texts: trio in Mexico for years to come and helped fill El Torero arena to the brim when Los Misioneros teamed up with Perro Aguayo to face <mask> Santo, Gory Guerrero, Huracán Ramírez and <mask>rio in <mask>'s retirement match. Following Santo's retirement Los Misioneros feuded with the top faces (wrestlers portraying "good guy" characters) such as Los Tres Caballero (Aníbal, <mask>rio and Villano III) both in trios and in individual competition. During the storyline <mask>itario turned on his two partners, when he attacked <mask>o with a bottle and costing Los Tres Caballeros an important match. The attack made the smaller Los Misioneros more sympathetic to the crowd, who began to support them more and more despite Los Misioneros being booked on the shows as heel characters ("bad guys"). On June 10, 1983 <mask>o won the UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship from El Solitario as part of their long running storyline, marking the third division <mask> had won the UWA title in. He would later be stripped of the title for making an unsanctioned title defense on a non-UWA show.Their popularity as a trio also led to them being invited to tour Japan, facing off against New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) light weight wrestlers such as Gran Hamada, Tiger Mask, George Takano, Akira Maeda and Osamu Kido. In 1984 Los Misioneros won the UWA World Trios Championship for the first time, although it is not documented for exactly how long. On January 1, 1985 Negro Navarro won his first singles championship, the UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship, when he defeated the then champion Aníbal. The title run only lasted 50 days, ending on February 25, 1985 when he lost to Mano Negra. In the mid-1980s the "War" between the UWA and EMLL had cooled off enough for Los Misionerios to actually wrestle on the EMLL 53rd Anniversary Show, losing a trios Luchas de Apuestas to Ringo Mendoza, Américo Rocca and

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 appearances for AAA, UWA's successor of sorts and one of the two biggest wrestling promotions in Mexico along with CMLL. The appearances included a match at Triplemanía III-A where a version of Los Misioneros (Navarro, <mask> and a masked wrestler called "Misionero") defeated the team of <mask>ero, El Mexicano and Dragón de Oro. Independent Circuit
After the closure of the UWA in 1995 Negro Navarro and <mask> split up, going their separate ways on the Independent circuit, only teaming together for special occasions. <mask> joined AAA and was given a new ring character, a masked heel character called "Piromaniaco" (Pyromaniac) but he only made a few appearances under that name before reverting to his unmasked El Signo identity. In 1996 <mask>o began working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; previously known as EMLL) during a time where CMLL were given the rights to the Mexican National Trios Championship by the Mexican boxing and wrestling commission. <mask> teamed up with Blue Panther and Fuerza Guerrera, two wrestlers with a similar background and age to compete in the tournament for the titles. On July 6, 1996 the team defeated El Brazo, Brazo de Plata and Super Electra in the tournament finals to win the championship.During his time in CMLL he had an occasion to team up with Negro Navarro again, for the Salvador Lutteroth Memorial Tag Tournament held as part of Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; formerly known as EMLL)'s 1999 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth show on March 19, 1999. Navarro and <mask> teamed up to represent the "old school" wrestlers of Lutteroth's era and defeated Olímpico and Tony Rivera in the first round of the tournament. In the semi-finals they lost to eventual tournament winners Mr. Niebla and Shocker. <mask> stopped working full-time for CMLL in 1999 or 2000, despite still being part of the Mexican National Trios Championship team,

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 leaving the title to be mainly inactive and not highly promoted. <mask>o made a special appearance for CMLL on March 3, 2001 on their Juicio Final ("Final Justice") show, losing the Mexican National Trios Championship to Mr. Niebla, Olímpico and Safari. In 2003 <mask>o worked a number of matches for AAA, including a match where the original Los Misioneros were reunited for AAA's 2003 Guerra de Titanes show where they defeated El Brazo, Sangre Chicana and Pirata Morgan. In the following years <mask>o primarily worked on the Mexican independent circuit, wrestling other wrestlers who were considered "Old School", wrestlers who made their debut in the mid-1980s or before.He had a number of matches against Villano III, including at least two occasions where he lost a Luchas de Apuestas against him. <mask> had his last professional wrestling match on May 1, 2010 as he participated in a ten-man steel cage match that was the main event of the "El Signo Retirement Show" in Arena Neza. The match saw Halcon Dorado, Jr. lose the match and was forced to unmask. Championships and accomplishments
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Mexican National Trios Championship (1 time) – with Blue Panther and Fuerza Guerrera
Universal Wrestling Association
UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
UWA World Lightweight Championship (1 time)
UWA World Trios Championship (6 times) – With Negro Navarro and <mask>ano (2), Negro Navarro and Black Power II (2), Negro Navarro and Rocky Santana (2)
UWA World Welterweight Championship (1 time)
WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2019) as part of Los Misioneros de la Muerte

Luchas de Apuestas record

Footnotes

References

1954 births
Living people
Mexican male professional wrestlers
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<mask> (born September 16, 1984), known professionally as <mask>, is an American dancer, choreographer, actress and singer. She was best known as a member of the girl group The Cheetah Girls, and starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie of the same name and its sequels, The Cheetah Girls 2 and The Cheetah Girls: One World. Before she appeared on television, <mask> was a dancer, and trained at Hart Academy of Dance, located in La Habra, California. The Cheetah Girls
In 2003, <mask> starred as Dorinda "Do" Thomas in the Disney Channel Original Movie The Cheetah Girls, a musical comedy based on the bestselling series of young adult books of the same name by Deborah Gregory. The film depicts four best friends (Raven-Symoné, Adrienne Bailon, Kiely Williams, and <mask>) who form a pop group in their first year of high school for a talent show and reach unexpected success. Prior to The Cheetah Girls, two of <mask>'s castmates Bailon and Williams were members of R&B girl group 3LW. The Cheetah Girls premiered on August 15, 2003 to 6.5 million viewers, a huge ratings success.Due to the popularity of the film, <mask> and her other bandmates achieved mainstream pop music success as members of the official Cheetah Girls group. The movie's soundtrack reached No. 33 on the Billboard 200 and was certified double-platinum, selling more than 2 million copies in the United States alone. It is one of the best selling albums from Walt Disney Records, alongside the soundtrack to High School Musical. In November 2005, the group released their Christmas album Cheetah-licious Christmas and toured the US on their Cheetah-licious Christmas Tour. The Cheetah Girls 2 premiered on the Disney Channel on August 25, 2006. Its premiere received the highest ratings of all Disney Channel Movies at its time, bringing in a total of over 8.1 million viewers, beating both the premiere ratings of High School Musical (7.7 million) and the previous highest

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texts: rated DCOM record holder, Cadet Kelly (7.8 million).The film would also become the highest rated Cheetah Girls movie in the trilogy. The sequel's plot followed the Cheetah Girls as they become largely successful and take a tour of Spain. The film's soundtrack was released on August 15, 2006. It debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200, and has moved over 1.4 million copies to date, achieving platinum status. After the release of Cheetah Girls 2, <mask>, along with her fellow Cheetah Girls, toured the United States on their The Party's Just Begun Tour from September 2006 to March 2007. While touring, The Cheetah Girls began work on their official debut studio album.<mask> was interviewed by Billboard magazine, where she stated that the group was eager to showcase a "more mature" sound to gather an audience of older fans, while still keeping the lyrics clean for the younger fanbase as well. Williams was quoted as saying that the band members co-produced and co-wrote a "good portion" of the album. On September 25, 2007, TCG was released by Hollywood Records, with a debut of No. 44 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was the first album by the group not to be released by Walt Disney Records. 126,000 copies have been sold to date. The third and final part of the franchise, The Cheetah Girls: One World, premiered on August 22, 2008, the only release to not feature Raven Symoné.The film revolves around the three remaining Cheetah Girls visiting India to appear in a Bollywood musical. The movie premiered to over 6.2 million viewers, and reached 7 million viewers in its final half-hour. One Worlds soundtrack was released three days prior to the film's release, on August 19, 2008. It peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard 200. The Cheetah Girls kicked off their One World Tour on October 8, 2008 in Corpus Christi, Texas, and concluded on December 21, 2008 in San Diego, California. In early 2009, The Cheetah Girls officially announced

