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 speech. "This is the effort that we're seeing of Jim Crow," <mask> said."Some of these folks in Congress right now would love to see us as second-class citizens. Some of them in Congress right now of this Tea Party movement would love to see you and me... hanging on a tree." <mask> declined calls to resign, reaffirming, "I stand on the truth of what I spoke", and clarified that his comments were directed at certain tea party leaders and not the tea party as a whole. Political positions

Afghanistan and Iraq
<mask> believes that "American efforts to capture and kill al Qaeda terrorists have greatly diminished" because of the Iraq War. During the War in Afghanistan, <mask> would often state his belief that al Qaeda and the Taliban posed the most imminent threat to the United States. Accordingly, he pushed for a reduction of troops in Iraq to cover the needs of the then-ongoing War in Afghanistan. Consumer protection
On June 26, 2009, <mask> introduced the Jeremy Warriner Consumer Protection Act (), which would require GM and Chrysler to carry liability insurance that would cover vehicles produced before they filed for bankruptcy in early 2009.The bill is named for Jeremy Warriner, an Indianapolis resident who lost his legs when his defective Chrysler vehicle caught fire during a car accident. Disease prevention

On July 24, 2008, <mask> voted to pass the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act () which provided aid to developing countries fighting high rates of HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis. He successfully included an amendment in this bill which created "a transatlantic, technological medium of exchange that allows African scientists and American medical professionals to collaborate on the best methods for treating and preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS on the African continent." Economic recovery
On February 13, 2009, <mask> voted to pass the H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, a $787 billion economic stimulus package aimed at helping the economy recover from a deepening worldwide recession. This act included increased federal spending for health care, infrastructure, education, various tax breaks and incentives, and direct assistance to individuals. The

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<mask> has stated his support for programs that improve teacher education and training, improve aging school infrastructure and increase access to affordable, secondary education. <mask> is the author of H.R. 3147, the Young Adults Financial Literacy Act, which was introduced on July 9, 2009. This legislation would establish a grant program to fund partnerships between educational institutions aimed at providing financial literacy education to young adults and families. On September 17, 2009, <mask> voted to pass H.R. 3221, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, which will invest in the Pell Grant program and other student financial aid programs to make college more affordable. <mask> made a speech to an Islamic group that resulted in criticism from groups when he stated that American public schools should be modeled on Islamic madrassas.He granted an interview to reporter Mary Beth Schneider of The Indianapolis Star in which he maintained his speech remarks had been taken out of context. On the same date, he issued a press release clarifying his position that no "particular faith should be the foundation of our public schools." Energy and environment
<mask> has supported investment in the development of new technologies that will reduce American dependence on foreign oil, create thousands of new jobs and begin to correct the adverse environmental effects of fossil fuels. <mask> has opposed legislation to increase offshore drilling for oil or natural gas, instead promoting use of solar, wind, biofuel, biomass, and other renewable fuels. On June 26, 2009, <mask> voted to pass H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act, which seeks to comprehensively address the effects of climate change by funding development of alternative energy technologies and implementing a cap and trade system. Financial services
<mask> has been a Member of the House Committee on Financial Services since taking office in 2008.<mask> voted to pass legislation enacting the Troubled Asset Relief Program on October 3, 2008. He has also voted to pass

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 legislation increasing oversight over the Troubled Asset Relief Program, limiting executive pay, reforming sub-prime mortgage markets and regulating the financial industry. <mask> was a cosponsor of , the Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights, which sought to increase transparency and regulation in the credit card industry. This legislation was signed into law by President Obama on May 22, 2009. <mask> has voiced his support for legislation creating the Consumer Finance Protection Agency and monitoring systemic risk in the financial sector. Health care reform
<mask> is a strong supporter of health care reform legislation that increases access to medical care for millions of uninsured Americans and provides a more stable system for those at risk of losing their health insurance. On July 30, 2009, he signed a letter from the Congressional Progressive Caucus to House leadership, calling for a robust public option to be included in any health care reform bill.He has opposed taxes both on the medical device industry and employer provided health insurance plans as a means to pay for health care reform. Instead, he has called for finding savings in the current health system by reducing waste, fraud and abuse in the Medicare system, as well as implementing a surcharge on the wealthiest Americans as a means to cover the costs of reform. He has also voiced his opposition for health care reform legislation that increases the deficit. On November 7, 2009, <mask> voted to pass H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, the House version of legislation designed to reform the American health insurance industry. Housing
Citing a high foreclosure rate in Indianapolis, <mask> has named foreclosure prevention and increased affordable housing to be among his top priorities. On May 7, 2009, <mask> voted to pass the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2009 (), which regulates the mortgage lending industry by setting limits on types of loans offered to potential borrowers.<mask> authored an amendment to this legislation that funded the distribution of information about foreclosure rescue scams through targeted mailings. Impeachment of Donald Trump
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 two House Representatives from Indiana to do so, along with Rep. Peter Visclosky. Israel
<mask> is opposed to the Israeli settlements in built in Palestinian territory, describing them as "illegitimate and a major barrier to peace". In July 2019, <mask> voted against a House resolution condemning the Global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement targeting Israel. The resolution passed 398–17. In September 2021, <mask> was one of 9 Congressmen to vote against funding Israel's Iron Dome missile defense program. National security

<mask> is the only Member of Congress to have served in a Department of Homeland Security Fusion Center.He has voted to increase appropriations funding for the Department of Homeland Security. In 2017, <mask> attended a protest, at Indianapolis International Airport against President Donald Trump's executive order to temporarily place limits on immigration until better screening methods are devised. <mask> decried the executive order as being part of a "bigotry campaign" and stated "For those who want to make America great again, we have to remind them that the first article of the constitution says congress shall make no law respecting [the] establishment of religion. Make no mistake about it: This is a Muslim ban." Public safety
In 2009, <mask> introduced two pieces of legislation aimed at reducing incidents of recidivism. The Recidivism Reduction Act () aims to attack the cycle of recidivism by ensuring prompt access to federal supplemental security income and Medicaid benefits for ex-offenders re-entering society and addressing the gap in mental health services. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act would repeal federal laws that prevent drug felons from receiving TANF benefits.In 2008, <mask> helped the City of Indianapolis secure a federal COPS grant to hire more police officers. The grant was awarded as part of the ARRA. Political campaigns

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Special election

In 2008, <mask> won the nominating caucus of the Marion County Democratic Party, giving him the Democratic nomination for the special election to succeed his late grandmother, Congresswoman <mask>. During this election, he was endorsed by U.S. Senator Evan Bayh, then-Senator Barack Obama, former Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson, Marion County

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 Sheriff Frank J. Anderson, then-Representative from Indiana's 8th district Brad Ellsworth, and retired U.S. Congressman Andy Jacobs, Jr. U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) contributed $4,000 each from their own campaign funds and $10,000 each from their political action committees to the <mask> campaign.<mask> defeated Republican State Representative Jon Elrod and Libertarian Sean Shepard in the special election on March 11, 2008, securing 53% of the vote. <mask> won the primary election with 46%, while Woody Myers received 24%, David Orentlicher received 21%, and Carolene Mays received 8%. <mask> and was set to face off in the General Election against Elrod, but Elrod dropped out. Gabrielle Campo was selected by a party caucus to face the incumbent, <mask>. <mask> was re-elected in November 2008 to his first full term in Congress with 65% of the vote. Since that time, <mask>'s hometown newspaper, The Indianapolis Star, has praised him for "going strong" in his first year in office, writing that <mask> has "[proven] himself to be relentlessly positive and seriously hardworking." 2010

In 2010, <mask> again faced perennial Republican candidate Marvin Scott, who took issue with <mask>'s Muslim faith during the general election.However, <mask> handily defeated Scott to retain his seat. 2012

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List of African-American United States representatives
 List of Muslim members of the United States Congress

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<mask> (born March 17, 1979) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenseman. Ference started in the NHL during the 1999–2000 season and played for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Calgary Flames, Boston Bruins and the Edmonton Oilers. In 2011, Ference helped the Bruins to their sixth Stanley Cup championship. Ference was born in Edmonton, Alberta, but grew up in Sherwood Park, Alberta. Playing career

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Ference began his hockey career in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Portland Winterhawks. After two full seasons with the team, he was selected 208th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. Ference was not ranked by Central Scouting for the draft.In response, Ference sent a letter to every NHL general manager indicating his belief he would play in the NHL and also enclosed testing results conducted by the University of Alberta. Ference played two more seasons with Portland and had a brief stint in the International Hockey League (IHL) with the Kansas City Blades before joining Pittsburgh in 1999. After making his NHL debut on October 1, 1999, in a game against the Dallas Stars, Ference scored his first NHL goal a month later against the Nashville Predators on November 13, 1999. He split his rookie season between Pittsburgh and their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, finishing with 6 points (2 goals, 4 assists) in 30 NHL games and 28 points (8 goals, 20 assists) in 44 AHL games. The next season, Ference continued to share time between both Penguins teams. <mask> played in his first NHL playoffs with Pittsburgh in 2001, playing 18 games and scoring 3 goals and 10 points before the Penguins were eliminated by the New Jersey Devils. In his third NHL season, Ference established himself as a full-time NHLer, scoring 11 points in 75

