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<mask> (7 July 1954 – 17 February 2016) was an Indian short-story writer and novelist from Kerala state. <mask> was born on 7 July 1954 at Kakkattil in Kozhikode District as the only son out of the two children of his parents, Sri. P. Abdulla and Smt. Kunjhamina. He completed his school education from Parayil L P School, Kakkattil, and Sanskrit Secondary School Vattoli. He spent the first half of the first year pre-degree at Farook College, Calicut and studied up to degree course in English Language and Literature at Government College, Madappally. The first year of P G course in Malayalam Language & Literature he studied at Sree Kerala Varma College, Thrissur and again moved to Government Brennen College, Thalassery to complete the course.He took his Bachelor of Education degree from Government Brennen College Of Teacher Education, Thalassery. While studying he was elected chairman of College Union both at Government College, Madappally & Government Brennen College Of Teacher Education, Thalassery. He was also executive member of University Union of Calicut University. He has served as a Malayalam teacher for about 30 years in various schools, including National Higher Secondary School, Vattoli, where he worked for a long period. <mask>l has worked as a member of the governing body of South Zone Cultural Centre of Central Government of India and Kerala State Institute of Children's literature. He has also served as member of the curriculum steering committee, Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi, State Television Jury, State Cinema jury, Ezhuthachan Puraskara Samiti and Programme Advisory Board of Akashavani, Kozhikkode. Besides he has worked as an honorary editor of Malayalam Publications and Olive Publications, Kozhikode.He had been a permanent jury member of the first educational reality show in Kerala, Haritha Vidyalaya. He was also a member of Malayalam Advisory Board of Kendra Sahitya Akademi and Convener of Publication Committee, Kerala Sahitya Akademi. He was the vice president of the Kerala Sahitya Academi and a member of Malayalam Advisory Panel of National Book Trust, Govt. of India and Malayalam Advisory Board, Govt of Kerala. He was also a member of State Literacy Mission's Magazine Aksharakairali Editorial Board and Curriculum Committee of National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), Govt. of India. <mask> has also served as a part of the committee for the revision of Malayalam text books from the primary to the higher secondary level.Right from his college days he has been associated with the Film Society movements. He died on 17 February 2016. Literary life
<mask> turned to creative writing at the age of fourteen by publishing short stories in a regular column for children in the leading Malayalam weekly Mathrubhumi. He got published his first story Pothichoru in 1969 through the weekly. He maintained his connection with G. Sankara Kurup, Thakazhi and Basheer. He has a collection of works to his credit that comprises 54 books. They include four novels, seven collections of novelettes, twenty-seven anthologies of short stories, six collections of essays, memoirs, a play and a volume of critical essays and interviews with the leading writers of Malayalam.He has received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award twice. The first ever award in humour section in 1992 for his School Diary- an anthology of short essays and in the year 2004, 'Vadakkuninnoru Kudumba Vrithantham' was awarded as the best novel. He has also been honoured twice by the State Government – in the year 1998, his work 'Sthrynam' was awarded the Joseph Mundassery Award for the best Novel. The Television Award for the best story writer (School Diary – Doordarsan serial) for the year 2002 also went to him. The fellowship of Literature from Government of India was bestowed on him in the year 1992. The Abudhabi Sakti Award was received by him in the year 2002. Besides, he has been awarded the S K Pottakkad award, Ankanam Award, Malayala Manorama Prize, Rajiv Gandhi Peace Foundation Award, C H Muhammed Koya Award, T V Kochubaava Award, V Sambasivan Puraskar and Dubai Book Trust Award etc.His selected stories includes 'Addiction, Achanum Makalum, Samasya, Avasanam, Oru Thenginte Darsanam, Verum Avarthanam, Sourayoodham, Aanakkariyam and Anthya Dinam' are translated to English by P A Noushad and Arun Lal Mokeri. Both translators are natives and intimates of <mask>. “<mask> himself had expressed his satisfaction over the translation," said Noushad. His book on Adoor Gopalakrishnan titled Varoo Adoorileykku Pokam is translated to Tamil ("Adoor Gopalakrishnan – Idam Porul Kalai) and his novel Mrithyuyogam is translated to Kannada (Mrithyuyoga). Works
Short-story
1978 – Ee Vazhi Vannavar
1982 – Medhaswam
1986– Shameelafahmi
1989 – Adhyapaka Kathakal
1991– Kadarkutty Utharav
1992 – Aaram Kalam
1994 – Veedinu Thee Pidikkunnu
1995 –  Aakaasathinte Athirukal
1996 – Naadaapuram
1999 – Veentum Narangnga Muricchappol
1999 – Therenjetuttha Kathakal
2000 – Oru Vayanakariyute Aavalathikal
2001 – Cheriya Kathakal
2003 – Mayakkannan
2005 – Sesham Screenil
2006 – Shreepriyayute Aadhikal
2007 – Jeansitta Penkuttiye Ottaykku Kittiyal Enthu Cheyyanam? References

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The Hindu Sunday, Feb 08, 2004-<mask>l wins best novelist award
 <mask>l – Who's Who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M By Kartik Chandra Dutt, Sahitya Akademi
 Sargasameeksha (Study, life sketch, interview) by Akbar Kakkatil, Second Edition, 2012 January, D C Books, Kottayam. page 502,503,504.Jeevacharithra Parambara – <mask>l – Ed. by Vijayan, Runnummakkara, Published by Faith Books Vatakara, Kozhikode, 2013
saahithya akkadami : 'അക്ബർ കക്കട്ടിൽ പുതിയ വൈസ് പ്രസിഡന്റ്’ Mathrubhumi Daily – Saturday, 29 December 2012
 D C Books, Mathrubhumi Books, Lipi Publications, Ascend Publications, Harithakam Books, Bulletins of Publications - 2015

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<mask>'Connell (born 1951) is an Irish singer songwriter who performs solo, as well as with The Green Fields of America. He also appears with Dónal Clancy (cousin), Dan Milner, and fiddler Rose Clancy. O'Connell has also toured and recorded with The Clancy Brothers, being their nephew. For over 20 years, he has conducted small cultural tours to Ireland with Celtica Music & Tours and, for more than ten years, WGBH Learning Tours. Married with four grown children, he now spends his time between Bristol, Rhode Island and Waterford. Early life
<mask>'Connell was born in 1950 in St. John's Parish, Waterford, Ireland, to Seán and Cáit (née Clancy) O'Connell. His early years were spent on the Cork Road, Waterford.When he was 7, his family moved to his mother's home town of Carrick-on-Suir where they established a guesthouse, Mount Richard. When Cáit's brother Bobby returned from New York in the mid 1950s, he suggested that they should convert the cellar to a folk music venue where they could hold ballad and music sessions. Very soon, Mount Richard — and later, Tinvane Hotel — became a thriving venue that hosted the likes of Seamus Ennis, Dolly MacMahon, Leo Rowsome, Jean Ritchie and others. It was in this atmosphere that <mask> and his sister Alice began to play (guitar) and sing folk and traditional music. They formed a group called The Rotary Folk with Sean Rattigan and Noel Carroll, which went on to win the Kilkenny Beer Festival in the late 1960s. During his years at University College Dublin, he traveled to the United States during the summer to perform on the Irish music circuit. In 1972, he met singer Roxanne Vigeant.They performed together as "<mask> & Roxanne" and then as "The Munster Cloak" with bassist Tony Riordan. They were married in 1974, settling in Acton, Massachusetts. They moved to Ireland in 1976 following the death of his mother in a car accident in Wexford. <mask> formed The Bread & Beer Band with friends Tommy Keane, Paul Grant and Martin Murray. Two of their four children were born during this time. The ballad sessions continued at Tinvane Hotel with frequent appearances by Dermot Morgan (Father Ted), Paddy Glackin, Colum and Tommy Sands, and piper Tommy Kearney. Joining the Clancy Brothers
A nephew of the Clancy Brothers, O'Connell began touring with Paddy, Tom, and Bobby Clancy in 1977, taking the place of Liam Clancy who was working with Tommy Makem as a part of Makem and Clancy.O'Connell sang, played guitar and, occasionally, mandolin. In 1979 he and his family moved to Franklin, Massachusetts. Beginning in 1977, the Clancy Brothers and <mask>'Connell toured three months each year in March, August, and November in the United States. O'Connell, who had been a songwriter since his early teens, composed several songs that the group sang regularly, such as "Bobby's Britches," "Ferrybank Piper," and "You're Not Irish." He also included songs written by others, such as "Dear Boss" and "Sister Josephine." Reviews cited O'Connell as a fresh addition to the group and with his original compositions, the future of the group. With the release in 1982 of his first solo album, Close to the Bone, O'Connell emerged as an artist of major stature.He began touring with Mick Moloney and Jimmy Keane, and also with Eileen Ivers and Séamus Egan in the Green Fields of America. Moloney, O'Connell & Keane recorded two albums, both of which garnered critical acclaim. The first was There Were Roses released in 1985 with the title track, the song "There Were Roses", penned by Tommy Sands. Second was Kilkelly in 1987, containing the title track "Kilkelly". Both albums were released on the Green Linnet label. O'Connell continued to perform part-time with the Clancy brothers for nineteen years. In 1992 he performed at Carnegie Hall with them and also sang and played the guitar on the telecast of a live tribute to Bob Dylan at Madison Square Garden.In 1996 Liam Clancy and O'Connell left the Clancy Brothers and formed their own duo, called simply Liam Clancy and <mask>'Connell. Before splitting, the Clancy Brothers and <mask>'Connell gave a farewell tour of both Ireland and America in February and March 1996. The Irish tour in February was filmed near the Clancys' hometown, televised and later released to video and DVD as The Clancy Brothers and <mask>'Connell: Farewell to Ireland. Career after the Clancy Brothers

