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<mask> (10 April 1865 – 8 October 1911) was an Australian politician and trade unionist. He was a pioneer of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in South Australia, which at the time was known as the United Labor Party (ULP). He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly (1893–1901), leading the ULP from 1898 until his resignation in 1899 to accept a ministerial post in a non-Labor government, with the party's approval. <mask> entered federal politics in 1901 and held cabinet posts in the first three ALP governments. He was Minister for Home Affairs (1904) under Chris Watson, and then served two terms as Minister for External Affairs (1908–1909, 1910–1911) under Andrew Fisher. He suffered a fatal heart attack at the age of 46 while climbing Mount Donna Buang. Early life
<mask> was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1865 and after the early death of his photographer father, he and his two brothers were raised by his mother.Batchelor was educated at the North Adelaide Model School and worked there as a pupil-teacher when he was 12. He also worked at the North Adelaide Church of Christ secondary school but became an apprentice engine-fitter in the government engineering plant in the Adelaide suburb of Islington at 17. Trade union career
Batchelor soon became active in the labour movement and joined the Amalgamated Society of Engineers (Adelaide) in 1882 and was its president four times between 1889 and 1898. He was also president of the Railway Service Mutual Association. He was elected treasurer of the Trades and Labor Council in 1892 and secretary in 1893. In 1890 he married Rosina Mooney. In 1891, Batchelor was a prominent founding member of the United Labor Party.He was the ULP secretary from 1892 to 1896 and was president in 1898. Colonial politics

Batchelor was nominated for election to the South Australian House of Assembly on behalf of the ULP in 1893. He gained widespread support from the electorate, and was elected at the top of the poll, becoming one of ten of the first Labor Members of Parliament in South Australia, after John McPherson, the first ULP leader, was elected to East Adelaide in a 1892 by-election. Batchelor also defeated a sitting minister in his seat, and outpolled Charles Kingston, a later Premier of South Australia. When McPherson died in 1897, Batchelor became Labor leader, with the party continuing to support the Kingston liberal government. Thomas Price succeeded Batchelor as Labor leader after the 1899 election (and went on to form the world's first stable Labor government, after the 1905 election). John Verran led Labor to form the state's first of many majority governments at the 1910 election.Following the fall of the Kingston ministry in December 1899 and the brief premiership of Vaiben Louis Solomon, Batchelor was invited to join Frederick Holder's government as the Minister for Education and Agriculture. As the Minister, Batchelor legislated for a new teacher training scheme coupled with university education. Although the Labor Party pledge of 1899 refused the right of members to join a non-Labor administration, caucus released Batchelor from this constraint: Holder's was essentially the old Kingston ministry with which Labor had associated closely. Batchelor resigned from caucus and from the leadership and became the first Labor member in Australia to join a non-Labor ministry, with the party's unanimous approval. Federal politics

He retired from the South Australian parliament in 1901 and stood for election to the Parliament of Australia in the first Australian election. Batchelor, along with Holder, was elected to the Australian House of Representatives in the single statewide Division of South Australia. Batchelor was the only Labor member of the seven MPs.Labor candidate Thomas Price finished eighth. After South Australia was divided into electoral divisions for the 1903 election to which Batchelor was assigned the Division of Hindmarsh. Batchelor however unselfishly gave up this seat for one of his state MPs, instead deciding to contest the Division of Boothby against former Premier Vaiben Solomon. The voters of Boothby rewarded this selflessness with his election. In 1904, Batchelor was the Minister for Home Affairs in the government of Chris Watson. He was a "certain inclusion" in Watson's ministry, and along with Billy Hughes had been counselled Watson in selecting the remainder of the Watson ministry. One of his main responsibilities in the short-lived ministry was for the passage of the Seat of Government Act as to the founding of the new national capital.He was nominated in the leadership contest when Watson retired as inaugural Labor leader in 1907 but declined to stand. From 1908 to 1909, and again from 1910 to 1911, Batchelor was the Minister for External Affairs under the governments of Andrew Fisher. Batchelor attended the 1911 Imperial Conference along with Fisher, as the leading spokesperson on trade and foreign policy matters. When the Northern Territory was transferred to the control of the Commonwealth in January 1911, Batchelor was the first minister to be given the responsibility of overseeing the administration of the territory. During this time he worked to create reserves for the Indigenous peoples of the Northern Territory. Batchelor collapsed and died from a heart attack when climbing Mount Donna Buang in October 1911, at age 46. He was the first serving Minister who was also a member of the parliament to die in office (Sir James Dickson, Minister for Defence, died in January 1901 but he was not a member of parliament).Shortly after his death, in 1912, the town of Batchelor, Northern Territory (which is about 98 kilometres south of Darwin) was named after him. Sources
 McMullin, R., (2004) So Monstrous a Travesty: Chris Watson and the world’s first national labour government, Scribe Publications: Sydney. .

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Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia
Australian ministers for Foreign Affairs
Members of the Australian House of Representatives
Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Boothby
Members of the Cabinet of Australia
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<mask> is a Ukrainian contemporary artist and the organizer of "ArtTogether", a global interactive art project aimed at visualizing the new cultural code of the modern generation and uniting people at a time of political and social turmoil. Working with a variety of mediums, Oksana employs painting and graphic art techniques, creates sculptures, installations and large-scale photo works and partakes in urban construction and space design workshops across Europe. Biography
Born in 1969 in Ukraine, Oksana graduated from the M.B. Grekov Odessa State Art School in 1992. In the 1990s, she played a part in the decade's painting revival and later investigating relational art and scientific art practices. Already an established artist, in 2003 she earned a Bachelor of Philosophy from Odessa State University. Oksana is working on a PhD on problems of art in the social media.Highlights of <mask>'s work include the POST-VS-PROTO-RENAISSANCE project (a prototype of the "ArtTogether" installation) presented at the 54th Venice Biennale in 2011 which became one of the most attended and widely covered pavilions of the Biennale. In 2013 the artist participated in the Collateral Events program of the 55th Venice Biennale with the "Quantum Prayer" project in the "Glasstress 2013" group exhibition . In 2012, Oksana won the Independent Critics Prize at the 65th Locarno International Film Festival. <mask>'s art has been shown at multiple exhibitions worldwide, including the "Women and Art" Biennial at the Sharjah Art Museum in 2014, the "Modus R. Russian Formalism Today" (part of the Art Basel Miami non-commercial program, 2006); the "MAS" exhibit at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art in 2008, as well as in FRIEZE (London), ARCO (Madrid), Fiac (Paris), The Armory Show (New York), Vienna Fair, Art Dubai and Art Karlsruhe. Works by Oksana have been sold at the Sotheby's, Christie’s and Phillips auction houses. Her art-works can be found in museum and private collections in France, the United States, Great Britain, Italy, Switzerland, Japan, Ukraine, Arab Emirates, Russia and Australia. Actor Kevin Spacey selected Oksana's work "Mandala Dance", together with pieces by Tracey Emin, Banksy, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Michael Craig-Martin for a charity auction, "Illuminating the Future", held by Christie's on February 10, 2014 to support the legendary Old Vic Theater.The ruling Prince of Monaco Albert II chose Oksana’s "Spheres of Good" installations to decorate Avenue Henri Dunant in the center of Monte-Carlo. Oksana gives lectures on contemporary art at leading universities in the United States, the UK (Cambridge) and Germany. She is also a frequent guest speaker on history of art and philosophy. Oksana currently lives and works in Spain and Poland. Work philosophy
In her art works, Oksana elaborates an aesthetic perception of a human being in times of drastic
social and geo-political change that is experienced by every generation, irrespective of the era or geographical placement. Oksana’s academic knowledge in such fields as science, the philosophy of digital technologies, the history of religions and art history and her multiculturalism have created the foundation of her artistic identity and enabled her to create timeless and versatile artworks with the aim of searching for this generation's new cultural code and facilitating a creative dialogue between different religions and social groups. The artist manages to combine a vivid figurativeness of visually and formally unique works with perviousness of interpretations, based on eternal values.The symbolic images in her paintings are always both focused and ambiguous. Multi-layered meanings intertwined in every artwork immerse the audience in an everlasting process of discovering new ideas and images found in both European and Eastern cultures. Works