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On February 9, 2003, in the middle of the 2002–03 season, <mask> was traded to the Calgary Flames for future considerations. He posted 4 assists in 16 games during the remainder of the season with Calgary. The next season, he registered 16 points with 4 goals and 12 assists in 72 games for Calgary and also played 26 playoff games posting 3 assists. Calgary reached the Stanley Cup Finals, where they lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning. With the 2004–05 NHL season suspended due to a lock-out, <mask> played in the Czech Republic for HC České Budějovice. <mask> returned to the Flames when the NHL restarted the next season. He played all 82 games of the season for the first time in his career, scoring 4 goals, and 27 assists for a career high 31 points.Boston Bruins
The following season, on February 10, 2007, he was traded, along with teammate Chuck Kobasew, to the Boston Bruins for defenceman Brad Stuart and centre Wayne Primeau. Ference scored 1 goal, along with 15 assists, during the 2008–09 NHL season. On March 23, 2010, he agreed on a three-year contract extension with the Bruins worth an annual average salary of $2.25 million. On April 22, 2011, Ference was fined $2,500 for an obscene gesture to the crowd at the Bell Centre in Game 4 of the playoffs first round series against the Montreal Canadiens. Ference's initial comments after the incident indicated it was an "equipment malfunction," though he later confessed it had been an intentional gesture following an emotional playoff goal. Some teammates credited this incident as a turning point in their eventual Stanley Cup Victory. In the Bruins 4–3 game 7 victory over the Montreal of the same series, Ference drew much ire for a questionable collision to the head of Canadiens' Jeff Halpern, but upon a disciplinary hearing it was ruled that the hit did

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 not warrant any sort of disciplinary action.On June 15, 2011, Ference and the Boston Bruins defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4–0 in Game 7 of the Final to win the Stanley Cup. The next season Ference scored 6 goals, a career high, and was named alternate captain during home games for the first half of the season, and during away games for the second half of the season. Edmonton Oilers
On July 5, 2013, he signed a four-year deal as a free agent with his hometown team, the Edmonton Oilers. On September 29, Ference was named the 14th captain in Oilers NHL franchise history, succeeding Shawn Horcoff, who had been traded to the Dallas Stars. On October 7, 2015, after serving as the Oilers captain for the past two seasons, it was announced that Ference had relinquished his role as captain and was named as an alternate captain, along with Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. After playing in just six games of the 2015–16 NHL season, Ference was placed on IR to undergo season-ending hip surgery. On September 16, 2016, Ference announced his retirement after 16 seasons.He however remained on the Oilers long-term injured list for the duration of the 2016–17 season, before formally ending his career at the conclusion of his contract on July 13, 2017. Post playing career

In 2018 Ference joined the NHL as its first director of social impact, growth and fan development. His focus will be on grass-roots growth, community development efforts, engaging minority fans and players, and better facilitating relations between players and the league. Personal life

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Ference and Krista Bradford, a former professional snowboarder, married in 2002. They have two daughters together. Environmentalism
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On September 5, 2011, following the Bruins Stanley Cup championship, Ference organized and led a parade and flash mob in Boston's North End, which is the area where he resided during the NHL season. After bringing the Stanley Cup to and from Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital on a bike trailer, Ference brought the Cup to an area of the North End outside the TD Garden. There, the Cup was hoisted up on a platform carried by friends and family, and paraded through the North End, with many stops at local shops along the way. Ference and the other Cup-carriers were accompanied by a marching band, members of The Boston Bruins Ice Girls, and the Boston Bruins mascot Blades. Hundreds of fans also joined them for the parade, which was concluded with a dancing flash mob. Other
Ference is a fan of English Premier League football club Arsenal F.C. Ference is also a member of the popular November Project workout tribe in Boston and Edmonton.Career statistics

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<mask> went to Trinity Catholic High School in Ocala, Florida. There he was coached by John Brantley, and was a Mr. Football finalist and first team all-state  after passing for 2,600 yards and 24 touchdowns as senior, while rushing for 350 yards and six touchdowns. He led the Celtics to the 2B state championship game, but lost 21–17 to Pahokee High School. As a result, he was named to Reebok Florida Phenoms third team. It wasn't clear if he would start as a junior, but he won the battle, and went on to pass for 1,100 yards and 10 touchdowns while also rushing for 250 yards and five scores, while missing some time with a knee injury. He was a two-time all-county selection in football, and led his team to state finals his senior season. As a freshman and sophomore, he played free safety and wide receiver, while John Brantley was at quarterback.He was a first team all-division his freshman and sophomore seasons. He also participated in basketball and track and field. <mask> committed to Purdue University on July 23, 2008.

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2009 season
In 2009, <mask> sat for the season using his redshirt to learn head coach Danny Hope's offense. 2010 season
The 2010 season began with <mask> slated second on the depth chart behind transfer, <mask>. However, Hope said that <mask> would see playing time even if the game was still undecided.Against Notre Dame, <mask> only got three carries for 16 yards. After a win against Minnesota, he was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week. He was named the team's Leonard Wilson Award winner (unselfishness and dedication). He was also the first Purdue quarterback in school history to lead the team in both rushing and passing yardage in a season. He completed 86 of 162 pass attempts (53.1 percent) for 996 yards with eight touchdowns and seven interceptions, while rushing for 547 yards and four touchdowns on 104 attempts (5.3 yards per carry). For the season, <mask> appeared in 11 games, making seven starts in 2010. 2011 season
After a starting quarterback battle in the off season, <mask> was named the Boilermakers' starting quarterback for the 2011 season, but he tore the ACL in his right knee.With backup Marve still recovering from his own ACL injury, Caleb TerBush took over as the starting quarterback in their place. 2012 season
<mask> entered his junior season looking at splitting playing time with TerBush and Marve. With TerBush working mostly with the first team, he was expected to start the first game of the year, until it was announced (one hour prior to gametime) that he had been suspended and Marve was the starting

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With Marve and TerBush out of the mix due to graduation, and new Purdue head coach Darrell Hazell, <mask> entered fall camp with the Boilermakers competing with freshmen Danny Etling and Austin Appleby for Purdue's starting quarterback spot. Two weeks before the regular season opener at Cincinnati, Hazell named <mask>'s starting quarterback. Statistics
As of the end of the 2013 regular season, <mask>'s statistics are as follows:

<mask> had a 3–9 career record as the starting quarterback for Purdue. Professional career
Prior to the 2014 NFL Draft, <mask> was projected to be undrafted by NFLDraftScout.com. He was rated as the thirty-fourth-best quarterback in the draft. On May 10, 2014, <mask> signed as an undrafted free agent with the Oakland Raiders.Playing style
<mask> is a dual-threat quarterback, known more for his ability to run the ball, than for his throwing arm. References

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<mask> (born 19 December 1954) is a British novelist, translator, author and professor of literature. Career
He is the author of eighteen novels (notably Europa, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1997). His first novel, Tongues of Flame, won both the Betty Trask Award and Somerset Maugham Award in 1986. In the same year, <mask> was awarded the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for Loving Roger. Other highly praised titles were Shear, Destiny, Judge Savage, Cleaver, and In Extremis. He has also had a number of stories published in The New Yorker. Since the 1990s <mask> has written frequently for both the London Review of Books and The New York Review of Books, as well as publishing various works of non-fiction, most notably A Season with Verona, shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year and Teach Us to Sit Still, shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize.Between 1993 and 2019 <mask> taught as a university professor at IULM University, Milan. He is also a translator and has translated works by Alberto Moravia, Antonio Tabucchi, Italo Calvino, Roberto Calasso, Niccolò Machiavelli and Giacomo Leopardi. His non-fiction book Translating Style has been described as "canonical in the field of translation studies". He twice won the John Florio Prize for translations from the Italian. In 2011 he co-curated the exhibition Money and Beauty: Bankers, Botticelli and the Bonfire of the Vanities at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, and a book of the same title was published in 2012 by Giunti. . The exhibition was loosely based on <mask>' book Medici Money: Banking,

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<mask> married Rita Baldassarre in 1979.The couple have three children. They divorced in 2017. Bibliography