Liam Clancy and <mask>'Connell toured for a while as a duo, but very soon added Liam's son Dónal Clancy to the group, forming the trio Clancy, O'Connell & Clancy. The trio released two albums, a self-titled debut album in 1997 and an album of sea songs in 1998, The Wild and Wasteful Ocean. O'Connell regards the self-titled Clancy, O'Connell and Clancy album as one of his favourite works. In 1999, with Liam in Ireland, O'Connell in Massachusetts and Dónal in New York, the trio decided to call it quits as a full-time group.They occasionally regrouped for concerts, but as Liam's health declined, these were infrequent. In 2000 the Milwaukee Irish Fest had its 20th anniversary, and in celebration the entire performing Clancy family sang together on one stage at the festival. This once-in-a-lifetime line-up included <mask>'Connell, Dónal, Liam, Bobby, Finbarr, and Aoife Clancy, along with friend Eddie Dillon, a collaborator of Bobby's. In 2006 O'Connell began an ongoing collaboration with his cousins Aoife and Dónal Clancy. The Clancy Legacy. Their first CD together was released in 2010. In addition to his solo career, O'Connell also performs with Mick Moloney, The Green Fields of America, The Clancy Legacy, and occasionally with Dan Milner, Ed Miller, and Rose Clancy.In 1995, O'Connell began hosting "Heart of Ireland" cultural tours wherein he would escort small groups of people to Ireland, concentrating on the musical and cultural traditions of particular areas. In 2003, WGBH radio host Brian O'Donovan asked O'Connell if he would use his expertise to put together and participate in a 'GBH Learning Tour. Both tours continue to run annually. References

Further reading
The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem & <mask>'Connell: The Men Behind the Sweaters, by Conor Murray

External links
 <mask>'Connell's Homepage
 Clean Cabbage in the Bucket
 Annual Clancy Brothers Festival

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<mask> (born December 14, 1969) is an American former professional first baseman and catcher. During his MLB career, spanning from 1995 through 2008, he played for the Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics, and Cincinnati Reds. Before his major league career, <mask> attended Washington State University, where he played college baseball for the Cougars. Early life
<mask> was born in Salem, Oregon. He played Little League in his native Salem, Oregon and Canby, Oregon, and Pony League and American Legion baseball in Yakima, Washington. <mask> graduated from Eisenhower High School in Yakima in 1988. He was MVP of the baseball team and also lettered in football.He was team captain his senior year and hit .570 with seven home runs. College career
He attended Washington State University from 1989 through 1991 for the Washington State Cougars baseball team in the Pacific-10 Conference. The Cougars won the Pac-10 North all three years. He was captain and MVP in 1991 and as a catcher he formed a battery with future major league pitcher Aaron Sele. <mask> played collegiate summer baseball in the Alaska Baseball League in 1989 and 1990. At Washington State, he was a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity. International career
He was a member of the United States national baseball team at the 1990 Goodwill Games, and hit a home run in a game against the Mexican national baseball team.In the 1990 Baseball World Cup <mask> hit .292/.346/.417 for Team USA. Professional career

Boston Red Sox
He was the third player selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 1991 June draft, a sandwich pick between the first and second rounds as compensation from Kansas City Royals for the signing of Type A free agent Mike Boddicker. <mask> debuted with the Red Sox in 1995. In parts of seven seasons from 1995 through 2001, he hit 34 home runs and batted .267. On August 6, 2001, against the Texas Rangers, he became the only player in MLB history to hit into a triple play and hit a grand slam in his next at-bat. The bat he used for that game is now in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In <mask>'s last season with the Red Sox, he ruptured a nerve in his elbow, impairing his throwing ability and endangering his career as a catcher.On December 19 he was traded to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for Pokey Reese. Two days later, Colorado declined to offer Hatteberg arbitration and he became a free agent. Oakland Athletics
The Oakland Athletics signed <mask> to a one-year contract with a $950,000 base salary plus incentives, the day after the Rockies declined to offer salary arbitration. Due to his difficulty throwing resulting from the elbow injury, he was asked to play first base. <mask>'s conversion from catcher to first baseman by the Athletics is the subject of a chapter in the Michael Lewis book Moneyball. In that chapter, Oakland General Manager Billy Beane openly admitted how the team had pursued Hatteberg because of his high on-base percentage, which Athletics' management had determined was most often correlated with runs scored. According to Beane, it was one of the most affordable skills at that time for small-market clubs like the A's.Infield coach Ron Washington worked with <mask> to teach him the new position. A fictionalized version of <mask> (played by Chris Pratt) is a key character in the 2011 film Moneyball. A career highlight for <mask> was as a member of the Oakland A's on September 4, 2002. The A's had won 19 straight games to tie the American League record. With their next game, against the Kansas City Royals, tied at 11 after the A's had blown an 11-0 lead, <mask> pinch-hit with one out and the bases empty in the bottom of the ninth inning. He drove a 1-0 pitch well over the right center field wall off Jason Grimsley for a walk-off home run to give the A's a 12-11 win and a then-American League record 20-game winning streak, which has since been broken by the 2017 Cleveland Indians, who won 22 straight games (the overall Major League record; the 1916 New York Giants had won 26 straight games with an interspersed tie for a record 27-game unbeaten streak). This moment is depicted in the Moneyball film.As an everyday player <mask> helped the Athletics reach the playoffs twice, in 2002 and 2003. He hit 49 home runs and batted .269 from 2002 through 2005. He drove in 263 runs and had an on-base percentage of .355. His best year was 2004 when he hit .287, scored 87 runs, hit 15 home runs, drove in 82 runs, and had an on-base percentage of .367. Cincinnati Reds

On February 12, 2006, the Cincinnati Reds signed <mask> to a one-year, $750,000 contract. He was originally expected to give them flexibility at first base, backing up Adam Dunn. When the Reds traded Wily Mo Peña to the Red Sox, Dunn moved back to the outfield and <mask> was to play at first base, improving the Reds' defense.On August 8, 2006, he recorded his 1,000th career hit against Jason Marquis of the St. Louis Cardinals at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. He went 3-for-5 in this game, increasing his batting average to .323. During the first weeks of the 2008 season, he was relegated to pinch-hitting while rookie Joey Votto replaced him at first base. Pinch-hitting was relatively new to <mask>, who admitted that it was a role he was not particularly comfortable in even though he had hit his historic September 4, 2002 20-game winning-streak clinching walk-off homer for Oakland as a pinch-hitter. On May 27, 2008, he was designated for assignment by the Reds to make room on the roster for top prospect Jay Bruce and officially released by the club on June 4. Career statistics
In 1,314 games over 14 seasons, <mask> posted a .273 batting average (1153-for-4226) with 538 runs, 249 doubles, 7 triples, 106 home runs, 527 RBI, 562 bases on balls, .361 on-base percentage and .410 slugging percentage. He finished his career with a .992 fielding percentage playing at first base and catcher.In 17 postseason games, he hit .286 (12-for-42) with 9 runs, 2 doubles, 1 home run and 11 walks. After retirement
<mask> serves as a Special Assistant to Baseball Operations for the Oakland Athletics. In the 2012 and 2013 seasons, <mask> substituted for Ray Fosse as the Oakland A's color commentator on TV broadcasts for a number of games. Personal life
He and his wife Elizabeth, nicknamed "Bitsy," have three daughters, Lauren, Sophia, and Ella. They reside in Gig Harbor, Washington. He is a self-taught guitar player and avid fly fisherman. Sources

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<mask> (August 22, 1914 – December 3, 1989) was renowned as a "founding father" and "major force" in country music. He is credited for coining the country music genre, which had previously been called hillbilly music. <mask> was the founding president of the Country Music Association (CMA) and co-founder of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. The CMA established the <mask><mask> Award to recognize outstanding service to the CMA by a member not serving on the board of directors. <mask> was an entrepreneur who leveraged his musical insight into a profitable empire that extended his legacy into the modern era. He was responsible for discovering some of the talent that now resides in the Hall of Fame, and was himself inducted in 1980, for significant contributions as a music executive.Early life

