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<mask> (b. Hot Springs, Arkansas, 10/29/1947 - d. Fishersville, Virginia, 11/15/2019) is an American composer. Born into a family of musical amateurs, <mask> began his musical training by studying piano at the age of 6 from his cousin, Barbara Dodson, a local piano teacher and composer. His father, <mask> (of Irish and Anglo-Saxon descent), possessed a fine tenor voice and was a popular gospel-style singer with their county Protestant Church of the Nazarene congregations. While his mother, Laurine H<mask> (of Scottish descent), was an amateur accordionist and pianist. <mask>’s grandfather, <mask>, had also been well known as a congregational song leader (shaped-note tradition) for the rural areas of central Arkansas in the 1930s and 1940s. By age 11 <mask> showed an interest in composing.At the age of 8, he had begun playing trumpet in the elementary band and was taught by the same elementary music teacher as President Bill Clinton, who was a childhood friend. They later both shared another influential music teacher, <mask>, during their years together in the Hot Springs High School Band. In 1964 <mask> played at all-state band under W. Francis McBeth, who would later become his first composition teacher for four years at Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas. <mask> would earn his Bachelor of Music degree there in 1969 in horn performance, education and theory-composition. He studied piano, horn, trumpet, cello and conducting during these years at Ouachita. <mask> later, in 1972, received his Masters of Music degree in composition and conducting at Virginia Commonwealth University. During his years at VCU, <mask> studied briefly with famed African-American composer William Grant <mask>.<mask>'s music has had performances in Austria, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, South America, the United Kingdom and the United States including performances at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Merkin Concert Hall and at numerous new music festivals. His orchestral works have been performed by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and the Richmond Symphony Orchestra. His piano concerto No. 1, "Okeanos", was premiered in 2000 by pianist Eric Ruple with the James Madison University Wind Symphony at the College Band Directors National Association Conference. <mask>'s second piano concerto was commissioned by the Staunton Music Festival (Virginia) and had its premiere there at the Blackfriars Playhouse in 2004, with the composer conducting. In 2006, the James Madison University Wind Symphony premiered his "Variations on a Theme from 'L'oiseau de feu'". <mask> has composed four symphonies; three piano concerti; a trumpet concerto; sonatas for piano, violin, and cello; works for wind ensemble; and various other chamber works, including two song cycles.In 1973 he studied composition with George B. Wilson, University of Michigan at Interlochen. <mask> received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. in 1983. From 1981 to 1985 he did four years post-doctoral composition study at Southern Methodist University with Donald Erb, and one year of study at the University of Texas, Austin with the American expatriate French composer, Eugene Kurtz, of Jobert publications, Paris, France. In 1973, during his years working at the Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, Michigan, <mask> was encouraged by <mask>, then conductor of the Nashville Symphony, by his requesting him to compose a work for the Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra. This was <mask>'s "The Grand Traverse: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra", which was premiered at Interlochen's Corson Auditorium by the orchestra in 1975 with Byron Hanson conducting and <mask> on solo trumpet. In 1981 <mask> was awarded a summer residency position and commission from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. His first symphony was chosen in an American Orchestra League competition for premiere by <mask> for the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra in 1989.<mask> has won annual ASCAP Awards, a commission from the International Horn Society and the first-place award in the Virginia Music Teachers Association's commissioned composer contest for 1992. President Bill Clinton requested <mask> to compose a fanfare for his first inauguration in 1993. The Far East and Asian music have had a profound influence upon his life and composing. <mask> studied and played in Cornell University's Javanese gamelan under the leadership of Jennifer Lindsay. In 1995, <mask> was given an Artistic Fellow residency grant by the Japan Foundation in Tokyo, studying shakuhachi with Christopher Yohmei Blasdel and gagaku in Nara at the Kasuga Shrine. He resided in Tokyo, Koto-Ku district, Fukagawa area. In 1996 he studied Indian and Balinese music in California.Two years later, <mask> was granted a Senior Fulbright Award to teach and compose in Hong Kong for 1998-99. He has lived parts of 12 years in Japan. During his years there, in addition to studying Japanese traditional music, he practiced Zen Buddhism (zazen in Nara). He is both a Buddhist and a Christian. <mask> is also a follower of "Eastern religions". He is a member of the Episcopal Church (U.S.) since 1986. <mask> is married to Japanese abstract artist Mineko Yoshida.<mask> has served on the music faculty at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, National Music Camp (1967–1990), Cornell University, and Washington State University. He taught music composition for 14 summers at the Interlochen Arts Camp (formerly the National Music Camp), and for three years was on the faculty and administrative staff of the Interlochen Arts Academy, during which time he founded and conducted their first contemporary music group "The 20th-Century Chamber Players". At Cornell, <mask> was the conductor of the Cornell Chamber Orchestra and Assistant Conductor of the Cornell Symphony under Edward Murray. He retired from teaching in 2013 and is Emeritus Professor of Music and former Resident Composer at the School of Music of James Madison University. Among <mask>'s teachers include Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Karel Husa, Donald Erb, W. Francis McBeth, Robert Moffat Palmer, George B. Wilson, William Grant <mask> and Ned Rorem (Pulitzer Prize, 1976). In addition, he has attended masterclasses with Ezra Laderman, Alan Hovhaness, Włodzimierz Kotoński, George Crumb, Homer Keller, Milton Babbitt, <mask>, <mask>, Paul Creston and Olivier Messiaen. He earned a doctorate in Music Composition from Cornell University at Ithaca, New York in 1983.Numbered among his students is Joel McNeely, a noted film composer for Disney studios and George Lucas. Other students include <mask> Dam (founder of the band Everything), David Castle (songwriter), Terry Vosbein (composer/arranger/educator), Larry Clark (Vice Pres., Editor-in-Chief, Carl Fischer Music), Evan Duffy, and Butch Taylor (formerly of the Dave Matthews Band). The Augsburg Mozartfest commissioned <mask> to complete one of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's unfinished manuscripts, one for violoncello and cembalo that had been started in 1782, the year Mozart married. <mask> completed the manuscript fragment in the style of Mozart and added his own set of variations from the fragments. This set was premiered May 2004, in Augsburg, Germany, by cellist James Wilson and pianist Carsten <mask>. On January 31, 2007 a concert of <mask>'s music was presented at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which included the Washington, D.C. premiere of his second piano concerto performed by guest pianist Carsten <mask> of Sarah Lawrence College. In 2010 the James Madison University orchestra, with Lori Piitz, performed a movement of his Third Piano Concerto in the new Forbes Performing Arts Center on the campus of James Madison University.Also they have premiered his Eleison for large women's chorus and harps, 2 pianos, four cello and four doublebasses. The text made use of English, Greek and Hebrew. In 2013 the university sponsored a special celebratory concert in his honor which was attended by 30 former composition students, and performed mostly by JMU current music majors. Since retiring, <mask> has completed a commission for the World Saxophone Congress for premiere in France in 2015. He adjudicated for the Washington International Composition competition and has taught as a substitute at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. References