ArtTogether
Post-vs-Proto-Renaissance - 1st stage of ArtTogether project
This art installation became the first stage in ArtTogether project. It was presented under the title of "Altarpiece of Nations" (22 m. in height by 38 m. in width) at the Saint Sophia Square in Kiev and as part of the main program of the 54th Venice Biennale in 2011. The installation represented fragments of the Ghent Altarpiece by the 15th-century Flemish artists, the Van Eyck brothers. Each of them was assembled from hand-painted wooden eggs, referencing the Ukrainian folk  pysankas". As the famous art historian, curator and critic Achille Bonito Oliva, who was curating the exhibition Post-vs-Proto-Renaissance at the 54th Venice biennale, put it: "In the art-works of the last years <mask> <mask> has switched the optics from timeless, metaphysical perception of sculpture towards collisions between the path of history and subjective time, doing so through the transformation of individual creativity into a collective one.This is the way of true spiritual democracy. Art as an emancipation of personal "self" and of general "us"." ArtTogether stages
At the current 2nd stage of the project people from all over the world contribute via Internet platform ArtTogether.com their drawings to allow them to become part of a new cultural code of a generation. They manifest their vision of and aspirations for an ideal world. New parts of installation are created using digital technologies on plastic eggs. No curator is supervising co-creators. To date, 380.000 people from 42 countries have taken part in the project.At the 3rd stage scheduled for 2017-2019 the global community will complete the project, creating 3.640.000 drawings via Internet platform and the entire installation will be demonstrated on all continents. Paintings
Biomorphic Realism
As with the series They Are Among Us, in Biomorphic Realism the artist continues to look at random objects, strangers on the street, fleeting signs of a higher existence that cannot be captured by a glimpse or a name. The artist’s technique of applying dozens of interlacing layers of
paint and lacquer gives the canvas surfaces a glassy glossiness, underlining the fluidity of the shapes of art and of life. Red Expression
In this series of paintings created in 2012, Mas takes the spectator into her experience of seeing the world in a rhythmic, pulsating dimension. The artist depicts her own environment with the intimacy of a diary: people feeding pigeons in a park, cyclists, a couple having a rest or awaiting
for someone. Mas combines the spontaneity of an instant with a timeless validity that can never be obliterated. Sculptures, Installations and Video
Phenomenon of Epidermism
Created in 2006, this series of sculptures is made out of brand new wheels and tires covered with latex, giving the appearance of human bodies turned into formless esh.The biomass of body fragments is perceived as a suggestion of car-wrecked humanity. Mas’ installation challenges conventional attitudes towards life, referencing pervasive fears and self-destruction. With the premonitory video Phenomenon of Epidermism, Mas won the Independent Critics Prize at the prestigious Locarno Film Festival in 2012. Helium-3
This series of objects (created in 2010) made of metal and plastic and assembled in a high-scale spatial installation engages with the theme of the duality and ambiguity of any phenomenon. Helium-3, which is considered the fuel of the future — a resource everyone will fight for — is an
extremely rare substance on Earth, unlike the Moon where it is abundant. It symbolizes the hopes and fears of humanity. Photo
Quantum Prayer
Oksana’s Quantum Prayer was a title piece at the Glasstress 2013 exhibition, a collateral event of the 55th Biennale di Venezia.The Glasstress organizers inspire modern artists to create works of art in collaboration with the best Murano glass blowers. Oksana combined several personally important topics in this project – an interest in science and motor vehicles, alongside a study of the tremendous potential of freedom and unity to be found in art. Under her supervision, the Murano maestro covered car engines with liquid glass. The high temperature of the glass melted the metal, just as the power of thought changes the world. Mas Studio
In 2012 Oksana established the Mas Studio, where she oversees the creation of artistic concepts for jewelry, architecture, urban space design and photography. Mas Studio has offices in London, Zurich and New York.

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<mask> (born March 14, 1969) is an American musician best known as a drummer for Prince starting in 1989. He was with Prince during The New Power Generation era and played with him live and on albums for seven years. From 1995 to 1997, <mask>, along with Sonny Thompson, recorded and played live with French pop star France Gall—they appear on one studio album and two live albums. In 2010, <mask> became a member of Nick Jonas & the Administration (a side project of Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers) along with other former members of The New Power Generation, bass player Sonny T. and keyboardist Tommy Barbarella. He worked with Vulfpeck playing drums on "Hero Town," which was released October 2017. Life and career
<mask> was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He graduated from Minneapolis South High School in 1987.He still lives in Minneapolis, but plays in Los Angeles as a session drummer for such artists as Mandy Moore, Clay Aiken, Backstreet Boys, and the Anchorman soundtrack. He played with Prince from 1989 to 1996, Paul Westerberg in 1996, Chaka Khan in 1997, and Maxwell 1998–2000. In 1997, he auditioned as drummer for the new Guns N' Roses lineup. Although Josh Freese had already been hired, he was working with A Perfect Circle and unable to totally commit. <mask> was being considered as a possible full time option. In 2000, he played in the Minneapolis project of French reed player Michel Portal (the rest of the band was Tony Hymas, Sonny T., Vernon Reid and Jef Lee Johnson). With Jef Lee Johnson and Sonny T., <mask> created News from the Jungle, which recorded one album for Universal, also produced by Jean Rochard.Both bands, Michel Portal's and News from the Jungle, toured in France (Paris Olympia). <mask> also played on several tracks of the Michel Portal album Birdwatcher in 2006. In 2005, <mask> was the drummer for Paul Westerberg's tour, and he recently played on the Hurricane Katrina Relief telethon with the Dixie Chicks. <mask> is also now working as a producer, currently working with the upcoming rock-pop band Catchpenny, also from Minneapolis. He is the drummer on Soul Asylum's album The Silver Lining. He also tours with them. <mask>, with colleague and ex-NPG member Sonny T. (Thompson) teamed up with Prince once again to provide drumming for the title track of Prince's 3121 album.<mask> also played drums on Indigenous's 2006 album, Chasing the Sun. In 2007 Bland & Thompson laid down the rhythm tracks for some tracks on Prince's 2007 CD 'Planet Earth'. When not on tour, <mask> can usually be found every Sunday and Monday night at the nightclub "Bunker's" in downtown Minneapolis performing with Dr. Mambo's Combo. During the fall of 2007 <mask> has been busy working on a release by his own protégé, Mayda, performing with her regularly in the Minneapolis area as well as recording a studio album. Her first release, the Stereotype EP, came out in 2007. <mask> continued working with Mayda and played on and produced a full-length album with her in 2009, titled The Interrogation. In 2009, Bland recorded an album with Nick Jonas and The Administration.This also led to several TV performances with the group, and a tour in early 2010. <mask> and Thompson recorded with Prince, yet again, in late 2010 on Lotus Flower, which was released in 2011. In a 2016 tribute to Prince for The Pods & Sods Network, <mask> shares memories about joining the New Power Generation, Prince as a bandleader, working in the studio and reflections about his time in Prince's band. According to Cory Wong, <mask> has perfect pitch and is known to tune his snare drum to the tonic pitch of the song. <mask> still records and tours with Soul Asylum. The band toured in 2020, in support of its latest release "Hurry Up And Wait". The tour was cut short by COVID-19.However, the new album is the best-selling Soul Asylum release since the mid 90's. Finish Line – Vulfpeck (2017)
 Hurry Up And Wait - Soul Asylum (2020)
 The Striped Album - Cory Wong (2020)

From and. See also
 List of drummers

References

External links
 <mask> at Drummerworld
<mask> Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2008)

1969 births
Living people
Musicians from Minneapolis
African-American rock musicians
American funk drummers
American male drummers
New Power Generation members
20th-century American drummers
Soul Asylum members
Nick Jonas & the Administration members
South High School (Minnesota) alumni

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<mask> (born 27 September 1953) is a writer and British Reform rabbi. She was chair of the Assembly of Reform Rabbis UK at the Movement for Reform Judaism from 2013 to 2015 and was Rabbi at Wimbledon and District Synagogue in south west London. As of 2020 she is part-time rabbi at Newcastle Reform Synagogue. <mask> has edited two books and contributed to several academic publications. She is a major contributor to interfaith dialogue, both nationally and internationally, and has a particular interest in Jewish-Muslim dialogue and especially between women. She co-chaired the Home Office International Conference for Women in Judaism and Islam. She has strong links to Israel and to the educational festival Limmud.She has lectured at Leo Baeck College and the Muslim College, London. She is on the International Editorial Advisory Board of Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues published by Indiana University Press. For eight years she was Jewish chaplain at the University of Roehampton. Early years
A child of German-Jewish refugees, she grew up in Bolton, Lancashire, a member of Manchester Reform Synagogue. She read theology and religious studies at Cambridge University, being one of the first two Jews to do so (the other being Walter Rothschild). She then studied at Leo Baeck College and at the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem, and was ordained as a rabbi in 1981, one of the first women in Europe in the role. Career
After four years at Ealing Liberal Synagogue, she took extended maternity leave, during which time she wrote a book of children's stories, lectured at Leo Baeck College, and worked with the Swindon Jewish Community.In 1994 <mask> became Rabbi of the Thames Valley Jewish Community (now known as the Reading Liberal Jewish Community) and remained there until her appointment as Rabbi of Wimbledon and District Synagogue. She job shared with Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild in that post from 2003 until early 2014. In 2014 she became Rabbi at West London Synagogue. In 2011 she produced, with Cantor Zoe Jacobs of Finchley Reform Synagogue, what is thought to be the first major new collection of synagogue music published in the UK for nearly a century. Shirei Ha-t'fillah (Songs of Prayer), a compilation of sheet music and explanatory articles, was published by the Movement for Reform Judaism. As of 2020 she is part-time rabbi at Newcastle Reform Synagogue. Social justice
<mask> <mask> has made several visits to Ethiopia to find out about and support the Jews in Gondar.She was inspired by her visit to set up a new charity, Meketa (Amharic for protection or support), after seeing at first hand the poverty and lack of resources available. In February 2013 she was one of a group of Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh leaders who met at Parliament to urge MPs to support a radical overhaul of the financial system including debt cancellation for the most indebted countries, more progressive taxation and an end to harmful lending. Personal life
She is married to Jonathan Romain, Rabbi of Maidenhead Synagogue, and they have four adult sons. Publications

Books
 <mask> <mask>: "Abraham from a Jewish Perspective" in Norman Solomon, Richard Harries, Timothy Winter (eds): Abraham's Children: Jews, Christians and Muslims in Conversation, pp. 9–17, London and New York: T & T Clark, 2005. (hardback);  (paperback)
 Stephen Bigger: Creating the Old Testament: The Emergence of the Hebrew Bible, Basil Blackwell, 1989.  . <mask> contributed two chapters
 <mask> <mask> (ed. ): Hear our voice: women in the British rabbinate, Studies in Comparative Religion series.Paperback, 1st North American edition. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 1998. <mask> <mask> (ed. ): Hear our voice: women rabbis tell their stories. Paperback, 203 pages. London: SCM Press, 1994. Sylvia Rothschild and <mask> <mask> (eds.): Taking Up the Timbrel: The Challenge of Creating Ritual for Jewish Women Today. London: SCM Press, 2000
 <mask> <mask>: "Human Nature and Destiny" in Seth Daniel Kunin (ed): Themes and Issues in Judaism, World Religions: Themes and Issues, pp. 166–191. New York: Cassell, 2000. (hardback);  (paperback)

