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<mask>. (April 7, 1876 – September 25, 1953) was an American banker and major owner and breeder in thoroughbred horse racing. Early life
<mask> was born in New York City on April 7, 1876. He was a son of Sarah Abagail (née Rodman) <mask> (1840–1913) and <mask>. (1836–1889), who came from a prominent and wealthy Maryland family that dated back to colonial times. The family made their fortune in selling textiles to the Confederate government, and his father was the founder of the New York Cotton Exchange. He was educated at the Cutler School in New York before preparing at Groton. He attended Harvard University, graduating in 1898, followed by Harvard Law School, where he graduated in 1901. In 1901, he was admitted to the bar.Career
For the next two years <mask> lived in London where he served as secretary to the United States Ambassador to Britain, Joseph Hodges Choate. There, he joined with other members of the political and economic elite including King Edward VII, at fashionable events including thoroughbred horse races, the favorite pastime of English royalty and nobility. Upon his return to New York in 1903, <mask> was made vice president of Hanover National Bank in New York City by his uncle, James T<mask>, who was then president of the bank. <mask>'s grandfather had helped James purchase a large portion of the bank years earlier before his death, which the younger <mask> inherited, therefore owning a controlling interest in the bank. Following his uncle's death, <mask> Sr. became president of the bank in 1910, serving in that capacity until a 1929 merger with the Central Union Trust Company when he was appointed chairman of the new corporate entity called Central Hanover Bank & Trust, and Central's president, George W. Davison, became president of the new entity. <mask> served as chairman of the board from 1929 until his retirement in 1933. <mask> was one of the original directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 1914 and from 1927 to 1929, he was president of the New York Clearing House.Belair and thoroughbred racing

<mask> also inherited the historic Belair Mansion and 2,500 acre Stud in Collington, Maryland. Belair is a very historic estate where Colonial Governor of Maryland Samuel Ogle had brought the first Thoroughbred horses imported to America from England in 1747. His uncle James had acquired it in 1898 for an undisclosed sum of money. Upon inheriting the property, <mask> built the Belair Stud into one of the dominant breeding and thoroughbred horse racing operations in the United States during the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. In 1925, <mask> joined Arthur B. Hancock, Marshall Field III and Robert A. Fairbairn to import the stallion Sir Gallahad III into the United States to stand at Claiborne Farm. Sir Gallahad III would become a four-time leading sire in North America and would sire 60 stakes winners, including nine for <mask>. Sir Gallahad III's most famous offspring was Triple Crown winner Gallant Fox, who would in turn sire Triple Crown winner Omaha, both bred and raced by <mask>.Horses bred by Belair won every major stakes race in the U.S. as well as The Oaks, St. Leger Stakes, 1,000 Guineas, and other important races in Britain. <mask>'s accomplishments in horse racing led to him making the August 7, 1939 cover of Time magazine. <mask> was elected to the United States Jockey Club in 1917 and served as its chairman from 1930 until 1950. One of the main efforts he pursued was the repeal of the Jersey Act, a regulation of the British Thoroughbred stud book that prevented most American-bred Thoroughbreds from being registered in the United Kingdom as purebred Thoroughbreds. In 1950, <mask> was elected an honorary member of the British Jockey Club. Personal life
In 1903, <mask> met Elsie Ogden Cryder (1882–1981) at Saratoga Springs, New York, a daughter of tea importer Duncan Cryder and Elizabeth Callender (née Ogden) Cryder and one of the "famous Cryder triplets". They were married at Grace Church in New York on October 24, 1904.Elsie's younger sister Edith was the wife of Frederick Lothrop Ames Jr. and her aunt, the former Mary Hone Ogden, was the wife of Charles Francis Adams Jr. (the grandson of president John Quincy Adams). Together, they were the parents of one son and four daughters, including:

 <mask> (1905–1971), who married Thomas Moore Bancroft in 1929. Elizabeth Ogden <mask> (1907–1986), who married Robert Livingston Stevens (1907–1972) in 1928. They divorced in 1935, and she married John Teele Pratt Jr., a son of John Teele Pratt, in 1935. After his death in 1969, she married Squaw Valley Ski Resort founder Alexander Cochrane Cushing in 1971. <mask> (1910–1991), who married Charles Arthur Moore III (1909–1989) in 1936. They divorced and she married Marshall Christopher Sewall (1908–1983) in 1949.<mask> (b. 1914), who married Philippe de Croisset (1912–1965), a son of French playwright Francis de Croisset, in 1941. His nephew was Count Philippe de Montebello and his sister was Marie-Laure, Vicomtesse de Noailles. After having two sons, Ethel and Philippe divorced and he married Jacqueline de la Chaume (after his death in 1965, Jacqueline became the third wife of actor Yul Brynner). <mask> Jr. (1920–1955), who married Ann Crowell in 1943. In 1955 Ann shot and killed <mask>, reportedly thinking him a burglar. She later committed suicide in 1975, after Truman Capote published a story that "depicted her as a murderous vamp."In 1908, they lived at 11 West 51st Street in New York City and had a summer home in Mount Kisco, New York. Around 1910, they purchased The Cloisters on Ochre Point in Newport, Rhode Island, the former estate of Catherine Lorillard Kernochan, which had been designed by architect J.D. Johnston around 1885. The <mask>s hired New York architects Delano & Aldrich to complete a major renovation, which was completed by 1914. The home was torn down in 1950 and the site was divided into smaller parcels for contemporary homes. The family also relocated from their 51st Street residence to 9 East 86th Street, which <mask> had purchased for $200,000 from <mask>. Iselin in 1916 and, again, hired architects Delano & Aldrich to design and build him a residence. <mask> died on September 25, 1953, aged 77, at his home in Manhattan.After a funeral at St. James Episcopal Church in Manhattan, he was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx. He left the estate to his son, <mask> Jr., whose untimely death two years later in 1955 saw the end of Belair Stud. His widow, considered "one of the last grandes dames of New York society", died in her apartment at The Waldorf Towers, where she had lived since 1956, in 1981. Legacy
Today the Belair Stable Museum in Bowie, Maryland, highlights the work of <mask> Sr. and others connected to the Belair Stud. The Woodward Stakes, a Grade I event now run at Saratoga, is named in his honor. In 2016, <mask> was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame as a Pillar of the Turf. References

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 The Baltimore Museum of Art.Annual 1 The Museum: Its First Half Century(Baltimore, Maryland: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1966), 58. 1876 births
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<mask> (born ) was a twenty-five-old American sailor who claimed to be enslaved in North Africa for three years, from 1810 to 1814. During this time he claimed to have visited Timbuktu, which would have made him the first Westerner to reach the city, though his narrative is dubious. Upon his stated liberation, and return to Europe, <mask>' story was published in two heavily edited and divergent accounts, most notably The Narrative of <mask> in 1816. Because his story was sanctioned by some of the most distinguished men in England, including members of government, who had a noted financial interest in Africa, his narrative(s) gained credibility despite "its most
glaring absurdities." Widely cited as an example of white slavery, today both accounts are widely known to have been fabrications, lending to the dismissal of Adam's story within general history discussions and recordings. Early life
<mask> was an American of mixed black and white ancestry. It was written that he was "born up the river of New York, where his father lived when he quitted America;"  and that his mother was a Mulatto.However, there is no record of a man under either of his known aliases, or fitting his general description, in Hudson during this period. Joseph Dupuis, the British Consul in Mogador who eventually ransomed <mask>, wrote of <mask>' appearance:

Dupuis wrote that <mask> left America to avoid being prosecuted for refusing to legitimize his relationship with a young woman. However, nothing else is known of his early life until 1810 when, under the name "Benjamin Rose," he signed onto the ship Charles as a merchant seaman. While he used the name "Benjamin Rose" leading up to his time on the Charles, he exclusively went by name, "<mask>," after his release from slavery. It is not known which, if either of these names was his real one, though at the time it was not uncommon for sailors, especially "distressed seamen", to change their names. Adventure