James Madison University. Press release, January 23, 2007.Resident Composer Hilliard's Music at Kennedy Center Jan. 31

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<mask> (born 23 September 1953) is a Norwegian football manager for Rosenborg BK, and most recently managing the Denmark national football team. In his playing career, he played for Hødd and Molde in Norway as well as Manchester City and Norwich City in England. <mask> was capped 50 times playing for Norway. As a coach, <mask> has won league titles in all of the Scandinavian countries, In Sweden with Helsingborgs IF in 1999 and with Malmö FF in 2014, in Denmark with Brøndby in 2001–02 and in his native Norway with Rosenborg in 2003. <mask> was in charge of the Norway national team from 2003 to 2008. Playing career
During his playing career, <mask> played for Hødd, Molde, Manchester City and Norwich City. He was also an active player for the Norway national team from 1976 through 1986, scoring five goals in 50 matches.Coaching career
As a coach <mask> has won three European countries' national league championships, namely that of Denmark, Sweden and his native Norway, making him the only coach to have won the league in three Scandinavian countries. Other coaches who have won league titles in three countries include fellow Scandinavians Trond Sollied and Sven-Göran Eriksson, while Ernst Happel, Giovanni Trapattoni, José Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti have won championships in four countries. Early managerial career
In the mid-1990s, Norwegian millionaires Kjell Inge Røkke and Bjørn Rune Gjelsten were reportedly interested in bringing <mask> back to Manchester City as manager if their bid to take over the club was successful, but the takeover bid failed and <mask> never returned to the club. When the pair tried to take over Leeds United around the same time, it was once again reported that <mask> would be installed as manager if the takeover bid succeeded, but this bid too failed and <mask> was never put in charge at Elland Road. However, the pair finally succeeded in a takeover bid for fellow English Premier League club Wimbledon in June 1997, and <mask> appeared all set to become the new manager of the club in a move that would have ousted the incumbent Joe Kinnear. But this never happened either. Norway
<mask> was employed as the coach of the Norway national football team at the end of 2003, replacing Nils Johan Semb, after one season as coach of Rosenborg BK.On 8 December 2008, after having failed to take Norway to any international tournaments, and having had a bad start to the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, <mask> resigned from his position as national team coach of Norway. On 9 December 2008 <mask> announced that he was stepping down as coach of the Norway national team. Viking
On 10 June 2009 it was announced that he wouldbe coaching Örgryte IS. On 1 December 2009 the former Norway national team head coach left the Swedish club to join Viking FK, from Stavanger to replace Uwe Rösler. Following Egil Østenstad resignation as director of football in Viking, Viking announced in September 2011 that <mask> would be manager of Viking, and that Josep Clotet Ruiz would be hired as coach from the 2012-season onwards, similar to the organization English clubs and Molde have, with Ole Gunnar Solskjær as manager and Mark Dempsey as coach. Viking finished 9th in 2010, Hareide's first season, and 11th in 2011. With the team positioned on 10th place on 9 June 2012, <mask> was released by Viking FK because of the bad results.Second spell at Helsingborg
Following Conny Karlsson's resignation in Helsingborgs IF, the club hired <mask>, the last coach who won Allsvenskan with Helsingborgs IF, except Karlsson, as head coach until the end of the 2012 season. Malmö FF
Hareide was brought out of retirement from his managerial career by being appointed as the new manager of the reigning Swedish champions Malmö FF on 9 January 2014. He had immediate success at the club as he led the team to defend their Allsvenskan title and qualify for the group stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League in his first season. For this successful season <mask> was awarded Allsvenskan manager of the year. He was also nominated for coach of the year at Svenska idrottsgalan. Denmark
On 10 December 2015, <mask> was announced as the new manager of the Denmark national football team replacing Morten Olsen, who had stepped down following the UEFA Euro 2016 qualification. <mask> began his new job on 1 March 2016.In November 2017, he managed his Denmark team to qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. This was achieved with a 5-1 aggregate play-off win over Ireland. <mask> was the Danish coach at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. One month before the beginning of the competition, he said of the French national team, which Denmark was to play in the first round: "The great nations at the World Cup are the best, but not France." Most great nations of football performed poorly, while France won the tournament. <mask> managed Denmark to a 2nd place in the group, but Denmark was eliminated in the round of 16 in a penalty shootout against Croatia. <mask> continued as manager of in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying.Under his leadership Denmark qualified for the UEFA Euro 2020. It was revealed that Kasper Hjulmand would replace him as manager of the Danish team following the tournament. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the tournament was postponed, and <mask>'s contract expired. When he left he had not lost for the last 34 games, and his last defeat was on 11 October 2016 against Montenegro. Rosenborg
In August 2020, he became the head coach of Rosenborg BK for a second tenure. Media career
He resigned as the Norway national team coach then worked as an expert Norwegian Premier League commentator for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Statistics

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1 Only competitive matches are counted.2 For these earlier statistics, only league matches are collected. Honours

Manager
Molde FK
Norwegian Football Cup: 1994

Helsingborgs IF
Allsvenskan: 1999
Svenska Cupen: 1997–98

Brøndby IF
Danish Superliga: 2001–02

Rosenborg BK
Tippeligaen: 2003
Norwegian Football Cup: 2003

Malmö FF
Allsvenskan: 2014
Svenska Supercupen: 2014

Individual
Allsvenskan Manager of the Year: 2014

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<mask> (January 24, 1749 – October 12, 1828) was an American physician who was involved in the events surrounding the writing of the national anthem of the United States. <mask> was a Maryland resident, and upon the British invasion of Maryland during the War of 1812 offered British commanders the use of his home. However, Beanes arrested British deserters who had taken to ransacking local farms in search of food, an act which led to his arrest and detention by the British. Upon news of his arrest become known, a group of Americans led by lawyer Francis Scott Key visited the British to negotiate his release. Upon receiving confirmation of the good character of <mask>, the British released him. During their return home, the group was made to wait in a boat in the Chesapeake Bay at Baltimore for the outcome of a battle at nearby Fort McHenry. The American victory inspired Key to pen Defence of Fort M’Henry about the battle and its outcome.That poem ultimately became the national anthem of the United States, "The Star-Spangled Banner". Early life and education

