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<mask> (Kyrgyz: Роза Исаковна (Исак кызы) Отунбаева, <mask> (Isak kyzy) <mask>; born August 23, 1950) is a Kyrgyz diplomat and politician who served as the President of Kyrgyzstan from 7 April 2010 until 1 December 2011, becoming the first female Central Asian head of state. She was sworn in on July 3, 2010, after acting as interim leader following the 2010 April Revolution, which led to the ousting of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. She previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and as head of the parliamentary caucus for the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan. Early life
<mask> was born in Frunze, Kyrgyz SSR, USSR into the family of Isak Otunbayev, a member of the Supreme Court of Kyrgyz SSR (1967–1992), and Salika Daniyarova (1925–2020), a teacher. She graduated from the Philosophy Faculty of Moscow State University in 1972 and went on to teach as Senior Teacher and then as Head of the Philosophy Department at Kyrgyz State National University for six years (1975–1981). In 1975, she became Candidate of Sciences after defending her dissertation, "Critique of falsification of Marxist-Leninist dialectic by the philosophers of Frankfurt school". Otunbayeva is a divorced mother of two children.She is fluent in Russian, English, German and French in addition to Kyrgyz. Political career
In 1981, she began her political career as the Communist Party's Second Secretary of the Lenin raion council (raikom) of Frunze (now Bishkek). From 1983 to 1986, Otunbayeva served as the Secretary of the City Communist Party Committee in Frunze (now Bishkek). In 1986, she was appointed the Deputy to the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, and the same time the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1989, she was appointed as the Executive Secretary and later as the Chairwoman of the USSR UNESCO National Committee, and she also became member of the USSR Foreign Ministry's Board. From 1989–1992, she served as the Vice-President of the UNESCO Executive Council. By 1992, the now independent Kyrgyzstan was led by Askar Akayev, who chose her to be Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister, positions she held until later that year when she became her country's first ambassador to the US and Canada (1992–1994).In May 1994 she was called back to her original post of Kyrgyz Minister of Foreign Affairs, remaining there for three years. From 1997 to 2002, she served as the first Kyrgyz ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. From 2002 to 2004, she was recruited Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the Peacekeeping Mission for Georgia. Upon her return to Kyrgyzstan in late 2004, <mask> became politically active. In December 2004, she and three other opposition parliamentarians founded the Ata-Jurt (Fatherland) public movement in preparation for the February 2005 parliamentary elections. From March to September 2005, <mask> served as Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs. "Tulip Revolution"

<mask> was one of the key leaders of the Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan which led to the overthrow of President Akayev.Subsequently, she served for a few months as Acting Foreign Minister in the interim government of then prime minister (and acting president) Kurmanbek Bakiyev. After Bakiyev was elected President and Feliks Kulov became Prime Minister, <mask> failed to receive the required parliamentary support to become Foreign Minister. She then ran unsuccessfully in a parliamentary by-election a few months later. Otunbayeva played a key role in the November 2006 protests that pressed successfully for a new democratic constitution. She was the co-chairwoman of the country's Asaba (Flag) National Revival Party for a short time. In December 2007, <mask> was elected to the Jogorku Kenesh – the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan – on the list of the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan. She served as the Leader of the Opposition SDP from 2008 to 2010.In 2009 she became the Leader of People's Front opposition. 2010 uprising and presidency

On 7 April 2010, she was chosen by opposition leaders as head of the Interim Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, following widespread rioting in Bishkek and the ouster of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. Bakiyev fled the Jalal-Abad area as the riots became more violent. Unable to rally support, he resigned as president on 10 April 2010, and left the country for Kazakhstan. Nine days later he went to Minsk, Belarus, where he was given protected-exile status. On 21 April, he recanted his resignation and declared that he was still president of Kyrgyzstan. Otunbayeva vowed to bring him to trial.As interim president, <mask> had four male deputies. <mask> is considered to be unusual as there are few women in politics in Kyrgyzstan. Her first conversation after she came to power was with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Otunbayeva declared that new elections would be called within six months and that she would act as president until then. With violent protests in support of ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev continuing in Jalalabad, the home city of the former president, it was announced on 19 May  2010, by the interim government that elections would be delayed until 2011 and <mask> was named as president. Following a referendum on the new Kyrgyz constitution, she was sworn in on 3 July 2010. <mask> however was prohibited by the new constitution from running in the 2011 presidential election and her term ended on 31 December 2011.The referendum was supported by over 90% and changes the government from a Presidential republic to a Parliamentary republic. Parliamentary elections were held in October and the new parliament elected the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Post-Presidency
In January 2012, <mask> has established the International Public Foundation "Roza Otunbayeva Initiative". The main objective of the Foundation is to implement programs and projects that will contribute to the social, political and economic development of the Kyrgyz Republic. During a 2016 speech by her successor at a military parade on Ala-Too Square for the 25th anniversary of Kyrgyzstan's independence, <mask> walked off the stage after President Atamabayev repeatedly criticized her government. During a speech at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in May 2018, she claimed that the young Kyrgyz generation values freedom above all, saying that they "have been infected by freedom and it runs deep". Honours and awards
<mask> Otunbayeva was listed as one of the 150 Most Influential Women in the World by Newsweek/Daily Beast 2011 Edition.<mask> has received France's "Legion of Honour" Award with the degree of Commander, as well as the highest order of Mongolia's "Polar Star" Award. She was awarded the Premio Minerva Medallion, which is presided over by the President of the Italian Republic, "For occupying the highest institutional role in Kyrgyzstan, and for her international activities promoting democracy and peace". In 2011, <mask> received an International Women of Courage Award, which is presented annually by the United States Department of State to women around the world who have shown leadership, courage, resourcefulness, and the willingness to sacrifice for others, especially while promoting women's rights. On December 13, 2012, the Eurasia Foundation (USA) awarded her with the 2012 Bill Maynes Award for demonstrating visionary leadership throughout Kyrgyzstan's constitutional transition and providing a lifelong example of public service.

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<mask> (born December 13, 1950) is an American record producer, songwriter, musician, bass guitarist, and very occasional actor. <mask> is considered to be one of the key producers of what is called the jangle pop movement of the early 1980s. Early life
<mask> was born in Lancaster, South Carolina. He learned guitar at age 13, and made his first recording as a jazz bassist at age 15. He attended the University of North Carolina, where his roommate was the writer Bruce Brooks. <mask> and several fellow UNC freshmen formed the band Arrogance, who recorded six albums and inspired others in the North Carolina music scene. <mask> spent thirteen years as a member, and learned the essence of record production during this time.Production
<mask> was still playing with Arrogance in 1982 when Mitch Easter asked him to co-produce R.E.M. 's debut LP Murmur and their 1984 follow-up LP Reckoning (both <mask> and Easter are credited in the Reckoning liner notes as "Machinists"). <mask> then spent several years producing the work of artists including Chris Stamey (formerly of The dB's), The Smithereens, Fetchin Bones, Richard Barone, Guadalcanal Diary and Marshall Crenshaw. Considered to be a highlight of this period was Tommy Keene's Run Now EP. Working with Mitch Easter at Fidelitorium Recordings in Kernersville, NC, <mask> produced Mixed Reality, the sixth studio album by American alternative rock band Gin Blossoms. It was released on June 15, 2018, on Cleopatra Records. Recordings
In 1985, success as a producer led to <mask>'s solo debut Most of the Girls Like to Dance But Only Some of the Boys Like To, a collection of early demos.This album reflected his love of classic pop melodies and spiky, Nick Lowe-inspired word play. In 1987, <mask> recorded Romeo at Juilliard described as Big Star-style power pop. Chi-Town Budget Show (1988) was a recording of a Chicago's Park West nightclub broadcast. In 1989, his album EEE featured the Uptown Horns. In 1992 Restless Records released a <mask> "Best Of" album entitled "(If) I'm A Ham, Well You're A Sausage". In 1995, after taking time off to raise a family, <mask> released Romantic Depressive, a somewhat darker-themed album. In 1996, <mask> produced the original cast recording of King Mackerel & The Blues Are Running (Songs And Stories of the Carolina Coast) which featured Bland Simpson (Red Clay Ramblers) and author/composer Jim Wann.It was another four years before he released The Invisible Man (2000), an album about mortality, with songs from viewpoints of people of various ages. Note Pad #38 in 2001 was an odds-and-ends collection of unreleased material from his solo career. In 2006, <mask> released The Entire Combustible World in One Small Room, a concept album revolving around rooms in a house. <mask> and wife Marti Jones released the download-only album Lucky Stars: New Lullabies for Old Souls in 2008. A departure from their previous sound, this project began as a request from a friend who was putting together an album of lullabies to sell in hospitals to new parents. The album featured six vocal songs and five instrumentals. In 2008, <mask> released The Nu-Look with The Jump Rabbits, his bandmates of 20 years: Jamie Hoover of The Spongetones, and Jim Brock.In 2009, a book of <mask>'s song lyrics, Songs 101: the Lyrics of <mask> was published by VanZeno Press. Although <mask> and wife Marti Jones have collaborated on each other's albums for years, in 2011 they released Living Stereo, their first proper duet album. In 2014, <mask> released High & Filthy & Borderline, based on the lives of a male and a female assassin. Personal life
<mask> has been married to the singer/artist Marti Jones since 1988. Actor
Played an alcoholic composer in Todd Graff's 2003 film Camp . Appeared onstage in the musical King Mackerel & the Blues Are Running: Songs & Stories of the North Carolina Coast, co-created with Jim Wann (Pump Boys and Dinettes) and Bland Simpson (of The Red Clay Ramblers). References

