ishihara. He was elected Governor in a historical landslide victory in December 2012, but announced his resignation on December 19, 2013, following a political funds-related scandal; his resignation was approved and became effective December 24, 2013. Early life
<mask> was born in Nagano Prefecture; his father died of angina when <mask> was three years old. He attended elementary and junior high schools affiliated with Shinshu University, and ultimately enrolled at Shinshu in 1966. He graduated from Shinshu University in 1970 and moved to Tokyo, where he was married later in the year. He enrolled in graduate school for political science at Meiji University in 1972, and had two children, born in 1974 and 1978.Career as author
<mask>'s 1983 book   describes the findings of the . During the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, the Institute would be accused of being part of Japan's militaristic machine, but <mask> asserts that it was little more than a think-tank, of which the purpose was to examine dispassionately the consequences of a total war. Its conclusion was that "there [would] be no way for Japan to win the war because of its clear material inferiority. The war [would] be drawn out. The Soviet Union [would] butt in, and Japan [would] be defeated. Therefore, going to war with the United States must absolutely be avoided." This book was followed in 1987 by , concerning the development of the image of the Emperor, and the biographies of Yukio Mishima, Osamu Dazai and Kikuchi Kan: Persona (Perusona, 1995), Picaresque (Pikaresuku, 2000), and .In 2009, his 1993 book  was published in English. In 2012, <mask>'s 1995 biography of Mishima was published in English under the title Persona: A Biography of Yukio Mishima, edited and adapted by Hiroaki Sato and published by Stone Bridge Press. <mask>'s examination of public affairs led him to bitter criticisms of Japan's ruling classes and their reluctance to enact reform. His longstanding proposal was for the privatisation of the four public highway corporations, and reform of the postal savings system that finances them. As a result, he joined Prime Minister Junichirō Koizumi's taskforce and served on the commission to examine the Japan Highway Public Corporation (Nihon Doro Kodan). His insistence that cuts be made was so uncompromising that some other appointees declined positions on the board. <mask> said that Japan lost World War II because the government at the time ignored data suggesting Japan would be unable to defeat the Allies and forbade access to the information before Tokyo declared war in 1941.He has further argued that this action is being repeated today by bureaucrats with respect to the economy. He advocated that people share accurate information with respect to Japan's economic situation, that is not necessarily issued by bureaucrats, in efforts to help a debt-ridden Japan. He claims that "any reform can be implemented if people share more accurate and objective data than that (initially) released by authorities." Political career

On 15 June 2007, Governor Shintaro Ishihara announced that <mask> had agreed to serve as a lietenant governor for the capital stating that "our opinions might differ but I believe it is healthy for us to debate and discuss many of our differences." <mask> was initially at odds with LDP lawmakers in the metropolitan assembly during confirmation hearings, and shortly thereafter overturned an LDP-sponsored urban redevelopment initiative, although Ishihara later pressured <mask> to cooperate with the LDP lawmakers. Upon his resignation in 2012, Governor Ishihara designated <mask> as his interim successor; <mask> was elected as governor of Tokyo in the 2012 Tokyo gubernatorial election with the largest number of votes in Tokyo history. His platform included reform of the Tokyo Electric Power Company and the merger of Tokyo Metro with the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation subway network, although he made minimal progress with either issue following his election.Role in Olympic bid

As governor, <mask> served as the Chairman of Tokyo's successful bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics. He attended the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in order to launch Tokyo's campaign for the Games. He created controversy in April 2013 when he made a comment that was seen as a criticism of the Muslim world, as well as Istanbul and their bid for the 2020 Olympics: "Well, compare the two countries where they have yet to build infrastructure, very sophisticated facilities. So from time to time, like Brazil, I think it’s good to have a venue for the first time. But Islamic countries, the only thing they share in common is Allah and they are fighting with each other and they have classes." Criticizing rival bids is forbidden under IOC rules; following <mask>'s statement, Tokyo 2020 made a statement saying that they "have the utmost respect for all candidate cities and have always taken pride in bidding in a spirit based on the Olympic values of excellence, respect and friendship.”  <mask> apologized for his comments a few days later and stated that he was "fully committed" to respecting IOC rules. Japan later won its bid for the Olympics under <mask>'s chairmanship.Money scandal and resignation
In November 2013, <mask> became embroiled in a scandal concerning cash he received from the Tokushukai hospital group led by Torao Takuda, father of Lower House member Takeshi Tokuda. <mask> claimed to have borrowed 50 million yen as a personal loan from Tokushukai, delivered to him in cash in exchange for a written IOU in November 2012, and that he repaid the loan in cash in September 2013. The loan was interest and collateral-free, and the funds were kept in a safe deposit box rather than in a bank account, without being reported to Japanese campaign finance authorities as part of <mask>'s assets. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Assembly conducted four days of public questioning of <mask> in December, over the course of which <mask>'s recollection of events changed in several respects. The Assembly then established a special committee to investigate <mask>, the first incidence of the assembly formally investigating a governor. The Asahi Shimbun called for <mask>'s resignation in an editorial on December 12, while the Mainichi Shimbun called him "no longer viable" as a governor on the same day. A Sankei Shimbun poll released on December 16 found that 89% of Tokyo respondents thought that <mask>'s explanation of the funds was not credible, while 63% thought he was no longer an appropriate representative of Tokyo as an Olympic host city.<mask> announced his resignation as governor on December 19, 2013, following direct pressure from various senior political figures including ex-Governor Ishihara and Prime Minister Shinzō Abe. In his resignation speech, he characterized himself as an "amateur" at politics and expressed hope "that our next governor will be a real political pro who can guide Tokyo successfully through the Olympics." He expressed his desire to continue writing following his resignation as governor. The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly approved and formalized his resignation on December 24. <mask> was succeeded as interim governor by Vice Governor Tatsumi Ando. His term of office as governor was the shortest in Tokyo history at only 372 days. Yōichi Masuzoe won the February 2014 election to determine <mask>'s final successor as governor.In June 2016 Masuzoe also stepped down after a money scandal. Personal life
<mask> is a runner who jogs every day, and completed the 2012 Tokyo Marathon. He also holds a black belt in judo. Publications

