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Major General <mask>, 1st Earl of Athlone (<mask>; born <mask> of Teck; 14 April 1874 – 16 January 1957), was a British Army commander and major-general who served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa and as Governor General of Canada. <mask> was born in London to the Duke and Duchess of Teck and was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. In 1904, he married Princess Alice of Albany and rose in the military ranks through his service on the western front of the First World War, receiving numerous honours and decorations. A cousin and also brother-in-law of King George V, he relinquished his German titles in 1917, including that of Prince of Teck in the Kingdom of Württemberg, and was elevated to the peerage as the Earl of Athlone. He was in 1923 appointed as South Africa's governor-general by the King, on the recommendation of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Stanley Baldwin, to replace Prince Arthur of Connaught, and he occupied the viceregal post until succeeded by the Earl of Clarendon in 1930. Athlone then served as Chancellor of the University of London until, in 1940, he was appointed as Canada's governor general by King George VI, on the recommendation of Prime Minister of Canada William Lyon Mackenzie King, to replace Lord Tweedsmuir (John Buchan), and he occupied the post until succeeded by Viscount <mask> of Tunis in 1946. Athlone helped galvanise the Canadian war effort and was a host to British and American statesmen during the Second World War.After returning to the United Kingdom, <mask> sat on the organising committee for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. He died at Kensington Palace in 1957 and was interred in the Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore. Early life, education, and military career

<mask> of Teck was born at Kensington Palace on 14 April 1874, the fourth child and third son of Prince Francis, Duke of Teck, and Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck. Although his mother was a granddaughter of King George III and first cousin to Queen Victoria, <mask>, as the son of a prince of Teck in Württemberg, was styled from birth as His Serene Highness and held the title <mask> of Teck. He was known, however, to his family and friends as Alge, derived from the first two letters of <mask> and George, and was characterised as a meticulous individual with a quick, but short-lived, temper and an ability to be cautious and tactful. When <mask> was nine years old, his parents fled the United Kingdom for continental Europe to escape their high debts. They stayed there for two years.The Prince remained at Eton College before moving on to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. In October 1894, having completed his officer's training, Prince <mask> was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 7th Queen's Own Hussars, and shortly after served in the Second Matabele War. He was mentioned in despatches during the conflict and, after its cessation, was appointed on 8 December 1898 by Queen Victoria as a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. He received a promotion to lieutenant in June 1899 and to captain the following April. For his actions in the Second Boer War, <mask> was in April 1901 appointed by King Edward VII as a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. The announcement came on 16 November 1903 that <mask> had become engaged to his second cousin once removed, Princess Alice of Albany, daughter of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, and thus a granddaughter of Queen Victoria and niece of the then soon-to-be Governor General of Canada, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn. The two were wed at St. George's Chapel, in Windsor Castle, on 10 February 1904 and, six days later, in celebration of the wedding, the Prince was promoted to the grade of a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order.The couple thereafter had three children: Princess May of Teck, born 1906; Prince Rupert of Teck, born 1907; and Prince Maurice Francis George of Teck. Maurice, however, lived only for less than six months, between 29 March and 14 September 1910. In the same year <mask> was appointed Chairman of Middlesex Hospital. First World War
Prior to the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, <mask>, who had been promoted to major in January 1911 and was a brevet lieutenant-colonel commanding the 2nd Life Guards, was nominated by the British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith to serve as Governor General of Canada. However, the Prince was called up for active service with his regiment. taking him to battle in France and Flanders. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel, with the temporary rank of brigadier-general, in December 1915.For his service on the battlefields, in June 1917 Prince <mask> was appointed by his brother in law, King George V, as a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. During the war, anti-German sentiment throughout the British Empire led the King to change the name of the royal house from the Germanic House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the more English House of Windsor, while simultaneously renouncing all Germanic titles for himself and all members of the Royal Family. Through a royal warrant issued on 14 July 1917, <mask>, along with his brother, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Teck, similarly relinquished all of his German titles, styles, and honours, choosing instead the name of Cambridge, after his grandfather, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge. <mask> was then known simply as <mask> Cambridge (being entitled to the honorific Sir through his knighthoods in the Royal Victorian Order and the Order of the Bath), until, on 7 November 1917, the King created him Earl of Athlone and Viscount Trematon. Athlone had declined a marquessate, as he thought the title did not sound British enough. Athlone's wife retained her royal style and title, while their surviving children became the Lady May Cambridge and Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon. Rupert was to inherit the title of Earl of Athlone, but he died on 15 April 1928, ten days shy of his twenty-first birthday, meaning the third creation of the title became extinct with the death of the first earl.Post-war career and Governor-General of the Union of South Africa
Following the cessation of hostilities in Europe in 1918, Athlone was promoted to the brevet rank of colonel in June 1919, and retired from the army that November, with the honorary rank of brigadier-general. He took up posts in the civilian world, continuing at Middlesex Hospital. Because of his experience there, he was appointed in 1921 to chair an investigative committee on the needs of doctors. Known as the Athlone Committee, its work resulted in the creation of post-graduate schools for medical education and research, such as the Royal Postgraduate Medical School at Hammersmith Hospital and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. In March 1922, he was promoted to the rank of colonel in the Regular Army Reserves, retaining his honorary rank of brigadier-general, and, in 1937, was appointed chair of a committee of inquiry into the arrangements for "recruitment, training and registration and terms and conditions of service" for nurses. For their London residence, the Athlones used the grace and favour apartments of Princess Alice's mother, the late Duchess of Albany, in the Clock House at Kensington Palace and, in 1923, they acquired a country residence, Brantridge Park, in West Sussex. In December of the same year, Athlone was appointed by the King as both an honorary major-general and as the Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, replacing his wife's cousin, Prince Arthur of Connaught.He arrived in Pretoria in January 1924 and was immediately at work with his viceregal duties, opening the newly finished parliament building, just weeks before his South African prime minister, Jan Smuts, suddenly advised him to prorogue the legislature. In the ensuing election—the running of which forced Athlone to cancel the planned tour of Prince Edward, Prince of Wales—the National Party won a majority of seats in the National Assembly, meaning Athlone appointed the party's leader, James Barry Munnik Hertzog, as his new prime minister. At the time, Afrikaner nationalism was increasing in the dominion, and Hertzog was a republican who promoted the secession of South Africa from the British Empire. As such, he proposed the country adopt its own flag over the Union Flag. Athlone, however, proved sympathetic and tactful, and resolved the issue by advancing a flag that was unique to South Africa, but which still contained the Union Flag within it, despite opposition from numerous Afrikaners. He also gained popularity with South Africans of all races through his frequent tours of the country, performing a number of ceremonial duties, including opening Pioneer Park in Johannesburg. For his service to the Crown in South Africa, Athlone was appointed by George V as a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter, on 17 April 1928, and, upon his return to the UK, was made on 4 August 1931 the Governor and Constable of Windsor Castle.The following year, he was also selected as the Chancellor of the University of London, which post he held until 1955. In January 1939, Athlone was appointed president of The Football Association. The move represented the first time the FA had appointed someone that was not a football administrator to the position. Governor General of Canada

In Canada in the late 1930s, there had been calls from government circles and the media alike for the King to appoint a Canadian-born individual as governor general. However, with the rush to fill the post after the unexpected death of the incumbent viceroy, Lord Tweedsmuir, and with the country embroiled in the Second World War, Canadian prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King advised King George VI that the time was not right for such a change in viceregal tradition. Instead, it was George's uncle, the Earl of Athlone, whose name Mackenzie King put forward and the Earl accepted. Subsequently, Athlone, along with his wife and his aide-de-camp, Alastair Windsor, Earl of Macduff, voyaged to Canada to take up his position, their liner using a submarine-evading zig-zag pattern across the Atlantic Ocean to Halifax, Nova Scotia.After travelling on to Ottawa by train, Athlone was sworn in during a ceremony in the Senate chamber on 21 June 1940. The Athlones' three grandchildren, Anne, Richard, and Elizabeth (children of their daughter May), lived with them in Canada for the duration of the war. Athlone immediately made himself active in the support of the war effort, travelling across the country and focusing much of his attention on the troops, either those training at military facilities or those injured and in hospital. Viewing his position as governor general as a link between Canadians and their monarch, Athlone also communicated in speeches that the King stood with them in their fight against Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime. The war was brought close to home for the Athlones also because many of those belonging to displaced European royal families sought refuge in Canada and resided at or near the royal and viceroyal residence, Rideau Hall. Among the royal guests were Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Märtha of Norway; Grand Duchess Charlotte and Prince Felix of Luxembourg; King Peter of Yugoslavia; King George of Greece; Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma (Austria) and her daughters; as well as Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and her daughter, Princess Juliana. Further, in December 1941, British prime minister Winston Churchill arrived at the residence, where he presided over British Cabinet meetings via telephone from his bed.It was Athlone's duty to play host at Quebec City to his prime minister, still Mackenzie King, as well as Churchill and United States president Franklin D. Roosevelt, who all gathered to take part in what would become known as the Quebec Conferences, with the first taking place between 17 and 24 August 1943 at the viceregal residence in La Citadelle, and the second occurring from 12 to 16 September 1944 at the Château Frontenac. It was at these meetings that the four men discussed the Allied strategies that would eventually lead to victory over Nazi Germany and Japan. When Germany fell on 8 May 1945 and Japan on 15 August of the same year, Athlone led the national celebrations held on Parliament Hill and elsewhere. He thereafter spoke in speeches about Canada's future being marked not by war but by a strong role in reconstruction and reconciliation. During his time as the Canadian viceroy, Athlone also lent his status to various charitable and other social events, and mounted a number of activities of his own, such as tobogganing parties and skating lessons on the grounds of Rideau Hall, as well as skiing in Gatineau Park. When he departed Canada at the end of his time as the King's representative, Athlone left as a legacy the Athlone Fellowship, awarded by the Engineering Institute of Canada. Post-viceregal life

After Lord Athlone's replacement as governor general was appointed on 21 March 1946, he returned to the United Kingdom to retirement, taking up residence again in a grace and favour apartment at Kensington Palace and, on 1 September of that year, resigning as colonel of the 7th Queen's Own Hussars.He did not completely remove himself from public activity, however, and was, along with his Canadian viceregal successor, Lord <mask> of Tunis, appointed to the committee charged with organising the coronation in 1953 of Athlone's great-niece, Queen Elizabeth II, and continued to sit as Chancellor of the University of London until 1955. The Earl of Athlone died at Kensington on 16 January 1957, and he was interred in the Royal Burial Ground at Frogmore. He was the last surviving great-grandchild of George III.

