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 reached the playoffs during the 2016–17 season, losing to the Toronto Raptors in six games. After beginning the 2017–18 season with a disappointing 23–22 record and falling to the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference, head coach Kidd was fired, and <mask> was named interim head coach on January 22, 2018 before they began their game against the Phoenix Suns.After winning that game, for the rest of the season onward, the Bucks would improve just enough to gain the 7th seed of the Eastern Conference in the 2018 NBA Playoffs, facing against the Boston Celtics in the first round. While Milwaukee would be competitive throughout the series, they would ultimately lose the first round 4-3. <mask> would remain with the Bucks until May 17, when Mike Budenholzer would be named his replacement. On June 4, 2018, it was announced that <mask> would join the Phoenix Suns as their leading assistant coach. He along with other Suns assistants were relieved of their duties in April 2019, following the firing of head coach Igor Kokoškov. He did not coach in the NBA for the next two seasons, but served as the head coach for the United States men's national basketball team during the third window of qualification for the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup in February 2021. On July 23, 2021, the Atlanta Hawks announced that <mask> would be joining Nate McMillan's staff as an assistant coach.With McMillan and lead assistant Chris Jent entering health and safety protocols, Prunty served as acting head coach for three games of a west coast road trip in January 2022. The team went 1-2 during that time, securing a 108-102 win against the Sacramento Kings on January 5th. National team career
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in all of the qualifying groups.For the 2017 tournament, they ended up in the very tough Group D, facing off against Belgium, Latvia, Russia, Serbia, and hosts Turkey. Despite keeping most of the games close, the team went 0–5 at the tournament and were not able to advance to the knockout phase. Due to changes from FIBA in the qualifying process for the upcoming World Cup and Olympics that

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Personal life
<mask> and his wife, Laura, have two children. On June 23, 2021, Suns coach Monty Williams credited Prunty as being a partial inspiration for a Western Conference Finals game-winning inbounds alley-oop play set up between Jae Crowder and Deandre Ayton.References

1969 births
Living people
American men's basketball coaches
American men's basketball players
Basketball coaches from California
Brooklyn Nets assistant coaches
Cleveland Cavaliers assistant coaches
Dallas Mavericks assistant coaches
De Anza College alumni
Great Britain men's national basketball team coaches
High school basketball coaches in California
Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
Milwaukee Bucks assistant coaches
Milwaukee Bucks head coaches
Phoenix Suns assistant coaches
Portland Trail Blazers assistant coaches
San Antonio Spurs assistant coaches
Sportspeople from Sunnyvale, California
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<mask> ( – ;  ) is a character in the 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family by American author Alex Haley. <mask> was based on one of Haley's ancestors, a Gambian man who was born in 1750, enslaved, and taken to America where he died in 1822. Haley said that his account of <mask>'s life in Roots is a mixture of fact and fiction. <mask>'s life story figured in two U.S.-made television series based on the book: the original 1977 TV miniseries Roots, and a 2016 remake of the same name. In the original miniseries, the character was portrayed as a teenager by LeVar Burton and as an adult by John Amos. In the 2016 miniseries, he is portrayed by Malachi Kirby. Burton reprised his role in the 1988 TV movie Roots: The Gift.Biography in Roots novel
According to the book Roots, <mask> <mask> was born circa 1750 in the Mandinka village of Jufureh, in the Gambia. He was raised in a Muslim family. In 1767, while <mask> was searching for wood to make a drum for his younger brother, four men chased him, surrounded him, and took him captive. <mask> awoke to find himself blindfolded, gagged, bound, and a prisoner. He and others were put on the slave ship the Lord Ligonier for a four-month Middle Passage voyage to North America. <mask> survived the trip to Maryland and was sold to John Waller (Reynolds in the 1977 miniseries), a Virginia plantation owner in Spotsylvania County, who renamed him Toby (named by John's wife Elizabeth in the 2016 remake). He rejected the name imposed upon him by his owners and refused to speak to others.After being recaptured during the last of his four escape attempts,

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 1822. She finds his grave, on which she crosses out his slave name Toby and writes his real name <mask> Kinte instead.Kizzy is Haley's only ancestor in the genealogy link to <mask> <mask>, who spent the majority of his life in slavery. The latter part of the book tells of the generations between Kizzy and Alex Haley, describing their suffering, losses, and eventual triumphs in America. Alex Haley claimed to be a seventh-generation descendant of <mask> <mask>. Historical accuracy

Haley claimed that his sources for the origins of Kinte were oral family tradition and a man he found in the Gambia named Kebba Kanga Fofana, who claimed to be a griot with knowledge about the Kinte clan. He described them as a family in which the men were blacksmiths, descended from a marabout named Kairaba <mask> <mask>, originally from Mauritania. Haley quoted Fofana as telling him: "About the time the king's soldiers came, the eldest of these four sons, <mask>, went away from this village to chop wood and was never seen again." However, journalists and historians later discovered that Fofana was not a griot.In retelling the Kinte story, Fofana changed crucial details, including his father's name, his brothers' names, his age, and even omitted the year when he went missing. At one point, he even placed <mask> <mask> in a generation that was alive in the twentieth century. It was also discovered that elders and griots could not give reliable genealogical lineages before the mid-19th century, with the single apparent exception of <mask> <mask>. It appears that Haley had told so many people about <mask> Kinte that he

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texts: had created a case of circular reporting. Instead of independent confirmation of the <mask> Kinte story, he was actually hearing his own words repeated back to him. After Haley's book became nationally famous, American author Harold Courlander noted that the section describing <mask>'s life was apparently taken from Courlander's own 1967 novel The African. Haley at first dismissed the charge, but later issued a public statement affirming that Courlander's book had been the source, and Haley attributed the error to a mistake of one of his assistant researchers.Courlander sued Haley for copyright infringement, which Haley settled out of court. However, despite the inconsistencies with Haley's chronology, <mask> <mask> was probably a real person. According to historian John Thornton, director of the African American Studies program at Boston University (who served as a historical advisor to the 2016 remake of Roots), the historical <mask> <mask> was indeed from the town of Jufureh, which was then part of the Kingdom of Niumi, and was from a Muslim Jula family which had moved there a generation before his birth. He came from a family of merchants who were involved in all matters of commerce, including the slave trade. He was sold into slavery around 1767. It is remarkable that he was sold into slavery given his family's social status as middle class merchants, as well as the ongoing debate at the time regarding whether it was permissible to sell Muslims as slaves to Christians, and his being sold into slavery possibly had something to do with inter-factional disputes among the Jula or traders, as

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 well as the dispute Kingdom of Niumi had with a Royal African Company trading post at the time, during which the two sides seized hostages. In popular culture

<mask> <mask> has inspired a reggae riddim of the same name.This started off life as a track called Beware Of Your Enemies released from Jamaica's Channel One. A dub version, put out in 1976 by Channel One house band The Revolutionaries became a sound system anthem for many years on dubplate, and inspired a UK version produced by Mad Professor in 1981. It has also inspired jungle covers. There is an annual Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival held in Maryland. The 1988 comedy film Coming to America jokingly references <mask> <mask>, in an homage to Roots (John Amos, who played a supporting role in Coming to America as the father of the protagonist's love interest, played the adult version of <mask> <mask> in the 1977 miniseries). Kendrick Lamar's 2015 song "King Kunta" was inspired by the character. Athlete Colin Kaepernick wore a T-shirt with "Kunta Kinte" emblazoned on it to his controversial NFL tryout.In CNN's interpretation, "Kaepernick appeared to use the reference to make a statement: He will not change who he is to appease the powers that be." See also
 Kunta Kinteh Island in the Gambia
 List of slaves

References

External links
The Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation

Roots
Characters in American novels of the 20th century
Fictional characters based on real people
Literary characters introduced in 1976
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Fictional immigrants to the United States
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<mask> (born December 23, 1978) is a Lithuanian mixed martial artist from Marijampolė. A professional competitor since 2000, he has competed for PRIDE FC, Bellator, RINGS, and K-1. Mixed martial arts career

Early career
<mask> made his professional debut in August 2000 in the RINGS promotion. He fought for RINGS in his first seven fights ending with a record of 4 wins and 3 losses. One of those losses was to future PRIDE Heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko. For the first 12 years of his career, he fought in Japan and Eastern European countries such as his native Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Czech Republic. <mask> made his North American debut in Chicago, Illinois in August 2012.Bellator MMA
<mask> made his debut with Bellator MMA in February 2014. He faced Atanas Djambazov at Bellator 110 and won via knockout due to a knee and punch at 48 seconds in the first round. In the summer of 2014, <mask> was announced as a participant in the Bellator Light Heavyweight Tournament. He faced Carlos Eduardo in the opening quarterfinals