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Home Thoughts, 1987. Family Planning, 1989. The trials and tribulations of a mother, father and their children as they cope with the unexpected and sometimes violent behaviour of Raymond, who is suffering from a mental illness but will not agree to professional help. Cara Massimina, 1990, a murder story first published under the pseudonym "John MacDowell", but later in the author's own name. Later released in the US under the title Juggling the Stars.Goodness, 1991. Shear, 1993. Mimi's Ghost, 1995, sequel of Cara Massimina. Europa, 1997. Destiny, 1999. Judge Savage, 2003. Rapids, 2005.Talking About It, 2005. A collection of short stories. Cleaver, 2006. Dreams of Rivers and Seas, 2008. The Server, 2012. Published in paperback as Sex is Forbidden. Painting Death, 2014.Book 3 in the Cara Massimina trilogy. Thomas and Mary: A Love Story, 2016. In Extremis, 2017. Italian Life: A Modern Fable of Loyalty and Betrayal, 2020. Non-fiction

Italian Neighbours, 1992. Relates how the author and his wife came to a small town near Verona and how they integrate and become accustomed to the unusual habits of their newfound neighbours. An Italian Education, 1996.Follow up to Italian Neighbours and recounts the milestones in the life of the author's children as they progress through the Italian school system. Translating Style, 1997. Adultery and Other Diversions, 1999. Hell and Back: Reflections on Writers and


texts: Writing from Dante to Rushdie, 2001. A Season With Verona, following the fortunes of Hellas Verona F.C. in season 2000–2001. Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence, 2005.The Fighter: Essays, 2007. Teach Us to Sit Still: A Sceptic's Search for Health and Healing, 2010, Harvill Secker, . In this book, <mask> describes his search for relief from chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS). His urologist thinks surgery will be the only solution, but after several examinations, no clear cause is found for the pain. <mask> wonders if the pain can be (partly) psychosomatic. In his search, he reads the book A Headache in the Pelvis: The Definitive Guide to Understanding and Treating Chronic Pelvic Pain () by psychologist (and long time CPPS-sufferer) David Wise and neurourologist Rodney Anderson (Stanford University), in which the authors describe methods of 'paradoxical relaxation' to prevent chronic tensing of the pelvic musculature. <mask> starts doing the recommended relaxation-exercises daily, and later on, also practices Vipassana-meditation.He experiences his body and life in a new way, and the pain diminishes for the most part. Italian Ways: On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo, 2013. Where I’m Reading From: The Changing World of Books, 2014. The Novel: A Survival Skill, 2015. A Literary Tour of Italy, 2015. Life and Work: Writers, Readers, and the Conversations Between Them, 2016. Out of My Head: On the Trail of Consciousness, 2018."Her Programme," in Writers and Their Mothers, Dale Salwak, ed., 2018. Pen in Hand: Reading,

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 Rereading and Other Mysteries, 2019. The Hero's Way: Walking with Garibaldi from Rome to Ravenna, 2021. Translations of Italian works

Alberto Moravia, Erotic Tales, Secker & Warburg, 1985. Original title La cosa. Alberto Moravia, The Voyeur, Secker & Warburg, 1986. Original title L'uomo che guarda.Antonio Tabucchi, Indian Nocturne, Chatto & Windus, 1988. Original title Notturno indiano. Alberto Moravia, Journey to Rome, Secker & Warburg, 1989. Original title Viaggio a Roma. Antonio Tabucchi, Vanishing Point, Chatto & Windus, 1989. Original title Il filo dell'orizzonte. Antonio Tabucchi, The Woman of Porto Pim, Chatto & Windus, 1989.Original title La donna di Porto Pim. Antonio Tabucchi, The Flying Creatures of Fra Angelico, Chatto & Windus, 1989. Original title I volatili del Beato Angelico. Fleur Jaeggy, Sweet Days of Discipline, Heinemann, 1991. Original title I beati anni del castigo. The translation won the John Florio Prize. Giuliana Tedeschi, There is a Place on Earth: A Woman in Birkenau, Pantheon Books, 1992.Original title C'è un punto della terra. Roberto Calasso, The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, Knopf, 1993. Original title Le nozze di Cadmo e Armonia. The translation won the Italo Calvino Prize. Italo Calvino, The Road to San Giovanni, Pantheon Books, 1993. Original title La strada di San Giovanni. The translation won the John Florio Prize.Italo Calvino, Numbers in the Dark, Pantheon Books, 1995. Original title Prima che tu dica pronto. Fleur Jaeggy, Last Vanities, New Directions, 1998. Original title La paura del cielo. Roberto Calasso, Ka, New York: Knopf, 1998.


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 Original title Ka. Roberto Calasso, Literature and the Gods, New York: Knopf, 2000.Original title La letteratura e gli dei. Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince, Penguin Classics, 2009. Original title Principe. Giacomo Leopardi, Passions, Penguin Classics, 2014. Original title Le passioni. Cesare Pavese, The Moon and the Bonfires, Penguin Classics, 2021. Original title La luna e i falò.Secondary literature
 2003: Gillian Fenwick: Understanding <mask>. University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, . 2001: Gillian Fenwick: "<mask> (19 December 1954 - )," in Dictionary of Literary Biography, vol. 231: British Novelists Since 1960, Fourth Series. United States Gale, . Notes

External links

Interview with <mask> in Bomb
Interview with <mask> in The Quarterly Conversation, 4 March 2013. Interview with 3:AM
Review of Destiny at Spike Magazine
Review of Europa at The Occasional Review
Parks author page and archive from The New York Review of Books
Parks author page and archive from The London Review of Books
Official website of <mask>
Without Illusions: Jonathan J. Clarke interviews <mask>, Los Angeles Review of Books, 6 July 2016.1954 births
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<mask> (born 19 April 1988)  is an Australian kayaker. She represented Australia at 2012 Summer Olympics in the K-4 500 m event. Personal
Nicknamed Goanna, Brigga, JBJ, <mask> and <mask>e, <mask> was born on 19 April 1988 in Mona Vale, New South Wales. She attended Newport Public School before going to Oxford Falls Grammar School and Freshwater Senior Campus for high school. From 2006 to 2010, she attended the University of Technology, Sydney where she earned a Bachelor of Nursing. She earned a Graduate Diploma of Clinical Practice (Paramedic) from Charles Sturt University. In 2010, she injured her shoulder which required ten months out of competitive sport.In 2013, she again injured her shoulder, requiring another long period out of sport. She is a nurse and a paramedic. , she lives in the Sydney suburb of Mona Vale. <mask> raced for Australia at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the K4 500m event. Her crew finished in 9th place. <mask> is a World Championship medalist, having won a Bronze medal in the K2 200m event at the 2011 World Championships in Szeged, Hungary. Brigden-<mask> is a member of the Manly Surf Life Saving Club.She started surf lifesaving when she was six years old through an Australian programme called Nippers. In her mid-teens, she left the sport for a while but took it up again when she was nineteen. At that time, she added surfski paddling to her surf lifesaving competition events. She has competed for Manly in surf lifesaving competitions. Brigden-<mask> is  tall and weighs . Kayaking
Brigden-<mask> came into the kayaking in 2001 following a talent identification program. <mask> made her first Australian Team at the age of 15.She raced in Europe as part of the Australian Junior Kayak Team and won her first international medal at the prestigious Bochum Regatta in Germany. She won a silver medal in the U16 K1 1000m. Her primary training base is Narrabeen, Sydney with

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texts: a secondary training base on the Gold Coast of Queensland. Her international training base is in Varese, Italy, the same location as the Australian Institute of Sport European Training Centre. She is a member of the Sydney Northern Beaches Kayak Club, and has a canoe scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport and the NSW Institute of Sport. In 2010, Brigden-<mask> was ranked second in the world in the solo kayak paddler event. She finished third in the K2 200m event and fifth in the K4 500m event at the 2011 World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.She finished 7th in the K4 500m event at the 2011 World Cup 3 in Duisburg, Germany. She finished fifth in the K4 500m event at the 2011 World Cup 2 in Racice, Czech Republic. She finished first in the K4 500m event at the 2012 Oceania Championships in Penrith, Australia. She finished first in the K4 500m event at the 2012 National Championships in Penrith, Australia. At a 2012 World Cup event in Moscow in the two person kayak, she finished first. Brigden-<mask> was selected to represent Australia at 2012 Summer Olympics in the K-4 500 m event. The London Games will be her Olympic debut.Before the start of the Games, she and her canoe teammates trained in Italy at the AIS European Training Centre located in Varese. <mask> and her teammates finish 9th at the London 2012 Olympic Games. In 2016, <mask> controversially missed selection for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. In the domestic selection trails, Brigden-<mask> had 3 wins in K1 races and 3 second places in K1 and K2 races. She was then forced into a race off with teammate Naomi Flood at the World Cup in Duisburg. But both athletes were racing in different events but their results were compared. <mask> was only allowed to race the K1 200m event, and was not allowed to contest her preferred distance, the 500m.As a result of the World Cup race, <mask> was not selected for the 2016 Rio

