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<mask> (April 18, 1948 – April 11, 2007) was an American businessman and long-time member of the LaRouche movement, an organization founded by American political activist Lyndon LaRouche. He was president of PMR Printing Co. and World Composition Services Inc., in Sterling, Virginia, printing businesses set up in 1978 to print material for the LaRouche movement, which received most of the money the LaRouche organisation spent on producing pamphlets; but the companies also worked for other clients including the United Nations and the Ford Foundation. He was also co-founder and editor of Fidelio, the magazine of the Schiller Institute, a LaRouche movement think-tank founded by Helga Zepp-LaRouche. <mask> died after jumping from a highway overpass on April 11, 2007, in what a spokesman for the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said was an apparent suicide—the cause of death also recorded on the death certificate. Education and career
<mask> was born in the Bronx, New York. He graduated at the age of 16 from Bronx High School of Science, and graduated in 1968 with a bachelor's degree from St. John's College, Santa Fe, New Mexico; he then spent a year as a junior fellow at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions with Robert M. Hutchins in Santa Barbara, California. In discussing his time at St. John's and the Center years later, <mask> described himself as a "Socratic revolutionary."He did graduate work in economics at the New School for Social Research Graduate Faculty in New York, and was employed as an editor by the American Institute of Physics, Marcel Dekker, and John Wiley & Sons. He directed amateur theater, specializing in Shakespeare, and taught classes in poetry and drama. He edited various LaRouche-related cultural magazines (Campaigner, Fidelio) and wrote on many topics, including "How to Read Poetry"; the economy, demography,

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 and culture of Ancient Rome; William Gilbert and his work on magnetism. " . Involvement with the LaRouche movement

Kronberg became involved with the LaRouche movement, regarded by critics as a political cult,<ref>Chip Berlet. [http://www.publiceye.org/larouche/LaRouche_Theories.html "Lyndon LaRouche: Fascist Demagogue, LaRouche's Antisemitic Conspiracism], Public Eye.</ref> in 1971 after reading a LaRouche newspaper (New Solidarity) at a friend's house. A friend told Avi Klein of Washington Monthly: "He was sold on the guy from the beginning."In The Washington Monthly, Avi Klein writes that the relationship with LaRouche seemed to be a perfect fit for <mask> with his publishing experience, because the LaRouche movement's growth was being driven by its publication of political pamphlets and newspapers, which members would hand out on campuses and on the streets. Klein's sources, including ex-members and <mask>'s wife,  say <mask>che movement, and that in the early 1970s, LaRouche began to engage in "ego stripping" sessions with senior members in which the member's core beliefs and relationship with his family were attacked. During one such session, <mask> was allegedly so disgusted that he threw a soda bottle across the room and walked out. Klein reports that <mask> was also shocked by the so-called Chris White affair in 1974, when LaRouche became convinced that White, his ex-girlfriend's new husband, had been brainwashed and sent by British intelligence to assassinate him. LaRouche "deprogammed" White over a period of two weeks. The New York Times obtained a tape recording of the sessions, during which "weeping and vomiting" could be heard, as well as someone saying "Raise the voltage," though LaRouche later said this had to do with the bright lights used during the questioning, not an electric shock.April Witt. "No Joke", The Washington

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Despite his misgivings, <mask> believed LaRouche was a genius.Klein writes that <mask> "rationalized his leader's seemingly crackpot ideas," telling family members that LaRouche didn't really believe all the things he was saying. In 1974, <mask> became a national committee member of the National Caucus of Labor Committees (NCLC), part of the LaRouche movement. He was the production editor of their newspaper, New Solidarity, edited their magazine, The Campaigner, and later co-founded and edited Fidelio, a publication of LaRouche's Schiller Institute. He was a founding board member of Caucus Distributors, one of the key LaRouche companies. In 1978, he founded World Composition Services, which typeset material for LaRouche; according to Klein, Kronberg's companies also worked for other clients such as the United Nations and the Ford Foundation, as "low-cost printing" for LaRouche in reality often meant "free printing". According to a memorial posted on a LaRouche website, <mask> also played a leading role in promoting the ideas of Heinrich Heine and the Yiddish Renaissance. He did research, wrote, and taught classes on the English scientist William Gilbert, and on the Roman Empire.His poem honoring Indira Gandhi was given to her son, Rajiv Gandhi, then the Prime Minister of India, who had it published in the April 1987 issue of Congress Varnika, the magazine of the then-ruling Congress Party. But his greatest love was Shakespeare, LaRouche's views about whom Kronberg disputed. <mask>'s widow and family maintain a website dedicated to him that can be found at http://www.kennethkronberg.com/kk/. Print shop's financial problems
Nicholas F. Benton, owner of the Falls Church News-Press'' and himself a former member of the LaRouche movement, writes that at the beginning of 2007, the LaRouche movement realized Kronberg's printing

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 company (PMR) was on the verge of bankruptcy. He says that the financial problems stemmed from the movement's failure to pay the print shop for its services, as a consequence of which the company was in arrears with its tax payments, including employee withholding. One ex-LaRouche supporter told Nicholas Benton: "There was never any money at PMR and members were paid only half their salaries, which were already pittances, and then Ken paid himself only once a month." Klein writes that in March 2007, the LaRouche Political Action Committee told Kronberg that they had decided not to pay the money they owed him, and that they also asked that he return a $100,000 advance to the company, which Avi Klein writes Kronberg had already spent.Klein writes that <mask> feared the movement would raid an escrow account that held $235,000 the company owed the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). So long as <mask> was in control of the printing operation, Klein writes, he hoped he was safe from LaRouche movement attacks on his family, because the print shop was so central to the movement's existence. When he realized it was about to collapse, he reportedly told his wife, two days before his death: "I will be vilified. You and I will be vilified like nothing you've seen yet. It will be ugly; it will be brutal. This is going to be the worst week of my life." Death

At 10:17 a.m. on the morning of his death, after reportedly reading the "morning briefing" in his office, <mask> instructed his accountant by e-mail to transfer to the IRS the $235,000 held in the escrow account.He drove to the Dulles Mail Facility where he mailed some family bills, then headed back toward PMR over the Waxpool Road overpass in Sterling. He pulled his car off the road on the overpass, left his emergency lights blinking, and jumped. He died after jumping from the overpass at 10:30 a.m. onto

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 the northbound lanes of Route 28. A spokesman for the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said the death was an apparent suicide. At his death, <mask> left his wife of 36 years, Molly; their son, Max Isaac <mask>, 22; a brother, <mask>; two nephews; and three cousins. Avi Klein and Nicholas Benton have linked Kronberg's death to a daily internal document, the so-called "morning briefing," which is circulated among members of the LaRouche movement, and which Benton writes they regard as authoritative. The briefing circulated on the morning of Kronberg's death appears to have been addressed to the movement's younger generation.It attacked the print shop, calling it among the worst of the failures of the "baby boomer" generationreferring to members who joined the movement in the 1960s and 1970s. It continued: "the Boomers will be scared into becoming human, because you're in the real world, and they're not. Unless they want to commit suicide." <mask> told Klein that her husband killed himself to draw public attention to the print shop's financial position and the reasons for it, and that it was "...as such ...the bravest political act of his life." In an interview conducted by PRA, <mask> stated that she believes her husband's suicide was an attempt by him to escape the "terrible tension [in her opinion caused by LaRouche's alleged anti-semitism and megalomania], and his legal and financial entanglements on behalf of the organization." <mask>

<mask>'s wife, Marielle ("Molly") Hammett, was for years deeply involved with the movement, being elected to the National Committee in December 1982. <mask> and Hammett met in 1971.She joined the movement in 1973 so that they could marry, becoming pregnant shortly afterwards. According to Klein, Kronberg persuaded her to have an abortion, because LaRouche taught that families were a "dangerous distraction." The