For young people
<mask> <mask>, illustrated by Olivia Rayner: Jewish World, Stories from the Religious World series. Paperback, 48 pages. Silver Burdett, 1987. .The stories include recent historical experience in the Holocaust

Journal articles and lectures
 <mask> <mask>: "Are We Prisoners of Our History?" in European Judaism, volume 28, no. 2, Autumn 1995, pp. 68–72. Berghahn Books Inc.
 <mask> <mask>: "History of Women in the Rabbinate: A Communal Case of Amnesia". Lecture delivered at BET DEBORA – European Conference of Women Rabbis, Cantors, Scholars and all Spiritually Interested Jewish Women and Men, Berlin, May 1999
 <mask> <mask>: "My first day at Leo Baeck College" in European Judaism, 39, no.1, Spring 2006, pp. 69–70.Berghahn Books Inc.
 <mask> <mask>: "Aliza Lavie Tefillat Nashim: Jewish Women's Prayers Throughout The Ages (Book review)", Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies and Gender Issues, no.15, Spring 2008, p. 212. Indiana University Press. Newspaper articles
 <mask> <mask>: "What future for the Jews left in Ethiopia? ", The Jewish Chronicle, 10 June 2009
 <mask> <mask>: "We must not abandon the Jews left in Ethiopia", The Jewish Chronicle, 26 January 2014

Podcasts
Stefanie Sinclair: Regina Jonas: the first female rabbi, Open University, 2013. Includes an interview with <mask> <mask>

References

External links
Official blog
Movement for Reform Judaism page on Rabbi <mask> <mask> Ramon: "Taking Up the Timbrel: The Challenge of Creating Ritual for Jewish Women Today (review)", Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues, no. 7, Spring 2004, pp. 236–239
Shmuel Rosner (9 January 2015) "Rosner’s Torah-Talk: Parashat Shemot with Rabbi <mask> <mask>", Jewish Journal.Retrieved 13 August 2017. 1953 births
Living people
20th-century rabbis
21st-century rabbis
Alumni of Girton College, Cambridge
Alumni of Leo Baeck College
British Jews
British Reform rabbis
English Jewish writers
English people of German-Jewish descent
People from Bolton
Women rabbis
West London Synagogue

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Sybil Ann Sheridan
Sybil Sheridan
Rabbi Sheridan
Sybil
Sheridan
Sybil
Sheridan
Sheridan
Sybil
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Sybil
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<mask> (born 7 January 1980) is a Venezuelan actress, TV Host, fashion model and beauty pageant titleholder. Winning Miss Venezuela 2002 as Miss Aragua, she then placed 1st runner-up at Miss Universe 2003. <mask> has been the most publicized Miss Venezuela in the 21st century, having been compared to compatriot and Miss Universe 1996 Alicia Machado in terms of buzz generated in her entire pageant career. Pageant career

Miss Venezuela 2002
<mask> actually tried twice for the Miss Venezuela title, the first time in 1998 when she did not even place into the top 120 candidates. In 2002, she won the preliminary casting in Maracay, becoming Miss Aragua 2002. For the national pageant, she was not a favorite and was predicted to place as finalist as best. Big favorites for her year were Vanessa Fanesi (Yaracuy), Amara Barroeta (Distrito.Capital), Solsiret Herrera (Monagas), and Driva Cedeño (Nueva Esparta), as well as Aida Yespica (Amazonas) and Maria Fernanda Leon (Portuguesa), the only candidates to ever compete twice in Miss Venezuela history (not including Miss Republica Bolivariana Venezuela 2000). <mask> won the pageant in a shock outcome, which for the first time was judged entirely by former Miss Venezuela titleholders. Miss Universe 2003

After being crowned Miss Venezuela, <mask> had to confront several obstacles before being able to represent her homeland in the Miss Universe pageant. First of all, was gaining Osmel Sousa's approval, who considered <mask> to be "rebellious" and threatened to send Amara Barroeta, her first runner-up, to Miss Universe if she did not stop her weight gain and focus on her training. Soon after, a hugely publicized "crisis" emerged in which it was claimed that the Miss Venezuela Organization did not have enough hard currency, due to President Hugo Chavez's government imposition of foreign exchange controls that same year, to pay the franchise fee and send its delegate. At the same time, Sousa agreed to train Amelia Vega, Miss Dominican Republic, for a week in Caracas while <mask> was placed on "standby". When Miss Universe 2003 began, news changed nightly as to whether Venezuela would participate.After weeks of back-and-forth wrangling, including an intervention by the President of Panama, the Cisneros Organization was able to fund Mariángel's travel and she arrived late at Miss Universe 2003, nearly missing the deadline to register. Her semifinal performance was met with mixed reviews, with some critics believing that she might be the first Miss Venezuela in two decades to miss the semifinals (which would eventually happen the following year) and others predicting that her controversies would bring her the crown. On the final night of Miss Universe 2003, the announcers called out the wrong title when she appeared onstage: the order of the contestants was messed up backstage for the swimsuit contest and <mask> appeared when Cindy Nell of South Africa should have come onstage. Co-host Daisy Fuentes then called South Africa twice, to which <mask> made an infamous expression of confusion before taking the stage. The scoring was not affected and Daisy corrected herself as <mask> left the stage. Later during the night gown competition, <mask> broke two conventions. First, she wore her hair down and little makeup, against Sousa's suggestions, and second, she wore a skin-tight Angel Sanchez crimson gown, becoming the first Miss Venezuela in a decade to not compete in a white, metallic, or light-toned dress.Defying Sousa's orders to undergo plastic surgery since her stint on the national pageant, <mask> came off as one of the freshest Miss Universe contestants in history from Venezuela, setting the trend for future Miss Venezuela titleholders to oppose plastic surgery procedures during preparations before competing at Miss Universe. During the interviews, co-host Billy Bush asked <mask> about her supposed favorite pastime, rappelling and extreme sports. Confusion among the producers rose, as <mask> does not practice either, commenting instead that "I love my life and protect it 100%". <mask> eventually placed runner-up to Amelia Vega of Dominican Republic at Miss Universe 2003. The Dominican Republic's eventual victory over Venezuela in Miss Universe 2003 stirred controversy after infuriating executives of Venevision that not only the winner of the Miss Universe contest had been groomed by their company, their own representative was on "standby" and came in second to her. As a result, the Miss Venezuela Organization imposed a still-standing ban on training other nations' contestants, ending its decades-long period of allowing foreign pageant candidates to train in the country. Work on TV

Ruiz has appeared on several TV shows of Venevisión.Her main credits include:

Bailando con las Estrellas (2005), as Contestant
Portada's (2005–present), as Hostess
Cosita Rica (2003), as Alegria Mendez
 Que Locura (2003), as Guest Hostess
 La viuda joven (2011) as Inmaculada Von Parker
 Corazón Esmeralda (2014) as Marina Lozano / Graciela Beltrán

She has also done specials for the Miss Venezuela and Mister Venezuela pageants. In October 2005, she started filming the show Bailando con las Estrellas (Dancing with the Stars), which is similar to several other shows in other countries with the same format. <mask> was threatened once, she made it through, but on the second threat she got eliminated. Personal life

She was born in San Juan de los Morros, Guárico. In December 2005, she announced her marriage and pregnancy to Major League Baseball center fielder Tony Álvarez. Their civil wedding was the same month, and their religious wedding was held on 28 January 2006. <mask> gave birth to a girl named <mask> Victoria, in August of the same year .The two divorced in 2008. Publicity

<mask> has worked with several companies to promote their products, those include:

Pantene (2005)
Lady Speed Stick (2004)
Atun Margarita (2003)
Mayonesa Kraft (2003)
Calzados Lucchi (2002)

Modeling

In November 2008, posed for the cover of the prestigious Venezuelan Urbe Bikini magazine. External links
MariangelRuiz.com.ve — Official Spanish website
Portadas @ Venevision.net — Official Spanish website of her show Portada's

1980 births
Living people
Miss Universe 2003 contestants
Miss Venezuela winners
People from Guárico
Spouses of politicians
Television talk show hosts
Venezuelan female models
Venezuelan television personalities
Venezuelan television presenters
Venezuelan telenovela actresses
Venezuelan women television presenters