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 that they had disbanded, in favor of pursuing solo projects.<mask> and former Cheetah Girl bandmate and close friend Kiely Williams continued their creative collaboration with the development of a web series talk show, Dinner with Friends. The first episode premiered on July 1, 2011 on YouTube. The series ran for nine episodes, concluding on August 28, 2011. Television and film appearances
<mask> has acted in several TV shows, with notable guest appearances in several episodes of the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. She also appeared in two series pilots, King's Pawn and Driving Me Crazy, neither of which made it to air. She then had guest appearances in shows like The Geena Davis Show and The Jersey. She also appeared in the TV series, Grounded For Life, before her rise to stardom in The Cheetah Girls.She had a small supporting role as Mrs. Murray in the 2008 straight-to-DVD film Mostly Ghostly, and stars in the comedy film Help Me, Help You (formerly titled If It Ain't Broke, Break It). <mask> is the voice of Pamela Hamster in the animated Disney channel series Fish Hooks appearing in two episodes "Hooray for Hamsterwood" and "Pamela Hamster Returns". Since, Kiely Williams and <mask> will both co-star on the web series "Dinner With Friends", "March Moms", and "Bad Sex With Good People". Dancing with the Stars
<mask> competed in the 5th season of Dancing with the Stars. <mask> and her professional dancing partner, Mark Ballas, received a score of 26 out of 30, at the time the highest score earned in the first week by any contestant. On week 4 of the show, they set another record by receiving a 30/30 from the judges for their paso doble, making her the first contestant to have received a perfect score that early in the show's history. <mask> led all contenders in judges' scoring in weeks 1, 3, and 4.<mask> received her lowest score, a 25 for a foxtrot, during week 6, in which she also performed a rock 'n' roll

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 routine with the other contestants. That week, she was voted off. The announcement was met by shock and tears from the show's judges, contestants and live audience, since she and Ballas were favored by many to win the competition. An AOL poll voted their elimination "2007's most shocking TV moment". The next week, the remaining dancers and celebrities showed their continued support and affection for <mask> by donning her signature cheetah paw-print tattoo. For the penultimate week, <mask> and Ballas were invited back to the show to perform, another first for any couple as previously non-competition dances had only been performed by pro dancers. For the 100th show, their Paso Doble was chosen as number 9 on the top 10 dances of the first five seasons.<mask> and Ballas were the only couple in the top 10 that did not make it to the finals. In 2012, <mask> was chosen by the public to compete on the 15th season of the show as one of the All-Stars contestants. She was partnered with Louis Van Amstel. She was eliminated sixth from the show, despite receiving a perfect 30 for her Rumba and topping the leaderboard for two consecutive weeks. Coincidentally, she was eliminated on October 30, 2012, five years to the day she was voted off the first time and in the sixth week. Dancing with the Stars performances
Season 5 with Mark Ballas:

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In week 4, Paula Abdul was a guest judge. She was featured in the Soft Scrub Dancing with the Stars Live Tour.She danced with Derek Hough (while Mark was injured), then with Mark, until her last show on January 13, 2008, when she departed for India to film The Cheetah Girls: One World. She was one of the featured celebrity dancers in the Live Dancing with the Stars Las Vegas show, running April 14 through August 5, 2012 at the Tropicana Resort and Casino theater. She has been a celebrity correspondent for the behind-the-scenes look at season 8 of Dancing with

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 the Stars for E! News, and TV Guide show Reality Chat. For season 9 of Dancing with the Stars, she co-hosted TV Guide show Reality Chat and hosted backstage at Dancing with the Stars  on abc.com. <mask> was asked back to co-host backstage at Dancing with the Stars for the 10th through 12th seasons. She has interviewed season 10 winner of the series Nicole Scherzinger, country singer Reba McEntire, Evan Lysacek, Erin Andrews, Kate Gosselin, and many more.Philanthropy
Healthy Kids Challenge
In 2008, it was announced that <mask> would be partnering with Mission Foods as the spokesperson for the Healthy Kids Challenge. One of <mask>'s many roles is to provide information to help educate kids on easy ways to stay healthy through nutrition and keeping active. Solo projects
Byou
<mask> released a DVD workout entitled Byou in December 2005. The workout is especially geared towards young girls with a tagline that reads "Be Happy, Be Healthy – BYOU!". More than a quarter million DVDs have been sold. A soundtrack to the DVD was also released which included the song "Byou", performed by <mask>, as well as other songs by her and other artists. The song "Byou" was also featured on the Radio Disney: Move It!CD which was released in 2006. <mask> released Byou 2, on January 13, 2009. Byou 2 features one exclusive track by <mask> called "C'mon". Princess of Gossip
<mask> teamed up with popular author Julia DeVillers to write the book Princess of Gossip, the story of an ordinary girl with an extraordinary secret. Princess of Gossip was released on October 8, 2008. It is currently being considered for a possible movie. Personal life
In April 2017, <mask> became engaged to strategic accounts manager Jordan Lundberg after six years of dating.They were married on October 6, 2018. In March 2020, they announced that they were expecting their first child, a girl due in September. On August 31, 2020, she gave birth to a girl named Comillia

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<mask><mask><mask> (born 24 October 1951 in Solothurn) is a Swiss rock musician, record producer, author, columnist, radio and television presenter. He is best known for being a member and founder of the hard rock band, Krokus. History

Childhood, youth and first experiences as a musician (1951–1975)

<mask>, along with his half-brother <mask>, comes from a middle-class family in Solothurn, where he spent most of his childhood. His first musical experience <mask>r gained at his parents piano. During his school years in mostly local schools (apart from a brief interlude at a boarding school Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz - where he was able to play drums for the very first time), <mask>'s father gave him his first drum set as a gift. In 1967, he formed his first band called The Scouts. The band changed names multiple times, from Tears Of Love to In and finally Indian Summer.With this formation the young drummer also completed his first public appearance at a student ball in the Hotel Krone in Solothurn. After a two-year stint at the public business school in Neuchâtel von Rohr founded more bands: first, the Plastic Joints and thereafter Inside. Meanwhile, the musician <mask>r kept himself financially afloat as a cook in the Solothurn Restaurant & Hotel Kreuz - the first Genossenschaftsbeiz of Switzerland. After a for <mask>r in terms of musical style all in all very unpleasant but at least financially lucrative short stint with a dance band called On the Road, he and their keyboarder Michi Szabo formed the two- man band Night Train. However, all these attempts to make it in the professional music business failed and so <mask>r worked again as a cook at the Restaurant Kreuz, followed by a semester at the Jazz School in Bern. Rise and international breakthrough with Krokus (1975–1983)
After finishing studies at the Jazz School, <mask> returned to Solothurn to form another band in November 1975: Krokus. Their first public gig was opening for Nella Martinetti at the Saalbau

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texts: of the Swiss town of Gerlafingen.Together with lead guitarist Tommy Kiefer, with whom drummer <mask>r alternated lead vocals, rhythm guitarist Hansi Droz and bassist Remo Spadino finally the very progressive debut album Krokus. was recorded and released in 1976, produced by Peter J. Mac Taggart. With the rights to the band name Krokus secured and his bandmates unceremoniously released, he formed a new alliance with band members of the local band Montezuma, changing the line-up of Krokus completely: <mask> himself took over lead vocals, <mask> Arb played guitar, on bass Jürg Naegeli and Freddy Steady on the drums. Shortly thereafter, guitarist Tommy Kiefer was brought back to the line-up and the band was complete once again. With this line-up the band recorded once more at the Sinus Studio in Bern, produced again by Peter J. Mac Taggart and released in 1977 their second studio album To You All, which was released in 1977 and revealing for the first time a hard rock sound. With the same line-up, still with <mask> as front man, Krokus recorded their third, totally hard rock album Pain Killer, which was also released as Pay It In Metal. This album was recorded within six days in Manor Studios in Oxford in 1978, and produced by <mask> and <mask>.Although <mask>r received from Switzerland's Pop Magazine (the equivalent of Rolling Stone magazine in the USA) the "Golden Hammer Award" as #1 vocalist and Krokus #1 rock band of the year in their home country of Switzerland, the band's future musical direction changed once more when all band members witnessed a concert by AC/DC at the Volkshaus in Zürich. Consequently, <mask>r had a vision and he voluntarily surrendered his vocal duties first to Henry Fries, who had to bow out because of prior contractual obligations, and finally - after persistent recruiting attempts by <mask>r himself  - found in Marc Storace the singer with the powerful vocal range he envisioned. <mask> switched to bass and Jürg Naegeli was in charge