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 broadly, LaRouche movement behavior over the years. As she indicated in discovery during her lawsuit against LaRouche and others (see below), she posted as Eaglebeak. On August 21, 2009, <mask> filed suit against LaRouche in Federal Court, Eastern District of Virginia, charging harassment and libel.The suit includes numerous references to the circumstances of <mask>'s death. Co-counsel for Mrs. Kronberg was John Markham, who, as one of the Federal prosecutors against LaRouche in 1988, secured his conviction in the same Federal Court in which the Kronberg case is filed. By spring 2010, however, the LaRouche legal team, including Ben DiMuro, Nina Ginsberg, and Edward McMahon—the latter two, Ginsberg and McMahon, having been members of the ACLU's John Adams Project—had succeeded in disqualifying Markham because of his role as a former prosecutor. For a while Mrs. Kronberg was represented by local counsel John Bond, who bowed out of the case in the fall of 2010 citing ill health. The case was dismissed without prejudice, and refiled by Mrs. <mask>'s third counsel, Jim DelSordo. Meanwhile, the LaRouche team had gone to the appellate level, seeking to have the Kronberg lawsuit dismissed with prejudice, and seeking to have the case dismissed. Ultimately (January 2012) the appellate panel denied both LaRouche motions, and the case went back to the trial court—where the same judge denied the LaRouche motion to dismiss again, making a total of three times since the case was first filed.In July 2012, during the discovery phase, the case was withdrawn, because of <mask>'s inability to continue paying her lawyer. References

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<mask> (born December 7, 1977) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2007. He was a two-time light middleweight world champion, having held the IBF title from 1998 to 2000, and the WBA title from 2001 to 2002. With his IBF title win, <mask> became the youngest boxer in history to win a light middleweight world title, at age 21. As an amateur he won a bronze medal in the light welterweight division at the 1995 Pan American Games, and reached the second round of the welterweight bracket at the 1996 Olympics. <mask> is best known for his heated rivalries against Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosley, and Ricardo Mayorga. Amateur career
In his youth <mask> compiled a remarkable amateur record of 100–5. In 1992, he won the 132 lb.championships at the Junior Olympics Box-Offs, and came in second at the Junior Olympics. In 1993, he captured the triple crown of amateur boxing: the Junior Olympics Box-Offs, the Junior Olympics, and the Junior Olympics International tournament. The following year he solidified his position as one of the premier amateur fighters in the world by winning the 132 lb gold medal at the Olympic Festival, seizing the U.S. Junior Championships at 132 lb, and by becoming the youngest fighter ever to win the U.S. Championships. In 1995, he was selected to the 1996 U.S. Olympic Team. <mask> lost a controversial decision in the second round of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He was scheduled to turn pro in November 1996, however, while training for his debut bout he broke his right hand.Eager to turn pro and begin his march toward a world championship, <mask> "ferociously" followed his physical therapy program, and within five months he was ready for his professional debut. Amateur achievements
Won the 132-lb Junior Olympics Box-Offs; came in second at the Junior Olympics (1992)
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Won the 132-lb gold medal at the U.S. Olympic Festival (1994), seizing the U.S. Championships at 132 pounds, becoming the youngest boxer ever to win the U.S. Championships (Seniors). Participated at the 1994 World Junior Championships, losing in the quarter-finals. 1995 Pan American Games Bronze Medalist in Mar Del Plata (ARG)
Selected to the 1996 U.S. Olympic Team, defeated Tengiz Meskhadze (Georgia) 10–4, but lost to Marian Simion (Romania) 7–8 in the second bout. Professional career
In his professional debut on March 25, 1997, <mask> crushed Jorge Morales in just 56 seconds. He quickly beat his next five opponents, spending only eight rounds in his first six bouts. By the time of his first world championship he won all his 14 bouts by knockout.He won his first world title in 1998, knocking out Yori Boy Campas in seven rounds for the IBF light middleweight championship. <mask> successfully defended the title throughout 1999, with victories over Howard Clarke (TKO 4), Raúl Márquez (TKO 11), Winky Wright (MD 12), and Ike Quartey (UD 12). Trinidad vs. <mask> lost the title to Félix Trinidad in 2000. <mask> was knocked down twice in the first round, he was able to fight his way back by knocking down Trinidad in the fourth round until finally being knocked out in the 12th and final round. Legal troubles
In 2001 <mask> was sentenced to 90 days in House Arrest stemming from a 1999 assault charge. <mask> and four friends were originally charged with assault with a deadly weapon and conspiracy to commit a crime stemming from a July 25, 1999 altercation at a Summerland, California home. The defendants were accused of assaulting Doug Rossi, 23, who had broken up a fight between <mask> and a female friend's ex-boyfriend.De La Hoya vs. <mask>
On September 14, 2002, <mask> surrendered his WBA title to Oscar De La Hoya in a historical light middleweight

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 championship unification showdown that filled the Mandalay Bay Events Center to capacity and sold approximately one million pay-per-view buys. In the early rounds <mask> bullied De La Hoya against the ropes and landed right hands to the head and body; however, in the middle and late rounds <mask> fatigued and De La Hoya's hand speed took over. After hurting <mask> at the end of round 10, De La Hoya dropped <mask> in the next round with a left hook to the head, and stopped him moments later with a flurry at the 1:48 mark of the round. During the mandatory drug testing after the de la Hoya fight, <mask> tested positive for the banned steroid stanozolol better known as Winstrol. <mask> said the steroids were given to him without his knowledge, but he accepted full responsibility. The Nevada Athletic Commission announced on November 20 of 2002 that it would fine <mask> $100,000 because of his use of steroids. <mask> was suspended for nine months.Comeback trail
Despite these problems, <mask> remained an accessible and popular celebrity, known for signing many autographs. After his knockout win over Fitz Vanderpool on July 26, 2003, he stood in a corner and yelled "I love you guys!" to his fans. <mask> continued his comeback, on December 12, with a seventh-round knockout of Tony Marshall that was shown live nationwide from Tucson, on TeleFutura. During that fight, <mask> injured a disc in his back, and his doctor recommended surgery, but <mask> chose to rehabilitate his back himself without having the procedure. This caused him to spend almost two years in inactivity, but, on March 26, 2005, he returned to boxing with a ten-round unanimous decision win over Ray Joval in Corpus Christi, Texas. On August 20, 2005, he returned to the boxing ring to fight fellow former world light middleweight champion Javier Castillejo of Spain.<mask> dropped Castillejo in the third round, but he apparently

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On February 25, 2006, <mask> once again returned to the ring to face fellow Southern California boxer Sugar Shane Mosley. In a tightly contested battle, <mask>' left eye became grotesquely swollen and referee Joe Cortez decided to stop the fight in the 10th round to minimize further damage, granting a technical knockout (TKO) victory to Mosley. The reasoning behind the stoppage, explained Nevada State Athletic Commission czar Marc Ratner, was that the referee and the fight doctor deemed that <mask> was unable to defend himself adequately against Mosley's right-hand shots. At the time of the stoppage, two judges had Mosley winning the fight 86–85. One judge had <mask> winning the fight 86–85. Fightnews.com had the bout scored 86-85 for Mosley.In the post fight press conference, <mask> made it clear that he would resume his boxing career and stated that a rematch with Mosley should be in order because the match was stopped on a technicality. ESPN boxing expert Dan Rafael wrote: "<mask> is so utterly delusional about what actually happened in his first fight with Mosley that we think he might have a concussion. When will he stop lying to himself -- and when will his team stop going along with him? He needs to admit that: (a) The swelling around his eye was caused by a clean punch, not a headbutt; and (b) He was not winning the fight when it was stopped in the 10th round." In their highly anticipated July 15, 2006 rematch, <mask> was stopped in the 6th round via TKO. When the sixth round began, Mosley landed a huge left hook that sent <mask> crashing to the canvas. <mask> rolled over onto all fours and was unsteady, but after stumbling twice he finally beat referee Kenny Bayless' count.Moments later, Mosley unleashed another flurry as <mask> could only protect his face, and the referee