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Bellator MMA
Bellator 2014 Summer Series Light Heavyweight Tournament Semifinalist
Fighting Network RINGS
2001 RINGS Absolute Class Tournament Semifinalist
Sugar Creek Showdown
SCS Light Heavyweight Championship (One time)
Bushido FC
Bushido FC Heavyweight Championship (One time)

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| Gela Getsadze
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| Achmed Sagidgusenov
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| Denis Baykov
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References

External links

 Egidijus Valavicius mma record MMA Universe

1978 births
Living people
Lithuanian male mixed martial artists
Light heavyweight mixed martial artists
Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu
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<mask> (born October 25, 1985), is an American former competition swimmer and four-time Olympic silver medalist. She competed as a member of the United States Olympic Team at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics. Early years
<mask> was born in Brooklyn, New York. She split her high school years between Irondequoit, New York at Eastridge High School, Webster, New York and Ann Arbor, Michigan, where the family relocated to in 2001. It was in Ann Arbor that <mask> began training with Club Wolverine under Jon Urbanchek. <mask> also chose to compete for her high school team, the Ann Arbor Pioneers. In her senior year of high school, she set five Michigan high school state records, four of which were national high school records at the time.(Her state records are in the 50-yard, 100-yard and 200-yard freestyle as well as the 200-yard and 400-yard freestyle relays. While only able to swim a total of four events, <mask> set the 50-yard freestyle record by leading-off the 200-yard freestyle relay.) In total, <mask> broke five national high school records. College career
<mask> attended the University of Georgia (UGA), where she swam for coach Jack Bauerle's Georgia Bulldogs swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Southeastern Conference (SEC) competition from 2004 to 2007. During her first year, <mask> won two individual NCAA championships (50-meter and 100-meter freestyle, short course), and helped Georgia to its third consecutive national runner-up finish. As a sophomore, she along with junior Mary DeScenza led Georgia to its first NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championship in four years and defended her individual titles in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle, as well as adding a fourth place in

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 the 200-yard freestyle. <mask> was also a key swimmer on four of Georgia's five NCAA Championship relays.En route to their victory, the Bulldogs became the first team in NCAA swimming history to win all five relays. During the 2006 NCAA Championships, contested at UGA's Gabrielsen Natatorium, <mask> led the Bulldogs to a second-place finish with five NCAA titles and Swimmer of the Year honors. On the first day of the meet, she broke the American record in the 50-yard freestyle, previously held by former Bulldog Maritza Correia. <mask> defended her 100-yard freestyle title and added to that with a win in the 200-yard freestyle. By winning all three, she became the first swimmer in the 25-year history of the Women's NCAA Championships to win the 50-yard, 100-yard, and 200-yard freestyle events. <mask> earned All-American honors three consecutive years. She was the recipient of the 2006–07 Honda Sports Award for Swimming and Diving, recognizing her as the outstanding college female swimmer of the year.International career

2004 Athens Summer Olympics

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, <mask> earned a pair of silver medals as a member of the 4×100-meter freestyle and the 4×100-meter medley relays. In her individual events, <mask> finished fifth in both the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle races. 2005 World Aquatics Championships
At the 2005 World Aquatics Championships, <mask> received a bronze medal competing in 4×100-meter freestyle relay. 2007 World Aquatics Championships

2008 Beijing Summer Olympics
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, <mask> once again earned a pair of silver medals as a member of the 4×100-meter freestyle and the 4×100-meter medley relays. In her individual event, <mask> finished sixth in the 50-meter freestyle. 2012

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At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, the qualifying meet for the U.S. Olympic team, <mask> qualified for her third Olympics by finishing second in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 24.73 seconds. Additionally, she placed 18th in the heats of the 100-meter freestyle.At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, <mask> posted a time 25.28 seconds in Heat 8 of the 50-meter freestyle, forcing her into a swim-off with two other competitors for the sixteenth and final spot in the 50-meter semi-finals. Spurred on by the home crowd, British competitor Amy Smith won the swimoff with a time of 24.82, ending <mask>'s participation in the event. LEAD Sports Summit

Founded in 2016, The LEAD Sports Summit is a yearly summit that connects young female athletes with Olympic champions and experts through an all-inclusive, 4-day event. Girls learn from speakers and experts through both large keynotes and smaller breakout sessions. Throughout the weekend, girls also engage in hands-on leadership activities, group discussions, and reflection exercises. Each participant is part of a Team Leader group - Team Leaders are the women who serve as the “point person” for the girls during the Summit. Past speakers include: Elizabeth Beisel, Missy Franklin, McKenzie Coan, Maya Dirado, Dr. Megan Cannon, Christen Shefchunas, Toni Armstrong, Jen Brunelli, Madisyn Cox, Eva Fabian, Natalie Hinds, Alicia Kendig Glass, Katie Meili, Lia Neal, and Hali Flickinger.Locations:
 2017 - Texas
 2018 - Atlanta, Georgia
 2019 - Atlanta, Georgia
 2020 - Denver, Colorado
 2021 - Denver, Colorado

LEAD Sports Academy

Created in the fall of 2018 and launched in 2020 during the pandemic, The Lead Sports Academy offers in-depth courses

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 taught by experts in Confidence, Leadership, Sport Psychology, and more. In addition to the courses, the Academy will also offer a membership, where course experts will lead interactive, 8-week sessions through individual courses. At the conclusion of each 8 week course,  experts will continue to provide exclusive course materials, discussion boards, monthly Q&As, and special guest speaker workshops for members. The Confidence Course - the flagship course with Coach Christen Shefchunas, launched on May 25, 2020. The Leadership Course - with Toni Armstrong, launched on August 23, 2020. The Sport Psychology Course - with Dr. Megan Cannon, will launch in November 2020. See also

 Georgia Bulldogs
 List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
 List of United States records in swimming
 List of University of Georgia people
 List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
 "Touch the Wall" (2014 documentary film about <mask> <mask> and Missy Franklin in their training to the 2012 Summer Olympics)

References

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1985 births
Living people
American female freestyle swimmers
Georgia Bulldogs women's swimmers
Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming
Sportspeople from Ann Arbor, Michigan
Sportspeople from Brooklyn
Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games
Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
Pan American Games medalists in swimming
Medalists at the 2003 Pan American

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<mask> (April 1, 1951 – April 28, 2014) was an American architect, author, and city planner whose work includes Empty Sky, the New Jersey 9-11 Memorial, which was dedicated in Liberty State Park on September 11, 2011, the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. A recipient of the prestigious Rome Prize in Architecture, <mask> -- "for his dedication to using architecture to heal New York"—is included in the New York Hall of Fame, an organization created to "honor remarkable New Yorkers who have contributed to the betterment of the city" and who serve as "role models for children." He was honored by First Lady Laura Bush at the 2003 White House National Design Awards ceremony. Biography
<mask> was born in the Jamaica, Queens neighborhood of New York City; he would later design a community center about ten blocks away from the site in South Jamaica, where he was born. He grew up in Plainview, where he watched the construction of new houses, one after the other, in what had been potato fields on the eastern edge of Nassau County—and it was there that he began to build his "first houses," using discarded refrigerator boxes. A graduate of Berkeley (A.B., Architecture, 1973) and Harvard (Master of Architecture, 1978), he taught architectural design at Harvard, Yale, Penn, Columbia and Princeton,  and lectured extensively in America, Europe, China and India. As an undergraduate student he spent his junior year abroad studying at the University of Sussex in Brighton, England in 1971–1972.He is the author of three books on architecture. He was on the Advisory Board of Creative Cities, a group of architects with a stated mission of "putting culture and community at the heart of urban planning. <mask> was the owner and founder of Frederic Schwartz Architects, in New York City. Prior to beginning his own firm, he had worked at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and then at Venturi, Rauch & Scott Brown. He regretted that one project on which he worked, a park planned to be located on top of the Hudson River landfill through

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In New York, <mask> was the architect for the completely renovated Staten Island Ferry Whitehall Terminal, which included the new two-acre Peter Minuit Plaza in Lower Manhattan. The terminal accommodates over 100,000 tourists and commuters on a daily basis (for transportation open 24 hours a day), and the new design establishes the terminal as a major integrated transportation hub, connecting it with a new South Ferry subway station with access to four subway lines, three bus lines and taxis. Additionally, through the Terminal and Minuit Plaza, access to bicycle lanes and even other water transport options are also available. A "gateway to the city," set against the backdrop of Manhattan's greatest buildings on one side and the river on the other, the design was created to imbue the terminal "with a strong sense of civic presence."In his remarks at the terminal's February 7, 2005, dedication, Mayor Michael Bloomberg stated that "You can walk into this spectacular terminal day or night and feel like you're part of the city ... (the terminal) is a continuation of what you feel on the ferry ... in a sense you are suspended over the water."