Shipwreck
As <mask> recounts in his Narrative, the ship sailed from New York City on June 17, 1810 (or May 7, 1810, as he recounted in Cadiz) led by captain, John Horton. The ship, carrying flour, rice, and salted provisions, was bound to Gibraltar.Along with <mask>, the crew included Stephen Dolbie (mate), Thomas Williams, Martin Clarke, Unis Newsham,  Nichofas (a Swede), John Stephens, John Matthews, and James Davison. <mask> stated that, after 26 days, the ship arrived at Gibraltar, where the cargo was discharged. There, the crew added another crewman, Unis Nelson. According to <mask>, the ship sat in Gibraltar for about a month, and proceeded after Captain Horton decided to go to the Isle of May for salt. However, it soon became clear that the captain was, rather, going on a trading voyage down the coast. After three weeks at sea, Adam said he overheard two of the older crew members – Newsham and Matthews – who were old and had been on the coast before, state that the Captain was lost. For eight or nine days, after that, the ships fought heavy winds until, on October 11, around 3:00am, the ship struck some reef in Cape Blanco...about four hundred miles north of Senegal.Despite two members of the crew being unable to swim, no lives were lost. Life as a slave
As day broke, <mask> claims the entire crew was surrounded by a group of about 35 Moors, who imprisoned them. Luckily, the Moors also had an imprisoned Frenchmen who was able to communicate with Captain Horton, who also spoke French. The crew, according to <mask>, was stripped naked and forced to dig holes in the sand in order to sleep, so they could keep cool. <mask> claimed that Captain Horton fell ill, and was killed with a sword by the Moors, who were frustrated that they could not communicate with him, despite having the Frenchman as a translator. <mask> said that, across three years of being enslaved in northern Africa, he passed through the hands of at least five different owners. His first owners were the Moors, who captured the shipwrecked sailors of the Charles.After about 12 days, after the shipwreck, <mask> said that the Moors divided the prisoners among themselves, with <mask> and Newsham being assigned to about twenty Moors who traveled on foot, with four camels. He said they traveled southwest, crossing the desert at an estimated rate of 15–20 miles a day, under great hardship, with scarcity of both food and water. He claimed they were often forced to drink a mix of water and camel urine just to stay alive in the parched conditions. At one point in the journey, Stevens says that his group of Moors was overtaken by a larger group of black Africans, who took the Moors and the slaves as prisoners, including <mask>. They again traveled great distances, first to the Africans' village. According to <mask>' account, he and a Portuguese slave, 18-year-old John Stevens, were taken to Timbuktu in around July 1812. <mask> never provides any parameters for Steven's captivity, but expresses that they were treated as honored guests of the king rather than as slaves, and were free to move about as they pleased within the city.They were considered an exotic oddity by the locals, and <mask> later recounts that people used to come from far off lands to stare at them. Eventually, <mask>' stay as a guest came to a close, and he was traded to a group of Moors who sold tobacco. Several days after making their trade, <mask> set off farther east, and eventually north, with his third group of captors. <mask> suffered his second great desert crossing, once again drinking camel urine to survive and avoid dehydration. Eventually the Moors reached a village of tents, where <mask> was put to work for several months tending goats and sheep. At some point during this phase of his enslavement, <mask>' master had promised to take him all the way to Mogador and trade him to the British consul, thus helping him attain freedom. However, his master later went back on his word and <mask> rebelled as a result, refusing to care for the animals.This angered his master, who later sold him to someone else. <mask>' stated that his fourth master was a man with two wives. <mask> was given to one of the wives as her personal slave. Some time later, the second wife enlisted the assistance of <mask> to care for her goats. In payment, she allowed <mask> to “rest” in her tent. This relationship continued for months and, upon his master's knowledge of the affair, <mask> was traded for blankets and dates. His fifth master took him farther north to a village settlement where he met other Westerners, including some of his former companions from the Charles.One of the white men had already renounced his Christian faith to attain freedom and, shortly after, two of his sailing companions from the Charles also renounced their faith. Not long after, the British consul, Joseph Dupuis, ransomed <mask>, thus securing his freedom. Freedom
After trading for <mask>, the British consul Dupuis took him first to Agadir, then to Mogador, where <mask> stayed for nearly seven months. It was here that he first appeared in the historical record, with the date October 6, 1813. From here, he was sent north to Tangier, to the American Consul-General, James Simpson. After this, <mask> sailed to Cadiz, Spain, where he hoped to connect with a ship headed for the United States. Unfortunately, he arrived two days late.There he recounted his story to the American Samuel A. Storrow, who eventually published this "Cadiz Narrative" in 1817. Subsequently, <mask> went to Gibraltar, where he was able to travel by ship to Holyhead on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales. <mask> later ended up in London, where he survived as a beggar. In November 1815, <mask> was sought out by Simon Cock of the Company of Merchants Trading to Africa, who had been led to him by a traveler who recognized <mask> from Cadiz. Intrigued by the prospect of speaking to someone who had been to Timbuktu, Cock brought <mask> to the company's office. There, <mask> agreed to recount his story in exchange for finances and security to travel home to New York. Cock and company questioned <mask> and assembled a narrative of this account; it was published as The Narrative of <mask> in 1816.Narratives
Two versions of <mask>' story were published. The Company of Merchants Trading to Africa (aka the African Company) published the first version based on interviews held with <mask> at their London offices. This version was titled The Narrative of <mask> and included an introduction, notes, and other supporting material. Simon Cock was its primary editor and Joseph Dupuis added notes based on his encounter with <mask>. The book was published by John Murray in 1816. The Narrative is reminiscent of Barbary slave narratives, which were written by other shipwrecked sailors who had been taken captive and enslaved in Northern Africa (he was not captured by Barbary corsairs, and he spent his captivity in the Sub-Saharan region south of the Barbary coast). The one notable difference in the Narrative of <mask> is that <mask> describes his visit to the legendary city of Timbuktu, much coveted by Europeans in that time.<mask> was the first Westerner to ever give a full account of the city of Timbuktu. As Frank T. Kryza writes, "No European explorer had been there and returned since the Middle Ages." According to Cock's introduction to the Narrative, <mask> sailed home in December 1815, omitting much of his payment as well as his royalties from the book, but promising to return in the spring. Due to the dangerous nature of trans-Atlantic crossings in the winter, he gave Cock the "particulars of his family" to verify claims on his earnings. However, the Company of Merchants Trading to Africa's records do not show any money was ever paid to, or held for, <mask> or his family. From this point, <mask> vanishes from the historical record. The second version, known as the "Cadiz Narrative", was written up by Samuel A. Storrow, a "gentleman of Boston" who <mask> met in Cadiz.This version was published as "Interiour of Africa" in the North American Review in May 1817, with an introductory note from editor Jared Sparks. In July 1817 Sparks wrote a review of the African Company's version, noting the discrepancies between the Cadiz account and the London version and calling <mask>' tale a "fiction." Significance
The legends of the gold of Timbuktu spread after Mansa Musa, King of the Empire of Mali, set out in the year 1324 on a hajj, or journey to Mecca, showering gold on everyone he met. Ibn Battuta, famed Moroccan traveler, visited Mali for several months from 1352 to 1353 and confirmed an abundant supply of gold in the kingdom. These accounts spread throughout Africa and Europe, with many European countries coveting gold from the Malian city. The only people not looking for Timbuctoo were the Americans, because the United States was such a young country at that time. Timbuktu was at the time a major center of trading, with a focus on salt, books, and gold, which were all very in-demand at the time.Goods coming the Mediterranean shores and salt Tegaza in the north were traded in Timbuktu for gold, which came from the immense gold mines of the Boure and Banbuk. The prosperity of the city attracted both black African and Arab scholars, merchants and traders from all over North Africa. The fact that the city was a major center for trading goods for gold only increased its fame, and it was this very trade that made the city enormously wealthy. Many failed expeditions to the remote city of Timbuktu were attempted by the following explorers: the American John Ledyard, the Englishman Simon Lucas, the Irishman Major Daniel Houghton, the Scotsman Mungo Park, the German Frederick Hornemann, an Englishman named Nicholls, and the Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. They all failed in one way or another, mostly by either disappearing in the middle of the expedition or by dying before reaching the city. Most did not return home. <mask>' tale of his visit to Timbuktu was highly significant for two reasons: (1) being a tale of a westerner finally managing to arrive at the famed city, long coveted for its supposed wealth and extensive reserves of gold, and (2) because he was said to have arrived there by accident, and not through an organized exploration.Despite the controversy regarding the veracity of <mask>' story, the publication of his Narrative was deemed a triumph for British science and exploration. Though, <mask> was said to have been an American, his tale was told in England, and it was there that the Narrative was published, granting an international victory to England. In contemporary times, <mask>' tales is often cited as an example as white slavery; however given he was stated as being mulatto in his tale, due there is no record accounting for him or his family on either side of the Atlantic, and due to numerous other discrepancies in his tale, his story is accepted as having been fabricated. Controversy
<mask>' account does not match what is now known of Timbuktu, and is regarded as a probable fabrication. No trace has ever been found of either <mask> or his family. In fact, no family, of his name, was known in the Hudson, nor had <mask> ever been heard of in the area. In addition, the collector of New York, which certified ship, verified that no vessel resembling <mask>' description of the Charles had ever left his stated port.Lending to doubts in <mask>' story was also the fact that he had no firm national, racial, personal, language, or name identity, allowing him to pass through his own story, unnoticed e.g. he is both "<mask>" and "Benjamin Rose," he speaks English, Arabic and "Negro." There are also various noted holes in <mask>' story. For example, there is no reason given for why he was allowed to roam Timbuktu freely for six months. It is also noted that <mask> was induced, by Simon Cock, to answer questions about the region that had stumped Europeans for generations. He had an answer to every question he was asked by the Europeans. Raising more doubt is the manner in which Cock "found" <mask>, a then destitute beggar, wandering the streets of London in 1815, and how an illiterate person, who learned nothing from books, knew the exact number of days of his journeys, the precise number of miles he traveled each day, and the precise directions of all his travels on foot.It is notable that it was a well-established fact that no wrecks occurred south of Cape Bajado at that time. In addition, <mask>' illiteracy is at odds with the fact that sailors were substantially literate during this period. Also, lending to doubt of <mask>' story, is the "artlessness," considered necessary for poor storytellers, which often give them the feel of truth. Michel de Certeau wrote of such narratives when he linked the history of writing history to the legitimization of political power, a practice found in "Western" cultures which used the act of writing as a tool of colonialism; writing their own histories while minimizing or eradicating the traditions of native peoples. For example, Dick said of <mask>:

<mask>, is painted by critics as a "found narrator," who is not only unable to narrate a “continuous and straight-forward story,” but who also could only answer questions put to him, first by Dupuis in 1810 in Africa, and then in 1815–16 in London, meaning the editors constructed his “story” from fragments. This, argues critics, was done to the point in which Cock brought in a group of “scientific and respectable gentleman” to interview <mask>, in order to verify details and geographical descriptions of Africa. <mask>' story was deemed to be obviously fabricated, to the point in which it was denounced in the North American Review, in 1817, which delivered its critique only after assessing both narratives.The critique stated:

Despite its discrepancies, it is surmised that Adam's story found an audience due to "sympathy and curiosity of Africa" at the time." See also
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Further reading
The Narrative of <mask>, a sailor, who was wrecked on the western coast of Africa, in the year 1810, was detained three years in slavery by the Arabs of the Great Desert, and resided several months in the city of Tombuctoo. With a map, notes, and an appendix. London: John Murray, 1816
"The Narrative of <mask>, An American Sailor, who was wrecked on the western coast of Africa, in the year 1810, and was detained three years in slavery by the Arabs of the Great Desert. He was the first White Man who ever visited the great city of Tombuctoo, where he resided several months." In Robinson Crusoe's Own Book; or, the voice of adventure, from the civilized man cut off from his fellows, by force, accident, or inclination, and from the wanderer in strange seas and lands, by Charles Ellms. Boston: Joshua V. Pierce, 1946.Shah, Tahir. Timbuctoo: Being a singular and most animated account of an illiterate American sailor, taken as a slave in the great Zahara and, after trials and tribulations aplenty, reaching London where he narrated his tale London: Secretum Mundi, 2012

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<mask>, OAM (born 21 April 1969) is an Australian aerial skier and Victorian state politician. <mask> was an ex-gymnast who became an aerial skier at Mount Buller, Victoria. During her skiing career <mask> won over 40 World Cup medals, including 17 World Cup gold medals. <mask> competed in aerial skiing as a demonstration sport at the 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics, and as a medal event at the 1994 Lillehammer and 1998 Nagano games, where she came sixth and fourteenth, respectively. In December 2002, aged 33, <mask> was elected as a Member of Parliament in the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Labor Party. On 26 February 2003, she was ejected from the Lower House chamber for breastfeeding her 11-day-old baby, Charlotte Louise. A section of the Parliamentary rules, namely Standing Order 30, states: "Unless by order of the House, no Member of this House shall presume to bring any stranger into any part of the House appropriated to the Members of this House while the House, or a Committee of the whole House, is sitting."As there is no age limit to 'strangers in the House' (non-elected persons), only MPs and certain parliamentary staff are allowed in the House during sitting times. Subsequently, the Speaker of the House set aside a room in which female MPs can feed their children without violating the Standing Orders. Early life and sporting career

<mask> was born in Melbourne on 21 April 1969 and grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Black Rock with parents, Ron and Anne, older sister, Sascha and younger brother, Carey. She attended Black Rock Primary school (Prep - Yr 6), then Mentone Girls High School (now Mentone Secondary College) before transferring to Firbank Girls' Grammar School in Yr 9. She moved to Taylors College for year 12. <mask>, along with her siblings, started skiing from the age of 4 at the Mount Baw Baw ski resort in Victoria, Australia. In 1981 the family became regular skiers at the Mount Buller ski resort, one of the largest ski resorts in Victoria.In 1987 she joined Team Buller, a Freestyle ski team run by Geoff Lipshut, Peter Braun, Eyal Talmore, Tim Skate and David Freedman based on Mount Buller. The creation of a skier-exchange program for Freestyle Aerialists saw three Japanese skiers spend the 1987 winter in Mount Buller one of whom, Takayo Yokoyama, was nearing the end of his career and was interested in becoming an International coach. With little prospects in his native country, the chance meeting in Australia saw <mask> being offered a four-month scholarship in Inawashiro, Listel Ski Fantasia, the center for Freestyle Skiing in Japan, with Takayo as her coach. Following the 1988 Australian Freestyle competition where she placed first, <mask> decided to follow the European winter and compete on the four-month World Cup Season. Sponsored by a Melbourne-based travel company, she headed overseas as the only Australian representative in either Aerials, Moguls or Ballet (Acrobatics). While not truly competitive with her single back layout and single front tuck, she completed her rookie season finishing in 10th position, at that time one of the highest placing by an Australian winter athlete, male or female, in any winter sport other than Lyn Gross (La Clusaz World Cup Aerials). Malcolm Milne (World Cup Downhill) Steve Lee (World Cup Downhill) Zali Steggall (World Cup Slalom).In 1990 <mask> won her first World Cup event. In 1992, she was crowned World Champion, with six World Cup victories, and competed in aerial skiing as a demonstration sport at the 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics. She was Australia's flag bearer at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics, where she was placed sixth in the women's aerial skiing event – the nation's best Olympic result at the time. She also competed in the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics. <mask> set several world records over the course of her skiing career, including becoming the first woman in history to score over 100 points on a single competition jump, with a score of 104.37. Her 17th career World Cup gold medal in 1998 tied her for the all-time record for career World Cup aerial victories with Canadian skier Marie Claude Asselin, who retired in 1984. She has been a board member of the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia since her retirement from skiing.<mask> discovered current Australian aerial skier, David Morris, while attending a gymnastics display at his local club, which is within her electorate of Forest Hill. Political career
On 3 September 2002, Victorian State Premier Steve Bracks announced that <mask> had been nominated for preselection as a Labor candidate in the Victorian state seat of Forest Hill. In the election that followed, she won the seat of Forest Hill with a swing of more than 10%. On 27 February 2003, twelve days after giving birth to her first child, daughter Charlotte Louise, <mask> attended the first sitting of parliament following the 2002 election. When official proceedings commenced whilst she was still breastfeeding her newborn, the Speaker of the House ejected Charlotte (and therefore her mother) from the chamber as "only MPs and certain parliamentary staff are allowed in the House during sitting times". The controversy that followed was headline news and led to widespread debate in the community regarding the merits of women breastfeeding in public or at workplaces. <mask> was re-elected for the seat of Forest Hill in the 2006 state election.She lost her seat in 2010, with local residents citing her choice to live in Richmond rather than the electorate and media reportage of avoiding interviews as key reasons. A statement issued by her office on election day stated "<mask> will not be doing any interviews today or tonight. She will not be having any (photo) shots done during the day or at her function tonight." Honours
<mask> received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000 and a Medal of the Order of Australia in 2003. She was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2010. References

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<mask> [vee-dahl' nooh'-nio] (born July 26, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Toros de Tijuana of the Mexican League. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks, Seattle Mariners, Baltimore Orioles, and Tampa Bay Rays. The Cleveland Indians selected Nuño in the 48th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft. He made his MLB debut in 2013 with the Yankees. Amateur career
Nuño attended Sweetwater High School in National City, California, where he played for the school's baseball team. As a junior, in 2004, Nuño recorded 107 strikeouts and was named the Mesa League Pitcher of the Year. Due to his poor academic track record, Nuño could not receive a scholarship from a Division I school.Wanting to leave the San Diego metropolitan area, he attended Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas, where he played college baseball for the Baker Wildcats in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. In two seasons at Baker, <mask> had a 15–7 win–loss record. He was named the Heart of America Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year as a junior in 2008. Professional career

Cleveland Indians
The Cleveland Indians selected <mask> in the 48th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft, with the 1,445th overall selection. That year, he pitched for the Mahoning Valley Scrappers of the Class A-Short Season New York–Pennsylvania League. He began the season as a relief pitcher, but was moved into the starting rotation. He finished the season with a 2.05 earned run average (ERA).In 2010, Nuño was promoted to the Lake County Captains of the Class A Midwest League. After pitching to a 4.96 ERA in 21 games, the Indians released Nuño on March 26, 2011, and suggested that in order to continue his career, he should develop a changeup. Washington Wild Things
Nuño began the 2011 season pitching in independent baseball for the Washington Wild Things of the Frontier League, where he worked on his changeup. In six games with the Wild Things, Nuño recorded a 2.83 ERA with 34 strikeouts. New York Yankees
On June 18, 2011, Nuño signed with the New York Yankees organization, and was assigned to the Staten Island Yankees of the New York–Penn League. He also pitched for the Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League. In 2012, Nuño played for the Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League and Trenton Thunder of the Class AA Eastern League.Across both levels, <mask> pitched to a 10–6 win–loss record with a 2.54 ERA, the best among all Yankees' minor league pitchers, across  innings pitched. The Yankees invited <mask> to spring training in 2013. He won the James P. Dawson Award as the best rookie in camp. Assigned to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Class AAA International League, he was named the league's pitcher of the week for the week ending April 21, after he won both of his starts, allowing one run in  innings, with two walks and 14 strikeouts. With Iván Nova on the disabled list, the Yankees promoted <mask> to the major leagues on April 27, 2013. He made his major league debut on April 29, pitching three scoreless innings in relief. On May 13, he made his second appearance, his first major league start, in the second game of a doubleheader against the Cleveland Indians.Nuño pitched five scoreless innings and got his first career win. The next day, the Yankees optioned Nuño to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to activate Curtis Granderson from the disabled list. On May 17, 2013, Nuño was recalled back to the New York Yankees MLB roster, following an injury to Andy Pettitte that forced him to the 15-day disabled list. In a relief outing against the Baltimore Orioles on May 21, he recorded his first major league loss after surrendering a lead-off home run to Nate McLouth in the 10th inning. He was again optioned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on May 30, 2013. <mask> was placed on the disabled list in June and missed the remainder of the 2013 season. Nuño competed with Michael Pineda, David Phelps, and Adam Warren for the final spot in the Yankees' starting rotation during spring training in 2014.Pineda won the final spot, and Nuño made the Yankees' Opening Day roster as a relief pitcher. After pitching in relief in three games, Nuño made his first start of the 2014 season on April 20. Nuño started 14 games for the Yankees, going 2–5 while allowing up 15 home runs in 78 innings. Arizona Diamondbacks
On July 6, 2014, Nuño was traded to the Diamondbacks for pitcher Brandon McCarthy. Nuño pitched to a 3.74 ERA as a member of the Diamondbacks' starting rotation, but did not win a game in 14 starts, going 0–7 with the Diamondbacks and finishing the year with a win-loss record of 2–12 and a 4.56 ERA in 28 starts. Nuno began the 2015 season with the Reno Aces of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League. He was promoted to the majors on May 11 and made one appearance before he was optioned to Reno on May 16.Seattle Mariners