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<mask> (born February 7, 1959) is an American businessman and investor. In June 2011, he was arrested in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, while overseeing a rice growing agricultural venture that he had invested in, and was jailed for 18 months on suspicion of money laundering, though he was never formally charged. Ostreicher maintained his innocence and stated that the allegations by the Bolivian government were "the scam of the century". His family and friends initiated a public effort to plea for his release, and actor-activist Sean Penn visited Ostreicher in Bolivia and pledged to work for his release. On December 18, 2012, Ostreicher was released from prison on $14,000 bail and placed under house arrest. Bolivian officials were later arrested for what authorities state was an extortion ring. On December 16, 2013, Ostreicher arrived in the United States after 30 months in Bolivia.It was unclear how he managed to flee the country. Background

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<mask> was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1959 to David and <mask>, both Orthodox Jews. He has 2 children and 5 grandchildren. Bolivian investment and arrest
A group of investors, including Ostreicher and Geneva lawyer Andre Zolty, invested at least $25 million in a rice farming project in Bolivia in 2008. Zolty stated that the idea originally came from Claudia Liliana Rodriguez who he had worked with in Geneva. The investors became concerned with irregularities and suspected that Rodriguez was cheating them. Ostreicher was dispatched to Bolivia to handle the situation, and pursued criminal charges against Rodriguez.The investors also state that Rodriguez became involved in a romantic and financial relationship with a drug trafficker by the name of Maximiliano Dorado. Dorado was arrested in 2010, and was imprisoned in Brazil. On June 4, 2011, after an initial investigation, Ostreicher was arrested for suspicion of money laundering and criminal organization. The prosecutors also claimed that one of the investors, Andre Zolty, was under investigation in Switzerland, however, the Swiss authorities have denied this. Rodriguez has also been arrested. Ostreicher was imprisoned at Palmasola prison. Ostreicher was brought before a judge who after several hearings ordered for him to be released on September 23, 2011.However the judge reversed his decision a week later. A month later the judge was promoted and a new judge was assigned to the case. Following several postponements, the second judge recused himself from the case; no other judge had yet to be assigned. A marriage certificate showing Ostreicher was married in Bolivia was entered into evidence during the September 23 hearing. Ostreicher denied that he was married to a Bolivian. Ostreicher was visited by actor Sean Penn on October 31, 2012. Bolivian law allows for imprisonment without charge for 18 months during the investigative phase.Since Ostreicher was arrested in early June 2011, the 18-month mark occurred in early December 2012. Ostreicher appeared in a hearing on Tuesday, December 11, and the judge ordered that the case be sent back to the lower court. Actor Penn was present at the hearing. On December 18, Ostreicher was released from prison on $14,000 bail and was placed under house arrest. Government extortion ring
Fifteen people, including prosecutors, government officials, and the judge who originally had Ostreicher imprisoned, were arrested in what authorities say was an extortion ring. They include:

 Gustavo Dagner Cespedes Rosales - arrested on 11/27/2012. Minister of Government's Representative in Santa Cruz.Fernando Rivera Tardio - arrested on 11/28/2012. Judicial Counsel for the Minister of Government. One of the ring leaders of "The Red". Attended most of <mask>'s hearings and threatened judges openly with arrest if they were to release <mask>. Denis Efrain Rodas Limachi – arrested on 11/29/2012. Worked together with Fernando Rivera Tardio. Jose Manuel Antezana Pinaya – arrested on 11/26/2012.Worked in the office of the Ministry of Presidency. Roberto Isabelino Gomez Cervero - arrested on 12/3/2012. Former District Attorney of Santa Cruz Bolivia. Miguel Alberto Gutierrez Soliz - arrested on 12/3/2012. Lawyer for DIRCABI (Government Division in charge of confiscated goods). Mosies Aguilera Lopez - arrested on 12/11/2012. Administrator of DIRCABI.Janet Velarde Luna - arrested on 12/8/2012. Lead Prosecutor in Ostreicher case  until she requested transfer to another division in 2013. Roberto Acha Arandia - arrested on 12/20/2012. Prosecutor in tandem with Janet Velarde Luna (was removed in 2013 after a DUI). Cori Balcaza De Acha - arrested on 12/20/2012. Wife of Roberto Acha,  implicated in extortion. Boris Villegas Rocabado - arrested on 12/11/12.Head of Internal Affairs. Ramiro Ordonez Lopez – arrested. Franklin Pedraza Suarez – under house arrest. Employee of DIRCABI. Ariel Rocha – arrest warrant issued on 12/19/2012. Fled the country. Public campaigns

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A rally was held for Ostreicher in front of the Bolivian Mission in New York City on May 3, 2012.The rally was arranged by Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind. White House petition
On May 3, 2012, supporters of Ostreicher initiated an online petition on the White House We the People website requesting the Obama Administration to assist in the effort to free <mask>. As of December 2, 2019, 35,958 people signed the petition. A total of 25,000 signatures were needed by June 2, 2012, in order to submit the petition to the White House; this requirement was met. Congressional hearings
Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) held a hearing in the Congress on June 6, 2012, to investigate the role that the United States Department of State has played in helping free <mask> from Bolivia. Hearings were also held on August 1, 2012, and May 20, 2013. Return to United States
On December 16, 2013, Ostreicher arrived in the US after 30 months in Bolivia.He was reported to be in an undisclosed location with Sean Penn and receiving medical attention. It was unclear how he had fled the country. In May 2014 Ostreicher revealed that after his release, Penn had personally nursed him back to mental and physical health at the latter's home. References

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<mask><mask> is a former American Democratic politician and labor leader from Flushing, Queens. <mask> was a New York Assemblyman elected in 1992 to represent the 25th district in New York City. He was also elected, in June 1995, as the President of the Council on New York Labor. <mask> was arrested October 17, 2006, on charges of stealing more than $2 million from the State of New York and labor unions. After his arrest, he announced that he would not run for re-election, and left office at the end of 2006. In March 2008, <mask> pleaded guilty to charges of racketeering and embezzlement. On May 20, 2009, he was found guilty of these charges and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment.Early life and family
<mask> was born in Inwood, Manhattan, New York, and grew up in Queens. His family moved to Brentwood, Long Island, when he was 10. His paternal grandfather, <mask>, an electrician, was an immigrant from County Cavan, Ireland. <mask>'s father was also an electrician, who worked for years as chief electrician at The New York Times. His mother held jobs at General Motors and Gertz department stores. None of his family went to college. Both <mask>'s father and his paternal grandfather were union activists; <mask> sat on labor leader Harry Van Arsdale's "Committee of 100."In his high school yearbook, <mask>'s stated career ambition was practical: electrician. He later dropped out of Bridgeport University and did become an electrician. Career