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Mariángel Ruiz Torrealba
Ruiz
Ruiz
Ruiz
Ruiz
Ruiz
Ruiz
Ruiz
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<mask> (born December 5, 1956) is a former baseball player in the Cuban National Series who had a successful career in international tournaments. He led 7 major international tournaments in home runs, over half of the competitions he appeared in. <mask>'s teams won many titles in Cuban league play and he led the league in all three Triple Crown statistics at least once. Personal life
He was born in Bahía Honda, Cuba. He was nicknamed El Señor Pelotero. He is the brother of <mask> and uncle of <mask>. 1970s
<mask> made his debut on the international stage in the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games.The 21-year-old outfielder helped the Cuban national team win a Gold Medal, going 20 for 33 and tying for the most doubles (5). In the 1978 Amateur World Series, <mask> hit .444 with 12 runs and eight RBI in ten games. He was second in the tournament in batting average behind Roberto Espino. His 3 homers tied for 4th, behind Antonio Muñoz, Tim Wallach and Ernesto Lopez. Cuba won Gold. In the 1979 Pan American Games, <mask> had 13 hits in 35 at-bats to hit .371 and help Cuba win Gold. He tied Terry Francona for the most triples (3) and tied Francona and Agustin Marquetti for the most hits.In the 1979 Intercontinental Cup, <mask> hit .375 as Cuba cruised to victory. <mask> had his first great season in domestic play in Cuba in the 1979-1980 Serie Nacional, leading in runs (64) and walks (57). He tied for the most sacrifice flies (5) and his 18 home runs tied Pedro José Rodríguez, Sr. for the most. 1980s
<mask> tied Antonio Muñoz for the 1980 Amateur World Series lead in home runs with seven as Cuba won Gold. In the 1981 Serie Nacional season, <mask> led the league with 9 times hit by pitch. In the Selective Series of 1981, he hit .363, leading the league in batting average. He also tied for the league lead in triples, with four.During the 1981 Intercontinental Cup, <mask>'s Cuban team failed to win Gold for the first and only time of his career. He was 19 for 37 at the plate and led in average (.514), home runs (6), runs (12), hits (15) and RBI (19). <mask> won MVP honors though the USA took home the Gold Medal. In the 1982 Selective Series, he led the league in runs scored with 49. He also tied for the league lead in triples, with four. It was the only year from 1978-1986 that <mask> did not play on the international stage, as Cuba sat out the 1982 Amateur World Series. During the 1982-1983 Serie Nacional, <mask> tied Alejo O'Reilly for the most walks, with 34.<mask> batted .389 in a backup role in the 1983 Intercontinental Cup, as Cuba won Gold. In the 1983-1984 Serie Nacional, the 27-year-old veteran tied Lázaro Junco for the league lead in home runs, with 20. He tied for the most doubles (19) and led with 67 RBI. That won him the MVP award, the only time he took home that honor for a Serie Nacional. In the 1984 Selective Series, he hit .391, leading the league. In the 1984 Amateur World Series, <mask> hit .364 with 6 home runs, 12 runs and 15 RBI in 13 games. He tied Pedro José Rodríguez and Roberto Bianchi for the home run lead, tied Bianchi for third in hits (20) and tied Muñoz for third in RBI.<mask> helped Cuba to Gold; among those he outslugged was American Barry Bonds. He was to appear in the 1984 Olympics, but did not because Cuba boycotted them. <mask> batted .429 in the 1985 Intercontinental Cup, which he led in home runs (6) and RBI (19). During the 1986 Amateur World Series, <mask> hit .409 with a tournament-leading 19 RBI and six home runs to help Cuba win Gold. He tied Italy's Giuseppe Carelli for most RBI. In the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games, the outfield superstar hit .500 and led the tournament with 16 runs scored. Cuba claimed another Gold.<mask> made the All-Star outfield in the 1987 Intercontinental Cup as Cuba won it all. In the 1987 Pan American Games, <mask> hit .433 with four home runs and 12 runs scored to help Cuba take Gold. In the 1988 Baseball World Cup, he led the tournament in home runs with seven while hitting .392 with 15 runs and 21 RBI in 13 games. He tied Tino Martinez for second in the tournament in RBI, behind Robin Ventura's 32. He was 4th with 20 hits. <mask> had two assists and no errors in right field. He made the tournament All-Star team, joining Lourdes Gourriel and Daisuke Tsutsui in the outfield.Though Cuba won Gold, the US's Martinez beat out <mask> for MVP honors. 1990s
In the 1990 Baseball World Cup, <mask> hit .462 with eight RBI and three home runs in five games, splitting right field action with Ermidelio Urrutia. He hit all of his home runs in a single game, becoming only the second person to hit three home runs in a Baseball World Cup game (the other was Antonio Muñoz, who did it in 1980). In the 1991 Intercontinental Cup, <mask> tied Prospero Baca and Wei-Cheng Chen for second in the tournament in RBI, with 12, as Cuba won yet another Gold. Furthermore, he hit .364 with nine walks, ten runs and four home runs in 11 games. He was second in home runs, one behind Jose Ramon Padilla. <mask> was a coach for Nicaragua in the 1998 Baseball World Cup.Cuban Series career statistics
Overall, <mask> hit .322 in 17 seasons in Cuba. He belted 312 homers in 5,288 AB, scored 1,144 runs, drove in 1,069 runs and drew 1,049 walks. 21st century
In the 2008-2009 Cuban National League, <mask> managed Pinar del Rio to a second-place finish, three games behind La Habana. They finished with a 54-36 record. It was <mask>'s managerial debut, having previously been a coach in Cuba following his playing career. External links
Olvidado, “El Señor Pelotero”, <mask> <mask>, <mask> Artiles Montiel (Spanish)
LUIS GIRALDO CASANOVA: EL SEÑOR PELOTERO (Spanish)

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<mask> (born April 1, 1983) is an American actor and model. He gained fame by playing Liam Court in The CW's teen drama series 90210, a spin-off of the 1990s Fox series Beverly Hills, 90210. He also appeared in films such as Disaster Movie, WarGames: The Dead Code, Sorority Row, Vampires Suck, The Roommate, and Pitch Perfect 3. He is the voice of Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels. From 2016 to 2018, he starred as Wyatt Logan, a time traveler, in the NBC series Timeless. In 2021, <mask> portrayed George Hutchence in the Netflix superhero series Jupiter's Legacy. Early life
<mask> was born on April 1, 1983, in Massillon, Ohio.His father worked in insurance and his mother was a school secretary. He has one older sister. When <mask> was 8, the family moved to Atlanta, Georgia. <mask> played baseball in his youth and was a batboy with the Atlanta Braves for two seasons. He majored in business at the University of Georgia. Career
In 2004, <mask> was a contestant on Bravo's reality show Manhunt: The Search for America's Most Gorgeous Male Model. He did not win the competition.Within a few weeks of moving to Los Angeles, California, <mask> successfully auditioned for the role of Nick on the supernatural teen-drama Fox series Point Pleasant. He had a major recurring role throughout the first and only season of the series. He has since then appeared in television shows such as Grey's Anatomy, 8 Simple Rules, Big Love and Heroes. In April 2005, he signed on to become a series regular portraying the role of Horace Calloway on ABC's political drama series Commander in Chief, starring Geena Davis and Donald Sutherland. The series premiered on September 27, 2005, ran for one season and was cancelled on June 14, 2006. In 2008, he took on the lead role as Zach Conroy in The Cutting Edge: Chasing the Dream, with Francia Raisa. In February 2008, he was announced to portray the lead role of Will, in Lionsgate's Parody/Comedy film Disaster Movie.The film is written and directed by directing and screenwriting duo Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer who have previously worked on other Parody films such as Meet The Spartans and Epic Movie. The film spoofs recent disaster films such as Cloverfield. He stars with Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Minnillo and Carmen Electra. The film, which was released on August 29, 2008, was a critical failure. The film grossed over $34 million worldwide and received extremely negative reviews from critics, as well as six nominations at the 29th Golden Raspberry Awards. In October 2008, he was announced to star in Summit Entertainment's remake of the cult 1983 slasher film The House on Sorority Row. The film stars Briana Evigan, Audrina Patridge, and Rumer Willis.Sorority Row was released on September 11, 2009, to negative reviews. In 2009, he began a major recurring role on The CW's 90210 portraying the role of Liam Court. In September 2009, he was announced as a series regular for the second season. The series is a sequel to the 1990s teen drama series Beverly Hills, 90210. In March 2010, he signed on for another parody project with Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, 20th Century Fox's Vampires Suck. He played Edward Sullen, a spoof of Edward Cullen from the Twilight saga. The film was released on August 18, 2010.In May 2009, it was announced he had signed on for the role of Jason Webber in Screen Gems' horror film The Roommate. Starring with Minka Kelly and Leighton Meester, filming took place in 2009. The film originally was scheduled for an October 2010 release but was pushed forward to September 17, 2010. However, Screen Gems pushed it to February 4, 2011. He has worked on two films Liars All and A Chance of Rain. He also voices Harry Osborn, Flash Thompson and Venom in the TV series Ultimate Spider-Man, which premiered on April 1, 2012. He has also signed on to voice the role of Sled in Secret of the Wings, which would be released in October 2012.On March 5, 2013, <mask> was cast as a co-star in The CW's science fiction drama series Star-Crossed (originally titled Oxygen) opposite Aimee Teegarden. Star-Crossed is about a romance between a human girl (Teegarden) and an alien boy (<mask>) when he and six others of his kind are integrated into a suburban high school 10 years after they landed on Earth and were consigned to an internment camp. In 2016, <mask> began playing the role of Wyatt Logan in the NBC series Timeless. Its second season was broadcast in early 2018, but the series was not renewed by NBC. On February 11, 2019, it was announced that <mask> was cast as George Hutchence in the Netflix superhero series Jupiter's Legacy. Star Wars
In December 2006, he was announced to voice the role of Anakin Skywalker for the animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars which was released on August 15, 2008. The film had box office success earning worldwide $69,182,844.He continued in the role in the television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars which premiered on October 3, 2008, on the Cartoon Network. He has also reprised his role in various video games based on the franchise. The series' fourth season premiered in September 2011. Season five premiered on Cartoon Network on September 29, 2012. The Red Carpet Premier for the fifth Season was in Orlando, Florida, during Celebration VI on Friday August 24, 2012, where <mask> along with some of his co-stars Samuel Witwer, James Arnold Taylor, Dee Bradley Baker, Tom Kane, Daniel Logan and Stephen Stanton as well as supervising director Dave Filoni attended this special event. <mask> returned to voice Anakin when the series was revived for a seventh and final season, which premiered on Disney+ on February 21, 2020. On December 13, 2019, he played Lant Davan, a New Republic soldier, in The Mandalorian episode "Chapter 6: The Prisoner".Personal life
<mask> married his longtime girlfriend Angela Stacy on June 14, 2013. The two had been in a relationship since 2009. They had a daughter together in 2017. He is a Christian. Filmography