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 In between all of Krokus' touring commitments, <mask>r managed to find time to produce Night Fighting, Steve Whitney Band's second studio album, this time as the sole producer in charge.Meanwhile, Krokus lineup changes continued: Drummer Steady was dismissed and replaced by Steve Pace. What followed, however, was nothing less than the culmination and highlight of the band's career : the seventh studio album Headhunter, recorded by Tom Allom at Bee Jay Studio in Orlando, Florida and released in 1983. This album earned for the first time and, unmatched until now, platinum status in the U.S. and Canada, and also gold in Switzerland. As a result of this album's success, the band was invited to join the second-largest U.S. tour of the year as "special guests": The Pyromania tour of British rock band Def Leppard, who became popular in the U.S. at that time, and Gary Moore as opening act. During this time, <mask> and his bandmates were also appointed honorary citizens of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Even though, or perhaps because of the wave of success the band enjoyed at this time, within the next few months two serious negative experiences changed the course of events once more: First, Krokus was kicked off the Pyromania tour because of several missteps by singer Marc Storace and band manager Butch Stone - the band eventually finished their North American tour as supporting act of Judas Priest - and on the other hand another wave of line-up changes. First rhythm guitarist Mark Kohler was dismissed and replaced by Patrick Mason, and finally <mask>, the last remaining founding member of the band, was ousted because he openly talked to Switzerland's daily newspaper Blick about his experience on the road and the tour excesses that followed as well as his rebellion against the business antics of their U.S. manager Stone.Forced reorientations: activities as music producer, author and solo artist (1983–1987)
Dismissed by Krokus at once, <mask> Rohr found himself on his

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 own overnight. During this period, the ousted bass player and founder of the band took on diverse projects: firstly, he produced in 1985 the first and only self-titled studio album of the Swiss band Headhunter. In addition to his first official job as a producer, Von Rohr also started to write his first book, which was published in 1991 and entitled Hunde wollt ihr ewig rocken (Dogs, do you want to rock forever). The book described the insane events around and within Krokus and helped him to process that entire experience mentally, thus finding closure. In addition, <mask>r released his first and so far only solo album  Hammer and Tongue in 1987. Brief return to Krokus (1987–1989)
Shortly after releasing his solo album, <mask>r returned to Krokus in 1987. Plain and simply stated, it turned out to be the best solution for all parties involved.Together again at last, <mask> and his old bandmates Marc Storace, <mask> Arb, Mark Kohler and Dani Crivelli, who played drums on his solo album, recorded at Jürg Naegeli’s Pink recording studio in Zuchwil their tenth studio album. Produced by <mask> and <mask>, Krokus released Heart Attack in 1988. The album charted 5th place in the Swiss album charts, a first for <mask> and Krokus. It was the return to Hard Rock, which had catapulted the band in the early 1980s into the worldwide spotlight and away from the shallow pop-metal orientation the band presented itself on the previous album, Change of Address. However, after touring throughout Europe and the United States, all parties realized shortly thereafter that the thrill was gone, mainly it seemed to be impossible to restore the feeling and groove of the past. Mounting management problems and both Marc Storace and <mask> Arb throwing in the towel due to symptoms of extreme fatigue and exhaustion, marked the first official break-up in the band's history. Various activities as a musician, journalist and radio host (1989–1991)
After the dissolution of Krokus, <mask>

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 <mask> worked under the pseudonym J. LaCross as producer of the first studio album Metal Marathon by a band called The Heavy’s.This album consisted of a collection of shortened and re-arranged classic rock and metal cover medleys. Shortly thereafter, <mask>r founded a band called Grand Slam with Peter Tanner on vocals as well as lead guitarist Many Maurer, rhythm guitarist Tony Castell and drummer Peter Haas. With this group he toured Germany, Austria and Hungary – mainly playing material from his solo album - until he left the band in late 1989. Meanwhile, <mask>r already worked as a radio moderator on the very popular “Radio 24”, a regional radio station of Zurich, and “Radio 32”, a regional station from Solothurn. Amongst others, he hosted the show Volles Rohr (Full Power). He also wrote articles for various music magazines. First book bestseller and success as discoverer, coach and producer of Gotthard (1991–2002)

In 1991, Von Rohr finally published his first book, which he started writing right after his dismissal from Krokus.An autobiography entitled Hunde wollt ihr ewig rocken (Dogs, do you wanna rock forever) that gave the reader a direct, honest and genuine insight to the childhood and youth of the musician as well as behind the scenes recollections during his rock star days with Krokus. Subsequently, the literary work, in which the author recalls the highs and lows of his career in his own words, became a cult book and bestseller not only for rock and metal fans. That same year, <mask> <mask> also started his collaboration with the Swiss hard rock band Gotthard, via their band manager Marco Antognini. This cooperation turned out to be the beginning of a success story for both sides, as already the first, released in 1992, self-titled studio album Gotthard reached a significant chart position by making it to #5 in the Swiss charts. A year later, besides his duties with Gotthard, <mask> also re-released his 1987 solo album Hammer and Tongue, this

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 time however under the title The Good, The Bad and The Dög including the bonus track "See You Walking". Following this reissue, <mask>’s focus was again entirely on Gotthard and what followed was, despite or because of persistent internal tensions - at least in Switzerland - a single musical triumph. All of the following studio and live albums of the band, produced by <mask>r, particularly  Dial Hard in 1994, G. in 1996, D-Frosted  in 1997 and Open in 1999 reached number 1 in the Swiss album charts.Moreover, even several singles were able to rank in the music charts of the Alpine republic of Switzerland. After that <mask>r participated on the ninth studio album of Polo Hofer & The Schmetterband (a Swiss dialect band) called  Härzbluet, which was released in January 2000. The two songs "Es saftigs Müntschi" and "Bärner” were both co-composed and co-produced by <mask>r. Through his connections in the music biz <mask>r initiated and produced the song "Who's gonna shoe your pretty little foot", a duet by Polo Hofer with the U.S. blues musician Willy DeVille. This short detour into Swiss dialect collaborations was followed by a very significant private event of the successful musician and producer: the birth of his daughter Jewel in 2001. Nevertheless, there was no resting on his laurels - on the contrary: With the studio album Homerun in 2001, which included the number-one single "Heaven", and the compilation One Life One Soul: Best of Ballads in 2002, he produced two other releases with Gotthard, which in turn landed at # 1 on the Swiss album charts. However, despite the successful joint working relationship over the last 11 years, that had its up’s and down’s and was not always easy for both sides, band and mentor <mask>r parted ways anno 2002.Second bestseller, "Meh Dräck" and varied activities (2002–2008)

Following the separation with Gotthard and with respect to his varied activities, a very all-around phase was about to begin. While he was working on his

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 Official Website
 Official Website of Krokus
 Songs composed and produced by <mask> <mask>
 Sendung «Schawinski»'' Roger Schawinski im Gespräch mit <mask> Rohr. Video in: Schweizer Fernsehen from 30. April 2012 (Online, 27 Minuten)