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 Described as "an elegant addition to [the] city's architecture," a 2005 Newsday writer called it a transit hub that is so beautiful that it has become a "destination": with "the panorama of lower Manhattan from the top of the escalators, the vast windows framing the Statue of Liberty, the upstairs deck with views of the harbor -- these are reasons to take shelter here for a little longer than the ferry schedule makes strictly necessary." Post-Katrina New Orleans

An architect and planner with particular expertise in affordable, sustainable housing, <mask> was selected by the citizens of New Orleans and the New Orleans City Planning Commission to re-plan one third of the city for 40% of its post-Katrina population. He was determined to use the opportunity for rebuilding the city as a chance to strengthen social justice and community life, writing that:

The planning of cities in the face of disaster (natural and political) must reach beyond the band-aid of short-term recovery. Disaster offers a unique opportunity to rethink the planning and politics of our metro-regional areas -- it is a chance to redefine our cities and to reassert values of environmental care and social justice, of community building and especially of helping the poor with programs for quality, affordable, and sustainable housing. <mask> and his team became the lead planners for District 4, the district that includes the "largest concentration of public housing in the city" (Iberville, St. Bernard, Lafitte and B. W. Cooper), and according to <mask> he "made every effort to involve the residents and the community in the planning effort," while ensuring that the design of the new housing "could maintain the look and feel of surrounding neighborhoods with a mix of both modern interpretation of historic typologies and new urbanist models." <mask> called much of his work a "Robin Hood practice," taking profits from some of his more profitable work so that he could work on the projects he feels can really "help people."He credits much of his


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As a Manhattan resident present in the city the day of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, <mask> was deeply affected by the tragedy. "I live ten blocks from the Trade Center ... I saw it. I heard it," he said.He was convinced that architecture could be one way to help heal the city, and the survivors, in the aftermath of those attacks. <mask> recounted that as he "had to cope with the absence of the towers day after day from his desk," he did what he could to create a discussion about larger issues and "fundamental questions": at such "important junctures in history," "how do architects act as caretakers during times of chaos, crisis, exodus, and change? Why and who do we rebuild for?" <mask> and the "THINK Team" that he created to help create a public debate that went beyond the confines of the memorial to the larger question of a new Lower Manhattan, ultimately did complete the design for the Manhattan 9-11 memorial that was chosen by the Memorial Commission, but the commission's recommendation was overruled by then-governor George Pataki, who chose another firm for the job. The design created by <mask> and his team was based on the idea of replacing the World Trade Center with a "World Culture Center," in the form of a vertical complex of educational and cultural buildings, including a concert hall, conference center, library, and an "interpretive museum" focused on the events of September 11. The design included two steel lattice frameworks that would stand in the same approximate locations as the original towers, but not touch the original "footprints" of the old towers in a show of respect for the "sacral dimension" of the site. Although this was not the design ultimately


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Think has created a schoolhouse: an open, flexible framework to support the pursuit of ideas.The framework itself is an eloquent statement of the values that should guide that pursuit. We are an open, modern, enlightened, humanistic democracy, these soaring structures announce. And we can do even better than retaliate against attack by enemies. Each time we look up at the sky, we can remember that our values are more resilient than theirs. However, after narrowly missing his chance to create the Manhattan memorial, <mask> did go on to win the international competitions for two other 9/11 memorials, in New Jersey State and Westchester County, New York. The Westchester memorial, The Rising, was awarded the 2007 Faith and Form Sacred Landscape Award. The Interfaith Journal on Religion, Art, and Architecture describes the memorial as one that "invites families and visitors to look back in memory of their loved ones and look forward as a community," providing "a place for prayer and reflection."The New Jersey State September 11 memorial, Empty Sky, was dedicated on September 11, 2011, the tenth anniversary of the attacks. It stands in Liberty State Park, along the Hudson River, across from the site of Ground Zero. It was selected by unanimous vote of the Family and Survivors Memorial Committee, from 320 designs submitted. Chennai International Airport
One example of Schwartz's international projects is the Chennai International Airport (previously called Madras International Airport), Chennai, India. Teaming up with Gensler USA and the Creative Group in India, Schwartz's group is working on a project that will include new domestic and international terminals, two 1200 car parking garages, and new airport roads. The airport will be unique because of the incorporation of two lush and sustainable gardens, visible through towering glass walls throughout the terminals, creating a "dialogue"


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<mask> died of prostate cancer on April 28, 2014, less than a month after his 63rd birthday, in Manhattan, New York. Projects
Raipur Airport, Raipur, India (2007–2008)
The Rising (9-11 memorial)
Empty Sky (9-11 memorial)
Pike County Library, Milford, PA (2007–2008)
Kalahari Mixed Use Development, New York, NY (2003–2008)
Nike SoHo, New York, NY (2007–2008)
Santa Fe Railyard Park, Santa Fe, NM (2006)
Deutsch Inc., New York, NY (1992–2005)
Knoll, New York, NY (2004)
Deutsch Inc., Los Angeles, CA (2002)
Southwest Regional Capitol, Toulouse, France (1992–1999)

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<mask> was the winner of international competitions for a one million square foot skyscraper in the heart of Shanghai, China. Obituary, 29 April 2014

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<mask> (born 8 December 1983) is a Swiss professional Porsche factory driver. His father is from India and his mother is German Swiss. He achieved his greatest success winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2016 after first joining Porsche's LMP1 programme for the 2014 season driving in the WEC. Previously, <mask> drove for A1 Team Switzerland in A1 Grand Prix, helping them win the 2007-2008 title and finishing runner-up in 2005-06 and 2008-09. He raced for PKV Racing in the North American Champ Car series in 2007. He is also a GP2 Series race-winner and former Formula One test driver. He joined Formula E's Faraday Future Dragon Racing squad for the 2017/2018 season but left the team after one weekend.For the 2019-20 Formula E season, he returned with his home brand Porsche with teammate Andre Lotterer. First steps
Born in Rorschach, Jani started his career in karting in 1998 where he stayed for two years before moving up to Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup in 2001. In the same year, he also raced some races in Italian Formula Renault. He stayed in both for 2002, again only racing part of the Italian Formula Renault season. In 2003, he moved to Formula Renault V6 Eurocup, driving for the Jenzer team. In that year, he finished second by only four points in the championship with Jenzer Motorsport. In 2004, he again raced in the Formula Renault V6 Eurocup but changed team, running with the French team DAMS, stating in the Swiss press, "This year, it is win or nothing."He finished fourth in the championship that year, while his old team, Jenzer Motorsport finished second with their rookie driver Ryan Sharp. GP2
In 2005, he raced in the GP2 Series with Racing Engineering alongside Borja García who he generally outperformed. He won two races, at the Hungaroring and at Monza. He also managed to lead most of the Nürburgring race in a clearly slower car with some effective defensive driving.