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<mask> (August 22, 1924 – May 25, 2002) was a Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals from 1983 to 1989 and the Kentucky Supreme Court from 1989 to 1993. <mask> rose to national prominence by successfully defending Appalachian Volunteers Margaret and Alan McSurely against charges of sedition in a case that took 15 years to fully adjudicate. After a long legal career, <mask> unseated incumbent Elijah M. Hogge for a seat on the Kentucky Court of Appeals. In 1989, he challenged incumbent James B. Stephenson for his seat on the Kentucky Supreme Court. During the campaign, he attacked some of Stephenson's previous opinions in violation of a state judicial code that forbade judicial candidates from stating opinions related to cases they might later be asked to rule on. After the election, which <mask> won, he was suspended for three months for violating the code, but the suspension was not carried out because <mask> appealed the constitutionality of the code and eventually succeeded in overturning it. Throughout his tenure on the court, <mask> was known as being sympathetic to unpopular litigants and causes.He retired from the court in 1993, citing ill health stemming from a motorcycle accident and two strokes. In retirement, he was twice arrested on marijuana-related charges. He admitted using the drug medicinally to help with insomnia and became an advocate for its legalization. He died at home on May 25, 2002. Early life and family
<mask> was born August 22, 1924 in Floyd County, Kentucky to Albert Ghent and Hettie Gilliam <mask>. His father worked in the coal mines and was killed in a rockfall, leaving his mother to raise him and his four siblings. <mask> served in the United States Naval Air Corps during World War II and was discharged in 1947.After helping combat flooding near the town on Betsy Layne, <mask> and some friends purchased a bottle of whisky before returning home. Although <mask> said he had only taken one drink, he was arrested for public intoxication; he said he believed his muddied appearance led the arresting constable to assume he was drunk. In jail, he decided to forego re-enlistment in the Navy and enter the legal profession to correct what he saw as injustices in the legal system. After completing a law curriculum at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee, he was admitted to the bar in 1951 and began practice in his native Eastern Kentucky. He received his juris doctor degree from Samford University's Cumberland School of Law in 1969. <mask> was married three times. He married his first wife, Mary Jane, in 1953.They divorced in May 1973. His second wife's name was Betty, and his third wife's name was Teresa. McSurely case

<mask> rose to national prominence by representing Margaret and Alan McSurely, two civil rights advocates. The McSurelys were part of an organization known as the Southern Conference Educational Fund, which advocated that the area's poor citizens band together to oust the incumbent political leaders and elect a "people's government." On August 11, 1967, Commonwealth's Attorney Thomas Ratliff and sheriff's deputies raided the couple's home in Pike County and arrested them on charges of sedition. The papers and other property seized in the raid was used by Arkansas Senator John Little McClellan in his investigations of civil disturbances in the wake of the Civil Rights Movement. <mask> held that the state's sedition law was unconstitutional and petitioned the federal judiciary to overturn it.<mask> said he had reached an agreement with Ratliff not to seek indictments for the McSurelys until the constitutionality of the sedition law was settled; however, Judge James B. Stephenson instructed the grand jury that the federal government could not stop them from investigating and returning an indictment. The trial dragged on for years, with <mask> appearing as a witness on the couple's behalf in 1982. The sedition law was eventually found unconstitutional, and on January 7, 1983, a federal jury awarded the McSurelys $2 million for violation of the Fourth Amendment rights against illegal search and seizure. Judicial career
After 32 years in private practice, <mask> was elected to the Kentucky Court of Appeals in 1983, defeating incumbent Elijah M. Hogge by almost 4,000 votes. He served until 1988, when he was elected to the Kentucky Supreme Court over incumbent James B. Stephenson. Just before the non-partisan primary campaign, <mask> complained that Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert F. Stephens' plan to convene the court in Ashland, Pikeville and Hazard – the three most populous cities in the 7th District, which <mask>, Stephenson, and a third candidate were vying to represent on the court – amounted to a political ploy meant to convey Stephens' endorsement of the incumbent. Stephens denied any political motive, saying the trip was part of a public education campaign that began in 1986 with trips to Louisville, Owensboro, and Paducah.In an election that saw a record-low 15% turnout, Stephenson finished about 2,000 votes ahead of <mask> in the primary, and both men finished well ahead of the third candidate in the race, who was eliminated from the general election ballot with the loss. On the night of the primary election, <mask> publicly challenged Stephenson to a debate, to be televised on Kentucky Educational Television. Stephenson declined, citing a state judicial code forbidding candidates for judicial offices to discuss positions on issues that might come before them if elected. <mask> maintained that this code violated the state constitution and the federal Constitution and refused to abide by it. He charged that Stephenson had too often sided with wealthy litigants over poorer ones including denying compensation to injured workers and upholding prohibitions on felons owning firearms, which <mask> said violated the Second Amendment. Following an investigation, the Kentucky Judicial Retirement and Removal Commission ordered him suspended from the bench for three months without pay for violating the code in February 1990. <mask> appealed on grounds that the code abridged his First Amendment right to free speech.The suspension was not carried out pending the outcome of <mask>' appeal, and it was overturned in a case that ultimately was affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court. <mask> won the general election over Stephenson by over 7,500 votes. During his tenure, he was known as "the conscience" of the court. <mask> was called "a defender of civil liberties and frequently unpopular people" by The Kentucky Post. On August 10, 1989, <mask> was thrown from his motorcycle after being struck by a drunk driver. He was treated for multiple injuries at Pikeville Methodist Hospital, but released the same night. Afterward, he suffered from memory lapses and depression, including thoughts of suicide.He participated in psychiatric therapy, including shock therapy, to treat his condition, but his psychiatrist opined that the depression was a permanent condition. <mask> retired from the court on June 30, 1993, because of failing health. He said he had experienced a stroke 10 months previous, and tests showed that he had since experienced a second. The strokes worsened his memory condition. <mask> recommended his law clerk, Richard Hunt, as his replacement, but Governor Brereton Jones appointed Sara Walter <mask>, no relation to <mask>, making her the first female justice in the court's history. Legal issues and marijuana advocacy
On December 29, 1994, <mask> filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy protection. He reported $132,346 in debts, including $20,000 in credit-card debt and $10,000 in delinquent mortgage payments on his $150,000 house.<mask> and his son, Ghent, were arrested in 1995 after a police raid on his house produced a cannabis plant as well as  of processed marijuana. <mask> accused police of planting evidence to support their charge and initially denied that he had ever used marijuana. He later admitted to using the drug to help with insomnia, but maintained he had only been using it since retiring from the Supreme Court in 1993. Reporters later uncovered testimony from <mask>' psychiatrist in a 1992 civil case that <mask> had told him after a 1989 motorcycle accident that he used marijuana for insomnia. <mask> later blamed his inconsistency on his Alzheimer's-like memory disorder that made it difficult for him to remember details like when he began smoking marijuana. Charges against <mask> were dismissed on the condition that he have no further legal issues with drugs for two years. In a subsequent interview, <mask> admitted to using marijuana since his arrest.The case made him a celebrity among advocates for the legalization of cannabis, and he was interviewed by High Times magazine. <mask> said he refused to seek a prescription for a sleep aid for his insomnia because such drugs are addictive. He said he opposed the federal ban on medicinal marijuana: "Are we constitutionally bound to be in a state of depression, or may we alleviate that by resorting to natural foods, nature's foods—God's foods?" In December 1996, <mask> was again arrested for an unlawful transaction with minor after allowing his then-14-year-old son, <mask> <mask>, Jr., to smoke marijuana in the family's home. Police noticed the drug's odor when coming to the home to serve an arrest warrant against <mask>' older son on a drunk driving charge. District Judge James Allen confined <mask>' younger son to the Floyd County Juvenile Detention Center on grounds that he was a danger to himself and others. The elder <mask> had his son placed on suicide watch and maintained that the incidents, including Allen's decision to detain his son, were part of a political vendetta against him and his family.<mask>' arrest resulted in the 1995 charges against him being reinstituted. A Floyd County judge entered a plea of "innocent" on <mask>' behalf after he failed to appear at his arraignment, which his attorney said was due to his memory disorder. A 1997 Associated Press story described <mask> as a recovering alcoholic. All charges against <mask> were dismissed in August 1997 because his memory disorder made it impossible to prove his intent to break the law. Drug possession charges against <mask>' son were also dropped. In January 1997, <mask> was arrested for writing a $500 cold check to a coal company, allegedly as reimbursement for damage caused by his son <mask>, Jr. The charge was dropped in February 1997 on the condition that <mask> forfeit the $500 he posted as bond.<mask> died at his home in Stanville, Kentucky, on May 25, 2002. He was buried in a family cemetery. References

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<mask> was a citizen of Afghanistan, who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internee Security Number is 1119. Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts estimate he was born in 1963, in Kabul, Afghanistan. He was transferred to the United Arab Emirates on August 15, 2016. A senior Taliban leader, also named <mask>, surrendered on 24 November 2001. According to a widely republished Associated Press article:
 ...was accused of having ties to Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin
 ...claimed he had been imprisoned by the Taliban, and had escaped and had been living as a refugee in Pakistan. ...blamed his capture on false denunciations prompted by his support for the return of former King Zahir Shah

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He was identified inconsistently on official US Government documents.He was identified as <mask> Haji on the Summary of Evidence memo prepared for his Combatant Status Review Tribunal on 12 November 2004. He was identified as Haji <mask> on the Summary of Evidence memo prepared for his first annual Administrative Review Board on 5 August 2005. He was identified as Hamid Allah Mowlowi Saedara Saed Abd Al Razak on habeas corpus petition 05-CV-1691 from 2005. He was identified as FNU <mask> on documents published in response to one of his habeas petitions on 6 December 2006. Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the Geneva Conventions to captives from the war on terror. This policy was challenged before the Judicial branch. Critics argued that the USA could not evade its obligation to conduct competent tribunals to determine whether captives are, or are not, entitled to the protections of prisoner of war status.Subsequently, the Department of Defense instituted the Combatant Status Review Tribunals. The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were lawful combatants—rather they were merely empowered to make a recommendation as to whether the captive had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush administration's definition of an enemy combatant. Summary of Evidence memo