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Lauro "<mask><mask> (August 18, 1926 – June 24, 2002) was a well-known editorial cartoonist and illustrator in the Philippines. In 2018, he was posthumously conferred the National Artist for Visual Arts title and the Grand Collar of the Order of National Artists (Order ng Pambansang Alagad ng Sining). Biography
He was born on August 18, 1926 to <mask> and Elpidia Zarate in Daraga, Albay. Through a scholarship from Manila Times granted by the publisher Ramón Roces, he obtained a degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting at the University of the Philippines (UP) in 1950. He became a professor at the same university from 1951 to 1981. He also received the Australian Cultural Award accompanied by a travel study grant in 1975. He started his cartooning career in 1946 while still attending school.After World War II, he created his very first comic strip, Islaw Palitaw, which was printed on the pages of the Filipino weekly magazine Liwayway. In 1947, he created the comic strip Kalabog en Bosyo, using Taglish as the medium of communication of his characters. He pioneered animated cartoons for television commercials of products such as Darigold Milk in 1957 and Caltex in 1965. His campaign for the advancement of illustration and commercial art in the Philippines resulted to the establishment of the Visual Communication Department at the UP College of Fine Arts. In 1997, the Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY) granted him the title Dean of Filipino Cartoonists, an achievement award for his lifetime dedication to the art of capturing humor in the character and everyday life in the Philippines. In 1991, he promoted the formation of a group of young children's book illustrators called Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan (Ang INK). All in all, he made over 500 cartoon characters, twenty comic strips, six movies, two murals, and 15,000 published pages in his 56 years of

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His most popular cartoon series was Slice of Life, which is a reflection of the many unique aspects of everyday life in the Philippines. He captured the interest of his weekend patrons by giving them the task of looking for his image cleverly concealed within the weekend cartoon. He did the same with his other comic strip Kalabog en Bosyo. His cartoons had been tapped in advertising campaigns, such as corporate calendars, print ads, promotional T-shirts and in San Miguel Beer cans. In 1988, his Slice of Life received the Best in Humor award and was also cited for helping to keep alive the Filipino's ability to laugh at himself, through the lively marriage of art and humor, and through commentaries that are at once critical and compassionate, evoking laughter and reflection.Slice of Life appeared on the pages of the Weekend Magazine. Mang Ambo
Mang Ambo is the personification of the Filipino according to <mask>a. Mang Ambo, the character, is an incorrigible cock-eyed innocent, possessing a small town charm amidst urban sophistication. Through Mang Ambo and the other characters of a fictional place called Barrio Bulabog, Alcala exposed the follies and foibles of Philippine society in general and of cosmopolitan life in particular. In this cartoon strip's characters, he also affirmed the Filipino's peculiar coping mechanism of laughing at himself in the face of adversity but still absorbing life's vicissitudes with resilience. Mang Ambo made its debut in 1960 as a full-page feature in the Weekly Graphic. The cartoon series later became the first Alcala comic strip to be compiled in book form.Kalabog en Bosyo
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 Pilipino Komiks in 1947. It eventually became the longest running cartoon series created by a Filipino. Decades before Slice of Life, Alcala was already doing cameo roles in his Kalabog en Bosyo comic strips, but instead of portraying himself with a moustach, spectacles and side burns, he rendered himself in a crew-cut, younger and about 100-pounds thinner profile. An onomatopoeic Tagalog word, the name of the character, Kalabog, refers to the thud sound produced after the impact of a falling object finally reaching solid ground. In Kalabog en Bosyo, Alcala pioneered in the blending of Tagalog and English or Taglish as the medium of communication among his characters. The comic misadventures of the two bungling detectives namely Kalabog and Bosyo had been transposed into films by Sampaguita Pictures in 1957, starring the Filipino actors-comedians, Dolphy and Panchito Alba. Public Affairs TV, Channel 13, 1963-1964
Design artist, Mobil Philippines, 1961-1962
Supervising Animator, Universal Animated Productions, 1959-1960
Movie Consultant, Kalabog and Bosyo, 1986
Movie Consultant, Asiong Aksaya, GP Productions, 1977
Movie Consultant, Kalabog and Bosyo, Sampaguita Pictures, 1957
Movie Consultant, Tipin, Sampaguita Pictures, 1956
Scriptwriter, Dos por Dos, Channel 2, 1974
Advertising Artist, Pan Pacific Advertising, 1948-1949

Clubs and organizations
Alcala had been affiliated with the following clubs and organizations:
Adviser, Samahang Kartunista ng Pilipinas (SKP), 1989-2002
President, Samahang Kartunista ng Pilipinas (SKP), 1979- 1989
President, Art Directors Club of the Philippines, 1963-1964
Vice President, Society of Philippine Illustrators and Cartoonists (SPIC) 1962-1963

Awards, citations and recognitions
He received recognition from the following entities:
U.P.College of Fine Arts
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The Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY)
The Archdiocese of Manila Catholic Press Awards
The Citizens' Council for Mass Media 1970 CAM Awards
The Komiks Operation Brotherhood, Inc. (Komopeb) (Life Achievement Award)
Samahan ng mga Manunulat, Artist, at Patnugot at mga Manggagawa sa Komiks
SPIC-NPC Annual Art Awards
The Society of Philippine Illustrators and Cartoonists
The Society of Philippine Illustrators and Cartoonists (3rd SPIC Annual Art Awards)
The Galleria Bernice L
The U.P. College of Fine Arts Alumni Foundation, Inc. The University of the Philippines Alumni Association
The Philippine Council of Industrial Editors
The United Artists and Core Corporation, the Philippine Tuberculosis Society, Inc.
Operation Smile
The Bureau of Land Transportation
The Safety Organization of the Philippines, Inc. The Veterans Memorial Medical Center Diabetes Association
The University of St. La Salle, Bacolod City
The Positive Artists Group (Pamana award)
The U.P. College of Fine Arts
The University of the Philippines (Service Award, 25 years of service)
Caltex and D.O.S.T
Philips -Boy Scouts of the Philippines, Parol Festïval 1986
The National Manpower and Youth Council Office of Vocational Preparation
The Department of Laboratories Veterans Memorial Medical Center
NAFC, DECS, DENR, DA
The Gawad CCP Para sa Telebisyon sa Taong 1988
St. Patrick Commercial Appreciation Award
The National Environmental Protection Council Awards
The City of Bacolod
Caltex-DECS-DOST Science Art Contest

References

External links
Larry Alcala, Sr. by Lauro Alcala, Jr.
Larry Alcala: Illustrator, Storyteller by May M. Tobias
Slice of Life
Mang Ambo
Kalabog en Bosyo

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<mask> (born July 30, 1954) is a former Major League Baseball right fielder. He is remembered for having one of the all-time great throwing arms. "There's a plateau where you can't throw the ball any harder and you can't be any more accurate", said former Montreal manager Felipe Alou. "That was <mask>." Montreal Expos

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<mask> played football and baseball at Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles. He was the first professional athlete ever signed out of Crenshaw when the Montreal Expos selected him in the second round of the 1972 Major League Baseball draft. He was quickly recognized as one of the top prospects in the Expos' lauded farm system.He batted .289 with 27 home runs and 195 runs batted in over four different levels in four seasons to earn a September call up to Montreal at the end of the  season. In his fifth major league at-bat, he hit his first major league home run off the Pittsburgh Pirates' Jim Rooker. He remained in the Expos' line-up semi-regularly through the end of the season, posting a .364 batting average. Gary Carter, who was an All-Star and finished second in National League Rookie of the Year balloting as the right fielder for the Expos in 1975, was shifted back to his natural position behind the plate for the  season to make room for <mask> in right field. After batting just .238 with two home runs and six RBIs through the middle of May, he was shipped back to the Triple-A Denver Bears for more seasoning. He rejoined the Expos in mid-July, and batted .285 with five home runs and 33 RBIs the rest of the way. Cromartie & Dawson
On April 15, , <mask> hit the first ever home run at Olympic Stadium.He also hit two inside-the-park home runs for the home crowd during the Expos' inaugural season in their new stadium. Joining him in Montreal's outfield for the 1977 season would be 22-year-old center fielder Andre Dawson and 23-year-old left fielder Warren Cromartie. Their youth, speed and power soon made them the talk of the

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The Expos were in a pennant race for the entire  season, however, <mask>'s 1979 season got off to a bumpy start. He was one-for-three with an RBI in the Expos' match-up with the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on April 21, but that only brought his batting average up to an even .200, and his RBI total to four. In the eighth inning, with two outs and a runner on second, <mask> drew a walk, bringing future Hall of Famer Tony Pérez to the plate. Bruce Sutter induced a ground ball to short; Cubs shortstop Iván DeJesús flipped the ball to second baseman Ted Sizemore to force <mask> at second, and end the threat.<mask> disagreed with the call, and tossed his batting helmet into short right field in frustration. Believing that the helmet was tossed at him, second base umpire Steve