Electrician work and higher education
<mask> started his career as a journeyman electrician. He belonged to Local 3 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and was one of the union's business representatives. At a union meeting, he met labor leader Harry Van Arsdale, Jr., head of the CLC, who would become his mentor. Van Arsdale also came out of Local 3 of the IBEW, which was "long the most politically active building trades union in New York". Mr. Van Arsdale convinced <mask> that a job as a unionized electrician and a college degree were not incompatible, and persuaded him to attend night school.While <mask> was working as an electrician, he attended the Empire State College of the State University of New York and eventually graduated with a B.S. He also attended the New York Institute of Technology, where he earned a master's degree in Industrial Labor Relations. He later said that at this time he also worked on honing his leadership qualities. According to The New York Times, Van Arsdale "tutored Mr. <mask> on the ins and outs of labor politics and electoral politics." In 1981, Van Arsdale "gave the ambitious young electrician a huge responsibility – to organize the first Labor Day Parade in the city in decades." Eventually <mask> left his electrician job and went to work for the CLC. Politics
In 2003, <mask> was quoted about his happenstance of being a politician, saying he entered "politics quite by accident...I don't particularly like politics, and I have no ego for it, quite frankly... I guess all of us would say it's disproportionately influenced by money. But in the end, it's a process where you have a limited opportunity to champion and better the situation of the people who elected you. And if you don't have determination, it's an unfriendly process." Democratic district leader
<mask>, according to the New York Times, "was drafted into running for Democratic district leader in 1986 with the Queens Democratic Party in disrepair after the suicide of Donald R. <mask>; he won by 86 votes." New York State Assembly
In 1992, <mask> was elected to the New York State Assembly from the 25th Assembly District, which covers a portion of eastern Queens. He served as Chairman of the Democratic Conference and also sat on the influential Ways and Means Committee.While in the Assembly, he was author of the Sharps Bill, designed to prevent workplace injuries in the health-care industry. <mask> was remembered as "not a particularly high-profile legislator; most of his influence was exerted as a union chief." A February 2002 report noted that St. Ann's Athletic Association in Flushing had received $4,000 from <mask> for uniforms, equipment, and facilities, an appropriation he had introduced into the 1999 state budget. <mask> stated, "Studies have shown that when kids play sports they are less likely to use drugs and get in trouble, and they are more likely to stay in school." Mayoral ambitions
In 2003, there was speculation of a possible <mask> run for the New York mayor's office in the 2005 election. By October 2003, he had raised over $1 million of campaign funds for a possible run. Labor Council
During <mask>'s tenure at the Council on New York City Labor, he served as the assistant to the son of the first president of the organization, Thomas Van Arsdale.In 1986, Van Arsdale's father, Harry Van Arsdale, Jr., died, and he assumed his father's position in the organization as president. The Labor Council today reigns as the largest municipal labor council in the country, a federation with 400 union locals and over 1 million members. In June 1995, <mask> succeeded Van Arsdale as the president of the CLC in a landslide election; Thomas Van Arsdale floundered in the position and <mask> was charged with re-energizing the council. The Labor Council represents laborers from a wide range of industries and enterprises. The union locals that belong to the organization "represent workers ranging from public school teachers to crane operators to employees at the Bronx Zoo, The council's main responsibilities are coordinating the various unions' political activities and placing labor's overall weight behind individual unions during organizing drives and strikes." <mask> is also recognized for a number of achievements during his tenure at the CLC. He "was among the most influential labor leaders in New York City and in the state, providing pivotal early support for Mayor <mask>. Bloomberg's re-election and supporting the failed effort to build a football stadium on the Far West Side of Manhattan.He led the fight to keep Wal-Mart out of the city and lent strong support to transit workers" during a 2005 strike. <mask> had also been courted by not just the mayor, but also bishops, corporate CEOs and real estate magnates, thus emerging "as a major player in some of the biggest municipal battles" of 2006, "including the transit strike and the West Side stadium fight." As head of the Labor Council, <mask> led the annual Labor Day Parade. In 2001, he praised the selection of United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten as grand marshal of that year's parade. "Throughout the years, labor has focused on certain issues - the eight-hour workday, a livable minimum wage, the protection of Social Security. This year our attention will be on the need for quality public schools... Randi Weingarten has not only been an outstanding labor leader in this city. In a time where [sic] teacher bashing and finger-pointing, she has been a beacon in fighting for teachers and students."On October 4, 2003, as New York chairman of the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride, <mask> presided over a rally of 100,000 immigrants and their supporters at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park and spoke up for illegal-immigrant workers: "The labor movement is well placed to redefine itself around the needs of those who most need a labor union." In 2004, <mask> protested <mask>'s fiscal austerity, saying, "Now is the time to invest in our public employees who have not let us down... Years of privatization and productivity schemes from City Hall have gotten us nowhere." In 2006, after <mask>'s indictment,  he was defended for his accomplishments; labor leaders  "credited him with reinvigorating the Central Labor Council in a city where unions were once far more powerful." One of the many local labor leaders to praise <mask> during his indictment, was most notably Randi Weingarten, President of the United Federation of Teachers: "<mask> took over the Central Labor Council when it was at its lowest point in terms of power, prestige and stature and made it into an important institution again... One of his big strengths is that even if you're in a fight that's unpopular, he'll stand with you." <mask>witz hearings on UFT contracts
In December 2003, it was understood that New York City Councilwoman <mask>witz had "garnered the undisguised ire of Randi Weingarten, the powerful head of the U.F.T., and <mask>" by "publicly airing the work rules that many education reformers have criticized for years." When <mask>witz held hearings in November 2003 "on how union contracts imposed inane work rules on public schools and made it nearly impossible for principals to fire bad teachers," she "went toe to toe" with Weingarten, who arranged to have <mask>, a longtime friend and ally, at her side during the confrontation. <mask>, who had opposed the hearings, said that he was there "to remind the city council members that the entire labor movement in the city is watching them."Influenced by <mask>'s presence, then City Councilman Bill de Blasio, a strong labor supporter who would later become mayor, "did what he could to distance himself from <mask>witz during the hearing." The New York Daily News stated in an issue of November 2003, "<mask> did not testify. But with 1.5 million members in his labor council - many of them active, Democratic voters - he didn't have to. <mask>'s show of political muscle demonstrated how unnerved the unions are by the hearings." In November, 2003, <mask> gave a speech at Queens College criticizing <mask>'s hearings. He accused Gifford <mask>, the City Council Speaker, of making "--referencing to <mask>witz--at the expense of the careers of "over 100,000 workers"—referencing New York public school teachers—who "were ridiculed in the process." <mask>, stating that labor had "built our city," simply saying that it was time "to get tough and play offense."A local newspaper, attempting to make sense of the speech, stated: "Clearly, here was the labor candidate denouncing the anti-labor candidate in no uncertain terms in what will be recalled as the day the race for the 2005 Democratic mayoral primary got off the mark." Other activism
<mask> was part of a coalition urging the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation to commit $1 billion in post-9/11 federal funding to the Liberty Jobs plan. He led the 2003 Labor for Democracy campaign in reaction to Mayor <mask>. Bloomberg's effort to increase voter participation by replacing the 2003 party primaries with a charter referendum proposal. "If not the labor movement," he said, "then who is going to stand up and speak out for the working people? Sure, I'm looking cynically at the mayor's proposal; this smells of politics. What's broken? What's he trying to fix?The medicine we're trying to give the patient is not what the doctor prescribed. It imperils democracy." <mask>, in collaboration with Randi Weingarten, Rev. Al Sharpton and others, was part of a coalition that organized a march against police brutality. In 2003, he started, as the New York chairman of the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride, a campaign which called for "a road to citizenship, the reunification of families, a voice and dignity in the workplace, and the civil rights of all people." At the 2004 Republican National Convention, he worked with convention organizers to negotiate no-strike labor agreements, in order to secure the convention's venue in New York. However, during the convention, he organized a rally of unionists from a wide variety of trades to protest certain Bush Administration labor policies.Indictment, trial and imprisonment

Indictment
In March 2006, the FBI raided <mask>'s offices, making public the fact that he was being investigated. In October 2006, <mask> was indicted on 44 federal counts, including racketeering, money laundering, bank and mail fraud, labor bribery, and embezzlement. He was placed under arrest. "He was accused of stealing from virtually every organization with which he was involved," said the New York Post. At the news conference announcing the 186-page indictment, <mask>. Garcia, the United States Attorney for Manhattan, described the extent of <mask>'s alleged financial misdeeds as "stunning in its breadth and scope," and said, "This case lends a new meaning to the term 'hand in the till'... "What we have here is really a story of greed." The New York Times reported that <mask> had legally made "$263,600 in combined salaries and expenses as an assemblyman and labor council president." The Times further described the charges as "ranging from the Dickensian (stealing $95,000 from Little League baseball teams to pay his rent) to the brazen (creating two no-show jobs on his legislative payroll and keeping part of one salary)."Labor experts expressed shock

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 when hearing of the charges brought to <mask>. Labor historian Joshua Freeman, of the City University of New York, said, "If these charges prove true, it's certainly a blot on the union movement." According to the charges, <mask> had stolen "more than $2.2 million from the state, his union, his political club, his campaign and a Little League." The Little League team in question, from which <mask> had allegedly skimmed $95,000, was run by the Electchester Athletic Association. <mask> had reportedly "solicited donations for the team, which he founded, then took the money after it was deposited in one of the organization's bank accounts." According to the indictment, <mask> became furious "when he learned a team official tried to use $2,800 to pay for legitimate softball expenses," saying: "All that f-----g money he's f-----g spending on other stuff, that ain't his money... That's mine." The indictment also alleged that <mask> got the United Way charity to fund a Commission on the Dignity of Immigrants program.It was reported that <mask> "put a relative in charge who funneled his $94,000 salary back to him." The indictment charged that <mask> "took more than $140,000 from the street lights division of Local 3 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, for which he served as business representative," plus "$185,000 from the Central Labor Council, more than $35,000 from the State Assembly, and more than $330,000 from his own re-election committee." Moreover, it charged that "he illegally received more than $1.4 million from street-lighting contractors and other companies and that the lighting contractors gave him three cars — one of which he gave to his son and another to a second woman with whom he had a close personal relationship." The indictment also charged that <mask> had "used subordinates as 'personal servants,' to take his dog to the veterinarian, hang Christmas lights, trap rodents in his basement and clean out his barn." He was "also charged with making an aide use his E-ZPass at tollbooths to make it appear that he had returned home from Albany later than he really had, allowing him to bill for daily allowances given to legislators." Moreover, he was "accused of using more than $330,000 from his re-election campaign funds to pay for personal expenses like a rehearsal dinner for his son's wedding, renovation of his $760,000 house in Suffolk County near Long Island Sound, payment of his country club membership fees and the purchase and installation of a plasma television for a female friend." In addition, <mask> was "charged with using stolen money for an $80,000 Mercedes-Benz for his wife, marina fees, school tuition for one of his children, rent payments on his Albany residence and rent payments on his Queens residence."<mask> was also charged with accepting $450,000 in payments from Argent Electric, owned by former New York City Mayor Abe Beame's son, Bernard "Buddy" Beame, as part of a secret partnership dating back to 1999, when the city decided to switch from regular traffic lights to light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Argent sought the contract to provide the LEDs; <mask>, who as head of the CLC represented electrical workers, "could have failed to provide the number of electrical workers needed, or send people who weren't skilled," thereby sabotaging the contract. Beame "paid him to prevent that." In return for efforts by <mask> and an associate at the CLC on Argent's behalf, including pressuring contractors to buy LED units from a firm represented by Argent and encouraging contractors and CLC members to buy Argent products, Beame gave <mask> and his associate half of Argent's profits. The indictment also accused <mask> of using the Street Lighting Association fund "as his personal piggy bank, routinely diverting money earmarked for union members to himself, relatives and close friends." Post-indictment
According to federal authorities, most of the money <mask> stole reportedly "went to turn <mask>'s home in tony Nissequogue, L.I., into a mansion, complete with wine cellar and gazebo." Some of his ill-gotten gains "funded... 'personal relationships' with a number of women."One of these women, Eleanore Levitas, was allegedly paid sizable sums in 2000 "for 'consulting services' to <mask>'s re-election campaign committee," was put on the CLC payroll, and was given "a no-show job with a street-light contractor." Levitas "angrily denied" the charges involving her, describing herself as a victim of <mask>, but her step-uncle, Demetrius Pabers, told a reporter that <mask> had picked her up in a strip club in Queens, where she was stripping at the time, had showered her with money, and had given her a no-show job. She insisted that it had been a real job. "What upsets me is I look like his partner in crime. I'm nothing close to that." Another one of the women whom <mask> had allegedly showered with gifts and cash was reported to be <mask>, "an attractive beauty-spa operator with whom he carried on a long-term relationship." <mask>, represented by Jonathan Bach, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Federal District Court in Manhattan before Magistrate Judge James C. Francis IV.It was noted that <mask> could face up to 500 years in prison if convicted of all charges. After learning of the indictment, UFT president Randi Weingarten, a longtime friend and ally of <mask>, told the New York Times, "I've been walking around all day stunned." ... It's like when you hear someone you're close to has suddenly died. But nobody wants to jump to any conclusions." Weingarten suggested that perhaps the FBI had conducted the raid on <mask>'s office as a means of pressuring him to provide evidence against others. She said that she had just lunched with <mask> on the previous Wednesday and "was shocked to learn of the allegations...I don't think any of us know enough to judge anything today, other than that our hearts go out to <mask> and his family." Following the news of the indictment, the CLC's 32-member executive board voted unanimously to suspend salary payments to <mask>, who at the time was on a paid leave of absence. Weingarten, a member of the board, only said that the vote "speaks for itself." Shortly after <mask>'s arrest, he was reportedly described by his staffers as "the cheapest boss on two feet," who had "refused to pay Christmas bonuses and argued over paying a staffer's health insurance." In addition, he had compelled union workers to serve as his personal drivers. One <mask> staffer said, "<mask> never should have been allowed by a state ethics panel to simultaneously run a union and serve as state Assemblyman... In some twisted way, he thought it was OK."

