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<mask> is an American actress and singer. She is known for her portrayal of Amanda Young in the Saw franchise (2004–2010), which established her as a "scream queen" and as an influential figure in popular culture. She has also starred as Linda in the CBS sitcom Becker (1998–2004) and Jennifer Goodson on the FX sitcom Anger Management (2012–2014). In addition to acting, <mask> once fronted the rock band Fydolla Ho, with which she toured globally. Later, with actress Missi Pyle, she served as half of Smith & Pyle, a country rock band. Early life
<mask> was born at Orangeburg Regional Hospital in Orangeburg, South Carolina. She is the second child of Patricia Ann (née Smoak), an oncology nurse, and James H<mask>, a financial planner and former US Air Force pilot.When she was one year old, her family relocated from South Carolina to Van Nuys, California. Her parents divorced when she was two years old, and her mother remarried when she was eight years old. She attended Ranchito Avenue Elementary School in Panorama City, Los Angeles and Madison Jr. High in North Hollywood, Los Angeles. She then attended North Hollywood High School, graduating in 1987. Career

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<mask> began acting as a child, appearing on stage in A Christmas Carol repertory from ages eight to 11 and starred in a stage play with Richard Dreyfuss at age 15. She performed in the original stage production of To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday and won the Dramalogue Critics Award for her performance, becoming the youngest actor up to that time to receive such an honor. She made her television debut in a McDonald's commercial titled "Best Friends" in 1981.She joined the Screen Actors Guild at age nine and made her feature film debut in John Huston's 1982 adaptation of the Broadway musical Annie, as one of Annie Bennett Warbucks's fellow orphans. In 1985, she co-starred in two melodramas, Not My Kid and Crime of Innocence, along with a small role in Iron Eagle (1986). In 1987, <mask> co-starred in Summer School as pregnant student Rhonda Altobello. The following year, she starred in a 1988 remake of the Irvin Yeaworth classic The Blob, as well as the film Bluegrass with Cheryl Ladd. <mask> played a rich teen who helps Harry Crumb locate her kidnapped sister in the 1989 film Who's Harry Crumb?. That same year, she co-starred with Jennie Garth and Barbara Eden in the short-lived TV series Brand New Life. The following year, she co-starred in Michael Cimino's remake of the thriller Desperate Hours.She took a three-year break from acting in the early 1990s, primarily because she had outgrown teenage roles and had a hard time finding work. In 1994, she played Julie Lawry in the TV miniseries The Stand, based on the novel by Stephen King, and landed a small role in the film Leaving Las Vegas. Breakthrough with Becker and the Saw franchise

From 1998 to 2004, <mask> co-starred as Linda in Becker. She made several guest appearances on such television shows as Cagney & Lacey, Murder, She Wrote, The X-Files, Players, and Law & Order: Los Angeles. In 2003, she lent her voice to an episode of the Disney cartoon Kim Possible as Vivian Porter. <mask> became well known for her role as Amanda Young in the Saw films. She has been called a "scream queen" due to the number of horror films in which she has appeared.In the DVD commentary of Saw, the producers revealed that her scenes were filmed while she was battling a terrible case of the flu. In the DVD commentary of Saw II, she was revealed to be four months pregnant with her second child during filming. Her pregnancy was kept a secret from everyone except director Darren Lynn Bousman. He mentioned in the commentary that <mask>'s daughter Verve accidentally told him about the pregnancy during filming. <mask> has said that although she is briefly shown in Saw IV and Saw V, she was never on set. Any scenes featuring her were dubbed from file footage. On March 20, 2009, producer Mark Burg released a statement confirming that <mask> would be in Saw VI.She arrived in Toronto on March 31, 2009, to begin filming new flashback sequences. She  admitted she has a hard time watching the Saw films, or horror movies in general. She originally turned the role of Amanda Young down because it was very upsetting to her. After turning the role down, she was shown the eight-minute short film Saw by Leigh Whannell and James Wan and changed her mind after the role was offered to her a second time. Continued work and other ventures
In 2006, <mask> made an appearance in the 10-minute short film trailer Repo! The Genetic Opera, also directed by Bousman. <mask>'s character was Heather Sweet, the surgery-addicted daughter of GeneCo president Rotti Largo.The trailer was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, and was an adaptation from the stage version. Bousman filmed the trailer after completing Saw III to try to pitch the idea to film producers. <mask> did not reprise her role as Heather Sweet when Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures picked up the film in 2007; she was replaced by Paris Hilton. In 2008, <mask> played Detective Gina Harcourt in the FEARnet original series 30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust. The series premiered on July 17, 2008, on FEARnet.com in six webisodes along with behind-the-scenes clips. This series is a continuation of the first webisode series 30 Days of Night: Blood Trails. She made her producing debut with this series.<mask> was the host and one of three mentors on the VH1 reality program Scream Queens, which aired from October 20, 2008, to December 8, 2008. <mask> did not return as host and mentor for season two due to scheduling conflicts; she was replaced by Jaime King. In 2009, <mask> played the role of Dr. Sullivan, child psychiatrist, in The Grudge 3. The film was a direct-to-DVD release on May 12, 2009. She appeared as a guest star on The Secret Life of the American Teenager on August 30, 2010. It was her first television appearance since Scream Queens aired in 2008. She appeared in the series premiere of Law & Order: Los Angeles on September 29, 2010.<mask> starred as Jennifer Goodson, the ex-wife of Charlie Sheen's character in the TV series Anger Management. Music career

Smith & Pyle
She was part of a country rock music group with actress Missi Pyle called Smith & Pyle. The two actresses met while filming an ABC comedy pilot titled Traveling in Packs. The band started after <mask> invited Pyle to join her in attending the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The duo formed a band. Their first album, It's OK to Be Happy, was released digitally through iTunes and Amazon.com in July 2008. Their debut album was recorded in Joshua Tree, California, and produced by Chris Goss.<mask> and Pyle became business partners and formed their own record label, called Urban Prairie Records. The two disbanded in 2011 before a second album was completed. While promoting Anger Management in 2013, she stated that she reached a point where she wanted to focus on her children and television work. Other work
<mask> contributed to the soundtrack of Saw III with vocals on Hydrovibe's song "Killer Inside" and to the soundtrack for Catacombs as a solo vocalist with the song "Please Myself". Her voice was also featured in the film Carnival of Souls, where her character Sandra performed a jazz song titled "I Fear". <mask> fronted the punk/metal band Fydolla Ho (the name coming from the Chris Rock character in I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) in the early 2000s. The group was originally formed by <mask>, Suicidal Tendencies bassist Robert Trujillo, Suicidal Tendencies guitarist Rick Battson, and Skindred vocalist Benji Webbe as a small recording project.The band released their debut full-length album, Untied, in December 2001. She balanced the band with being a regular cast member on Becker. The band officially ended in 2004. <mask> began working on a solo album in 2004 with producer Chris Goss, but the project was never completed. In an interview with Radio Free in October 2005, she stated, "between being a mom, and working, and growing another baby, I have not had time to give attention to music for a while." She provided vocals on a cover of Steve Miller Band’s “Abracadabra” by Eagles of Death Metal after Jesse Hughes overheard her singing the song in a studio bathroom. This cover was released in 2019.Personal life
<mask> has three children, a daughter from her marriage to photographer Jason Reposar (1998–2003), a son from her brief marriage to musician Kai Mattoon (2005–2006) and a son in 2010. Her two older children were featured in the debut Smith & Pyle album, It's OK to Be Happy. The children are listed in the album credits as having vocals and spoken narrative tracks for two songs. <mask> and Reposar eloped in 1998 while on vacation in Scotland. The song "Sugar", performed by Smith & Pyle, was written by <mask> after her divorce from Reposar. She describes it as her breakup song, saying that it is quite different from Pyle's breakup song, "I Wish You Were Dead". <mask> is a convert from Lutheranism to Eastern Orthodoxy, and in 2014 stated that she was thinking of making a documentary about her conversion and other aspects of Orthodoxy, which she planned to call Orthodoxy: A Love Story.<mask> was featured in Maxim in June 2001. In 2013, after her religious conversion to Orthodox Christianity, <mask> expressed regret about the two Maxim photo shoots and guessed that 80% of her presence on the Internet comes from those two shoots alone. Filmography

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 Songs featured in film
 "I Fear", Carnival of Souls (1998)
 "Killer Inside" (with Hydrovibe), Saw III soundtrack (2006)
 "Zytrate Anatomy", Repo! The Genetic Opera 10-minute short film (2006)
 "Please Myself", Catacombs soundtrack (2007)

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 "Deciding" (2004)
 "Head" (2004)
 "Shelter" (2004)

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<mask>ob (; born June 10, 1944) is a South Korean film and television actor. In recent years he appeared in the family dramas Mom's Dead Upset, My Too Perfect Sons and Ojakgyo Brothers. In 2007 <mask> landed in the news after he made remarks at a GNP rally denouncing candidate Lee Hoi-chang's late entry into the presidential race. Filmography