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On May 30,  <mask> was hit in the face with a pitch by Roy Thomas of the St. Louis Cardinals. His cheekbone cracked in six places, and he was forced to miss over a month of action. At the time of the incident, <mask> was leading his team with 27 RBIs, and was batting just under .300.With slugging third baseman Larry Parrish also out of the line-up with a wrist injury, the Expos did surprisingly well in <mask>'s absence; they went 21–16 to take a half-game lead in the National League East over the Phillies. When <mask> finally returned on July 10, he began wearing part of a football face mask on his helmet. Though it looked strange, it briefly caught on with other players who were worried about similar injuries. He batted .331 with nine home runs and 39 RBIs over the rest of the season, as the Expos found themselves in a three-way race with the Pirates and Phillies in the NL East. <mask> played hurt through much of his team's stretch drive toward the pennant, but he was sidelined for much of

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<mask> got off to a slow start in . He was batting .211 with three home runs and fifteen RBIs when he was sidelined by a pulled hamstring in his left leg on May 19. He was still on the disabled list when the Expos dealt him to the New York Mets for Jeff Reardon, Dan Norman and a player to be named later. <mask>'s first season at Shea did not go as well as planned. It did, however, have an interesting side effect on the Mets' line-up. Dave Kingman, who batted fourth in the Mets' line-up, began seeing better pitches with <mask> behind him. Over the first sixteen games in which Kingman and <mask> batted fourth and fifth in the line-up, Kingman clubbed seven home runs with sixteen RBIs.<mask>, meanwhile, batted just .176 over that stretch with one home run and seven RBIs. Almost as if National League pitchers realized they had nothing to fear from <mask>'s bat, Kingman began seeing tougher pitching again, and hit just three more home runs over the rest of the season. With new manager George Bamberger and George Foster added to their line-up for , the Mets went into Spring training with high hopes. As things turned out, the Mets narrowly avoided losing one hundred games, and finished last in their division. <mask> went 31 games to start the season without driving in a single run. From there, <mask> put up respectable numbers, seven home runs and 33 RBIs, through the Mets' 6–4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on August 13. After which, <mask> called the New York Mets "the worst organization in baseball" to New York reporters.As one might imagine, this charge did not sit well with Mets management. Bamberger and Mets GM Frank Cashen met with <mask> on August 15, and offered to try to trade the disgruntled outfielder. They

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<mask> was selected by just one team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, in the MLB re-entry draft when he became a free agent at the end of the season. When the California Angels' Bobby Clark suffered a back injury playing Winter ball in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League, it opened up a vacancy in the Angels' outfield. <mask> signed with his home team on January 21, . After straining his Achilles tendon during Spring training, he failed to make it onto the field for his new club until their 25th game.He appeared in 86 games for the Angels in , batting .240 with thirteen home runs and 43 RBIs. At the end of the season, he signed a multi-year deal with the Angels, however, a bruised heel kept him off the field for the entire  season. He logged just four plate appearances on a rehab assignment with the Edmonton Trappers, and was released at the end of the season. Texas Rangers
The Texas Rangers, who were in last place in the American League West and in dire need of offense, signed <mask> to a minor league pact on July 6, . He played well, batting .314 with ten home runs and 33 RBIs in 46 games for the triple A Oklahoma City 89ers, but it did not translate to major league success when he joined the Rangers in September. He was not offered a contract for , but received an invitation to Spring training that he declined, retiring instead. Career stats

Alongside Steve Garvey, George Brett, Ken Brett, Tommy Lasorda and Fred Lynn, <mask> appeared in the "Superstar/Salem" episode of Fantasy Island during the series' first season (original air date: March 25, 1978).Gary Burghoff plays an accountant with the fantasy of being a Major League Baseball pitcher. <mask> is one of his strikeout victims. After retiring from baseball, <mask> Rent-a-Car earning $4.25 per hour. In his first baseball-related job since retirement, <mask>

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<mask> fought drug and alcohol addiction throughout his career. In September 1986, a year after retiring, he moved from Southern California, and immediately entered drug rehab in Phoenix, Arizona.After cleaning up, he took a position as a drug counselor with St. Luke's Hospital, and began helping others overcome similar issues. He holds a certificates in behavioral-health and chemical dependency counseling. <mask> currently lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where he works as a counselor at a local church and is a member of the Texas Rangers Alumni Association. He is the co-founder and president of PastPros, a web-based service that allows sports fans to purchase memorabilia directly from retired athletes. Also, 2014 <mask> founded RAFT Recovery inc. A 501 c 3 non profit that coaches individuals struggling with addictive behaviors. His charitable work does not stop there. The program also provides a lawn service for disabled seniors in the Dallas, Fort Worth area and surrounding communities.References

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, or Ultimate Mets Database
<mask>'s Official Website
Centerfield Maz
The Joy of being <mask>: 'If You Don't Like it, You Can Move to Toronto

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Living people
Baseball players from Arkansas
African-American baseball players
California Angels players
Cocoa Expos (baseball) players
Denver Bears players
Edmonton Trappers players
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Memphis Blues players
Montreal Expos players
National League All-Stars
New York Mets players
Oklahoma City 89ers players
Québec Carnavals players
Texas Rangers players
West Palm Beach Expos players
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American expatriate baseball players in Canada
Baseball players from Los Angeles
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<mask>  is an Irish-British film producer. He is the co-founder and CEO of Film and Music Entertainment and  the Chairman of the European Film Academy. Early years
<mask> was born in Devon, the son of <mask> (née Flood) and <mask>, who were economic migrants from Kildare, Ireland. The family moved to Taunton, Somerset, where he attended the St Georges Roman Catholic School and Huish's Grammar School aka Richard Huish College. Education and career
After gaining a BA in French with Theatre Studies at the University of Warwick, <mask> went on to continue post-graduate studies at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle (as a Boursier du Gouvernement Francais/French Government Scholar), and Paris X Nanterre. While working towards his MA and then PhD, he taught at the Lycée Charlemagne and at the theatre school at the Théâtre des Amandiers, under Patrice Chereau. The eighties saw <mask> working as a theatre director France, Germany, the former Yugoslavia and the U.K. in theatres as varied an eclectic as The Gate (London), Bac To Bac Theatre (Exeter), Atelje 212 (Belgrade), Studiotheater and Theater Rechts der Isar (Munich) and the UK's National Student Theatre Company.In 1986 and 1987, <mask> curated a number of film programmes at the National Film Theatre. Among the most significant were the three major seasons he programmed of Yugoslav Cinema. In 1986 he also published his first book, The Self Managing Screen was written by <mask> to coincide with a major retrospective of television fiction at the British Film Institute he curated at the National Film Theatre on the subject of television fiction during the time of the

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 member and in 2008 he was a member of the BAFTA Film Committee. <mask> rejoined the BAFTA Council in 2020. <mask> is founder and President of the Motovun Film Festival in Croatia, artistic advisor to the Zagreb Film Festival, artistic director to the Antalya Film Festival and former artistic board member of the Pula Film Festival. He has been a trustee of the White Ribbon Alliance since 2010, and  was on the International board of trustees of The Isango Ensemble, a South African theatre company.A member of the Asia Pacific Screen Academy (APSA) since 2017, <mask> was as a former APSA Cultural Diversity Award winner a jury member at the 2019 APSA's. Serving on over 20 international juries at film festivals worldwide including the Sarajevo Film Festival, Festival do Rio de Janeiro, Cottbus International Film Festival, Warsaw International Film Festival, Istanbul Film Festival, Montreal World Film Festival, Motovun Film Festival, Sofia International Film Festival, Transylvania International Film Festival, Krakow Film Festival, Cartagena International Film Festival (FICCI) and Zagreb Film Festival. <mask> is also an Alumnus of The Sundance Institute, and quondam Thomas Ewing Professor of Film at Ohio University. Recognition
In 2009, <mask>'s work as a producer was honored with a retrospective at the Croatia's largest cultural event, the Zagreb Film Festival. In 2014 he received Producer of the Decade Award from the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, presented by Stephen Daldry. In 2015, Prague's Febiofest also celebrated <mask>'s career as a producer with a retrospective tribute. In September 2020 it was announced