On June 3, 2015, the Diamondbacks traded <mask> and Mark Trumbo to the Seattle Mariners for catcher Welington Castillo, reliever Dominic Leone and prospects Gabby Guerrero and Jack Reinheimer. Nuño pitched to a 1-4 record with a 5.08 ERA in ten games started, and a 1.91 ERA in 25 appearances as a relief pitcher. When he won a start on September 9, it was his first major league victory since June 27, 2014, and he broke a string of 44 appearances and 20 starts without a win; his 20-start winless streak had been tied for the longest active streak without a win in the major league's with Atlanta's Shelby Miller. In 2016, the Mariners determined that they would use Nuño solely as a relief pitcher. In 56 appearances, including one
start, he posted a 3.53 ERA in  innings. Baltimore Orioles

On November 6, 2016, the Mariners traded Nuño to the Los Angeles Dodgers for catcher Carlos Ruiz. <mask> and the Dodgers avoided salary arbitration on January 10, 2017, by agreeing to a one-year, $1.125 million contract.On February 19, 2017, he was traded to the Baltimore Orioles for minor league pitcher Ryan Mosley. He elected free agency on October 1, 2017. Tampa Bay Rays
On November 7, 2017, Nuno signed a minor league deal with the Tampa Bay Rays. He began the 2018 season with the Durham Bulls of the International League, and was promoted to the major leagues in May. Nuno ended the season with an earned run average of 1.64 in 33 innings (17 appearances) out of the bullpen. He threw a slider 67.0% of the time, tops in MLB. Washington Nationals
On January 17, 2019, Nuño signed a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals that included an invitation to spring training.He was released on May 27, 2019. Second stint with Rays
On June 3, 2019, the Rays signed Nuño to a minor league deal. He became a free agent following the 2019 season. Toros de Tijuana
On February 18, 2020, Nuño signed with the Toros de Tijuana of the Mexican League. Nuño did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Mexican League season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nuño recorded 11 scoreless innings in 2021 for Tijuana. Los Angeles Dodgers
On June 1, 2021, Nuño signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.He pitched in 18 games (seven starts) for the AAA Oklahoma City Dodgers, with a 6–2 record and a 7.09 ERA. Toros de Tijuana (second stint)
On February 28, 2022, Nuño signed with the Toros de Tijuana of the Mexican League. International career
He was selected Mexico national baseball team at the 2017 World Baseball Classic. On October 29, 2018, he was selected as a member of the MLB All-Stars in the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series. References

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<mask>  (née <mask>; born April 26, 1947) is an American former competition swimmer, activist, and television sportscaster. Biography

Swimming career
In 1960, <mask> qualified for the U.S. Olympic swimming team at age 13. She already held the world record in her signature event, the 400-meter individual medley, but the event would not be added to the Olympic schedule until the 1964 Olympics. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, <mask> swam for the U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×100 freestyle relay, but she did not receive a gold medal because she did not swim in the event final. Four years later at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, after she was well on her way to setting a career total of eighteen world best times and world records, she won the gold medal in the women's 400-meter individual medley. She defeated the second-place finisher by a margin of six seconds and set an Olympic record. She also earned a second gold medal as a member of the world-record-setting U.S. team in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay.<mask> appeared on the covers of Sports Illustrated, Look and Life magazines. In 1964, the Associated Press and United Press International voted <mask> the "most outstanding woman athlete in the world." <mask> retired from swimming and began her career in the male-dominated world of sports broadcasting. Professional life
At the age of 17, she appeared on ABC's Wide World of Sports, becoming the youngest and one of the first women sportscasters for a national network. Her groundbreaking career has earned her an Emmy, two Gracies and the opportunity to cover a wide variety of sports events including 17 winter and summer Olympic games. In 2006, she was inducted into the Museum of Television & Radio's first class of fifty "She Made It" pioneers in media. While <mask> continued to pursue her television career, she also began her work in Washington, D.C. as an activist for sports and fitness opportunities for America's youth.Since her retirement from competitions in 1965, she has served five terms on the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and has been appointed to Presidential Commissions under presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush. A consultant to the United States Senate, <mask> took a leave of absence from her pioneering television career to help with the passage of the 1978 Amateur Sports Act which restructured how Olympic sports are governed in the United States. Subsequently, she was called back to the Senate to consult on amendments to the landmark Olympic legislation and eventually worked to promote and safeguard Title IX of the Equal Education Amendments Act which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any educational institution receiving Federal funding. Named a special advisor to President Clinton's Drug Czar, General Barry McCaffrey, <mask> helped with the establishment and funding for both the United States Anti-Doping Agency and the World Anti-Doping Agency, which are entrusted with eradicating the use of illegal substances to enhance performance in sports. A promoter of women in sport, in the mid-1970s, she joined Billie Jean King in establishing the Women's Sports Foundation. She served as the first President (1979–1984) and subsequently, became the chairman and Honorary Trustee for the Foundation. Under <mask>'s leadership, the Women's Sport Foundation initiated the Hall of Fame Dinner (now the Annual Salute to Women in Sports Awards Dinner), Travel and Training Grants, research projects, a toll-free telephone number and annual visits to Washington, D.C., to educate Congress about Title IX and the importance of providing sport and physical activity opportunities on an equitable basis to both men and women.Over the years, the Foundation has raised more than $30 million to support its programs. From 1997 to 1999, <mask> chaired the organizing committee for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. Recognized as the most successful women's sporting event in history, <mask>, a U.S. Olympic Hall of Famer, is a recipient of the Olympic Order, the highest honor presented by the International Olympic Committee. In 1999, Sports Illustrated for Women ranked her on its list of the "100 Greatest Athletes." She has also been awarded five honorary doctorates and in 2003, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Honors Committee awarded her the Theodore Roosevelt Award. In 2000, <mask> sued ABC Sports for $50 million, saying she was fired because of her sex and age. She filed the lawsuit after working at ABC for over 30 years.The suit was dropped in 2002 when ABC Sports rehired <mask> as an ABC & ESPN liaison for domestic and international sports, plus on-air work for certain events. She said "Filing was the hardest thing I'd ever done. I'd been associated with ABC since I was 14, when I was swimming, and I grew from commentator to producer to adviser to Roone Arledge", the first president of ABC Sports. In the fall of 2007, <mask> completed a documentary as a host, writer, and producer. This was done in observation of the 35th anniversary of Title IX, which was the legislation that outlawed discrimination in school programs, including sports. The CSTV documentary, which won a Cine Golden Eagle Award, focused on the impact of Title IX and how one recipient of a sports scholarship in America has been influential in changing attitudes and customs in the Middle East as well as within the International Olympic Committee. The program featured Morocco's Minister of Sports, Nawal El Moutawakel, who in 1984 became the first Muslim and African woman to win an Olympic gold medal, and in 2012 was elected Vice President of the International Olympic Committee.She was inducted to the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1969. In 2003, <mask> was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York. She also serves on the distinguished Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee (CSAC), which recommends subjects who appear on U.S. postage stamps. She is a 1986 graduate of UCLA and the mother of two children: Joanna Pinto and John David Pinto. <mask> serves on the executive board of Special Olympics International and is a member of the International Olympic Committee's Women and Sports Commission. She is also a board member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame and serves as an adviser to Jordan's Prince Feisal's Generations for Peace Foundation and Tony Blair's Beyond Sport Initiative. Most recently, <mask> was appointed to the United States Department of State's Empowerment of Girls and Women through Sports Council by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.She is also President of DAMAR Productions, a marketing, consulting and events advisory company. She was also the chair of the Athlete Advisory Committee for the 2019 Aurora Games. Activism
In 2020, <mask> along with 300+ women signed a letter to the National Collegiate Athletic Association in support of an Idaho law that bans transgender women student athletes from competing in women's and girls' sports. In 2021, <mask> joined the Women's Sports Policy Working Group, formed in opposition to President <mask>'s Executive Order 13988 that mandates blanket inclusion for all transgender women athletes whose goal is protecting the girls’ and women's competitive categories, while crafting accommodations for trans athletes into sport wherever possible. Personal life
In 1986, <mask> graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Her younger sister is actress-director Joanna Kerns, who played Maggie Seaver on the ABC sitcom Growing Pains. See also

 List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
 List of University of California, Los Angeles people
 World record progression 200 metres individual medley
 World record progression 400 metres individual medley
 World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay

References

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 Image of U.S. Olympic swimmers <mask> and Cathy Ellis, California, 1964.Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. 1947 births
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<mask> (December 5, 1892 – June 23, 1966) was a California lawyer and historian and a historical cartographer of the American West. Early life
<mask> was born in Massachusetts to Congregational Church minister <mask> and Catherine Isabel Pearce on December 5, 1892. In 1898 his parents moved the family to San Francisco, then a few years later moved south near Pasadena. <mask> graduated from Pomona College in 1915 and was admitted to Harvard Law School. In 1917 he served as an ambulance driver during the First World War. Discharged from service, he resumed his education, married Helen Millspaugh on September 22, 1919 and took his LL.B. in 1920.<mask> returned to California, where his legal practice centered on public and private utility law. He joined the California Railroad Commission in 1922, eventually becoming its chief counsel. He returned to private practice in San Francisco in 1929, then served on the legal staff of the Federal Communications Commission between 1936 and 1938. Until 1957 when he retired, <mask> interspersed public appointments with private legal activity. California history contributions
<mask> was a member of San Francisco's elite Bohemian Club and participated activity in its encampments. He also participated in the resurrection of E Clampus Vitus. Through his social activity he was introduced to Henry R. Wagner, who introduced his friend to history and the California Historical Society.<mask> was editor for the Society's journal between 1927 and 1933, which was the year he moved to Los Angeles. <mask> continued to contribute to the California Historical Society Quarterly with such articles as Pioneer Visitors to Death Valley After the Forty-Niners (September, 1939). While in Los Angeles, <mask> served on the publication committee of the Historical Society of Southern California where he published The Forty-Niners in Death Valley: A Tentative Census (1939). In 1949 he published a bibliography of work on the Gold Rush, Books of the California Gold Rush. Frémont-Gibbs-Smith Map