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The detainee reportedly led a group of 30 men who conspired to attack coalition forces in the vicinity of Kabul, Afghanistan. |}

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<mask> chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal. Testimony
<mask> acknowledged being a member of HIG, but fifteen years ago, during his youth; elder members of his family pushed him into it. He had served under a commander named Abdul Khadar. It was during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and everyone joined one or another of the groups resisting the Soviets. When the Taliban came to power he cut all ties with HiG.He said he thought the Taliban would bring unity to Afghanistan, and the tribal and regional wars would disappear, and had gone to enlist with them. However, they threw him in prison, because of his earlier association with HiG. He denied that he controlled a weapons cache. He stated that he was illiterate, and this  would have barred him from such an important task. He said he was not arrested in the home of an al-Qaeda financier. He said he was arrested in a house where he had been told to stay by Mullah Izat, a Northern Alliance commander, when he had returned to Afghanistan. After he escaped from the Taliban he and his family had been staying in Pakistan, as refugees, during the Taliban's time in power.He said that he had some responsibilities for a group of fighters - but fifteen years ago, during the Soviet occupation. Further, he had not been that group's commander, but rather he was the one sent to the market to shop for foodstuff. He said that when the Americans evicted the Taliban he wanted to work to help bring former king Zahir Shah back to power. He said he made contact with General Rahim Wardak. He said  Defense Minister Fahim Khan and Besmil Khan, the commander of the Northern Alliance sent him a message:

...don't do this; we are mujahedin, and the King is a Western guy, and we don't need him. This won't be good for your future. He had once attended a speech by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the founder of HiG.However, he had never met him. When told that the Tribunal was going to go into closed session, to consider the classified evidence, he was asked if there was anything he said during any of his interrogations that he wanted to expand on, or correct. He replied that the allegations about storing weapons and about the leadership meeting were new. He had never been asked about them during his interrogations. The Tribunal officers commented on his willingness to cooperate, and asked why he was wearing an orange uniform. Witness

His witness was Nasrat Khan. Khan testified that he had known <mask>'s father in the HiG and that he met <mask> when he joined, as a teenager.He testified that he remembered <mask>'s desertion. <mask>'s orange uniform

<mask>'s Tribunal officers asked him to explain why he was wearing an orange uniform—the uniform issued to Guantanamo captives regarded as "non-compliant". Habeas petition 05-cv-1691

Several petitions of habeas corpus were filed on <mask>'s behalf, including 05-cv-1601 and 05-CV-1691. In September 2007, the Department of Defense published the unclassified dossiers arising from the Combatant Status Review Tribunals of 179 captives. The Department of Defense published 37 pages from his Tribunal. On December 2, 2006, one of <mask>'s habeas corpus hearings stirred controversy when the Bush administration tried to prohibit attorneys from contacting him. Tribunal panel 12 convened on December 13, 2004, and confirmed his "enemy combatant" status.Detainee election form

His Personal Representative met with him for 43 minutes on December 11, 2004. His Personal Representative's notes state:
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Detainees who were determined to have been properly classified as "enemy combatants" were scheduled to have their dossier reviewed at annual Administrative Review Board hearings. The Administrative Review Boards weren't authorized to review whether a detainee qualified for POW status, and they weren't authorized to review whether a detainee should have been classified as an "enemy combatant". They were authorized to consider whether a detainee should continue to be detained by the United States, because they continued to pose a threat—or whether they could safely be repatriated to the custody of their home country, or whether they could be set free.First annual Administrative Review Board hearing

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Haji <mask>ddin (HIG) during the jihad. He served with the HIG before the Taliban regime took over. The Hizb-I Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) was founded by Gulbuddin Hikmatyar as a faction of the Hizb-I Islami party in 1977. It was one of the major mujahedin groups in the war against the Soviets.HIG has long-established ties with Usama Bin Laden. b. Connections/Associations
The detainee was a member of the Mahaz-e Melli Tanzim. The Mahaz-e Melli Tanzim attempted to recruit and organize supporters in Kabul, Afghanistan, following the fall of the Taliban. King Zahir Shah intended to establish a post-Taliban government for the purpose of rebuilding the war torn nation. In 2003, the detainee was a HIG commander who worked directly for Abu Bakr, the alleged highest-ranking HIG commander in Kabul. The detainee controlled a large weapons cache in Kabul. The detainee was reported to be one of the heads of the Psychological Operations Wing of the HIG.The detainee was captured in August 2003, in Kabul, in one of the homes owned by Raouf. c. Detainee Actions and Statements
In May 2003, the detainee was the commander of 30 men, with ties to the Taliban, who were planning an attack on an Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) unit in the vicinity of Kabul City, Afghanistan. d. Other Relevant Data
As a known HIG member, the detainee was arrested by the Taliban and placed in jail. He spent 23 months in jail before escaping to Pakistan. In November 2001, while attempting to recruit and organize supporters for Shah and the Mahaz-e Melli, Afghanistan, the Northern Alliance arrested the detainee, however the detainee escaped. |}

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<mask> chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing. <mask>'s statement

<mask> spoke at length about the problems that had beset Afghanistan because of the armed struggle between different groups. He decried how Afghanistan had become the world's training ground for terrorism and suicide bombers. He decried those who used suicide bombers, and expressed suspicion over their true motives. He described how he wanted to work for a strong, unified, popular tolerant, democratic government. He welcomed the intercession of the United Nations and the United States. He said: "With this new conditions under the United States and United Nations, whoever were a true patriot...whoever was [a] supporter of humanity and human rights and he wanted to rebuild Afghanistan.He [would] supported the new government..."

He said that after the United States intervention some of their nominal allies worked, under the table, to hurt the new regime and cause chaos. He believed Burhanuddin Rabbani, Abdul Rasul Sayyaf and Mohammed Fahim, were among those who did not have the best interests of the new regime at heart. He expressed his suspicions that the Russians were backing the chaos-sowers. Second annual Administrative Review Board hearing

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Haji <mask>'s second annual Administrative Review Board  on 26 March 2006. The following primary factors favor continued detention
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a. Commitment
The detainee was a member of the Hezb-I Islami Gulbuddin for 10 years.In November 2001, the detainee attempted to recruit and organize supporters for the Shah and the Mahaz-e Melli in Kabul. The Northern Alliance arrested the detainee because of these efforts; however, the detainee escaped. The detainee was arrested by the Taliban and placed in jail due to his affiliation with the Hezb-I Islami Gulbuddin. He spent 23 months in jail before escaping to Pakistan. The detainee secretly recruited and organized members of the Mahaz-e Melli group. Consequently, rumors were spread throughout Kabul accusing the detainee of being involved with the Taliban and al Qaeda. b. Connections/Associations
The Hezb-I Islami Gulbuddin was founded by Gulbuddin Hikmatyar as a faction of the Heab-I Islami party in 1977.It was one of the major Mujahedin groups in the war against the Soviets and has long-established ties with Usama bin Laden. The detainee was captured in August 2003, in Kabul, in a home owned by an al Qaida financier. The detainee was identified as an Iranian intelligence officer. The reliability of the source is not determined. c. Intent
A source named the detainee as the commander of 30 men, with ties to the Taliban, planning an attack on an Afghan National Directorate of Security unit near Kabul. |}

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Transcript

In September 2007 the Department of Defense published a sixteen-page summarized transcript from the unclassified session of his second Administrative Review Board hearing. Enemy Combatant election form

<mask>'s Assisting Military Officer reported on the notes from the Enemy Combatant election form completed on 4 April 2006. They met for sixty minutes for a pre-hearing interview. His Assisting Military Officer described him as "very cooperative and attentive" during the interview. HIG identification

<mask> explained that for refugees in Pakistan to receive food aid they needed to have an ID card.Militia groups, like the HIG, issued ID cards. Possessing one of these cards did not imply membership in the militia. He estimated that more than two million refugees had been issued HIG ID cards. Habeas corpus 05-cv-1601

Civil Action No. 05-cv-1601 was re-initiated in late 2008. Military Commissions Act

The Military Commissions Act of 2006 mandated that Guantanamo captives were no longer entitled to access the US civil justice system, so all outstanding habeas corpus petitions were stayed. Boumediene v. Bush

On 12 June 2008 the United States Supreme Court ruled, in Boumediene v. Bush, that the Military Commissions Act could not remove the right for Guantanamo captives to access the US Federal Court system.And all previous Guantanamo captives' habeas petitions were eligible to be re-instated. The judges considering the captives' habeas petitions would be considering whether the evidence used to compile the allegations the men and boys were enemy combatants justified a classification of "enemy combatant". Protective order

On 15 July 2008 Kristine A. Huskey filed a "NOTICE OF PETITIONERS' REQUEST FOR 30-DAYS NOTICE OF TRANSFER" on behalf of several dozen captives including <mask>. References

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<mask> (14 July 183520 December 1925) was a German educationalist and social reformer who came to prominence as a pioneering temperance activist. Life