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 that <mask> would be the Honorary President of the 2020/2021 jury for the revamped LUX Prize, renamed LUX – the European Audience Film Award by the European Parliament and the European Film Academy (also known as LUX European Audience Film Award).It was also in September 2020 that <mask> launched the International Coalition for Film Makers at Risk (ICFR) at the Venice Film festival. The ICFR aims to activate the film community's collective response to filmmakers who face political persecution for their work. <mask> is a founder and board member, and the European Film Academy, the International Film Festival Rotterdam, and IDFA are the founding partners of the ICFR, with activities that include advocacy, support, monitoring, and observation. <mask> was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to British cinema. Selected filmography
Charuga (1991, directed by Rajko Grlic) (associate producer)
Before the Rain (1994, directed by Milcho Manchevski) (thanks)
Pony Trek (1995, directed by Titta Karakorpi) (William)
13th Rider (TV Series, 1997– ) (William)
Cannes: The Agony and the Ecstasy (1998, directed by Stephanie R.M. Smith) (self)
Dubrovnik Twilight (1999, directed by Željko Senečić) (producer)
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Josephine (2001, directed by Rajko Grlic) (co-producer)
Falcons (2002, directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson) (Producer)
Deathwatch (2002, directed by Michael J. Bassett) (producer)
Loving Glances (2003, directed by Srdan Karanovic ) (producer)
Cold Light (2004, directed by Hilmar Oddsson) (co-producer)
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texts: <mask> (27 March 1932 – 29 November 2003) was a Dutch and Canadian composer of orchestral, chamber and vocal music. In all <mask>'s music, whichever of his stylistic trends it seems immediately to favour, the voice of a highly original creator is to be heard. Sources, as Béla Bartók noted, are much less important in framing a composer's achievement than the use he makes of them. The discriminating ear that makes <mask>'s orchestral music at once beguiling and immediately recognisable as a personal expression is also to be discerned on the smaller sound-scale of his chamber compositions. And one of <mask>'s most notable characteristics - a purposeful firmness of the bass line - imbues his music in all genres with an unfailing sense of logical and expressive direction, even in the context of a highly inflected harmonic chromaticism. It would be a bold annotator who ventured to pin <mask>'s artistic origins down to one or other national or stylistic source. What can be said is that he has, with unusual success, blended an emotional intensity at times evocative of the world of Austro-German expressionism with a fascinating subtlety and indirectness of utterance suggestive rather of French affinities.From time to time, the analyst with a taste for such trouvailles may detect what seem like 12-note series in <mask>'s writing; but these are the incidental consequence of his avoidance of casual note-repetition, and they are never exploited in systematic serial manner. For <mask> is no follower of systems, but rather a creator with the richly endowed imagination of a poet, a thinker, and a voracious reader to bring to expression, and the single mindedness needed to realise that aim. One of the properties of mercury is that it does not amalgamate with the matter in which it has contact, but rather remains by its very nature intrinsically unadulterated in form. It is this unadulterated quality, which is the watermark of <mask> <mask> <mask>'s compositional creative process; a quality, which marks him as a composer belonging to all ages and, at the same time, to no age at all.

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 Biography

Childhood and early musical career (1938-1955)

<mask>'s musical background began on the piano at the age of six. In 1944, he took up preparatory piano studies with Corrie Vierdag  at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. From the age of 18, <mask> continued as a full-time student at the conservatory studying piano with Leon Orthel, oboe with Jaap Stotijn, and composition and analysis with Hendrik Andriessen.<mask> came to the fore as a composer when his Sonatina for piano was chosen and performed at the International Gaudeamus Music week in 1953. Later that year, he was engaged by the Canadian Army to join the Canadian Grenadier Guards Band as an oboist. He married Jeanne Koning and they moved to Ontario, Canada. As a bandsman, he also became a pupil (summer of 1955) of the American composer Roy Harris. Early career and middle years in Canada and the United States (1955–1982)

On a regular basis in the 1950s and 60's, <mask> not only composed background music for educational programmes but used his improvisational skills as a pianist live on radio for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. This relationship would later culminate in the World premiere of his Four Epigrams for Symphony Orchestra (1962) with the CBC Symphony conducted by Walter Susskind as part of the CBC's National School Broadcast series Finding Out about Music. As an original musical work commissioned by the CBC, "The Four Epigrams for Symphony Orchestra point up the two main ingredients in a work composed with young listeners in mind: powerful, shifting rhythms, and dramatic colour contrasts."The Canada Council enabled <mask> to further his composition studies in Paris (1964-1965) with Max Deutsch, a pupil of Arnold Schoenberg. During this time, he concluded his piano studies with Kendall Taylor in London. Between 1964–1966, <mask> also worked at the British Broadcasting Corporation, London  in educational television programmes  which were broadcast throughout the world. From 1966 onwards, teaching became part of his musical life. <mask> returned with his family to Canada and was appointed

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texts: teacher of piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. He was commissioned by the CBC to write a cantata with librettist George Benson Johnston which <mask> would entitle Now is the Prophet's Time (1967). Its premiere took place in The Netherlands at the Philharmonie Haarlem with the Boy's choir of St. Bavo Cathedral, Groot Omroepkoor, and the Symfonieorkest Haerlem for Dutch radio broadcast conducted by Jan Stulen.In 1972, <mask> was appointed to the Faculty of Music at Indiana University. At this time, his composition Immobile Eden (1972), set to the composer's own text written for the Toronto Lyric Arts Trio, was first performed on National Public Radio in New York City in November 1975. From 1975-1981, <mask> taught Composition and Analysis at Berklee College of Music in Boston, and during this time his Movement for Alto saxophone and piano (1960) was given its premiere. His Concertante for Flute, Harp, Percussion and Strings (1963) had its World Premiere at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto with the Toronto Chamber Orchestra and was televised live on CBC television in January 1964. The French flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal wrote in a letter to <mask>, "It is a very well constructed work and remarkably written for the flute." Its European premiere was given in the Netherlands in 1965 with flautist Koos Verheul and members of the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra. It has been played numerous times in Canada, Finland, and the United States.Highlights of the 1978-79 season of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra include the world premiere of <mask>'s The Shadowmaker (1977)  under the direction of Mario Bernardi  and featuring Canadian baritone Victor Braun. It was performed at Massey Hall in Toronto, October 1978. The work was set to a book of poems called The Shadowmaker written in 1969 by the Canadian poet Gwendolyn MacEwan. The biographer of MacEwan, <mask>, quotes <mask> in her book: "What attracted me to the poetry was the substance behind the subject matter - namely the dream. The poetry attempts, it seems to me, to lift the veil of 'Maya' (illusion). Is

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 our sensuous experience reality or illusion? MacEwan has something in common with Strindberg and D.H. Lawrence, as an explorer of these dark corners of the soul that most of us shut out conveniently, in order to create a safe but illusory reality."As Dutch musicologist Maarten Brandt writes, "The bold and expressionistic side of Berg and Schoenberg is found in <mask>’s The Shadowmaker for baritone and large orchestra, written in 1977. Yet, as in every single composition by <mask>, tonal references are present here as well, demonstrating a kinship not only with Berg, but also with Britten, Henze, Tippett and Martin; all of them composers who have not simply exploited the resources available to them, but rather were grateful ‘inhabitants’ of a rich and saturated musical landscape." In the summer of 1982, the Van Dijk's received word that their son Felix's fiancé (Leanne Salvucci) had died tragically in a fall. On the day of her death, <mask> began composing a violin concerto in her memory. The World premiere of his Violin Concerto (1984) would later be given on September 20, 1991, by the Polish violinist Robert Szreder with the Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jan Stulen in the Grote Kerk, Terneuzen as part of the Zeeuws Vlaanderen Festival. Maarten Brandt continues by mentioning the likeness to the Violin Concerto (Berg), "The work is elegiac in tone with musical bursts of hand-wringing tragedy. The regular recurrence of choral melodies inevitably bring to mind associations with the creator of Dem andenken eines Engels.<mask> shares with Alban Berg, a liberal and unorthodox treatment of what tradition has handed down. No matter how unshakable the connection between form and content, it is the content that determines the form in the music of <mask>, and not vice-versa." His return to Europe and last years in the United Kingdom (1985–2003)