In November 2006, <mask> was removed from his post as CLC president.He had already announced in January 2006 that he would not be running for re-election to the New York State Assembly. In August 2007, it was reported that <mask>, who was out on bail pending trial, had been "last spotted a few months ago working as an electrician again for the first time in a quarter-century - this time making $46 an hour at an apartment house under construction on Manhattan's West Side." He was quoted as saying, "I'm back at work because I need to work." Trial
In March 2008, <mask> entered a plea of guilty in exchange for a reduced potential sentence. Asked her opinion of this development, UFT president Randi Weingarten said, "<mask> was a colleague and a close friend... this is a sad day for him, his family, and the labor movement." At his trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan, prosecutors "charged that Mr. <mask> had misappropriated more than $330,000 from his own re-election committee; $185,000 from the New York City Central Labor Council, which he led; and more than $35,000 from the State Assembly. They said he had created fictitious jobs within the labor council and on his own legislative staff, and took kickbacks from the jobholders."After <mask> was found guilty in May 2009, federal prosecutor Daniel A. Braun asked for leniency, saying he had provided substantial assistance to the government. <mask>'s lawyer, <mask>. Armstrong, said, "This is someone who at core is a good person who went terribly wrong, and who realizes that, and realizes it fully." <mask> apologized to the judge for his "improper conduct and criminal activity," saying that he made no excuses for it, but adding, "over the last three, three and a half years, I've had the opportunity to live the way I'd like to live my life." The New York Times described this as "an apparent reference to steps he has taken toward rehabilitation like attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, as well as cooperating with the government." Judge Richard J. Sullivan, however, rejected requests for leniency, and sentenced <mask> to ten years in prison and a $25,000 fine. "You had every opportunity," said Sullivan, "and you used those opportunities and squandered them for your own benefit on a monumental scale." The prosecution's request for leniency was reportedly based on the fact that <mask> had aided in the investigation of other public officials who had committed crimes, such as fellow Assemblyman Anthony S. Seminerio, but Sullivan said <mask>'s betrayal of public trust "outweighed any assistance he had given."Noting his receipt of dozens of letters supporting <mask>, including one from AFL-CIO president John Sweeney citing <mask>'s "long record of service to the working men and women of New York City," Sullivan said that the portrait of <mask> painted by Sweeney and others did not jibe with the picture that emerged from courtroom evidence of "a man who so abused the trust of institutions and people who depended on him that it sort of staggers the mind." Sullivan added that <mask>'s actions confirmed "the harshest critics of organized labor who accuse the leadership of corruption, and point to you as an example of that corruption." Sullivan ordered <mask>, who remained free on bond, to surrender on July 21. Post-trial
In July 2009, electrical contractor Santo Petrocelli, Sr., of the Petrocelli Electric Company, pleaded guilty to making thousands of dollars in illegal payments to <mask> at the latter's request. Petrocelli said he had made the payments to avoid a worker slowdown. <mask> "controlled all the labor," Petrocelli said. "We certainly didn't want any problems with the local."The relationship between <mask> and Petrocelli, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan, had lasted from the mid-1990s through 2006, and had involved hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash payments, in return for which <mask> had used his position to benefit Petrocelli's business. As of August, 2011, it was reported that <mask> "promised to pay back everybody he stole from... Yet none of his victims - who are owed more than $845,000 - have been repaid." The sum included $90,085 owed to the Electchester Athletic Association's Little League team. He also owed $276,383 to the electrical workers' union, $268,821 to the NY Central Labor Council, $32,274 to the state Assembly, $19,475 to a Queens political club and $153,939 to Welsbach Electric of College Point. He had sold his Nissequogue, L.I. home for $652,000 and sold his $80,000 Mercedes, and in March 2010 had delivered a "$457,253 check to prosecutors with the expenditure marked 'preliminary order of forfeiture'"; yet as of August 2011 still had "more than $285,000 in the campaign war chest - sitting in a tax-free bond account earning interest."Alleged paramours
There were multiple implications and testimonies of <mask>'s extra-marital engagements with multiple women. The most notable were New York City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, Eleanore Levitas (an alleged stripper who took a "no-show" job for a paycheck),

Awards

<mask> won the Labor Achievement Award, presented by New Democratic Dimensions. Personal life

<mask> and his wife Eva have five children: <mask>, Kelly, Robert, Cassie, and <mask> <mask>. At the time of his indictment, he had an apartment in Queens; a house in Nissequogue, New York, purchased in 2003 for $760,000; a home in Melbourne Beach, Florida, bought for $81,000 in 1999, and a residence in Albany, New York. References

External links
A Lawmaker's Greed
Former NY legislator sentenced to 10 years
New York City Central Labor Council
New York State Assembly official member website
McLaughlin Pleads Not Guilty To Federal Racketeering Charges
Dirty Cash of Pol-Looter

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The <mask>urce was an unidentified sculptor who worked in the late 15th and early 16th century, in the French town of Chaource. While many works are attributed anonymously to him or his atelier, some scholars have identified Jacques Bachot as the artist. There is certainly circumstantial evidence which points to Bachot; he was a contemporary of the <mask>ce and often worked in the same locations and works by Bachot such as that in the church of Saint-Laurent in Joinville, of which fragments are held in the Joinville Town Hall, show great similarities to the work of the Maître de Chaource. In 1992, Heinz-Herman Arnhold wrote that the works of the Maître de Chaource's atelier can be seen from Reims in the north to Ravières in the south and from Langres in the east to Villeneuve-l'Archevêque in the west. Context and career
Arnhold's thesis covers that sculpture of Troyes and southern Champagne created between 1480 and 1540 by regional masters, and he states that no other region in France in the time from the late 15th century to the middle of the 16th century has had a richer production of sculptures. Sculpture in southern Champagne flourished at a time when the arts in the neighbouring regions of Lorraine, Burgundy and the Île-de-France had already passed their peak and Arnhold concludes that the reasons for this can be found in the economic prosperity of Troyes, the old capital city of the counts of Champagne. This prosperity was based partly on Troyes' geographic position, being a transit point both of the trade routes between Northern France and the Netherlands and Southern France and Italy and also on the making and selling of fine cloth throughout Europe.It was the church and the monasteries, the nobility, corporations and rich merchant families who undertook most of the commissions, competing by their orders for the religious and artistic improvement of the churches and noble town-palaces, mostly situated in and near Troyes. Arnhold writes that the region's sculptors and their workshops, as was the case with painters, created, developed and maintained a regional and iconographical style which persisted until around 1540 and concentrated very much on themes linked to the Passion of Christ such as the "Pietà" or "Vierge de pitié" and "Christ de Pitié". The sculptures of 'Ecce Homo', the Entombment of Christ, the Descent from the Cross, but also the Virgin and Child, the Education of Mary as well as different Saints which were venerated in Champagne, are the most important and numerously represented subjects. The mood of the Passion is expressed in studies of suffering and sorrow all portrayed with an inordinate feeling of resignation. The Master of Chaource, so named because of his magisterial "Entombment" in Chaource of 1515, is the region's most important sculptor with a characteristic style which Arnhold explores in the first part of this work. He also catalogues 329 works with nearly 400 illustrations thus providing an invaluable resource for those studying the region's 16th century sculpture and he not only makes attributions where possible to the Maître de Chaource but also explores the extent to which the Maître's style influenced other workshops in the region, such the workshop of Saint-Léger, that of the Master of Rigny-le-Ferron and the workshop of Vendeuvre-sur-Barse. Arnhold discusses the work of Nicolas Halins for the western facade of Troyes cathedral, and hypothesizes about whether Halins could have been the Maître de Chaource.Arnhold also links the two statues of Saint John in the "Chapelle des Annonciades" in Langres with the Maître de Chaource. The Chaource mise au tombeau or entombment