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texts: Olympic Team. Following the 2016 World Cup, <mask> commenced work as a paramedic with NSW Ambulance. <mask> had planned to hang up her paddle and retire from kayaking. <mask> was drawn back to paddling, as she loves the sport and has great friends who were still training and racing. <mask> decided to go along to training to keep fit and for the coffee catch ups after training. It was her competitive nature that kicked in and she decided to keep racing. Incredibly at the 2017 National Championships, <mask> won the K1 200m.Even <mask> was baffled, but delighted. <mask> hadn't been able to train as much as she used to given her full-time shift work hours. <mask> continued to pursue full-time work and training and went on to race internationally bringing home two silver medals at the World Cups and a place in the K1 500m A final at the World Championships. In 2018, The Australian women's K4 500 (Alyce Burnett (QLD), Alyssa Bull (NSW) and Jaime Roberts (WA), <mask>-<mask> (NSW)), canoe sprint team shocked even themselves with a stunning silver medal at the ICF World Cup in Szeged, Hungary. The Australian crew, which only came together two months ago, chased the highly rated New Zealand team to the line, and in the process set the fastest ever time for a women's K4 500 crew. The crew went on to place 7th at the 2018 World Championships in Portugal. In 2019, <mask> and her K4 teammates qualified Australia a K4 500m quota position for Australia to race at the Tokyo Olympic Games, when they finished 7th at the 2019 World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.<mask> is currently in training to qualify herself onto the Australian Olympic Team for 2020. <mask> has been named on Australian Kayak Teams every year since 2004. This includes Australian Junior Team, Australian Youth Olympic Festival, Under 23 Team, Senior Team and Olympic Team. <mask> holds 38 Australian National Titles over various boat

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After finishing high school in 2005, <mask> began studying a Bachelor of Nursing at the University of Technology, Sydney. <mask> was supported by UTS through the Elite Athlete Program during her years studying at UTS. She worked as a Registered Nurse on a casual basis from 2012 to 2015.In 2012, she started studying a Post Graduate course in Paramedics through Charles Sturt University. She managed her study alongside her training and her work as a RN. <mask> commenced work in her dream career as a Paramedic in 2016. <mask> had wanted to become a paramedic since she was 10 years old. <mask> currently works full-time as a Paramedic for NSW Ambulance. Awards, Honours and roles

Honours

Post nominal initials - OLY, Olympian

Manly Pathway of Olympians - plaque placed in 2013 for Olympian status

Australia Day Ambassador 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019

Awards

Australia Day Award 2018

NSW Institute of Sport - Personal Excellence Award

Charles Sturt University Distance Education Sports Person of the Year 2012 & 2014

Sport Achievement Award - Australian Institute of Sport 2011

Paddle NSW Female Paddler of the Year 2011

Pittwater Council - Sportsperson of the Year 2010

University of Technology, Sydney, Sportswoman of the Year 2008 & 2009

University of Technology, Sydney, Full Blue award 2008 & 2009

Layne Beachley 'Aim For the Stars Foundation' scholarship

Roles

NSW Institute of Sport, Athlete Advisory group member

Australian Institute of Sport and Lifeline Community Custodian

Australian Olympic Committee - Olympians Unleashed program

NSW Premier Sporting Challenge Ambassador

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1988 births
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Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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Karolina Myroslavivna Kuiek (born 27 September 1978), popularly known as <mask>, is a Ukrainian singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur, and former UN Goodwill Ambassador. Having received Ukraine's most prestigious and honorary title, the People's Artist of Ukraine, <mask> has been cited as one of the most powerful and influential women in her country, as well as ranked one of the most beautiful women from Eastern Europe. <mask> reported the highest income of all singers in Ukraine in 2014. <mask> became known outside of the former Soviet Union after she represented Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Shady Lady", coming in second place behind Dima Bilan from Russia. Early life
<mask> had a notably tough childhood, which she later claimed shaped her personality. <mask> was born in the provincial city of Kitsman, Chernivtsi Oblast in Western Ukraine. She lived in the same house as Hero of Ukraine, singer and composer Volodymyr Ivasyuk spent his childhood as <mask>'s maternal grandfather had bought it from the Ivasyuks after they had decided to move away from Kitsman.Prior to her birth, her parents – a journalist and an announcer – had separated, however, her mother chose to still give Lorak her father's surname upon her birth. Lorak developed the desire to become a singer as early as the age of four. She often performed at various school vocal competitions. As a child, she listened a lot to Russian singers such as Alla Pugacheva and Larisa Dolina, which were popular at the time she was young. Speaking Ukrainian as her native language, Lorak was raised by a single mother. After having lived in Kitsman for several years, the

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 family moved to Chernivtsi, where they lived in bitter poverty. From the age of six until seventh class, she and her brothers were placed in a foster home in Chernivtsi as her mother was unable to provide for her children full-time.When she was nine, her eldest brother Serhii died while in combat during the Soviet–Afghan War. Lorak's eldest brother had gone there to receive money to take Lorak and her two brothers out of the foster home. Serhii had also been the first one to recognise her musical potential. When the family was given an apartment in Chernivtsi after all, Lorak was subject to severe bullying in her new school due to her poor background. Career

1992-1998: Early career in Ukraine and first albums
In 1992, at the age of 13, she took part in the Chernivtsi singing competition Pervotsvit, which she won. There, she met Yuriy Falyosa, who became her first producer. As a result, at the age of 15, she signed her first professional contract for the duration of ten years.In that timeframe, as part of her contract duties, she was not allowed to marry or give birth. Kuiek became known as <mask> <mask> from March 1995 onwards after she took part in the popular children's music television programme Morning Star on Channel One Russia. Intending to perform there mononymously as Karolina, she was told that that was undesirable as there was another famous singer at the time in Russia who performed under that pseudonym. As a result, the stage name "<mask> <mask>" was invented, which was the name "Karolina" read backwards. After participating in "Morning Star", <mask>'s star started to rise in Ukraine. In the summer of 1995, <mask> was one of the laureates

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 of the Chervona Ruta festival, that year held in Sevastopol and Simferopol, which led to her definite breakthrough in the Ukrainian show business. <mask> <mask> moved to Kyiv later that year to start recording her first album.She was named "Discovery of the Year" at the popular Ukrainian festival Tavria Games in 1996. The same year she released her first Russian-language album, "Khochu letat" (I Want to Fly). <mask> continued recording new songs in 1997. Her two videos, "Manekenschitsa" and "Bozhe moy," were filmed and the latter became a soundtrack to the movie "The Right to Choose". In the spring of 1998, her new video, "Ya vernus," was shot and in December <mask>'s second Russian-language album
"Ya vernus" was released. The mastering of this album took place in New York. Simultaneously, her two music videos "O moya lyubov" and "Dozhdlivy gorod" were filmed to accompany her new album.1999-2005: Honoured Artist of Ukraine, Ukrainian albums and first Eurovision attempt
At the outset of 1999, <mask> started her first extensive and international touring, performing in the United States, France, Germany, Hungary, and in every major city of Ukraine. In 1999, she earned the title of the Honoured Artist of Ukraine. That same year, she got acquainted with Igor Krutoy, who wrote the composition "Zerkala" for her, which brought her more initial fame in Russia. In 2000, she released her third album with Falyosa as the main producer, titled "www.anilorak.com," containing Russian, Ukrainian, and English compositions. She returned to singing completely in Ukrainian again a year later, releasing her fourth album, "Tam, de ty ye...". This was followed by a second

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 album in Ukrainian, titled "Ani Lorak" in 2004, which mostly had the same songs as her 2000 album. In 2004-2005 <mask> <mask> was a UN GoodWill Ambassador in Ukraine for HIV/AIDS.In 2005, <mask> <mask> made her first attempt to perform at the Eurovision Song Contest and was virtually certain to sing the home country's entry in Kyiv, but ultimately failed to be selected. Her narrow defeat in the 2005 national pre-selection competition was particularly controversial, given that the winners – GreenJolly – were only added later and did not have to qualify for the final by winning one of the fifteen preliminary heats, unlike all other finalists. However, their song "Razom nas bahato", had a larger societal impact at the time, following the Orange Revolution. <mask> finished in second place in the Ukrainian national final with the song "A Little Shot Of Love". Afterwards, she released her first and only English-language album Smile. 2006-2012: Changes of producer, Eurovision 2008 and Solntse