<mask> was born in Lizard Lick, North Carolina, on August 22, 1914. His parents, John William <mask> and Mary Etta Ferrell <mask>, owned a 17-acre tobacco farm where <mask> worked as he grew up. He was prepared to carry on the family operation after his parents retired, and most of his efforts were focused towards that end. He supplemented his income and farming knowledge through employment as a farm extension agent in Caswell County, North Carolina. However, instead of farming, <mask> became "a major force in country music"; known as a "media magician" and a "leading entrepreneur of the 1950s". <mask> graduated from North Carolina State University in 1935, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education. He then worked a variety of jobs including a soil surveyor, a proponent of the Rural Electrification program, even a stint as a carny, where he depended on making sales to succeed.In 1938, <mask> became an employee of the US government, working for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) in various areas. He became a news commentator in 1941 for a recurring radio broadcast called the National Farm and Home Hour. The show was broadcast daily throughout World War II. <mask>, learning media operations during those years, decided to pursue it as a vocation. In 1946 he left his government employment and ventured into the private sector, ultimately becoming a success in the field of country music. Career
From 1946 to 1960, <mask><mask> was a disc jockey, concert promoter, artistic talent scout/manager, owner of radio and television stations, and music executive.Broadcasting
In 1946, <mask><mask> persuaded <mask>, the program manager of WARL, a radio station in Arlington, Virginia, to let him do a half-hour show at noon each day. <mask> offered to forgo a salary in exchange for a percentage of the advertising revenue, and an agreement was reached. His show, Town and Country Time, was promoted as offering "a little bit of town and an awful lot of country" and broadcast six days a week. <mask> had the business sense to register his program's name as a trademark, an important factor in measuring his financial success. The endeavor was very successful, growing to a three-hour program that was syndicated across the United States and to some international markets on the Armed Forces Network. Because <mask> owned the rights to his Town and Country moniker, all negotiations related to its use required his assent.<mask> realized lucrative gains from brokering the program's syndication. In 1954, <mask><mask> began broadcasting a televised version of Town and Country Time on WMAL-TV in Washington D.C. while continuing to syndicate the audio portion to the more than 1800 radio stations signed on to his network. He would discover Jimmy Dean and Patsy Cline soon after, and both became regular cast members of the TV program. By year's end, the TV program was being syndicated to 40 different stations. By 1956, Town and Country Time was airing in 50 urban markets, including Spokane, Tulsa, Houston, Los Angeles, and Detroit. <mask> had formed a company under his moniker called Town and Country Enterprises to manage his assets which had grown to include radio stations he then owned, and artists he promoted and managed.By years end, <mask><mask> had amicably severed all ties with WARL, giving his full attention to his own enterprise and was a leading contender for Billboard's Tycoon of the Year award, with an estimated annual gross of $2 million. Talent management and promotions
<mask> was involved in promoting new talent through his broadcast medium, and booking acts to an array of live events. Several country artists that <mask> managed, like Patsy Cline, Jimmy Dean, and Roy Clark, became inductees to the Country Music Hall of Fame. In March 1956, <mask> booked a young, relatively unknown singer, who was described as a "devastating combination of Frankie Laine, Johnnie Ray, and <mask>" in Dorothy Kilgallen's syndicated column. That night, when Elvis Presley performed for over three hours, has become "the stuff of local legend". Executive positions
In 1958, <mask> helped found the Country Music Association and served as its first president.<mask> called for a meeting in his hotel room with Wesley Rose, Hubert Long, and Dee Kilpatrick, to discuss the defunct Country Music Disc Jockey Association. The meeting culminated with plans to create a new association, that would cater to all aspects of country music, and the CMA was born. <mask> also helped organize the Country Music Foundation, which operates the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. In 1963, the CMA instituted the Connie B. <mask> Award as an honor of high prestige. <mask> funded the award with his personal assets and established a trust, in his will, to ensure perpetual viability beyond his lifetime. Now called the Founding President's Award, recipients include Roy Acuff, Johnny Cash, <mask>, and <mask>.Retirement
<mask> retired in 1972, selling his business assets and terminating his executive endeavors in country music. <mask>'s career total gross earnings are estimated to be $50 million. <mask> died from cancer on December 3, 1989, at the age of 75. His legacy endures, as he is considered "a true founding father of present-day country music". Honors
In March 1958, <mask> was named "C&W Man of the Year" in The Billboard, exceeding the top runner-up, Jim Denny. <mask> was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980. The induction states that he played "a seminal role in transforming what was still called "hillbilly" music into a modern entertainment industry in just one decade from his base in the Washington, D.C.–Virginia area".In 1986, <mask> was recognized by the Washington Area Music Association with a Special Achievement Award.<ref>WAMA "Special Achievement Award" Washington Area Music Association</ref> <mask> was inducted into the West Virginia Broadcasting Hall of Fame on September 16, 2006. Legacy
In 2002, The Washington Post published a story about <mask>, saying that he "may be the greatest country music visionary no one's ever heard of". The article outlined his innovations and credited him with several firsts. <mask> was the first person to call the genre "country music", distancing himself from the growing pejorative associations of the "hillbilly" moniker and the geographic limitations of a western identity, implied by "country and western". He was among the first to recognize country music's expanding audience, particularly in urban markets. He was the first to harness the commercial potential of country music, via radio and television broadcasting, in both local and national markets. He was first to broadcast a recurring country format program in a major metropolitan area (WARL in 1946), first to book a country performance into a high-class concert venue (Constitution Hall in 1947), and first to get a television network to broadcast country music programing (NBC in 1948).<mask> also co-founded the first trade organization formed to promote a single genre of music—the Country Music Association—and was the first president of the CMA as well. <mask> was a founding member of the Country Music Foundation, instituted in Nashville, Tennessee, to operate the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. The museum is home to a commemorative plaque honoring <mask>, which states that he "brought country music to the big city and made it a multi-billion dollar industry". Daring to dream (big)
Music historian Charles K. Wolfe praised <mask>'s insight for "seeing that country music was going to develop on a number of fronts beyond just radio – that it was going to be a concert thing, a TV thing, an image-making thing. He had a synergistic vision of how country music was going to work in the modern age and he was exactly right." In 1983, Billboard'' quoted <mask><mask>'s candid reflection of his shared success with country music when he stated: "I didn't have an idea that country music would reach the gigantic proportions it has reached both here and internationally, on the other hand, you can dream, can't you?"References

External links
 List of Town and Country Time programs RadioGoldIndex.com

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<mask> (born 6 January 1949 ) was the president, a combined municipal-parish position, of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana from 2003 to 2010. A Democrat, Broussard is known nationally for appearances he made in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Life and career
<mask> was born in Marksville, the seat of Avoyelles Parish in south central Louisiana. He moved to Kenner, a city in Jefferson Parish, in 1958. He received a law degree from Loyola University New Orleans in 1973. The following year he was elected to the Jefferson Parish School Board and reelected in 1976. In 1977, he was elected as a district chairman to the Jefferson Parish Council and re-elected in 1981.He successfully ran for mayor of Kenner in 1982, and he was reelected in 1986, 1990, and 1994. Broussard was elected Chairman of the Jefferson Parish Council in 1995, and reelected in 1999. In 2003, Broussard was elected Jefferson Parish president. He defeated Republican John M. McDonald by a huge margin, 72-28 percent, even though Jefferson Parish is considered a GOP stronghold in Louisiana. Broussard was president of Parishes Against Coastal Erosion (PACE) and in a June 14, 2005, press release predicted:

With the National Hurricane Center predicting another active hurricane season, PACE President <mask>d said he fears that it is going to take a major storm and significant loss of life before the nation acts responsibly. Hurricane Katrina lawsuit
Many Jefferson Parish residents joined in a class action lawsuit against Broussard after he followed a years-old "doomsday plan" in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and evacuated more than 200 drainage pump operators north to Washington Parish. The pumps remained off for more than two days and sections of the parish, including Metairie and Kenner, experienced severe flooding as a result of rain water, backflow from Lake Pontchartrain and flood waters from the broken 17th Street Canal.Broussard defended his actions, saying that he wanted to protect the pump operators' lives, even though some pump operators were willing to stay. Other public officials, such as police and fire departments, did not evacuate. Water department workers also stayed. September 4, 2005, Meet the Press appearance

The most famous of Broussard's post Katrina interviews was one on the television program Meet the Press. In the course of that interview, he was critical of the disaster-response effort. He finished with a tearful account of the death by drowning of his emergency services manager's mother. Broussard's account of that incident was subsequently shown to be inaccurate, in that the long sequence of telephone calls to the mother that he described as having taken place in the aftermath of the hurricane could not have happened, since she apparently drowned before the dates in question.In an appearance on Meet the Press three weeks later, Broussard was questioned about his account. He said that the story had been relayed to him by his staff, and that he had chosen not to ask his emergency manager for the exact circumstances of her death. Broussard and his employees were directly involved in the initial disaster-recovery efforts that followed Hurricane Katrina. On September 4, 2005 he was interviewed on NBC's Meet the Press, still inside his parish. Broussard called the response to Katrina  “One of the Worst Abandonments of Americans on American Soil Ever” and went on to say that FEMA had not only failed to meet his parish's need but actively withheld aid and cut his lines of communication:

Three quick examples. We had Wal-Mart deliver three trucks of water. FEMA turned them back.They said we didn’t need them. This was a week ago. FEMA, we had 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel on a Coast Guard vessel docked in my parish. When we got there with our trucks, FEMA says don’t give you the fuel. Yesterday — yesterday — FEMA comes in and cuts all of our emergency communication lines. They cut them without notice. Our sheriff, Harry Lee, goes back in, he reconnects the line.He posts armed guards and said no one is getting near these lines...

after this, Broussard began to break out in tears. He said:

The guy who runs this building I'm in, Emergency Management, he's responsible for everything. His mother was trapped in St. Bernard nursing home, and every day she called him and said, 'Are you coming, son? Is somebody coming?' And he said, 'Yeah, Momma, somebody's coming to get you. Somebody's coming to get you on Tuesday. Somebody's coming to get you on Wednesday.Somebody's coming to get you on Thursday. Somebody's coming to get you on Friday' — and she drowned on Friday night. She drowned on Friday night. Nobody's coming to get us, nobody's coming to get us. The secretary has promised, everybody's promised. They've had press conferences — I'm sick of the press conferences. For God's sake, shut up and send us somebody!Other local politicians criticized the way the federal government handled the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and Parish Presidents Junior Rodriguez from St. Bernard and Benny Rousselle from Plaquemines are among the most notable ones. Subsequent reporting about the St. Rita's nursing home deaths

Subsequent news reports identified the son in the story as Tom Rodrigue, Jefferson Parish's emergency services director. Rodrigue's 92-year-old mother, Eva, lived in the St. Rita's nursing home. It appears from a CNN interview with Rodrigue that he made phone calls to the nursing home on Saturday, August 27, 2005, and on Sunday, August 28, 2005, and urged that the home be evacuated. That evacuation did not take place, and at least 30 residents of the nursing home drowned on Monday, August 29, 2005. A September 19, 2005, MSNBC story quotes Rodrigue as saying, in response to being told about Broussard's statements on Meet the Press, "No, no, that's not true."A Broussard spokesperson described Broussard's statements about Rodrigue's mother on Meet the Press as "a misunderstanding." September 25, 2005, Meet the Press appearance

On September 25, 2005, Broussard reappeared on Meet the Press, and host Tim Russert challenged Broussard's account of the tragedy on the basis that his anecdote about the woman in the nursing home contained factual discrepancies noted in the MSNBC story. Broussard did not directly account for those discrepancies, repeating the statement that "this gentleman's mother died on that Friday before I came on the show." In his subsequent remarks, though, he said that:

 The story as related by him in his earlier appearance was the story told to him by his staff. Tom Rodrigue was very distraught over his mother's death, and he (Broussard) wasn't inclined to interrogate him as to the specifics because of that. Mistakes were made at all levels of the disaster response, including the evacuation of Jefferson Parish pump operators. He hadn't had a full night's sleep in the past 30 days, and would be happy to debate someone as to the specifics of his story after having one.Broussard has never acknowledged making an error in his original appearance though he did give this response:

Sir, with everything I said on Meet the Press, the last punctuation of my statements were the story that I was going to tell in about maybe two sentences. It just got emotional for me, sir. To date, Broussard's comments with regard to the federal government have not been formally addressed. Broussard was also excluded from the formal investigation conducted into the response to Hurricane Katrina and thus was not called to explain his role in the $3 billion of flood damage to the East Bank of Jefferson Parish. Recall petition

On December 6, 2005 the Jefferson Parish Action Committee filed a petition with the Louisiana Secretary of State to recall Broussard and remove him as President of Jefferson Parish. The group cited numerous lapses in judgment by Broussard both pre and post Katrina, including the following:

 Federal investigators issued grand jury subpoenas to Broussard and 24th District Judge Kernan "Skip" Hand for records of political donations to Hand's campaigns from Bail Bonds Unlimited. Broussard ordered the evacuation of pump operators prior to Hurricane Katrina  to Washington Parish.As a consequence the pump operators were not on duty at the pumping stations until 3:30 am August 30, 2005. The resulting flooding of Jefferson Parish has been estimated by insurance industry sources at $3 to $5 billion. Under emergency powers granted to the Parish President, Broussard appropriated the Meadowcrest hospital to use as a hotel for parish employees. When Meadowcrest notified the parish that it was planning on re-opening the hospital, Broussard moved to block this reopening despite a dire need for both hospital and emergency medical services. He cited his need for hotel accommodations for parish employees. He declined to return control of the hospital, forcing Meadowcrest Hospital to lay off employees and inform over 800 employees that they may face layoffs. In four full-page ads in the [Times-Picayune] costing $38,000, Broussard defended his actions taken during Hurricane Katrina, including his decision to evacuate the pump operators.Broussard's spokesman, Greg Buisson, said that the cost of the ads could be reimbursed by FEMA. FEMA spokesman Mike McCormick said that he knew of no category under which the cost of the ads would be reimbursed. Broussard also appropriated private property to use for various post hurricane clean up purposes. Several of these property owners sued Jefferson Parish for compensation to repair significant damage to their property caused by parish operations. Broussard acknowledged the damage but told the property owners to collect the debt from FEMA. The recall campaign obtained over 49,000 signatures, but this was fewer than the 93,000 signatures (1/3 of the registered voters in Jefferson parish) required under Louisiana law. Re-election campaign
Allen Leone, a Republican and an Owner of a Keller Williams Realty Franchise in Laplace LA, announced on May 2, 2007, that he was entering the race to challenge Broussard for president of Jefferson Parish.Broussard won re-election narrowly with 52 percent of the vote over Leone. The East Bank of Jefferson went for Leone while Broussard carried the West Bank [14]

At the Alliance for Good Government forum Broussard refused to say he would stop taking money from Parish contractors. The alliance instead endorsed Leone but it was not enough to carry him to victory. [15]

Resignation
<mask> resigned his position on January 8, 2010 in the face of a grand jury investigation of his staff. Guilty plea

On September 24, 2012 Broussard pleaded guilty in federal court to two felony counts based on payroll fraud involving his ex-wife. On February 15, 2013, he was sentenced to 46 months in prison. He began serving his sentence in May 2013.Citing misconduct within the local U.S. Attorney's Office, Broussard filed a motion asking U.S. District Court Judge Hayden Head to vacate the conviction or—alternately—his sentence. See also
 Political effects of Hurricane Katrina

References

External links
 Biography on JeffParish.net
 Broussard's role in evacuating pump operators before Katrina made landfall - New Orleans Times Picayune article
 Speech excerpt from ThinkProgress
 Transcript and video of Broussard interview
 Transcript of Broussard's September 4, 2005, Meet the Press appearance
 Parishes Against Coastal Erosion
 'This anger comes from watching death' - Dateline NBC piece on Broussard. CNN Newsnight transcript with Tom Rodrigue interview
 In Nursing Home, a Fight Lost to Rising Waters - New York Times article. Rescuer recounts panicked attempt to flee home - USA Today article
 Haven Turned to Horro - LA Times article
Nursing home owners booked in 34 deaths - The Times-Picayune
 An emotional moment and a misunderstanding - MSNBC article describing Rodrigue's response to the Broussard statement on Meet the Press. Transcript of Broussard's September 25, 2005, Meet the Press appearance
 Boom Town: Gambit Weekly cover story, November 2006 on Jefferson Parish and Broussard post Katrina
 article from the Times Picayune
  Broussard pleads Guilty

1949 births
Living people
Presidents of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Politicians from New Orleans
Louisiana local politicians
Louisiana Democrats
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<mask> (born 10 April 1995) is a Danish professional ice hockey forward and alternate captain for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). Bjorkstrand was selected by the Blue Jackets in the third round, 89th overall, of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. Bjorkstrand is the son of American hockey coach Todd and the brother of Patrick. Born and raised in Herning, Bjorkstrand made his AL-Bank Ligaen debut playing with the Herning Blue Fox during the 2011–12 season. He recorded 13 goals and 13 assists for 26 points in 36 games during his rookie season to lead all 16-year-olds in the league in scoring. As a result, he was selected 26th overall by the Portland Winterhawks in the Western Hockey League (WHL) 2012 Import Draft. He spent three seasons with the Winterhawks before beginning his professional career with the Lake Erie Monsters of the American Hockey League.Early life
Bjorkstrand was born on	10 April 1995, in Herning, Denmark, to parents Todd and Janne. His father, an American citizen, is a former professional hockey player and coach. His older brother Patrick also plays ice hockey. Bjorkstrand was born and raised in Denmark, where he played under the tutelage of his father until he was 17 years old. Playing career

Junior
Bjorkstrand made his AL-Bank Ligaen debut playing with the Herning Blue Fox during the 2011–12 season. He recorded 13 goals and 13 assists for 26 points in 36 games during his rookie season to lead all 16-year-olds in the league in scoring. As a result, he was selected 26th overall by the Portland Winterhawks in the Western Hockey League (WHL) 2012 Import Draft.He subsequently joined the team for their 2012–13 season. By December, Bjorkstrand ranked fourth among all WHL rookies with 27 points and was invited to participate in the 2012 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game. Following the game, Bjorkstrand earned a top 30 mid-term ranking from the NHL Central Scouting Bureau leading up to the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. He later recorded his first major junior hat-trick during a 7–0 win over the Tri-City Americans. He ended his rookie regular-season campaign leading all WHL rookies with 31 goals and 63 points in 65 games. Bjorkstrand then shared the team's Rookie of the Year award with Seth Jones before leading all rookie skaters with 19 points in 21 playoff games. Following his rookie season, Bjorkstrand was drafted 89th overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.On 26 December 2013, during his second season with the Winterhawks, Bjorkstrand signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Blue Jackets. At the time of the signing, he had tallied 25 goals and 31 assists for 56 points in 32 games. By March 2014, Bjorkstrand became the second Winterhawk player in three seasons to reach the 50-goal plateau after recording his fourth hat-trick in one season. As a result, he finished the regular season third in scoring with 109 points and was selected for the WHL Western Conference All-Star First Team. Bjorkstrand then helped the Winterhawks win their fourth straight WHL Western Conference Championship by recording 15 goals and 13 assists for 28 points through 14 games. Bjorkstrand finished his third and final season with the Winterhawks increasing his scoring and offensive ability. During the 2014–15 season, Bjorkstrand led all WHL players in goals and points to earn the Bob Clarke Trophy as the league's leading scorer.He recorded 50 goals in 50 games to become the first WHL player to accomplish the feat since the 2011–12 WHL season. Bjorkstrand also became the first Winterhawk to complete back-to-back 50-goal season since Dennis Holland from 1987-89. He was subsequently unanimously selected to the WHL's Western Conference First All-Star Team, while his teammates voted him the Winterhawks' Most Valuable Player. Professional