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He then raced in the new A1 Grand Prix series, representing his home nation with A1 Team Switzerland.In the inaugural season of A1GP, the team earned the silver medal for second place, with Jani consistently finishing on the podium, including a win at the Dubai Autodrome during the Sprint Race of the 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, United Arab Emirates. After leaving the first two rounds of the 2006-07 season  to Sébastien Buemi, Jani would win another Sprint Race, during the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia. Jani drove all the races for Switzerland in the 2007-08 season, taking the championship with four wins and 168 points. The team finished second in the 2008-09 season, again with <mask> ever-present. Formula One

He was linked to a reserve F1 seat with the Sauber team. In 2004 however, he moved back to GP2 the following year. In December 2005 he was confirmed as Scuderia Toro Rosso's third driver, alongside race drivers Scott Speed and Vitantonio Liuzzi, a role he held throughout the 2006 season, before departing to pursue a Champ Car career.For the 2008 F1 season, <mask> was linked with the test driving role at Red Bull Racing. As his father is from India, <mask> was linked to the proposed Indian-backed buyout of BMW Sauber but this did not succeed. In early 2010 he tested for Force India and was rumoured to be involved with the team in 2010. However Force India signed Mercedes driver Paul di Resta as their test and reserve driver. Champ Car
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In 2010, Jani became affiliated with Swiss privateer Rebellion Racing and teamed with Nicolas Prost to race a Lola-Judd LMP1 at the Le Mans Series and 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing 2nd at Algarve and 5th at Silverstone. Also, he raced the second half of the FIA GT1 season for Matech in a Ford GT, finishing 7th in a championship race and 8th in other two. Jani took up full-time WEC racing in 2012 with Rebellion, teaming with Prost and Nick Heidfeld for two seasons, before joining the Porsche works team in 2014 and winning his first LMP1 race at São Paulo, Brazil, finishing third overall in the championship. The 2015 season saw <mask> take another win at Bahrain in addition to 5 runner-up spots; again he finished third in the championship. Jani kicked off the 2016 WEC season with a win at Silverstone and a second place at Spa before inheriting the win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in dramatic fashion when Kazuki Nakajima's Toyota broke down in the lead with only one lap to go in the race. Return to single-seaters: Formula E
On 24 August 2017, it was announced that <mask> would make his debut in FIA Formula E Championship in its fourth season at Faraday Future Dragon Racing with Jérôme d'Ambrosio as his team mate. After two 18th place finishes at the season opener in Hong Kong, <mask> abruptly quit the team focusing instead on his WEC commitments with Rebellion Racing.In December 2018, Porsche announced that <mask> would return to the championship as part of their driver line-up for their maiden season. He raced for Porsche with team mate Andre Lotterer till the end of the 2019-20 season, finishing twentieth on the standings. For the 2020-21 Formula E Championship, he will be replaced by Pascal Wehrlein. Personal life
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<mask> (August 10, 1931 – May 13, 2008) was a lesbian feminist, writer, and reporter. <mask> was the only Executive Director of the National Organization for Women (NOW) to have resigned because of the homophobic beliefs in the early inception of NOW. She co-opened the feminist restaurant "Mother Courage" with Jill Ward. Until her death, in 2008, she continued to believe in the need for the women's rights movement in contemporary times, stating that "It's bigotry, and I don't know if you can eliminate it". Early life and career

<mask> was born in Newark, New Jersey, where she attended Catholic school. In 1961 she graduated from City College of New York with a Bachelor of Arts in Language and Literature. During her senior year she worked at The New York Times as an intern reporter for 10 months, gaining experience in journalism and her first taste of sexism within the news field: while applying for positions at the Times, she was not hired as a "copy girl" by a male employee because it would "cause a revolution in the newsroom".Upon graduation, she worked as a reporter, copy editor and bureau chief at the Newark Evening News from 1961–1964. She then went on to serve as a reporter, copy editor and assistant women's editor at Newsday, also serving as a feature writer for the publication's weekend magazine until 1969. Feminism

Until that time I had always felt like a weirdo, the only person who felt out of step with the world around her. I knew we needed a women's movement. This is what I had been waiting for. – <mask>, 2007. In 1966, while working at Newsday, <mask> came across a press release announcing the creation of a new women's rights organization: the National Organization for Women

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 (NOW).She interviewed Betty Friedan and with her media experience, she became chair of the Monitor Subcommittee of the National Task Force on Image of Women in Mass Media. In 1969 she became the first Executive Director of NOW. She established the headquarters in New York City, and served as an editor of NOW's national newsletter, NOW Acts. She offered to pay the $5 dues for women who could not afford to become members, and fronted a campaign to boost membership nationwide. In May 1970, she resigned as director to protest NOW's allegedly homophobic practices and policies. Even in her later years, she continued to be disgruntled by the negativity that the words "lesbian" and "feminist" had within the early organization, believing the terms were being used like weapons' to undercut NOW members". <mask> continued to lecture about women's rights and worked with the New Feminist Talent Collective, which was formed by Jacqueline Ceballos to provide the services of speakers about the women's movement.She co-founded and organized Women Against Pornography and worked with the New York Radical Feminists. <mask> served as board member for the National Association for Repeal of Abortion Laws, an advisory board member for the New York NOW chapter and was a member of the New York Newspaper Women's Club. <mask> was a notable figure in numerous events in the women's movement. She helped end the practice of gender-segregated want ads in The New York Times, was witness to the lesbian purge of the National Organization for Women, participated in 1977's National Women's Conference in Houston, and the UN's Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. Mother Courage

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 [had] an appreciation of the problems of every other woman." On May 19, 1975, Mother Courage celebrated its third birthday by hosting a champagne buffet with a cake in the shape of the venus symbol. Over 100 guests were invited (many of whom are famous feminists), including Gloria Steinem, Audre Lorde, Kate Millett, and more. Even though Mother Courage was only open until 1977, it inspired many other feminist restaurants to open up around the country. Author Lucy Komisar once described Mother Courage as "more than a restaurant, this is part of a social movement." Later life and legacy

<mask>'s papers are held in the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College and the Schlesinger Library at Harvard University.As her health declined, she stepped back from the movement spotlight, preferring to watch a new generation of activists "lead the change". On May 13, 2008, <mask> died in Palm Harbor, Florida. References

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<mask> oral history from the Voices of Feminism Oral History Project
Papers of NOW officers, 1960–1973: A Finding Aid. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. <mask> papers at the Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College Special Collections

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Nicolaas Pieter Johannes ("Niklaas" or "<mask>") <mask> (3 August 1864 – 11 March 1926) was a Boer from the South African Republic – also known as the Transvaal Republic – and later a citizen of South Africa who was considered by some to be a prophet of the Boers. Consequently, his nickname became "<mask>" (Afrikaans for "seer"). <mask>'s visions were typically wrapped in a patriotic, religious format, and have been interpreted by believers as predictions of future events. During the Boer War he became a trusted companion, if not advisor to General de la Rey and President Steyn. The extent of his influence with these figures is disputed, though the devoutly religious de la Rey seemed to have considered him a prophet of God. Early life
<mask> was born on the farm Palmietfontein in the Potchefstroom district, the son of <mask> and Anna Catharina Janse <mask>. He only received 20 days of formal school training at the Rooipoort farm school, and spent much of his youth as a cattle herder.He could never write, but assisted by his mother, he learnt to read from the Bible. He never read anything else. At age 16, he participated in a government expedition against the rebellious tribal leader Mabhogo. He contracted and survived malaria on the expedition and afterwards settled near Wolmaranstad in the then western ZAR. At age 21 he was an elected elder for the Hervormde Kerk, perhaps due to his scriptural knowledge. He married Anna Sophia Kruger in 1884. Boer war
<mask> and his brother Pieter were commandeered to participate in the second Anglo-Boer War under General Sarel P. du Toit.<mask> however remained unarmed and never fired a shot. His contribution was to be a stream of visions and prophesies for the duration of the war. As the seer would later explain, he believed that a nightly visitor woke him only a day before the outbreak of the war, with a message that his work was dedicated to God. Following this vision, <mask> was beset with a fear that would not dissipate. When this disturbed state

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 flight of three Boer women, who were soon found and rescued by his host Willem Bosman. Days after rejoining De la Rey's commando he had visions of members of his own family being captured, and asked for leave to assist them.The <mask> family fled from their farmhouse as British forces approached, but the wagon train carrying the elderly, women and neighbours was surprised and captured by traitors the following morning. <mask>'s parents, eldest daughter Hester and four younger children were subsequently interned at the Mafeking concentration camp. <mask>, his wife, eldest son Willem and two daughters travelled with a group which managed to evade their pursuers, and <mask> once again joined De la Rey's commando. Upon meeting his wife again in mid October 1901, they found their farmhouse destroyed. <mask>'s ominous premonition concerning their daughters, Anna and Maria, was confirmed when news arrived that they and two relatives had died during an outbreak of measles in the concentration camp. Closing stage of war
<mask> was present when Commandant Van Aardt's company returned from the action at Yzerspruit on 25 February 1902. Van Aardt was in a despondent state as his brother was missing in action.<mask> however assured him that his brother was neither dead nor captured, but alive, though in great pain. The wounded soldier was returned to camp the same evening, carried on the horse of a burgher who found him. Before the Battle of Tweebosch, <mask> gave a number of predictions indicating how the enemy would approach along the Harts River, and when he deemed them most vulnerable. He also envisaged how the victory would enhance De la Rey's reputation. Methuen's force collapsed in the face of De la Rey's sudden attack on 7 March 1902, and Methuen was captured. On 17 March 1902, President Steyn, in the company of De Wet and Hertzog, arrived at Zendelingsfontein, De la Rey's headquarters near Klerksdorp, to consult De la Rey's physician about an eye ailment. <mask> was once again dispatched to guard