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Salut d'Amour (2015) (cameo)
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Sorrow Even Up in Heaven (2007)
Magang Hotel (2007)
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<mask><mask> (born October 16, 1949) is an American former professional basketball player. Early life
A two-year starter at Wendell Willkie High School (now Elwood High School) in Elwood, Indiana, Mengelt was named all-conference two years, named an Indiana All-Star (sponsored by the Indianapolis Star) and was selected twice to the Indiana all-state team. Mengelt also participated in football (All-State as a Senior), baseball and track & field in high school. College career
A 6’2" guard, Mengelt played for Auburn University. As a sophomore in 1968–69, he led the Tigers in scoring with 19.4 points per game to go with 4.2 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, shooting .525 from the field and .807 from the free throw line as the Tigers were 15-10. Mengelt was voted second team ALL-SEC UPI and AP and first team by the coaches. As a junior in 1969–70, he led the 15-11 team in scoring with a new school record of 26.8 points per game to go with 6.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game while shooting .465 from the field and .800 from the free throw line.On February 14, 1970 he set an Auburn record with 60 points in a game against the University of Alabama He was named first team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC). In his senior season of 1970–71, Mengelt averaged a still-standing school-record 28.3 points per game as the Tigers went 11-15. ], a 121-78 Tigers victory. Mengelt still holds the record for free throws made in a season (208 in 1970–71) and is second in Auburn history in free throws made in a game (17 on March 2, 1970 against the University of Kentucky). Besides the 60-point game, he holds the next three high-point games of 48 vs. Vanderbilt University, 47 vs. Ole Miss and 45 vs. North Carolina State University. As a senior, he also averaged 4.1 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game with a .484 field goal percentage and .812 free throw percentage. He was named first-team All-SEC.<mask> was also named All-American in both his junior and senior seasons. He is Auburn's fifth all-time leading scorer with 1,920 points despite playing only three varsity seasons while all ahead of him played four. He remains number one in career scoring average with 24.8. His number 15 is one of six jerseys retired at Auburn. <mask> has the 9th highest career scoring average in SEC history (24.8) and only 7 players have averaged more than him in one year (28.6). <mask> is also one of 19 players to score 60+ points in an NCAA Division I game. Professional career
<mask> was drafted  (21st overall) of the 1971 NBA Draft by the Cincinnati Royals.As a rookie with the Royals, he played in 78 games, averaging 18.4 minutes per game as a backup guard and averaging 10.0 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. By far his most productive game came on February 25, 1972 as he scored 32 points against the Los Angeles Lakers. Prior to his second season, the Royals moved and became the Kansas City-Omaha Kings. After playing 12 games with the Kings, on November 9, 1972 he was traded to the Detroit Pistons, for whom he played another 67 games. For the season, he averaged 9.7 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. In his third season of 1973–74, he played 77 games, averaging 8.8 points and a career-high 2.7 rebounds with 1.9 assists (for the third consecutive season) per game as the Pistons posted a 52-30 record, losing the Western Conference semifinals in seven games to the Chicago Bulls. He had his second career game of 30 points or more with 30 on December 1, 1973 against the Phoenix Suns.In 1974–75, Mengelt played in 80 games with a career-high 24.9 minutes per game, averaging a then career-best 11.0 points per game to go with 2.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. On December 14, 1974 he set a career high with 33 points against the Philadelphia 76ers, and he scored 30 on March 9, 1975 against the Kings. The 1975–76 season, his fifth in the NBA and third full season with the Pistons, he played 67 games, averaging 10.7 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. On January 18, 1976, he scored a season-high 32 points against the Phoenix Suns. On November 18, 1976, he was sold to the Chicago Bulls, for whom in 1976–77 he played 61 games, averaging 8.3 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists. The Bulls went 44-38 and lost the opening-round playoff series to the Portland Trail Blazers. In 1977–78, he played in a career-high 81 games, averaging 10.3 points, 1.6 rebounds and a career-high 2.9 assists per game.In 1978–79, he tied his career-best of 11.0 points per game to go with 1.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists. The 1979–80 season was his fourth and final in Chicago. Injuries limited him to 36 games and 6.1 points per game. Mengelt played one season in Italy between his last season with the Bulls and his final NBA season with the Warriors in 1980–81, for whom he played just two games, ending his professional career. Mengelt was a fan favorite wherever he played, earning the nickname "Crash" from Royals teammate Norm Van Lier for his willingness to dive after loose balls. He retired with 6,218 career points. Personal life
After retiring as a player, Mengelt worked in TV for about 20 years serving as color analyst for the Pistons, Bulls, and DePaul basketball while also doing some national work for ABC.During that time, he also worked for Professional Athletes Career Enterprises, a startup organization that assists retiring professional athletes move successfully into second careers. He also continued to grow his own successful executive search firm, Breckenridge Partners, located in the Chicago suburb of Lake Forest, Illinois  Breckenridge Partners has executed over 1,000 retained executive searches working in various industries including Healthcare, Higher Education, Financial Services, Technology, Manufacturing, Distribution and Consulting and Not for Profits. Some of Breckenridge Partners clients have included IBM, Walt Disney World, One America Financial Partners, Applied Biosystems, CR Bard, Textron and Public Accounting Firm Ernst & Young and several Not for Profits, and Universities. As an avocation,  Mengelt also spent 20+ years in broadcasting basketball games for WGN, ESPN and ABC. In 1995, Mengelt was inducted into the  Alabama Sports Hall of Fame and in 1996 into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. Mengelt and his wife of 49 years live in the United States. They have one grown daughter, <mask> Corridon, and twin grandchildren Cullen and Hannah, born in 2013.See also
List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 60 or more points in a game

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<mask> (born November 10, 1970) is an American film director and writer based in Los Angeles. A lifelong lover of film, <mask> struggled for the first decades of his career, receiving his first break into the motion picture industry at the age of 40 with the release of his 2012 feature film The Pact. In 2014 he released At the Devil's Door, establishling himself primarily as a maker of horror film. Early life

<mask> was born in New Hampshire to an Irish-American Catholic family. His family relocated to the Boston area when <mask>'s father took a position as headmaster at Brookline High School. His mother also worked in education as a schoolteacher. <mask> began shooting films at the age of 10 with a Super 8 camera.One of <mask>'s first movie theater outings was seeing the movie Jaws with his older sister, and he later frequented Boston's many repertory cinemas, such as the Coolidge Corner Theater, which screened 35mm prints of older American and foreign films. Local television station WLVI also provided <mask> with free access to B-movies through its weekly science fiction and horror movie program Creature Double Feature

<mask> became fascinated with cinematography and by junior high was drawn to the films of David Cronenberg, George Romero, John Waters and David Lynch. When he entered Brookline High, <mask> struck up a friendship with future author and humorist John Hodgman. The two shared a love of weird films and co-edited the controversial magazine Samizdat. Named after dissident underground literature in the Soviet Union, the friends published the magazine for free. The handmade high school publication's open editorial policy sparked a free speech debate among the school's students and faculty and brought citywide attention to its young publishers. During his teens <mask> also made short movies using a video camera and dabbled in animation through classes in high school and a local arts center.Filmmaking career

After high school <mask> lived in Chicago and took filmmaking classes at Columbia College before relocating to New York to attend SUNY Purchase full-time. After graduating with a degree in film, he moved to Brooklyn and worked as a bartender. In his spare time, <mask> worked in his apartment using a rented editing machine to finish a film that he'd started at SUNY. <mask> only showed the film once, to a group of his own friends in a rented movie theater. In 2000 <mask> moved to Los Angeles where he slept on a couch in his sister's home before renting a Sunset Boulevard apartment for $500 a month. He soon formed the Alpha 60 Film Collective with fellow cinephiles Neil Matsumoto and Cecil Castellucci. Named for the fictional computer villain in Jean-Luc Godard's film Alphaville, the group collaborated on making numerous short films, which they showed at the Echo Park Film Center.<mask>'s 12th film for Alpha 60, entitled Maid, was envisioned as a Spanish language documentary that evolves into a Korean musical in under six minutes. Upon seeing the short, a scout from the Sundance Film Festival recommended <mask> submit any subsequent work to Sundance. This vote of confidence prompted <mask> to make "Cry for Help," a short film about a zombie version of Jesus Christ, which premiered at Sundance in 2005. His next short film, Chinese Box starring Sam Ball and Petra Wright, was shot for just $300 and played at Sundance in 2009. Each film toured the festival circuit and netted interest from producers, but no offers for further production. His third short to play at Sundance, an 11-minute ghost story called The Pact, debuted in 2011. When the short was optioned for a longer production, within six weeks <mask> expanded it into a feature and was contracted to direct the new feature-length version of the film.The 89-minute feature of The Pact premiered at Sundance in 2012 and was picked up for distribution by IFC. A wide release in the United Kingdom grossed $4 million, and the film was well received stateside with the Los Angeles Times later calling it "a crisply made haunted house movie that benefited from its grab-bag approach." <mask> immediately got to work on his next film, originally titled Home, which premiered at Austin's South by Southwest Film Festival in 2014. Before distribution, <mask> changed the film's name to At the Devil's Door at IFC's suggestion. That same year <mask> served as executive producer on a sequel to The Pact starring the first film's original leads, but written and directed by Dallas Hallam and Patrick Horvath. <mask> had no creative involvement with the sequel. <mask> was approached by French horror film directors Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo to make an English language version of their film Livid, but the project fell through.In 2016 <mask> was featured as part of the 17-disc Blu-ray set Feast, commemorating the life and films of Herschell Gordon Lewis. That same year he contributed a short film about the Easter Bunny to the horror film anthology Holidays. The short was praised by both secular and religious writers online as a disturbing examination of faith. <mask> directed the horror-thriller The Prodigy for Orion Pictures, which was released on February 8, 2019. The film was written by Jeff Buhler and starred Taylor Schilling and Jackson Robert Scott. Award nominations

At the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, <mask>'s original short version of The Pact was nominated for a Short Filmmaking Award in the category of U.S. Dramatic Film.At 2014's South by Southwest Film Festival the audience nominated home for an award in the Midnighters category. Personal life

In 2007 <mask> married college friend Alexandra Lisee, a television, film and video producer who also produced <mask>'s first short for Sundance. They have a daughter, Agatha. Filmography

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<mask> (born 12 July 1981) is a British writer and analyst, and Director at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR) at King's College London. He also teaches at Johns Hopkins University. The son of Pakistani immigrants, for several years after 9/11 <mask> was a member of the Islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir, but left the movement after the 2005 London bombings and became an outspoken critic of radical Islam. He has written for leading newspapers in Britain and elsewhere, produced reports and studies on counterterrorism strategy, and appeared in the international news media as a commentator on jihad and radicalisation. Early life
<mask> was born in 1981 in Birmingham to British-Pakistani parents. His father was an accountant, and when Shiraz was an infant the family moved to Saudi Arabia. He stated he had never been very concerned about Saudi culture, noting he "lived in a Western compound, with everything you could want: tennis courts, swimming pools, cricket, basketball, bike races, all gender-mixed.”