Following his career-high third season campaign with the Winterhawks, Bjorkstrand joined the Blue Jackets' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Lake Erie Monsters, to begin the 2015–16 season. In his first professional season, Bjorkstrand recorded 15 goals and 10 assists for 25 points before being recalled to the NHL on 16 March 2016. He made his NHL debut the following day in a game against the Detroit Red Wings and scored his first and second NHL goals in his second game against the New Jersey Devils. He finished the regular season with the Blue Jackets, recording four goals and eight points in 12 games before returning to the AHL for the franchise's first Calder Cup playoff appearance since 2011.Upon returning to the AHL, Bjorkstrand helped the Monsters sweep the Rockford IceHogs in the first round by scoring 19 seconds into the third period of Game 4. In Game 1 of the following series against the Grand Rapids Griffins, Bjorkstrand recorded the overtime game-winning goal to lead the Monsters to a win. With assistance from his offensive ability, the Monsters qualified for the Calder Cup Finals against the Hershey Bears where he scored the game-winning goal in overtime of Game 4. This effectively won the Calder Cup for the Monsters, and Bjorkstrand also earned the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as the playoffs' most valuable player. Following the Calder Cup win, Bjorkstrand entered training and development camp with high expectations of making the Blue Jackets' 2016–17 opening night roster. During camp, Blue Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen spoke highly of him, saying: "He's not a big guy, but he's not afraid to play the North American style at all ... it speaks to his character. I love the chip on his shoulder and the way he plays and competes."He was named to the teams' opening night roster but was reassigned to the Cleveland Monsters after playing in three games. During his time in the AHL, Bjorkstrand was also selected for the 2017 AHL All-Star Classic roster. Aside from an emergency call-up in December, he would stay with the Monsters until February after scoring 14 goals and 12 assists in 37 games. Upon returning to the NHL level in February 2017, Bjorkstrand recorded 13 points in 26 games and the move was praised by management as the best move made around the trade deadline. In March, Bjorkstrand was sidelined for six games after suffering a hit from Toronto Maple Leafs player Roman Polak, who was subsequently suspended for two games. He returned to the lineup on 4 April 2017 where he had one shot in 14:12 of ice time in a 4–1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Bjorkstrand entered the final year of his entry-level contract playing the full 2017–18 season with the Blue Jackets at the NHL level.Throughout the season, he played mainly on the third or fourth line and was tasked with a checking role. Following the acquisition of Thomas Vanek in February, Bjorkstrand played on a line with Nick Foligno and Sonny Milano. He set a new career-high during the season by recording 11 goals and 29 assists for 40 points in 82 games. His numbers ranked fourth in assists and sixth in points across the Blue Jackets skaters. As the Jackets qualified for the 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs, he recorded three points in six games. He finished the 2017–18 season by signing a three-year contract extension through the 2020–21 season on 15 July 2018. In the first year of his new contract, Bjorkstrand began studying the playing style of teammate Artemi Panarin, who had a similar build to him.He began the season slow, only scoring three goals in his first 30 games and was made a healthy scratch. After sitting out for four games, head coach John Tortorella returned him to the lineup on 29 November 2018, to replace a "banged up" Anthony Duclair. Following this, he picked up his scoring and had five goals and nine points through the month of February and recording nine goals in the last 10 games of the regular season. As a result, he finished the 2018–19 season with 23 goals and 36 points for his first 20-goal season. The following year, Bjorkstrand continued his offensive output and was praised by defenseman Zach Werenski for being "a guy that you can count on in every situation". He was moved across various lines throughout the season as Tortorella struggled to finding a suitable center for both <mask> and Patrik Laine. After recording 12 goals and 11 assists for 23 points through 36 games, he was placed on injured reserve in December 2019 after suffering a rib/cartilage contusion with oblique strain during a game against the New Jersey Devils.Upon returning to the lineup, Bjorkstrand continued his offensive streak and led the team with 21 goals and tied for third with 36 points before being injured on 20 February during a game against the Philadelphia Flyers. As a reuslt of the injury, Bjorkstrand remained out of the lineup until the Blue Jackets qualified for the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs. <mask> and the Blue Jackets met with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Eastern Conference Qualifying Round of the playoffs and beat them in five games. During the first round against the Tampa Bay Lightning, Bjorkstrand tallied his first goal of the postseason in an eventual 3–2 loss in a five overtime game. The game was the longest game in franchise history and the fourth-longest in league history. He shortly thereafter became the second active player to have each of his first three career playoff game-winning goals come against one opponent. He also set a franchise record for most postseason game-winning goals.The Blue Jackets were eventually eliminated from the playoffs in five games. Upon being eliminated from the playoffs, Bjorkstrand signed a five-year, $27 million contract extension on 6 January 2021 to remain with the Blue Jackets. He scored his first goal of the season on 18 January 2021 against the Detroit Red Wings and added an assist and a fight for a Gordie Howe hat trick. As the Blue Jackets pushed for a playoff position in March, Bjorkstrand recorded five goals and six assists for 11 points through 10 games. He also led the team with 11 goals and 16 assists for 27 points. In spite of this, Bjorkstrand and the Blue Jackets failed to qualify for the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs. Prior to the start of the 2021–22 season, Bjorkstrand was named an alternate captain for the team alongside Werenski and Gustav Nyquist.On 25 October, Bjorkstrand recorded his 100th assist to tie Jakub Voráček for 18th in franchise history at the century mark. International play

As a dual citizen of Denmark and the United States, Bjorkstrand has chosen to represent Denmark at international tournaments. He represented Denmark for the first time internationally at the 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships with his father serving as his head coach. Bjorkstrand represented Denmark for the second time at the IIHF World Junior Championship in 2015 after helping them qualify in 2014. During the IIHF World Junior Championship, Division I, Group A tournament, he was named the tournament's Top Forward by the IIHF Directorate. In the same year, Bjorkstrand also made his first senior appearance with the Denmark men's national ice hockey team at the 2015 IIHF World Championship at the age of 20 alongside his brother Patrick. Bjorkstrand represented Denmark for the second time at the senior level at the 2018 IIHF World Championship.During the tournament, Denmark beat Germany, Finland, Norway, and South Korea but lost to Latvia and missed out on the quarter-finals. On 8 October 2021, Bjorkstrand was one of three players named to Team Denmark's first-ever Olympic hockey team for the 2022 Winter Olympics. When speaking of the opportunity, Bjorkstrand said: "It’s going to be tough task for us to go far, but it’s a huge honour for us to be there. We’re obviously going to do our best. And it’s always in the back of our heads that we can surprise a bit. We’re all super pumped." Career statistics

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Cleveland Monsters players
Columbus Blue Jackets draft picks
Columbus Blue Jackets players
Danish ice hockey right wingers
Danish people of American descent
Herning Blue Fox players
Lake Erie Monsters players
People from Herning Municipality
Portland Winterhawks players

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<mask>na <mask> (; born 6 October 1986) is a retired Russian tennis player. She won one singles title and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. As a junior, she won the Wimbledon Championships, beating Maria Sharapova in the final, while she reached the final of the French Open losing to Anna-Lena Grönefeld. Personal life
Dushevina was born in Moscow and resides in nearby satellite city of Khimki. She began playing tennis at the age of seven under her father, Yevgeny, an engineer. Her mother, Elena, is a teacher. Beside tennis, <mask> also played football and basketball.Tennis career

Early years
She played her first main-draw match at the 2002 Warsaw Open by qualifying, but lost to Virginia Ruano Pascual 1–6, 6–7. Her first WTA Tour match she won at the 2003 Miami Open. After qualifying, she defeated Patricia Wartusch 6–0, 6–3 but lost to fourth seed Justine Henin 3–6, 2–6 in the second round. She then won her first professional title at the ITF event in Innsbruck, Austria coming through the qualifying draw and defeating Melinda Czink in the final. In her next tournament, she reached her first WTA Tour semifinals at the Nordic Light Open, including defeating her first top-50 player, then-world No. 35 Denisa Chládková, 6–2, 6–3 but lost to Jelena Kostanić in the semifinals. She then played her first Grand Slam main-draw match after qualifying but lost to Ashley Harkleroad in the first round in straight sets.In the Kremlin Cup she upset then-world No. 28, Lisa Raymond, 6–2, 7–6, but lost to seventh seed <mask>, 2–6, 1–6. 2005–2009
<mask> began her 2005 campaign by losing in the first round at the Canberra Women's Classic to Anna-Lena Grönefeld. At the Australian Open, she reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, before losing to fifth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova. Along the way, she realized her first top-20 victory over then-world No. 11 <mask>, 6–3, 6–3 in the second round. She qualified for the Open Gaz de France and Dubai Championships but fell to Dinara Safina 2–6, 4–6 in the second round and to Nathalie Dechy, 7–6, 4–6, 6–7 in the first round, respectively.She then lost four straight matches in the second round of the Miami Open and the first rounds of Amelia Island, Warsaw and Berlin. However, she bounced back by reaching the quarterfinals of the Internationaux de Strasbourg losing to eventual champion Anabel Medina Garrigues in three sets. At the French Open, she lost to 21st seed Mary Pierce. Dushevina reached her first WTA Tour singles final at the Eastbourne International as a qualifier where she finished runner-up to former world No. 1, Kim Clijsters. In the said tournament, she realized her first top-5 victory over then-world No. 3, Amélie Mauresmo, 6–4, 6–4 in the second round.However, she fell in the first round of Wimbledon to Ana Ivanovic, in straight sets. She then bounced back to reach the semifinals of the Nordic Light Open, losing to Katarina Srebotnik in two. She reached the second round of the Connecticut Open losing to Elena Dementieva. Dushevina then suffered back-to-back to losses to Shahar Pe'er at the second round of the US Open and first round of the China Open. At the quarterfinals of the Korea Open, she fell to top seed Jelena Janković, followed by a first-round loss at the Kremlin Cup to Elena Likhovtseva in three sets, respectively. She then avenged her loss to Janković at the Generali Ladies Linz, defeating her 7–6, 3–6, 6–0 in the first round, but fell to Sybille Bammer in the next. Dushevina had a poor 2006 season.She reached in the second rounds of Auckland Open and International Women's Hardcourts losing to top-ten players Nadia Petrova and Justine Henin, respectively. She then fell in the first round of the Australian Open to Catalina Castaño in straight sets, and also fell in the second rounds of the WTA indoor event in Paris and Dubai Championships to then-world No. 2, Amélie Mauresmo, and then-world No. 4, Maria Sharapova, respectively. She suffered a back-to-back first round loss at the Qatar Open and Miami Open. Later, earned her best performance of the year by reaching the third round of the Amelia Island Championships, losing to Patty Schnyder 3–6, 5–7. At the Estoril Open, she was upset by Antonella Serra Zanetti 6–4, 6–4 in the first round.She then suffered four consecutive second-round exits at the German Open and French Open to then-world No. 1 Amélie Mauresmo, at the Italian Open to Patty Schnyder, and the Eastbourne International to Anna-Lena Grönefeld. She then fell five consecutive first-round main-draw matches, at Wimbledon, at the LA Championships, Rogers Cup, US Open, and the China Open. She reached the second rounds of the Korea Open and Japan Open, and then suffered back-to-back main-draw match to compatriot <mask> at the Kremlin Cup and Hasselt Cup. Two years later, she reached her second final at the Nordic Light Open, losing in straight sets to Agnieszka Radwańska. Dushevina reached the final of the Stockholm event again in 2007, losing to Caroline Wozniacki. Dushevina has won one doubles title, the Warsaw Open, playing with Tatiana Perebiynis in 2007.She was also a part of the winning Russian team in the 2005 Fed Cup, winning doubles ties in the quarterfinals and semifinals partnering Dinara Safina. Dushevina began writing a blog for Eurosport about her time on the tour in 2009. In June 2009, at the Eastbourne International, she lost in 45 minutes to Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak in the quarterfinals, 1–6, 0–6, winning only 17 of the 69 points in the match, and losing every one of her service games..
Dushevina upset world No. 22, Alizé Cornet, in the first round of the Wimbledon Championships, but fell to Elena Vesnina in the second. Dushevina won her first WTA career title at the İstanbul Cup, defeating Lucie Hradecká 6–0, 6–1 in the final. 2010–2011
Dushevina started 2010 by qualifying for the Sydney International where she reached the quarterfinals with wins over Casey Dellacqua and Elena Vesnina, but lost to then world No. 1, Serena Williams, in the quarterfinals.She then fell in the first round of the Australian Open to compatriot and fifth seed Elena Dementieva, 2–6, 1–6. At the Pattaya Open, she was upset in the second round by world No. 121, Ekaterina Bychkova, 6–4, 6–1. She then fell in the first rounds of Dubai Championships and Miami Masters and the second round of Indian Wells Masters. She then reached the third round of the Charleston Open losing to eventual champion Samantha Stosur 1–6, 6–3, 1–6, but fell early in the Italian Open to Andrea Petkovic, 3–6, 0–6. In the second round of the Madrid Open, <mask> lost the most competitive match of her career against world No. 1, Serena Williams.Williams finally won 6–7, 7–6, 7–6, after 3 hours and 26 minutes despite being 5–2 up in the final set. <mask> had match point at 7–6, 6–5 but could not close out the match. She was also 4–0 up in the final set tie-break before losing. It was also Williams' longest match. She then fell in the first rounds of the French Open and Eastbourne International. At Wimbledon, she upset French Open champion Francesca Schiavone in the first round in three sets, but fell to eventual semifinalist Tsvetana Pironkova, 3–6, 4–6 in the following round. She reached the back-to-back quarterfinals in the Slovenia Open and İstanbul Cup losing to Anna Chakvetadze 6–2, 3–6, 5–7 and Jarmila Groth 5–7, 2–6, respectively.She then fell in the second round of the Cincinnati Open to Jelena Janković 4–6, 6–3, 1–6. She then fell in the qualifying rounds of Rogers Cup and Connecticut Open. In the US Open she fell in the first round to Alona Bondarenko. In the Korea Open, she upset former world No. 1, Ana Ivanovic, 2–6, 6–4, 6–2 but fell in the next round to Klára Zakopalová. She then reached the third round of the China Open as a qualifier losing to Francesca Schiavone. In her final tournament of the year, at the Kremlin Cup, she was able to reach her first semifinal since winning in the 2009 İstanbul Cup, after defeating three consecutive compatriots, Ekaterina Makarova, Elena Vesnina and Anna Chakvetadze, before falling to another, Maria Kirilenko, 1–6, 1–6.<mask> started 2011 by losing in the qualifying draw of the Sydney International. At the Australian Open, she was able to pick up her first win in six years by defeating Maria Elena Camerin 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 but fell to fifth seed Sam Stosur in the next round. She also fell in the first rounds of Paris and Dubai. At Doha, she qualified and defeated María José Martínez Sánchez before she lost to Daniela Hantuchová in the second round. 2017: Retirement
<mask> announced her retirement from professional tennis on 15 August 2017 because of several injuries. She said she would like to concentrate on coaching. Significant finals