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 the president.Around the 23rd he had a vision of English troops arriving, but the president was unwilling to heed his warning, until De la Rey intervened urgently on <mask>'s behalf. The president departed for the safety of the Molopo River on the evening of the 24th. British troops arrived at Zendelingsfontein during the early hours of the 25th and captured two of De la Rey's adjutants. Gaining entry to General Kemp's war council in the bushveld region, he soon warned them against attacking a retreating enemy, which would leave them vulnerable to encirclement. At the subsequent Battle of Harts River on 31 March 1902, some British units did fall back, though some Canadians stood their ground until overpowered by burgher forces. Kemp, though partially or grudgingly heeding the seer's visions, was generally reluctant to give him credit. World War I Rebellion
When the Union of South Africa came out in support of the Allied Powers in World War I, Van Rensburg allied with the rebels.The rebellion received a fatal blow even before it started, when the influential general Koos de la Rey was accidentally killed on 15 September 1914. De la Rey, when killed, was en route to General J. G. C. Kemp, who subsequently organised the rebellion in western Transvaal. On 2 November, Kemp addressed a public meeting at Vleeskraal, near Schweizer-Reneke, with the locally influential Van Rensburg at his side. <mask> also addressed the assembly, and assured them that his visions indicated they had little to fear. 610 men then joined the rebel cause, and with conscription imminent, the number of rebel volunteers grew to 1,800. General Kemp decided on a company of 720 men, mostly farmers, which included <mask> and his son. They departed immediately on a journey to join Manie Maritz in German South-West Africa.After a desert trek and much hardship they linked up with Maritz's company on 29 November. Rebels under De Wet and Beyers were rounded up by South African forces in the days that followed. Returning to South

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After his release Nicolaas <mask> returned to his farm Rietkuil, near Wolmaranstad.Some of his visions were then recorded by reverend Dr Rossouw. <mask>'s daughter Anna Badenhorst also recorded a set of visions up to his death at age 61. The latter set is considered to be difficult to interpret and not very coherent. With the outbreak of World War II, the collections of visions were considered inflammatory. Distribution was prohibited and some copies seized on orders of prime minister Jan Smuts. Upon Anna's death her handwritten documents were transferred to Lichtenburg museum's archives, where they were rediscovered in 1991. The farm and <mask> Rensburg family cemetery are located 11 km from Ottosdal, in the North West Province.Visions
His mother commented on his visual hallucinations as a toddler, and said that these seemed to disturb him. General Hertzog described him as someone continuously distracted by a maze of imagery and symbolism. 700 visions have been documented. <mask> interpreted his hallucinations as visions that were usually connected to the welfare of the Boere, the Netherlands and Germany. For example, a vision of the sisal plant was interpreted as a portent of an important meeting, assembly or parliament. <mask>'s visions have been described by some as predictions of local events, such as the death of general Koos de la Rey and the political transition of South Africa. <mask> and his followers have also interpreted his visions as being connected to international events, such as the start of World War I and

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 the rise of Communism.He did not interpret all of his visions, and some have been posthumously applied to more recent events as prophecies. Reitz's assessment
Boer soldier Deneys Reitz's account of the Boer War contains a colourful objective account of one of the seer's predictions (shortened):

... a prophet, a strange character, with long flowing beard and wild fanatical eyes, who dreamed dreams and pretended to possess occult powers. I personally witnessed one of the lucky hits while we were congregated around the General's cart. <mask> was expounding his latest vision to a hushed audience. It ran of a black bull and a red bull fighting, until at length the red bull sank defeated to its knees, referring to the British. Arms outstretched and eyes ablaze, he suddenly called out: See, who comes? ; and, looking up, we made out a distant horseman spurring towards us.When he came up, he produced a letter from General Botha, hundreds of miles away. General de la Rey opened it and said: "Men, believe me, the proud enemy is humbled". The letter contained news that the English had proposed a peace conference. "Coming immediately upon the prophecy, it was a dramatic moment and I was impressed, even though I suspected that <mask> had stage-managed the scene. Of the general's sincerity there could be no doubt as he firmly believed in the seer's predictions." Contemporary relevance
The Suidlanders, an ethnonationalist Afrikaner survivalist group, are heavily influenced by the prophecies of Van Rensburg. Notes

External links
 Suid Afrika, Profeet en helde (Afrikaans)
 Lichtenburg Museum: Nicolaas Pieter Johannes <mask> (1862 – 1926) The Boer Prophet
 SABC NEWS:"Boeremag" What drives men to attempt the overthrow of a government?F.H. Pretorius: <mask> <mask> – Wat is die Waarheid? ; Wat kom ná Siener? (Afrikaans)

1864 births
1926 deaths
People from Potchefstroom
South African Republic people
Afrikaner people
South African people of Dutch descent
Members of the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa

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van Rensburg
van Rensburg
Siener
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texts: <mask> (born c. 1974) is an Indian-born American academic, and the Heinz Riehl Chair Professor of Business at New York University's Stern School of Business and the Director of the Masters of Business Analytics program at NYU Stern. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Wharton School of Business. He is the author of TAP: Unlocking The Mobile Economy which is a double winner in the 2018 Axiom Business Book Awards and has been translated into five languages (Korean, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Japanese and Taiwanese). He is a Leonard Stern Faculty Scholar with an MBA scholarship (the <mask> Scholarship) named after him. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Wharton School of Business. In 2014 he was named by the blog Poets and Quants as one of the "Top 40 Professors Under 40 Worldwide" and by Analytics Week as one of the "Top 200 Thought Leaders in Big Data and Business Analytics". In 2017 he was recognized by Thinkers50 as one of the Top 30 Management Thinkers globally most likely to shape the future of how organizations are managed and led in the next generation.Thinkers50 also bestowed the Distinguished Achievement Award Nomination for 'Digital Thinking' in 2017. In 2019, he was recognized by Web of Science citation Index in the top 1% of researchers selected for their significant influence in their fields over a 10-year period (2008-2018). He is a recipient of the prestigious INFORMS ISS Distinguished Fellow Award, given to recognize individuals who (i) have made outstanding intellectual contributions to the discipline with publications that have made a significant impact on theory, research, and practice and (ii) intellectual stewardship of the field as reflected in the mentoring of doctoral students and young researchers. His rise from assistant to full professor in 8.5 years at NYU Stern is widely regarded as one of the fastest in the history of the entire Information Systems, operations and Marketing academic disciplines in business schools globally. He has consulted in various capacities for Alibaba, Apple, Berkeley

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Anindya Ghose
Ghose


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 Corporation, CBS, Dataxu, DFS Group, Facebook, HR Ratings Mexico, Marico India, Microsoft, NBC Universal, OneVest, Samsung, Showtime, Snapchat, Verizon, Yahoo, 1-800-Contacts, and 3TI World, and collaborated with Adobe, Alibaba, China Mobile, Google, IBM, Indiegogo, Microsoft, Recobell, Telefonica, Travelocity, Via, and many other leading firms on realizing business value from IT investments, internet marketing, business analytics, mobile marketing, digital analytics, social media, and other areas. He serves as an Advisor to many start-ups in the US, India, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and China including Lucidity, Adrealm, Leverage Edu, Netcore, Co-FoundersLab, Ibus Networks, ZeroWeb, and EywaMedia amongst others. He occasionally serves as an expert witness for information technology and consumer-related litigation and has provided expert testimony in multiple trials and depositions.He has experience in securities, intellectual property, antitrust and competition, trademark and copyright infringement, and merger appraisal cases. He has provided expert deposition or trial testimony in several high profile litigation matters, including the Facebook 2012 IPO matter, the Verizon-AOL merger appraisal matter, the Federal Trade Commission's anti-trust case against 1-800-Contacts, the Snapchat patent violation case against Vaporstream, the counterfeit goods case against Amazon, the Yahoo privacy breach matter, and the interactive music streaming royalty rate case between Apple, Amazon, Google, Spotify, and the Copyright Royalty Board. He is affiliated as a Scientific Expert with Compass Lexecon. He has served as the Chief Data Scientist of 3TI World in China. Life and work
Ghose received a B.Tech in Instrumentation and Control Engineering in 1996 from NIT Jalandhar in India, an MBA in 1998 from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC), and a MS in 2002 and a PhD in Management Sciences in 2004 from Carnegie Mellon University. He has published more than 100 papers in premier scientific journals and peer reviewed