In 1985, <mask> returned to Europe with his wife Jeanne. He spent a year focused on his compositions in Casares, Málaga, Spain after which he became composer in residence, taught piano and composition at Dartington

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texts: Hall in Devon in the United Kingdom. <mask>'s Irish Symphony (1990) was commissioned for radio broadcast by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra to celebrate Dublin as the European Capital of Culture 1991 and was supported by the Dutch funding body, the Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst. It received its broadcast from the National Concert Hall in Dublin with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Colman Pearce on Raidió Teilifís Éireann. The European premiere of Four Epigrams for Symphony Orchestra (1962) was given September 25, 1993, with the Residentie Orchestra in The Hague conducted by Jac <mask>.The Piano Concerto (1994) was given its world premiere on May 22, 1996, by the North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra with Australian pianist Geoffrey Douglas Madge conducted by Viktor Liberman. Maarten Brandt notes "<mask>’s brilliant Piano Concerto (also known as three Pieces for Piano and Orchestra) written for Bernard Jacobson, in which the melodic aspect is always primary and as a rule the harmony quickened by a pleasing melos." In the United Kingdom, the Raphael Ensemble commissioned and gave the World premiere of his String Sextet in 1998 at the Brighton Festival, and in that same year British violinist Anthony Marwood commissioned and gave the World premiere of his Sonata for Violin and Piano at London's Wigmore Hall. In 2003, <mask>'s 70th Birthday Concert     was given in London's Purcell Room at the South Bank Centre  which included performances of his music by pianist Kyoko Hashimoto, the Dante Quartet, and the British tenor Ian Partridge who gave the World premiere of <mask>'s Songs of the Tao te Ching. Since then Anthony Marwood has performed his music a number of times on BBC Radio 3. In 2000,  classical Indian Bharatanatyam dancer Mayuri Boonham  commissioned <mask> The Triple Hymn based on a mantra from the Vedic literature to be performed on a UK tour and at the Spring Loaded Festival at the Place Theatre in London. Maarten Brandt writes: "The Triple Hymn is a vibrant dance duet.The music is written for cello, soprano, midrangam, tubular bell and

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texts: gong, depicting a three-part manifestation of the Goddesses Gayatri, Savitri, and Sarasvati. The work plays on a cross-cultural edge and explores valuable territory. The score is rhythmically challenging, dynamically diverse and evocative." As part of the International Chamber Music Series 2001 at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam,  Hyperion records artists the Florestan Trio  performed <mask>'s Piano Trio (2001) which they especially commissioned for the Florestan Festival of Peasmarsh in East Sussex. In 2002, <mask> was commissioned by the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker to write a large-scale work for baritone, full choir and orchestra to commemorate the German/Dutch pianist Karlrobert Kreiten. Kreiten was hailed by the conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler as one of the most talented pianists of his generation. Kreiten's life and career were tragically cut short when a Nazi neighbour reported him to the Gestapo for making negative remarks about Adolf Hitler and the war effort.He was arrested for treason by Nazi officers before a matinee performance of a Lizst Piano Concerto in Heidelberg. Kreiten was condemned to death and executed by hanging at the Plötzensee prison in Berlin in 1943. In 2003, <mask> spent the last year of his life completing the composition to be entitled Kreitens Passion, to text by German dramaturge Heinrich Riemenschneider. <mask> lived to attend all three performances at the World premiere of Kreitens Passion in the Tonhalle Düsseldorf performed by the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, baritone Andreas Schmidt,  and the American conductor John Fiore in October 2003. <mask> passed away a month later on November 29, 2003 in Peasmarsh, East Sussex. <mask> is survived by his wife Jeanne Elisabeth <mask> <mask>- Koning ( born Voorburg, Netherlands September 4, 1930– ) and his two sons <mask> <mask> (born Leidschendam, Netherlands, October 5, 1954–) and <mask> <mask> Martinus van Dijk Foundation  is a fundraising charitable music foundation which sponsors aspiring composers and conductors who live in parts of the world where there is political strife and/or economic

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texts: <mask>, AO (born 17 January 1957) is an Australian academic. He is the Kernot Professor of Engineering at the University of Melbourne. He previously held the senior administrative roles of Vice-Chancellor of Swinburne University of Technology (2003–2011) and Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University (2011–2016). <mask>'s field of research is Ocean Engineering and particularly the role of wind-generated ocean waves. His work has focused on the development of global wave prediction models, extreme wind and wave conditions, tropical cyclone generated waves, nearshore sea states and the role of global winds and waves in climate change. <mask> is an Honorary Fellow of Engineers Australia, a Fellow of the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, received the Centenary Medal "in recognition for his services to research" in 2000 and became an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia in 2012 for his "services to higher education and research". He was awarded the Lorenz G. Straub medal for research in Hydraulic Engineering in 1986, the National Medal for Education by the Vietnamese government in 2012 and has been ranked by Engineers Australia as one of Australia’s top 100 Engineers.In 2017, he was awarded the Kevin Stark medal for excellence in Coastal and Ocean Engineering.

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 Education
<mask> attended Pimlico State High School and then studied Civil Engineering at James Cook University. He completed three degrees at James Cook, graduating with BE(Hons) (1979), MEngSc (1982) and PhD (1984). His PhD study was focused on Ocean Engineering and particularly ocean surface waves. Research and career
<mask> was a postdoctoral research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg Germany (1983–1984), where he studied under Klaus Hasselmann. His post-doctoral work was focused on the use of ship radar to measure ocean waves, this work ultimately leading to the development of the WaMoS radar system. <mask> returned to Australia in 1984 and took up a teaching and research role at the Australian Defence Force Academy, where he remained until 1998.During this period, he rose through the academic ranks to become a full Professor in 1994 and Rector of the institution in 1998. At this time, <mask>’s research focused on the development of global numerical wave models, the development of nonlinear wave processes, shallow water waves and tropical cyclone wave models. His work on spectral wave models underpinned the development of today’s global models such as WaveWatch. His field research at Lake George near Canberra pioneered understanding of the growth of waves in finite depth

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 conditions and has become a standard approach for engineering design in such situations. In 1999 he was appointed to the role of Executive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Adelaide and subsequently became Pro Vice-Chancellor (International) in 2001. In 2003 he became the 2nd Vice-Chancellor of Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, where he served until 2011 when he became the 11th Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University in Canberra. In 2016 he returned to Melbourne to take up the position of Kernot Professor of Engineer at the University of Melbourne.Following 2010, <mask>'s research has focused on the role of ocean wind and waves in climate and climate change. This work has largely been achieved by building long-term databases of satellite observations of the ocean from altimeter, radiometer and scatterometer instruments. A series of publications in this field have highlighted changes in global wind speed and wave height climates over the past 30 years and pioneered this field of research. Administrative posts
<mask>’s term as Vice-Chancellor of Swinburne was marked by a transformation of the university from a largely teaching institution to one with high quality focused research activities. This sparked a rise in the

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texts: university’s place in international rankings, entering the top 500 universities in the world in 2010. <mask> also transformed the Hawthorn campus of Swinburne through a multi-year capital development. He led a major redirection of Swinburne’s education programs with the creation of Swinburne Online, an online services company, established through a joint venture partnership with Seek in 2011.During this same period, <mask> had a national role, representing Australia’s universities as a Director of IDP Education, an international student recruitment company. <mask>’s period as Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University was often controversial. Internally, <mask> set out to restructure the finances and administrative structures of the institution, a process which required financial restraint and a voluntary early retirement scheme in 2014. Externally, <mask> became Chair of the Group of Eight in 2014, a time when the Australian Government proposed the deregulation of Australia’s university system. The Group of Eight became a strong supporter of this policy and hence <mask> was a public advocate. Ultimately, the controversial proposal was unable to pass the Australian Senate and hence did not come into effect. <mask> also expanded philanthropy at ANU and in 2012, alumnus Graham Tuckwell donated AUD