One day when he was eleven, he was wearing a Daffy Duck T-shirt bearing the slogan "I Support Operation Desert Storm" and a Saudi man challenged him about the sentiment."I said, 'Why not? Saddam's a terrible man.' The man said: 'No. This is an American conspiracy. These people use us as an excuse to establish bases on holy soil. '”

In 1995, when he was age 14, <mask> moved back to Britain. He attended Solihull School from 1995 to 2000.In 2000, he enrolled at the University of Leeds. Radical phase
Reacting to the attacks on 9/11, <mask> thought to himself that America deserved the attacks as reciprocation for meddling with the affairs of the Arab world, and supporting Israel. "You shall reap what you sow, and this is what you've sown for a long time." He later said that 9/11 "activated" latent anti-American ideas he had picked up in Saudi Arabia. After the attacks, he gave up alcohol, ended his relationship with his girlfriend, and joined Hizb ut-Tahrir. By the time the US invaded Afghanistan, <mask> had recovered his Muslim faith and moved into an apartment across the street from a local mosque. He became a graduate student at University of Cambridge.Meanwhile, he rose in ranks at Hizb ut-Tahrir, advancing from cell leader to regional director. He was even invited to join the group's British executive committee. In 2005, however, he began to hold doubts about Hizb ut-Tahrir. At Cambridge, he encountered numerous sects of Islam and decided that Hizb ut-Tahrir's ideology was erroneous and led to terrorism. He left Hizb ut-Tahrir on 7 July 2005, the day the London Underground bombings took place, killing 52 people. Post-radical years
After leaving radical Islam, <mask> dedicated his life to opposing jihad. For a time, he ran Standpoint magazine's "Focus on Islamism" blog with Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens.He produced a television program for BBC's Panorama entitled "How I became a Muslim extremist." He also worked for Policy Exchange, writing a series of studies on national security. His report on reforming the government's counter-terrorism strategy was praised by both Michael Gove, then Britain's Secretary of State for Education, and Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank, former Chief of the Defence Staff. <mask> is today a senior fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, King's College London, where "he researches Europe's homegrown Islamist movement and profiles the droves of young Britons who are decamping for Syria and Iraq to wage jihad with ISIS, aka the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham." He also researches the development of Salafi jihadism ideology, and jihadist organisations in the broader Middle East. As a result of this research he has been invited to give evidence before three parliamentary committees. In addition, <mask> works as an adjunct at Johns Hopkins University, where he co-teaches a course on radicalisation with Peter Neumann.He was a visiting lecturer at Washington College during the spring semester of 2012. Views
<mask> has said that the British government spent years ignoring the radicalisation of a generation of British Muslims. "In the late 1980s, early '90s," he said, "this country opened its doors to radical Islamist preachers from around the world who began to preach a very hard-line, totalitarian message about what Islam should look like." Sohrab Ahmari wrote in the Wall Street Journal that, thanks in part to <mask>'s efforts, "the British branch of Hizbut Tahrir has been decimated ... Hizbut Tahrir rallies used to draw 20,000 supporters. Today 'they struggle to get 1,000.'" <mask> has stated, "Did bin Laden win? Yes.He did not want there to be a strong hand in the region for the world's greatest and most powerful force for good—the United States. And voluntarily, we chose to disengage, and watched as these radical millenarians came in and took over ... This is a disgrace and a humiliation." <mask> has described Iran's Press TV and Russia Today as "propaganda channels." He has praised Benjamin Netanyahu for bombing Syria, has described it as a "palpable falsity" to call Israel an apartheid state, and has urged the European Union to blacklist Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation. Honors and awards
<mask> was awarded the first Konrad Adenauer Foundation Fellowship in Energy Security. He was a fellow at the European Centre for Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS) where he explored the impact of political unrest in the Middle East on energy markets.Publications
<mask>'s articles have appeared in Standpoint, Foreign Affairs, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Spectator, The Wall Street Journal, The Independent, The Daily Mail, Haaretz, The Jewish Chronicle, and The New Statesman, and on the websites of BBC News and the Gatestone Institute. His reports and studies include the following:
Salafi-Jihadism:  The History of an Idea, Hurst Publ. (April 2016). "Greenbirds: Measuring Importance and Influence in Syrian Foreign Fighter Networks", ICSR (April 2014; co-authored with Joseph Carter and Peter Neumann). "The Arab Spring and its impact on supply and production in global markets", European Centre for Energy and Resource Security, (October 2013). "Between ‘engagement’ and a ‘values-led’ approach: Britain and the Muslim Brotherhood from 9/11 to the Arab Spring, in Western reactions to the rise of Islamists in the MENA" (Al-Mesbar, January 2013; co-authored with Martyn Frampton). "Change and Continuity: Hizb ut Tahrir’s strategy and ideology in Britain, in Revisionism and Diversification in New Religious Movements" (Ashgate, October 2013)."Al-Qaeda at the crossroads: how the terror group is responding to the loss of its leaders and the Arab Spring", ICSR (August 2012; co-authored with Peter Neumann). "Lights, Camera, Jihad: Al-Shabaab’s Western media strategy", ICSR (November 2012; co-authored with Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens and James Sheehan). "Preventing Violent Extremism: Lessons from the Government’s revised ‘Prevent’ Strategy", World Defence Systems (September 2011). "Ties that Bind: How the story of Muslim soldiers can forge a national identity", Policy Exchange (September 2011). "Choosing our friends wisely: criteria for engagement with Muslim groups", Policy Exchange (April 2009; co-authored with Martyn Frampton)
Mapping contemporary Salafi-Jihadism, Fathom, Summer 2016

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<mask> (née Devenish; born February 4, 1972) is an American television host and author. She is known for her work as the anchor of the MSNBC news and politics program Deadline: White House and a former co-host of the ABC daytime talk show The View. As a political analyst for MSNBC and NBC News, she is a frequent on-air contributor to the programs Today, The 11th Hour with Brian Williams, and Morning Joe. In her former political career, <mask> served as the White House Communications Director during the presidency of George W. Bush and in his 2004 re-election campaign. <mask> also served as a senior advisor for John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign. In addition, she is the author of the contemporary political novels Eighteen Acres, It's Classified, and Madam President. Early life
<mask> was born on February 4, 1972, in Orange County in southern California.The eldest of four siblings, she grew up in the Bay Area suburb of Orinda in Northern California. Her mother was a third-grade teacher's assistant in public schools, and her father was an antiques dealer. Her grandfather, Thomas Devenish, was a Manhattan antiques dealer, part of "Devenish and Company". He was born in England to vaudevillian parents and immigrated to the United States with his family in 1947. <mask> is also of Greek descent. A 1990 graduate of Miramonte High School, <mask> received a Bachelor of Arts in mass communications from the University of California, Berkeley in 1994, and a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism in 1996. Political career
Briefly an on-air reporter in California, <mask> started her political career working in California state politics.In 1999, she moved to Florida to serve as Governor Jeb Bush's press secretary and then became the Communications Director for the Florida State Technology Office in 2000. <mask> worked on the 2000 Florida election recount. White House and Bush 2004 presidential campaign
<mask> joined the White House staff during George W. Bush's first term, serving as special assistant to the President and director of media affairs at the White House, where she oversaw regional press strategy and outreach. In 2003, <mask> joined Bush's 2004 presidential campaign as its communications director, wherein according to The New York Times she "delivered her political attacks without snarling." On January 5, 2005, Bush named <mask> White House Communications Director. The New York Times story announcing her presidential appointment carried the headline: "New Aide Aims to Defrost the Press Room" and described <mask>'s intentions "to improve the contentious relationship between a secretive White House and the press." According to The Washington Post, <mask> served as "a voice for more openness with reporters", and former colleagues describe <mask> as having been "very persuasive in the halls of the West Wing."She left the White House in July 2006 to relocate to New York City, where her husband Mark was representing the Bush Administration at the United Nations. Her White House colleague, presidential political advisor Mark McKinnon, called her a "rare talent in politics." McCain 2008 presidential campaign
<mask> also served as a senior advisor for the John McCain 2008 presidential campaign. She appeared frequently on network and cable news programs as the campaign's top spokesperson and defender. In late October 2008, campaign aides criticized vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. One unnamed McCain aide said Palin had "gone rogue," placing her own future political interests ahead of the McCain/Palin ticket, directly contradicting her running mate's positions, and disobeying directions from campaign managers. In response to reports of dissension within the McCain-Palin campaign, <mask> issued a statement to both Politico and CNN saying: "If people want to throw me under the bus, my personal belief is that the most honorable thing to do is to lie there."<mask> was portrayed by Sarah Paulson in the 2012 film Game Change. <mask> described the film as highly credible, saying the film "captured the spirit and emotion of the campaign." <mask> also told ABC News Chief Political Correspondent George Stephanopoulos that the film was "true enough to make me squirm." Eight years after the election, <mask> stated that she did not vote for a presidential candidate in 2008 because Sarah Palin gave her pause. Other work