In 2006, this was followed by "Rozkazhi," her ninth album, again fully in Ukrainian. Shortly after the album's release, <mask> ended her contract with Falyosa and started to work with producer Konstantin Meladze.That same year, <mask> released a duet with Meladze's brother Valery Meladze, which became <mask>'s first radio hit in Russia. In 2007, she celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of her artistry with the album 15, fully in Russian bar one song in English. However, the collaboration with Meladze quickly fell through, leaving Lorak without a producer. In 2007, <mask>'s friend and colleague Philipp Kirkorov successfully produced Belarus' Eurovision 2007 effort and

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texts: opted to bring <mask> to Eurovision in Belgrade in 2008. In late 2007, it was announced that Ukrainian public broadcaster  NTU had internally selected <mask> to represent the country at Eurovision in Belgrade, and that the public and a jury would choose the song. It was the third and last internal selection the country had before internally selecting Go_A in 2021. On 23 February 2008, Lorak performed five potential entries in a special show.The song "Shady Lady", written by Karen Kavaleryan and Philipp Kirkorov won the show with a landslide victory. Shortly after, she recorded a Russian version of her Eurovision song "Shady Lady" with the title "S neba v nebo." <mask>, similar to Dmitry Koldun a year prior, held an extensive promo campaign and visited other countries to present her song, including Malta, Russia, Bulgaria, Spain and Germany. At the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade, she sang the song "Shady Lady" in the second semi-final on 23 May 2008, winning a place in the final. She took second place in the final after Dima Bilan, giving Ukraine its second runner-up position in a row and its third-best score of all-time. Italian designer Roberto Cavalli designed the ornate dress for <mask>'s performance at the contest, which was made with Swarovski Diamonds. Greek choreographer Fokas Evangelinos designed her stage show, involving four dancers.Prior to performing in the final, <mask> had won the Artistic Award, voted the most popular entry among the former winners of the contest. After her second-place finish at Eurovision, <mask> returned to Ukraine in newfound stardom. For her result, she and Philipp Kirkorov were given the title People's

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 Artist of Ukraine. In Chernivtsi, where her career had taken off in 1992, she received a star on the Star Alley in the centre of the city. In 2009, she released her tenth album, Solntse, which was produced by Dimitris Kontopoulos, who had previously produced her Eurovision effort. The album became her most successful effort until that moment. In October 2009, <mask> was ranked 41st in a top 100 of "most influential women in Ukraine" compiled by experts for the Ukrainian magazine Focus.In 2010, Lorak released a compilation album titled "The Best". At the time, she continued releasing, almost exclusively in Russian and performed in countries in the Russian-speaking world. 2013-2017: Criticism for performing in Russia, Razve ty lyubil... and tour show Karolina

In 2013, <mask> returned to Greece to produce her fourteenth "Zazhigay serdtse" together with Kontopoulos. Diana Golde and Ruslan Kvinta also wrote several songs for the album. From March to June 2014, Lorak was a coach on the fourth season "Holos Krainy". During this season, she coached singer Mykyta Aliekieiev, whom she also helped to start his career. In the wake of the annexation of Crimea and the War in the Donbass, Lorak continued performing in Russia.This led to severe criticism from several politicians and parts of the Ukrainian society. During several of her concerts in Odesa and Kyiv in 2014, protesters gathered in front of the concert venues. In November 2014, activists gathered to protest against her concert in the Palace of Ukraine. A concert in Odesa was subsequently cancelled as a result. <mask>'s appearance in the New Year's programme on the television channel Inter was subject to

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 severe criticism on social media. Her star on the Star Alley of Chernivtsi was first vandalised with the text "PTN GFY" and on the night of 29 to 30 January 2015, stolen. In May 2015, the Chernivtsi City Council decided to not reinstate a new star for <mask>.Meanwhile, <mask> scored large commercial success in Russia, performing several duets alongside singer Grigory Leps, which included "Ukhodi po-angliyski" and "Zerkala," which both fared well in the Russian radio charts. At the end of 2016, she released her next Russian-language album Razve ty lyubil?.... In 2017, she toured the region with the tour "Karolina." 2018-present: tour shows DIVA and The BEST
At the start of 2018, <mask> started her next tour, titled DIVA, which received positive reviews from music critics. A live album and recording of the tour were released in 2020. In Autumn 2018, <mask> became a coach at the seventh series of The Voice of Russia. In August 2019, she debuted her jubileum concert tour THE BEST.In late 2019, <mask> released her twelfth studio album Za mechtoy, for which she wrote the majority of the songs herself. In 2021, she starred in an episode of the Russia-1 television show Sud’ba cheloveka, in which she gave a rare account into her personal life and career history. Business ventures
In 2005, <mask> <mask> and her fiancé Murat opened the Angel Lounge, a restaurant that specializes in Mediterranean cuisine in the center of Kyiv. In 2009, they opened a Ukrainian travel agency called "Holiday Travel", which is a sub-division of "Turtess Travel", a company Murat works for. In 2010, <mask> became an Oriflame advert. She participated in several catalogues and developed

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 a new fragrance called Chiffon by <mask> <mask>. In 2011, <mask> was announced the fifth richest singer in Ukraine, with her team's revenues amounting to $2.35 million that year.Her typical fee is $25,000-$40,000 per concert. Personal life
On 21 August 2009 <mask> married her longtime Turkish fiancé and manager Murat Nalçacıoğlu, whom she met in 2003 when vacationing in Turkey. Murat Nalçacıoğlu, is a Turkish hotel manager and travel agent. <mask> confirmed her pregnancy at the end of November 2010. Their daughter, Sophia, was born on 9 June 2011. She and her family lived in a house on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine but frequently travel to Turkey. The couple's marriage was officially annulled in January 2019.Charity

Lorak spends a lot of time on charitable activities. Since 2004-2005 <mask> has been a UN Goodwill Ambassador on HIV/AIDS in Ukraine. UNICEF and UN in Ukraine have awarded a commendation to Lorak for assistance and help to HIV-positive citizens of Ukraine. In 2005, Lorak was conferred with the St. Stanislav Order of the 4th degree and the Officer's Cross "for strengthening the international authority of Ukraine, for the high professionalism, great creative achievements, charity and adherence to the ideals of chivalry." Albums

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Awards

1992
 Second prize of the Prevotsvit festival in Ukraine (Chernivtsi). 1994
 First prize of the international festival Veselad (Kyiv). First prize of the international festival Dolia (Chernivtsi).1995
 Winner of the "Morning Star" television contest (Moscow). Second prize of the

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 all-Ukrainian festival "Chervona Ruta" (Sevastopol). 1996
 Winner of the Super Final of the "Morning Star" television contest (Moscow). Winner in the "Finding of 1995" nomination of the "Tavriyski Igry" festival. Grand-Prix winner of the global competition of young performers "Big Apple Music-96" (New York). 1997
 Prize-winner of the "Song-97" festival (Moscow, Kyiv). Winner of the Grand-Prix of the President of Ukraine following the results of the all-Ukrainian festival "Song Vernissage-97".1998
 Award winner in the "Singer of the Year" and "Pop Music of the Year" nominations of the "Tavriyski Ihry-98" festival. 1999
 Award winner in the "Singer of the Year" nomination of the "Tavriyski Ihry-99" festival. 2000
 The song "Zerkala" [Mirrors] was recognized as the best club release of 2000. 2001
 Award winner in the nomination "Singer of the Year" of the "Tavriyski Igry-2001" festival. "Ani Lorak Nazavzhdy" [Ani Lorak Forever] recognized as the best Ukrainian musical film of 2000. 2002
 The CD 'Tam de ty ye...' becomes Gold. Ani enters the Top 100 list of the sexiest women of the world.<mask> <mask> recognized as "The Best Singer of the Year" on the "Tavriyski Igry-2002" festival. 2003
 Winner in the "Singer of the Year" nomination of the "Tavriyski Igry-2003" festival (Ukraine). Recognized as the "Singer of the Year 2002" by the ELLE magazine. 2004
 "Singer of the Year 2003", UBN Awards, UK. "Singer of the Year 2003" according to the ELLE magazine. Gold Disc for the "<mask> Lorak" album. 2005
 <mask> <mask>'s composition "Мriy pro mene" [Dream about me] was recognized as the best song of 2004 at the "Zolotoy Gramofon" [Golden Gramophone]