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals

Doubles: 1 runner-up

WTA career finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Doubles: 11 (2 titles, 9 runner-ups)

ITF finals

Singles (1–0)

Doubles (5–1)

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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People from Khimki
Tennis players from Moscow
Russian female tennis players
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<mask> (née Eunice Lyle Swetman, 1903–1993) was an American painter who worked from the 1930s through the early 1990s. She is considered Mississippi's first Abstract Expressionist painter and its first Modernist artist. Early life and education
<mask>, née Eunice Lyle Swetman, was the youngest of three children born to a prominent Biloxi, Mississippi, banking family. When she was young, <mask> was attracted to the arts and wrote, produced, directed and acted in plays starring other neighborhood children on the wide gallery of the family's beachfront home. Her interest in theater continued into adulthood. Because her passion for acting was frowned upon by her family, she struck a deal that if she first completed college she would be allowed to go to a drama school. She graduated high school at the age of sixteen and completed her four year college curriculum in two years.She graduated from Blue Mountain College in northeastern Mississippi, going on to Lyceum Arts Conservatory in Chicago, where she studied acting and played bit parts on the stage. It was then she received her nickname, Dusti, from friends because they teased her about constantly washing her dusty face when she would return home through the bustling, dirty streets of the growing city. With spelling adjusted, the nickname stuck. While in Chicago, <mask> met and fell in love with <mask>, a Nebraska “cowboy artist,” who was taking classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. They married in 1928. In 1924, she moved to New York. Career
Bongé started her career when she moved to New York in 1924 where she acted on the stage and in films.Bongé decided to give up her acting career when she discovered she was pregnant with her son <mask>. <mask> moved back to her home town of Biloxi in 1934 after she and Arch decided they did not want to raise Lyle in New York. Bongé began to explore painting after leaving acting to start a family. Early Work
Bongé showed promise as a painter and Arch encouraged her to work with him. After Arch's death from Lou Gehrig's disease in 1936, Bongé sought solace in the studio where they had worked together and began to paint seriously. Bongé's early work depicted scenes of Biloxi, partly inspired by Archie’s renderings of the waterfront and cityscape. Bongé also produced a series of still life compositions as well as a variety of self portraits.Her early work was representational but showed her ability to move from a realist to a much more modernist style. Surrealism
In 1938, she began to experiment with Surrealism and worked in that style of over a decade. “As time passed,” she recalled, “I became more comfortable with my work and my pictures became more and more abstract.” Initially <mask> exhibited her work in Biloxi and New Orleans. <mask> exhibited her work at the Contemporary arts Gallery in New York City in 1939. This was her first exhibition in New York. The Betty Parsons Gallery opened in New York in 1946, and <mask> forged a relationship with the Abstract Expressionist dealer who would represent her for many years. <mask> created a series of works now referred to as the Circus series.The circus offered very rich subject matters for her to experiment with in her work,  whether in color, composition, or content. In the early 1950s, her Surrealist style developed further as she began her depictions of “keyhole people.”

Abstract Expressionism
The years 1953-1956 mark a transitional period in her work as she moves fully into Abstract Expressionism, the style in which she seemed to find her greatest satisfaction. Some of the work from this period features angular forms and paint surfaces that are etched and textured. Betty Parsons gave her her first solo exhibition in April 1956. <mask> continued to work in a similar abstract style in the 1960s, but with a darker palette. As a New York Herald Tribune critic noted in 1960: “<mask> <mask>, artist of the deep south, appears at the Betty Parsons Gallery with forceful and determinedly non-objective paintings. Having her third show here, Miss <mask> is perhaps more dramatic at this moment than she has ever been.Her canvases are extremely vigorous, dark-keyed and spacious.” Her final show at the Parsons gallery was in 1975, but she continued to create a very strong body of work, including some monumental oil paintings, through the next decade. Later Work
In the 1980s <mask> continued to make a body of abstract work. Her work from this period explores conceptual themes such as the transcendent Buddhist concept of the "Void"  During this period of exploring conceptual themes she painted her "Void" series. This series focused on circle shapes in abstract form and illustrated emptiness. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, small format watercolor paintings many on Joss paper (sheets of bamboo or rice paper centered with a small square of gold or silver leaf) that was available at the local Asian markets and was traditionally used in Buddhist ceremonies. This became her preferred medium. “It became a special challenge,” she said, “to make it seem as if I had placed that little square right there.”  She painted her last work in 1991.Personal life
Dusti met her husband while they both were going to school in Chicago . Arch was working a doorman and opened a door for <mask>. They were married in 1928. <mask> and <mask>'s only child, <mask>, was born November 5, 1929. Lyle was drawn to art from spending time with his mother in her studio, inspiring him to pursue photography. While <mask> enjoyed success by being a part of the New York art scene she preferred to paint in her home town of Biloxi where she raised her son and continued to have success in her career. Although in later years, she had an active social life, dated and had numerous proposals, Dusti never remarried.Exhibitions
<mask>'s first exhibition was in the Contemporary arts Gallery in New York in 1939. Bongé continued to show in New York at Betty Parsons Gallery beginning in the mid 1940s, She had her first solo exhibition at Betty Parsons Gallery in 1956. Bongé continued to show at Betty Parson's until 1976. Bongé had solo exhibitions at Betty Parson's in 1958, 1960, and 1962. She had her final exhibition at Betty Parsons Gallery in 1975. The Ogden Museum of Southern Art held a exhibition of <mask>'s work in 2019 called "Piercing the Inner Wall: The Art of Dusti Bongé." The exhibition followed the release of  “Dusti Bongé, Art and Life: Biloxi, New Orleans & New York,”

<mask>'s work has been exhibited at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans; the Walter Anderson Museum of Art in Ocean Springs, Mississippi; the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art in Biloxi; the Mississippi Museum of Art; and the Mobile Museum of Art.Her work is in the permanent collections of the Mississippi Museum of Art; the Ogden Museum of Southern Art; the Mobile Museum of Art; the National Museum of Women in the Arts; and the Johnson Collection in Spartanburg, South Carolina, as well as a number of private collections throughout the United States. Museum collections
Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY
The Johnson Collection, Spartanburg, SC
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum, Hattiesburg, MS
Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, MS