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She is the author of the 2010 novel Eighteen Acres (a reference to the 18 acres on which the White House complex sits), a fictional narrative about three powerful women at the top of their careers: the first female U.S. President, her chief of staff, and a White House correspondent. <mask> said, "It's my best attempt at a story that I hope people will pick up and read and enjoy and maybe feel like they're getting to see what it's really like in the White House in this entirely fictional story." Patrick Anderson of The Washington Post wrote, "To say that <mask> <mask>'s 'Eighteen Acres' is one of the best novels I've read about life in the White House may be faint praise—there haven't been many good ones—but her book is both an enjoyable read and a serious look at what high-level political pressures do to people."Craig Wilson of USA Today wrote, "<mask> <mask> actually knows what she's talking about" and Ashley Parker of The New York Times called the book "an engaging, easy read." TV personalities such as George Stephanopoulos, Rachel Maddow, John King, and Andrea Mitchell also praised Eighteen Acres. In September 2011, <mask> published the sequel to Eighteen Acres, It's Classified, about a fictional presidential campaign troubled by a mentally ill vice presidential candidate. <mask> said the premise was inspired by her experience as a senior adviser to the McCain/Palin campaign. Her third novel, Madam President, was released in April 2015. Television

On September 3, 2014, ABC announced <mask> would join The View as a new co-host alongside newcomer Rosie Perez. <mask> made her debut as a co-host on the premiere of the series' 18th season on September 15, 2014.<mask> exited the series at the end of the season. Following her departure from The View, <mask> joined NBC News and its cable network MSNBC as a political analyst. She is also a frequent contributor and guest host on MSNBC programs The 11th Hour with Brian Williams and Morning Joe as well as on NBC's Today Show. In November 2016, <mask> served as an analyst for MSNBC's live coverage of election results, which was anchored by Brian Williams, Rachel Maddow, and Chris Matthews. Since May 9, 2017, <mask> has been the anchor of the afternoon news and opinion program Deadline: White House on MSNBC. Deadline: White House garnered a total of 2 million viewers in July 2020, and in the following month, it was expanded to two hours. Personal life
<mask> married American businessman, former diplomat, and lawyer <mask> in 2005.In 2012, the couple had their first and only child, a son. In February 2013, both <mask> and her husband publicly supported the legalization of same-sex marriage in an amicus curiae brief submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court. She and Mark divorced in 2019. <mask> described herself as a "self-loathing former Republican" in March 2021. Published works

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<mask> (born 21 February 1986) is an Ireland men's field hockey international. He was a member of the Ireland team that won the bronze medal at the 2015 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship. He also represented Ireland at the 2016 Summer Olympics. At club level, he has played for both Loughborough Students and Reading in the Euro Hockey League. He also won the EHA Cup with Reading in 2014–15. Early years, family and education
<mask>'s father, <mask>, has been involved in hockey since the 1970s as a player, coach, manager, administrator and supporter. He played for Collegians, Parkview and Mossley.Between 2003 and 2018 he served as the Ireland men's national field hockey team manager. <mask>'s mother also acted as the team doctor at the 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals. Between 1997 and 2003 <mask> attended Ballyclare High School. Between 2003 and 2004 he attended the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. <mask> subsequently attended Loughborough University were he completed a degree in Ergonomics. In 2013 <mask> married Dr. Rachel Arnold, a fellow graduate of Loughborough University. She works as a sports psychologist in the Department for Health at the University of Bath.She is also field hockey player and has played for Team Bath Buccaneers, Loughborough Students and Clifton. Domestic teams

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 He continued playing for Mossley until he left for Loughborough University in 2004. He returned to Mossley during the 2010–11 season while working for Sport Northern Ireland. In December 2017 he returned to Mossley and helped them reach the final of the Kirk Cup. RBAI
In 2003–04, together with Paul Gleghorne and Michael Watt, <mask> was a member of the Royal Belfast Academical Institution team that won the McCullough Cup, the Burney Cup and the All Ireland Schoolboys Hockey Championship. Loughborough Students
Between 2004 and 2010 <mask> played for Loughborough Students. <mask> captained Loughborough Students and was named player of the year in 2005–06 and 2009–10.Together with Paul Gleghorne, he also played for Loughborough in the 2007–08 Euro Hockey League. Braxgata
Between 2011 and 2013 <mask> played as a professional for Braxgata in the Men's Belgian Hockey League. Reading
Between 2013 and 2016 <mask> played for Reading in the Men's England Hockey League. Together with Chris Cargo, he also played for Reading in the 2013–14 Euro Hockey League. In 2014–15, <mask> helped Reading win the EHA Cup. Team Bath Buccaneers
In 2016 <mask> began playing for Team Bath Buccaneers in the Men's England Hockey League. Ireland international
<mask> made his senior debut for Ireland in June 2006 against England.He was a member of the Ireland teams that won the 2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy and the 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II. <mask> also helped Ireland win Men's FIH Hockey World League tournaments in 2012 and 2015. <mask> captained Ireland at the 2013 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship and he scored the equaliser in a 3–3 draw against the Czech Republic. This draw secured Ireland's place in the top level of EuroHockey Nations Championship. He has since captained Ireland over forty times. He was also a member of the Ireland team that won the bronze medal at the 2015 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship. He also represented Ireland at the 2016 Summer Olympics.In June 2017 <mask> was a member of the Ireland team that won the Hamburg Masters, defeating Germany 4–2 in the final. In July 2019, during a two-match series against Scotland, <mask> became the third Ireland men's international, after Eugene Magee and Ronan Gormley, to make 250 senior appearances. Coaching and teaching
Throughout his field hockey playing career, <mask> has also worked as coach. Between 2004 and 2010, while attending Loughborough University he coached several university teams. During this time he also coached at Ratcliffe College. Between April 2010 and September 2011, <mask> worked for Sport Northern Ireland as an 'active communities' coach, coaching elderly, disabled and youth groups. Between 2011 and 2013, while playing for Braxgata, he served as an assistant coach of the women's first eleven and as head coach of the under-16 girls team that won a 2012–13 national championship.In September 2013 he was appointed senior hockey coach at Marlborough College, and began coaching youth teams at Marlborough Hockey Club. In 2016 he was appointed head of hockey at Prior Park College, Bath, where he also teaches academic Physical education. He also began coaching the University of Bath Hockey Club women's first eleven.

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<mask> ( ; born March 16, 1976) is an American financier and politician who served as the 72nd Illinois Treasurer from 2007 to 2011. A Democrat, <mask> defeated Republican candidate State Senator Christine Radogno in November 2006 with 54 percent of the vote, becoming the first Democrat to hold the office in 12 years, at the age of 30. <mask> was a candidate in the 2010 elections for the seat in the United States Senate held by Roland Burris. Burris, who was appointed by Governor Rod Blagojevich to fill the seat vacated by Barack Obama following Obama's election as President of the United States, chose not to seek election. <mask> won the Democratic primary in February 2010, and narrowly lost the general election in November 2010 to Republican Mark Kirk. Subsequently, <mask> had mostly stepped back from public life, currently serving as Senior Director of BNY Mellon Wealth Management. On June 26, 2018, he was confirmed to the Chicago Public Library Board, marking his first return to public service since leaving the Treasurer's office.<mask> is currently a candidate for Illinois secretary of state in the 2022 election. Background
<mask> was born in Chicago, to Greek immigrants. His mother, Anna, is from Chania, and his late father, <mask>, was from Kalavryta. He has two older brothers, Demetris and George. <mask> attended The Latin School of Chicago and then the University of Chicago before transferring to Boston University. <mask> graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in economics. He then moved to Greece to play basketball with Panionios B.C.for a year (1998–99). <mask> had played basketball at The Latin School of Chicago, and played Division III basketball at the University of Chicago. He then played Division I basketball at Boston University. After returning from Greece, <mask> attended Tulane University Law School. Upon earning his J.D. degree, <mask> returned to Chicago to help manage Broadway Bank, a community bank in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood that was founded by his father in 1979. <mask> served on the board of directors of the Community Banker's Association of Illinois Legislative Committee, the South Side/Wabash YMCA, and the Edgewater Chamber of Commerce.<mask> also founded and chaired the AG Foundation, a not-for-profit charity that donated money to treat child-related illnesses, curb poverty and assist disaster relief organizations. 2006 campaign for Illinois State Treasurer

Although the state Democratic Party led by House Speaker Mike Madigan backed his opponent, Paul Mangieri, in the primary, <mask> was endorsed by U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky and Jesse Jackson, Jr. and by then-Senator Barack Obama. The Chicago Sun-Times news group also endorsed Giannoulias in the general election, arguing that he would "bring valuable private enterprise experience from banking to the job" and praising his "creative" policy proposals like a securities lending program, improving Bright Start, and promoting green energy. Running on a campaign platform that emphasized comprehensive ethics reform for the Treasurer's office, <mask> won the March 2006 primary and went on to defeat Republican candidate Christine Radogno in the general election. Actions in office