In October 1950, <mask> was elected to membership in the American Antiquarian Society. Around that time, he had begun compiling information for his milestone work: Mapping the Transmississippi West, 1540–1861. In 1953 he rediscovered a copy of the 1847 Frémont map in the collection of the American Geographical Society that bore manuscript emendations by George Gibbs.Gibbs had transferred the data onto the map from an unknown source. The penciled additions showed the travels by western explorer and fur trader Jedediah Smith. <mask> spoke extensively of the map in a paper delivered to the American Antiquarian Society in 1954. With the help of Smith biographer and Bancroft Library historian Dale L. Morgan, <mask> was able to show that the emendations were likely a transcription from a long-lost map by Smith from the late 1820s. The pair released their findings in California Historical Society special publication Jedediah Smith and His Maps of the American West in 1954, the year after Morgan's Jedediah Smith and the Opening of the West (Bobbs-Merrill, 1953) appeared in print. Mapping the Transmississippi West
Mapping the Transmississippi West, 1540–1861, appeared in five folio volumes (the last in two parts) between 1957 and 1963. Written with the research and editorial cooperation of Dale Morgan, the volumes describe unfolding geographic knowledge and important maps of the West's exploration and migration, from the Spanish discovery to the opening of the Civil War.<mask> incorporated and financed the Institute for Historical Cartography as the first volume was going to press in an effort to guarantee publication of the massive volumes and to dodge the onus of self publication. <mask> suffered a stroke in June 1955, which delayed production of his historical cartography. He recovered physically, but in August the same year suffered a second stroke which left him only limited use of his right hand. He dictated much of volumes 2–4 to a secretary, correcting proofs left-handed. In May 1961 <mask> suffered a third stroke that completely incapacitated him. Morgan, who had participated as a confidant and editor for most of the work but remained in the background, produced the two-part fifth and concluding volume from <mask>'s collection of map, map photostats, notes, and his own massive research files. <mask> suffered a fifth, massive stroke in June 1966 and died at home several weeks later.His papers are archived in the Bancroft Library

Honorariums
<mask> served as a Trustee of Pomona College and was awarded an honorary degree from that institution in 1959. The same year, he was awarded the Henry R. Wagner Memorial Award from the California Historical Society. Select publications
The Rocky-Bar Mining Company: An Episode of Early Western Promotion and Finance California Historical Quarterly (1933)

The Maps of the California Gold Region, 1848–1857: A Biblio-cartography of an Important Decade 1942. The Pioneer Press of California (1948)
The first one hundred years of Yankee California : address at the opening of the Library of Congress California centennial exhibit, November 12, 1949 (1949)
 <mask>. <mask>. Books of the California Gold Rush: A Centennial Selection. San Francisco: Colt Press, 1949.<mask><mask>, Mapping the Transmississippi West, 1540–1861, 5 v. in 6. San Francisco: Institute for Historical Cartography, 1957–1963. References

 "<mask> <mask>," Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, (Oct 1966): 222–224. San Francisco Weekly, July 29, 1998. Silke Tudor, "Night Crawler". External links

 Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society
 The Forty-Niners in Death Valley: A Tentative Census

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<mask> (; born September 15, 1980) is a former American football offensive lineman who played his entire career with the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He was the Giants starting left tackle on two Super Bowl championship teams, beating the New England Patriots in both games. He played college football for the University of Illinois. The Giants selected him in the fifth round of the 2003 NFL Draft. Early life
<mask> was born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 15, 1980. He is of Croatian descent on his mother's side, and of German descent on his father's side. When he was younger <mask> and his family frequently visited local Croatian churches and clubs in Chicago.He strengthened his Croatian-American ties after he moved to New Jersey, where the local Croatian community often have him as a visitor. He has the Croatian coat of arms as well as "neuništiv", the Croatian word for indestructible, tattooed on his left arm. High school career
<mask> attended Brother Rice High School in Chicago, where he starred on the football, wrestling, and track teams. He also attended St. Linus Grammar school in Oak Lawn, Illinois. College career
<mask> attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, where he played for the Illinois Fighting Illini football team. He became a second-team All-Big Ten Conference selection as a senior in 2002. Recipient of the Wright Commitment to Excellence Award, presented to the Illinois player who has dedicated himself to academic excellence despite obstacles faced during his collegiate career.Started every game at left offensive guard, registering 91 knockdowns for an offense that featured its first 1,000-yard rusher (Antoineo Harris) and 1,000-yard receiver (Brandon Lloyd) in the same season since 1984. Helped offense total 5,356 yards. In 2001, saw action at both guard and tackle. Registered 56 knockdowns as he participated in 385 plays for an offense that gained 5,041 yards as the line allowed only 16 quarterback sacks (second in the Big Ten). In 2000, was valuable reserve, seeing action in every game at right guard. Made 15 knockdowns as he participated in 43 plays. In 1999: Played in 6 games on the field goal and extra point protection units.He was redshirted as a freshman in 1998. Professional career

2003 NFL Draft

New York Giants (2003–2013)
<mask> was drafted by the Giants in the fifth round of the 2003 NFL Draft with the 160th overall selection. In his rookie season, <mask> started all 16 games, becoming the first Giants rookie to do so since Mark Bavaro in 1985. He was one of 14 NFL rookies to start all 16 games in 2003 and was the only rookie to start at the same position each game during the 2003 season. In 2005, <mask> played another position, starting 15 regular season games at left guard and 1 game at right tackle. That season, Tiki Barber rushed for a franchise-record 1,860 yards, and Eli Manning passed for 3,762 yards, the 5th-highest total in franchise history. The Giants signed <mask> to a six-year, $31 million contract in May 2008.At the end of the 2009 season, <mask> was elected to the 2010 Pro Bowl as a Super Bowl Participant replacement. <mask> moved from left tackle to right tackle following the release of Rich Seubert and Shaun O'Hara and the signing of <mask>. He had started every game of his NFL career until 2010, when he tore his hamstring and suffered a partially dislocated hip. At the end of the 2011 season, <mask> and the Giants appeared in Super Bowl XLVI. He started in the game as the Giants defeated the New England Patriots by a score of 21–17. On August 21, 2013, the New York Giants announced that Diehl will undergo surgery to repair his injured right thumb. The recovery time was expected to be approximately six weeks.On January 24, 2014, <mask> announced his retirement after 11 seasons. Broadcasting
On August 6, 2014, it was announced <mask> had been hired to work as a color analyst for NFL games on Fox. He teamed with Thom Brennaman as the number #4 team on these telecasts for 2014. During the 2015 season, <mask> worked fewer regular season games because former lead college football on Fox analyst Charles Davis took his place alongside Brennaman. (It was supposed to be Donovan McNabb, but he was arrested for a DUI in July 2015, leading Fox to make this change. Joel Klatt replaced Davis on college football telecasts with Davis's former partner, Gus Johnson). <mask> would move two spots down to the number #6 team to team with Dick Stockton and replacing Stockton's former partners Brady Quinn, Kirk Morrison, and McNabb.For the 2016 and 2017 seasons, <mask> moved down to the #7 crew, where he was teamed with Sam Rosen. In 2017, <mask> joined CBS Sports Network as an college football analyst. Personal life

<mask> is of mixed German and Croatian descent. His Croat origins are from his maternal grandparents. His grandmother, Lucija Semanic (born Šamanić) was born in the USA, but was from the town of Krk in the southwestern part of the island Krk in Croatia, while his grandfather, Ante Bekavac, emigrated to United States from Lovreć in Croatia. He has a tattoo of the Croatian coat of arms on his left arm. <mask> stated his favorite tattoo is his Croatian coat of arms.He visited Croatia in June and July 2011, in search of his roots. <mask> played at the University of Illinois, and is a fan of the university's former symbol, Chief Illiniwek. During player introductions on TV, he states his school as "University of Chief Illiniwek." He also has an image of Chief Illiniwek tattooed on his arm. <mask> received the Wellington Mara NFL Man of the Year Award May 22, 2012, at the annual Boys Hope Girls Hope Dinner. On the morning of June 11th 2012, <mask> was arrested for suspicion of drunk driving after hitting several parked cars. <mask> was purportedly watching a Croatian soccer game with friends at a bar in Astoria

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Gionna Jene Daddio (born June 8, 1994) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name <mask>. In 2014, Daddio signed a contract with WWE and was assigned to the WWE Performance Center, later appearing in NXT under the <mask> name. She was promoted to the main roster in 2017 and was paired with Ruby Riott and Sarah Logan to form the stable The Riott Squad. After the stable disbanded in 2019, <mask> became a singles competitor. After a few months of her singles run, she reunited with the returning Riott, who had been out of action for months with a shoulder injury, to reform the Riott Squad, now as a duo rather than a trio due to the release of Logan. <mask> and Riott performed together until Riott's release in 2021. Early life
Gionna Jene Daddio was born in Morristown, New Jersey, on June 8, 1994.She was raised in Elmwood Park, New Jersey. She has four older brothers and a sister; following the death of Daddio's father, her mother raised all six children as a single mother. Daddio is a longtime fan of professional wrestling, and would participate in backyard wrestling with her siblings. She has described the matches as core to start her foray into wrestling:

Daddio was a former competitive cheerleader, and worked and modeled for the restaurant chain Hooters. Professional wrestling career

WWE

NXT (2014–2017)

In 2014, after being discovered at the Joe DeFranco's gym in Wyckoff, New Jersey, Daddio signed a contract with WWE, assigning her to their developmental territory, NXT in October 2014. She made her first televised appearance at the NXT TakeOver: Rival event on February 11, 2015, as a planted fan, who jumped on Tyler Breeze during his ring entrance. She later appeared at NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable on May 20, again as part of Breeze's entrance.In October 2015, she briefly worked under the ring name Marley,<ref name="marley" debuting on the November 4 episode of NXT, where she worked as a jobber losing to Eva Marie. On the December 2 episode of NXT, Daddio made her return under the new ring name <mask>, losing to Emma. On the January 13, 2016, episode of NXT, <mask> competed in a battle royal to determine the number one contender to Bayley's NXT Women's Championship, which was won by Carmella. On the August 17 episode of NXT, she competed in a six-woman tag team match, along with Carmella, and Nikki Cross, in which they defeated Daria Berenato, Mandy Rose and Alexa Bliss. On the August 31 episode of NXT, <mask> picked up her first televised singles win, defeating Aliyah. On the September 14 episode of NXT, <mask> defeated Rachel Fazio in singles competition via submission, and would issue a challenge to the NXT Women's Champion Asuka. The following week, however, <mask> was submitted by Asuka in under a minute, and would afterwards begin a rivalry with The Iconic Duo (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce), with both women confronting her following her match, leading to match between <mask> and Kay two weeks later, with Kay picking up the victory after interference by Royce.On the October 26 episode of NXT, she interrupted a match between Kay and Aliyah by attacking Royce, causing a distraction that allowed Aliyah to defeat Kay. <mask> went on to compete against Royce on the November 16 episode of NXT, which ended in a disqualification after Kay interfered in the match, attacking <mask> and Aliyah until Ember Moon made the save. The three faced off in a six-person tag team match against Kay, Royce, and Daria Berenato on the November 23 episode of NXT, with <mask>'s team coming out victorious. The Riott Squad (2017–2019)

On the November 21, 2017, episode of SmackDown Live, <mask> made her main roster debut alongside Ruby Riott and Sarah Logan, attacking both Becky Lynch and Naomi, establishing themselves as heels in the process. On the same night, they interrupted a match between SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair and Natalya, then proceeded to attack both of them. The following week on SmackDown Live, the trio, now called "The Riott Squad", made their in-ring debuts for the brand, defeating Flair, Naomi, and Natalya in a six-woman tag team match. On January 28, 2018, <mask> participated in the first women's Royal Rumble match at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view as the eleventh entrant, but was eliminated by Michelle McCool.<mask> made her WrestleMania debut at WrestleMania 34, participated in the 20-woman WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal, but failed to win the match. On April 16, The Riott Squad were drafted to Raw brand as part of the 2018 Superstar Shake-Up, and caused the match between Bayley and Sasha Banks to end in a no contest. On the September 24 episode of Raw, <mask> was legitimately knocked unconscious by Brie Bella, when Bella was doing Yes Kicks when two of them connected to her head, <mask> would continue for a bit before being taken out of the match. In the inaugural all women's pay-per-view Evolution, The Riott Squad lost to Natalya, Bayley and Sasha Banks. On January 27, 2019, at Royal Rumble, <mask> participated in the women's Royal Rumble match, only to be the first to be eliminated after lasting 8 seconds, setting the record for the shortest time in the women's Royal Rumble match. <mask> and Logan competed in a six-team Elimination Chamber match for the inaugural WWE Women's Tag Team Championship at the namesake pay-per-view, where they were the third team eliminated by Nia Jax and Tamina Snuka. <mask> competed at WrestleMania 35 in a Women's battle royal match that was eventually won by Carmella.Brand switches (2019–2020)
On April 16, <mask> was moved to the SmackDown brand as part of the Superstar Shake-up, effectively dissolving The Riott Squad in the process. On the July 16 episode of SmackDown Live, <mask> turned face when she confronted Charlotte Flair and faced her in a match, in which <mask> lost by submission. This was her first match outside of house shows since WrestleMania 35 in April. On the October 14 episode of Raw, <mask> was the final overall pick of the year's draft, being drafted back to the Raw brand. Throughout the month of December, vignettes aired promoting <mask>'s return. <mask> returned to television on the December 30 episode of Raw, during Bobby Lashley and Lana's storyline wedding, interrupting the proceedings and professing her love for Lana. After Lana subsequently attacked her, she aligned herself with Rusev, who has been feuding with Lana and Lashley, thus cementing her face turn.<mask> defeated Lana on the January 27, 2020, episode of Raw, doing so once again the following week. After her feud with Lana ended, <mask> entered a feud with her former Riott Squad teammate Ruby Riott who turned on her upon returning. On the March 2 episode of Raw, <mask> defeated Riott with Sarah Logan as the special guest referee. At Elimination Chamber on March 8, <mask> entered her second Elimination chamber match, during which she was eliminated by eventual winner Shayna Baszler. On the WrestleMania 36 pre-show, <mask> defeated Natalya in singles competition. After WrestleMania, <mask> continued her feud with Riott defeating her on the April 20 and 27 episodes of Raw respectively. She would later unsuccessfully go on to face then NXT Women's Champion, Charlotte Flair in a hard-fought battle as well as Natalya respectively.This would turn out to be her last match as singles competitor. Reunion with Ruby Riott (2020–2021)
After <mask> lost to Natalya on the June 22 episode of Raw, Ruby Riott attempted to console <mask> backstage after her loss, which she rebuffed. On the August 3 episode of Raw, Riott asked <mask> to join her in reforming the Riott Squad, only to be interrupted by The IIconics who mocked the two which led to a tag team match where <mask> and Riott defeated The IIconics. At Payback, <mask> and Riott (now officially known as The Riott Squad again) defeated The IIconics and once more the following night on Raw, forcing The IIconics to disband, per stipulation. As part of the 2020 Draft in October, both <mask> and Riott were drafted to the SmackDown brand. She would go on to win a Fatal four-way match during her first night on SmackDown after the Draft to qualify for the women's team at Survivor Series. After Survivor Series, both Riott and <mask> would go on a tag team winning streak.They challenged for a shot at the tag team titles at WrestleMania 37 Night One but failed to win the match. On June 2, 2021, Riott was released by WWE, effectively disbanding The Riott Squad for the second time. Return to singles competition (2021–present)
On the June 4 episode of SmackDown, <mask> returned to singles competition by facing Carmella in a losing effort. The following week, they had a rematch in which <mask> was finally able to defeat Carmella, and later set her sights on the SmackDown Women's Championship. <mask> began to take issue with Sonya Deville for adding Carmella and a returning Zelina Vega to the women's ladder match at Money in the Bank. She defeated Carmella and Vega in singles matches before she took Carmella's spot in the ladder match, with Carmella competing against Bianca Belair for the SmackDown Women's Championship the following week. This was due to Bayley suffering a legitimate injury while training, causing her "I Quit" match with Belair at Money in the Bank to be cancelled.At the event, <mask> was unable to win the match, causing fan backlash. On the September 17 episode of Smackdown, <mask> teamed with Toni Storm to take on Zelina Vega and Carmella. The match would end via countout, which would then lead to <mask> challenging Carmella to a match at Extreme Rules which the former won. As part of the 2021 Draft, <mask> was drafted to the Raw brand. In October, <mask> entered the Queen's Crown tournament, where she lost to Carmella in the first round. On the November 8 edition of Raw, <mask> won a Fatal 5-Way match to earn a Raw Women's Championship match which was held by Becky Lynch. <mask> would then receive her title match against Lynch in the December 6 episode of Raw, where Lynch retained the title.In a rematch at WWE Day 1, Lynch defeated <mask> again. Other media
<mask> made her video game debut as a playable character in WWE 2K19 and later appeared in WWE 2K20 and WWE 2K Battlegrounds. Personal life
In November 2020, Daddio confirmed in a screenshot on Twitter that she had taken up a course to become a real estate agent at the Bob Hogue School of Real Estate. In February 2021, it was revealed that Daddio was in a relationship with fellow wrestler Bo Dallas, with the two living on a farm and starting a real estate business to prepare for life after professional wrestling. Championships and accomplishments
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 Ranked No. 53 of the top 100 female wrestlers in the PWI Women's 100 in 2018

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<mask> (born 1 February 1977) is an English former football coach and  professional footballer who played as a midfielder from 1995 to 2010. Pouton was a product of Newcastle United's youth team but was signed as a professional by Oxford United. He signed on pro terms at the beginning of the 1995–96 season but soon after joined York City where he remained for two years. In 1999, he signed for Grimsby Town where he arguably spent the best years of his career. Pouton notched up 120 league appearances and 12 goals in his four and a half-year stay with the club. In 2004, he was sold to Gillingham but soon after he spent time on loan with Hartlepool United. His time with the Gills was dogged by injury woes and he eventually retired in 2007.A few months after retiring Pouton signed on a semi-professional terms for Dover Athletic and later went on to play for Maidstone United and Sutton United before eventually hanging his boots up permanently in 2010. In 2011, he returned to Maidstone as assistant manager. He left the club in January 2012 as part of budget cuts within the club. Playing career