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External links
 Official profile in English
 Photograph of <mask>'s appointment as Vice Governor

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title: Jimmy Reed

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<mask> (September 6, 1925 – August 29, 1976) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His particular style of electric blues was popular with blues as well as non-blues audiences. <mask>'s songs such as  "Honest I Do" (1957), "Baby What You Want Me to Do" (1960), "Big Boss Man" (1961), and "Bright Lights, Big City" (1961) appeared on both Billboard magazine's rhythm and blues and Hot 100 singles charts. <mask> influenced other musicians, such as Elvis Presley, Hank Williams Jr., and the Rolling Stones, who recorded his songs. Music critic Cub Koda describes him as "perhaps the most influential bluesman of all," due to his easily accessible style. Biography
<mask> was born in Dunleith, Mississippi, United States. He learned the harmonica and guitar from his friend Eddie Taylor.After several years of busking and performing there, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1943. He was then drafted into the U.S. Navy and served in World War II. He was discharged in 1945 and returned briefly to Mississippi, marrying his girlfriend, Mary (henceforth known as <mask>). He then moved to Gary, Indiana, to work at an Armour meat-packing plant. <mask> was an uncredited background singer on many of his recordings, notably the hits "Baby What You Want Me to Do", "Big Boss Man" and "Bright Lights, Big City". By the 1950s, <mask> had established himself as a popular musician. He joined the Gary Kings with John Brim and played on the street with Willie Joe Duncan.<mask> failed to gain a recording contract with Chess Records, but signed with Vee-Jay Records through Brim's drummer, Albert King. At Vee-Jay, <mask> began playing again with Eddie Taylor and soon released "You Don't Have to Go", his first hit record. It was followed by a long string of hit songs. <mask> maintained his reputation despite his rampant alcoholism; his wife sometimes had to help him remember the lyrics to his songs while recording. In 1957, <mask> developed epilepsy, though the condition was not correctly diagnosed for a long time, as <mask> and doctors assumed it was delirium tremens. When Vee-Jay Records closed, his manager signed a contract with the fledgling ABC-Bluesway label, but <mask> never produced another hit. In 1968, he toured Europe with the American Folk Blues Festival.<mask> died of respiratory failure in 1976, in Oakland, California, eight days short of his 51st birthday. He is interred in the Lincoln Cemetery, in Worth, Illinois. <mask> was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. Influence
The Rolling Stones have cited <mask> as a major influence on their sound, and their early set lists included <mask>'s songs "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby", "The Sun Is Shining" (played by the Stones at the 1969 Altamont concert), "Bright Lights, Big City", and "Shame, Shame, Shame". "Little by Little", the B-side of their February 1964 UK hit single "Not Fade Away" was a pastiche of "Shame, Shame, Shame". "Honest I Do" was included on their first album, The Rolling Stones (subtitled England's Newest Hit Makers in America), in 1964 (the U.S. edition also included "Little by Little"). For their 2016 release, Blue & Lonesome, they recorded a version of <mask>'s "Little Rain".The Yardbirds recorded "I Ain't Got You" for the B-side of their second single "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" with guitarist Eric Clapton. With Jeff Beck, they recorded the Reed-inspired instrumental "Like Jimmy Reed Again", which was released on a reissue of their album Having a Rave Up. The Animals considered <mask> one of their main sources of inspiration and recorded versions of "I Ain't Got You" and "Bright Lights, Big City". Van Morrison's group Them covered "Bright Lights, Big City" and "Baby, What You Want Me to Do", both of which are on the album The Story of Them Featuring Van Morrison. "Big Boss Man", sung by Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, was regularly performed by the Grateful Dead in the 1960s and early 1970s and appears on their live album Grateful Dead

Elvis Presley recorded several of <mask>'s songs, having a hit with "Big Boss Man" in 1967 and recording several performances of "Baby, What You Want Me to Do" for his 1968 TV program. (Presley's 1964 hit "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby" is a different song from that recorded by <mask>.) "Baby, What You Want Me to Do" was also covered by Wishbone Ash on their 1972 album Live Dates.Johnny and Edgar Winter performed it live in 1975 and included it on their album Together. Omar Kent Dykes and Jimmie Vaughan released the album On the Jimmy Reed Highway as a tribute to <mask>. Bill Cosby covered four of <mask>'s songs, "Bright Lights, Big City", "Big Boss Man", "Hush Hush" and "Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth", for his 1967 album, Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings. The Steve Miller Band covered five of <mask>'s songs: "You're So Fine", on the 1968 album Sailor, and "I Wanna Be Loved (But by Only You)", "Big Boss Man", "Caress Me Baby" and "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby", on the 1986 album Living in the 20th Century. Bob Dylan paid tribute to <mask> with the song "Goodbye Jimmy Reed" on his 2020 album Rough and Rowdy Ways. Discography

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External links
 Webpage with detailed biography and photographs
 Illustrated <mask> discography

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