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<mask> (born 1961) is a Norwegian composer and musician, guitarist and synthesist. He has a background in various genres in music. As a solo recording artist, he is most known for his electronic and ambient musical soundscapes. Music that can be classified in the genres of space, drone, new age, and electronic music. Through his many albums he has gained recognition for his unique sound and style. Using guitar as the primary instrument in a highly imaginary and emotional music, building a bridge between grand symphonic realms and gentle, minimalistic and serene atmospheres. History and Overview
Born and raised in Norway (Hemsedal).In the era when he grew up in Norway, the local folk music is very much dominated by the Hardanger fiddle, and his grandfather once offered him a fiddle as a birthday present, if he wanted to start playing. But he went for the guitar, and started to play at age 11. His first influence was the evolving heavy/progressive rock music in the seventies, although he once said his first guitar hero was John Fogerty. He soon discovered the more complicated and intricate styles of rock, like Pink Floyd, Yes and Emerson Lake and Palmer. Which led him gradually into more contemporary electronic music genres. He started his professional career in 1980, playing and touring around Norway in various jazz/rock and fusion bands. But in 1984, he decided to concentrate full-time on his own solo career, building his own studio Wintergarden, where he started to explore and create his new soundworld.His third album "Traces" (1985), was a turning point in his creative musical approach, and pointed out his unique style in instrumental music. This album represented an important and seminal time for <mask>'s artistic development. <mask> says in a private interview: “I quit all the bands I played in, I wanted to work on my own using the modern electronic studio as an instrument. Like a painter with his oil canvasses. I wanted to make a music that had expansive synthesizer textures and sequencer patterns, layered together with expressive melodic electric guitars. Working with depth, time and space. In those years in the early eighties the studio technology was new and revolutionary, and I wanted to explore all the new possibilities.To be able to control the infinite variations of electronic sound, using an endless palette for creative expression. Musically this technology opened up a new possible world for me, and I have continued to further develop and refine these musical ideas on later recordings. Also for the last decades, I have been able to bring this my musical concept to the stage, performing live. I have been doing several tours, as well as releasing a double CD set live album "Silent Currents" (Projekt, CD-2011). As well as two download live albums "Silent Currents 3" (2013), and "Star’s End 2015" (Silent Currents 4). I have also done several live concerts with Ian Boddy and Steve Roach. In August 2019, I performed a main act concert with special written music for an outdoor festival in Norway, featuring Trey Gunn, Kouame Sereba and Jerry Marotta."<mask> has also written music for diverse acoustic ensembles, such as string quartets, wind quintets and sinfoniettas. As one of very few Norwegian composers, these scores were all written in the classical minimalistic tradition. He has released more than 50 solo albums and several smaller format EP's, all distributed globally and he has gained a large audience for his music. Collaborations
<mask> has also collaborated and released album works together with some of the most respected artists in the ambient music world: with Steve Roach ("Stream of Thought", CD-2009 & "The Road Eternal", CD-2011), Michael Stearns ("Convergence", CD-2020), Ian Boddy ("Frontiers", CD-2012, "EC12", Digital-2014, and "Meridian, CD-2018), Byron Metcalf ("Earth Luminous", CD-2016), Bernhard Wöstheinrich ("Arcadia Borealis", CD-2009 and "Weltenuhr, CD-2014), and several others. One of the areas Wøllo has been deeply exploring for many decades, is the connections between the various art forms. Focusing on finding mutual and parallel aspects, he has been making music for use together with other media, like film, modern ballet and theater. Also together with diverse experimental visual art forms for gallery exhibitions.(photography, fine art, literature and video art). Personal
<mask> currently lives on Hvaler, an island in the south of Norway. He is married, and has one son. Gallery
Wøllo with Fender Stratocaster at Schallwelle 2012. Re-released on Spotted Peccary Music, CD-2012)
 1990 - "IMAGES OF LIGHT" (Origo Sound, CD-1990. Re-released on Spotted Peccary Music, CD-2012)
 1986 - "SILVER BEACH" (Originally released 1986. Re-release Projekt 2013) Digital Download
 1985 - "TRACES" (Cicada Rec/Badland, LP-1985/CD-1988.7" - (Echoes, CD)
 2002 - "Lights Out VIII" - (KINK fm102, CD)
 2003 - "The Echoes Living Room Concerts, vol. 9" - (Echoes, CD)
 2004 - "Michael Garrison Tribute Collection" - (Groove Unlimited, CD)
 2005 - "Lights Out IX" - (KINK fm102, CD)
 2006 - "Lights Out X" - (KINK fm102, CD)
 2007 - "Stars End 30th Anniversary Anthology CD" (CD)
 2009 - "The Projekt Sampler 2009" - (Projekt, CD)
 2010 - "Afar" - (Projekt, CD)
 2011 - "E-Day 2011" - (GROOVE Unlimited, CD)
 2011 - "The Rope 25" - (Projekt, CD)
 2011 - "The Echoes Living Room Concerts, Vol. 1998 - "Rift" (Continental Drift) -Video from Iceland (Patrick Huse/Aschehoug). Also diverse Film/Documentaries for TV and Radio in Europe, Japan and USA. Several Multimedia / Exhibitions
 "Off The Wall" - World music concert project for schools, produced by Rikskonsertene 2005. (Kouame Sereba/<mask>llo/Uriel Seri)

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 <mask>, official website
 Steve Roach
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 Ian Boddy
 Echoes
 Stars End
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<mask> (born 28 June 1946) is a British former politician who served as the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) from 1992 to 2019, for the seats of Birmingham Small Heath, Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath, and Birmingham Hall Green. In October 2019, Hall Green Constituency Labour Party members overwhelmingly voted to open selections for their Parliamentary Candidate, with votes of 86 to 6 in Moseley and Kings Heath Branch and 37 to 11 in Hall Green Branch to have the option to choose a candidate other than <mask>. This followed several years of controversy about the MP's stances, including voting with the Conservative Party on key Brexit votes, and outspokenly opposing LGBT+ Inclusive Education in Birmingham schools. <mask> subsequently declared his intention to stand as an independent candidate. He lost the seat to the Labour Party candidate, Tahir Ali, coming third behind Labour and the Conservatives. Early life
<mask> was born in London and educated at Catford Comprehensive School. He was a bank clerk for five years from 1965, joining the Labour Party in 1966.He was a political officer from 1970 with the trade union APEX and then from 1990 with its successor the GMB until his election to Parliament in 1992. During his time as a trade union official, he was a member of the St Ermin's group, a secret caucus of moderate trade unionists who moved the Labour Party back towards the political centre by organising slates for elections to the party's National Executive Committee. Political career
Elected as a councillor in the London Borough of Lewisham in 1971, he became the Mayor of Lewisham for 1977–78, before quitting the council at the 1990 London Borough elections. He unsuccessfully contested Birmingham Yardley at the 1983 general election, where he finished in second place behind the sitting Conservative MP David Gilroy Bevan. He was elected to the House of Commons for Birmingham Small Heath at the 1992 general election following the retirement of Denis Howell. <mask> held Small Heath with a majority of 13,989 votes and remained an MP from that point. His constituency was abolished in 1997 and, aided by the retirement of Birmingham Sparkbrook MP Roy Hattersley, <mask> was elected for the newly combined constituency of Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath at the 1997 general election.The Sparkbrook and Small Heath seat was abolished at the 2010 election, with its constituent parts moving into neighbouring seats. <mask> was selected for the redrawn Birmingham Hall Green seat in 2008, which includes some of his existing constituency and wards which were formerly in the two Birmingham constituencies of Hall Green and Selly Oak. He was re-elected at the May 2010 general election with a majority of 3,799. In Parliament he was a special adviser to the former Minister of Sport Richard Caborn on cricket and was the chairman of the All Party Japan Group. In October 2006, <mask> was one of 12 Labour MPs to back Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National Party's call for an inquiry into the Iraq War. He also rebelled against the government in November 2005 on legislation permitting the detention of terrorist suspects for 90 days without trial. In January 2005, <mask> called for economic migration to the UK to be "stopped".He said that economic migration was unnecessary and it posed a danger to race relations within the UK. In the 2009 parliamentary expenses scandal, <mask> was reported as using office expenses for extensive roofing work, rewiring, replacement guttering and even clock repair at a property he owns. He incurred the second highest expenses of all 647 MPs' for 2008/2009 with claims for £189,338. In 2011, The Guardian declared that, based on his participation in votes, <mask> was "Britain's laziest MP", being absent from 88% of votes at the start of that year. He had attended less than 50% of parliamentary debates during his whole time in office and refused to take any part in hustings meetings. He responded to the Birmingham Mail about his participation, saying, "when you are in opposition and the government has a substantial majority, you know perfectly well that you aren't going to be able to have an effect on every vote". <mask> opposed same-sex marriage in 2013, saying that he did not want to "[redefine] the current definition of marriage."<mask> was one of seven signatories in 2014 of an open letter to Ed Miliband calling upon him to commit to restricting the ability of workers from low income EU countries to move to the UK. In the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, <mask> supported the Leave campaign, although his constituency voted by 66.4% to remain in the European Union. Unusually for a pro-Brexit MP, he abstained from the vote to invoke Article 50, which would commence the UK's process of withdrawal from the EU, on the grounds that he was respecting his constituents' pro-Remain vote. <mask> supported Owen Smith in the latter's failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour leadership election. During the 2017 election campaign, his local campaign leaflet went viral in the UK due to its slogan "unwanted, unnecessary, opportunistic", which was supposed to be about the snap election called by Theresa May, but appeared, due to the format, to be referring to <mask> himself. At the election he gained 42,143 votes (77.6%), giving him a majority of 33,944 (62.5%), which was the twelfth largest majority of any UK MP by percentage of constituency vote. In May 2019, in the wake of protests in Birmingham over LGBT-inclusive education in primary schools, <mask> sided with the protestors: "I have concerns about the age appropriateness of children of four and five being introduced to these ideas", he said, later admitting that he had not read the books.Anderton Park Primary School in Sparkhill, which has been at the centre of the row, is in <mask>'s former constituency. He defended his voting record on equality legislation, stating, "I am supportive of the LGBT community. I have consistently voted for all laws pertaining to equality and to defend the rights of everyone to live the lifestyle they choose." In October 2019, Labour Party members in all four branches of his Hall Green constituency opted to trigger a re-selection process to choose the Labour candidate at the next general election. As a sitting Member of Parliament, <mask> was automatically entitled to be shortlisted as a potential candidate. <mask> had indicated that he intended to stand for re-selection. However, the process was paused due to the election being called that month, resulting in the decision being made by the NEC to not endorse <mask> and select a new candidate with a local panel.He stood as an Independent at the 2019 general election and came third. He was succeeded in the seat by Tahir Ali. Controversy