References

Further reading
Black, Patti Carr, American Masters of the Mississippi Gulf Coast: George Ohr, <mask> <mask>, Walter Anderson, Richmond Barthe, Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2009. Black, Patti Carr, Art in Mississippi 1720-1980, Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1998. Black, Patti Carr, The Mississippi Story, Jackson: Mississippi Museum of Art, 2007. <mask>, Dusti, ed. Nancy Longnecker, <mask> <mask>: The Life of an Artist, Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1982. Falk, Peter Hastings, ed., Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975, Madison, CT: Soundview Press, 1999.Falk, Peter Hastings, ed., Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975, Madison, Connecticut: Soundview Press, 1999. Gruber, J. Richard and David Houston, The Art of the South 1890-2003: The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, London: Scala Publishers, 2004. Hall, Lee, Betty Parsons, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1991. "Dusti Bonge." MPB video, 29:49. DustiBonge.org. Accessed May 1, 2015. http://dustibonge.org/early-personal-life/.Abstract expressionist artists
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<mask> (born 12 May 1950) is a British musician, producer and inventor. <mask> was born in Ilfracombe, North Devon, the son of noted author <mask> and his second wife Christine Duffield. He is divorced, with one daughter, <mask>. He was educated at Exeter Cathedral School under Lionel Frederick Dakers (later head of RSCM), and at Millfield School, Street, Somerset. He started a Physics degree at Imperial College, University of London, but abandoned Physics for rock theatre, working at Glastonbury Festival and the Rainbow Theatre and crewing for The Rolling Stones in the 1970s. He helped establish the Green Party of England and Wales and is still actively involved in designing innovative energy efficient systems. In 1970 he met Anthony Phillips of Genesis with whom he composed music for the film of his father's best-seller Tarka the Otter.The music, recorded by the National Philharmonic Orchestra was not used in the film due to budgetary considerations but some years later was finished with funds from Amy International and released by PRT, where it became No. 1 in the New Music Charts for three months. It is still regarded as a classic by Genesis fans and excerpts are used for documentaries and other nature oriented films worldwide. Another series of recordings with Anthony, started in 1975, became Gypsy Suite, released in 1995. In 1977 <mask> was playing with Nik Turner of Hawkwind and he wrote "Nuclear Waste" which was released as 'The Radio Actors', or 'Fast Breeder & Nuclear Reactors', with Sting on vocals, Mike Howlett on Bass and Steve Hillage on lead guitar. It was released by Virgin Records and later by Charly Records and is still considered an anti-nuclear anthem in Eastern Europe. In 1978 <mask> met Gilli Smyth, formerly of Gong.They formed Mother Gong, made their first album and toured the United States for the first time as part of the ZU Manifestival promoted by Giorgio Gomelsky. Returning to Devon, they lived at Ox's Cross and he set up his first studio in the building his father had used for writing. They played the Glastonbury Festival twice and after disillusionment with Thatcherite politics, left England in 1982 and emigrated to Melbourne, Australia. They divorced in 1992. <mask> is now an Australian citizen and dedicates his time to composing film, world, and many other styles of music, making concert DVDs, producing recordings from artists around the world and implementing his environmentally-sustainable house designs. With his former partner Liz Van Dort he experimented with ambient and world music and released an album under the banner Faraway. In 2004 with his partner Maribel Steel he completed a musical Lace which deals with life in a Spanish family, and a soundtrack for the film – Rokkashomura Rhapsody a Japanese documentary on nuclear reprocessing in Rokkasho, Aomori.Tarka was commissioned to launch the book Our Watermark published by the Victorian Women's Trust and received its first live performances in Melbourne in 2010. Migration was launched in 2012 after a ten-year gestation. It explores the musical forms that originated in Northern India and travelled with the Celts on their epic migrations, influencing music where they settled. In 2009 he was asked to bring the Federation Bells near Federation Square, Melbourne, a carillon of 39 upturned bells designed for the centenary of Australian Federation, into better working order. In 2011 his company was awarded the contract to refurbish the installation. He designed novel actuators and with his collaborator Ian Wilson, a sophisticated controller that mimics human articulation, which now provide visitors with an interactive experience, including an app for playing the bells live. There are now annual composition competitions and over 1000 original pieces are played in rotation, three times daily.Football fans used to regularly take out their disappointment at losing, on this installation. He instigated the idea of playing team's anthems before and after the matches at the MCG and since then there has been a marked decline in vandalism. In 2015 <mask> completed a prototype, codenamed "Wind Whisperer", for a wind-driven self-tuning interactive stringed sculptural instrument that plays fractal melodies, continuously changing in response to microscopic changes in the surroundings. Discography

1975 – Gypsy Suite (with Anthony Phillips) 1998 Voiceprint
1976 – Tarka (with Anthony Phillips) 1988 PRT 1996 Voiceprint
1978 - Xitintoday (with Nik Turner's Sphynx) 1978 Charisma
1978 – Nuclear Waste (with Sting and the Radio-Actors) (Virgin, Charly, DB, Voiceprint)
1978 – Fairy Tales (with Gilli Smyth, Didier Malherbe et al.)

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<mask> (born 1 November 1995) is an Irish rugby union player who plays for Munster in the United Rugby Championship and European Rugby Champions Cup and for the Ireland national team. He plays primarily as a fly-half, but can also play as a fullback. Early life
<mask> was born in Dargaville, New Zealand, to an Irish mother from Athy, County Kildare and an Irish–New Zealand father (who was also born in Athy but taken by his migrating parents as a two-year-old to live in New Zealand). <mask> returned with his family to Athy when he was 11 years old. He attended Árdscoil na Tríonóide in Athy, and moved to Blackrock College for his final year of school, where he won the 2014 Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup. Club career

Leinster
Carbery made his senior competitive debut for Leinster on 18 March 2016, when he came off the bench in the province's 12–6 defeat during the 2015–16 Pro12 season at the hands of Glasgow Warriors. He made his break-through for Leinster when he started at fly-half in the provinces opening 2016–17 Pro12 fixture against Benetton on 2 September 2016.<mask> scored two tries in their 20–8 victory against the Italian side. <mask> produced a Man-of-the-Match performance from fullback in Leinster's 32–17 win against Wasps in the quarter-finals of the 2016–17 European Rugby Champions Cup on 1 April 2017. He went on to win the Young Player of the Season award for both Leinster and the Pro12 for the 2016–17 season. He was used as a replacement by Leinster in the finals of both the 2017–18 Pro14 and 2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup in May 2018. Leinster's victories in both finals saw them complete a historic double, becoming the first Celtic team to do so. Munster
After much speculation, it was confirmed in May 2018 that <mask> would join Leinster's rivals Munster on a two-year contract ahead of the 2018–19 season. He made his competitive debut for Munster on 1 September 2018, coming off the bench in their opening 2018–19 Pro14 fixture against the Cheetahs in Thomond Park, a game which Munster won 38–0.<mask> made his first start for Munster on 14 September 2018, doing so against Ospreys in Irish Independent Park and scoring his first try for the province, as well as kicking five conversions in Munster's 49–13 win. He won the Man-of-the-Match award and scored 18 points, including a try, in Munster's 64–7 win against Ulster in Thomond Park on 29 September 2018. <mask>'s try in this match was later voted Munster's try of the 2018–19 season. <mask> made his European debut for Munster on 13 October 2018, starting in the provinces 10–10 draw with Exeter Chiefs in Sandy Park and contributing five points off the kicking tee in the sides' opening 2018–19 Champions Cup fixture. One week later, in his first home European game for Munster, <mask> scored one try, four conversions, one penalty and won the Man-of-the-Match award in the provinces 36–22 win against Gloucester. <mask> scored 14 points, including four penalties and one conversion, in Munster's 26–17 win against his former province Leinster on 29 December 2018. He was Man-of-the-Match and scored 16 points, including one try, four conversions and one penalty, in Munster's 31–24 away win against Connacht on 5 January 2019.<mask> scored 26 points, including two tries, five conversions and two penalties, and was Man-of-the-Match in Munster's 41–15 away win against English side Gloucester in round 5 of the Champions Cup on 11 January 2019. He scored all of Munster's points from penalties in their 9–7 win against Exeter Chiefs in round 6 on the Champions Cup on 19 January 2019, a result that ensured Munster advanced to a record 18th Champions Cup quarter-final. <mask> signed a two-year contract extension with Munster in March 2019. The ankle injury <mask> sustained whilst on international duty with Ireland at the 2019 Rugby World Cup was aggravated post-tournament, ruling him out for a number of games. He made his return from injury for the province on 28 December 2019, featuring off the bench in Munster's 13–6 defeat against <mask>'s former club Leinster in round 9 of the 2019–20 Pro14. However, a wrist injury sustained after <mask> played the full 80 minutes in Munster's 38–17 defeat against Ulster on 3 January 2020 required surgery, and during his rehabilitation for that injury, it was decided that <mask> would also undergo surgery for the ankle injury sustained while on international duty during the world cup, ruling him out for the remainder of the 2019–20 season and indefinitely thereafter. <mask> made his long-awaited return from injury on 26 February 2021, thirteen months after his last appearance for the province.He came on as a replacement for Rory Scannell in the 63rd minute of Munster's 20–11 away win against Cardiff Blues in round 13 of the 2020–21 Pro14, converting Niall Scannell's 77th minute try to secure the victory. In his first start since returning from injury, against Scarlets on 12 March 2021, <mask> converted all four of Munster's tries and earned the Man-of-the-Match award in their 28–10 win against the Welsh side. In a further injury blow, <mask> suffered a fractured elbow in the final minutes of Munster opening 2021–22 Champions Cup fixture away to Wasps on 12 December 2021, which required surgery. He signed a two-year contract extension with Munster in January 2022.

International career
<mask> was selected in the Ireland national squad to play New Zealand in November 2016 at Soldier Field, Chicago. He was brought on as a substitute in the 59th minute, earning his first Ireland cap in their 40–29 victory, Ireland's first ever win against the All Blacks. He was a member of the Ireland team that won a Grand Slam in the 2018 Six Nations Championship. He started in the first test, whilst also featuring off the bench in the second, in Ireland's historic 2–1 series victory against Australia in June 2018.<mask> started in Ireland's wins against Italy and the United States, whilst also featuring off the bench in the wins against Argentina and New Zealand, during the 2018 Autumn Tests. <mask> made two appearances for Ireland during the 2019 Six Nations Championship, featuring off the bench in their opening 32–20 defeat against England on 2 February, before coming on during the first-half to replace the injured Jonathan Sexton to play a key role in Ireland's 22–13 win against Scotland one week later, though a hamstring injury and the form of Connacht's Jack Carty prevented <mask> from gaining further playing time during the tournament. He was selected in the 31-man Ireland squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, having featured in the warm-up match against Italy, though an ankle injury prevented <mask> from taking any further part in the warm-up matches. He returned from the injury to make his Rugby World Cup debut off the bench in Ireland's shock 19–12 defeat against hosts Japan on 28 September 2019, before providing scrum-half cover from the bench in the 35–0 win against Russia, and featuring off the bench in the 47–5 win against Samoa and the 46–14 quarter-final defeat against New Zealand. A wrist injury sustained whilst on provincial duty with Munster ruled <mask> out of the 2020 Six Nations Championship, and surgery for the ankle injury he sustained during the world cup ruled him out of the tour of Australia in July 2020. <mask> made his long-awaited international return in Ireland's mid-year test against Japan on 3 July 2021, starting for his country for the first time in 23 months and scoring 14 points of the kicking tee in their 39–31 win. During the 2021 Autumn Nations Series, <mask> featured as a replacement in Ireland's 60–5 win against Japan on 6 November, and in the famous 29–20 win against New Zealand on 13 November, replacing injured captain Jonathan Sexton and scoring three crucial penalties to seal the victory for Ireland.After Sexton was ruled out by injury, <mask> started in Ireland's final fixture of the series against Argentina on 21 November, scoring six conversions and two penalties for a personal haul of 18 points in a player of the match performance that guided Ireland to a 53–7 win. <mask> recovered from an elbow injury sustained whilst on Champions Cup duty with Munster in December 2021 in time to be selected in the squad for the 2022 Six Nations Championship and declared fit for Ireland's opening fixture against Wales, and featured as a replacement in the 29–7 win against Wales in their opening fixture of the 2022 Six Nations Championship on 5 February 2022. Following a hamstring injury to captain and first-choice fly-half Jonathan Sexton, <mask> started in Ireland's 30–34 away defeat against France on 12 February, scoring three conversions and one penalty for a haul of nine points in a good personal performance. <mask> was retained as Ireland's starting fly-half in their 57–6 home win against Italy on 27 February, scoring a try and two conversion before being replaced by a fit-again Jonathan Sexton in the second-half. International Tries
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Honours