The first Beanes family member in America was <mask>, a Scotsman who immigrated to the colony of Maryland in 1671. He married Ann Brooke. Their second child was named <mask>, the first generation born in America. He married Elizabeth and their first child was also named <mask>. This <mask> married Mary Bowie. They had a son named <mask>, who is the subject of this biography.He was born near Croome in Prince George's County, Maryland on January 24, 1749. Little is known of his childhood except that he was of Scottish descent. Throughout his life he spoke with a pronounced Scottish accent. Beanes' parents were wealthy and owned large parcels of land in Prince George's County. As a result, Beanes grew up in an affluent environment of luxury. He may have received his basic education from a local public school and further medical education from a tutor. It is known that he obtained his initial medical education from one of the experienced medical practitioners in the town where he lived as there was no medical college in America at the time.Beanes began to practice medicine when he felt he was educated enough and qualified to do so. Marriage and later life
Beanes married Sarah Hawkins Hanson on November 25, 1773. She was the niece of John Hanson, (1721–1783), later of Frederick, Maryland. Hanson became the first president of the Confederation Congress of the United States and it has been argued that he was the first President of the United States. Politics and career
Beanes supported Boston's position in the resistance to the Coercive Acts of excessive governing by the British. He was one of the committee of Prince Georgians who put into effect in the thirteen American colonies the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress. He offered his medical services at the first General Hospital in Philadelphia after the Battles of Lexington and Concord.There he also attended to soldiers wounded at the Battle of Brandywine, the Battle of Long Island, and during the encampment at Valley Forge. Beanes bought land just outside Upper Marlboro, Maryland, in 1779, where he built a house and began practicing medicine. He also farmed there and owned a local grist mill. In the later 18th century, <mask> was a respected medical doctor and distinguished scientist with an excellent reputation. In 1799, he was a founder of the Medical and Chirurgical (Surgical) Faculty of Maryland—today known as The Maryland State Medical Society (MedChi)—with John Archer and his son Thomas Archer. War of 1812
Beanes played a part during the War of 1812. In the summer of 1814, a British fleet of ships and barges in the Chesapeake Bay sailed up the Patuxent River, landing several regiments of soldiers near Benedict, Maryland, and fighting the Battle of St. Jerome Creek.They marched to the county seat of Upper Marlboro, which was about  east-southeast of Washington, D.C., the fourteen-year-old national capital. The town was mostly deserted except for <mask>, one of its most prominent citizens. He offered British General Robert Ross and Royal Navy Admiral Sir George Cockburn use of his house as their headquarters from August 22 until the afternoon of August 23. This led Ross to believe <mask> was sympathetic towards the British. There was also no resistance to them in town, which reinforced Ross' newfound belief. The British continued their march to Washington and entered Bladensburg, Maryland, which was about  east of Washington. There, on August 24, 1814, they encountered American emplacements that led to the Battle of Bladensburg,  northeast of the Capital along the upper eastern branch stream of the Anacostia River.After a clear British victory, they continued to Washington and burned most of the city's public buildings, including the White House, the Capitol building, the Navy Yard, and other Federal buildings and structures in retaliation for the earlier American Burning of York, the capital of Upper Canada (also known as Toronto, capital of the Province of Ontario) the year before. On the return trip to their ships, they stopped briefly again at Upper Marlboro. Some British deserters ransacked several small farms in the area in search of food. Robert Bowie, the 11th Governor of Maryland, who was a farmer and owned farmland in the area, decided to take matters into his own hands and do something about the ransacking. He got help from Beanes who convinced Dr. <mask> and Philip Weems to participate. They arrested a few deserters and took them to the Prince George's County jail. One escaped and returned back to the British ships in southern Maryland and told Ross about the arrests.Ross was furious at thinking he was misled by Beanes' earlier hospitality and that it had perhaps just been a trick for spying on British activities. The marauders may have lied and accused Beanes of eagerness to spy, so Ross immediately ordered his arrest along with Bowie and four others. Beanes, Bowie, Hill and Weems were seized shortly after midnight the following day. After the soldiers had turned them over, Ross and Cockburn soon released Bowie and the others since it was determined after interrogation they were not spies. However, Beanes was taken back to the H.M.S. Tonnant as a possible spy. Brigadier General <mask>. Winder, (1775–1824), commander of the Ninth Military District in the area, in a letter dated August 31 protested the action:

"Star-Spangled Banner"
Friends of Beanes went to Francis Scott Key, a lawyer in Georgetown, (and later in Frederick, Maryland), for help to obtain the release of the elderly doctor.Key got permission from President James Madison, who also sent John Stuart Skinner the U.S. Prisoner Exchange Agent for the region, to do so. They took one of Skinner's flag of truce vessels, a Chesapeake Bay cartel, the Minden, and set out to locate the British fleet in the Chesapeake Bay. Skinner and Key reached the British flagship of Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane. They met with Ross, who refused to release Beanes. Skinner knew Beanes had a good reputation, so collected letters from wounded British soldiers left behind after the Battle of Bladensburg detailing how well the Americans had treated them and the excellent medical treatment provided by Beanes. Skinner gave Ross the letters. Ross reconsidered and released Beanes.Skinner, Key and Beanes were allowed return to the Minden. However, they could not sail back to Baltimore, but were held  offshore from Fort McHenry until the outcome of the Battle of Baltimore was decided. The trio had learned too much about British forces and their plans to attack on Baltimore to be allowed to go free. The Minden was tied to a British ship in the Chesapeake Bay and guarded by British soldiers until after the battle. It began the morning of September 13, 1814, and the three men watched it from their ship. There was a large flag at Fort McHenry visible to them, however, smoke from British gunfire, cannons, Congreve rockets and nightfall eventually obscured it from their view. When morning came on September 14, they saw the flag was still flying.The British had not taken Fort McHenry, had broken off the attack during the night, and were retreating. The British released Skinner, Key, and Beanes, who arrived in Baltimore on September 16. Key was inspired to write a poem about the event on the back of a letter which ultimately became the "Star-Spangled Banner". Beanes was the incidental cause leading Key to write the poem. Alternative viewpoints
Some historians think the name of the sloop/cartel that Key, Skinner and Beanes were on when they viewed the Battle of Baltimore was The President. A letter dated "Washington, 1856" from Chief Justice R. B. Taney, brother-in-law of Francis Scott Key, to Judge Joseph Hopper Nicholson states that Key, Skinner and Beanes were transferred from the British vessel Surprise to their own unnamed "flag of truce" vessel usually employed as a cartel. They then viewed the battle and Key immediately jotted down the poem's lines before being released by the British to return to land.Still another report about a Mrs. George H. Pendleton (daughter of Key) says Key wrote the poem on September 14, from an unnamed American vessel but not the British vessel Surprise. Still other reports say the ship HMS Minden was not involved in the Battle of Baltimore but was as far away as Java. The Boston Daily Globe reports in 1886:

A letter by one of Key's brothers-in-law, a Judge Taney, says in part as reported by the Pennsylvania Magazine 1898 pp. 22–3:

The letter goes on to say:

According to the Maryland Historical Society, upon Beanes' release from the British, he, along with Skinner and Key, were put on the sloop Minden on or about September 8 to sail up Chesapeake Bay toward Baltimore. British soldiers guarded them as they sailed with a fleet of some forty vessels intending to attack Fort McHenry. The Minden had its sails removed and the British frigate Surprize towed it. The British fleet arrived at Baltimore between September 11 and 13.The battle of Fort McHenry began during the early morning hours of September 13. When Key saw the next morning that the flag was still flying after a fierce battle he was inspired on the Minden to write on the back of a letter the poem "To Anacreon in Heaven", which ultimately became the "Star-Spangled Banner". Later life and death
<mask> spent the remainder of his life on Academy Hill in Upper Marlboro. He died there on October 12, 1828; his wife preceded him on July 15, 1822. They are buried at their home in the garden. Footnotes