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 conferences, and has given more than 250 talks internationally. He is a frequent keynote speaker in executive gatherings and thought leading events globally.His research has received 15 best paper awards and nominations. He is a winner of the NSF CAREER award and has been awarded 16 grants from Adobe, Google, Microsoft and several other corporations. His research analyzes the economic consequences of the Internet on industries and markets transformed by its shared technology infrastructure. He has worked on product reviews, reputation and rating systems, digital marketing, sponsored search advertising, wearable technologies, mobile commerce, mobile advertising, crowdfunding, and online markets. He also plays a senior advisory role to several start-ups in the Internet space. He has been interviewed and his research has been profiled numerous times in the BBC, Bloomberg TV, New York Times, Financial Times, Forbes, NBC, Xinhua, Time, LA Times, Reuters, Washington Post, New York Daily, National Public Radio, Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, CNBC, China Daily, Knowledge@Wharton, and elsewhere. He teaches for the Master of Science in Business Analytics Program for Executives (MSBA), which is jointly hosted by NYU Stern and NYU Shanghai and in the UG, MBA, TRIUM and EMBA programs.<mask>'s research interests are in the field of analyzing the "economic consequences of the Internet on industries and markets transformed by its shared technology infrastructure." His work primarily discusses the machinations and effects of Internet and electronic systems on social economic impact. Subtopics of this research include: crowdfunding, search engine advertisement monetization, mobile commerce, and commerce in social media. Publications
Ghose is the co-author of over thirty publications and working papers. A selection:

References

External links
Anindya Ghose Personal Website
Stern Faculty and Research

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Carnegie Mellon University


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<mask> (23 January 1905 – 6 December 1953), alias Karakuliambro, was a Polish poet. He is well known for the "paradramatic" absurd humorous sketches of the Green Goose Theatre. Biography
Born to a lower-middle-class family in Warsaw, <mask> was evacuated with his parents at the outbreak of World War I, and from 1914 to 1918 he lived in Moscow, where he attended a Polish school. Returning to Poland in 1918, he studied classics and English language at the University of Warsaw, submitting a dissertation on a non-existent nineteenth-century English poet, Morris Gordon Cheats. His literary debut came in 1923 and was a member of the Kwadryga group of poets, and he was linked to satirical and political publications. In 1930 he married Natalia Avalov. From 1931-33, he held the post of cultural attaché in Berlin.From 1934-36 he was in Vilnius. He settled there at 2 Młynowa Street. There, in 1936, the couple's daughter Kira was born. Through his works, Gałczyński refers to the atmosphere of Vilnius, and that which Adam Mickiewicz left behind. With the outbreak of World War II, <mask> received a draft card from the army. He took part in the Polish September Campaign of 1939. On 17 September, he became a Russian prisoner of war and was later captured by the Germans.He spent the duration of the occupation in the Stalag XI-A prisoner-of-war camp in Altengrabow, his poems printed secretly in anthologies. After the war he travelled to Brussels and Paris, returning to Poland in 1946. He established The 13 Muses Club in Szczecin in 1948 before moving back to Warsaw, and produced work for numerous weekly magazines. Many of his postwar pieces, including "A Poem for the Traitor" ("Poemat dla

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Gałczyński


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 zdrajcy"), an attack on Czesław Miłosz, "Chryzostom Bulwieć’s Trip to Ciemnogród" ("Podróż Chryzostoma Bulwiecia do Ciemnogrodu") and the panegyric "Stalin is Dead" ("Umarł Stalin") (1953), were written according to socialist realist conventions. In 1950, he became the object of an ideological battle, his artistic work denounced by Adam Ważyk at the Reunion of Polish Writers as petit bourgeois. In the later years of his life, he wrote several greater poetic forms:
 "Jan Sebastian Bach's Easter" (1950) ("Wielkanoc Jana Sebastiana Bacha")
 "Niobe" (1951)
 "Wit Stwosz" (1952)
 "Olsztyn Chronicle" (1952) ("Kronika Olsztyńska")

From 1950 to 1953, he was associated with the forester’s lodge at Lake Nidzkie, where he wrote numerous works, including "Olsztyn Chronicle". It is there that his museum is currently located.He published the volumes of poetry Enchanted Droshky (1948) ("Zaczarowana dorożka"), Wedding Rings (1949) ("Ślubne obrączki") and Songs (1953) ("Pieśni"). He also produced translations, or paraphrases, of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (1952) and Ode to Joy by Friedrich Schiller. He is portrayed, under the name of 'Delta,' in Miłosz's The Captive Mind (1953). Death
He died on 6 December 1953, aged 48, following a third heart attack. Artistic legacy
<mask>'s poetry is an inspiration to many authors of popular music; some of his poems having a number of interpretations. They were used by Olga Lipińska in her TV cabaret among others. At the time of the People's Republic of Poland, his poem Beloved Country (Ukochany kraj) was made into a socialist feel-good song.A musical, Beloved Country, was directed by Janusz Józefowicz at Studio Buffo musical theatre.


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 The most famous songs based on a Gałczyński text include the following:
 "The Ballad about Two Sisters" ("Ballada o dwóch siostrach"), with music by Stanisław Staszewski, sung by Kazik Staszewski with Kult
 "The Ballad about Two Sisters" ("Ballada o dwóch siostrach"), with music by Adam Sławiński, sung by Stan Borys
 "The Ballad about Easter Ham" ("Ballada o Wielkanocnej szynce"), with music by Krzysztof Knittel, sung by Jan Kobuszewski
 "Barbara Ubryk" ("Barbara Ubryk"), with music by Krzysztof Knittel, sung by Jan Kobuszewski
 "What Have I Done? "/"What am I Guilty of?" ("Cóżem winien"), with music by Adam Tkaczyk, sung by Tkaczyk with Wyspy Dobrej Nadziei
 "The Woodpecker and the Girl" ("Dzięcioł i dziewczyna"), sung by Maryla Rodowicz
 "The Woodbine" ("Dzikie wino"), music Wojciech Trzciński, sung by Magda Umer
 "Today I Was Lying Again" ("Dziś znowu leżałem"), with music by Jerzy Derfel, sung by Jan Kobuszewski
 "If You Were to Stop Loving Me One Day" ("Gdybyś mnie kiedyś"), with music by Tomasz Łuc, sung by Katarzyna Groniec
·"I Say! Let Us In" - II and III part of "Seven Heaven" poem ("Hola, wpuść nas! A Green Goose foundation was formed in Warsaw in September 2007. Gałczyński was portrayed in the book The Captive Mind (Zniewolony umysł) by Czesław Miłosz; he is Delta.There is Konstanty Ildefons <mask> Street in Warsaw. Institutions named after Gałczyński
Approximately 30 schools in Poland are named after Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, among them Secondary School No 1 in Otwock, Secondary School No 2 in Olsztyn, Gymnasium No 7 in Częstochowa, Primary School No 7 in Legnica, Gymnasium No 2 in Stargard Szczeciński and in Poznań Secondary School No 20 and, until 2000, the


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 former Primary School No 37. <mask> is also the patron of libraries, one community centre and the Happy Islands Foundation for Friends of Children with Cancer. The Green Goose Theatre
Among <mask>'s best known works are the satirical mini-pieces of the Green Goose Theatre ("Teatrzyk Zielona Gęś"). Several hundred of these ostensible dramas, usually only a few lines long, appeared in the Kraków literary journal Przekrój. They frequently parody serious drama and cultural icons – in Hamlet and the Waitress, Hamlet is unable to choose between coffee and tea in a café and expires from indecision to be buried in a coffin marked HAMLET IDIOT, while in Greedy Eve Adam fails to get a bite of the apple, causing the entire Bible to be "a total loss". The final curtain is frequently brought into the action, being variously scripted as falling "optimistically", as coming down accidentally and then going up again, or as being lowered by an anteater.Further reading
 Mortkowicz-Olczakowa, Hanna (1961). Bunt wspomnień. Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy. References

External links

 Official Website of Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński -- English sub-site of the Polish website