Blackrock College
Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup:
Winner (1): 2014

Clontarf FC
All-Ireland League Division 1A:
Winner (1): 2015–16

Leinster
European Rugby Champions Cup:
Winner (1): 2017–18
United Rugby Championship:
Winner (1): 2017–18

Ireland
Six Nations Championship:
Winner (1): 2018
Grand Slam:
Winner (1): 2018
Triple Crown:
Winner (1): 2018

Individual
Pro14 Young Player of the Year:
Winner (1): 2016–17

Leinster Young Player of the Year:
Winner (1): 2016–17

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Leinster Profile
Ireland Profile
URC Profile

U20 Six Nations Profile

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<mask> of Austria (; ; 15 September 1533 – 28 February 1572) was one of the fifteen children of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary. In 1553, she married Polish King Sigismund II Augustus and became Queen consort of Poland and Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania. Their marriage was not happy and they had no children together. After a likely miscarriage in 1554 and a bout of illness in 1558, Sigismund became increasingly distant. He tried but failed to obtain a divorce from the pope. In 1565, <mask> returned to Austria and lived in Linz until her death. Sigismund died just a few months after her bringing the Jagiellon dynasty to its end.Early life and Duchess of Mantua
<mask> was one of the fifteen children of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary. She spent most of her childhood at Hofburg, Innsbruck and received education based on discipline and religion. She learned Italian and Latin languages. On 17 March 1543, <mask> was betrothed to Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Marquess of Montferrat, reflecting her father's desire to strengthen Habsburg influence against France in northern Italy, particularly Milan. Both <mask> and Francesco were 9 and 10 years old at the time, so the wedding took place six years later on 22 October 1549. In October 1549, <mask> with a dowry of 100,000 Rhine florins was escorted by her elder brother Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria from Innsbruck to Mantua. The marriage lasted only four months as Francesco drowned in Lake Como on 21 February 1550, and a widowed <mask> returned home to Innsbruck.To improve <mask>'s chances of a better second marriage, the Habsburgs claimed that the marriage was not consummated. Queen consort of Poland

Wedding

In May 1551, after the death of his second scandalous wife Barbara Radziwiłł, King Sigismund II Augustus became a widower. Emperor Ferdinand I pursued the marriage between <mask> and Sigismund to create a pro-Habsburg group within the Polish court. Particularly, he wanted to prevent Polish assistance to Sigismund's sister Isabella Jagiellon and her son John Sigismund Zápolya in the succession disputes over the Kingdom of Hungary. Both <mask> and Sigismund personally opposed the marriage. <mask> blamed Sigismund of mistreating and causing the early death of her older sister and his first wife Elizabeth of Austria. Sigismund feared that <mask> would be similarly unattractive and of frail health as Elisabeth.However, the Habsburgs threatened to create an anti-Polish alliance with the Tsardom of Russia. In early 1553, Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł traveled to the court of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, in an attempt to persuade the emperor to cease his assistance to Tsar Ivan the Terrible. Radziwiłł had further orders to travel to investigate marriage opportunities with Mechthild of Bavaria or one of the daughters of Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara. However, the Emperor convinced Radziwiłł that marriage between <mask> and Sigismund was best. Radziwiłł wrote enthusiastic letters to Sigismund, who soon gave in and gave his consent on 10 April 1553. The papal dispensation (they were first cousins once removed) was received on 20 May and the wedding treaty was signed on 23 June. The same day the per procura wedding took place.The actual wedding was delayed due to Sigismund's ill health from 1 July to 30 July. The celebrations lasted 10 days. <mask>'s dowry was 100,000 florins as well as 500 grzywnas of silver, 48 expensive dresses, and about 800 jewels. Life with Sigismund

<mask> spoke Italian and therefore could communicate with Queen mother Bona Sforza and her family. She was ambitious and tried to gain political influence in the Polish court which caused Sigismund's ire. At least at first, he attempted to do right by his wife – he needed an heir and was acutely aware of the criticism of his treatment of his first wife Elizabeth of Austria. In February 1554, the royal couple separated for the first time.<mask> was in Parczew while Sigismund attended general sejm in Lublin. According to royal secretary Michał Trzebuchowski, the queen was very upset by the separation and kept crying. When Sigismund visited his wife on 9–10 April, <mask> informed him that she was pregnant. At the end of April, the royal couple traveled to Lithuania and on 25 May reached Vilnius where with short breaks <mask> lived for nine years. It is unclear whether it was a miscarriage, false pregnancy, or an intrigue, but there was no birth in October 1554. Relatively normal, albeit somewhat distant, the marriage continued for a few more years. It seems that <mask> accompanied her husband to general sejm in spring 1555 and to the per procura wedding of Sophia Jagiellon and Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg in January 1556.She also continued to mediate between her husband and her father, carried frequent correspondence with Albert, Duke of Prussia, and was known for generally favorable views on Protestantism. <mask>'s dowry was paid by her father at the end of 1555 or very early 1556, and on 19 January 1556, she received the towns of Wiślica, Żarnów, Radom, Nowy Korczyn, Kozienice, Chęciny, and Radoszyce. In the spring of 1556, the Queen mother Bona Sforza returned to her native Italy and her two yet-unmarried daughters, Anna Jagiellon and <mask>n, moved to Vilnius. It seems that the three women became close. In summer 1558, the royal family returned to Poland. In October, <mask> became severely ill, but the cause of the illness is unknown as she would not allow Polish doctors near her. When her father sent a couple of Austrian doctors, they reported only high fever and chills.She recovered somewhat only in spring 1559 but her recovery was interrupted by frequent travels in summer 1559 to avoid a plague outbreak. <mask> returned to Vilnius only in early 1560 and became ill again. Sigismund was convinced that it was epilepsy, the same disease that tormented his first wife and <mask>'s sister. Their marriage became very distant. Failed marriage
In October 1562, at the wedding of <mask> and Duke John of Finland, the couple saw each other for the last time. <mask> lived in Vilnius and Hrodna before being sent to Radom in April 1563. 40-year-old Sigismund sought to obtain annulment of the marriage as he wanted to marry for the fourth time and secure a male heir.In January 1565, Sigismund complained to papal nuncio Giovanni Francesco Commendone that marriage to <mask> was sinful because she was a sister of his first wife, that she hated Poland, that she caused the miscarriage in 1554, and that he was physically disgusted by his wife due to her epilepsy. Due to Habsburg influence, Pope Pius IV did not allow the divorce. In July 1564, Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, died and was succeeded by his son Maximilian II. The new emperor sent his diplomats Andreas Dudith and Wilhelm von Kurzbach to try to reconcile the couple, or if that failed, to convince Sigismund to allow her to leave Poland. The plan for <mask> to leave was discussed in May 1565. Initially Sigismund refused, fearing that it would only increase the anti-Polish sentiment in the Habsburg court, but later changed his mind because he believed that <mask>'s departure would make it easier to obtain a divorce. In late 1565, she departed to Wieluń, but Polish nobles interfered and her departure to Vienna was delayed until 8 October 1566.In a letter written to Albert, Duke of Prussia, a day before her departure, <mask> expressed her resolve to one day return to Poland. <mask> did not receive a warm welcome in Vienna as she was blamed for the failed marriage. Emperor Maximilian II extended her stay and wanted to meet with Sigismund personally to discuss the issue, but he refused. In March 1567, Andreas Dudith relayed that Sigismund categorically refused to live with <mask> (reportedly, he once said that he would gladly become a monk if that meant he could get rid of <mask>) and that he would not protest if <mask> remained in Austria. Sigismund would not specify where <mask> should live if she returned to Poland and would not allot money for her court, in effect precluding her from returning. In June 1567, <mask> became seriously ill with what doctors called melancholia. After recovering, in October, she moved to Linz to live out the remaining five years of her life.According to a witness, <mask> lived like a widow. She received 28,000 guldens annually from Sigismund for her court of more than fifty people. She was visited by her family, she studied the Bible and other theological works, and established a garden for medicinal herbs which produced various herbal remedies. It seems that she still wanted to return to Poland: she tearfully asked Giovanni Francesco Commendone for help when he visited her twice and kept writing letters to her husband. In her last will, she asked her husband for forgiveness and left him all the jewellery she had received from him. The majority of her money was left for charity. <mask> died on 28 February 1572 and was buried in castle's chapel.When Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, ordered reconstruction of the castle, her body was moved to the St. Florian Monastery on 22 September 1599. A funeral was not organized until 22 September 1614 during the reign of Emperor Matthias. The surviving sarcophagus was built in 1781. Ancestors

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