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 contest.The composition of <mask> <mask> "Try zvychnykh slova" [Three usual words] recognized as the best song of 2004 - at the "Zolota Zharptytsia" [Golden Firebird] competition. <mask> <mask> recognized as the best singer of 2004. Audience Choice Award "Zolota Zharptytsia". 2006
 <mask> <mask> wins the international music award "Zolota Sharmanka" [Gold Sharmanka] for the song "Rozkazhy" [Tell me]. <mask> <mask> was recognized as the most beautiful woman of Ukraine by the readers of the VIVA magazine. The "Rozkazhy..." album becomes Gold according to sales results. 2008
 In May 2008, <mask> <mask> became the silver prize winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.Received the "Artistic Award Eurovision Song Contest," which is awarded to the best artist of the contest. According to the magazine "Focus," <mask> <mask> is the No. 1 artist in the public interest. According to the magazine "Focus" <mask> <mask> entered the top 100 most influential women in Ukraine. 2009
 According to Eurovision Song Contest Radio <mask> <mask> with the song "Shady lady" became "Best singer of 2008". In March 2009, <mask> <mask> was awarded the "Person of the Year" award in the nomination "Idol of Ukrainians." 2010
 At the presentation of the annual WORLD FASHION AWARDS 2010 award, the International TV channel on World Fashion WORLD FASHION CHANNEL recognized <mask> <mask> as a Fashion singer.In December, <mask> <mask> received the Golden Gramophone for the song "For You" and was awarded the "Song of the Year" diploma as the author of music and the co-author of the words. 2011
 In March, at the awarding of the "Personality of the Year" award, <mask> <mask> received

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 the award in the "Star Solo" nomination. 2012
 In December <mask> gets "Gold Gramophone" award for the song "Obnimi menya krepche" ("Hug Me Tight"), and the song "Obnimi Menya" ("Hug Me") awarded "Song of the Year." According to "Seven Days" magazine <mask> <mask> is the most beautiful woman in Russia. 2013
 In March <mask> <mask> became "the most beautiful woman" according to the Viva! magazine. At the ceremony "Persons of the Year, 2012" <mask> <mask> got the Personality of Ukrainian Culture award.<mask> <mask> got "Choreography of the Year" from RU.TV channel at the Russian Music Awards ceremony, which took place on May, 25. This summer at the Muz-TV 2013 Award in Moscow <mask> <mask> was named as "The Best Performer of the Year" and got the long-awaited plate. 2014
 In May, <mask> <mask> received awards from the music channel RU.TV in two categories: "Best duet" for a song with Grigory Leps "Mirrors" and "Karolina" show had won in the nomination "The best concert show of the year". In June, <mask> <mask> became the owner of a special award from the recording company «Panik Records» for the sale of her English-language single, «I'm Alive» in the iTunes Store in Greece. On September 20 <mask> <mask> took part in the annual ceremony EMA. Eurasian Music Award held at the Central Stadium in Almaty. The singer became the owner of the prestigious award in the category "Best Artist of Eurasia."In December, <mask> <mask> received the "Golden Gramophone" award for song with Grigory Leps "Mirrors." And the singer became the winner of the "Song of the Year - 2014" award for the song "Slow" on "Inter" TV channel. 2015
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 "Singer of the Year" and received the coveted samovar at the RU.TV Awards. In June, <mask> <mask> became the "Singer of the Year" at MUZ-TV Awards, which took place in Astana. At the annual awards ceremony Fashion People Awards <mask> <mask> received award in the nomination "Fashion singer of the year." In November, <mask> <mask> received her fifth "Golden Gramophone" for the lyrical song "Ships". 2016
 <mask> <mask> awarded as the most stylish singer by Fashion People Awards.2017
 At the end of May, <mask> <mask> and Mot win the nomination "Best duet of the year" with the song "Soprano" at the RU.TV Awards. In June, <mask> <mask> and Emin win the "Fashion duet" award for their song "I can't tell" at the annual "Fashion People Awards" award ceremony. Later in June <mask> <mask> received the award in the nomination "The Best Album of the Year" for the album "Didn't You Love Me?" at the MUZ-TV Awards. In September, <mask> <mask> becomes the winner of the special nomination "High Plank" of the MUSICBOX Award. <mask> <mask> became the leader of the popular vote of the First Channel and Odnoklassniki. <mask> <mask> received her 9th statuette "Golden Gramophone" for a duet song with Moto "Soprano."At the ceremony of awarding the music award "Major League" from "New Radio" <mask> <mask> and Moth became owners of the Golden Siren for the song "Soprano." In December, <mask> <mask> received the diploma of the festival "Song of the Year" for the song "You Still Love." <mask> <mask> and Mot got VK Music Award for the song "Soprano". 2018
 "The Best Female Singer of the Year," ZARA Music Awards. "Show of the Year," BraVo international music premia (DIVA). At

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 the end of May, <mask> <mask>'s show DIVA gets the award as the best show of the year at RU.TV's 8th Russian Music Award of RU.TV. In the beginning of June, <mask> <mask>'s show DIVA is recognized as the best concert show of the year at the Fashion People Awards 2018 in Moscow.At the MUZ-TV Award 2018 <mask> <mask> and  get the cherished award for the song "Soprano" - the best duet of the year. Notes

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1978 births
Living people
People from Kitsman
21st-century Ukrainian women singers
20th-century Ukrainian women singers
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Ukraine
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2008
Ukrainian pop singers
English-language singers from Ukraine
Recipients of the title of Merited Artist of Ukraine
Russian-language singers
Recipients of the title of People's Artists of Ukraine
Winners of the Golden Gramophone

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<mask>. (June 23, 1963 – March 14, 2014) was an American man who attracted worldwide attention for his problems with scrotal elephantiasis, which caused his scrotum to grow to a weight of  and hang down a little below his knees. After launching a campaign to raise the money for an operation to resolve the problem, for which he raised only $2,000, he underwent surgery in April 2013 after visiting Dr. Joel Gelman of the University of California, Irvine's Center for Reconstructive Urology, who was aware that <mask> could not afford the surgery and so performed it for free. <mask>'s struggles with his condition and his subsequent operation were filmed by a British television crew for a documentary The Man with the 10-Stone Testicles, which aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on June 24, 2013. He died of complications from diabetes on March 14, 2014. Onset of <mask>'s condition
Born in Orange, New Jersey on June 23, 1963, <mask> was a former resident of New York City, where he worked in security and as a messenger. He moved to Las Vegas in the 1990s and worked on commission to find locations for automated teller machines in the Las Vegas Valley. He fell ill in late 2008 and attributed the onset of his condition to accidentally striking his testicles while sleeping.He said: "I had never felt such pain. It was like a shooting pain through my entire body. When it stopped, it was like a huge tractor trailer went off the top of me. I think it ruined my lymph nodes down there". The following morning he found that his scrotum had swelled to "the size of a soccer ball". <mask>'s condition was not unknown in the tropics, but is very rare in the United States. In tropical regions, it is caused by parasites that are spread by mosquitoes, causing an infection called lymphatic filariasis.Parasitic worms block the body's lymphatic system and cause fluids to collect, resulting in a swelling called lymphedema. In <mask>'s case, however, doctors found no trace of an

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 in the prime of my life right now." Fund-raising campaign
At a further evaluation at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in California, he was advised that there was a better chance of saving his penis and testicles, but that the procedure would cost a seven-figure sum, which he did not have. In the hope of raising the money, he went public in a segment on Howard Stern's radio and TV show and set up an address to receive offers of help or financial support.He said: "I don't like being a freak, who would? But I figured that the Stern show is listened to by millions of people and they might want to help me. I hope some millionaire or billionaire will want to help me." He acknowledged that the choice of address was not the classiest, but it was at least memorable, and noted that The Howard Stern Show was a good platform for him to make an appearance as its audience is predominantly male. <mask>'s appearance attracted widespread media interest. He was subsequently profiled by the Las Vegas Review-Journals medical correspondent, Paul Harasim, in two pieces in the fall of 2011 that were viewed over a million times. He appeared on Comedy Central's Tosh.0 show in a sketch showing a skateboarder running into <mask>'s scrotum and being knocked down.A British documentary film-making company, Firecracker Films, signed a contract with him to make a documentary about his condition. A month after the first Las Vegas Review-Journal story and The Howard Stern Show appearance, <mask> had received $8,000 in donations via PayPal and an offer of help from The Dr. Oz Show. The show's producers offered him free surgery from Dr. Mehmet Oz in exchange for exclusive rights to his story. <mask> declined, expressing fear that he would not survive the operation: "I'm not sure they are the best doctors. I might be castrated or bleed out on the operating table." Dr. Mulugeta Kassahun, a Las Vegas urologist who grew up in Ethiopia, where scrotal elephantiasis is more common, urged him