Ethics reform
On his first day as State Treasurer, Giannoulias "signed an executive order to enact the most comprehensive, widest-ranging ethics package of any elected official in the state", according to his official state website. "The order prohibits [the Treasurer] from accepting contributions from banks, Treasurer's Office employees and contractors who do business with the office."He also moved to foreclose on two debt-ridden hotels built in the 1980s by politically connected insiders in Springfield and Collinsville. Hartmarx
In 2009, <mask> worked to encourage Wells Fargo to cooperate in the sale of Chicago-based clothing manufacturer Hartmarx Corp., which was at risk of liquidation and had filed for Chapter 11 protection. The success of this sale with <mask>' support saved over 600 jobs at an Illinois Hartmarx factory that otherwise would have been closed. Wells Fargo, a primary lender for Hartmarx, is also "the money custodian for the treasurer's office, holding its cash and other financial assets." <mask> publicly challenged Wells Fargo's obstruction of the sale, stating that "[Wells Fargo's] intention to liquidate Hartmarx rather than allow a sale to buyers intent on keeping the company running will significantly jeopardize the business relationship between Wells Fargo and the state of Illinois." <mask> cited the fact Wells Fargo received over $25 billion in federal TARP bailout funds as further reason why the bank should have supported the sale of Hartmarx instead of pursuing the company's liquidation. In a public statement, <mask> said, "We expect companies that get state and federal taxpayer money to invest it in American jobs and American workers, not destroy companies that still have a chance to succeed."Green Rewards
<mask> launched the "Green Rewards" program, which gives a $1,000 rebate to Illinois residents who purchase a new hybrid or other fuel-efficient vehicle. Purchase of Israel Bonds
In January 2009, the state of Illinois purchased $10 million worth of Israel Bonds. <mask> said: "This is a good way to safely diversify our portfolio, especially during a time when some of our other investment options aren't generating as much revenue because of the market fluctuations here in the United States." According to Giannoulias, the Israel Bonds will mature in three years with a 2.43% rate of return, compared to U.S. government bonds yielding a 1.51% return during the same period. Scholarship programs
In addition to revamping the Bright Start savings program, Giannoulias created several new scholarship programs for Illinois college students. The Fallen Heroes Scholarship Program, which Giannoulias designed in a partnership with the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, awards an initial investment of $2,500 in college savings to children who have lost a parent in military service since 2001. In 2008, Giannoulias announced the creation of the Bright Start Scholarship Program, which will award $3.5 million in need-based scholarships over 7 years, until 2015.More than 250 students received scholarships in 2008, the first year of the program. The scholarships were designed by <mask> as a public–private partnership, with the funding for the scholarships donated by a private firm at no cost to the state or taxpayers. Giannoulias also developed the Cultivate Illinois Excellence in Agriculture scholarship in 2008. This program awards ten $2,000 scholarships each year to students pursuing degrees in agriculture-related fields. Bright Start

As Illinois Treasurer, <mask> is responsible for overseeing the Illinois' Bright Start college saving program. Bright Start provides parents with the opportunity to invest in a tax-free account to save for their children's college education. Enrollees are eligible for several state tax benefits and can invest in various stock and bond options.Before <mask> took office, SavingForCollege.com ranked Bright Start 47th out of 48 in the nation. <mask> helped reform the program, and Bright Start went from being one of the worst programs in the country to one of the best. Morningstar called the transformation "a Cinderella story." In 2008, one of the twenty-one funds in Bright Start, Core Plus, began experiencing excessive losses and eventually lost 38% of its value. In the same year, the overall Bright Start program's benchmark grew by 5.4%. Within the Illinois Bright Start program, 2.5% of investors had invested their entire portfolios in Core Plus and suffered a 38% loss; others experienced smaller losses. As the Associated Press reported, "It turns out the Oppenheimer team handling Core Plus — a team the company has now fired — was putting money into risky, complicated investments that tanked in 2008 amid the general financial meltdown."In 2009, Oregon,  Nebraska,  New Mexico, Texas, Maine and Illinois all investigated OppenheimerFunds' handling of their college savings programs for impermissible investments and misconduct. Oppenheimer was selected to lead the program by <mask>' predecessor, former Illinois Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka, in December 2006, a month before <mask> took office. After the credit markets collapsed in the fall, new contributions into the fund were halted on December 4, 2008. In January 2009, the treasurer's office announced that no further contributions would be made to the Core Plus fund and that the state would be investigating the losses. According to the Associated Press, Illinois was the first state to take action. In January 2009, at the request of <mask>, the Illinois Attorney General initiated its own probe of OppenheimerFunds, issuing subpoenas on the company. At the time, the losses attributable to OppenheimerFunds' impermissible investments were estimated to be "in excess of $85 million."Despite the problem associated with OppenheimerFunds' handling of Core Plus, Bright Start remains a highly regarded 529 college savings program. In April 2009, Consumer Reports studied college savings programs across the country "to see how well they performed during last year's stock-market plunge." Consumer Reports "found five that are worthy of an A," and ranked Bright Start as one of the top five college savings programs in the nation. In April 2009, Money Magazine selected Bright Start as one of the "best low-risk 529 plans." In December 2009, Kiplingers selected Bright Start as one of the best state 529 plans in the country, choosing it as the best plan for "low fees." Morningstar, Inc., which had previously ranked Bright Start in its top 5 in 2008, has acknowledged the issues relating to Core Plus but, citing Illinois' swift action in dealing with the issue, reported in 2009 that "the plan still holds plenty of appeal." In December 2009, the Illinois Attorney General's Office and the Office of the State Treasurer announced that Illinois had reached a settlement with OppenheimerFunds.Eligible accountholders who lost money in Core Plus would receive $77 million from OppenheimerFunds. As the scope of the settlement was expanded during negotiations with OppenheimerFunds to include more accountholders, the total loss addressed by the settlement is $150 million. The payout from this settlement brings the losses for the 2.5% of Bright Start investors who were fully invested in Core Plus down to 17%. The Treasurer's Office used some of the investment fees from the Bright Start program to purchase a hybrid vehicle "so Bright Start staff have a way to travel the state and sign families up for the program" and used to promote other Treasurer's Office programs. The vehicle was never used for personal use by Giannoulias. Other efforts as Treasurer
<mask> started a pilot program in 2007 to sell the abandoned contents of safe deposit boxes on eBay, scrapping the state's annual live auctions. Broadway Bank

From 2002 to 2006, <mask> worked as a senior loan officer and vice president at Broadway Bank, a community bank founded by his father.When he left the bank in 2006, it was one of the most profitable banks in Illinois. Four years later, on January 26, 2010, Broadway Bank entered into a consent decree with the FDIC that ordered Broadway to increase its capital. Two dozen small- to medium-sized banks in Illinois and nearly 200 banks nationwide have failed since the October 2008 economic crash. Broadway Bank's struggling financial situation is due to delinquent real estate loans and foreclosed properties. From 2002 to 2006, Broadway's lending in construction and development loans increased sixfold, to $356 million. During <mask>' tenure, Broadway also increased its brokered deposits, which generally command high interest rates. When <mask> left the bank in 2006, brokered deposits made up 80% of all deposits at Broadway.When the housing market crashed in late 2008, commercial real estate loan performance deteriorated and Broadway Bank, which had focused its lending in real estate, suffered. Nine percent of the value of the bad loans originated while <mask> was chief loan officer. :1

At the end of business on Friday, , the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Banking, seized Broadway Bank and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. The FDIC in turn named MB Financial Bank as the institution receiving Broadway Bank's deposit accounts. The FDIC announced that it and MB Financial Bank would share $878.4 million in losses, for a cost of $394.3 million to the federal Deposit Insurance Fund. Loans made by Broadway Bank

Broadway Bank made real estate development loans to Tony Rezko, a political fundraiser and real estate developer who was later convicted of fraud and money laundering. Broadway Bank made these loans before Rezko was investigated, indicted, or convicted for any crimes, but not before the criminal conduct took place.Before his conviction, Rezko also received loans from other Chicago banks, including Bank of Chicago, First Bank and Trust of Illinois, GE Capital, Harris Trust and Savings, LaSalle Bank, and Manufacturers Bank. <mask> loans. Rezko defaulted on loans made by Broadway, and, in 2006 Broadway was the first bank to foreclose on one of Rezko's delinquent loans, forcing him to declare bankruptcy. Broadway Bank also refused to cover nine bad checks written by Rezko for a total of $450,000 in early 2008

Giannoulias never accepted campaign contributions from Rezko. Broadway Bank also loaned money for real estate developments to Michael Giorango, who has been convicted for prostitution and bookmaking. <mask> has stated that he was not part of the loan committee that approved the loans to Giorango. 2010 U.S. Senate campaign

<mask> ran against Republican nominee Mark Kirk, Green Party nominee LeAlan Jones, and Libertarian nominee Mike Labno.As a candidate, <mask> pledged to create a "Senate Progressive Caucus", akin to the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) in the House of Representatives. On March 2, 2009, <mask> stated on CNBC that he was forming an exploratory committee in order to assess a potential candidacy for the US Senate in 2010. On July 26, 2009, he officially announced his candidacy for the United States Senate at the Hilton Chicago, the same place then-Senator Barack Obama endorsed <mask> for State Treasurer in 2006. He was introduced to the crowd by Congressman Bill Foster. <mask> was elected the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Illinois in the February 2, 2010, primary, with 39.0% of the vote. David H. Hoffman received 33.8% and Cheryle Jackson received 19.7%. Endorsements
<mask> was endorsed by Planned Parenthood, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), AFSCME, the AFL-CIO, the League of Conservation Voters, the Human Rights Campaign, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Sierra Club (Planned Parenthood, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Human Rights Campaign had all supported Congressman Kirk in previous races).On May 28, 2010, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) endorsed Giannoulias, calling him "a strident supporter of LGBT equality – including supporting marriage equality, repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and supporting an inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act." Among his early endorsers were James Houlihan and Manny Flores. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, the Assistant Majority Leader and second-highest ranking Democrat in the Senate, endorsed <mask> and served as the chairman of the <mask> campaign. President Obama expressed his support of <mask>' Senate bid and joined him on the campaign trail. 2022 Illinois secretary of state campaign
<mask> is a candidate for Illinois secretary of state in the 2022 election. References