<mask> was born in the central  quarter of Bremen. <mask>, her father, was a successful grain merchant. She received a "sound" schooling. From her childhood diary entries it is apparent that she was keen that her life should make a difference in society. She was never attracted by the idea of marriage and family life. She studied to become a teacher, embarking on her teaching career in 1851.As a young woman she was in particular influenced by the radical feminist writer . <mask>'s own pupils during these early years included another daughter of Bremen who would emerge as a prominent feminist social reformer, Hedwig Heyl. <mask> taught at a private school between 1852 and 1857: there is mention of her having taught on a British or English island around this time. In 1862 she returned to Bremen to look after her parents who were in failing health. In 1867 she teamed up with  and Henny Sattler to set up the "League for expanding work opportunities for women" ("Verein zur Erweiterung des weiblichen Arbeitsgebiets"), later renamed as the "Women's Prosperity and Training League" ("Frauen-Erwerbs- und Ausbildungs-Verein"). However, <mask> was obliged to pull back from this initiative in order to look after her parents. The parents died in 1870 and 1871 which opened the way for a new phase in <mask>'s life.She went back to England. Between 1881 and 1890 she lived in Yorkshire where she took on responsibility for the education of two daughters of the 9th Earl of Carlisle. The girls' mother, Rosalind, Countess of Carlisle, was an energetic campaigner for women's rights, and even more passionate as an advocate of temperance (abstinence from alcohol). Through working for Rosalind Carlisle she was confronted with the results of alcohol abuse, notably among the working population. Alcohol abuse among the workers led to social misery and family violence against women and children. In England <mask> <mask> was impressed by her aristocratic employers' social commitment against alcohol dependency: she experienced for herself how former hostelries might be transformed into reading rooms and tea shops. It was also from Lady Carlisle that <mask> acquired the habit, which would later lead some of Bremen's more hidebound citizens to question her sanity, of placing a stout box in one corner of a city part and then standing on it to preach abstinence to passers-by.That was the background to a personal commitment to total abstinance that <mask> <mask> made on 24 November 1882, an anniversary of her mother's death. All her energies were now directed towards the fight against alcohol abuse. In 1874 the "World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union" (WWCTU / "Weltbund Christlicher Abstinenter Frauen") was launched, initially in Ohio. The WWCTU's objectives and approach ensured that the temperance movement effectively became a part of the Women's suffrage movement that emerged in Europe and North America during the second half of the nineteenth century. Early in 1890 <mask> <mask> returned to Bremen, where a rapidly unfolding social crisis was under way to the north of the main station in the city's main park. The construction work for that year's prestigious  was being plagued with accidents caused by drunkenness. At once she built a coffee shop on the site.On 12 February 1891 she set up the "Bremer Mäßigkeitsverein" ("Bremen Temperance Association"), renamed in 1915 "League for alcohol-free eating establishments" ("Verein für alkoholfreie Speisehäuser"). <mask> chaired both organisation. Back in 1891 she still was not able to set up an organisation devoted purely to women's rights. That followed only on 17 June 1900 with the establishment of the "German League of Abstinent Women", renamed in 1924 "German Women's League for an Alcohol-free Society" ("Deutscher Frauenbund für alkoholfreie Kultur"). By at least one reckoning by 1894 she had become the leading representative in Bremen of the International Blue Cross Christian temperance movement. During this time a number of alcohol free restaurants and "milk bars" were set up around the city, mainly in working class districts. An outlet, the "Freeport coffee and breakfast canteen" ("Kaffee- und Frühstückshalle im Freibezirk") was set up in the "Europahafen" freeport as early as 1901.Coffee was available from five each morning, and service continued till eight at night "except when workers on nightshifts wish[ed] to eat even later". In 1910 and 1912 the "Mäßigkeitsverein" set up two so-called "milk exchanges" in each of the two parts of the newly enlarged freeports. This massively increased sales of fresh milk within the confines of the port area. There was still a massive danger to port workers from alcohol at the time: most of the workplace deaths could be traced back to alcohol consumption. In 1910 the "Ottilie Hoffmann White Ribbon House" (das "Ottilie Hoffmann Haus Weiße Schleife") opened at New Street 14/15 ("Neuenstraße 14/15"). It was positioned in the western side of inner city in the business district by the Stephanien Quarter, which was then regarded as a working class residential district. This was the first house that the abstentionist Frauenbund owned.Over the years a reading room and a games room were installed along with a small lending library. In the expanded space on the first floor there slowly evolved a "middle-class kitchen", while downstairs meals were provided for poor and destitute people. During the First World War the Bremen Temperance Association and local groups from the German part of the WWCTU were called in to provide feeding points and meals for women and children made destitute by the war. They used their existing facilities for the purpose. In 1915 there were nine eating establishments and two "milk bars" involved in these mass catering operations. In addition the association were able to get hold of another fifteen canteen to use for the city-wide relief programme. This also meant administering the distribution of meals, bread and milk.During the period of the war approximately nine million meals were provided. In 1919 <mask> acquired the "good middle-class" eating establishment at Katharinenstraße 13 as her own project after she had failed to persuade other league members to back the purchase of a substantial building of this nature in the prosperous heart of the city. Subsequent developments endorsed her judgement. The Katharinenstraße house was well frequented and broadened the activities of the league in new directions. The place was used for school leavers' parties and other celebrations. Annual accounts show that it generated good revenues, and even, at times of financial crisis, net returns that could be used to compensate for the habitual deficits reported by the "Ottilie" temperance canteens in the harbour area. The 1932 accounts reported that: "Nearly all the secondary schools hold their 'Farewell parties' and class days with us.Our 'alcohol-free bowling' facilities provide a suitably exhilarating end-of-term celebration. Alongside the main party hall there are another three good sized dining rooms. There is the reading room on the second floor, next to a - sadly not very large - roof-garden where we put out deck chairs when the weather is good." There was a strong campaigning element in <mask>'s temperament. She fought for women's rights and involved herself in social issues and problems. She was a founder member of the League of German women's associations ("Bund Deutscher Frauenvereine"), and elected a member of its executive board. She gave lectures and took part in international congresses.In 1921, the year of her eighty-sixth birthday, <mask> <mask> identified her successor. Anna Klara Fischer and <mask> <mask> had first got into conversation in an over-filled express train to Hanover in the early summer ("shortly before Whitsun") in 1913. In 1921 Fischer took charge of both <mask>'s Christian Temperance organisations, the Temperance League and the Abstinent Women's League. During the next few difficult decades she would prove herself a worthy successor. It is nevertheless also striking that <mask> <mask> appointed her successor without first consulting colleagues at either of the organisations affected. Ottile <mask> died at Bremen at the end of 1925. She was 90.Celebration
In 1970 the "Bremer Mäßigkeitsverein" ("Bremen Temperance Association") was renamed "Bremen Ottilie Hoffmann Association" ("Bremer Verein Ottilie Hoffmann"), the name under which it continues to exist. In the  quarter of Bremen, Busestraße and Emmastraße are connected by Ottilie-Hoffmann-Straße ("Ottilie Hoffmann Sreet"). The street sign carries the additional inscription: "<mask> <mask> (1835-1925) Founder of the 'German Women's League for an Alcohol-free Society' and of the <mask> <mask> houses in Bremen" ("<mask> <mask> (1835–1925) Gründerin des Deutschen Frauenbundes für alkoholfreie Kultur und der Ottilie-Hoffmann-Häuser in Bremen"). Since 1987 there has been a  by the local sculptor  in the Urich Place ("Ulrichsplatz") on the edge of the  quarter. References

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<mask> (; born September 29, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for the Texas Longhorns, and was selected as the second overall pick by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2007 NBA draft. He played nine seasons with the franchise, which became the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2008, before signing with the Golden State Warriors in 2016, winning consecutive NBA championships in 2017 and 2018. After sustaining an Achilles injury in the 2019 finals, he joined the Nets as a free agent that summer. <mask> has often been called the best player in the NBA and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. <mask> was a heavily recruited high school prospect who was widely regarded as the second-best player in his class. In college, he won numerous year-end awards and became the first freshman to be named Naismith College Player of the Year.As a professional, he has won two NBA championships, an NBA Most Valuable Player Award, two Finals MVP Awards, two NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Awards, four NBA scoring titles, the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, been named to nine All-NBA teams (including six First Teams), and selected 12 times as an NBA All-Star. In October 2021, <mask> was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. In international play as a member of USA Basketball, <mask> has won three Olympic gold medals (2012, 2016, and 2020) and the 2010 FIBA World Championship. Off the court, <mask> is one of the highest-earning basketball players in the world, due in part to endorsement deals with companies such as Foot Locker and Nike. He has developed a reputation for philanthropy and regularly leads the league in All-Star votes and jersey sales. In recent years, he has contributed to The Players' Tribune as both a photographer and writer. In 2012, he ventured into acting, appearing in the film Thunderstruck.Early life
<mask> was born on September 29, 1988, in Washington, D.C., to Wanda (née <mask>) and Wayne Pratt. When <mask> was an infant, his father deserted the family; Wanda and Wayne eventually divorced, and <mask>'s grandmother Barbara Davis helped raise him. By age 13, his father reentered his life and traveled the country with him to basketball tournaments. <mask> has a sister, Brianna, and two brothers, Tony and Rayvonne. <mask> and his siblings grew up in Prince George's County, Maryland, on the eastern outskirts of Washington, D.C. He was unusually tall from a young age, and reached  in height while still in middle school (age 10-12). Growing up, <mask> wanted to play for his favorite team, the Toronto Raptors, which included his favorite player, Vince Carter.He played Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball for several teams in the Maryland area and was teammates with future NBA players Michael Beasley, Greivis Vásquez, and Ty Lawson, the first of whom <mask> remains friends with to this day. During this time, he began wearing #35 as his jersey number in honor of his AAU coach, Charles Craig, who was murdered at the age of 35. After playing two years of high school basketball at National Christian Academy and one year at Oak Hill Academy, <mask> transferred to Montrose Christian School for his senior year, growing  before the start of the season and beginning the year at . Prior to the start of the season, he committed to the University of Texas at Austin. He had visited University of Connecticut and University of North Carolina, and said he considered Duke University, University of Kentucky and University of Louisville. When asked why he chose a college with a lesser-known program, he said, "Wanted to set my own path." At the end of the year, he was named the Washington Post All-Met Basketball Player of the Year, as well as the Most Valuable Player of the 2006 McDonald's All-American Game.He was widely regarded as the second-best high school prospect of 2006, behind Greg Oden. College career