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It was confirmed on May 13, 2007, that <mask> would face Ricardo Mayorga  on September 8, 2007, on Showtime PPV for the vacant WBC Continental Americas super middleweight title. However the fight was postponed after it was discovered during a routine blood test that <mask> was suffering from a severe iron deficiency. Doctors ordered <mask> not to participate in the upcoming bout until he received the necessary weeks of treatment to correct the problem. When the bout eventually took place it would be fought at 162 pounds, a weight that neither boxer has ever fought at. Many sources claim that <mask> had complained about fighting at the Jr. Middleweight limit of 154 pounds, stating that it's "too much for his body to take". <mask> has stated that fighting at that weight was the reason he did poorly against Mosley in the second fight.<mask> claimed that this would be the last fight of his career regardless of the result. He warned Mayorga that he would not tolerate any insults from him like the ones he hurled at Oscar De La Hoya in their press conferences. <mask> stayed true to his promise when at the first official press conference for the fight, Mayorga said some offensive things towards <mask> and attempted to slap him. <mask> immediately jumped up from his seat and retaliated with punches and a brawl broke out between the two fighters' camps, though order was quickly restored. <mask> also recalled the time when Mayorga said <mask> was scared of him when he had defeated Javier Castillejo, then was stripped of his WBC light middleweight title rather than face Mayorga, who then defeated Michele Piccirillo for the vacant title. Ultimately the contestants faced off, and Mayorga defeated <mask> by majority decision on November 23, 2007. The scores were 113-113,

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 114–112, and 115–111.Crucially, <mask> was knocked down in the 1st round and again in the 11th round. Post-fight Ricardo Mayorga apologized to <mask> and the two forgave each other. <mask> officially declared his retirement soon after. Cancelled return to boxing in 2011
It was confirmed that after a three-year hiatus, former world champion <mask> would return to the boxing ring against super middleweight Henry Buchanan on April 16, 2011, at Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas. However, the fight was cancelled for unknown reasons. Acting career
<mask> had a role in the Crime Drama film Alpha Dog where he played Tiko "TKO" Martinez. <mask> also plays an unnamed guest star on the television show Moesha.Season 2 Episode 3 titled "Mama said knock you out." Reality television series
In 2014, <mask> and his family became the subjects of a reality show on Mun2 television station, Welcome to Los Vargas. He also participated, alongside Judith Grace, Maripily and Pedro Rivera; and Sissi Fleitas, among others, in the Telemundo reality contest, Top Chef Celebrity. Professional boxing record

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List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

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<mask> (born 1971, Corpus Christi, TX) is a Latina American author, political pundit affiliated with the Republican Party, and founder/CEO of Impacto Group LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based market research and consulting firm. Early life
<mask> was born in Corpus Christi, Texas and is a third-generation Mexican American. <mask>'s grandfather came to the United States from Mexico in the early 20th century. <mask>'s parents separated at age 15 and she moved with her mother to an apartment in Sugar Land, a suburb in the Houston metropolitan area. <mask> took a job during high school to assist her family with finances. After high school, <mask> sold Collier's encyclopedias door to door. In four years, she worked in 1,000 counties in 23 states.<mask> was salesperson, eventually advancing to Field Manager and earned money to assist in supporting her family and earning for her college tuition. <mask> attended George Washington University, graduating in 1997 with a degree in Journalism. In 2002, <mask> obtained a Masters in Business Administration from Johns Hopkins University's Carey Business School. Political work
<mask>'s political work began in the 1990s. While a student at GWU, she volunteered in several campaigns and acquired experience in this field. During this time, <mask> went to work in the office of Rep. Henry Bonilla, R-TX, as a legislative assistant on appropriations. <mask> worked on border issues and immigration legislation.After college, <mask> held several public relations and marketing positions in the Capitol and worked with the staff of House Speaker Dennis Hastert. In 1999, <mask> became a deputy press secretary for the Republican National Committee where she developed communication strategies for the Hispanic market and served as the Committee's chief spokesperson to the Hispanic community. The results were

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 she earned a diploma at the Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo in Santander, Spain.Around this time, she entered the MBA program at Johns Hopkins University's School of Professional Studies in Business and Education (now extant). On June 25, 2003, <mask> resigned her White House Initiative position to form her own consulting firm, Impacto Group, LLC, the "first Republican political strategy and research group aimed solely at the U.S. Hispanic marketplace." Pollster Tarrance joined her as head of research and development for Impacto Strategies, a division of the Group, and chairman of its board of advisors. Impacto also deals with social and economic issues related to women. Consultant and commentator

At Impacto, <mask> attained multiple clients, including Cisco Systems and Prudential Financial. Impacto's analytical work has also received attention from political watchers. In 2004, the Independent Women's Forum commissioned a psycholinguistic survey of Hispanic and Caucasian female voters that is considered seminal in the field.<mask> mainly operates as a consultant and also on television as a political commentator. Since founding Impacto, she has made appearances on political shows including CNN's The Situation Room, Fox News Channel's O'Reilly Factor, and PBS's The McLaughlin Group, To the Contrary, and The News Hour with Jim Lehrer. <mask> has been a commentator on Fox and CNN, MSNBC, Telemundo, and Univision. <mask> has worked for several election-related projects. In 2004 and 2006, she worked for the BBC as a call-in speaker for their coverage of the presidential and congressional elections. In 2008, she served as a political contributor for CNN's election coverage series. In 2009, CNN was awarded the distinguished Peabody Award for its reporting on the 2008 presidential campaign.<mask>'s commentary is featured

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 in the PBS documentary Latinos 08 which observed the presidential election through from the perspective of Latino voters. <mask> has written multiple editorials, opinion pieces, and other articles for various publications including:  Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, and US News & World Report. <mask> is credited with authoring two book. Her first, Los Republicanos: Why Republicans and Hispanics Need Each Other, was published in 2007. In it, <mask> makes the argument that since most Hispanics share core beliefs with the Republican Party (GOP) and represent the fastest growing minority, they should garner more attention. One reviewer described the book as "a proto-type analysis that can be applied to other minority groups in America." <mask>'s second book, You've Come a Long Way, Maybe: Michelle, Sarah, Hillary and the Shaping of the New American Woman, was released in October 2009 by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of St Martin's Press.<mask> has been observed as critical of what she perceives as the GOP's patronizing attempts in courting Hispanics since the 2008 elections. Calling the immigration debate, "Prop. 187 on steroids," <mask> warns that "Republicans embrace anti-immigrant fervor at their own peril." <mask> expresses that the Party should re-adopt the successful strategies employed by Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, who appealed to Hispanics, <mask> claims, "not as Hispanics or immigrants but as Americans with an equal stake in the future of the country." The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
In 2005, <mask> was one of 16 candidates on The Apprentice: Martha Stewart. Already considered a "Latina Martha Stewart" by close associates, she had been encouraged to try out as soon as the show's existence had become known. <mask> finally relented when she was invited to audition by the GWU Alumni

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 Association.She lasted for 10 of 13 weeks in the competition before finally being ejected. Despite what some have considered a particularly severe dismissal (Stewart told her that she would rather hire the "doer rather than the talker"), <mask> preferred in a later interview to focus on Stewart's complimentary remarks regarding her marketing and communication skills. Her appearance on The Apprentice apparently boosted <mask>'s business as well as her fan following. Miscellany
Among her many activities and honors, past and present, are the following:
 Co-director of the Congressional Border Caucus
 Member, U.S.-Spain Council for the Young Hispanic Leaders Program
 Ex-officio member of the President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status
 Hispanic Business magazine's "100 Most Influential Hispanics"
 Member, Women's Business Enterprise National Council
 Board of Directors, Providence Health Foundation
 Johns Hopkins Alumni Association
 The George Washington University Alumni Association
 National Society of Hispanic MBAs
 Visiting Fellow, Independent Women's Forum
 Texas Federation of Republican Women
 Latin Chamber of Commerce
 Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce
 American Cancer Society Relay for Life

See also
 List of Latino Republicans

References

External links
 Impacto Group, LLC
 LeslieSanchez.com
 <mask>'s CNN Blog
 Los Republicanos: Why Republicans and Hispanics Need Each Other
 White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans

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George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs alumni
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School alumni
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Virginia Republicans
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American women chief executives
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<mask> (born August 10, 1949) is a retired Mexican professional boxer. Palomino is a former World Welterweight Champion and member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. <mask> is also an actor who has been featured in several television shows and films. He achieved a considerable amount of fame during the 1970s, especially among Mexican and Southern California fans. Early life
He moved to Los Angeles, California from his native Mexico when he was ten years old. Amateur boxing career
<mask> was an All-U.S. Army champion in 1971 and 1972. As an amateur, <mask> won the 1972 National AAU Light Welterweight Champion at 137 lb., defeating eventual Olympic gold medalist Ray Seales.He was discharged from the Army later that year and enrolled at Orange Coast College and later Long Beach State, where he obtained a degree. Professional boxing career
In 1972, his name was becoming better known in California. This was likely caused by the number of his fights taking place there. He won five fights (one by knockout) in 1973. In 1974, <mask> went through an increment in quality of opposition. He won six fights and lost one. He beat David Arellano twice, by a decision in ten and by knockout in nine, as well as Tommy Howard, by decision in ten, but he lost to Andy Price, who was a title contender at the time, by decision in ten in San Diego.In 1975, he won four fights, and drew in two. He and Zovek Baraja had two bouts that year, the first one resulting in a ten-round draw and the second one being a nine-round knockout win for <mask>. He also drew with Hedgemon Lewis. WBC Welterweight Championship
After winning two fights in 1976, <mask> found himself and his trainers travelling to London, where an internationally televised world championship bout awaited him against WBC world

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 crown with a win over Ryu Sorimachi by a knockout in seven, a knockout in nine over Mimoun Mohatar, and a decision in fifteen in his long-awaited rematch with Muniz. His championship run ended in 1979, when he traveled to Puerto Rico, where he was defeated on January 13 by hometown boxer Wilfred Benítez via a controversial fifteen-round split decision. Referee Zach Clayton scored the fight 145–142 in <mask>'s favor, but judges Jay Edson and Harry Gibbs disagreed. Edson scored the bout 146-142 for Benítez. Gibbs also scored for Benítez, 146–143. <mask> vs. Durán
In his next fight, <mask> met legendary Roberto Durán on June 22 of that year at Madison Square Gardens, in another nationally televised bout, as part of the Larry Holmes–Mike Weaver world Heavyweight championship bout's undercard. <mask> lost to Duran by decision in ten rounds, and he announced his retirement from boxing right away.Boxing comeback
<mask> began his comeback on January 10, 1997, beating Ismaél Díaz by a knockout in round nine. He won four fights that year, including one over former world champion Rene Arredondo, but when he lost by decision in ten to former Oscar De La Hoya world title challenger Wilfredo Rivera on May 30, 1998, he decided to retire for good, and has stayed in retirement ever since. After boxing

Acting career
In 1978 while still the WBC Welterweight Champion, Palomino appeared as '<mask>ne' in the ABC sitcom Taxi. Appearing in the second episode of the opening season ("One-Punch Banta"), he spars with Tony Banta (Tony Danza – himself a former professional boxer with a 9–3 record) and takes a dive. Palomino appears as himself in an episode of "The White Shadow" in 1979. In 1980, Miller Lite beer signed <mask> as a spokesman as part of a television commercial campaign that also

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 included Walt Frazier and other noted athletes. As a consequence of the enjoyable experience and the media exposure that followed, he decided to launch a career as an actor.He participated in a number of movies and television series, before deciding to launch a boxing comeback at the age of 48, in 1997. <mask> appeared on Star Trek: Voyager episode "The Fight". This episode was original aired on March 24, 1999. <mask> was elected as chairman of the California State Athletic Commission, where he performed for a few years. He is now involved in charity work, most notably Tony Baltazar's charity organization, and he travels around the United States to attend charity events and do autograph shows. IBHF
Palomino was selected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame on January 8, 2004. He was inducted on June 13.Personal life

On March 14, 1980, his younger brother, <mask> – a member of the U.S. boxing team en route to Poland for a competition – was killed in the crash of LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007. On December 19, 2008, <mask>'s girlfriend, Daliene Ingram, was featured in an episode of Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?. Her daughter Alexa, a fifth grader, was the extra classmate at the Mystery Desk for the occasion. Professional boxing record

See also

 List of Mexican boxing world champions
 List of WBC world champions
 List of welterweight boxing champions

References

External links

 <mask>o ESPN article by Tim Graham (June 11, 2004)
  Miller Light 1981 television commercial

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Living people
Boxers from Sonora
Sportspeople from San Luis Río Colorado
Welterweight boxers
World boxing champions
World Boxing Council champions
World welterweight boxing champions
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United States Army

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<mask>, also called <mask> and <mask> (full name: Valerius Licinianus Licinius;  – ), was the son of the Roman emperor <mask>. He held the imperial rank of caesar between March 317 and September 324, while his father was augustus, and he was twice Roman consul. After losing a civil war, his father lost power and both he and <mask> the Younger were eventually put to death. Family and background
<mask> I married Flavia Julia Constantia, daughter of the augustus Constantius Chlorus and half-sister of the augustus Constantine I. They wed at Mediolanum (Milan) in February 313. Three years later, Constantine attacked Licinius in the Cibalensean War. Constantine defeated Licinius at the Battle of Cibalae at Cibalae (Vinkovci) in Pannonia Secunda on the 8 October 316 and again at the Battle of Mardia near Hadrianopolis in Haemimontus (Edirne).Life
<mask> II, son of Licinius, grandson of Constantius I, and half-nephew of Constantine, was born to Flavia Julia Constantia in July or August 315. While the augustus Licinius marched against Constantine in 316, <mask> <mask> was left with his mother and the augustus's treasury at Sirmium (Sremska Mitrovica). After <mask> was defeated by Constantine at the Battle of Cibalae, and lost two thirds of his army, he fled to Sirmium and thence to Singidunum (Belgrade), where he crossed the river Sava and destroyed the bridge to delay Constantine's pursuit of him. With this delay, Licinius and his family reached Hadrianopolis. After Constantine reached Philippopolis (Plovdiv), and after he and Licinius failed to come to terms over Licinius's

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 appointment of Valerius Valens as co-augustus, the Battle of the Mardia (or "of Campus Ardiensis", probably Harmanli) ensued, in which Licinius was again defeated. Licinius failed to flee towards Byzantium (Istanbul) as expected, and outmanoeuvred Constantine by marching to Beroea (Veria) while Constantine continued to Byzantium. As a result, Licinius and Constantine made peace: excepting the dioecesis of Thrace, all the territory formerly administered by Licinius in the Balkans was ceded to Constantine's control.Constantine was to be recognized as senior augustus, and all Licinius and Constantine's sons were to be mutually recognized as caesares. Caesar
On the 1 March 317 <mask> <mask> was raised to the imperial rank of caesar by agreement between his father and Constantine. Constantine's sons Crispus and the infant <mask> were elevated to caesar on the same day, at Serdica (Sofia). The date was chosen especially; it was the dies imperii (date of accession) of Constantine's father and Licinius's father-in-law Constantius I, the grandfather of all the new caesares. Crispus was no older than 17, while <mask> was, at seven months, even younger than Licinius II, who was then only 20 months old. Sharing the same day of investiture, none of the caesares could claim seniority. <mask> II retained his title until 324, throughout the time his father remained in power.Licinius is said by Themistius to have been educated by the grammaticus, and later consul, Flavius Optatus. Licinius was mentioned in the inscription of a Roman milestone from Viennensis as . <mask> <mask> was made

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texts: consul in 319. His colleague was his uncle Constantine. In 321, the relationship between the two augusti had worsened and each made different nominations for the consulship: <mask> II was made consul for the second time with his father in the east, but Constantine and Crispus held the office in the west (see: list of Roman consuls). Licinius's quinquennalia was celebrated on the 1 March 321. The Munich Treasure was made for the occasion of the quinqennalia; besides a silver bust of Licinius I, three large silver bowls were made for largitio, each weighing a Roman pound – .The largitio bowls were decorated with portraits of the two emperors, with inscriptions celebrating the quinquennalia of <mask> II as well as a vota (vow of good rulership) for a decennalia. After his defeats by Constantine and Crispus at the Battle of Chrysopolis and the Battle of the Hellespont (18 September 324), <mask> I surrendered himself and his remaining forces to Constantine at Nicomedia. At the intercession of Flavia Julia Constantia, Constantine spared his brother-in-law and nephew. <mask> the Elder retired to Thessalonica as a private citizen. Immediately after his father's defeat and capitulation the <mask> <mask> was stripped of the title of caesar. Constantine seems to have regretted his leniency and the former augustus was hanged in the spring of 325. The former augustus had been accused of plotting to renew hostilities and was executed on this pretext, real or imagined.Licinius's co-emperor and augustus Martinian was also executed, either at this time or in 324. <mask> II survived until