This sculpture in the parish church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Chaource in the Aube is the work of the sculptor who became known as the "Maître <mask>urce". The composition shows Jesus being laid into His tomb. The group includes Joseph of Arimathea and <mask> holding Jesus' body before it is placed in the tomb. Also featured are Mary of Clopas, the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, St John, Mary Salome and some soldiers/guards. The work is thought to have been completed in 1515. In the brochure "Chaource l'église Saint-Jean-Baptiste et son patrimoine", available in the church, with contributions from Roger Barat, Véronique Boucherat, Laurence Hamonière and Jean-Marie-Meignien, and photographs by Dominique Roy.reference is made to Jacques Badouin's belief that he recognizes the hand of Jacques Bachot in the work and to perhaps further muddy the waters we are reminded that one of the guards carries an inscription reading "Mathieu de Tronchoy". The brochure attributes the work to the Maître de Chaource's atelier believing that the various carvings which make up the group showed the involvement of different carvers. The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste contains many treasures apart from the mise au tombeau and many are works from the 16th century. These include statues depicting Saint Barbara, Saint Marguerite, Saint Jerome and a detailed altarpiece depicting the "Passion" in the "Chapelle du Paradis". There is also a depiction of Christ carrying the Cross in the "Chapelle du Porte-Croix". As the church's brochure says: "Il faut voir ce sépulcre sous diffèrents angles at à toutes les heures du jour pour en apprécier plus complétement les diverses beautés"

Other works by the Maître de Chaource

The "Lamentation" or "Déploration" in Villeneuve-l'Archevêque

The "Déploration de Saint-Jean" in the church of Notre-Dame in Villeneuve-l'Archevêque in Yonne in Burgundy, is a work which has been attributed to the Maître de Chaource. The church dates back to the 13th century with changes made in the 15th century.This work has been compared to the " Déplorations" of the great masters; that by Giotto in Padua, by Fra Angelico at Saint Mark's in Florence, by Botticelli in Florence and in Munich, by Andréa <mask> in Florence, by Véronèse in Leningrad by Poussin in Munich and in Dublin and by Delacroix

Below is one of the most famous works depicting the "Lamentation", that in Église Sainte-Croix in Kaysersberg, Alsace. Arnhold dates the Villeneuve-l'Archevêque work 13 years after the mise au tombeau at Chaource. In their study of Troyes sculpture entitled "La sculpture à Troyes et dans la Champagne méridionale au seizième siècle"  Raymond Koechlin and Jean-J. Marquet <mask>t state that this work stood for many years in the abbey church of Vauluisant and was a gift to the church by the parents of the Abbé Antoine Pierre, the church's abbé from 1502 to 1528. They make the attribution to the "Atelier de la Saint Martha" which is another name given to the Maître de Chaource's atelier. They date the work to 1528. The Lamentation or "Déploration" in Église Saint-Jean au Marché in Troyes

This work, showing the Virgin Mary, Saint John and Mary Magdalene grieving over Jesus' body which had just been taken down from the Cross, is located in the Église Saint-Jean au Marché in Troyes.Artists of the time wanted to capture the essential tragedy of that moment when those who had been so close to Jesus had to come to terms with his death. The "Lamentation", attributed by most scholars to the Maître de Chaource, is shown in the gallery at the end of the article. The work is in limestone with traces left of polychrome and is thought to date to 1525. This dimensions of the work are 0.73 x 1.42 x 0.50 metres. Saint John and the Vièrge de Calvaire (The Virgin of the Calvary)
The statues of Saint John and the Vièrge de Calvaire in the Saint André church at Saint-André-les-Vergers were carved from wood and then polychromed. Some researchers believe the study of Saint John is by the Chaource "atelier" rather than by the Maître himself and Jacques Baudoin in his work "La sculpture flamboyante, Champagne Lorraine"-see page 137, dates the work as being from 1505 and puts forward the view that the two statues came from the Abbey at Montier-la-Celle where they had been part of a crucifixion group. In Saint André's the two figures are placed on either side of a depiction of Christ on the Cross.The church is rich in 16th century sculpture and furnishings. Outside the church are sculptures of Saint Frobert and Saint André and in the interior, sculptures include a mise au tombeau in bas-relief, a depiction of Nicodemus, another of John the Baptist as well as a "Christ aux liens et socle" and a "Vierge de Pitié". There is also a triptych depicting the crucifixion and the resurrection. The "Vierge de pitié" in Bayel

This polychromed statue, as shown above, is located in Saint-Martin's church in Bayel in the Aube and is thought to have been carved in the same era as the Chaource "mise au tombeau". The work is 0.95 metres high and 1.27 metres long and is carved from limestone then polychromed. Originally it was located in the Benedictine priory of Belroy. Altarpiece in Marigny-le-Chatel

The altarpiece in the church of Saint Maurice in Marigny-le-Châtel depicts the six apostles and is attributed to the Maître <mask>urce by most scholars.The church dates back to the 12th century and was originally called St-Pierre-ès-Liens. Statue of Saint Martha in the church of Saint <mask>laine in Troyes
Some art historians have claimed that this statue is a depiction of Mary Magdalene rather than of Saint Martha but a study of what the woman holds in her hands does seem to favour it being of Martha. Legend was that after Christ's death, Martha carried out missionary work in the Rhône Valley area and would go about her work carrying amongst other things a pot holding holy water, an aspergillum and a cross. In the same church there is a statue of Saint Sébastien which has been attributed by some to the Maître Chaource's atelier. In this depiction he wears the collar of the "Order of Saint Michel" founded in 1469 by Louis XI. In his thesis, Arnhold dates the work as having been executed between 1515 and 1520. A photograph of the statue is shown above courtesy Yvette Gauthier.Other works possibly by the <mask> <mask>urce, his atelier or the École de Troyes

Whilst most scholars attribute the above six works to the Maître de Chaource, there are other works of the 16th century and in the Troyes region that some attribute to the Maître de Chaource and others do not. Of course the anonymity of the title "Maître de Chaource" does not help so it may be better to put these under the name "The École de Troyes" or the "École du Maître de Chaource"

The work "Ecce Homo" in Troyes Cathedral
Depictions of Christ at the time of the crucifixion were much favoured by the sculptors or imagiers of the 16th century and particularly in the Champagne-Ardennes region. Some were entitled "Christ aux liens", others " Christ de pitié". These depict Christ sitting on a rock, this rock often covered by his discarded robe. Often, and to underline the association with the sequence of the "Passion", a skull is put at Christ's feet, reminding us of Golgotha. In these studies Christ is in all probability sitting at Golgotha awaiting his crucifixion and watching the executioners prepare the cross. All these works exude pathos and an overwhelming feeling of despair and hopelessness.The flagellation and the effort of carrying the Cross to Golgatha is over and the agony of the crucifixion itself is to come. The works entitled "Ecce homo" or "Christ au roseau" refer to one specific episode and that is the episode described in John 19-1 to 19.5. Jesus holds a Roseau, a palm or wears the crown of thorns and a robe. The work " Ecce Homo" in Troyes Cathedral came originally from an altarpiece in the chapel of the  "Cordeliers" in Troyes. It comprises a life-size depiction of Christ. Arnhold attributes the work to the Maître <mask>urce and dates it to 1518 to 1520 and compares the style of the work to the depiction of the apostles in Saint Pouange. The work "Christ de Pitié" in the église Saint-Julien-de-Brioude in Saint-Julien-les-Villas
Both Arnhold and Baudoin believe that the figure of Christ ("Christ de Pitié") in the church of  can be attributed to the Maître <mask>urce and was one of a series of such depictions of Christ which began with his "Ecce Homo" in Troyes Cathedral, undertaken around 1520.In the Saint-Julien-les-Villas work the Maître <mask>urce adds a skull at Christ's feet reminding us of Golgotha. The figure of Christ is carved from limestone and then polychromed. It is 1.37 metres high by 0.61 metres in width. Baudoin disagrees with Arnhold and dates the work to 1510. The church itself dates back to the second half of the 12th century and was rebuilt in the 16th century in the shape of a Latin cross. It is the oldest building in Saint-Julien-les-Villas. The church also has 16th century depictions of Saint Julian, Saint Syre (fr) and Saint Louis as well as a "Vierge de Pitié" attributed to Gentil.Gentil executed a "Christ de Pitié" for the parish church of Sainte-Savine. See Ch Fichot "Statistique monumentale du département de l'Aube, arrondissement de Troyes" published in 1884. "Christ de Pitié" in the Église de la Nativité-de-la-Vierge in Villy-le-Maréchal