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1828 deaths
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People from Maryland in the War of 1812
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<mask> (born March 12, 1955) is a former Major League Baseball center fielder. He was the first player selected in the 1976 Major League Baseball expansion draft by the Seattle Mariners. Kansas City Royals
<mask> was born in Dallas and moved to California as a pre-teen. He played baseball, basketball and football at Berkeley High School in Berkeley, California, earning all-East Bay honors in each sport. He received scholarship offers to play football at Arizona State University, Oregon State University and the University of California, but opted to focus on baseball as he considered himself a better outfielder than wide receiver. He was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the third round of the 1973 Major League Baseball draft. After three seasons in their farm system, in which he batted .287 with 38 home runs and 173 runs batted in, <mask> went into Spring training 1976 competing for the open outfield job in right field.Though he had a decent Spring, he was beaten out by Tom Poquette, and reassigned to triple A Omaha just as the regular season was set to begin. After batting .262 with nineteen home runs and 73 RBIs in half a season with the Omaha Royals, <mask> earned a call up to the majors for the second half of the 1976 season. He was the hero of his second major league game, going two-for-five and driving in three runs to lead the Royals to an 8–3 victory over the Chicago White Sox. For the season, he batted .216 with one home run and seven RBIs as a fourth outfielder and left-handed bat off the bench. Seattle Mariners
Royals manager Whitey Herzog called <mask> one of the top three prospects in his team's organization, and realized that they were likely to lose <mask> when he was left unprotected in the 1976 expansion draft. However, given the amount of young talent in the organization, <mask> did not fit the team's future plans, and was thereby left unprotected. Actor Danny Kaye, who was part owner of the Seattle Mariners called <mask>' name as the first overall pick in the expansion draft.<mask>' power and range in center field immediately made him a fan favorite in Seattle. He was batting .256 with seventeen home runs and fifty RBIs at the All-Star break to be named the first ever All-Star representative of the club at the 1977 game. He ended the season at .263 with 24 home runs and 76 RBIs to be named the 1977 Topps Rookie All-Star center fielder. On May 16, 1978, <mask> tied a major league record for outfielders with twelve putouts in an extra innings game against the Detroit Tigers. His 1978 season was interrupted by an appendectomy in mid June. He returned in late July, but managed just a .214 batting average the rest of the way. For the season he batted .235 with six home runs and 46 RBIs.He returned healthy in 1979, and established career highs in runs (109), hits (166), triples (9), RBIs (78) and stolen bases (33) while playing a full 162 game schedule. Following the season, he was traded to the New York Yankees with pitcher Jim Lewis for Rick Anderson, Jim Beattie, Juan Beníquez and Jerry Narron. He left the Mariners with the club record for most runs scored in a season (109 in 1979) and he is tied for club records for runs and walks in a game. New York Yankees
<mask> was batting .223 with nine home runs and 42 RBIs playing center and batting second in the Yankees' line-up when he separated his shoulder on August 25, 1980 crashing into the outfield wall in Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum chasing a Tony Armas fly ball. The Yankees won 103 games that season to win the American League East, however, <mask> was unable to appear in the post-season as his injury required season ending surgery. He sued A's owner Charlie Finley after the season. At one point during the Winter Meetings, <mask> was rumored to be heading to the Boston Red Sox in a rare Yankees–Red Sox deal.However, following the Yankees' signing of Dave Winfield as a free agent, the deal fell through. Instead, he was dealt to the San Diego Padres the following Spring with Joe Lefebvre, Tim Lollar and Chris Welsh for Jerry Mumphrey and John Pacella. San Diego Padres