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<mask> (; born 25 June 1949) is an Austrian former jurist who served as Chancellor of Austria from June 2019 to January 2020. An Independent, she was the first female Chancellor of Austria. <mask> served as the advocate general of the Procurator's Office – essentially the country's chief public prosecutor – from 1990 to 2002, as well as a member of the executive board of the International Association of Prosecutors from 2001 to 2003. In 2003, <mask> was made a member of the Constitutional Court. Between January 2018 and June 2019, she served as President of the Constitutional Court, the first woman to hold the position. Following the Ibiza affair, President Alexander Van der Bellen named <mask> Chancellor of Austria, after a parliamentary motion of no confidence dismissed the first government of Sebastian Kurz, the first successful motion of no confidence in Austrian modern history. She was the first woman to assume the role and served until the next government led by Kurz was sworn in following the legislative election which took place on 29 September 2019.Early life
<mask> <mask> was born on 25 June 1949 in Vienna during the Allied occupation of Austria. Her father was a civil servant. Her mother, trained as an artist, was a homemaker. She was educated at the Gymnasium Kundmanngasse, from which she graduated in 1967. <mask> originally wanted to study either art or architecture and came close to joining the University of Applied Arts. However, she ultimately chose to study law instead, partly on the advice of her mother and partly because she did not want to be a financial burden on her parents any longer than necessary. <mask> enrolled at the University of Vienna, receiving her doctorate of law in 1971.Judicial career
<mask> served for four years as a candidate judge, before she was officially elevated to the judiciary in 1975. She spent the next two years presiding over trial courts, first the District Court Innere Stadt () and then the District Tribunal Vienna (), a criminal court that has since been dissolved. In the former position, she mostly dealt with cases at tenancy law, an area that appears to have bored her greatly. In 1977, <mask> left the bench to join the Vienna Public Prosecutor's Office (). She was responsible for general and political criminal cases as well as for criminal cases pursuant to media law, a type of proceedings customarily handled by dedicated specialists in Austria. In 1986, <mask> was promoted to the Vienna Chief Public Prosecutor's Office (). She was now a distinguished civil servant attached to one of the country's five most senior criminal chambers.In 1987, she spent a few months working in the Department of Criminal Law in the Ministry of Justice, then returned to her position in the prosecution service. In 1990, she was appointed advocate general of the Procurator's Office, the section of the prosecution service attached directly to the Supreme Court. She was the first woman to serve in this position. The same year, <mask> became a member of the board of examiners for judges and prosecutors at the Vienna Higher Regional Court, a position she would hold until 2010. In 1995, <mask> was appointed to the executive board of the Association of Austrian Prosecutors. From 2001 to 2003, she served as the association's president. Also from 2001 to 2003, she held a seat on the executive board of the International Association of Prosecutors.In 2002, the first Schüssel government recommended <mask> for appointment as vice president of the Constitutional Court. The move was not uncontroversial at the time. <mask> had prosecuted crime with great fervor but had not distinguished herself as a legal scholar; she is in fact considered indifferent as a theorist to this day. Opposition politicians such as Josef Cap accused the government of passing over multiple more competent candidates in favor of a partisan hack. Bierlein supporters such as Maria Fekter countered that <mask>'s appointment would be an important step towards gender equality in Austria. According to the well-known Austrian law professor , <mask> owed her career at the Constitutional Court to the Austrian politician Jörg Haider and her life partner, the Austrian judge Ernest Maurer, a close friend of Jörg Haider. Assenting to the cabinet's recommendation, President Thomas Klestil appointed <mask> on 21 November 2002, the appointment to be effective 1 January 2003.Once again, <mask> was the first woman to serve in the role she was being elevated to. In fact, there had been no women at all on the Constitutional Court until 1995. <mask> took over from the president of the court, Gerhart Holzinger, when he retired from the bench effective 31 December 2017. On the initiative of the Freedom Party, the right-of-center first Kurz government moved to turn her interim position into a permanent one. President Alexander Van der Bellen confirmed <mask> as the new president of the Constitutional Court on 23 February 2018. <mask>'s previous role as vice president passed on to Supreme Court justice Christoph Grabenwarter. Wolfgang Brandstetter, who had formerly been vice chancellor and minister of justice on a People's Party ticket, was appointed to fill the vacancy of the Court.<mask> reached the mandatory retirement age of 70 in 2019. Politics
Bierlein has no political affiliation. She is seen as solidly right of centre. During her time as a prosecutor, she was noted for her hardline tough-on-crime stance, although her years on the bench have earned her a reputation for civility and for working well with ideological opponents. Commentators from both sides of the political spectrum note <mask>'s close ties to both People's Party and Freedom Party, as well as the fact that her career owes both its unexpected major breaks to right-of-centre coalition governments. <mask> herself acknowledges both her toughness as a prosecutor and her socially conservative bent in general. In response to doubts about her ability to remain above the fray as a Constitutional Court justice, she claims to be as committed to impartiality as any other professional judge and also points out that she has never actually joined any party.In December 2017 the Austrian Constitutional Court with <mask> as president ruled to introduce same-sex marriage on 1 January 2019. After the first Kurz government lost a parliamentary vote of no-confidence on 27 May 2019 following the Ibiza affair, Alexander Van der Bellen, the president of Austria, named <mask> as Kurz's successor. She became the first female chancellor of Austria and was in office until the next government was formed following the National Council elections on 29 September 2019. <mask>'s appointment was agreed with all political parties in the National Council. She became the second independent to serve as a chancellor after Johannes Schober, who was in office twice between 1921 and 1930, and the first in Austria's post-war history. Personal life
<mask> is unmarried and has no children. Her long-time partner was Ernest Maurer, a retired judge, who died in 2021.<mask> is a supporter of the arts. She owns contemporary paintings, although she does not consider herself a collector. She also attends theatre and opera performances as well as museums. She enjoys skiing and sailing. In June 2020, <mask> was pulled over on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. She was forced to surrender her driver's licence for four weeks and has since issued an apology. Honours
 Austrian honours
  Grand Decoration of Honor in Silver with Sash of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
  Grand Decoration of Honor in Gold with Sash of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (16 June 2021)

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 Brigitte BIERLEIN at the Constitutional Court homepage