Oxford United
Pouton came through the youth ranks at Newcastle United, his hometown club, but was not retained, and tried his luck at Oxford United. Again, he was never presented with an opportunity to play during his time there and was released at the end of the 1995–96 season. York City
Pouton was snapped up on a free transfer by York City in time for the 1996-97 season. His debut came early on in the season as a substitute in the 2–1 home defeat against AFC Bournemouth.He produced some good performances in the reserves and was eventually rewarded with his first start in the 3–0 home win against Hartlepool United. Pouton went on to make 25 appearances that season, three of which were in the FA Cup. His first career goal was an 80th minute consolation goal in the 4–2 home defeat to Brentford. The following season saw Pouton firmly establish himself as a tough tackling midfielder, although his over-exuberance led to six bookings that season (to add to the six he had received the previous season). The highlight of the 1997/98 season for Pouton undoubtedly came at Roots Hall in a 4–4 draw with Southend United in which he scored twice. Pouton only scored once the following season, but he managed to pick up nine bookings as he started to pick up a reputation as a tough tackler. Grimsby Town
At the beginning of the 1999-2000 season, Grimsby Town made an approach to take Pouton on loan.Despite not starting a game during his month-long loan spell, Pouton impressed sufficiently in his six substitute appearances to prompt Grimsby to pay £150,000 to secure him on a permanent basis. Upon signing, Pouton became a first team regular and went on to play in the majority of Grimsby's games that season. Surprisingly, in hindsight, Pouton only picked up two bookings that season in 41 games. His first goal for Grimsby (and only goal of the season) was an equaliser at Blundell Park, Pouton volleyed in at the far post after Nicky Weaver parried Lee Ashcroft's cross in a 1–1 draw with Manchester City. Over the next three seasons, Pouton was booked 18 times and sent off twice. Despite his occasional lapses in discipline, Pouton was generally a success at Grimsby, and although he was not noted for his goals, he still managed eleven goals including a hat-trick in the 6–2 home win against Wimbledon (although two of those goals were penalties). He became a cult hero for his Never Say Die attitude, and his repeat step-overs, although he suffered increasing disciplinary problems, missing many games through a combination of injury and suspension.In the 2002-03 season, Grimsby were relegated to Division Two after finishing bottom of Division One. Injury prevented Pouton from playing until December and he only then played five times before leaving the club to free up finances. Gillingham
Gillingham signed Pouton initially on loan, they eventually paid £30,000 to sign him on a permanent basis. Pouton did reasonably well in a season in which Gillingham narrowly survived relegation, staying up by one goal whilst Walsall were relegated instead. The next season was poor by Pouton's standards. He started the season on loan to Hartlepool United, for whom he played six times and scored in the 3–3 draw with Hull City in the Football League Trophy (Hartlepool won 4–1 on penalties). He returned to Gillingham, but only played a handful of games (twelve) as Gillingham were finally relegated.The 2005-06 season was better for Pouton as he re-established himself in midfield. He played in the opening day victory over Colchester United and were it not for a succession of injuries perhaps would have played in more than the 24 games in which he appeared. Injuries continued to bedevil him in the following season, and on 31 January 2007 it was announced that he had opted to retire. Dover Athletic
Pouton came out of retirement in June 2007 to sign on a semi-professional basis for Dover Athletic, however injuries again restricted him in claiming a regular first team place. During his spell at Dover Athletic, Pouton gained two promotions to the Isthmian League Premier Division and then the Conference South. Maidstone United
At the end of the 2008–09 season Pouton decided against signing a new contract with Dover due to work commitments and further travelling. He subsequently signed for fellow Kent side Maidstone United where he was soon appointed vice captain.Sutton United
In late August 2009 Pouton left Maidstone after just four appearances to join Isthmian League Premier Division rivals Sutton United. Pouton made his debut for Sutton on 5 September 2009 against Boreham Wood and played for the rest of the 2009–10 campaign at the Gander Green Lane club before retiring from playing at the end of the season. Coaching career
On 18 March 2011 Pouton was named caretaker assistant manager at Maidstone United, who at the time were 8 points adrift at the bottom of the Isthmian League Premier Division. Pouton joined up with former Maidstone teammate Jay Saunders who had just been given the role of player-caretaker manager at the club. Saunders and Pouton led Maidstone to 5 wins from nine games, and although it was not enough to save Maidstone from relegation, Saunders and Pouton were both awarded their respective roles on a permanent basis on 2 May 2011. Pouton left the Stones in January 2012 following budget cuts at the club. Personal life
Pouton is a keen supporter of Newcastle United.Honours

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Udaya-simha (IAST: Udayasiṃha, r. c. 1204-1257 CE) was an Indian king belonging to the Chahamana dynasty, who ruled the area around Javalipura (present-day Jalore in Rajasthan). The most powerful king of his dynasty, he overthrew the Chaulukya suzerainty, and became a sovereign ruler. However, some years later, he faced an invasion from the Delhi Sultanate, and became a tributary to the Sultan Iltutmish. Early life

Udayasimha was a son of the Chahamana ruler Samarasimha. He had a brother named Manavasimha. His sister Lila-devi married the Chaulukya monarch Bhima II. Multiple inscriptions issued by Udayasimha have been found at Bhinmal: 1205 CE (Jagaswami temple), 1217 CE (Baraji resthouse), 1248 CE (Baraji resthouse) and 1249 CE (Nilkanth Mahadev temple).These mention his title as Maharajadhiraja. Military career

Like his ancestors, Udayasimha served as a feudatory of the Chaulukya rulers of Gujarat in the early part of his reign. During the reign of the Chaulukya ruler Bhima II, the Chaulukyas faced a Yadava invasion from south. Taking advantage of this, three northern Chaulukya feudatories in the Marwar region formed an alliance and rebelled against the imperial rule. These included Udayasimha, Somasimha and Dharavarsha (the Paramara chief of Abu). In the ensuing battle, Udayasimha was wounded by the Chaulukya general Lavanaprasada, but the conflict appears to have ended with an advantage for Udayasimha. The Sundha Mata inscription declares that he could not conquered by the Gurjara (Chaulukya) king.Even the Chaulukya chronicle Kirti-Kaumudi states that Lavanaprasada had to conclude a treaty with the rebels, and return to the troubled Chaulukya capital. Before <mask>'s ascension, his ancestral principality was largely confined to the area around Jalore. <mask> seems to have expanded his territory significantly. According to the Sundha Hill inscription, he ruled Javalipura (Jalor), Naddula (Nadol), Mandavyapura (Mandore), Vagabhatameru (Juna Barmer), Surachanda (Surachand), Ramasainya (Ramseen), Srimala (Bhinmal), and Satyapura (Sanchore), among other places. Historian Dasharatha Sharma theorizes that some of these places, which were earlier a part of the Chaulukya empire, came under Chahamana control while Lavanaprasada was busy fighting the Yadavas. The Sundha Hill inscription further states that Udayasimha put an end to Sindhuraja. D. R. Bhandarkar identified Sindhuraja with a Chahamana ruler of the Lata branch.However, A. K. Srivastava does not find this identification convincing, as Sindhuraja of Lata had been killed by the Yadava king Simhana. According to Dasharatha Sharma, this Sindhuraja might have been a weak ruler of Sindh. Conflict with the Delhi Sultanate

Udayasimha appears to have become a tributary to the Delhi Sultanate at some point, but refused to pay the tribute, leading to a war sometime during 1211-1216 CE. This conflict has been described in the medieval Muslim chronicles, such as the 13th century Taj-ul-Maasir of Hasan Nizami (which mentions <mask> of Jalore as "Udi Sah of Jalewar"), and the 16th century Tarikh-i-Firishta (which calls him "Oodye-Sa of Jalwur or Udi Sah of Jalewar"). Firishta states that the Delhi Sultan Iltutmish marched to Jalore when Udayasimha discontinued the tribute payments. Hasan Nizami mentions that this army included prominent generals such as Rukn-ud-din Hamza, Izz-ud-din Bakhtiyar, Nasir-ud-din Mardan Shah, Nasir-ud-din Ali, and Badr-ud-din Saukartigin. Udayasimha took shelter in the Jalore fort, but surrendered as soon as some bastions of the fort were demolished.The Sultan accepted the surrender in return for a tribute of 100 camels and 20 horses, and then returned to Delhi. In 1221 CE, Iltutmish again launched an offensive against the Hindu rulers of present-day Rajasthan and Gujarat. Lavanaprasada's son Viradhavala and his minister Vastupala organized a confederacy of Hindu rulers, forcing the Delhi Sultan to retreat without a fight. According to the Gujarat chronicle Hammira-mada-mardana, the Chaulukya kingdom was invaded by three enemies: the Turushka (Turkic) ruler Milacchikara (Iltutmish), the Yadava king Singhana, and the Paramara king Devapala. The northern rebel feudatories (including Udayasimha) initially planned to side with the Turushkas, but Viradhavala convinced them to ally with the Chaulukyas. Iltutmish appears to have led another expedition against Udayasimha. According to the 12th century Muslim historian Minhaj-i-Siraj, Iltutmish conquered the Mandore fort in 1227 CE.Mandavyapura or Mandore, according to the Sundha Hil inscription, was in possession of Udayasimha. Several Hindu accounts mention that Udayasimha succeeded against the Turushkas (that is, the Delhi Sultanate). The Sundha Hill inscription credits him with curbing the power of the Turushkas. The 17th century chronicler Muhnot Nainsi states that "Sultan Jalal-ud-Din" attacked Jalore in 1241 CE, but was defeated and forced to retreat. Nainsi quotes a doha according to which the asuras (Muslims) drank water from Sundara lake with their mouths, but Udaya(-simha) took this water out of their wives' eyes in form of tears. The Jain legend in the Puratana-Prabandha-Sangraha collection gives a similar account, but states that the attack was led by a general named Malik Ambar. The Turkic army drank quenched its thirst at Sundara lake, and halted at the Sirana village.There, Rawal (king) <mask> defeated them: Malik Ambar was killed in the battle. The Puratana-Prabandha-Sangraha account goes on to mention that in 1253 CE, Jalal-ud-Din himself marched to Jalore. When the Delhi army damaged the fort using explosives, Udayasimha sent Rajaputra Bapada to negotiate a peace treaty with the invaders. Udayasimha agreed to Jalal-ud-Din's demand of 3,600,000 drammas (coins). Jalal-ud-Din also took as hostage Yashovira, a son of Udayasimha's minister. He then left for Delhi, and Udayasimha repaired the damaged walls of the fort. Since no Sultan named "Jalal-ud-Din" is known to have ruled during Udayasimha's lifetime, historian A. K. Srivastava theorizes that Hindu chroniclers used this name to refer to Iltutmish or one of his sons.Cultural activities