Andy McSmith's book Faces of Labour (1996), contends that <mask> obtained selection for his seat in 1992 by dubious means which, although accepted by the Labour Party, were too late to act upon. In 2005, Tribune made similar allegations about his successful bid to stave off deselection, which was only thwarted by the local votes of his former employer, the GMB Union. <mask> had angered many in his local party by his calls for curbs on immigration. During the 2010 general election campaign, <mask> issued leaflets suggesting the Liberal Democrats were in favour of "convicted murderers, rapists and paedophiles to be given the vote", which the Lib Dems denied was their policy. The leaflets contained images of various high-profile criminals, including child sex offender and nursery worker Vanessa George and serial killer Steven Wright.Labour's general secretary Ray Collins said the leaflet was not approved at a national level and the local campaign was later scrapped. Personal life
<mask> has been married to Julia Brenda Morris since 1977 and they have a son and a daughter. He is a lifelong supporter of Charlton Athletic F.C. He was previously the chairman of the Charlton Athletic Community Trust, which oversees the club's community work. He resigned from this position on 26 June 2019 following the controversy surrounding his support for the anti-LGBT protesters in Birmingham. References

External links

 Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: <mask> MP

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British Eurosceptics
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<mask> (2 June 1852 – 16 June 1931) was a Swiss pioneer of ballooning and of aerial photography. Early life

<mask> was born in Bazenheid in the Toggenburg area in Switzerland as <mask>weizer. His father, Sigmund Schweizer, was an innkeeper. When he was eight years old, the family reportedly moved to northern Italy, to a place near the Swiss-Italian border in the province of Como. <mask> is said to have attended the schools in Lugano. At the age of eighteen, <mask> allegedly went first to Milan and then to Paris to be trained as an opera singer. During this time, he chose the name "Spelterini", because to him it sound fancier than "Schweizer".His singing career was cut short by a severe case of pneumonia. In any case, <mask> turned up in the mid-1870s in Paris, and in 1877 he was licensed by the Académie d'Aérostation météorologique de France as a ballon pilot. Ascents around the world

In the 1880s, after having successfully made 17 ascents by himself, <mask> began to offer commercial rides with passengers. In 1887, he had his first own balloon made by the Surcouf company in Paris, a gas balloon with a volume of 1,500 cubic meters, which he named "Urania". The first voyage with this ballon was on 5 October 1887, starting in Vienna. Subsequently, <mask> moved to the United Kingdom, where he performed together with an American aerial acrobat going by the name of Leona Dare who would perform acrobatic acts suspended under the basket of <mask>'s balloon during the flights. The spectacle, but also <mask>'s often taking journalists for a ride for free ensured them favourable publicity.Together, they toured eastwards through Europe until Moscow, where they parted. <mask> turned southwards, making ascents in Bucharest, Saloniki, and Athens, before moving to Cairo. After his ascents in spring 1890 over the pyramids of Giza he continued touring, first to Naples, then to Istanbul. In 1891, <mask> returned to Switzerland. By that time, he was famous for his ballooning adventures. On 26 July 1891 <mask> made his first ascent in Switzerland, starting at the Heimplatz in Zurich. The initial skepticism of the people vanished quickly, and his starts soon attracted crowds wherever he turned up: Zurich, Winterthur, St. Gall, Interlaken, Vevey, ... His endeavours also caught the attention of scientists.On various occasions, <mask> made ascents with scientists solely for the purpose of conducting experiments: with physicists to study the atmosphere, with physicians to study human blood cells at low atmospheric pressure, with geologists to study the earth from above. Geologist Albert Heim had once proposed to Spelterini to try crossing the Alps by balloon. But he needed a larger balloon for such an endeavour. With the help of sponsors, he was able to buy the "Wega", twice as large as "Urania" with a volume of 3,260 cubic meters. With it, Heim and <mask> planned to travel from Sion in the Valais across Uri into the Grisons. But the winds decided otherwise. Despite unfavourable wind conditions, they started on 3 October 1898.The winds drove the balloon across Les Diablerets and then further westwards, across Lake Neuchatel and the Jura Mountains, until they descended near Besançon in France. Much of the trip was made at altitudes between 5000 and 6000 meters above sea level. In the following years, <mask> crossed the Alps numerous times with his balloons, in all directions. In 1904, he spent several months in Egypt, and in 1911, he even travelled to South Africa, yet he returned each time to Switzerland. Aerial photography

Around 1893, <mask> had begun to take a camera aboard his balloon and started to take pictures on his flights. It was certainly not easy to photograph with this equipment, weighing between 40 and 60 kilograms, and with a minimum exposure time of 1/30th of a second. But <mask> brought back stunning photographs of the landscape seen from above that won awards repeatedly at aeronautical expositions in Milan, Paris, Brussels, or Frankfurt.For Albert Heim his photos provided whole new insights about the relief of the Alps. <mask> presented his photos in slide shows wherever he went, from Stockholm to Cape Town, fascinating his audiences and winning the general acclaim of the press, who reviewed his presentations favorably. Decline of ballooning

The outbreak of World War I put an end to <mask>'s travels. Borders were closed, and <mask>'s balloons remained grounded. He retired as an independent gentleman to Coppet near Geneva with his wife Emma (née Karpf), whom he had married on 28 January 1914 in the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields in London. But although he was well off financially, his savings diminished in the war years, and what was left of it was eaten up by the post-war inflation. The airplane had surpassed ballooning, nobody cared anymore about his pre-war exploits, and <mask> was all but forgotten.In 1922, he hired out as a showman at the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, posing for photos and taking people for short rides in a captive balloon. He detested it. Disappointed, he retired to Zipf near Vöcklabruck in Austria, where he had bought a small house and lived from the sale of the eggs of his 300 chickens. In 1926, he tried a last time to revive his old ballooning adventures. With the financial help of some friends, he started from Zurich in a rented balloon. But he fell unconscious during the voyage; his passengers just barely managed to crash-land the balloon in Vorarlberg. <mask> returned to Zipf, where he died impoverished and largely unknown in 1931.References

Further reading

Capus, A.: "Geschenke des Himmels", p. 36-50 in Das Magazin 38/2007. In German. Degen, H.R. : "<mask> (1852–1931)", p. 39-57 in Schweizer Flugtechniker und Ballonpioniere, Verein für wirtschaftshistorische Studien, Meilen. . In German. Heim, A.: Die Fahrt der "Wega" über Alpen und Jura am 3. Oktober 1898, Verlag B. Schwabe, Basel 1899.In German. Kramer, Th., Stadler, H. (eds. ): Edurad <mask> – Fotografien des Ballonpioniers, Scheidegger & Spiess, 2007. . In German & English. <mask>, E.: Über den Wolken/Par dessus les nuages, Brunner & Co, Zürich 1928, with an introduction by A. Heim. In German & French.19th-century Swiss photographers
Aerial photographers
1852 births
1931 deaths
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<mask>Sherry" <mask> (June 28, 1927 – March 10, 2012) was an American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research was on atmospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics. His best-known work was the discovery that chlorofluorocarbons contribute to ozone depletion. Education and early life
Born in Delaware, Ohio, <mask> received a majority of his education in public schools and, due to accelerated promotion was able to graduate high school several weeks before his 16th birthday. In the summers during his high school career, <mask> was entrusted to run the local weather service station. This was <mask>'s first exposure to systematic experimentation and data collection. After entering Ohio Wesleyan University, <mask> was about to graduate shortly before his 18th birthday.Instead, he was enlisted to the Navy to train radar operators. <mask> was discharged after 14 months as a non commissioned officer. After entering the University of Chicago, <mask> was assigned Willard F. Libby as a mentor and began to study radiochemistry. <mask>'s thesis was about the chemical state of cyclotron-produced radioactive bromine atoms. <mask> received his B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1948. He then earned his M.S.in 1951 and his Ph.D. in 1952, both from the University of Chicago. Career and research
<mask> held academic posts at Princeton University (1952–56) and at the University of Kansas (1956–64) before becoming a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine, in 1964. At Irvine in the early 1970s he began working with Mario J. Molina. <mask> was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1978 and served as a president of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1993. His best-known work was the discovery that chlorofluorocarbons contribute to ozone depletion. <mask> theorized that man made organic compound gases combine with solar radiation and decompose in the stratosphere, releasing atoms of chlorine and chlorine monoxide that are individually able to destroy large numbers of ozone molecules. It was obvious that <mask> had a good idea of what was occurring at higher altitudes when he stated "...I knew that such a molecule could not remain inert in the atmosphere forever, if only because solar photochemistry at high altitudes would break it down".<mask>'s research, first published in Nature magazine in 1974, initiated a scientific investigation of the problem. In 1978, a first ban on CFC-based aerosols in spray cans was issued in the United States. The actual production did however not stop and was soon on the old levels. It took till the 1980s to allow for a global regulation policy. <mask> performed many measurements of the atmosphere. One experiment included collecting air samples at various cities and locations around the globe to determine CCl3F North-South mixing. By measuring the concentrations at different latitudes, <mask> was able to see that CCl3F was mixing between hemispheres quite rapidly.The same measurement was repeated 8 years later and the results showed a steady increase in CCl3F concentrations. <mask>'s work also showed how the density of the ozone layer varied by season increasing in November and decreasing until April where it levels out for the summer only to increase in November. Data gained throughout successive years showed that although the pattern was consistent, the overall ozone levels were dropping. <mask>  and his colleagues interacted both with the public and the political side and suggested various solutions, which allowed to step wise reduce the CFC impact. CFC emissions were regulated first within Canada, the United States, Sweden and Norway. In the 1980s, the Vienna Agreement and the Montreal Protocol allowed for global regulation. Awards and honors