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 the following year. Death
The younger Licinius was executed by his uncle Constantine in 326. He fell victim to the augustus's suspicions and died at Pola, possibly in the context of the execution of Crispus. Like his father, <mask> II was the subject of a posthumous damnatio memoriae and their names were expunged from official inscriptions. Liciniani filius in the Codex Theodosianus
A , is noted in two laws in the Codex Theodosianus dated 336. According to the Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, this was not Licinius II, but rather an illegitimate son legitimated by rescript.This son of the augustus was, by legislation, forced into slavery in the imperial textile factories (gynaeceum) in Carthage, Africa. The text contains a directive that he be reduced to the slave status of his birth. No son of Constantine's sister would have been referred to in this manner, therefore, this "son of Licinianus" must have been the illegitimate son of the emperor by a woman of servile status. References

Further reading
 Dietmar Kienast: Römische Kaisertabelle. Grundzüge einer römischen Kaiserchronologie. Wiss. Buchgesellschaft, 3.Auflage, Darmstadt 2004 (unveränderter Nachdruck der 2., durchgesehenen und erw. Auflage 1996), S. 296, . External links

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 American University of Beirut in 2005. Throughout the years, she headlined at the most important venues in the world such as Albert Hall and Royal Festival Hall in London, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and United Nations General Assembly Lobby in New York, the Olympia and Salle Pleyel in Paris, the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens and the Royal Theatre Carré in Amsterdam. In a career spanning over six decades, Fairuz has recorded nearly 1500 songs, released more than 80 albums, 20 musicals and sold over 150 million records worldwide, making her the highest selling Middle-Eastern artist of all time and one of the best-selling music artists in the world. Early life

Nouhad Haddad was born on November 20, 1934, in Lebanon into a Syriac and Maronite Christian family. Her father was born in Mardin, Turkey. The family later moved into a home in a cobblestone alley called Zuqaq el Blatt in Beirut. Living in a single room of a typical Lebanese stone house facing Beirut's Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate school, they shared a kitchen with the neighbors.Her father Wadīʿ was a Lebanese of the Syriac Orthodox faith, and worked as a typesetter in a print shop. By the age of ten, Nouhad was already known at school for her unusual singing voice. She would sing regularly during school shows and on holidays. This was how she came to the attention of Mohammed Flayfel, a well-known musician and a teacher at the Lebanese Conservatory, who happened to attend one of the school's shows in February 1950. Impressed by her voice and performance, he advised her to enroll in the conservatory, which she did. At first, Nouhad's


texts: conservative father was reluctant to send her to the conservatory. However, he eventually allowed her to go on the condition that her brother accompanies her at the persuasion of his brother Nouhad's uncle.Mohammed Flayfel took a close interest in Nouhad's talent. He started training her through the chanting of Koranic verses (in the recitative style known as Tajweed) which is the way preceding artists sang, a tactic to help with her control on classic Arabic intonation and poetic form. In an audition, Nouhad was heard singing by Halim el Roumi, head of the Lebanese radio station established in 1938 making it one of the oldest stations in the Arab world. Roumi was impressed by her voice and noticing that it was flexible allowing her to sing both Arabic and Western modes. At Nouhad's request, El Roumi appointed her as a chorus singer at the radio station in Beirut, where she was paid twenty-one U.S dollars every month which adjusted for inflation, in 2020 would amount to one hundred ninety-five dollars. He also went on to compose several songs for her and chose for her the stage name Fairuz, which is the Arabic word for turquoise. A short while later, <mask> was introduced to the Rahbani brothers, Assi and Mansour, who also worked at the radio station as musicians.Their chemistry was instant, and soon after, Assi started to compose songs for Fairouz. One of these songs was "Itab" (the third song he composed for her), which was an immediate success in all of the Arab world. It established <mask> as one of the most prominent Arab singers on the Arabic music scene. <mask> rose to fame during the golden era

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 of Arabic music and is one of the last figures and contributors of that time alive today. <mask>'s music was the pop culture of its time in the Arab world,. Throughout her career, she has established a style of universality and relatability as she made music that tackled issues ranging from adolescence and love to political plight and patriotism, even "snappy Christmas carols" which made her work accessible to all. <mask> is known for her particularly forlorn style of music, that is a fusion of western and Arab sounds.Her music is set apart by its melancholic and nostalgic humor along with <mask>'s stoic image as well as yearning voice, that is almost prayer-like, often described by experts as airy, clear and flexible, different from the common ornamentation style commonly found in Arab music. Career

1950s
<mask>'s first large-scale concert was in 1957, as part of the Baalbeck International Festival which took place under the patronage of Lebanese President Camille Chamoun. She performed in the Folkloric section of the festival representing "The Lebanese Nights". Fairuz was paid one Lebanese pound for that show, but she and the Rahbani brothers would become staples of the festival and featured most years until the civil war in Lebanon. The trio's performances at first were just small skits, but eventually they became full-blown musical operettas and concerts followed for many years, establishing <mask> as one of the most popular singers in Lebanon and throughout the Arab world. <mask> amassed more fame when she aligned herself with the Palestinian cause in their conflict with Israel and even produced a

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 number of militaristic and patriotically somber songs for them. 1960s – establishment of a new star
<mask> and the Rahbani brothers started to garner more and more attention with their innovative ventures and went on to revolutionize the blueprint for Lebanese music.It started with incorporating western sounds into their music and eventually shaping the Lebanese style of music, since before the music had to fit into a certain mold. This mold was the dominant Egyptian style of music, in the Egyptian dialect that would typically have a duration of thirty minutes. The trio started working with their own prototype, which was shorter three-minute songs in the Lebanese dialect that would tell a story. This change was received as well as it was due to growing discontent for traditional and indigenous music. Beirut at this time was undergoing rapid modernization and cultural expansion. Some who lived in the city were not even of Arab background making it even harder to relate to the music forms of the time. So when <mask> and the Rahbani brothers introduced a more modern yet still traditional form of music, they drew in mass appeal.This helped reshape the modern Lebanese identity especially in music and would go on to make significant contributions to the history of oriental music. These songs would also customarily included commentary and themes of local and regional socio-political and historical issues. [33] As the 1960s wore on, <mask> became known as the "First Lady of Lebanese singing", as Halim Roumi dubbed her. During this period the Rahbani brothers wrote and composed for her hundreds of famous songs,


texts: most of their operettas, and three motion pictures. In those productions, they also chose to abandon the popular improvisatory nature of Arab performances for more well-rehearsed and produced ones. In 1971, <mask>'s fame became international after her major North American tour, which was received with much excitement by the Arab-American and American community and yielded very positive reviews of the concerts. To date <mask> has performed in many countries around the globe including Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, France, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Netherlands, Greece, Canada, United States, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Italy, and her home country Lebanon.On September 22, 1972, Assi suffered a brain hemorrhage and was rushed to the hospital. Fans crowded outside the hospital praying for him and lighting candles. After three surgeries, Assi's brain hemorrhage was halted. Ziad Rahbani, the eldest son of <mask> and Assi, at age 17 gave his mother the music of one of his unreleased songs "Akhadou el Helween" (that he had composed to be sung by Marwan Mahfouz in "Sahriyyi" Ziad's first play). His uncle Mansour Rahbani re-wrote new lyrics for it to be called "Saalouni n'Nass" ("The People Asked Me") which talked about Fayrouz being on stage for the first time without Assi. Three months after suffering the hemorrhage, Assi attended the premiere performance of that musical Al Mahatta in Piccadilly Theatre on Hamra Street. Elias Rahbani, Assi's younger brother, took over the orchestration and musical arrangement for the


texts: performance.In 1978, the trio toured Europe and the Persian Gulf nations, including a concert at the Paris Olympia. As a result of this busy schedule, Assi's medical and mental health began to deteriorate. Assi Rahbani eventually died in 1986, no longer married to <mask> but due to the influence, his family and Fairuz had in Lebanon the factions in Beirut had a cease-fire allowing the funeral procession to travel from the Muslim side of the city to where Assi would be buried on the Christian side. <mask> then began to work  almost exclusively with Ziad Rahbani, her son on producing her music. Amid the Lebanese Civil War, <mask>'s fame catapulted. Unlike many of her famous peers, she never left Lebanon to live abroad. She did not hold any concerts there with the exception of the stage performance of the operetta Petra, which was performed in both the western and eastern parts of the then-divided Beirut in 1978.The war lasted fifteen years (1975–1990), took 150,000 lives, and fostered a divided nation. This was the period where her role as a prominent Lebanese figure would be cemented. She and the Rahbani brothers would frequently express their dissent for the war in their music, and their refusal to take sides and non-partisan stances helped them appeal to all of Lebanon, which then allowed <mask> to become a voice of reason and unification for the Lebanese people. This was especially important because the war itself was so multifaceted and involved many conflicting opinions between the state and different militias. To the Lebanese, she became a lot more than just an entertainer. She became a