"Christ de Pitié" in the parish church of Saint-Laurent in Bouilly

"Christ de Pitié" in the church of Saint Nizier in Troyes

Statues of Peter and Paul in Saint Pouange

In his thesis Arnhold addresses the possibility of these two life-size statues being by the Maître de Chaource, dates them between 1518 and 1520 and states that there is archival evidence that they were brought to Saint Pouange in 1861, and had previously stood on the west facade of Troyes Cathedral. The records of Troyes Cathedral show that in 1517/1518 a sculptor called Jehan Briaix prepared some drawings for sculptures of Christ and Peter and Paul, but there is no record as to who subsequently carried out the carving, although it could have been Nicolas Halins, the Flemish sculptor. Arnhold concludes that for stylistic reasons the work could have been by the Maître de Chaource but is a little more tentative than with other attributions. Another scholar C.Fichot, already mentioned above, in his 1884 work  " Statistique monumentale de l'Aube" states that these two statues could have come from the Troyes church Saint-Jacques-aux-Nonnains or the Cathedral of Troyes. The depictions of Saint John in the "Chapelle des Annonciades" in Langres

"La belle Croix" in the church of Saint-Symphorien in Neuvy-Sautour

The Pietà in Mailly-le-Camp

Depiction of "Christ falling under the weight of the Cross" in the St Nicolas church in Troyes

Christ on the Cross at Fueges

Arnhold attributes this work to the Maître de Chaource for stylistic reasons and sees similarities with the work in Mailly-le-Camp.He dates the work to 1520. He also writes that carvings of Christ on the Cross in the Musée des Beaux Arts
in Troyes could be by the Maître <mask>urce as well as works in churches in Avant-lès-Ramerupt and in Mussy-sur-Seine. The Annunciation

Gallery of images

Other reading

 R.Koechlin & M de Vasselot, "La Sculpture à Troyes et dans la Champagne méridionale au 16me siècle". Paris, 1900. Dom Éloi Devaux, "Le Maître de Chaource". Paris, Zodiaque, 1956 and Suite à Chaource – Cahiers de l'Atelier du Coeur-Meurtry – N° 40. Pierre Quarré, "Le Christ de Pitié en Brabant-Bourgogne autour de 1500"  (exhibition catalogue, Dijon, 1971)
 Jacques Baudoin, "La sculpture flamboyante en Champagne".Lorraine, Creer, 1990

References

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Die Skulpturen in Troyes und in der südlichen Champagne zwischen 1480 und 1540: stilkritische Beobachtungen zum Meister von Chaource und seinem Umkreis", Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Fribourg-en-Brigsau, septembre 1992
 Le beau XVIe. Chefs d'œuvre de la sculpture en Champagne

15th-century French sculptors
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<mask> (4 October 1564 – 27 July 1637) was an English Jesuit priest who operated covertly in England during the Elizabethan era, during which the Catholic Church was subject to persecution. He was the second son of Sir <mask> of Bryn, in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire. <mask> notably not only successfully hid from the English authorities for eight years before his capture but also endured extensive torture, escaped from the Tower of London, recovered and continued with his covert mission. After his escape to the Continent, he was instructed by his Jesuit superiors to write a book about his life in Latin. An English translation, published in 1951 as The Autobiography of a Hunted Priest, is a rare first-hand account of the dangerous cloak-and-dagger world of a Catholic priest in Elizabethan England. Early life
<mask> was born 4 October 1564, the second son of Sir <mask> of Bryn Hall, and Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of Sir <mask> of Derbyshire. In 1569, when <mask> was five years old, his father was imprisoned for plotting the rescue of Mary, Queen of Scots, from Tutbury Castle.His release in 1571 may have been influenced by his cousin Sir <mask> who was Attorney General at that time. During that time <mask> and his brother were placed with Protestant relatives, but his father obtained for them a Catholic tutor. In August 1577, at age 12, he was sent to the English College at Douai, which relocated the following March to Rheims. At the age of 15 he spent a year at Exeter College, Oxford. This was followed by about a year of home-study of Greek and Latin under a tutor, a Mr Leutner (Edmund Lewkenor, brother of Sir Lewes Lewknor Master of the Ceremonies to James I). He then went to the Jesuit Clermont College in Paris. After some months there, followed by an illness and convalescence, in the latter part of 1581 he went to Rouen to see Jesuit priest Robert Persons.First mission

As <mask> had left for Clermont without the requisite travel permit, upon his return to England, he was arrested by customs officials upon landing at Dover. While his companions were sent to London, he was released in the custody of a Protestant in-law. But after three months, having still not attended Anglican services, he was remanded to the Marshalsea prison. He spent a little over a year there in company with William Hartley, Stephen Rowsham, <mask>, and William Bishop. In the spring of 1585, Anthony Babington, who was later executed for treason for his involvement in a plot to free the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots, posted bond to secure <mask>'s release. Second mission
<mask> then went to Rome and was given another mission on behalf of the Jesuits to England. In November 1588, three months after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, <mask> and Edward Oldcorne landed in Norfolk to begin their task of sustaining Catholics among the English people.Having made his way to Norwich he met there the Lord of the Manor of Grimston, a Recusant called Edward Yelverton. After a two days’ journey on horseback, <mask>—now Mr. Thompson—settled down quietly in the Manor House at Grimston, 8 miles East of King's Lynn, as an honoured guest. He was in great danger, but his retreat was believed as safe as any south of the Humber. <mask> was no ordinary man. He had indeed strange powers of attraction and fascination. He was introduced to the chief families of the neighbourhood, Walpoles and Woodhouses among others, and though only twenty-four he had extraordinary influence among them. His stay in Grimston lasted seven or eight months.After that he lived for some time at Lawshall, near Bury St. Edmunds. Eventually, <mask> was taken to the leader of the English Jesuits, Father Henry Garnet. <mask> soon became a very popular figure in the Catholic underground. To stay above suspicion, <mask> cultivated a respectable public image. By way of disguises, he appeared very secular, being versed in gambling and wearing fashionable clothes. <mask> wrote of many escapes from the law and of occasions when he hid in priest holes, which could often be as small as 1 meter tall and half a meter wide. In 1591 <mask> became the chaplain to the Wiseman household, Braddocks, led by William and Jane Wiseman.The household included Jane Wiseman who was William's widowed mother. <mask> persuaded her to create a new home for herself and a chaplain name Bullocks which would become as additional centre for Catholicism and priest harbouring. Capture and torture
<mask> was finally captured in London on 23 April 1594, together with Nicholas Owen. He was tried, found guilty and sent to the Compter in the Poultry. Later he was moved to the Clink prison where he was able to meet regularly with other imprisoned English Catholics. Due to his continuation of this work, he was sent to the Salt Tower in the Tower of London, where he was further questioned and tortured by being repeatedly suspended from chains on the dungeon wall. The main aim of <mask>'s torturers was to identify the London lodgings of Fr.Henry Garnet that they might arrest him. He would not answer any questions that involved others, or name them. He insisted that he never broke, a fact borne out by the files of the Tower. Henry Garnet wrote about <mask>:
Twice he has been hung up by the hands with great cruelty on the part of others and no less patience on his own. The examiners say he is exceedingly obstinate and a great friend either of God or of the devil, for they say they cannot extract a word from his lips, save that, amidst his torments, he speaks the word, "Jesus". Recently they took him to the rack, where the torturers and examiners stood ready for work. But when he entered the place, he at once threw himself on his knees and with a loud voice prayed to God that ... he would give him strength and courage to be rent to pieces before he might speak a word that would be injurious to any person or to the divine glory.And seeing him so resolved, they did not torture him. Escape from the Tower
<mask>'s most famous exploit is believed to have been masterminded by Nicholas Owen. With help from other members of the Catholic underground, <mask>, along with <mask>, escaped on a rope strung across the Tower moat during the night of 4 October 1597. Despite the fact that his hands were still mangled from the tortures he had undergone, he succeeded in climbing down. He even arranged for the escape of his gaoler (jailer), with whom he had become friendly, and who he knew would be held responsible for the jailbreak. It is speculated that he befriended the jailer so that if circumstance favored an escape, it could be turned to his advantage. Immediately following his escape, he joined Henry Garnet and Robert Catesby in Uxbridge.Later, <mask> moved to the house of Dowager Elizabeth Vaux at Harrowden, near Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. From this base of operations, he continued his priestly ministry, and reconciled many to the Catholic Church, including Sir Everard Digby (one of the future conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot). Later life
For the next eight years he continued his ministry among the English people before he was recalled to the continent to train Jesuits for the English Mission. He was implicated by Robert Catesby's servant Thomas Bates in the Gunpowder Plot although he denied any involvement. He stayed at Harrowden again, hiding in a priest hole. During a nine-day search of the house he wrote an open letter protesting his innocence, and contrived to have copies scattered about the streets of London, denying the charges allegedly made by Bates. He eventually escaped from there to London.He left the country with financial aid from Elizabeth Vaux, slipping away disguised as a footman in the retinue of the Spanish Ambassador, on the very day of Henry Garnet's execution. <mask> went on to continue the work of the Jesuits in Europe, where he wrote his autobiography on the orders of his superiors. He died in 1637, aged 73, at the English College seminary, Rome. Writings
 The Autobiography of a hunted priest (trans. from Latin to English by Philip Caraman), San Francisco, Ignatius Press, 2012,