 Konstanty Ildefons Galczynski Museum
 Biography
  A Song of the Soldiers of Westerplatte
 The Vices and Virtues of Versemaker <mask>, Culture.pl

1905 births
1953 deaths
Burials at Powązki Military Cemetery
Polish translators
Polish military personnel of World War II
World War II prisoners of war held by the Soviet Union
World War II prisoners of war held by Germany
Polish prisoners of war
Writers from Warsaw
20th-century translators
20th-century Polish poets
Polish male poets
20th-century Polish male writers
People from Warsaw

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is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist currently working for Professional Wrestling Wallabee. He started his career with Battlarts in February 2007 and remained with the promotion for four years, winning the B-Rule Tournament in 2009. During his tenure, <mask> also represented Battlarts in major Japanese promotions such as New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wrestling Zero1 and American promotion Chikara, where he took part in the  Young Lions Cup VIII tournament in August 2010. After the folding of Battlarts, <mask> began working for DDT Pro-Wrestling, where, as a representative of the Crying Wolf stable, he became a one-time Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion, before parting ways with the promotion in July 2012. Professional wrestling career

Battlarts (2006–2011)
<mask> began training professional wrestling with Battlarts in 2006, when the promotion accepted his third application to enter its training program. He eventually made his in-ring debut on February 25, 2007, losing to Manabu Hara. During the rest of 2007, Yano faced the likes of Yuta Yoshikawa, Kota Ibushi and Ryuji Hijikata, losing all of his matches.As Battlarts only held an event every two months, <mask> also made regular appearances for Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) and women's wrestling promotion Ice Ribbon, losing all of his matches in those promotions as well. <mask> finally picked up his first win at a Battlarts event on March 9, 2008, submitting Akifumi Saito with the Larsson. Despite his first win, <mask>'s second year in professional wrestling also included mostly opening matches and losses. Through Battlarts' and especially its top star Munenori Sawa's relationship with Pro Wrestling Zero1, Yano

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texts: also made appearances for the promotion, most notably taking part in the 2008 Tenkaichi Jr. tournament. On January 10, 2009, <mask> entered the B-Rule Tournament, advancing directly to the semifinals, after Yuta Yoshikawa was unable to wrestle in his first round match. Later that same day, <mask> defeated Super Tiger II in his semifinal match to advance to the finals, where he would defeat veteran Alexander Otsuka via points to win the entire tournament. Finally out of the opening match spot, Yano main evented his first Battlarts event on February 15, when he and Munenori Sawa were defeated in a tag team match by Super Tiger II and Yuki Ishikawa.The following June, <mask> entered the 2009 B-1 Climax tournament, but failed to advance from his round-robin block. During 2009, <mask> also made debuts for Apache Pro-Wrestling Army, Pro Wrestling Freedoms, Kaientai Dojo (K-Dojo) and Osaka Pro Wrestling. On January 17, 2010, <mask> made it to the finals of his second B-Rule Tournament in a row, but was this time defeated by Yujiro Yamamoto. During the year, Yano teamed regularly with Munenori Sawa, while also debuting a new look, inspired by the Joker from the Batman film The Dark Knight Rises. On August 28, 2010, <mask> made his American debut, when he represented Battlarts in Chikara's eighth Young Lions Cup tournament in Reading, Pennsylvania. In his first round match, <mask> defeated Mike Sydal with a submission. Later that same day, Yano wrestled in a six-way elimination semifinal match, from which he was the third man eliminated by Obariyon.The following day, <mask> defeated Green Ant in a non-tournament match. The finish of the match had to improvised, after Green Ant legitimately broke his

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 arm, after <mask> performed one of his signature moves, Calf Branding, on him. Back in Japan, <mask> began working regularly for Professional Wrestling Wallabee, a promotion founded by the male wrestlers of Ice Ribbon, becoming the promotion's first TV Champion in October 2010. <mask> later went to unify the TV Championship with the Capture International and Ricky Fuji Aggressive World Heavyweight Championships, creating what he referred to as the "Indie Triple Crown". On October 8, 2010, <mask> made his debut for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), losing to Tomohiro Ishii at a NEVER event, a New Japan project aimed at showcasing up-and-coming wrestlers not signed to the promotion. On January 23, 2011, <mask> once again made it to the finals of the B-Rule Tournament, but was, for the second year in a row, defeated there by Yujiro Yamamoto. On March 21, Yano was defeated by Battlarts founder Yuki Ishikawa in a main event singles match.The following day, Battlarts announced <mask>'s resignation from the promotion, which had announced it would be folding before the end of the year. <mask> returned to take part in Battlarts' final event on November 5, 2011, defeating Kenji Takeshima in the opening match. DDT Pro-Wrestling (2011–2012)
On November 13, 2011, <mask> began working regularly for the DDT Pro-Wrestling promotion, when he teamed with Antonio Honda and Yasu Urano to defeat Hoshitango, Mikami and Tomomitsu Matsunaga in a six-man tag team match. Following the event, Honda announced that the three men, along with Yuji Hino, had formed a stable named "Crying Wolf". All four members of Crying Wolf remained undefeated for the rest of the year, with <mask> ending his year by pinning Michael Nakazawa

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 on December 31 in a tag team match, where he and Antonio Honda defeated Do Hentai Dan (Nakazawa and Hikaru Sato). Crying Wolf's win streak ended at the first event of 2012 on January 8, when the four members were defeated in an eight-man tag team match by Daisuke Sasaki, Keisuke Ishii, Masa Takanashi and Shigehiro Irie. During the following months, Crying Wolf developed a storyline rivalry with the Homoiro Clover Z stable, with Crying Wolf picking up six-man tag team victories on January 29 and March 4, and finally defeating Danshoku Dino, Hiroshi Fukuda, Kudo and Makoto Oishi in an eight-man elimination tag team match on March 18.On April 1, <mask> took part in the annual Anytime and Anywhere battle royal, a match combining elements of a regular battle royal and a ladder match, where he managed to grab the "Box Office Rights Anytime, Anywhere" contract to earn the right to book a DDT event of his own. On April 8, <mask> took part in a ten-minute, six-person battle royal for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship. Towards the end of the match, <mask> pinned Kana to win the title, however, just twenty seconds later, Kana rolled him up to regain the title. On July 1, <mask> used his "Box Office Rights Anytime, Anywhere" contract to book a co-promoted event between DDT and Professional Wrestling Wallabee. The following day, DDT announced that the promotion and Yano had agreed to terminate his DDT contract due to "ideological differences". Other promotions (2012–present)
Following his departure from DDT, <mask> concentrated on his work with the Professional Wrestling Wallabee promotion, where he now also held a backstage executive role. While also continuing to work for other small promotions,

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 including Apache Pro-Wrestling Army, Freedoms, and Ganko Pro Wrestling, <mask> returned to Zero1 on February 8, 2013, working in an opening tag team match.Personal life
<mask> cites Kendo Kashin as his main influence in wanting to become a wrestler himself. He later also became a fan of Bruiser Brody, adopting many of his in-ring mannerisms, including his signature "huss" chant, while also billing himself from Detroit, Michigan, Brody's hometown. <mask> has wrestled as both "Kendo Ke Ita" and "Brody Boy" in honor of his idols. <mask> is a fan of soccer, having played the game with some success in high school, and has named two of his signature moves after Swedish soccer players Freddie Ljungberg and Henrik Larsson. Championships and accomplishments
Battlarts
B-Rule Tournament (2009)
Chika Puroresu Exit
Capture International Championship (1 time)
DDT Pro-Wrestling
Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (1 time)
Professional Wrestling Wallabee
Wallabee TV Championship (1 time)
Wallabee World Martial Arts Championship (1 time, current)
Tenryu Project
International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Hikaru Sato
VKF Wrestle Naniwa
Ricky Fuji Aggressive World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Mixed martial arts record

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References

External links

Official blog
Ganko Pro Wrestling profile
Puroresu Sano Damashii profile
Puroresu Central profile

1988 births
Living people
Japanese male mixed martial artists
Japanese male professional wrestlers
Sportspeople from Osaka Prefecture
People from Matsubara,