The Padres finished in last place in both halves of the strike shortened 1981 season. For his part, <mask> batted .249 and tied for the team lead with 53 runs scored. He was batting .312 with eleven home runs and fifty RBIs at the 1982 All-Star break to earn the second All-Star nod of his career. He was the Padres' sole representative despite the fact that San Diego was in second place in the National League West at the time. In his only at-bat, he led off the third inning with a triple, and scored on a Pete Rose sacrifice fly.<mask> was a fan favorite on the 1982 Padres, and Padre Yellow "Rupe's Troops" T-shirts were a frequent sight during the season. <mask> appeared in 133 games for the Padres in 1983, the fewest he'd played in a full season uninterrupted by injury. He was a free agent at the end of the season, and when the Padres acquired Carmelo Martínez from the Chicago Cubs at the Winter meetings, <mask> became expendable. Detroit Tigers
<mask> spent Spring training 1984 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, but failed to make the club. A week into the season, he signed with the Detroit Tigers. He began the season assigned to triple A with the Evansville Triplets; a .313 batting average, nine home runs and 45 RBIs earned him a call up to the majors by the beginning of June. He spent the rest of the season platooning with Larry Herndon in left field and occasionally spelling a day off for Chet Lemon in center.Perhaps his most indelible moment of his season in Detroit came on June 24, when he cleared the right field roof of Tiger Stadium with a shot off Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Tom Tellmann. For the season, <mask> batted .284 with 37 RBIs and nine home runs. Six of which came at Tiger Stadium to earn him the nickname "Rooftop" <mask>. The 1984 Tigers won 104 games and coasted into the post-season. <mask> went hitless in eight at-bats in the American League Championship Series and World Series (in which he faced off against the Padres), winning the Series with the Tigers. He became a free agent at the end of the season. The Tigers believed that he was a part-time player at this stage of his career, and were only willing to pay him as such.After some bitter negotiation between <mask> and the Tigers organization, he signed with the California Angels. California Angels
<mask> served as a fourth outfielder and designated hitter his first season in California. His 21 home runs were second only to Reggie Jackson. He and Jackson switched roles in 1986, with Jackson assuming DH duties and <mask> earning most of his playing time in right field. The Angels won the American League West that year, earning <mask> his second trip to the post-season, but lost the 1986 American League Championship Series to the Boston Red Sox in heart-breaking fashion. <mask> collected three hits in the ALCS, scoring four runs and driving in two. His role became far more diminished in 1987 as he didn't even log his first plate appearance until the eighth game of the season.He ended up with eight home runs and 28 RBIs in just 213 plate appearances. 1988 season
<mask> was invited to the Milwaukee Brewers' Spring training camp in Tucson, Arizona as a non-roster invitee in 1988. Though he hit well, he failed to make the club. He signed a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers in the beginning of May, and earned American Association "Player of the Week" honors his second week with the Oklahoma City 89ers. His stay in Oklahoma City, however, was brief. After fifty games, he left for Japan, signing with the Hanshin Tigers. He returned to Oklahoma City in 1989, but with a torn rotator cuff and a torn labrum, he called it quits after 27 games.Personal life
<mask> is divorced from the mother of his daughter and son (Gabrielle and Ranon <mask>), and has been married to his second wife, Betty, since 1997. He now lives in Rancho Bernardo, California, a suburb of San Diego, California, and works with The Boon Group, a third-party administrator that sells employee benefits and administrative services to government contractors. He and former major league pitcher Dave Stewart coach the Easton A's, a San Diego-based Travel Ball Team for ages thirteen and fourteen. References