Bibliography
Bernard Basset: The English Jesuits, London, 1967. Philip Caraman: <mask>; the autobiography of an Elizabethan, London, 1951. Francis Edwards (ed.): The Elizabethan Jesuits, London, 1981. References

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<mask> (January 25, 1863 – March 12, 1940) was an African-American priest, journalist, social activist and historian. The twelfth African American ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church of the United States, he worked against racial discrimination and for interracial harmony, both within and outside of his church. Early and family life
<mask> was born into slavery in Warrenton, North Carolina, in 1863, during the American Civil War, and baptised at Emmanuel Episcopal Church. As the war ended, his carpenter father (also <mask>) and seamstress mother (Mary) moved their family to Petersburg, Virginia to live with his grandmother <mask>, a devout Episcopalian and former slave of an Episcopal priest. Even before the war, Petersburg had been known for its prosperous free black community, and the city's Episcopal churches soon established Sunday schools for black children, to prepare them for the responsibilities of citizenship. In 1867, Major Giles Buckner Cooke (a Virginia Military Institute graduate and former Confederate army officer on the staff of General Robert E. Lee who after the war began studying to become an Episcopal priest) had started a Sunday school for freed slaves at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Petersburg. Two other Confederate veterans, Alexander W. Weddell and future bishop Robert Atkinson Gibson had done likewise at Grace Episcopal Church the previous year.The following year <mask> was among the founding members of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Petersburg's first black Episcopalian church, and her extended family formed much of the congregation. In 1869, with financial support of the Freedmen's Bureau and the Peabody fund, Petersburg became the first city in Virginia to begin establishing public schools for black children, and Cooke became principal of the new Elementary School Number 1 (which later became Peabody High School). He later formed Big Oak Private School for the same purpose. In 1872, when the first priest associated with St. Stephens, the Rev. J.S. Atwell, an African-American missionary from Kentucky who had also been trying to revive St. Philip's African-American congregation in Richmond, resigned and moved to Georgia, Cooke (who had been ordained deacon the previous year) became St. Stephens' second rector. He soon merged his Big Oak school with the others to form a normal school, then added a divinity school to train African American clergy.<mask> became one of the first students at Saint Stephen's Normal and Industrial School, which in November 1884 Virginia chartered as the Bishop Payne Divinity and Industrial School (ultimately merged into the Virginia Theological Seminary). Another early student and success story was James Solomon Russell, who founded Saint Paul's Normal and Industrial School, in Lawrenceville, Virginia after in 1869 founding the Methodist-leaning Zion Union Apostolic Church for African Americans with the support of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. On September 20, 1887, <mask> married the daughter of another prominent Petersburg black family, Nellie Hill. The couple ultimately had two sons and two daughters. Journalism and politics
As a child young <mask> delivered newspapers and established relationships with the city's white leaders, including John Hampden Chamberlayne, editor of the Petersburg Index, and political ally of William Mahone, who had founded the Readjuster Party and appealed for the support of black voters. Six months after <mask> began his theological studies, Cooke expelled him for "insufficient humility". <mask> then turned his attention to politics, working at Mahone's headquarters.For his efforts, he was appointed a page in the House of Delegates in Richmond in 1881–82. On July 1, 1882, <mask> founded the weekly Petersburg Lancet, dedicated to civil rights issues. However, after the Readjuster Party losses in the 1883 elections, <mask> supported a black candidate for U.S. Congress, who lost to Mahone's white candidate, James Dennis Brady. The campaign disillusioned <mask>, who decided Mahone did not care about the civil rights of black voters, only their votes. Thus on September 12, 1885, he announced that the Lancet would eschew politics, but concentrate on moral, educational and commercial matters. The following February, he changed the paper's name to the Afro-American Churchman and later it became The Church Advocate. A change in the rector at St. Stephens also allowed <mask> to resume his theological studies at the Bishop Payne Divinity School, from which he graduated in 1886.Ministry
<mask> was ordained a deacon on January 12, 1887, and assigned as vicar to Holy Innocents Episcopal Church, a mission in Norfolk. He successfully challenged a rule that black deacons wait at least five years before ordination as priests. Thus, on December 19, 1888, Bishop Francis McNeece Whittle ordained <mask> as a priest at Saint Luke's Episcopal Church in Norfolk; thus <mask> became the twelfth black Episcopal priest. During next five years, <mask> expanded his congregation into the fully self-supporting Grace Episcopal Church. He also established the Industrial School for Colored Girls, and served from 1887 through 1890 on the board of Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute. However, Virginia increased its discrimination against black clergy in 1899, restricting their votes in the diocesan council to the Convocation of the Missionary Jurisdiction, over the objections of <mask> and others. In 1891, <mask> accepted a call and became rector of the oldest black Episcopal congregation in the South, Baltimore's St. James Episcopal Church (founded 1824), where he served for 49 years, until his death.Under <mask>'s leadership, the struggling congregation of 63 again became self-supporting, tripling in size and building a new structure on Park Avenue and Preston Streets by 1901. By 1924, it was among the largest black Episcopal parishes in the country, with over 500 parishioners. During the Great Depression, it sold that building, which had become cramped, and bought a larger church on Lafayette Square from a white congregation (Church of the Ascension) which moved out of the city to rapidly developing Middle River, Maryland. On Easter Sunday 1932, <mask> led the congregation's first service in what remains its current church building  On March 26, 1933, the congregation presented its largest-ever class for confirmation by the bishop, who had supported the move despite considerable opposition within the parish. <mask> continued his social activism fighting racism and Jim Crow laws, both within and outside the church. In 1899, he helped establish a black orphanage in Baltimore (the Maryland Home for Friendless Colored Children), which became known for its placement of teenagers in foster homes. Three years later he helped Booker T. Washington found the Committee of Twelve, which fought to prevent disenfranchisement of blacks in Maryland.He also advocated the hiring of African-American teachers to educate African-American children in Baltimore's schools. <mask> later joined W. E. B. DuBois as one of the founders of the Niagara Movement, a precursor of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. <mask> also continued publishing the monthly Church Advocate, wrote several books as listed below, and worked to develop black ministers (fostering more than 20 vocations, including the Rev. Tollie Caution, who worked on the national level). <mask> fought against restricting the church's mission work to overseas activities, arguing that the denomination also needed to foster African American congregations. He served as secretary and historiographer of the Conference of Church Workers among Colored People—which lobbied, among other things, for the election and consecration of black bishops. <mask> himself was twice interviewed, but never selected for that promotion.Nonetheless, Wilberforce University awarded him an honorary degree in 1902. Death and legacy
<mask> died on March 12, 1940, after a short hospitalization at Baltimore's Providence Hospital. The Baltimore Sun eulogized his quiet manner, dignity and work for interracial harmony. Four years after his death, his congregation purchased and dedicated an altar in his memory. The Episcopal Church remembers him annually on August 3 (together with W.E.B. DuBois) with a feast day on its calendar of saints. His papers are held by the New York Public Library, and by Howard University's Moorland-Springarm Research Center.Major works
The Colored Harvest in the Old Virginia Diocese (1901)
Afro-American Church Work and Workers (1904)
The attitude of the Conference of Church Workers Among Colored People, towards the adaptation of the Episcopate to the needs of the race : with a list of ordinations of colored men to the ministry of (1904)
The Story of Old St. Stephen's, Petersburg, Va. (1906)
The First Negro Priest on Southern Soil (1909)
A Bond-Slave of Christ: Entering the Ministry Under Great Difficulties (1912)
The "Whittingham Canon" : the birth and history of the missionary district plan (1913)
Men of Maryland (1914), (1925)
Richard Allen and Absalom Jones: in Honor of the Centennial of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Which Occurs in the Year 1916 (1915)
The Episcopal Church and the black man (1918)
History of the Afro-American Group of the Episcopal Church (1922)
The story of the first of the Blacks, the pathfinder Absalom Jones, 1746-1818 (1929)

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Sources
 Hartzell, Lawrence L. "The Exploration of Freedom in Black Petersburg, Virginia, 1865–1902." in The Edge of the South: Life in Nineteenth-Century Virginia, edited by Edward L. Ayers and John C. Willis (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1991) at pp. 134–156. Henderson, William D. Gilded Age City: Politics, Life and Labor in Petersburg, Virginia, 1874–1889. (Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1980). References

External links
 <mask><mask> (<mask> Freeman), 1863-1940 History of the Afro-American Group of the Episcopal Church at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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<mask> (born 5 November 1981) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early playing career
<mask> played with North Coburg Saints Football Club which merged with Fawkner Park to become Northern Saints Football Club in the EDFL, he also played with the Calder Cannons in the TAC Cup. AFL career