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<mask>'Culloch (1691 – 18 December 1771) was Minister of Cambuslang during the extraordinary events of the Cambuslang Work (1742) when 30,000 people gathered in the hillsides near his church for preaching and communion. Many were there struck by their own depravity and horrified at the probable punishment after death. Trembling, wailing, great pain, nose-bleeding and other strange behaviour was followed in some cases by striking conversions when they suddenly felt accepted by Christ. This gave rise to great rejoicing and singing. It was later calculated that about 400 people had been converted, though many had backslided. The Reverend M’Culloch was a strange person to be at the centre of this phenomenon — one that was being repeated in the American Colonies at the time. He was a poor preacher and claimed never to have experienced the strong feelings of sin or conversion that so many others had reported.Context — Covenanters and Patronage
He was born in 1691, the son of the schoolmaster at Whithorn, in Galloway. The late 17th century was a troubled time. Three years earlier, <mask> Orange had landed in England and was now establishing himself and his wife Mary Stuart as joint sovereigns of England and, separately, of Scotland and Ireland — replacing the Catholic King James II of England, VII of Scotland, his wife's father. One of the key issues underlying this so-called Glorious Revolution, at least in Scotland, was the structure of the Church of Scotland. King James had wanted it to be Episcopal, as the Church of England was, with bishops appointed by the King. Many in Scotland wanted a more Presbyterian type of structure, where each local church was governed by a Kirk Session of Elders, that is converted Christians. Kirk Sessions were to be responsible for the correct behaviour of everyone in their Parish and had the power to appoint suitably qualified persons as the Parish Minister.Parishes were grouped into area Presbyteries which in turn were grouped into large area Synods. The General Assembly was a representative body of all the Parishes, Presbyteries and Synods. Galloway, where <mask>’Culloch was born and received his early education, was an area of particularly fervent Presbyterianism. During the previous eighty years it has seen a great deal of support for resistance to the Scottish government, in the form of bands of Covenanters — those who wished to see the country governed by those who had experienced Christian conversion. The new King — <mask> of Scotland — was from a Dutch Presbyterian background but was wary of scope for unrest in such a structure, without some safeguards. These his successor (Queen Anne) finally introduced in 1712 by the Patronage Act. This gave the power to nominate Parish Ministers to local landowners — the Heritors.It was still up to the Kirk Session to appoint another person (with the agreement of the Presbytery), but this would be without the salary, house, etc., provided by the Heritors. This ancient power had been abolished in 1649, (during the Commonwealth), restored (with the Restoration in 1660 and abolished in the first place by <mask> in 1690 before he re-imposed it in 1712). It led to many struggles between Kirk Sessions and Heritors throughout the 18th and 19th Centuries — including the appointment of Mr M’Culloch — and finally to three secessions from the Kirk. Education and anxiety
The young <mask>’Culloch grew up in the thick of this tumult and his father noticed early on his studious and serious manner. It was decided to educate him for the church ministry. He was so much impressed by the local Minister, Mr Ker, and was persuaded to join the church formally when he was thirteen by taking communion. He then studied, first at Edinburgh University, then at Glasgow where he took his degree on 26 April 1712, just as the Patronage Act was coming into force.He was very competent in the languages of Holy Scripture — Latin, Greek and, particularly, Hebrew — but was also so skilled in Mathematics and Astronomy that he taught them to boys in Glasgow (and displaying great manual skill in producing learning materials for demonstrations). He was also very keen on the details of Calvinist theology, particularly that with regard to salvation. However, he was a painfully slow speaker, and this partly explains why it was not until ten years after graduating that he was licensed to preach by his local presbytery of Wigton. When he preached at local sacramental occasions, he was known as the "yil (ale) minister" as the congregations took his ascent into the pulpit as an opportunity to rise and go to the local alehouse "neglecting spiritual food in the search of bodily refreshment". Another reason might have been his anguished self-examination on whether he was fit to be a minister at all. These anxieties he poured out to a neighbouring minister, Mr Wodrow of Eastwood, at the time of his call to Cambuslang. He felt he was "nothing but a hollow hypocrite" because he had been preaching since his ordination on the nature of Conversion and was a "perfect stranger to it himself".He was always very serious and dutiful, and preferred the company of righteous people, but had no inward experience of conversion. He had been "haunted with atheistic thoughts and blasphemous suggestions". He was jealous and suspicious of friends (he said) and complained of his own pride and "self-carnality". He was also much depressed by conversations with ordinary people, who told him about their experiences of conversion, which "he has been a stranger to". Mr Wodrow thought him a sincere, studious and depressive sort of person, with the tendency of such people to be over-critical of themselves and rather obsessive on the details of theological study. He advised Mr M’Culloch that his obvious sincerity and great knowledge both scripture and doctrine made him a far better person to be a minister than many he knew. Mr Wodrow noted the many "bodily marks" of Mr M’Culloch’s anguish — including piercing headaches.It is obvious he was going through some sort of mental breakdown, though he did report that he got some solace from reading the Bible in extreme times, when he longed for death. Certainly, Mr M’Culloch’s talents had not been unappreciated. In 1725, he had been asked by members of the Town Council to preach the "Annual Sermon for the Reformation of Manners" and had been chaplain and tutor to the Hamilton family Aitkenhead, near Glasgow. Call to Cambuslang
The Duke of Hamilton was the Patron of Cambuslang and he wanted to nominate (or "present") another candidate, one Mr Finlater, when the Reverend Archibald Hamilton, Minister of Cambuslang, died in 1724. The Kirk Session was determined to have Mr <mask>’Culloch and a struggle lasting eight years only ended when Mr Finlater found a post elsewhere. During the interval, the parish was neglected. On 18 February 1731 Mr M’Culloch received the official call from Cambuslang was ordained by the Presbytery of Hamilton for the Church and Parish of Cambuslang on 29 April.It was at this time that he went in distress to Mr Wodrow of Eastwood and it was perhaps because of his physical and mental state that he did not fulfil his duties immediately. For three years and three months no communion services were held and the schooling was neglected. It should also be said that Mr M’Culloch’s attempts to get the (perhaps disgruntled)  Heritors to repair the dilapidated church met with little success. He therefore began preaching in a tent next to the church, using letters and printed sermons from New England detailing the extraordinary events taking place there — the so-called First Great Awakening. The lack of a minister for many years had led to a huge number of "fellowships", or praying societies, in the parish. Now Mr M’Culloch added another ingredient — the letters and sermons were supplemented by sermons on his own specialist theme "Regeneration: its nature and necessity". Mr M’Culloch’s readings from the pulpit, along with his private conversations with concerned parishioners, laid a solid foundation for the historical events that soon followed — the extraordinary events known as the Cambuslang Work — or "wark" in Scots — referring to the "work of the Lord".Later, Mr M’Culloch claimed some 400 people had been converted during the Cambuslang Work, including 70 from Cambuslang itself. It is typical of his modesty that we do not know if he himself ever eventually experienced conversion, though he did exclaim at one point during his last illness "The whole is shortly summed up in the words of Jesus Christ; ‘He that believeth and is baptised shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned’"

Final years
His own fame grew. Despite his slowness of delivery, his thoughtfulness and his teachings were widely admired and he was often asked to preach in other parishes. He wrote out two sermons a week and committed them to memory. His son, Robert M’Culloch, also a minister (at Dairsie in Fife), published his father's sermons after his death. He spent a lot of his own money paying for distributing texts of Scripture and the Shorter Catechism to children in Scotland and America. He secretly gave £200 to the recently established Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge in Edinburgh.Dean Stanley in his Lectures described Mr M’Culloch as "no wild fanatic, but a learned, unostentatious scholar, a slow, cautious and prudent parish minister". Eventually, Mr M’Culloch persuaded the Heritors to repair the church and a "neat, plain edifice" was erected, a new manse following in 1756. On 29 April 1736, he married Janet Dunwoodie, and had one son, Robert. He was very ill towards the end of his life, needing the support of two helpers to lead him from the manse to the kirk on Sundays. He died on 18 December 1771 and was buried in the churchyard " amid the tears and lamentations of an affectionate people". His tombstone, now attached to the church wall, stated "He was eminently successful in preaching the Gospel". His wife died eight years later.Bibliography
 M’Culloch, Robert Posthumous collection of 13 sermons of Rev <mask>’Culloch Edinburgh  1793
 M’Culloch, Rev <mask>  A sermon against the idolatrous worship of the Church of Rome. Preach'd in the New-Church of Glasgow, the fifth of November, 1725 (The Annual Sermon For the Reformation of Manners) Glasgow 1725

References
 Fawcett, Arthur. Cambuslang revival: the Scottish Evangelical revival of the eighteenth century. 1971
 MacFarlan, Duncan    The revivals of the eighteenth century, particularly at Cambuslang, with three sermons by George Whitefield; compiled from original manuscripts and contemporary publications by D. MacFarlan    General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland, [Edinburgh, 1847]
 Porter, Wm Henry Cambuslang and its Ministers (in Mitchell Library - Glasgow Collection, reference GC941.433 CAM 188520 Box 952)
 Wilson, James Alexander OBE, MD A History of Cambuslang: a Clydesdale parish. Jackson Wylie & Co Glasgow (1929)

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 From Dr Fawcett’s account of the Cambuslang Work

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<mask> (born 1956) is a German musicologist. Life
Born in Heilbronn, Wittmann studied musicology from 1975 to 1980 (with Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht), philosophy and history at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg im Breisgau. From 1980 to 1983 and 1987 he was a scholarship holder of the German Historical Institute in Rome. In 1986 he received his doctorate in Freiburg. From 1987 to 1990 he was a scholarship holder of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. A research stay in Italy followed. Since 1991 <mask> has been a research assistant at the Musicological Institute of the Free University of Berlin.He has published works on the history of music theory in the Middle Ages, on the history of opera in the 19th and 20th centuries and on Berlin's music history. Wittmann strives for a close connection between music research and musical practice. As scientific advisor to the Berolina-Ensemble he has initiated the revival of forgotten composers such as Iwan Müller, Ernst Rudorff, Waldemar von Baußnern, Conrad Ansorge; in the same capacity Wittmann has initiated the rediscovery of operas by Saverio Mercadante, Michele Carafa and Francesco Morlacchi for the Rossini-Festival in Bad Wildbad. His editions of Otto Nicolai's previously lost operas Il templario and Die Heimkehr des Verbannten have led to a reassessment of this composer. (These and other editions have been published by the music publishing house he runs). Since 2012 he has been the publisher of the posthumous works of Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, which are issued in the Editio Reznicek (Wedemark). Publications
 <mask>mann: Vox atque sonus.Studien zur Rezeption der Aristotelischen Schrift De anima und ihre Bedeutung für die Musiktheorie, Pfaffenweiler: Centaurus-Verlags-Gesellschaft (Musikwissenschaftliche Studien; 4), (Ph. D. dissertation, Freiburg University, 1986). Riflessioni per una rivalutazione delle composizioni operistiche di Saverio Mercadante. In Gian Luca Petrucci, Giacinto Moramarco (edd. ): Saggi su Saverio Mercadante. Cassano delle Murge, Messagi 1992, . Meyerbeer e Mercadante?The reception of Meyerbeer in Italia. In: Cambridge Opera Journal 5/2 (1993), . Das Bild der Italienischen Oper im Spiegel der Kritik der „Leipziger Allgemeinen Musikalischen Zeitung“. In Maria Teresa Muraro (ed. ): Le Parole della Musica. Studi in onore di Gianfranco Folena, Firenze 1995, S. II, 195–226. Giovanni Simone Mayr's opera Medea in Corinto im Kontext der Medea-Vertonungen des 19.Jahrhunderts. In Franz Hauk, Iris Winkler (edd. ): Werk und Leben Johann Simon Mayrs im Spiegel der Zeit, München-Salzburg, 1998, . Article Saverio Mercadante. In Stanley Sadie (ed. ): The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 7th. Edition, London 2001, Vol.16, . Articles Saverio Mercadante; Elisa e Claudio; Donna Caritea; Il giuramento; La vestale; Il reggente; Orazi e Curiazi; Pelagio; Luigi Ricci; Crispino e la Comare; Giovanni Pacini; L'ultimo giorno di Pompei; Il corsaro; Saffo; Amilcare Ponchielli; I promessi sposi; La Gioconda. In Elisabeth Schmierer (ed. ): Lexikon der Oper, 2 voll., Laaber 2002. Liberalismus im antiken Gewande. Mercadantes Metastasio-Vertonungen für Lissabon (1828) im politischen Kontext ihrer Zeit. In Peter Csobàdi et al.(edd. ): Politische Mythen und nationale Identitäten im (Musik-)Theater. Vorträge und Gespräche des Salzburger Symposions 2001, Wort und Musik 54, Anif-Salzburg 2003, volume II, . Franz Xaver Scharwenka – Komponist aus Posen. In Tomi Mäkelä / Tobias Robert Klein (edd. ): Mehrsprachigkeit und regionale Bindung in Musik und Literatur, Interdisziplinäre Studien zur Musik, vol. 1, Frankfurt 2004.Article Saverio Mercadante. In Ludwig Finscher (ed. ): Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, Personalteil 12, Kassel2 2004, . Der ferne Klang des Jazz – Anmerkungen zu Ernst Kreneks Zeitoper „Jonny spielt auf“. In Markus Engelhardt (ed. ): Festschrift Wolfgang Witzenmann, Analecta musicologica 36, Laaber 2005, . Das verkannte Hauptwerk?Zur Entstehung von Otto Nicolais Oper Il proscritto/ Der Verbannte (Milan 1841/ Berlin 1849). In Thomas Betzwieser et al. (edd. ): Bühnenklänge. Festschrift für Sieghart Döhring zum 65. Geburtstag, Munich 2005. Michele Carafa, I due Figaro (Milan 1820), Programmheft Bad Wildbad 2006.Saverio Mercadante, , Programmheft Bad Wildbad 2007. Ist Martinů ein tschechischer Komponist? Notwendige Anmerkungen zu einem heiklen Thema. Otto Nicolai. Il Templario (Torino 1840). Anmerkungen einer Wiederentdeckung. Programmheft Städtisches Theater Chemnitz März 2008.Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, Benzin, Programmheft Chemnitz November 2010. Saverio Mercadante, I due Figaro, Programmheft Salzburger Festspiele, Pfingsten 2011. Otto Nicolai, Die Heimkehr des Verbannten, Donizetti Society, Newsletter 113 [2011], . Saverio Mercadante, I briganti, Programmheft Bad Wildbad 2012. Notes on the world premiere of Saverio Mercadante's opera Francesca da Rimini (Madrid 1830), Newsletter of the Friends of the Music of Gaetano Donizetti No. 01/2012 (reprinted in Festschrift Becker). Francesco Morlacchi – Ein Revisionsfall für die Musikgeschichte.In Weberiana 25, (ed. Frank Ziegler), Berlin 2015, . Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek und der Ständige Rat für internationale Zusammenarbeit der Komponisten. (Reznicek Studien 1), Wedemark 2015. Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek. Ein Forschungsbericht, Reznicek-Studien 2, Musikverlag H. M. Fehrmann, Wedemark 2015. Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek.Bausteine zu seiner Biographie, Reznicek-Studien 3, Musikverlag H. M. Fehrmann, Wedemark 2018. Anmerkungen zur modernen Erstaufführung von Saverio Mercadantes Oper Didone abbandonata, Donizetti Society Newsletter 135, London 2018, . Editions
 Klavierkonzert op 19 (1924) by Conrad Ansorge
Omaggio al immortale Rossini by Saverio Mercadante
Zwei Potpourris für Oboe und kleines Orchester by Saverio Mercadante
 Sinfonie A Rossini by Saverio Mercadante
 Il templario. Three-act opera by Otto Nicolai
 Il proscritto / Die Heimkehr des Verbannten. Three-act opera by Otto Nicolai
 Allegro alla Polacca für Streichquartett by Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek
 Das goldene Kalb Ballett in vier Bildern (1935) by Viggo Cavling. 1 (1925) by Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek
 Ruhm und Ewigkeit - Four Monologues [after Friedrich Nietzsche] for alto/baritone and orchestra by Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek
 Streichquartett No. 2 C sharp minor by Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek
 Streichquartett No.5 e-Minor by Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek
 Suite aus Die beste Polizei for string orchestra by Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek
 Valse pathétique for orchestra/salon orchestra/piano by Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek
 Vier Bet- und Bußgesänge for alto/baritone and orchestra by Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek
 Walzer-Serenade for piano trio by Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek
 Wie Till Eulenspiegel lebte by Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek
 Zwei Balladen aus fredericianischer Zeit für Bass und Orchester von Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek
 Hymnus für Verfassungsfeiern (1928) by Waldemar von Baußnern