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 to seek surgery soon despite the risks as the worsening condition posed an increasing risk to <mask>'s life. "An infection, a real concern with his condition, may well kill him," Kassahun told the Las Vegas Review-Journal."If we have to do emergency surgery trying to save his life from infection, it won't be a surgery trying to save his testicles and penis." By this time, his scrotum was growing at a rate of  per month. Corrective surgery
<mask> was subsequently offered treatment in Greece by Dr. E S Z Prokopakis Head of Male Genito-urethral Plastic Surgery Unit at the IASO Group of Hospitals in Athens Greece, following a recommendation from James Lane, a former sufferer of scrotal elephantiasis who had been treated there. However, he was said to be "worried he's too big to get in the airplane bathroom for the flight." Dr. Joel Gelman of the University of California, Irvine's Center for Reconstructive Urology also offered to carry out the surgery and waive his normal fee if the use of the hospital's facilities was paid for by Nevada Medicaid. He told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that to date, he had "never lost a patient or a testicle." The operation was carried out on April 8, 2013, by Gelman and three other surgeons who had donated their expertise.<mask>'s weight by this stage had increased to  and his penis was buried  inside his testicle sac. The 13-hour operation required all four surgeons to cut away <mask>'s engorged scrotum simultaneously while carrying out skin grafts to cover <mask>'s newly exposed penis and testicles. <mask>'s severe anemia complicated the task and the surgeons discovered that some of the veins in the mass were as much as quarter of an inch (6 mm) wide. According to Gelman, "With the fluid and other tissues, I would say the total weight he was carrying around probably exceeded 160 pounds [72 kg]." The operation, which was recorded by a British film crew, was followed by a program of physical therapy which began a week

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 afterwards. He was released from hospital in late April and was reportedly recuperating in nearby housing. The operation went ahead, even though Gelman had not yet received authorization from Nevada Medicaid, as he felt that it was unfair to <mask> to "endure a cancellation."Gelman was critical of Nevada Medicaid's stance, saying that it's "terrible that Nevada isn't handling this the right way. When there's no expertise in a state to handle something, it doesn't seem right that Nevada can't pay the hospital when the doctors work for free." He commented that he and the other surgeons had donated their expertise not only to help <mask>, but to show to other sufferers from scrotal elephantiasis that something could be done for them as well. He was optimistic about <mask>'s future: "There are a lot of shows about makeovers, but this is a real makeover. He's basically a new man." Documentary
Firecracker Films' documentary film, titled The Man with the 10-Stone Testicles, was aired on the British television network Channel 4 on June 24, 2013, as part of their anthology series Body Shock. The film received mixed reviews from the British media.The Daily Mirror's Kevin O'Sullivan commented that Channel 4's "deep sleaze divers" were responsible for scheduling the documentary and that the channel was "the home of shameless voyeurism", while a psychologist interviewed by Metro said that it "appeals to our voyeuristic tendencies – there's something a bit titillating about peeking into the very private aspects of other people's lives and when those people happen to be afflicted by problems that we don't have ourselves, it gives us some emotional distance ... But because so few are affected by medical conditions like elephantiasis, it somehow becomes acceptable to be so personal and almost invasive." However, Metro's TV critic Keith Watson commented that "beneath the freak show facade ... there was a rather inspiring story of human fortitude in the face of outlandish


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<mask> Jr. died at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada on March 14, 2014, at the age of 50; a friend of <mask> stated that he had been at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada for five and a half weeks, and had suffered multiple heart attacks brought on by diabetes infections. His death was not tied to his reconstructive surgeries.References

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<mask> (April 7, 1870 – October 26, 1946) was a pioneering executive figure in American silent cinema. Beginning as American distribution representative for Lumiere Brothers raw film stock in 1907, he joined producer Carl Laemmle in forming the Motion Picture Distributing and Sales Company in 1909, effectively weakening the stronghold of the Motion Picture Patents Company, headed by Thomas Edison, a large trust company that was then monopolizing the American film industry through contracts with hand-picked, established studios. By 1911 <mask> was president of the Sales Company. He was a founder of the Universal Film Manufacturing Company, later known as Universal Pictures. Biography

Origins
<mask> was born in New Orleans on 7 April 1870 to Thomas and <mask>. His grandfather <mask> was a wine importer from Bordeaux. Early career
<mask> moved to New York City in 1898 to work for the Manhattan Optical Co. based in Creskill as a sales representative of photographic paper, cameras and lenses.In 1907, he became sales chief for Lumiere North American Co. Through the Sales Company, the growing number of independent filmmakers were able to obtain raw stock from Lumiere, for which <mask> remained sole US distributor, thereby cutting into profits for Kodak mogul George Eastman, whose film supply was exclusive to the Patents Company. Eastman soon realized he was on the losing side and approached <mask> with a contract to sell his stock to the independents through the Sales Company. <mask> accepted and his long association as head of distribution for Eastman Kodak began. In addition to his position with Kodak and his presidency of the Sales Company, <mask> also launched the Animated Weekly newsreel series and co-founded Peerless

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 Pictures. He was also an advisor and producer for the French-based Eclair Film Company, which opened in 1911 an extensive, state-of-the-art studio at Fort Lee, New Jersey, then the center of the burgeoning American movie industry. Eclair was a leader in technical and artistic advancements afoot in filmmaking at the time, and its American branch was hailed as a mecca for top talent, which Brulatour helped cultivate.Dorothy Gibson
In fact, its first leading lady, Dorothy Gibson, already well known as a model for leading illustrator Harrison Fisher, not only became a big star in Eclair vehicles but she landed the married <mask> as a boyfriend. His mistress proved herself a marketable screen personality, especially as a comedian in such popular one-reelers as Miss Masquerader (1911) and Love Finds a Way (1912). But her best-known role was that of herself in the drama Saved From the Titanic (1912), based on her real-life experiences as a survivor of the famous maritime disaster. The movie, produced by Brulatour, was the first of many cinematic and theatrical productions about the sinking. It was released May 16, 1912, just over a month after the Titanic went down. Brulatour also produced the first newsreel about the Titanic disaster (Animated Weekly, issue No. 7, released April 22, 1912).After the success of Saved From the Titanic, Dorothy Gibson retired from Eclair, choosing to study opera which Brulatour encouraged and financed. In 1913 her new career was interrupted when she was involved in a car accident in which a pedestrian was killed. The resulting lawsuit revealed that the car driven by Dorothy was owned by <mask> and that she was his lover. Although he was already separated from his wife, Clara Isabelle Blouin

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Meantime, <mask> had teamed up again with Carl Laemmle to form the Universal Film Manufacturing Company, later known as Universal Pictures. This corporation, begun in 1912, drew together competing studios in an unprecedented amalgamation of talent and resources.Serving as Universal's first president, <mask> was accused of conflict of interest by George Eastman, and although he denied the charge, he resigned. Despite its unfortunate outcome for <mask> personally, the consolidation of the leading independent filmmakers under the umbrella of Universal was a major turning point in the history of American motion pictures. The merger not only signaled the triumph of a free market in the industry but lead to the creation of the first major Hollywood studio –– Universal City, constructed in 1914–1915 in Los Angeles in an effort by Laemmle to centralize operations. In 1914 <mask> funded the construction of larger studios for Peerless Pictures at Fort Lee as well as the rebuilding of Eclair's processing laboratory, storage vault and offices, which had burned, destroying negatives for almost all the firm's films made over the last three years. Throughout 1915–1916, while his girlfriend appeared with moderate success in Metropolitan Opera House productions, <mask> was promoted to the presidency of the Eastman Kodak Company. He also helped form another studio at Fort Lee, Paragon Films, for which he built a large facility specifically for the on-site production of Eastman stock. Political influence
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texts: several million dollars, and he was increasingly powerful politically.That year he was appointed to the executive committee of the National Association of the Motion Picture Industry. <mask> chiefly conferred with the group's War Cooperation Subcommittee, which networked with the US government for the promotion of public welfare and propaganda films. It is believed that his sudden high profile in Washington, D.C. determined him to legitimize his relationship with Dorothy Gibson, whom he finally married on July 6, 1917, a week before his first conference with President Woodrow Wilson and United States Treasury Department Secretary McAdoo. The next year <mask> was invited to join the film division of President Wilson's Committee on Public Information, but this appointment was less fruitful. Arguments and financial troubles arose almost immediately, and allegations flew of undue influence from media baron William Randolph Hearst and even of bribes from Brulatour; nothing was proven but he resigned under pressure. Privately, <mask>'s life was also unraveling. His marriage to Dorothy infuriated his first wife, who started proceedings against him, claiming the union was illegal since he had obtained a divorce in Kentucky instead of New York, the state of his residency.This was a drawn-out, complicated affair, and the stress ruined his second marriage, which was finally dissolved as an invalid contract in 1919, a humiliated Dorothy Gibson leaving New York shortly thereafter to live in relative peace and anonymity in Paris. She was allotted alimony and permitted the use of the Brulatour name. In 1926, after a three-year investigation of Kodak by the Federal Trade Commission, <mask> was severely fined, along with George Eastman,