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<mask> (born April 23, 1940) is an American politician and a Civil Rights leader. He was elected as the first elected African-American Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee. He was subsequently re-elected to an unprecedented five consecutive terms. During his tenure, <mask> worked to bridge the deep racial divide in Memphis. Under his leadership, the city experienced an economic boom that put it on solid financial footing, resulted in the redevelopment of downtown and the arrival of professional sports teams: the Memphis Grizzlies and Memphis Redbirds. <mask> ran for a sixth term as Memphis mayor in 2019, but lost to incumbent Jim Strickland. Biography
<mask> was born to Ruby Lee Harris in Memphis, Tennessee.Raised by a single mother, <mask> was encouraged at a young age to pursue his dreams of becoming a Golden Gloves boxer. Known as a driving force in his life, Ruby Harris fostered her son's passion for education; eventually leading to <mask> graduating from Le Moyne-Owen College with a bachelors of science in Elementary Education and from the University of Memphis (formerly Memphis State) with a masters in Educational Administration. However, segregation forced <mask> to leave Memphis to attain his doctorate in education at Southern Illinois University. Dr. <mask> served as the first African-American superintendent of Memphis City Schools for 12 years and the first elected African-American mayor of Memphis, Tennessee for 17 years. His constituents often referred to him as "<mask>", after he was televised saying he didn't care whether Memphians voted for him or not- and still won the race. Scandal ensued when he started a second chance program for first time offenders, allegedly connected to his relationship to a female felon. Local news covered this extensively.From Teacher to Superintendent
After graduating from Le Moyne-Owen, <mask> began working at Memphis City Schools as a fifth-grade teacher in Memphis. During the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike, <mask> marched in solidarity with the sanitation workers; however, the choice to march with Martin Luther King, Jr. and wear the sign declaring "I AM A MAN" resulted in threats of termination and ostracization from school district leadership and fellow teachers. But in 1969 <mask> was appointed principal of Bethel Grove Elementary and at 28 became the youngest principal ever hired in Memphis. Three years later, he completed his Ph.D. degree at Southern Illinois University. A year after returning from the Rockefeller Foundation Superintendent Training Program, Dr. <mask> became the Deputy Superintendent of Memphis City Schools. In 1979, <mask> became the first African-American superintendent of the Memphis Public Schools. During Dr. <mask>'s 12-year tenure as MCS superintendent, ambitious programs aimed at creating opportunities and services to disadvantaged youth, as well as expanding teacher freedoms, were implemented.However, he was mired in controversy after accusations of sexual harassment from a female teacher surfaced in 1988, leading to his divorce, an admission of an affair, and an out-of-court settlement. Further criticism of his performance as superintendent, as well as an impending mayoral campaign, led him to resign in 1991. 1991 Mayoral Election and Tenure as Mayor
In April 1991, more than 3000 predominantly African-American citizens of Memphis gathered in the Mid-South Coliseum and selected Dr. <mask> as the consensus candidate for the 1991 mayoral election. On October 3, Dr. <mask> became the first African-American to be elected mayor of Memphis. <mask> won his first term by defeating incumbent mayor Richard Hackett in 1991 by 146 votes. In earlier history, an African-American had never been appointed to the position. <mask> went on to be reelected five consecutive times.He was elected to his fifth term in office on October 4, 2007. <mask> was selected to the long list for the 2008 World Mayor award; however, he was not selected for this honor. End of Tenure as Mayor
On March 20, 2008, <mask> announced that he would be stepping down from his position as Memphis' mayor, effective July 31, 2008. This move angered many politicians in the city including Councilwoman Carol Chumney, a candidate he beat for mayor of Memphis in October 2007. He made this announcement just a little over 90 days after his re-election. <mask> stated his early departure was to seek the position again of superintendent of Memphis City Schools, dispelling speculation that he was stepping down because of a run for Congress or impending legal troubles from an ongoing criminal investigation at City Hall. He later stated that he would not leave the office of mayor unless he got the position as the superintendent of schools.<mask> said that he ran for re-election only in order to protect the city of Memphis from the other main candidates, Herman Morris and Councilwoman Carol Chumney. When the day came, <mask> failed to step down as Mayor and said he would serve out his term until 2011. In April 2009, however, <mask> formed an exploratory committee to run in the 2010 US Congressional Election for the 9th District of Tennessee, presumably in the Democratic primary against incumbent Steve Cohen. On June 25, 2009, <mask> announced his resignation as Mayor, effective July 10. On July 6, he announced that he would delay his retirement until July 30. He resigned from office on July 30, 2009. Memphis City Council Chairman Myron Lowery was appointed as mayor pro tempore.2010 Democratic Primary
In 2010, <mask> announced that he would run against Congressman Steve Cohen in the Democratic Primary for Tennessee's 9th congressional district—a historically majority African-American and heavily Democratic district. In September 2009, <mask> attracted controversy with his statement in a radio interview that Congressman Steve Cohen "really does not think very much of African-Americans" and that "[Cohen]'s played the black community well." <mask>'s campaign manager Sidney Chism, who is also African American, told the New York Times that the Memphis-area congressional seat Cohen holds "was set aside for people who look like me. It wasn't set aside for a Jew or a Christian. It was set aside so that blacks could have representation." The National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) criticized <mask> for these remarks, stating that his comments were "unacceptable in a Democratic primary or anywhere in our political discourse." Despite <mask>'s attempts to isolate Cohen from the African-American voting demographic, Cohen received endorsements from both President Barack Obama and the Congressional Black Caucus.Cohen won the Democratic primary election, and <mask> gained only 20% of the vote. 2019 Mayoral Race
On April 5, 2018 Dr. <mask> announced his intention to run for mayor of Memphis for a 6th term. Just over a year later, <mask> kicked off his 2019 campaign with several hundred supporters at a rally at his campaign headquarters. At the kickoff, <mask> told supporters that he intended to complete an agenda of justice left unfinished and combat the elitist power structure driving city policy. The Memphis Police Union endorsed Dr. <mask> for mayor for the first time at the campaign kickoff. On July 27, AFSCME local 1733 endorsed <mask> for Mayor. During the press conference, Dr. <mask> noted how in 1968 he marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Local 1733 in the Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike, and now for the first time in 2019 AFSCME is standing with him and endorsing him for mayor.On August 1, IBEW Local 1288 (the union that represents the city's utility workers at MLGW) endorsed Dr. <mask> for mayor. At the announcement, union leaders praised <mask> for looking out for workers during his initial tenure as mayor. On October 3, as the results came in, <mask> conceded to Strickland. Personal life
Dr. <mask> has four children; he and his first wife are divorced. His grandson <mask> played college basketball at Miami (Florida). References