<mask> won numerous awards for his work:
Tolman Medal, 1976
Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Leo Szilard Lectureship Award, 1979
Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, 1983
Japan Prize, 1989
Honorary Doctor of Science (Sc.D.)degree from Whittier College, 1989
Peter Debye Award, 1993
Albert Einstein World Award of Science, 1994
Roger Revelle Medal, 1994
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1995
Elected to the American Philosophical Society (1995)
Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement, 1996
In 1998, the UC Irvine physical sciences building was named after <mask>. A bust of <mask> is visible in the lobby. Elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 2004
 <mask> in Antarctica was named after him in 2007
STEM Wing At Rutherford B. Hayes High School in Delaware, Ohio named in his honor

Personal life
<mask> was the father of art historian <mask>, and <mask>. He had two granddaughters. After suffering from a short bout of ill health, <mask> died on March 10, 2012, of complications from Parkinson's disease. Upon hearing the news, renowned chemist and good friend Mario J. Molina stated: "Sherry was a prime influence throughout my career and had inspired me and many others to walk in the shadow of his greatness". References

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Technical Reports:
"Radiochemistry Research: Progress Report, October 1, 1974 to September 30, 1975", University of California, Irvine, United States Department of Energy (through predecessor agency the Atomic Energy Commission), (1975)."Research in Chemical Kinetics: Progress Report, January 1, 1978 to September 30, 1978", University of California, Irvine, United States Department of Energy, (1978). "Research in Chemical Kinetics. Annual Report, 1993", University of California, Irvine, United States Department of Energy, (1993). "Research in Chemical Kinetics. Annual Report, 1994", University of California, Irvine, United States Department of Energy, (June 1, 1994). Archival collections
F. <mask> Papers. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.Other
CFCs, Ozone Depletion and Global Warming Freeview video interview with F.<mask> provided by the Vega Science Trust. including the Nobel Lecture on December 8, 1995
UCI Nobel winner F<mask> 'Sherry' <mask> dies at 84 Orange County
Ozone layer scientist who 'saved the world' dies Guardian
Obituary in The Independent by Marcus Williamson

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<mask>. (born June 23, 1984) is an American television personality known for his appearances as a contestant on the American television show Survivor. He first appeared in the 18th season, Survivor: Tocantins in which he won the title of Sole Survivor and the  grand prize. <mask> later appeared as a contestant in the 20th season Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, finishing in tenth place. He returned to play for a third time on the 34th season: Survivor: Game Changers where he placed 16th. Early life
<mask> was raised in Samson, Alabama, graduated from Troy University as a business marketing major, and currently resides in Mobile, Alabama. Survivor

Tocantins
On May 17, 2009, it was revealed that he had been voted the winner of Survivor: Tocantins, having received all seven jury votes (cast by Brendan Synnott, <mask>, Sierra Reed, Debbie Beebe, Benjamin "Coach" Wade, <mask> "<mask>" <mask>, and Erinn Lobdell), beating out corporate consultant and friend Stephen Fishbach. In addition to his million-dollar win, <mask> also won the $100,000 prize for Sprint Player of the Season, beating out fellow fan favorites <mask> and Reed.<mask> was the sixth person to win Survivor's million-dollar prize without ever having any votes cast against him at Tribal Council—preceded by <mask> (The Australian Outback), Ethan Zohn (Africa), Brian Heidik (Thailand), Sandra Diaz-<mask> (Pearl Islands), and <mask> (Palau). He was also the second person to win the million-dollar prize as a result of a unanimous vote—preceded by Earl Cole (Fiji), and the second consecutive person to win both the million dollars and the $100,000, preceded by Bob Crowley (Gabon). <mask> is the first player ever to win Sole Survivor by a unanimous vote while never receiving any votes against him during the entire game. The only other two Survivor castaways to accomplish this feat are <mask>ran in Survivor: Caramoan and <mask> in Survivor: Cambodia. However, neither Cochran nor Collins won the $100,000 prize for Sprint Player of the Season (it had been discontinued by the time Collins won Sole Survivor), and Collins received votes against him which were nullified by a hidden immunity idol. <mask> also performed with distinction in the challenges. During the reward challenge in Episode Four, <mask> carried 220 pounds before dropping out, tying the record previously set by Pearl Islands contestant Rupert Boneham, who had also carried 220 pounds before dropping out.At the immunity challenge that followed, <mask> came close to single-handedly winning immunity for <mask>—by catching four out of the five balls needed to win, although <mask>a won the challenge in the end. (In the process, <mask> knocked out a tooth—which <mask> saved and later gave to <mask>'s mother at the reunion special.) <mask> also won more post-merge reward and immunity challenges than anyone else in his season, with three reward challenges (the first two and the last one) and three immunity challenges (the last three consecutive ones). Because <mask> won the game unanimously, without having had a single vote cast against him, was awarded the $100,000 player-of-the-season prize, and won more individual challenges than anyone else by a considerable margin, he has been said to have played the first "perfect game" in Survivor history. Heroes vs. Villains
<mask> was chosen to participate in the 20th season of Survivor as a member of the Heroes tribe. While he was part of this tribe, he made side deals with <mask> and Colby Donaldson, even though he was also in the majority alliance along with Amanda Kimmel, Candice Woodcock, Cirie Fields, <mask>, and Rupert Boneham. <mask> also switched his vote at the Heroes' third tribal council, which resulted in the elimination of Fields, foiling his original alliance's plan to vote off Donaldson or Westman, who played his hidden immunity idol.Despite this betrayal, he maintained his place in the Heroes tribe, and stuck with the majority after voting off Westman, who was seen as a threat, and Clement, who was a liability due to his injury at the "Schmergen Brawl" challenge. After a string of losses, <mask>'s tribe of Heroes rallied and went on to win the next few challenges, thus maintaining immunity until the merge. When the Heroes tribe won a reward challenge in Episode 7, they found a clue to a hidden immunity idol and agreed to find it as a tribe. Nevertheless, <mask> decided to look for the idol by himself. He found it, but he was intending to keep it to himself to further his individual interests. However, Kimmel noticed that <mask> had found it, so <mask> was forced to reveal his find to the tribe. After several men of the Villains tribe were voted out, <mask> and other members of the Heroes tribe assumed there must be an alliance of the Villains' women, whereas in fact the alliance orchestrating these votes consisted of Russell Hantz, Parvati Shallow, and Danielle DiLorenzo.<mask> came up with a plan to give his tribe's hidden immunity idol to Hantz to keep him from being eliminated by the "female alliance", thinking that, once the tribes merged, Hantz would side with the Heroes and together they would be able to vote out Parvati, the Villain they assumed was biggest threat. When the tribes merged, Hantz feigned allegiance to the Heroes, and <mask> and his tribemates still assumed that Hantz was on their side, even though Hantz had not used the idol the Heroes had given him to eliminate Shallow, and even though Villains tribe member Sandra Diaz-<mask>, who was on the outs with the Villains tribe, told Rupert Boneham there was no female alliance and explained what was really going on. Boneham relayed this information to the Heroes and warned <mask> that he shouldn't be putting all of his trust into Hantz, but <mask> did not believe what <mask>e had said. At the first post-merge tribal council, just as <mask>e had warned, the Villains all stuck together. Parvati Shallow played her own idol to protect <mask>e, and also played the idol <mask> had given to Hantz (which Hantz had given to Shallow), to protect <mask> Manthey, whom the Heroes had voted for. With the votes against Manthey negated by the immunity idol, since all five Villains had voted for <mask>, he was the one eliminated by a 5–0 vote. Thus he became the 11th person voted off, the first person to be eliminated after the merge, and the third member of the jury.As a result of his move, at the live reunion special, <mask> was awarded a trophy for the dumbest move in Survivor history. <mask> cast his jury vote for <mask> to win again along with Courtney Yates, and fellow Heroes tribemates, Amanda Kimmel, Candice Cody, Rupert Boneham and Colby Donaldson. This secured <mask> to win a second time by a 6-3-0 vote. Game Changers
On February 8, 2017, <mask> was revealed to be a contestant on the 34th season of Survivor, entitled Survivor: Game Changers. Amongst all the players that won on their first try, <mask> is the first male winner to play three times. He started on the Nuku tribe which won the first two challenges. <mask> was the only original Nuku member to remain on Nuku after the tribal split.At Nuku, he took the tribe fishing in the ocean, but at one point, he left the tribe, went back to camp and tried to find the hidden immunity idol but was unsuccessful. He later formed a bond with Malcolm Freberg, to whom <mask> suggested that they vote out fellow Heroes vs. Villains castaway Sandra Diaz-<mask>e. On Day 11, <mask> announced that only one tribe would win immunity and the other two tribes would go to Tribal Council. <mask>vua won immunity. Probst then said that both Mana and Nuku would go to Tribal Council together and vote out one person. At the Nuku camp, <mask> suggested that they vote out <mask> for being sneaky, but <mask> wanted Sierra Dawn <mask> out. During a chaotic Tribal Council, <mask>.went to Brad Culpepper and told him that Sierra was the target and he should vote for <mask>. However, this plan backfired as Trang played his hidden immunity idol on Sierra and Mana's votes sent Freberg out of the game. After returning from camp, <mask>. lied to his tribe about not telling Culpepper who their target was, to avoid the blame. The next day, <mask>. searched for an idol and ultimately found it. Then after Nuku won the reward challenge, <mask>., back at camp, grew annoyed with Michaela Bradshaw for eating a tablespoon of sugar with a couple drops of coffee.<mask>e then ate all the sugar in order to intensify his and Bradshaw's feud. He blamed Bradshaw for the disappearance of the sugar, then when Nuku lost immunity, he talked to Aubry Bracco, <mask>, and <mask> about getting Bradshaw out. However, <mask> and Bradshaw agreed to vote out <mask>., leaving Varner as the swing vote. <mask>. decided not to bring his idol to Tribal Council because he believed he was safe. Ultimately, Varner sided with <mask> and Bradshaw, and <mask>. was blindsided in 16th place.Filmography