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 representation of Lebanon, as well as stability in a time of insecurity and uncertainty. 1980s – A new production team
After the artistic divorce between Fairouz and the Rahbani brothers in 1979, <mask> carried on with her son, composer Ziad Rahbani, his friend the lyricist Joseph Harb, and composer Philemon Wahbi.Ziad Rahbani was a constant driving force in the evolution of <mask>'s music style, as he worked to break away from what his parents had previously established. The songs he went on to compose for <mask> would stray from the nostalgic nationalism that showcased the folkloric style <mask> and the Rahbani brothers were known for; instead, he and <mask> would go on to delve into a more modern sound in the form of jazz and funk. <mask> made a second and final European Television appearance on French TV on October 13, 1988, in a show called Du côté de chez Fred. <mask>, who had scheduled a concert at the POPB of Paris Bercy concert hall three days later on October 16, was the main guest of French TV presenter Frédéric Mitterrand. The program features footage of her rehearsals for her concert at Bercy in addition to the ceremony featuring then French Minister of Culture Jack Lang awarding <mask> the medal of Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres. It also includes a video montage of her previous movies and concerts. In that show, <mask> also sang the three songs "Ya hourrié", "Yara" and "Zaali tawwal".Her first CD, The Very Best of Fairuz, was published in 1987 and contained the emblematic song "Aatini al Nay wa ghanni" (Give me the flute and sing), based on a poem in "The Procession" by Khalil Gibran.

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 It was first sung at the end of the sixties. 1990s – present
In the 1990s, Fairuz produced six albums (two Philemon Wahbi tributes with unreleased tracks included, a Zaki Nassif album, three Ziad Rahbani albums, and a tribute album to Assi Rahbani orchestrated by Ziad) and held a number of large-scale concerts, most notably the historic concert held at Beirut's Martyr's Square in September 1994 to launch the rebirth of the downtown district that was ravaged by the civil war. She appeared at the Baalbeck International Festival in 1998 after 25 years of self-imposed absence where she performed the highlights of three very successful plays that were presented in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1992, Madonna used some parts of <mask>'s songs in her album without permission; the singers settled the matter outside of court, but Madonna's album and single were prohibited in Lebanon. She also performed a concert in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Arena in 1999 which was attended by over 16,000 spectators, mostly Arabs. Ever since, <mask> has held sold-out concerts at the Beiteddine International Festival (Lebanon) from 2000 to 2003, Kuwait (2001), Paris (2002), the United States (2003), Amman (2004), Montreal (2005), Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Baalbeck, BIEL (2006), Athens, Amman (2007) Damascus, and Bahrain (2008).Her first album in the new millennium, Wala Keef, was released in 2002. On January 28, 2008, <mask> performed at the Damascus Opera House in an emotional return to the Syrian capital, where she played the lead role in the musical Sah el-Nom (Good Morning), after more than two decades of absence from the country, in one of


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 a series of events highlighting UNESCO's designation of Damascus as the Capital of Arab Culture that year. Commenting on the event, the BBC wrote: "Every day the sun rises over Syria you hear one voice across the country – <mask>, the legendary Lebanese singer and greatest living Arab diva". Syrian historian, Sami Moubayed, said that the Syrians were thrilled about the performance and that <mask> reminded them of the "good old days". People from all ages attended the concert and the auditorium was packed with listeners. <mask> said that she had never seen such an audience in her life. However, her decision to perform there drew criticism from Lebanese politicians who considered Syria to be a hostile nation.<mask>'s new album entitled Eh... Fi Amal was released on October 7, 2010, produced by Fairuz productions and written entirely by her son Ziad Rahbani. Two concerts took place at BIEL Center in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 7 and 8. Fairuz released her first album in seven years titled Bebalee on September 22, 2017. On June 21, 2017, her daughter Reema Rahbany released the first single from the album "Lameen". The song is a tribute for Fairouz's late husband Assi Rahbany and was released in commemoration of his anniversary. Lameen is inspired by the French song "Pour qui veille l'étoile" and was adapted into Arabic by Reema Rahbany. Personal life
<mask> married Assi Rahbani, one of the Rahbani brothers who helped shape her singing career, on January 23, 1955.<mask> and Assi Rahbani had four children: Ziad (born 1956), a composer, playwright and pianist; Hali (born 1958, paralyzed since early childhood


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 after meningitis); Layal (born 1960, died in 1988 of a stroke), also a composer; and Rima (born 1965), a photographer and film director. Fairouz was born to a Syriac Orthodox family. She is of the Eastern Orthodox Christian faith, having converted when she married Assi Rahbani. Very little is known about <mask>'s personal life and affairs, as she is described as having a hermetic nature and separates Nouhad from <mask>. Controversies

2008 Damascus concert
The 2008 concert in Damascus angered some of her fans and several Lebanese politicians who described Syria as "enemy territory in the grip of a brutal secret police force". Walid Jumblatt, leader of the Druze Progressive Socialist Party, accused <mask> of "playing into the hands of Syrian intelligence services", while fellow party member Akram Chehayeb said that "those who love Lebanon do not sing for its jailers," in reference to the three-decades-long Syrian occupation of Lebanon. Even some Syrian opposition activists called on her to boycott the event as just three years prior Syria had been accused of carrying out a series of assassinations on the Lebanese.This came amid a political crisis in Lebanon between pro-and anti-Syria factions. As well as a renewed Syrian government crackdown on dissent that same day during which several people were arrested, including opposition figure Riad Seif and twelve other activists of the anti-government Damascus Declaration. A poll conducted a week before the concert by NOW Lebanon, a Lebanese web portal sympathetic to the anti-Syria March 14 Alliance, showed that 67% of the respondents were opposed to <mask>'s


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Since many of the Rahbanis' works were co-written by Assi's brother Mansour, in June 2010, a year after Mansour's death in January 2009, a Lebanese court banned <mask> from singing material that involved his contributions. The issue began when Mansour's children filed a lawsuit against <mask> when she was set to perform the

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<mask>'s son, Ziad Rahbani, sparked controversy in December 2013 during an interview with the Al-Ahed website when asked whether his mother shared his supportive stance on the political vision of Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, a dominant but highly controversial political and military force in Lebanon. Ziad replied: "<mask> is very fond of Sayyed Hassan [Nasrallah], although she will be displeased with me, as she was after my last television interview when I revealed some personal information and she quickly interrupted me". There were strong reactions to this statement, which

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 went viral on social media, and the country's different media outlets did not deviate from their political stances when reacting to Ziad's words. Politicians and celebrities stepped in as well, some of whom objected to affiliating <mask> to one side of Lebanon's political divide over another, including Druze leader Walid Jumblatt who said: "<mask> is too great to be criticized, and at the same time too great to be classified as belonging to this or that political camp". "Let us keep her in her supreme position, and not push her to something she has nothing to do with," Jumblatt added.Ziad, who claims to speak on his mother's behalf "because she prefers to remain silent", responded to his critics by saying: "Apparently it isn’t allowed in the age of strife for the princess of classy Arab art to voice love for the master of resistance". Nasrallah, commenting on the issue during a speech, stated: "An educated highly respected thinker and artist, who may be espoused different ideologies, might disagree with you on political matters, but personally have [a] fondness for you, because of your character, conduct, sacrifices and so on. If such a person were to say that he or she liked someone, then all hell would break loose". Legacy and honors
<mask> is the Arab world's most famous and most listened-to singer. For decades, almost all radio stations in the Arab world have been starting their morning broadcast with a Fairuz song, and her songs were continuously listened to during the war, as the people could expect to hear a patriotic melody of peace and love. The Guardian stated that "she sang the story of a