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 50 million to the university, this amount increasing to AUD 100 million in 2016.At the time, this was the largest philanthropic donation ever received by an Australian university. When <mask> retired from ANU in 2016, the University was ranked 19 in the world, the highest ranking ever achieved by an Australian university and he had put in place a major capital program to transform the built infrastructure of the ANU campus. Business activities
Outside of his university research roles, <mask> is also involved in business activities. He is the President and CEO of Conviro, President of CloudCampus and Director of VERNet. He is also the Director of International Centre for Democratic Partnerships, a member of the Questacon Advisory Council and Chair Advisory Board of Cluey. Awards and honors
1986 - Lorenz G. Straub medal for research in Hydraulic Engineering
1998 - Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Australia
2001 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
2000 - Centenary Medal, Australian Government
2011 - Honorary Fellow, Engineers Australia
2012 - National Medal for Education by the Vietnamese Government
2014 - Officer of the Order of Australia, AO
2017 - Keven Stark medal for excellence in Coast and Ocean Engineering

Selected publications
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<mask> (, courtesy name Yuanbai , alternatively Qi Gong) (July 26, 1912 – June 30, 2005) was a renowned Chinese calligrapher, artist, painter, connoisseur and sinologist. He was an advisor for the September 3 Society, one of China's recognized political parties. <mask> was born into a Manchu family in Beijing in 1912. Both his great-grandfather and grandfather were Jinshi, the highest Chinese academic title roughly equivalent to a doctoral. He was a descendant of the Yongzheng Emperor through his son Hongzhou, and therefore a member of the Aisin Gioro imperial clan. Upon coming to prominence, he declined to use both the Manchu "Aisin Gioro" or sinicized Jin surname, and went by the legal surname of "Qi" to establish a name for himself removed from that of the Imperial family. Name and ancestry
Qi belonged to the Aisin Gioro clan, the Manchu rulers of the Qing dynasty in China.The character of Qi () used in <mask>'s name was a generation name of the ruling Aisin-Gioro clan as dictated by the Qing Imperial Family during the time of the Xianfeng Emperor. It is possible from this code to discern that <mask> was the 10th Generation descendant of the Yongzheng Emperor, his direct ancestor. <mask>, however, has never used the regal family name to sign any of his calligraphy, paintings, letters, or articles. By refusing the noble surname, Qi wanted to show his resolutions to make a living by himself instead of depending on his noble ancestors. He once responded, tongue-in-cheek, "My surname is Qi and given name is Gong. I do not take from my ancestors, nor do I associate with any 'Eight Banners' brotherhood. I rely on my own ability to make a living."Qi's father died at the age of 19, when Qi was just two years old. <mask> was legally known as "Qi Gong" with

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 "Qi" being his legal surname, but many still regard <mask> as a name in singularity. Therefore, in the English transcriptions of his name he can be variably called "<mask>" or "Qi Gong". His style name (zi) was Yuanbai. Biography
He grew up in extreme poverty and was forced to drop out of middle school while still a teenager. He continued to pursue his love of art and knowledge and managed to become a private student of leading scholars and painters. To support his family and buy books, he often had to sell his paintings and work as a tutor.Initially Qi Gong was better known as a painter than a calligrapher. In 1935, he began work as a teaching assistant at Fujen University in Beijing, which later became Beijing Normal University. He continued teaching Chinese classics and literature at the university and also taught the study of traditional Chinese antiques at Peking University. He tutored Master's and PhD students until a few years before his death. He learned Chinese calligraphy in his childhood, and studied various historical stone inscriptions of calligraphy in detail. He was deft in merging the characteristics of different eras and authors, and versatile in all the writing styles, especially the regular script (kaishu), the running hand (xingshu), and the cursive script (caoshu) styles. His style embodies the essence of great classical calligraphers like Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi, yet unique in its own way.He was also a learned scholar in the areas of Chinese ancient song lyrics, phonology, semantics, and Dream of the Red Chamber study, and published extensively in these fields. He was also very versatile in poetry writing and appreciation, and used his own poems in his calligraphy extensively. He also began to develop the eye of an art

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 connoisseur by frequenting the Forbidden City, the imperial palace of China's last Dynasty. He authenticated, salvaged, and preserved abundant rare and valuable cultural relics for the country. He established himself internationally by attending various influential treasure-authenticating events and international academic conferences in countries such as Japan, Singapore, the United States, South Korea, Britain, and France, promoting international cultural exchanges. Qi Gong passed what he had learned from Chen Yuan, as well as his own selfless love, on to his generations of students. Qi Gong set up the Li Yun Grant in 1990 with 1.63 million yuan (US$196.904) of his own money, money raised at a sale of work in Hong Kong during which he sold out more than a hundred painting and calligraphic works of his own.For nearly 30 years, Qi was so busy working as a college teacher that he almost totally abandoned painting and focused on calligraphy in his spare time. It was not until the 1980s that he again picked up a paintbrush. As a renowned artist, Qi Gong served as vice-chairman and later chairman of the Chinese Calligraphers' Association. An outstanding connoisseur of Chinese calligraphy and painting, he worked as director of the National Relics Evaluation Committee. Qi had lived alone in his home and studio on the university campus since his wife Zhang Baochen died in 1975. The couple had no children. Final years
Even though Qi Gong has remained the best-known calligrapher in the public's eye.Since 1999, Qi Gong also headed the Central Research Institute of Chinese History. The institute currently has 29 members, all leaders in their fields of history, the humanities and the arts. Despite the fact that he also chaired the Chinese Calligraphers' Association


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 and served as a senior scholar on a team of national experts on cultural relics, Qi Gong was always unassuming, both among his peers and towards other artists. Before his death in 2005, he was the honorary president of Chinese Calligraphers' Association, director of Cultural Relic Authentication Committee of the State Council, professor of Beijing Normal University, and member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. At Beijing Normal University, where Qi Gong taught classical Chinese language and literature for more than 60 years, teachers and students mourned their professor's death. Qi Gong's death was also met with sadness by the public, and has been especially felt by the country's artists, calligraphers, and art collectors. Marriage
Qi's marriage was arranged by his mother within the clan according to Qing Dynasty tradition.He married Zhang Baochen (1910–1975), a woman he had never met before, at the age of 21. With a lifestyle far removed from Qi, Zhang knew little about calligraphy or painting. She also brought to the family her little brother. Zhang devoted herself to the family. When Qi's mother died in 1957, a grateful Qi kneeled down before her to express his gratitude. Qi was labeled as a "rightist" in Mao's Anti-Rightist Movement in 1957, and became depressed. Zhang encouraged her husband to keep on working and sold her jewelry to buy books for Qi.During the Cultural Revolution (1966–76), Qi was arrested because of his noble family background and was forced to surrender his family's belongings. Zhang had packaged all Qi's works and collections and managed to keep them away hidden. The Red Guards searched their house several times to no avail. Zhang revealed the locations of the manuscripts to Qi


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Despite being an acclaimed teacher, <mask> was perhaps more famous as an artist. At the time of his death, people eulogized him as a humorous, modest, generous, and open-minded "old grandpa." Qi wrote a large number of calligraphic pieces that can be seen on a host of landmark buildings, at scenic spots around China, and on many book covers alongside the book titles.To own a piece of calligraphy by Qi Gong is the dream of many of his admirers, let alone those sharp-eyed experts and other enthusiasts. He was deeply grateful to his mentor Chen Yuan who led him towards a lifelong career as a teacher and scholar and who never gave up on the talented Qi Gong, even though Qi lived in poverty and did not even complete middle school. What he also valued most in his life was the pure love and selfless support between him and his wife Zhang Baochen. Family

Yongzheng Emperor
Hongzhou, Prince Hegong of the First Rank
Yongbi, Prince Heqin of the First Rank
Mingxun, Prince Heke of the Second Rank
Yihang, Beili
Zaichong
Puliang 溥良 (died in 1922)
Yulong 毓隆 (died in 1923)
Hengtong (died in 1913) = Ke Lianzhen 克连珍 (died in 1957)
Qigong = Zhang Baochen 章宝琛 (1910–1975)
Heng Guihua 恒季华 (died in 1957)
Relative: Puru (1896–1963)

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