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<mask> (December 5, 1921 – November 24, 2016) was an American Major League Baseball player who pitched for the Boston Red Sox from 1945 through 1950. Ferriss was given the nickname 'Boo' as the result of a childhood inability to pronounce the word 'brother'. After <mask>'s MLB playing career was over, he returned to the Mississippi Delta for two stints as the head baseball coach at Delta State University where he retired as the school's all-time leader in wins with 639. In November 2002, he was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame. Playing career

College and minor league baseball
Ferriss received the first full baseball scholarship to Mississippi State University, where he pitched in 1941 and 1942 and joined the Kappa Sigma fraternity. He was signed by the Red Sox in 1942, and he appeared in 21 games for the Greensboro Red Sox of the Class B Piedmont League, compiling a 7–7 record. Shortly afterward, he was called by the military for World War II service, where he served for over two years at Randolph Field in Texas, during which time he was able to continue playing baseball, in a military league.After an early discharge in February 1945 due to asthma, <mask> was assigned by the Red Sox to the Louisville Colonels, although he did not appear in a game with them. During his college years, <mask> was credited with naming the "orange". Major League Baseball
When the Red Sox started slowly in 1945, <mask> was called up and made a spectacular major league debut with a five-hit shutout against the Athletics on April 29. He went on to set a longstanding American League (AL) record for scoreless innings pitched at the start of a career with 22, which stood until 2008, when it was broken by Brad Ziegler. Ferriss compiled a 21–10 win-loss record for the Red Sox in his rookie season. <mask> then compiled a 25–6 record (the best in the AL) that helped the Red Sox win the AL pennant in 1946. He was selected for the All-Star Game that season for the first and only time but did not pitch (the 1945 All-Star Game had been cancelled due to World War II).He started two games in the 1946 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, and pitched a complete-game shutout in the third game before getting a no-decision in the seventh and deciding game, which was won by the Cardinals. <mask>' record in 1947 was 12–11. His arm troubles and asthma restricted him to only nine starts and 31 appearances in 1948, and four appearances in 1949. His final major league appearance was on Opening Day of the 1950 season, when he pitched only one inning. Ferriss compiled a career record of 65–30, and shares the MLB record for consecutive home wins to start a season (13, in 1946). He was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2002. Ferriss was a very good hitting pitcher in his six-year major league career, posting a .250 batting average (93-for-372) with one home run, 52 RBIs, and 44 runs scored.He had 19 RBIs in each of the 1945 and 1947 seasons. He finished his career with a .979 fielding percentage. Coaching career
<mask> served as pitching coach for the Red Sox under manager Pinky Higgins from 1955 to 1959 before moving on to Delta State University as head coach in 1960. He held that role until early 1967, when he left Delta State to take the role of assistant athletic director at Mississippi State University. <mask> returned to Delta State in mid-1968, and he again served as head coach from 1970 until retiring after the 1988 season. His 639–387–8 record as Delta State head coach ranks him among all-time national coaching leaders at the NCAA Division II level. He guided Delta State teams to the NCAA Division II playoffs in eight of his last twelve seasons, including three trips to the NCAA Division II Baseball Championship resulting in finishes of third (1977), second (1978), and third (1982).Gulf South Conference championships came in 1978, 1979, 1985, and 1988, along with a second-place finish in 1981 and third-place in 1982. Ferriss spent 46 years in baseball at the collegiate and professional levels and was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1988. He was also inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, the Delta State University Sports Hall of Fame (1989), the Mississippi State University Sports Hall of Fame, and the Mississippi Semi-Pro Baseball Hall of Fame (1981). In 1988, he received the United States Baseball Federation Service Award for his contributions to the game. He was named NCAA Regional Coach of the Year three times, and earned similar Gulf South Conference coaching honors three times as well. In 1978 and 1982, he was elected College Baseball Coach of the Year in Mississippi, and was runner-up in 1985. Under his direction, 20 Delta State players earned All-American honors, 20 earned Academic All-American honors, 49 earned All-Gulf South Conference honors, 23 continued their baseball careers onto the professional level, and 40 former players coached in the high school and college ranks.In addition to coaching at Delta State, Ferriss also served at various times as athletic director and director of the DSU Foundation. In February 2008, Ferriss welcomed back author John Grisham to Delta State's campus for an athletic fundraiser. Grisham, a Mississippi native, began his career path "thanks to coach Ferriss" after Ferriss had cut Grisham from his team in the fall of 1978. In Grisham's "The Kindest Cut," the author details his time at Delta State and how coach Ferriss handled the difficult task of cutting the would-be outfielder. Also in 2008, Ferriss received an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree from Delta State. Namings
 The baseball field at Delta State University is named <mask> Field in his honor. The "Boo" Ferriss Baseball Museum – located at the Robert L. Crawford Center at Delta State University – was named after him.Ferriss Trophy
In the fall of 2003, the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame announced its sponsorship of an annual Mississippi Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year award, and that the trophy would bear Ferriss' name and likeness. The award is officially called the C Spire Ferriss Trophy, including the name of corporate cosponsor C Spire Wireless. Personal life
Ferriss lived with his wife, Miriam Izard <mask>, in Cleveland, Mississippi. They had two children, Dr. <mask> and <mask> White, and two grandchildren. He was a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Cleveland. He died on November 24, 2016, in Cleveland. References

Further reading

 University of Southern Mississippi (1997).Oral history with Mr. David M. Ferriss

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<mask> "Boo" Ferriss page at The Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame
<mask> "Boo" <mask> page at the Delta State University Sports Hall of Fame
<mask> "Boo" Ferriss page at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame

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Kim Hyung-soo (; born December 30, 1981), better known by his stage name <mask> (), is a South Korean singer. The name is a combination of the first letter 'K' of his last name 'Kim' and the English word 'Will', which means will. He debuted in 2007 and has since become known for his chart-topping ballads. He has also been dubbed the "Prince of OST" for his frequent Korean drama soundtrack appearances. <mask> has released four full-length albums: Left Heart (2007), Missing You (2009), The Third Album (2012–2013), and The Fourth Album (2017–2018). Career