Early career: 2000–2003
<mask> was selected by Geelong Football Club with pick 31 in the 1999 AFL Draft. He played 4 games, making his debut in round 12, 2000 against , and kicked his first goal in the Elimination Final against , he finished 3rd in the Carji Greeves Medal. <mask> continued his improvement in the 2001 season where he would play 9 games for the season and kick two goals in Geelong's round 9 clash with Richmond. <mask>'s 2002 season was his breakout season he would go on to play 16 games for the season 15 of those games were the last 15 of the season. In round 9 <mask> would collect 26 disposals and also kick three goals this was <mask>'s first ever 20+ possession game.At the end of the 2002 season <mask> was named Geelong's most improved player he would also finish 8th in Geelong's best and fairest award. <mask> was also a member of Geelong's VFL premiership team. Building the Geelong premiership team: 2003–2006
In 2003 <mask> officially joined the Geelong senior team playing all 22 games of the season. <mask> played his best game for the season in round 7 against the West Coast Eagles where he kicked 4 goals, <mask> also kicked a last minute game-winning goal against Richmond in Round 15. <mask> would play his 50th career game in round 21 against the Brisbane Lions. At the end of the 2003 season <mask> would be named best team and constructive player, he would also finish 8th in Geelong's Best and Fairest. 2004 would be <mask>'s first AFL finals experience with Geelong making it all the way to the Preliminary Final only to be defeated by 9 points against the Brisbane lions, <mask> would play all 22 games of the season including all 3 finals.<mask> had double figure possessions in every game except one, he also kicked 38 goals for the season with multiple goals in 12 games. <mask> would finish the season 9th in Geelongs Best and Fairest award. <mask> would only play 19 games in the 2005 season after he suffered an injury in round 19, <mask> would go on to miss the remaining 3 games and the finals series. Even though he was injured late in the season <mask> still booted 29 goals for the season kicking a goal in every game except one, <mask> would go on to finish 6th in Geelong's Best and Fairest award. His 2006 season started well, winning the AFL Pre-Season Premiership defeating  by 8 points, he played his 100th game in round 5 against , losing by 22 points. At the end of the year <mask> won the Carji Greeves Medal polling 462 votes, ahead of Jimmy Bartel and Gary Ablett, Jr. and he polled 14 votes in the Brownlow Medal. Norm Smith Medal, All Australian team and multiple premierships: 2007–2011
<mask> picked up double figure possessions in every game he played he also booted 30 goals for the season, in round 12 he would boot his 100th career goal against the Brisbane Lions.Geelong finished first at the end of the season winning the McClelland Trophy. In Geelongs first qualifying final <mask> would kick 5 goals leading Geelong to a record-breaking 106-point victory. <mask> capped off his season by kicking 4 goals and taking an all-time great mark on the members flank in the 2007 AFL Grand Final helping his team claim a record 119-point victory over <mask> Smith Medal count. <mask> played his 150th game in round 16, 2008 against the  and kicked his 200th career goal in round 21 against . <mask> played 19 games for the season and kicked 33 goals, a quarter of the way through <mask> played for the Victorian state team in the AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match, the Victoria team won by 17 points. Geelong won the McClelland Trophy for the second year in a row, <mask> had 22 possessions and 1 goal, in the 2008 AFL Grand Final loss to Hawthorn by 26 points.At the start of the 2009 season, Geelong won the AFL Pre-Season Premiership defeating Collingwood by 76 points. <mask> played 20 games for the season and kicked 31 goals for the year, <mask> also had a career high 41 disposals in round 6 and a career high 6 goals in round 18. <mask> went on to poll 12 votes in the Brownlow Medal, and made the All-Australian team for the first time. Geelong finished 2nd on the ladder and <mask> had a dominant finals series kicking 5 goals in the Preliminary final and 3 goals in the grand final. Geelong defeated the  by 12 points in the 2009 AFL Grand Final, <mask> kicked the winning goal, and was also the winner of the Norm Smith Medal. <mask> would make the All-Australian team for the second year in a row in 2010 where he played 21 games for the season booting 23 goals. <mask> also had 7 games with 30+ disposals.Geelong would finish 2nd on the ladder and go all the way to the Preliminary Final but were eliminated by Collingwood after losing by 41 points. <mask> would have 21 disposals and 1 goal in the game. <mask> played all 23 games of the 2011 season including 3 finals, he played his 200th game in Round 2 against . Geelong finished 2nd on the ladder for the 3rd year in a row, they defeated Hawthorn in the Qualifying Final by 31 points, after a one-week break they went on to defeat  in the Preliminary Final, they won by 48 points. For the fourth time in five years they made the Grand Final, where <mask> capped off his season with his third Premiership defeating Collingwood by 38 points. Final years at Geelong: 2012–2013
<mask> played 20 games in the 2012 season kicking 36 goals. Geelong would finish 6th on the AFL ladder only to be eliminated in the first week losing to Fremantle by 16 points.<mask> wasn't very effective in this game only collecting 11 disposals. In 2013, <mask> only played eight games due to a hamstring injury, he kicked 12 goals for the season. Returning from injury as a sub in Round 22, he made an impact off the bench. Geelong finished 2nd on the ladder and he played his 250th game in the Qualifying Final against Fremantle where they lost by 15 points, the next week Geelong defeated Port Adelaide by 16 points in the Semi Finals advancing to the Preliminary Finals, only to lose to Hawthorn by 5 points. <mask> missed the game due to suspension. <mask> was delisted by Geelong on 2 October 2013, after strongly suggesting he wanted to play on, but Geelong's final thoughts were that he couldn't compete at top-level football anymore due to age. Move to Essendon: 2014–2015
On 18 October 2013, <mask> joined  after being traded for pick 84.The Geelong champion couldn't have started his career at the Bombers any better, kicking four goals to lead Essendon to a round 1 win over North Melbourne. He continued to have a presence around goals for the Bombers, booting 22 goals from 20 games. He finished the season well after a quieter patch. <mask> would play in Essendon's first week elimination final against North Melbourne he booted 2 goals and collected 22 disposals despite Essendon losing by 12 points and being eliminated from the finals. The 33-year-old signed a one-year contract extension to play on in 2015. <mask>'s 2015 season was plagued with injuries as he would only play 8 games. On 25 August 2015, <mask> announced that he would retire after the club's round 22 home match against .After the round 22 game <mask> was carried off the field by his teammates to a standing ovation by the crowd. Statistics

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2000
|style="text-align:center;"|
| 35 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 14 || 7 || 21 || 4 || 8 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 3.5 || 1.8 || 5.3 || 1.0 || 2.0
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2001
|style="text-align:center;"|
| 35 || 9 || 4 || 4 || 56 || 22 || 78 || 18 || 23 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 6.2 || 2.4 || 8.7 || 2.0 || 2.6
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2002
|style="text-align:center;"|
| 35 || 16 || 16 || 5 || 178 || 79 || 257 || 46 || 52 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 11.1 || 4.9 || 16.1 || 2.9 || 3.3
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2003
|style="text-align:center;"|
| 35 || 22 || 22 || 15 || 239 || 103 || 342 || 85 || 58 || 1.0 || 0.7 || 10.9 || 4.7 || 15.5 || 3.9 || 2.6
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2004
|style="text-align:center;"|
| 35 || 25 || 38 || 19 || 240 || 113 || 353 || 96 || 80 || 1.5 || 0.8 || 9.6 || 4.5 || 14.1 || 3.8 || 3.2
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!scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2005
|style="text-align:center;"|
| 35 || 19 || 29 || 17 || 222 || 97 || 319 || 76 || 49 || 1.5 || 0.9 || 11.7 || 5.1 || 16.8 || 4.0 || 2.6
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2006
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| 35 || 22 || 31 || 19 || 331 || 153 || 484 || 134 || 89 || 1.4 || 0.9 || 15.0 || 7.0 || 22.0 || 6.1 || 4.0
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2007
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| 35 || 19 || 30 || 15 || 289 || 127 || 416 || 112 || 75 || 1.6 || 0.8 || 15.2 || 6.7 || 21.9 || 5.9 || 3.9
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2008
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| 35 || 19 || 33 || 13 || 253 || 131 || 384 || 102 || 54 || 1.7 || 0.7 || 13.3 || 6.9 || 20.2 || 5.4 || 2.8
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2009
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| 35 || 20 || 37 || 17 || 342 || 194 || 536 || 130 || 53 || 1.9 || 0.9 || 17.1 || 9.7 || 26.8 || 6.5 || 2.7
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2010
|style="text-align:center;"|
| 35 || 24 || 23 || 16 || 412 || 264 || 676 || 133 || 99 || 1.0 || 0.7 || 17.2 || 11.0 || 28.2 || 5.5 || 4.1
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2011
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| 35 || 23 || 24 || 14 || 312 || 228 || 540 || 122 || 104 || 1.0 || 0.6 || 13.6 || 9.9 || 23.5 || 5.3 || 4.5
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!scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2012
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| 35 || 21 || 36 || 15 || 292 || 136 || 428 || 107 || 94 || 1.7 || 0.7 || 13.9 || 6.5 || 20.4 || 5.1 || 4.5
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2013
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| 35 || 8 || 12 || 7 || 91 || 71 || 162 || 27 || 34 || 1.5 || 0.9 || 11.4 || 8.9 || 20.3 || 3.4 || 4.3
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2014
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| 3 || 20 || 22 || 16 || 250 || 148 || 398 || 112 || 83 || 1.1 || 0.8 || 12.5 || 7.4 || 19.9 || 5.6 || 4.2
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