External links
 Nicolai-Ehrung 2010
 Franz Xaver Scharwenka – Komponist aus Posen (2002) auf der Website der Scharwenka Stiftung in Bad Saarow (PDF)

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<mask> (, ; born 30 April 1983) is a retired Serbian footballer. He represented Serbia at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. <mask> rose to prominence in his homeland with his first club FK Zemun before moving to Red Star Belgrade where he won league and cup honours. Decorated with individual awards for his performances at Red Star, he broke into the Serbian national side in 2008. He moved to England in 2009 when he signed for Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers but returned to his former club three years later. Club career

<mask> began his playing career in the youth ranks of Belgrade-based FK Zemun, where he progressed through to make it into their first team in 2000. He really began to establish himself in the middle of the park during the 2001–02 season and was a vital player for the club over the following seasons.In 2005–06, he had his best goalscoring start to a season, netting eight times by Christmas. This attracted attention from the country's biggest club and local rival, Red Star Belgrade. Red Star Belgrade
Following his continually impressive form for FK Zemun, <mask> signed for Red Star Belgrade in January 2006. He ended his first season with Belgrade by winning both the Serbian Superliga and Serbian Cup with his new club. He won both trophies again with Belgrade the following season. <mask> found appearances restricted by then manager Dusan Bajević, but the arrival of Boško Djurovski as the club's new manager saw him gain more playing time and re-discover his form. He then held down a first team spot in central midfield for the following seasons, becoming a vital member of the team as they went close to more domestic honours and regularly competing in European competitions.<mask> enjoyed his best season so far in 2008–09, finishing Red Star's top goalscorer with 18 league goals, 22 goals in all competitions, making him Serbian football's leading scorer in that season. He also won the league's Most Valuable Player Award, was voted into the All Star Team, named 2008–09 Serbian Superliga Player of the Year and broke into the Serbia national football team. This form attracted attention from various clubs in Europe. Wolverhampton Wanderers
Newly promoted Premier League side Wolves signed <mask> on 15 June 2009 in a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around £2.6 million. He made his debut in August 2009, in the club's 2–0 opening day defeat to West Ham, in which he was voted Sky Sports' man of the match. <mask> scored his first goal for Wolves with a long distance strike to earn a 2–1 home win against Bolton in December 2009; before netting a second and final goal for the season two weeks later, against Burnley. <mask> made twenty appearances in the Premier League in the 2010–11 season, scoring twice.He also matched that tally in the League Cup, scoring two penalties, against Southend and Notts County. In a 3–3 home draw against Tottenham Hotspur, <mask> created two goals by assisting Kevin Doyle's opening goal, and then winning a penalty for a second Doyle goal. He also featured in the team's victory at Aston Villa as Wolves narrowly stayed up on the final day of the season. <mask> made only sporadic appearances during the next season, but during November and December he enjoyed a run of starts in the team. However, this was halted when he was sent off in a 1–1 draw at Arsenal for a challenge on Mikel Arteta. Wolves made an appeal to have this red card rescinded, including a unique press conference by then-manager Mick McCarthy who showed slow motion replays from a number of angles, but the appeal was unsuccessful and the three-match ban was upheld. Following this dismissal he only made a number of substitute appearances in the final months as the club were relegated under caretaker manager Terry Connor.Following the appointment of Ståle Solbakken as Wolves manager during the close season, it was announced that <mask> was available for transfer, having expressed a desire to play more regularly. On 30 August, his contract was cancelled by mutual consent to allow him to find a new club. Return to Red Star Belgrade
On 31 August 2012, one day after his departure from Wolves, <mask> rejoined his former club Red Star Belgrade when he signed a three-year deal. He scored his first goal against Radnički Kragujevac 1923 from a free kick. On 13 April 2013, he scored a hat-trick against FK Spartak Zlatibor Voda. Hebei China Fortune
On 16 February 2015, <mask> transferred to China League One side Hebei China Fortune. Nei Mongol Zhongyou
On 14 February 2016, <mask> transferred to fellow China League One side Nei Mongol Zhongyou.Red Star Belgrade
On January 31 2017, <mask> rejoined his club Red Star for a third time. An avid Red Star fan, <mask> once again proved loyalty to his club and fans. <mask> signed one and a half year deal. On May 19 2019, he played his last game for Red Star in a 3-0 win over Napredak. During his 9 years altogether in Red Star, Milijas played 170 matches, scored 49 goals and had 38 assists. He also won 4 trophies, all 4 being Serbian SuperLiga in 06/07, 13/14, 17/18 and 18/19 seasons. International career
<mask> made his full international debut for Serbia on 6 September 2008, in a 2–0 win over the Faroe Islands in a World Cup 2010 qualifier.He scored his first international goal in his fourth appearance, in a 6–1 rout of Bulgaria in a friendly on 19 November 2008, then added his first competitive goal when he netted the winner from the penalty spot to defeat Austria 1–0 on 6 June 2009. This qualification campaign ultimately saw the nation qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals in South Africa, with <mask> a regular in central midfield, usually paired with captain Dejan Stanković. He was subsequently selected in their final squad for the tournament, their first World Cup Finals competing as "Serbia", and played in their opening game against Ghana. He has previously represented Serbia and Montenegro at under–21 level, appearing in the side which made the semi finals of the 2006 European Under–21 Championship in Portugal. Career statistics

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International goals
Scores and results list Serbia's goal tally first. Honours
Club
 Serbian SuperLiga (5): 2005–06, 2006–07, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19
 Serbian Cup (2): 2005–06, 2006–07

Individual
Serbian SuperLiga: Player of the Season 2008–09
 Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season: 2008–09

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Inner Mongolia Zhongyou F.C. players
Serbian SuperLiga players
Premier League players
China League One players
Serbian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in England
Expatriate footballers in Turkey
Expatriate footballers in China
Association football midfielders
2010 FIFA World Cup players
Red Star Belgrade non-playing staff

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