Pre-debut
Prior to his debut, <mask> trained to be a singer for five years under producer Bang Si-hyuk. He also worked as a "guide vocal," singing demos of songs that would ultimately be recorded by other artists including TVXQ, g.o.d.and Rain. During this time, he was dubbed the "male Mariah Carey," after a video of him singing Carey's songs became popular on South Korean websites. 2007–2009: Debut and Starship Entertainment
<mask> released his first album, Left Heart, on March 6, 2007 via Bang's label Big Hit Entertainment. Producer J.Y. Park composed the album's title song, which reached #3 on the Melon digital chart shortly after its release. That year, <mask> also released the hit song, "Moon Setting Alone," from the War of Money soundtrack, and was voted the best new singer of 2007 in a survey of South Korean television writers. In January 2008, <mask> left Big Hit and joined his agent Kim Shi-dae's new company Starship Entertainment.On December 2, 2008, he released his first digital single under Starship, "Love 119" (a collaboration with rapper MC Mong). The single reached #1 on various online music charts and ranked #2 on the KBS Music Bank chart without any promotions. K.Will released his first extended play, Dropping the Tears, featuring a title track of the same name, on March 31, 2009. While promoting the album, he gave voice lessons to Lee Min-ho, the lead actor in the television series Boys Over Flowers, to prepare Lee for recording the song "My Everything" for the show's soundtrack. K.Will made his acting debut in September alongside Han Hyo-joo in the web series Soul Special. On November 5, 2009, he released his second album, Missing You. The album's lead single, "Miss, Miss and Miss," was a success.However the second single, "Hypnosis" featuring rapper Outsider, was banned from airing on KBS because it contained the word “mute” (), which the network said could be degrading to people with disabilities. <mask>'s agency, Starship Entertainment, said in a statement that the lyrics were meant to be a metaphor for people who can't express their feelings. In early December, K.Will performed at the 2009 Hallyu Music Festival in Sapporo and Toyko, Japan. On December 25, he held his first solo concert in Seoul. 2010–2011: International expansion
<mask> debuted in the United States at "THE THREE ROMANTICISTS" concert along with Kim Bum Soo and Yoo Seung-Chan on March 5, 2010. His single titled "Present"  was released on March 10, 2010 and achieved #1 on many online music charts. <mask> embarked on his first solo concert in Japan, "K.WILL Live Concert with Band in Tokyo" in May 2010 and "K.WILL Live Concert with Band in Osaka" in July 2010.On the July 31, K.Will appeared on the music show "The MUZIT" as one of the main MCs along with upperclassmen singer Yoo Young Suk . On the first episode <mask> and Charice performed the duet "Endless Love." At the end of year, K.Will's two-day Christmas concert was completely sold out. A year after his second album, <mask> released another digital single featuring Simon D and Hyorin of Sistar titled "Amazed" on January 21, 2011. The song rapidly reached to the top of the several music charts. Seven weeks later, K.Will's second mini album was released and he held a live showcase, performance, and released the music video for "My Heart is Beating" in which Lee Joon (MBLAQ) and IU starred. The title track of this album was an all-kill on music charts.Five years since his debut, K.Will finally won the Mutizen on SBS Inkigayo. <mask> successfully completed his third solo concert, "My Heart Is Beating" at the Olympic Park Hall on June 25, 2011. He has also participated several variety shows such as "We Got Married" with Kim Hyung Jun, the drama "Spy Myung Wol" and the reality show "Immortal Songs 2" nearly the end of the year. As per tradition, he ended the year with a 3-day Christmas concert. After joining KBS TV "Immortal Songs 2" in November 2011, <mask> left the show after winning three times, and set the new record, winning against 5 consecutive singers in the leaving episode on January 21, 2012. 2012–2016: The Third Album and collaborations
On February 14, 2012, <mask> released his 3rd mini album I Need You two weeks after releasing a digital single of one of the songs from the mini album titled "I Hate Myself". On the same day, <mask> also unveiled a music video for "I Need You" on Starship Entertainment's official YouTube channel which features Sistar's Bora and actors Ji Chang Wook and Yeo Jin Gu."I Need You" peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard K-Pop Hot 100, while "I Hate Myself" peaked at no. 6. The album marked the five-year anniversary of K.Will's debut as a singer-songwriter. His self-composed song, "I'll Be With You" is also included and is dedicated to all his fans who believed in him. He was also the co-writer the lyrics of "I'm Will." K.Will earned his first K-Chart award since his debut 6 years ago on KBS Music Bank for his track "I Need You."On October 7, Starship Entertainment revealed some photos of K.Will's recent photoshoot for his upcoming album. The album Third Album, Part 1 was released on October 11 along with the MV for "Please Don't...", the title track. Promotions for "Please Don't..." were the most successful in K.Will's career to date. The music video starred Seo In-guk, Sistar's Dasom, and Ahn Jae-hyun, and was praised for its originality. It was also notable for its twist ending involving Seo's character revealing he is actually in love with Ahn's. On February 14, 2013, Powerhouse Live (U.S.) presented K.Will in a Valentine's Day solo concert in the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, California. He performed his hits, including "Please Don't...", "I Need You", "My Heart is Beating", and "Love 119".On April 3, K.Will released his new single, "Love Blossom." On October 19, <mask> released his new album, Will in Fall. The music video for the album's single, "You Don't Know Love", starring EXO rapper Chanyeol and South Korean model Lee Ho Jung, came out two days later, on October 21. On February 11, 2014, Mamamoo did a collaboration with K.Will with the single "Peppermint Chocolate" featuring Wheesung. On June 25, <mask> released his mini album, One Fine Day. The music video for the title track, "Day 1", starred Sistar's Soyou and Park Min-woo. On March 25, 2015, <mask> released his mini album, [Re:].The music video for the title track, "Growing", starred Son Ho-jun and Park Ha-sun. On January 3, 2016, Starship Entertainment released music video teasers of K.Will's single "You Call It Romance" featuring Davichi. The music video was released on January 6, starring Hyungwon, actor Choi Won Myung, and actress Yoon Ye Joo. On May 10, S.M. Entertainment revealed K.Will would feature on a duet with Baekhyun of EXO entitled "The Day". The song was released on May 13. 2017–present: The 4th Album
On July 30, 2017, <mask> stated on his personal Twitter that he would be working on completing his next album.The album, titled The 4th Album Part.1 [Nonfiction], was officially announced on September 12 and released on September 26, along with an accompanying music video for the title track "Nonfiction". On May 10, 2018, K.Will released The 4th Album Part.2 #1 'Will Be a Start' as the first of a trilogy of three singles that will lead up to the release of the full The 4th Album Part.2. He also released the music video for "My Star (너란 별)" on the same day. On October 28, 2018, <mask> revealed the tracklist for The 4th Album Part.2 [想像; Mood Indigo], and an album teaser was released three days later. The album was released on November 6, with K.Will co-producing each song. In February 2020, K.Will renewed his contract with Starship Entertainment.

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<mask>, Mrs Dukes DBE (20 February 188812 June 1982) was a Polish-born English dancer and pedagogue who exerted great influence on British ballet, both as a dancer and teacher. Early years and background
Born to a liberal Lithuanian Jewish family in Warsaw, Congress Poland, she was originally named Cyvia (Cesia) Rambam. Her father and two of his brothers later changed their last names to make them seem only children in order to escape military service in the Imperial Russian Army; and so, while one brother retained the name Rambam, her father changed his to Ramberg, another of his brothers went to <mask>, and the last changed his name to Warszawski. She changed her name to Myriam Ramberg, and finally left it in the French form <mask>. In later years she was known to friends and dancers as Mim. Her father, Yakov Ramberg (1855–1928), born in Vištytis, a small town in Suwałki Governorate (nowadays in Lithuania), was a learned merchant and Hebrew publisher and lexicographer, and a Zionist. Her mother, Eiga Ramberg (née Lap), born in the town of Suchowola (nowadays in north-east Poland), daughter of Rabbi Elhanan Tzvi Lap, was a community worker.<mask> was the fourth of seven children. The eldest child, Rakhel, was the wife of Hebrew writer Micha Josef Berdyczewski. The second, Ewa Ramberg-Figulla, was a Slavist, the wife of German Hittitologist Hugo Heinrich Figulla and mother of physicist Johannes Figulla (father-in-law of German writer Christoph Hein and grandfather of German writer Jakob Hein). <mask> met her husband Ashley Dukes, a soldier on leave, at a dinner party in 1917. In <mask>'s autobiography she says "after four days of personal meetings, and seven months of correspondence we were married on 3 March 1918." This was done partly as a joke so that Dukes could get four weeks of extended leave instead of two days. Their marriage lasted 41 years, until he died in 1959; the couple had two daughters, Angela (1920–2006) and Helena.The poet, Aidan Andrew Dun, is her grandson. Training
<mask> began her dance training in her schooling early on. Subjects like foreign languages and history seemed to come easy; however she was a restless child and ended up getting bad marks because of her endless movements during class. At one point in her early training her dance instructor stated that 'In her, was the true spirit of dance.' She was unimpressed with the structure and performance of ballet, and was not drawn into dance as a passion until she became enthralled by Isadora Duncan when she attended one of Duncan's performances, and was 'profoundly moved by the beauty of Duncan's dance.' In 1905, after becoming active in political riots, and the tragic day of May Day, <mask>'s parents urged her at one point to move to Paris and take up medicine while safely living with her aunt and uncle who were also doctors. She attended a party where she danced a mazurka and danced it with such liveliness that there was applause afterwards; this was her first performance, whether she thought it or not.She met Raymond Duncan, brother of Isadora, at this same party, who congratulated her on a wonderful performance, and again she was back into her passion for dance. She studied with Madame Rat from the Paris Opera, and later studied with Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, at Dalcroze College who introduced her to eurhythmics. One day at the Dalcroze College, Sergei Diaghilev, watched a class and then asked her to come back to Berlin and study with him in the Ballets Russes. There, <mask> aided them with figuring out Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring with Vaslav Nijinsky. She hesitantly accepted and collaborated with the Ballets Russes led by Diaghilev from 1912–1913. In Ballet Russes she was in the corps de ballet for ballet performances such as Swan Lake, Giselle, and Scheherazade. After a tour with Nijinsky and Ballet Russes, <mask>'s contract was not continued and she decided it was time for a new chapter.In 1914 she moved to the United Kingdom, and studied under Enrico Cecchetti. Ballet Rambert

After studying with Cecchetti, she went back to study with Madame Rat at the Paris Opera, and took her studies quite seriously. She began teaching more ballet classes in 1919 and later founded her own ballet school in Bedford Gardens. In 1926 she created her own company, originally named Ballet Club. It has been through many name changes, much like <mask> herself. The company began performing at night revues in London. The first informal show was performed in Riverside Nights at the Lyric Theatre, and continued with the nightly revues for a while.She began finding new and promising dancers and choreographers in numerous places, such as Frederick Ashton, to be a part of her company and gave them a chance to grow. From <mask>bert Dancers, the company changed to Ballet Rambert , later  Rambert Dance Company, and from 2014 just named Rambert, a contemporary dance company which tours internationally. It dates its birth to the first performance of Frederick Ashton's A Tragedy of Fashion (1926), making it the first ballet company in Britain. Ashley Dukes, <mask>'s husband, renovated a building and made it into Mercury Theatre, where the majority of Ballet Rambert's performance occurred. It was said that 'Notting Hill Gate, where the Mercury Theatre stood, was on the slopes of Olympus'. Ballet Rambert has performed such ballets as Coppelia, as well as Balanchine's Night Shadow. Rambert was adamant about finding new and upcoming choreographers.Some of her students and later her colleagues included Ashton, Antony Tudor, and Agnes de Mille, to name a few. In 1965 <mask>, with the help of "Norman Morrice, her newest discovery, completely reorganized the company to stress modern dance". The repertoire of the company eventually came back to more contemporary ballets, but still has a vast list of pieces that the company has performed throughout the years. She cooperated with Millicent Hodson, to restore Nijinsky's choreography of The Rite of Spring in 1979. The restoration of choreography was completed in 1987. <mask> is known for helping to create and keep the ballet community strong in Britain. "The creation of Ballet in Britain is one of the grandest achievements in the artistic annals of our century.It is owed absolutely to the idealism which fired <mask> and Ninette de Valois", the founder of The Royal Ballet. She was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1962 when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate. Death
She died on 12 June 1982 and was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium on 17 June. Her ashes are within the Cloister Walk in section B.