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 for "conspiracy to hinder and restrain commercial competition." Hope Hampton and declining career
<mask> married a third time in 1923. His new wife was starlet Hope Hampton, a Texas-born beauty queen who was just beginning in movies. Though still head of Kodak, Brulatour was increasingly interested in his new bride's career, which he personally managed. Like Dorothy before her, Hope's film work was short-lived, and she took another page from her predecessor's book when she decided to go into opera, urged on and funded by Brulatour.The last 20 years of his life were largely uneventful. He and Hope were opening night regulars on Broadway; she especially was a magnet for press attention. Giving up acting and singing by the early-1940s, Hope devoted herself to the high-life –– entertaining lavishly, dressing extravagantly and delighting in being dubbed "Duchess of Park Avenue" in the society columns. But there were a few odd episodes, such as an unsolved shooting incident in 1939, in which Brulatour was wounded by a would-be assassin whom he refused to identify. And in 1941, he was chagrined to learn that the boozy flop of an opera singer in Citizen Kane, the hit RKO film directed by and starring Orson Welles, was partly based on Hope and his ex-wife Dorothy. <mask> died on 26 October 1946 in Mount Sinai Hospital after an illness that lasted several weeks. Distinctions

 1930: French Legion of Honor for his services to the motion picture industry during World War I.Personal life
With his first wife Clara Isabelle, he had a son and two daughters. References

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<mask> (September 11, 1853 – February 12, 1920) was the founder of the Endicott Johnson Corporation as well as the builder of the Endicott Estate, in Dedham, Massachusetts. During World War I he served in numerous public capacities, including as a labor strike negotiator and as director of the Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety. He was born in Dedham, and died of spinal meningitis at the Brooks Hospital in Brookline. He was born poor but died a multimillionaire, one of the richest men in the world, and was called "a typical Horatio Alger type." The village of Endicott, New York was named for him. Personal life
<mask> was born in the family homestead in Dedham, the son of <mask>, a businessman and state and local official, and Sarah Fairbanks. He was a descendant of John Endecott, the first governor of Massachusetts, on his father's side and direct descendant of Jonathan Fairbanks on his mother's.He was graduated from Dedham High School after three years. He had two children, <mask> and Gertrude Adele, with his first wife, Caroline Williams Russell, whom he married on May 23, 1876. They divorced in 1904. He remarried in Rye Beach, New Hampshire to fellow Dedhamite Louise Clapp Colburn, a widow with two children from her first marriage to Isaac Colburn (1853–1914), Samuel Clapp Colburn and Katherine Farwell Colburn. He adopted the Colburn children in 1916. He was the uncle, through his sister Elizabeth, of Phillip E. Young. Endicott liked to hunt and he enjoyed cigars.When about to smoke in the company of a close friend, it was characteristic of him that he would pull a cigar from his vest pocket, clinch it with his teeth and, taking another perfecto from his vest, he would vigorously thrust it into the mouth of his companion. Business career
Endicott spent his boyhood on the farm of his father where his first venture into business was to sell the milk of the farm, the profits of which be divided with his mother. He then went to work for a short time in a plumber's shop, but lost his job because he went

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Within 12 hours of the 1917 Halifax Explosion, Endicott organized and sent a relief train to help with the recovery. It was an accomplishment which testified to his remarkable executive ability and power as an organizer for the train left the North Station bearing a large force of doctors and nurses that was assembled in haste from all over the state, as well as supplies. He served as chairman of the Massachusetts–Halifax Relief Commission. He was also chairman of the Emergency Public Health Committee during the influenza epidemic of 1918.During this epidemic he rallied the forces of the state for combating the disease and it is estimated that the service of this committee saved 10,000 lives. He also regularly gave out free shoes to those in need. He showered gifts upon the little New York town in which his big shoe factory was located and has been generous in providing means for public improvement in his native town of Dedham. A few years before he died Endicott gave the New York town where his factory was located a $50,000 clubhouse. Every Christmas for many years he gave "a small sized fortune to the poor people of that town." In 1919 it was for $10,000. World War I
He was appointed by Governor Samuel W. McCall as food administrator and the executive manager of the Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety during World War I.His activities in these two posts kept him constantly in the public eye and it was through his interest in seeing that Massachusetts and New England kept its resources unremittingly behind the government


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 in the prosecution of the war that he first entered the industrial field as an adjuster of disputes. As executive manager of the public safety committee he first directed a general inventory of the state s resources available to aid in the war. As food administrator he laid out a program of food conservation and regulation which was imitated throughout the nation. During this time he was a dollar-a-year man, taking only $1 in salary, and he tore up the lawn on the Sanderson Street side of his estate to grow potatoes and other vegetables in order to support the war effort and show the need for Victory Gardens. Endicott also took out $1 million in liberty bonds from his personal account, and an equal amount from his company's. When Endicott resigned from his war commission appointments, Governor McCall stated: Let me say here that nothing could exceed the patriotism and efficiency of the work you have rendered. I understand that from the time you were appointed until yesterday, a period of 23 months, you have not once been to your place of business.I know that you have devoted yourself wholly to the patriotic work of rendering service to the country in the sore time through which we have passed. <mask> himself said that

I am not a politician. I do not want any public office in this State or in the nation. My sole object in doing the work I am engaged in is to render the public such service as I am capable of—a duty I feel incumbent on every citizen of this country in this crisis. I am enlisted for the war. All my energies, all my time, my business experience, and knowledge of affairs I willingly and gladly give the State and nation. I shall feel amply repaid if I can convince myself that I have been able to contribute something in behalf of the common cause in which the United States is engaged—the defeat of Prussianism and autocracy and the triumph of democracy as we understand it in America.In his war work <mask> never hesitated to cut red tape when by so doing he made the work of his department more

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Endicott enjoyed the confidence of both labor and capital, and he was called upon over and over again to adjust disputes which had engendered much bitter feeling on both sides. Endicott was also appointed by the governor as a strike mediator and settled over 100 strikes, including ones at the Boston and Maine railroad, the elevated Boston railroad companies, and in factories around New England. In a single year he settled disputes affecting over 100,000 workers.He said that when attempting to end a strike "The first principle is to give a square deal to both employer and employee." When asked for a specific case, Endicott cited the Boston Elevated Railway strike, saying the carmen demanded 73 cents an hour and that the trustees were only willing to give 53 cents. After investigating the wages paid to the carmen in other large cities, he settled on 60 cents an hour, saying that it was only a fair wage when the importance of the men's work was considered. His reputation brought him appointment by President Woodrow Wilson as one of 15 public representatives at the National Labor Conference in Washington, D.C. in October 1919. He was disappointed with the results of the conference. Endicott Estate

On January 12, 1904, Endicott's home burnt to the ground while he and his family were away. The fire department was not able to get to the estate in time as they were dealing with three other fires simultaneously, including one at the fire house, and deep snow.The fire was discovered around 10 p.m. by a caretaker who lived in the house. It took several hours to extinguish the flames. The house and furnishings were valued at more than $15,000. It is said that "<mask> took the burning of the homestead as a divine command to rebuild, and rebuild he did, although


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 not without incident." He cleared the ashes away and built a new homestead on the  parcel, today known as the Endicott Estate, and bought a new fire truck for the Town. The three story building he constructed has nine bathrooms, eight bedrooms, a library, a music room, a ballroom, a mirrored parlor, a butler's kitchen, a linen room, and servants' quarters. When a radiator burst during the construction, "causing a raging river to crash down the main stairway," he tore down one end of the house and burned a pile of beautiful wall paneling, parquet floors, and elegant woodwork, much to the dismay of his neighbors.An additional 70 feet was then added onto the house. While he was building his mansion, his distant cousins were living in the Fairbanks House just  away without electricity or indoor plumbing. When he died in 1920 he left the building to his wife, who in turn left it to her daughter Katherine in 1944. Katherine died in 1967 without any children and willed the land and the estate to the town for "public educational purposes, public recreational purposes, or other exclusively public purposes." At the time "town didn't know quite what to do with it" and it was given to the Commonwealth to be used as a governor's mansion, but those plans were scuttled. What was a nine car garage on the Mt. Vernon Street side of the property today serves as the Endicott branch of the Dedham Public Library.End of life

Death and funeral
In January 1920, while on a hunting trip in North Carolina with other Boston men, which was meant to be a vacation from his public and business affairs, he came down with influenza. The frequent and intense headaches he suffered on the return trip caused him to take up residence at the Hotel Touraine rather than at his home in Dedham so to be closer to his doctors. He was taken to the hospital on February 10 where he was operated on, but remained delirious until his death on the 12th. His family was at his bedside. The funeral services were extremely simple, and took place in the home of