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Fairuz possesses a large repertoire of songs, sources disagree on the exact number, but it is between fifteen hundred and three thousand. Around 85 Fairuz CDs, types of vinyl and cassettes have been officially released so far. Most of the songs that are featured on these albums were composed by the Rahbani brothers. Also featured are songs by Philemon Wehbe, Ziad Rahbani, Zaki Nassif, Mohamed Abd El Wahab, Najib Hankash and Mohamed Mohsen. Many of Fairuz's numerous unreleased works date back to the 1950s and 1960s and were composed by the Rahbani Brothers (certain unreleased songs, the oldest of all, are by Halim el Roumi). A Fairuz album composed by Egyptian musician Riad Al Sunbati (who has worked with Umm Kulthum) was produced in 1980 but is unlikely to be released. There are also fifteen unreleased songs composed by Philemon Wehbe and 24 unreleased songs composed by Ziad Rahbani in the 1980s.<mask> has also released a live album on Folkways Records in 1994, entitled Lebanon: The Baalbek Folk Festival. Performances and Persona
<mask> has performed in many countries around the globe including Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, France, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Netherlands, Greece, Canada, United States, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Italy, and her home country Lebanon. During her performances, <mask> is known to take on a very rigid and cold stance, due to her stage fright. She claims that the hierarchic nature of her performances is because she is singing as if she were praying. She is also


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Musical plays or operettas were the cornerstone works of the Rahbani Trio, <mask>, Assi and Mansour. The Rahbani Brothers produced 25 popular musical plays (20 with Fairuz) over more than 30 years.They were possibly the first to produce world-class Arabic musical theatre. The musicals combined storyline, lyrics and dialogue, musical composition varying widely from Lebanese folkloric and rhythmic modes to classical, westernized, and oriental songs, orchestration, and the voice and acting of <mask>. She played the lead roles alongside singers/actors Nasri Shamseddine, Wadih El Safi, Antoine Kerbaje, Elie Shouayri (Chouayri), Hoda (<mask>'s younger sister), William Haswani, Raja Badr, Siham Chammas (Shammas), Georgette Sayegh and many others. The Rahbani plays expressed patriotism, unrequited love and nostalgia for village life, comedy, drama, philosophy, and contemporary politics. The songs performed by <mask> as part of the plays have become immensely popular among the Lebanese and Arabs around the world. The <mask>-Rahbani collaboration produced the following musicals (in chronological order):
 Ayyam al Hassad (Days of Harvest – 1957)
 Al 'Urs fi l’Qarya (The Wedding in the Village – 1959)
 Al Ba'albakiya (The Girl from Baalbek) – 1961)
 Jisr el Amar] (Bridge of the Moon – 1962)
 Awdet el 'Askar (The Return of the Soldiers – 1962)
 Al Layl wal Qandil (The Night and the Lantern – 1963)
 Biyya'el Khawatem (Ring Salesman – 1964)
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 Hala wal Malik (Hala and the King – 1967)
 Ach Chakhs (The Person – 1968–1969)
 Jibal Al Sawwan (Sawwan Mountains – 1969)
 Ya'ich Ya'ich (Long Live, Long Live – 1970)
 Sah Ennawm (Did you sleep well? – 1970–1971 – 2006–2008)
 Nass min Wara'  (People Made out of Paper – 1971–1972)
 Natourit al Mafatih (The Guardian of the Keys – 1972)
 Al Mahatta (The Station – 1973)
 Loulou – 1974
 Mais el Reem (The Deer's Meadow – 1975)
 Petra – 1977–1978

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<mask>tnikoff Award for Outstanding Receiver at any position in 2009. He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He later played for the  Detroit Lions, with whom he made a Pro Bowl appearance. He also played a season for the Philadelphia Eagles and two seasons for the New York Giants. Early years
Born in Hendersonville, Tennessee, <mask> attended Pope John Paul II High School, where he played as a three-sport athlete, competing in football, baseball, and track & field. In his high school senior year of 2006, he rushed 140 times for 1,413 yards and 23 touchdowns to go along with 28 receptions for 510 yards and six receiving touchdowns.He also had three interceptions on defense, returned a kickoff for a touchdown and was the team punter. He was named as a Tennessee Division II first-team all-state pick in 2006 as an athlete by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association and also by the Tennessee Football Coaches Association. His jersey was later retired by Pope John Paul II High School. After he injured his thumb in his senior season and could not play baseball, <mask> switched to track and field and posted the state's top qualifying times in the 100-meter dash (10.93 s) and 200-meter dash (22.33 s). He was also a member of the John Paul 4 × 100 m relay squad that captured the state title with a time of 42.86 seconds. Baseball career
<mask> was drafted out of high school by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 42nd round of the 2007 amateur draft. <mask> did not sign with the Diamondbacks and instead played baseball for the University of Notre Dame.In 2008, <mask>'s freshman year at Notre Dame, he played in 18 games and batted .262 with three doubles and three stolen bases. <mask> hit his first home run against Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky in his sophomore year. He finished his sophomore season with a .329 batting average after playing in 55 games. <mask> also scored 45 runs his sophomore year which is the third highest by any Notre Dame baseball player. On June 9, 2010, <mask> was drafted by

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<mask> played football for Notre Dame from 2007 to 2009.In the 2007 season as a freshman, <mask> started two games, versus the UCLA Bruins and USC Trojans. He totaled six catches for 131 yards and one touchdown and averaged 21.7 yards on 15 kickoff returns for the season. In the 2008 season as a sophomore, <mask> started in 12 regular season games with 52 catches for 903 yards and seven touchdowns for a 17.4 yard per catch average. <mask> registered 100-yard games against Michigan, Syracuse, North Carolina, and Pittsburgh during the 2008 regular season, while being tapped First Team All-Independent by Rivals.com. Against the Hawaii Warriors in the Hawaii Bowl, he made six catches for 177 yards and three touchdowns in the 49–21 victory for the Fighting Irish, bringing his season total to 58 catches for 1,080 yards (18.6 yard average) with 10 touchdowns. <mask> was named the MVP of the Hawaii Bowl. In 2009, <mask> had nine games with at least 100 receiving yards.On October 3, against Washington, he had nine receptions for 244 yards. On November 28, against Stanford in his final collegiate game, he had 10 receptions for 201 yards and three touchdowns. Following the 2009 season, <mask> won the Biletnikoff Award. He was also recognized as a unanimous first-team All-American. Overall, he finished the season with 93 receptions for 1,496 receiving yards and 15 touchdowns. On December 7, 2009, <mask> announced that he would forgo his senior year and declared his eligibility for the 2010 NFL Draft. Statistics

Professional football career

Seattle Seahawks

On April 23, 2010, <mask> was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the second round (60th overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft.On July 28, 2010, <mask> signed a four-year deal with the Seahawks worth $3.261 million. He made his NFL debut on September 19 and had a 52-yard reception against

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 the Denver Broncos. During his rookie season, he caught 21 passes for 227 receiving yards and returned 16 punts and a kickoff for 212 total combined return yards. The following year, he recorded 35 catches for 382 receiving yards and three touchdowns. At the beginning of the 2012 NFL Season, <mask> gained notoriety for being involved in a controversial ending during a game against the Green Bay Packers on September 24, 2012 which became infamous due to the confused ruling by replacement referees. At the end of the game, <mask> simultaneously caught a pass in the endzone with Packers' safety M. D. Jennings; however the officials made opposite rulings on the field. The official call was later ruled a touchdown, as according to NFL rules, simultaneous possession goes to the team on offense.The Seahawks won the game 14-12 in what is considered one of the most debated endings in NFL history. <mask> had a breakout year in 2013, improving significantly in all receiving statistics, with 72 receptions for 959 yards, and had an expanded role in returning punts. He was simultaneously an exciting player and a controversial one, as he was once named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week after playing against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 9, only a week after being fined $7,785 by the NFL for excessive taunting. As one of quarterback Russell Wilson's favorite targets, <mask> went on to win a Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks in their 43-8 victory over Peyton Manning's Denver Broncos. Detroit Lions