Honours
 1957, Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur
 1957, Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award, presented by the Royal Academy of Dance
 1962, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
 1979, Gold Medal of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

See also
 Women in dance

References

Bibliography

External links
<mask>bert Collection, 1890s–1980s
London Gazette notice of damehood for <mask>, Mrs Dukes (1962); accessed 17 May 2014. Rebecca Katz Harwood, "<mask>," Jewish Women's Archive's Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia

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1982 deaths
Rambert Dance Company dancers
Prima ballerinas
Ballet teachers
Polish ballerinas
English ballerinas
English people of Polish-Jewish descent
English people of Russian-Jewish descent
Polish emigrants to the United Kingdom
Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom
Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
Place of death missing
20th-century Polish ballet dancers
20th-century British ballet dancers

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<mask> (August 22, 1967 – May 4, 2015) was an American food writer and historian. He first came to prominence as a founding editor of New York magazine's food blog, Grub Street, for which he received a James Beard Foundation Award (with co-editor Daniel Maurer) in 2008. He was the author of several books, including The Hamburger: A History (2008 ), Colonel Sanders and the American Dream (2003 ) and Archie Bunker's America: TV in an Era of Change, 1968–1978 (March 2003 ). He was Editor-at-Large for Esquire, writing about food and restaurants. He also wrote frequently for The Wall Street Journal, Food & Wine, and The New York Observer, among other places. Although read primarily as a food writer, he has said in numerous public appearances that he disliked "food writing" as such, and that his strongest influences were G. K. Chesterton, Thomas Babington Macaulay and A. J. Liebling. Early life and background
<mask> was born in Miami in 1967.He moved to Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1979 when his father, the painter <mask>, got a job as a stage technician in the first of the area's casino-hotels, Resorts International. He attended Atlantic City High School and Rutgers University. His mother, <mask>, died suddenly when he was 14 years of age. Of his interest in food, he has said in interviews, "I was a friendless child, and a solitary and celibate teenager ... my father and I only spoke about movies and food, and food far more than movies. He was a great gastronome and taught me to self-medicate my loneliness with steaks and sausages." He later attended New York University's School of Journalism and started work towards a doctoral degree at the University of Notre Dame, where he eventually received a master's degree in American history. Career
After graduating from Rutgers University in 1989, Ozersky wrote for several publications on media and cultural history topics, most frequently in Tikkun.The first articles he was paid to write appeared in a short-lived satirical weekly called "The Hoboken Review," based in Hoboken, NJ, where <mask> lived at the time. Among his earliest works for The Hoboken Review was an article titled, "I like it greasy," in which he celebrates his disdain for overly-health-conscious eating—a recurring theme in his future food writing. From 1990 to 1993 he wrote two weekly columns for the West Side Spirit, a free weekly newspaper in New York City: a semi-humorous "TV Picks" column and a cheap-eats column called "The Impoverished Gourmand" under the name "Casper Gutman." Many consider this guise, which was loosely based on the character from The Maltese Falcon, as a forerunner of "Mr. Cutlets," his later fictive persona. In the mid-1990s, he wrote for Suck.com under the name "The Boob", as well as for Newsday, where he frequently contributed essays on culture and media. His book "Archie Bunker's America: TV in an Era of Change" (2003 ), a cultural history of television programming, received a disappointing critical reception. Although his ambition at this time was to establish himself as a public intellectual after the example of his mentors, Neil Postman and Mark Crispin Miller, he eventually turned to food writing full-time with the publication of his 2003 book "Meat Me in Manhattan" ().2008's "The Hamburger: A History" () was a critical success, receiving positive reviews in publications on both sides of the Atlantic, including The Economist, The Times, The Observer and Forbes. Subsequent to "Meat Me in Manhattan"'s publication, <mask> was a contributing restaurant critic for Newsday (2004–2006), and wrote regularly for the website Slashfood and the New York Law Journal. He became the founding editor of New York Magazine food blog Grub Street, a position he held until 2008, when he moved over to Citysearch as National Restaurant Editor. There he ran a daily food blog based on the model of Grub Street called The Feedbag, along with his regular Citysearch duties. He left in 2009 to start Ozersky.TV, a venture with Eater founder Ben Leventhal, featuring short films about restaurants and cooking, which debuted in July 2010. He wrote the "Taste of America" column for Time from 2010 to 2012. Both Ozersky TV, "Taste of America," and his work in The Wall Street Journal was nominated for James Beard Awards.Essays by <mask> were also included in "The Best Food Writing" anthologies of 2009, 2012 and 2014. In 2010, <mask> was criticized by Robert Sietsema for writing about his wedding in Time without disclosing that the chefs who participated donated the food as wedding gifts. <mask> defended himself, saying that the chefs involved were among his closest friends, and that the most prominent of them, Michael White, had his daughter in the wedding party as a flower girl. Death
<mask>
<mask> was the founder of Meatopia, a large meat-centric outdoor culinary event, which has been held in New York City for the past ten years. In 2013 Meatopia events were held in London, England and San Antonio, Texas, with more cities planned for 2014.Meatopia held a very small event in 2013 in New York City while focusing the majority of its efforts on the London and Texas events. Each year has had a different theme such as "Slaughter of the Innocent" (baby animals); "Lamb Bam Thank You M'aam" (whole lambs); "City Meat," (NYC 2012) in which the festival was divided up into multiple "neighborhoods" such as Offalwood, Carcass Hill, and Beaktown; and most recently (NYC 2014) The Carnivore's Ball, a celebration of the 10th annual Meatopia which was hosted by Michael Symon. Meatopia has been called "a glorious city of meat" by The Huffington Post and "a bacchanal of pork, beef, lamb, chicken, duck, turkey and quail" by The New York Times. Bibliography
 Colonel Sanders and the American Dream May 2013 ()
 The Hamburger: A History May 2009 ()
 Meat Me in Manhattan: A Carnivore's Guide to New York October 2003 ()
 Zagat Long Island Restaurants 2005–06 May 2005 ()
 Readings for the 21st Century: Tomorrow's Issue for Today's Students / Edition 3 August 1996 ()
 Aquarius Super Day-by-Day Horoscope 1990
 Archie Bunker's America: TV in an Era of Change 1968–1978 March 2003 ()

Footnotes

External links

 Meatopia.org
 Josh Ozersky and Grub Street's Early Days

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2015 deaths
American food writers
Atlantic City High School alumni
Writers from Miami
Writers from Atlantic City, New Jersey
Writers from New York City
Rutgers University alumni
American restaurant critics
20th-century American non-fiction writers
21st-century American non-fiction writers
New York University alumni
20th-century American male writers
American male non-fiction writers
21st-century American male writers

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<mask> (; born 19 May 1975) is a former badminton player from the People's Republic of China. She won the Olympic gold medal twice for women's singles in both 2004 and 2008. She has played badminton on the world scene since the mid-1990s and has been particularly successful since 2002 while in her late twenties and early thirties, relatively late for singles at the highest level, and especially for top players in the Chinese system who are developed very early. She is known for her consistency of shot, deception and constant pressure, dictating the pace of rallies and working her opponents in all four corners of the court. She is the only female player to win consecutive Olympic singles gold medals. She also became World champion in 2003 and has a total of five medals of all colours in the competition. <mask> first represented China in the Uber Cup (women's world team championship) competition in 1994 and last represented it in 2006.Though she was not always chosen to play in each of the biennial editions of this tournament, the span of her Uber Cup service is the longest of any Chinese player. Career