According to the Sundha Hill inscription, Udayasimha was a scholar who was conversant with Bharatamukha-Mahagrantha. According to historian Dasharatha Sharma, this term refers to Mahabharata. A. K. Srivastava, however, identifies it with Bharat's Natya Shastra. He commissioned two Shiva temples at Javalipura. The text Nirbhaya-Bhimavyayoga states that it was composed during his reign. Personal life

Udayasimha and his queen Prahaladava-devi had two sons: Chachigadeva (his successor) and Chamundaraja. According to a 1337 CE Bhinmal inscription, he had another son named Vahadasimha.Udayasimha's daughter married Virama, a son of the Chaulukya general (and later Vaghela king) Viradhavala. This marriage was probably in form of a matrimonial alliance. After Viradhavala's death, his sons Virama and Visala fought for the Vaghela throne. The Vaghela minister Vastupala supported Visala, because of which Virama was forced to flee the Vaghela kingdom. Virama took shelter with his in-laws, but the Chahamanas wanted to maintain good relations with the Vaghelas. Therefore, Udayasimha had Virama assassinated, possibly by his own son Chachigadeva. According to a Jain legend in the Puratana-Prabandha-Sangraha, Udayasimha later asked Visala to pay a tribute.Visala sent expeditions against Udayasimha, but failed to achieve any major success. References

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<mask> (born 24 September 1963) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player. He was previously head coach of Super League clubs, the Catalans Dragons, St Helens, the Bradford Bulls and National Rugby League club the Wests Tigers. As a player, he was a New South Wales State of Origin representative , playing his club football for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (with whom he won the 1984 and 1985 premierships), the St George Dragons (whom he captained, and won the 1991 Dally M Medal with) and the Western Reds. Early life
<mask> was born in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. Playing career

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Canterbury signed <mask> while he was still a student at St. Gregory's, Campbelltown. He made his first grade debut in the round 18 match of 1983 against Eastern Suburbs coming in for the injured Neil Baker. There were 3 referees used in this match when the appointed referee, Mick Stone was injured.He was replaced by the reserve grade referee, Lionel Green, who subsequently was replaced by the Third Grade referee Paul Miller. This was <mask>'s only game of first grade in 1983. In only his second year of first-grade, <mask> became the first fullback to win the Dally M Player of the Year award. He is a member of Canterburys' 1984 Premiership winning team in
their 6–4 win over Parramatta. A second premiership followed when Canterbury defeated St. George, 7–6 in the 1985 Grand Final at the Sydney Cricket Ground. <mask> broke his leg in 1986 and struggled to regain his form at Canterbury. St. George Dragons

He signed with the St. George Dragons in 1989 and later became team captain.In 1991, <mask> won his second Dally M Player of the Year award. He played fullback for the Dragons in the 8-28 Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos in 1992. <mask>'s good form for the Dragons in the back half of the 1992 season saw him in contention for Australia's World Cup Final squad as incumbent Aussie fullback Andrew Ettingshausen was unavailable because of injury, as were Gary Belcher and Dale Shearer. However, the size of the loss to the Broncos may have cost him his chance with Balmain's Tim Brasher and Newcastle's Brad Godden selected for the fullback role instead. The following season <mask> was captain of St. George in their 6–14 loss to Brisbane in the 1993 Grand Final. <mask> retired at the end of the 1993 season but signed to play for one of the four new teams introduced for the 1995 season, the Western Reds, going on to play 21 games for the Perth based team before retiring for good at the end of the 1996 ARL season. Coaching career

Following his retirement as a player in 1996, <mask> started his coaching career as assistant coach for the Super League team, the Bradford Bulls, alongside Matthew Elliott.He remained there until 1999 when he took over the coaching position for the New South Wales Under-17 squad, coaching them to consecutive wins over Queensland. <mask> coached St. George Illawarra's Premier League side for four years before being appointed in February 2006 as head coach for the French rugby league team the Catalans Dragons, succeeding Steve Deakin. <mask> coached the team to the 2007 Challenge Cup Final and in 2008 was named Super League coach of the year. <mask> succeeded Daniel Anderson as head coach of St Helens at the beginning of the 2009 season. He coached St. Helens to the 2009 Super League Grand Final defeat by the Leeds Rhinos at Old Trafford. In May 2010 he announced that he is to leave St. Helens at the end of the 2010 season. In July 2010 <mask> signed a 2-year contract to return to Bradford Bulls, this time as head coach, commencing 2011.Despite the club being placed in receivership in 2012, the team was on the verge of making the semis as <mask> remained as unpaid coach. "I think I served above and beyond what I needed to do there," <mask> said. "I felt obliged to do that. It has made me a better coach. The reasons I want to coach aren't financial but because you love the game." In October 2012, NRL team West Tigers confirmed that <mask> would be the head coach for the 2013 and 2014 seasons. With papers reporting that he had been endorsed by the club's players, <mask> said, "I am very happy to be here, there's not many jobs like this.I have served a long apprenticeship and I think I am ready." After much speculation during the 2014 season, following reports of miscommunication between him and the playing group, as well as continued poor results on the field, it was announced on 17 September 2014 that <mask> would not be extended as a coach.. He had completed two seasons as their coach. He later said, "I found it to be a different club to any club I’d been with. It was a political hotbed. I knew the first day I went in there it was going to be a tough gig. I went in there to coach, not be a politician.It was conflicted." <mask> spent a large part of 2015 coaching the Fiji Under-20s side, and was an assistant coach with the New South Wales under-16s team. In November, it was confirmed that he would be joining the Newcastle Knights as an assistant coach under Nathan Brown. In 2016, along with his role as assistant coach at the Knights, <mask> became the new coach of the Fiji national rugby league team on a deal to the end of the year that would see him coach Fiji in the 2016 Pacific Test against Papua New Guinea, with the Fiji National Rugby League and <mask>, at the end of the year, to discuss extending that into the 2017 Rugby League World Cup. In 2018, <mask> stood down from his role as coach of the Fijian national team. On 2 November 2018, <mask> was announced as an NRL Development Coach at the Parramatta Eels. Fiji coaching record

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<mask> (; born August 11, 1992) is a South Korean kickboxer. He is the current RISE Super Featherweight champion. Kickboxing career

Early career
<mask> made his professional debut against Chung Woo Chee in June 2009, winning the fight by decision. He went on to amass a 7-2 record, including a notable victory over Genji Umeno. On the back of these wins, <mask> was given a chance to fight Samuel Hadzima at Simply The Best 6 for the WKN Intercontinental Lightweight title. He beat Hadzima by decision. RISE Super Featherweight title reign
After this title win, <mask> would go on to win five of his next eight fights, before signing with RISE in 2017.For his promotional debut, <mask> fought Yuki at RISE 118. He won the fight by a second-round knockout. In his next fight, <mask> challenged Koudai Nobe for the RISE Super Featherweight title. He beat Nobe by unanimous decision. <mask>'s winning streak was snapped at RISE 122, as he lost a decision to Hideki. <mask> was scheduled to fight Hikaru Machida at RISE 125. He won by unanimous decision.<mask> extended his winning streak with stoppage wins of Hikaru Machida and Yosuke Morii. He then fought a rematch with Yuki at Rise World Series 2019, and won the rematch by unanimous decision. Losing streak
At the KNOCK OUT 2019 SPRING event, <mask> fought Yodlekpet Or. Pitisak for the KNOCK OUT 135 lbs title. Yodlekpet won the fight by unanimous decision. <mask> then fought Genji Umeno, for the third time in his career, in the semifinal bout of the 2019 RISE World Series. Umeno won the fight by decision.After losing to Kento Haraguchi in September 2019, <mask> fought Suakim PK Saenchaimuaythaigym in December 2019, for the Battle of Muay Thai Super Lightweight title. Suakim won the fight by a third-round TKO. Championships and awards
2015 WKN Intercontinental Lightweight Champion
2017 RISE -60kg Champion
2019 KNOCK OUT Asia Lightweight Tournament Runner-up

Kickboxing record

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| 2019-12-08||Loss||align=left| Suakim PK Saenchaimuaythaigym || BOM 2-6～THE Battle Of Muaythai SEASON II vol.6 || Tokyo, Japan || TKO (Corner Stoppage)|| 3 || 3:00
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| 2019-09-16||Loss ||align=left| Kento Haraguchi || Rise World Series 2019 Final Round || Chiba, Japan || Decision (Unanimous)|| 3  ||3:00
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| 2019-07-21|| Loss ||align=left| Genji Umeno || Rise World Series 2019 Semi Finals || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous)|| 3 || 3:00
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| 2019-04-29 || Loss ||align=left| Yodlekpet Or. Pitisak || KNOCK OUT 2019 SPRING: THE FUTURE IS IN THE RING || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous)|| 5 || 3:00
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