Following the 2013 season, <mask> signed a five-year, $31 million contract with the Detroit Lions, which included $13.25 million guaranteed. Alongside All-Pro receiver Calvin Johnson, he quickly became a key receiving target for quarterback Matthew Stafford. In his first season with the Lions, he had a then career-high 99 receptions, which was sixth highest in the NFL, and had 1,331 receiving yards, seventh highest in the NFL.He was selected to the 2015 Pro Bowl, which marked his first career Pro Bowl appearance, and was later ranked 85th by

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<mask> was a mid-season trade in 2018 from the Detroit Lions to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for a third-round selection in the 2019 NFL Draft. Overall, he had 74 receptions for 795 yards and four touchdowns.In the Playoff Wild Card Round against the Chicago Bears on January 6, 2019, he made the game-winning touchdown catch on fourth down on a pass thrown by quarterback Nick Foles. The catch helped the Eagles advance to the Divisional Round against the New Orleans Saints, where <mask> had two catches for 18 yards in a  20-14 loss. New York Giants

After the 2018 season ended, <mask> signed a four-year, $37.5 million contract with the New York Giants that included $23 million guaranteed. He was later suspended for the first four games of the upcoming 2019 season for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing substances. <mask> subsequently appealed the suspension on the grounds that the substance was prescribed fertility medication. The appeal was denied by the NFL and <mask> was eventually reinstated on September 30. He finished the 2019 season with 49 receptions for 676 receiving yards and six receiving touchdowns.On October 4, 2020, following a 17-9 Week 4 loss against the Los Angeles Rams, a fight broke out between <mask> and his sister’s ex-boyfriend Jalen Ramsey due in part to Ramsey’s comments against <mask>’s sister Breanna. Ramsey

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<mask> signed with the Tennessee Titans' practice squad on November 23, 2021. He was released on January 4, 2022. NFL career statistics

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Personal life
He is the son of <mask> Jr., a former wide receiver at Tennessee State who was the 120th overall pick in the fifth round of the 1984 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts. His younger brother, <mask>, was a running back for Vanderbilt University.His younger twin sisters Breanna and Deanna <mask> are both sprinters at The University of Mississippi. <mask> has two nieces through his sister Breanna and NFL cornerback Jalen Ramsey. In March 2017, <mask> married Elise Pollard. They have two children. References

External links

 <mask>'s Golden Future Foundation
 Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball bio
 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football bio
 Philadelphia Eagles bio
 Seattle Seahawks bio
 Detroit Lions bio

1988 births
Living people
All-American college football players
American football wide receivers
Baseball players from Tennessee
Detroit Lions players
New York Giants players
Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball players
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players
People from Hendersonville, Tennessee
Players of American football from Tennessee
Seattle Seahawks players
Tennessee Titans players
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<mask> "<mask>" <mask> (October 19, 1873 – October 17, 1965) was an American cricketer, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. <mask> was part of the Philadelphia team that played from the end of the 19th century until the outbreak of World War I. This period of cricket in the United States was dominated by "gentlemen cricketers"—men of independent wealth who did not need to work. <mask>, an amateur from a middle-class family, was able to devote time to cricket thanks to a job set up by his teammates. A skilled batsman who proved his worth as a bowler, <mask> set numerous records in the continent of North America during his career and led the first-class bowling averages in England in 1908. He successfully competed against the best cricketers from England and Australia. <mask> was the dominant bowler on his team when it toured England in 1897, 1903, and 1908.He dismissed batsmen with his unique delivery, which he called the "angler", and helped develop the art of swing bowling in the sport. Sir Pelham Warner described <mask> as "one of the finest bowlers of all time", and Donald Bradman called him "America's greatest cricketing son." Early and personal life
<mask> was born in Philadelphia on October 19, 1873. Early in his life, he worked in a linen trade. Although this was the family business, his father later allowed him to leave to enter the insurance industry. <mask> was not a member of the aristocratic and wealthy families of Philadelphia that produced many of the era's top cricketers. <mask>'s obituary in Cricket Quarterly suggests that his career in insurance was set up for him by those families to allow him to continue playing the game.In 1913 (or 1911), <mask> married Fannie Lockhart; the marriage lasted for fifty years. <mask>'s wife died in 1963, and he died in 1965 in his native Philadelphia two days before his 92nd birthday. <mask> was regarded by many of his contemporaries as an affable person. Ralph Barker called him the

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Like most young American men of this era, <mask> came to cricket only after first playing baseball. He began to play club cricket at Tioga Cricket Club in 1888, aged 15, starting out as a batsman. Tioga was one of the lesser Philadelphian cricket clubs. <mask> played his first recorded match for the club in 1889, when he was tried as a bowler due to his physique.He took 37 wickets for 99 runs for the club in the 1889 cricket season. <mask> played for Tioga until 1896, when he joined Belmont Cricket Club. <mask> joined the Philadelphian cricket team for three tours of England while playing at Belmont. <mask>'s most dominating matches came during these tours, playing with the premier American team of the era. Australia in Philadelphia
In 1893, the Australian team stopped by Philadelphia on its way home from a tour of England. Australia fielded a strong side, but the team was tired after a long tour and trip. In spite of this fatigue, the Australians chose to face the full strength of the Gentlemen of Philadelphia in a three-day match starting September 29.On a small ground at Belmont, the September grass was coarse. It had been rolled so that the ball moved very quickly across the ground. The Australian side, fielding

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<mask> won the Child's Bowling Cup, the premier award for bowling in American cricket, for the first time in 1896, and joined the Philadelphian cricket team's tour of England in 1897. The tour was very ambitious, and was arranged mainly for educational purposes: few of those on the American side expected to win many matches. Previous tours had tended to involve amateur English sides with a low level of competition.In 1897, the tour started on June 7 at Oxford, ending in late July at The Oval almost 2 months later. The schedule included fifteen matches against all of the top county cricket teams, the Oxford and Cambridge University teams, the Marylebone Cricket Club, and two other sides, though only a few of the counties thought it worthwhile to put their best elevens onto the field. While the tour initially aroused some curiosity, many English fans lost interest until <mask> and the

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The Philadelphian team returned to England in 1903. This proved to be <mask>'s most successful tour, particularly his performances in the matches against Lancashire and Surrey. <mask> played in 13 of the 15 matches on the tour, missing two with a strained side. In his first match, against Cambridge University, he took 5 for 136 and 4 for 28. He

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 followed that with 8 for 39 in the first innings against Oxford University, though the match was eventually abandoned as a draw due to rain.In his next match, against Gloucestershire, he took 2 for 26 in the first innings but did not bowl in the second. He also took 7 for 51 and 2 for 28 against a strong MCC side at Lord's. Then came the Lancashire match at Old Trafford Cricket Ground. In Lancashire's first innings, <mask> bowled 27 overs and took 5 wickets for 46 runs. The Philadelphians passed Lancashire's first innings score, but their lead was quickly overtaken in Lancashire's second innings. With the wind strong over <mask>'s left shoulder, the scene was set for him to dominate the opposition. In his first over after the lunch break on day two of the match, he yorked one of Lancashire's opening batsmen and his replacement with successive balls.He clean bowled two more batsmen in his second over, and bowled a stump out of the ground in the third. In 3 overs, he had taken 5 wickets for 7 runs. After this performance, <mask> had to be rested in the field. One batsman was run out before <mask> returned to take 4 more wickets, ending the innings with 9 for 62. The Philadelphians won next morning by nine wickets. Against Surrey on August 6, <mask> was overpowering again. It was in this match that <mask> gave what Barker called his finest first-class performance ever.Batting first, he scored 98 runs in the Philadelphian's first innings before being run out, and he then took 3 for 89 in Surrey's reply. In the second innings, he made 113 not out and then took 3 for 98. Surrey lost the match by 110 runs. Apparently, <mask> was so exhausted after his performance that he fell asleep during a speech by the Lord Chief Justice Lord Alverstone at a banquet after the match. Tour of England in 1908

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