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<mask> (born May 22, 1976) is a former American football wide receiver in the Canadian Football League for the Edmonton Eskimos, BC Lions, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He also was a member of the New York Jets and Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League. He played college football at Angelo State University. Early years
<mask> attended Alice High School, where he helped start a run by the Coyotes as a playoff powerhouse through the 1990s. As a senior in 1993, he caught 75 passes for 1,971 yards (26-yard average), which at the time, gave him a high school national record for most yards receiving in a single season. He also had a career-high 309 yards receiving game. That season, his team reached the Class 5A Region IV finals, while he received All-state, South Texas MVP and District MVP honors.College career
Brazzell attended Blinn College. He transferred to Angelo State University after his sophomore season. As a junior, he recorded 34 receptions for 474 yards and 5 touchdowns. He tied a school record with 11 receptions against Tarleton State University. As a senior, he posted 47 receptions for 1,091 yards (23.3-yard average) and 13 touchdowns. He became the second player in school history to register over 1,000 receiving yards in a season and led the conference by averaging 109.1 receiving yards per-game. Against Northeastern State University, he had 11 receptions for 216 yards and 3 touchdowns.He earned second-team All-American and first-team All-Lone Star Conference honors. Despite playing only two seasons, he finished ninth on the Rams' All-time receiving list (1,565 receiving yards). Professional career

New York Jets
<mask> was selected by the New York Jetsin the sixth round (174th overall) of the 1998 NFL Draft, because they

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Chris Brazzell
Brazzell
Brazzell


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 coveted his track speed. He was waived on August 30 and later signed to the team's practice squad. He was released on September 5, 1999. Dallas Cowboys
On September 6, 1999, he was claimed off waivers by the Dallas Cowboys. He made his NFL debut on special teams in the 41-35 season-opening victory against the Washington Redskins.He was deactivated for the next 3 games. He was cut on October 14 and signed to the practice squad. Because of injuries to the receiving corps, he was promoted to the active roster in week 14 and registered his first reception in a 20-10 win against the Philadelphia Eagles, a 12-yard catch from quarterback Troy Aikman. The next week, he finished with a season-high 62 yards on two receptions against his former team the Jets. He earned his first NFL start in the 27-10 playoff wildcard loss against the Minnesota Vikings. In 2000, he played in 9 games, recording only 2 receptions for 12 yards, while playing mainly on special teams and finishing in a tie for seventh place with 10 special teams tackles. He missed the final two regular season games due to a shoulder injury.On August 28, 2001, he was released to make room for wide receiver Anthony Lucas. CFL career

2001 season
On October 15, <mask> was signed to the practice roster of the Edmonton Eskimos in the Canadian Football League. On November 4, he made his debut in a 32-26 win against the Montreal Alouettes, a game in which he had three receptions for 76 yards. He also had one reception for nine yards in Edmonton's 34-16 Western Final loss to Calgary. 2002 season
<mask> played in 11 games in his second season, finishing fourth among Edmonton wide receivers with 30 receptions for 546 yards and three touchdowns. One of hia personal highlights was a 101-yard reception for a touchdown

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 from Jason Maas in a 27-21 season-opening win against the Calgary Stampeders. He continued to make big plays in the post-season, registering 4 receptions for 79 yards in a 33-30 Western Final against Winnipeg.In the 25-16 Grey Cup loss against Montreal, he had three receptions for 65 yards. 2003 season
<mask> signed with the BC Lions as a free agent on March 25. He played in all 18 games for B.C. that season. He finished second on team, and sixth in the CFL, with 1,111 yards on 68 catches including six receiving touchdowns. He registered five 100-yard receiving games. He had perhaps his best game of the season in the Lions' 26-20 victory on September 20 against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers when seven receptions for 157 yards.He had the first multi-to game of his CFL career when he hauled in a pair of scores in the Lions' August 22 victory against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Brazzell had two catches for 11 yards in the Lions' 28-7 Eastern Semifinal loss in Toronto. 2004 season
In 2004 <mask> finished fourth on the BC Lions in receiving with 49 receptions for 906 yards and eight touchdowns in 16 games. He had three 100-yard games during that span. Brazzell was equally effective in the post-season for the Lions. He had three catches for 40 yards and one touchdown in B.C. 's 27-25 Western Final overtime victory against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.He also had a pair of passes in the Leo's 27-19 loss to the Toronto Argonauts in that year's Grey Cup championship. 2005 season
In 2005, <mask> signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. During his brief stay in Hamilton, Brazzell had 22 catches for 252 yards and two touchdowns in six games. Brazzell had signed with the Ti-cats on the promise that he would only play the wide receiver position, but the Ti-cats coaching staff had

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 Brazzell play slotback for them. This outraged Brazzell, as he saw himself as a deep threat receiver, something that playing slotback did not let him do. On August 9, 2005, <mask> was traded to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in exchange for Canadian receiver Kamau Peterson. The trade quickly showed to be one sided, with Brazzell hauling in 12 passes for 307 yards and two touchdowns in his first 3 games as a Bomber, surpassing his yard total and matching his touchdown total that he had posted in 6 games as a Ti-cat.He finished the season with 46 catches for 708 yards and six touchdowns. 2006 season
In 2006, he experienced a season of ups and downs. He started the season strong with a multiple touchdown game against the Edmonton Eskimos on July 1 and a couple more touchdowns in other games. By mid season his play started to flounder, with him being totally neutral during many games. At the end of the season he picked his play up to finish the season with 43 catches for 604 yards and 7 touchdowns. Although Brazzell was scheduled to become a free agent on February 16, 2007, he chose to re-sign with the Blue Bombers. 2007 season
Brazzell played 7 games for the Blue Bombers until he injured his ankle in September.In those games he had 17 receptions for 182 yards and one touchdown. He was released on February 5, 2008. References

External links
 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Player Profile

1976 births
Living people
People from Alice, Texas
Players of American football from Texas
American football wide receivers
Canadian football wide receivers
Blinn Buccaneers football players
Angelo State Rams football players
New York Jets players
Dallas Cowboys players
Edmonton Elks players
BC Lions players
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<mask> (23 March 1860 or 23 March 1861 – February 1932 or March 1932) was a French painter, engraver and designer who was associated with the Symbolist movement and was one of the founders of the Salon de la Rose + Croix. Later he formed his own atelier. Sources differ over the details of his birth and death. Personal life
<mask> was born in Algiers, and died in either Naples, or Marlotte, Seine-et-Marne. Early career
<mask>'s earliest works were orientalist scenes of markets and musicians and the street life of his youth in Algeria. In 1888 he travelled to Paris where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Auguste Herst and Fernand Cormon. He was linked to Numa Gillet.From 1890 he exhibited at the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. Move towards Idealism

Point was influenced by Ruskin and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and was a member of the first Nabis group. In 1894 he made a trip to Italy with Hélène Linder (1867-1955) (later Mme Berthelot) where he saw Sandro Botticelli's Primavera for the first time outside of an engraving. The experience made a deep impression on him and he wrote that his eyes "first opened up" on seeing it, leading soon after to attempts to establish a movement in France to resurrect the art of the 15th and 16th centuries. The influence of Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci became evident in his work, for instance in the c. 1895 Eternal Chimera. Hélène Linder became an ideal female model for <mask> who often painted her in a Leonardesque style but dressed like a muse from

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 Botticelli. Leonardo da Vinci's Study for the head of Leda (study for an original painting now lost) seems to have influenced the hair styles that he gave Hélène.Hélène married French diplomat Philippe Berthelot just before the start of the First World War. Philippe Jullian described <mask> as moving, at this time, from a "dreamy realism to a detailed idealism". Symbolism

Soon, <mask> was moving towards fully fledged Symbolism. He made a determined effort to reject the modern world and the realism of Zola and Courbet. He adopted Rosicrucianism and became a friend of "Sâr" Peladan. Edward Lucie-Smith described him as a "medievalizing painter ... whose style mingled the influence of Moreau with that of the Pre-Raphaelites". From 1892 to 1896, <mask> exhibited at the Salon de la Rose+Croix and with Léonard Sarluis he designed the poster for the fifth salon of that group.It depicted the Ideal in the form of Perseus holding the severed head of Émile Zola in reference to the Greek myth in which Perseus decapitated the Gorgon Medusa. For the Symbolists, Zola exemplified in literature the oppressive Naturalism they rejected. Subjects at this time were usually  mythological, such as his 1897 The Siren which included a typical Symbolist femme fatale figure luring men to their doom. Also in 1897, Point contributed an original lithograph titled the Golden Legend (Fr. Légende dorée) to the L'Estampe Moderne. The journal included four original prints in each issue and Point's was issued in Number 5, September 1897.

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