For the 2006–07 college season, <mask>who had grown to averaged 25.8 points, 11.1 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game for the Texas Longhorns. They finished the year with a 25–10 record overall and a 12–4 record in conference. Awarded a fourth seed in the NCAA Tournament, Texas won their first round match-up against New Mexico State but were upset in the second round by USC despite a 30-point and 9-rebound performance from <mask>. For his outstanding play, <mask> was recognized as the unanimous national player of the year, winning the John R. Wooden Award, the Naismith College Player of the Year Award, and all eight other widely recognized honors and awards. This made <mask> the first freshman to win any of the national player of the year awards. Following the season, he declared for the NBA draft.His No. 35 jersey was later retired by the Longhorns. Professional career

Seattle SuperSonics / Oklahoma City Thunder (2007–2016)

Rookie of the Year (2007–2008)
<mask> was selected as the second overall pick in the 2007 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics, after Greg Oden was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the first pick of the draft. In his first regular season game, the 19-year-old <mask> registered 18 points, five rebounds and three steals against the Denver Nuggets. On November 16, he made the first game-winning shot of his career in a game against the Atlanta Hawks. At the conclusion of the 2007–08 NBA season, he was named the NBA Rookie of the Year following averages of 20.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game. He joined Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James as the only teenagers in league history to average at least 20 points per game over an entire season.Breakthrough (2008–2010)
Following <mask>'s debut season, the SuperSonics relocated from Seattle to Oklahoma City, becoming the Thunder and switching to new colors – blue, orange, and yellow. The team also drafted UCLA guard Russell Westbrook, who would form an All-Star combination with <mask> in later years. At the 2009 NBA All-Star Weekend, <mask> set a Rookie Challenge record with 46 points. By the conclusion of the 2008–09 NBA season, he had raised his scoring average by five points from the prior season to 25.3 points per game, and was considered a strong candidate for the Most Improved Player Award, eventually finishing third in the voting. <mask> continued to grow during his first few years in the NBA, finally reaching a height of . During the 2009–10 season, <mask> was selected to his first NBA All-Star Game. Behind his play, the Thunder improved their record by 27 wins from the previous year and defied expectations to make the playoffs.With a scoring average of 30.1 points per game, <mask> became the youngest NBA scoring champion and was selected to his first All-NBA team. In his playoff debut, he scored 24 points in a Game 1 loss against the Los Angeles Lakers. Oklahoma City would go on to lose the series in six games, but the team's performance led many analysts to label them as an upcoming title contender. Deep playoff runs (2010–2013)

Prior to the start of the 2010–11 season, <mask> announced via Twitter that he had signed a five-year contract extension with the Thunder worth approximately $86 million. For the second consecutive year, he led the NBA in scoring, averaging 27.7 points a game. Behind <mask>'s leadership, the Thunder won 55 games and earned the fourth seed in the Western Conference. In the 2011 NBA playoffs, Oklahoma City defeated the Denver Nuggets and Memphis Grizzlies en route to a Conference Finals match-up versus the Dallas Mavericks, losing in five games.On February 19 of the lockout-shortened 2011–12 season, <mask> recorded his first career 50-point game, scoring 51 points against the Denver Nuggets. At the All-Star Game, he scored 36 points and was awarded the NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award. <mask> finished the year with a scoring average of 28 points per game, representing his third straight scoring title. Behind his play, the Thunder won 47 games and entered the 2012 NBA playoffs as the Western Conference's second seed. In Game 1 of the first round against the Dallas Mavericks, <mask> hit a game-winner with 1.5 seconds remaining. Oklahoma City would go on to defeat Dallas, the Lakers, and the San Antonio Spurs before losing to the Miami Heat in the 2012 NBA Finals. For the NBA Finals, <mask> led all players with 30.6 points per game, doing so on a 54.8 shooting rate.With a scoring average of 28.1 points per game to finish the 2012–13 season, <mask> failed to defend his scoring title; however, with a 51 percent shooting rate, a 41.6 percent three point shooting rate, and a 90.5 free throw shooting rate, he became the youngest player in NBA history to join the 50–40–90 club. Finishing the year with a 60–22 record, Oklahoma City earned the first seed in the Western Conference. In the first round of the 2014 NBA playoffs against the Houston Rockets, Westbrook tore his meniscus, forcing him to miss the remainder of the postseason. Without Westbrook, <mask> was given more responsibility, averaging a career-high 30.8 points per game throughout the playoffs, but Oklahoma City were eventually eliminated in the second round by the Memphis Grizzlies in five games. MVP season (2013–14)
In January of the 2013–14 season, <mask> averaged 35.9 points per game while scoring 30 or more points in 12 straight games, including a career-high 54 points against the Golden State Warriors. In April, he surpassed Michael Jordan's record for consecutive games scoring 25 points or more at 41. The Thunder finished the year with 59 wins and <mask> was voted the NBA Most Valuable Player behind averages of 32 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 5.5 assists per game.To begin the first round of the 2014 NBA playoffs, he struggled against the physical play of the Grizzlies, converting on only 24 percent of his field goals in Game 4. Through five games, the Thunder trailed the series 3–2, prompting The Oklahoman to dub <mask> "Mr. Unreliable". He responded by scoring 36 points in a Game 6 victory. Oklahoma City eventually eliminated Memphis and the Los Angeles Clippers before losing to the Spurs in the Conference Finals in six games. Final seasons with the Thunder (2014–2016)

Prior to the start of the 2014–15 season, <mask> was diagnosed with a Jones fracture in his right foot and was ruled out for six to eight weeks. He subsequently missed the first 17 games of the year, making his season debut for the Thunder on December 2 against the New Orleans Pelicans.On December 18, he injured his ankle against the Golden State Warriors, returning to action on December 31 against the Phoenix Suns to score a season-high 44 points. He then sprained his left big toe in late January. On February 22, he was sidelined again after undergoing a minor procedure to help reduce pain and discomfort in his surgically repaired right foot, and on March 27, he was officially ruled out for the rest of the season after deciding to undergo foot surgery. In just 27 games, he averaged 25.4 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 4.1 assists per game. To begin the 2015–16 season, <mask> and Westbrook reached several historical milestones together, including becoming the first pair of teammates to each score at least 40 points in a single game since 1996, doing so in a win over the Orlando Magic on October 30. For the year, <mask> averaged 28.2 points, 8.2 rebounds, 5 assists, and 1.2 blocks per game, leading the Thunder to 55 wins and the third seed in the West. In Game 2 of the first round of the 2016 NBA playoffs against the Mavericks, he scored 21 points but converted only 7 out of 33 shots in the worst postseason shooting performance, both by percentage and number of misses, of his career.After defeating Dallas, Oklahoma City moved on to face the Spurs in the second round, falling behind 2–1 to start the series. In Game 4, <mask> tied his playoff career high with 41 points in a Thunder win. Oklahoma City eventually defeated the Spurs in six games, drawing a matchup with the record-setting 73-win Golden State Warriors in the Conference Finals. Despite going up 3–1, the Thunder were ousted in seven games, with <mask> providing 27 points in Game 7. Golden State Warriors (2016–2019)

2016 free agency
On July 4, <mask> announced his intentions to sign with the Warriors in The Players' Tribune. The move was received negatively by fans and pundits, who felt that he took the easy route by leaving a team that had been up 3–1 and close to reaching the Finals to instead join their opponents, who had defeated them and were coming off a record-setting 73-win season; the Warriors had also won a championship the year before. On July 7, <mask> officially signed with Golden State on a two-year, $54.3 million contract with a player option after the first year.Reflecting on the move for Sports Illustrated, Ben Golliver wrote, "He chose an ideal roster fit and a shot at playing for the highest-scoring offense the NBA has seen in decades. He chose life alongside Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, the greatest shooting backcourt in history, and he chose to go against Andre Iguodala and Draymond Green, two elite defenders, in practices rather than in Western Conference finals games." Back-to-back championships (2016–2018)

<mask> made his debut for the Warriors on October 25 against the San Antonio Spurs, scoring a team-high 27 points in a blowout loss. On November 26, he recorded 28 points, 10 rebounds, five assists, and a career-high six blocked shots in a win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, becoming the first player in team history to finish with at least 25 points, 10 rebounds, five assists, and five blocks in a single game. On February 11, in his first game back in Oklahoma City since leaving for Golden State, <mask> scored 34 points while being booed throughout the night as he helped the Warriors defeat the Thunder for the third time that year. In March, <mask> suffered a Grade 2 MCL sprain and a tibial bone bruise, which forced him to miss the final 19 games of the season. Golden State finished the year with a 67–15 record and entered the playoffs as the first seed.<mask> returned from injury in time for the 2017 NBA playoffs and helped the Warriors advance to their third consecutive Finals, while also becoming the first team in league history to start the postseason 12–0. In Game 1 of the series, <mask> had 38 points, eight rebounds, and eight assists to lead the Warriors past LeBron James and the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers. <mask> then helped the Warriors go up 3–0 in the series with a 31-point effort in Game 3, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 45.3 seconds left in regulation. In Game 5, he scored 39 points to go with seven rebounds and five assists in a series-clinching win. For the Finals, <mask> was the Golden State's top scorer in every game, averaging 35.2 points, 8.4 rebounds, and 5.4 assists while shooting 55.5 percent from the field, 47.4 percent from three-point range, and 92.7 percent from the free throw line. He was subsequently named the NBA Finals MVP. After the Finals, <mask> declined his $27.7 million player option and became an unrestricted free agent.On July 25, he re-signed with the Warriors for less money than the maximum, which helped the franchise create enough salary cap space to keep their core roster intact and add free agents. On January 10 of the 2017–18 season, <mask> scored 40 points in a loss to the Clippers, becoming the second-youngest player in league history to reach the 20,000-point milestone. On January 23, he registered a career-high 14 assists in a win over the New York Knicks.

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