2003
Although she had previously won a number of international open titles dating from the mid-1990s, <mask>'s breakthrough as a dominant player on the world circuit came in the 2003 IBF World Championships, where she stormed into the final. There, 28-year-old <mask> defeated compatriot Gong Ruina easily 11-6, 11-3. 2004
The following year, <mask> played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics for China. In women's singles, she defeated Marina Andrievskaya of Sweden and Kelly Morgan of Great Britain in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, <mask> beat Wang Chen of Hong Kong 9-11, 11-6, 11-7 to advance to the semifinals. There, she defeated countrywoman Zhou Mi 11-6, 11-4.<mask> defeated Netherlands's Mia Audina 8-11, 11-6, 11-7 in the final to win the gold medal. It was sweet revenge for the 29-year-old, who had lost to Audina 10 years earlier in the decisive match of the Uber Cup. With her Olympic win, she became one of three singles players in the world to win the World Championship and the Olympic Games (in either order) in successive  years, the others being  Susi Susanti and Taufik Hidayat. 2005
<mask> also claimed many titles after her breakthrough wins. She bested Xie Xingfang in the 2005 China Open 3-11, 11-4, 11-8, but in the 2005 World Championships final <mask> fell to Xie Xingfang, 8-11, 11-9, 3-11. 2006
In 2006, <mask> reached the finals of the World Championships yet again, but she was still unable to defeat Xingfang. This time, she lost 16-21, 14-21.However, <mask> claimed revenge in the Japan Open, defeating Xingfang 21-11, 16-21, 30-29. This was the 19th time they had met in an international tournament, with the head-to-head tied at 9-9. During this year the well known Dutch documentary filmmaker Roel van Dalen made the documentary film Olympic Journey - The Road to Beijing on the life of <mask>, which was broadcast on television worldwide. 2007
In 2007, <mask> won her fifth Singapore Open title in six times, beating Xingfang 21-18, 19-21, 21-3. In the World Championships, Xingfang was defeated in the third round by Malaysian Wong Mew Choo, making <mask> a favourite for the title. However, she was stopped in the semi-finals by Wang Chen. This was the second time Wang Chen had beaten her in 2007, after the Indonesian Open.<mask>'s compatriot Zhu Lin went on to beat Wang in the final 21-8, 21-12. In the Beijing Good Luck Invitational tournament, <mask> reached the semi-finals to face Zhu Lin but pulled out due to injury. In the Danish Open, she reached the final, but lost 17-21, 14-21 to compatriot Lu Lan due to a thigh injury. <mask> also reached the semi-finals of the French Open, but was upset by local hope Pi Hongyan. In the China Open, <mask> lost in straight sets to Malaysia's Wong Mew Choo in the semi-finals. <mask> cited injury and fatigue as the main reasons for her loss. 2008
<mask>'s 2008 season started with a first round loss in the Malaysian Open.She was seen coaching her younger teammates in the tournament as well. In the Korean Open, she lost to her former compatriot, Zhou Mi, in the quarter-final. Zhou now plays for Hong Kong. In the All England, <mask> and Xie, the top 2 seeds, lost in the first round. However they both bounced back strongly in the Swiss Open to reach the final, for their 22nd international meeting. To be in the final was a relief for <mask>, who had failed to get past the quarter-finals in three previous tournaments. Still, Xie beat <mask> 21-18, 21-17, bringing their head to head stands to 11:11.Later, at the Beijing Olympic Games, <mask> progressed to the quarter-final after overcoming South Korean Jun Jae Youn in the third round. She then subdued fifth-seeded Pi Hongyan of France and Indonesia's Maria Kristin Yulianti 21-15, 21-15 to reach the final. There she faced compatriot and world number 1 Xie Xingfang and won in a tough three-setter, 21-12, 10-21, 21-18, to extend her gold medal reign. <mask> became the first badminton player to ever defend an Olympic singles title even though many questioned her ability to do so at the age of 33. She was additionally chosen to represent China as the flag bearer for the 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. Retirement
Having previously announced her plans to retire after the 2008 Olympic Games, a retirement ceremony for <mask> and other retiring members of the Chinese national team was held at the 2008 China Open Badminton Championships in Shanghai in November 2008. She was in tears receiving an award during the ceremony to mark her retirement with five other teammates from the Chinese national badminton team on the sidelines of the China Open badminton event in Shanghai, November 23, 2008.After her retirement, <mask> immediately began working with the Chinese national team in coaching and developing the up-and-coming women's singles players. In 2018 however she was replaced by Luo Yigang as the coach of China's women's badminton team following the below par performance of team at the Uber Cup. Achievements

Olympic Games
Women's singles

World Championships
Women's singles

World Cup
Women's singles

Asian Championships
Women's singles

Asian Cup
Women's singles

East Asian Games
Women's singles

Women's doubles

BWF Superseries
The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels, the Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, introduced in 2011, with successful players invited to the BWF Superseries Finals held at the year's end. Women's singles

  Superseries tournament
  Superseries Premier tournament
  Superseries Finals tournament

IBF World Grand Prix
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006. Women's singles

Women's doubles

Record against selected opponents
Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.References

External links

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Living people
Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Badminton players from Liaoning
Olympic badminton players of China
Olympic gold medalists for China
People from Jinzhou
Olympic medalists in badminton
Asian Games medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 2002 Asian Games
Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games
Badminton players at the 1998 Asian Games
Chinese female badminton players
Chinese badminton coaches
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
World No. 1 badminton players

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<mask> (Wanblí Ta Hócoka Washté or Good Eagle Center) (born 1942) is an Oglala Lakota American painter, collage artist, educator, and author. Biography
<mask> was born on March 25, 1942, in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He was given the name Warpa Tanka Kuciyela or Low Black Bird as an infant, but received his second Lakota name in 1972. Amiotte's parents are <mask> and Olive Louise Mesteth. His great-grandfather Standing Bear (1859–1933) was at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Amiotte lived in the reservation until he was six and then visited it during summers up to the age of 15. During his studies at Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota, <mask>te attended a workshop from Oscar Howe in 1961.By this encounter, <mask> got a concrete example of how a native artist can be a contemporary artist. <mask> received his bachelor's degree in Art and Art Education and was subsequently a teacher at Woodrow Wilson Junior High School in Sioux City from  1964 to 1966. Two mentors, in particular, guided Amiotte. From 1969 to 1975, his grandmother Christina Standing Bear, a sacred bundle keeper, taught him the heritage of his great-grandfather Standing Bear (Mató Nájin), who illustrated Black Elk Speaks. In the period from 1972 to 1981, <mask> was influenced by the Lakota medicine man Pete Catches (Oglala Lakota), who introduced Amiotte to Lakota spirituality and rituals belonging to Lakota traditions. He received his Masters of Interdisciplinary Studies in 1983 from the University of Montana-Missoula. Amiotte was professor of Native American art history at Brandon University, Manitoba, but in 1985, he decided to dedicate himself to art and he established his studio in Custer, South Dakota, in 1986.Amiotte curated exhibitions about the culture of the tribes on the Great Plains, such as at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe, New Mexico; the Akta Lakota Museum in Chamberlain, South Dakota; the Buffalo Bill Historical Center of Cody, Wyoming; and the Museum of World Cultures of Frankfurt am Main, Germany in 2006. In 2004, <mask>te lectured  Oscar Howe Memorial Lecture

Works

Main exhibitions and artworks
Lakota philosophy and oral history form the foundation of Amiotte's artistic work. His creativity as a whole is an expression of the Lakól wicóh'an washtélaka – the love of the Lakota traditions. Amiotte promotes Lakota rituals and the visionary experiences during the traditional ceremonies also find their impact on his artistic work. Amiotte defines his work as being bound to the reservation culture which bridges the gap between yesterday and today, a split which is often mastered in an amazing manner. Amiotte has said, "I realized that contemporary art was ignoring the whole reservation period. This had been a dynamic time.Some people were going to school in the east, to Carlisle and Hampton... People were moving onto land allotments. They were familiar with print media, exposed to lots of magazines, pictures, photographs... Daily life was infused with this mixture of nonliterate/literate. There were new technologies... it seemed to me that it was more honest to deal with all this in my art, rather than to create a fake hide painting." His collage work is inspired by Ledger art but takes it to a new level. In a pointed and sharp-witted manner, they reveal the discrepancy of Lakota culture between tradition and modernism ("The Visit," 1995, Acrylic-Collage; Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Wyoming). He also explores experiences of Lakota people in Europe, during the Wild West show era of the early 20th century. Amiotte has participated in over 100 exhibitions, including over 20 solo exhibitions.He has shown throughout the United States and Europe, including at the Kunsthallen Bradts Klaedefabrik in Odense, Denmark in 1994-5. His work, ranging from painting to sculpture and textile objects, is present in 26 public and about 200 private collections. His work is included in such public collections as the Denver Art Museum, the Sequoyah National Research Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, the National Museum of Natural History, as well as the following institutions. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund
 Prince Albert, 1989, Collage and acrylic on canvas
 1913 Spring/Summer 1913- Giving Away His Suit, 1990

Joslyn Art Museum
 New Horse Power in 1913, 1994, acrylic and collage on canvas
 Ascent of the Maiden, 1964, casein (tempera) on paper

Hood Museum of Art
 "Saint Agnes" Manderson, S.D. Pine Ridge Rez, 2001, Acrylic and collage on canvas, Purchased through the Phyllis and Bertram Geller 1937 Memorial Fund

Whitney Gallery of Western Art
 The Visitors from Oklahoma, 1996, Collage and acrylic

Publications and lectures

He frequently lectures at home and abroad and is a published author. In 1989 Amiotte wrote with a chapter about Sioux Arts in the important volume, Illustrated History of the Arts in South Dakota, published during the state's centennial. Indian Arts and Crafts Board of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Photographs and Poems by Sioux Children, from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, selected by Myles Libhart and <mask>, with an essay by <mask>te, Rapid City 1971.Honors
From 1979 to 1981, Amiotte served on the Presidential Advisory Council for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. In 1980, he was awarded the South Dakota Governor's Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Arts. That same year, Amiotte was awarded the Bush Leadership Fellowship, which allowed him to study Northern Plains art collections in the United States and Europe at the University of Montana-Missoula. Amiotte was awarded various fellowships and grants, including the Lila Wallace Readers Digest Artists at Giverny, France in 2002; the Bush Artist Fellowship; and the Getty Foundation Grant in 1994-5. In 1999, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award as Artist and Scholar by the Native American Art Studies Association. <mask> holds honorary doctorates from the Oglala Lakota College  and the Brandon University, Manitoba. Notes

References
Bates, Sara, curator.Indian Humor. San Francisco: American Indian Contemporary Arts, 1995. .
Lester, Patrick D. The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995. .
McFadden, David Revere and Ellen Napiura Taubman. Changing Hands: Art without Reservation 2: Contemporary Native North American Art from the West, Northwest and Pacific. New York: Museum of Arts and Design, 2005. .

Bibliography

 Vigil, Jennifer Claire. "Drawing Past, Present and Future: The Legacy of the Plains Indian Graphic Tradition in the Works of <mask>te." Ph D Dissertation, University of Iowa, 2004

Museums and exhibitions catalogs

External links

 <mask>, Vision Project

Oglala people
Artists from South Dakota
Native American painters
Native American writers
1942 births
Living people
People from Pine Ridge, South Dakota
Northern State University alumni
University of Montana alumni
Brandon University faculty
People from Custer, South Dakota
First Nations academics

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Walter Douglas Amiotte
Arthur Amiot
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Arthur Amiot
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