External links
 Memphis Commercial Appeal coverage of Mayor <mask>'s political career

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<mask>, Jr. (born February 21, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Austin Spurs of the NBA G League. His prior professional experience includes time with the NBA Development League's Erie BayHawks, Rio Grande Valley Vipers and Fort Wayne Mad Ants, as well as time abroad with Hapoel Jerusalem, Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi, Oita Heat Devils and Cairns Taipans. He played college basketball for the University of Illinois where he completed his senior season in 2010–11 and was the 2009–10 Big Ten assists champion (7.06) and the 2009–10 NCAA runner-up. He played high school basketball with Big Ten Conference foe Evan Turner on the St. Joseph High School (in Westchester) basketball team. He was a first-team All-state selection according to numerous publications. As a sophomore, he led the 2008–09 team in scoring average, and he was chosen as a third team 2008–09 All-Big Ten Conference player by both the coaches and the media. During his junior season, he led the big ten in assists per game.He holds the Illinois single-season assist/game (7.06) and single-game assists (16) records. Following the 2009–10 All-Big Ten Conference regular season, he was named a first-team All-conference selection by both the coaches and the media. He became the first Fighting Illini to average over seven assists per game over the course of a season during the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. As a senior, he was a third team All-Big Ten selection for the 2010–11 Big Ten season. As a senior his assist numbers fell, but his shooting percentages rose. High school career
He was part of a 2005 Chicago area sophomore class that was considered to be the best in the history of the state of Illinois. It included Derrick Rose and his St. Joseph's teammate Turner.Isiah Thomas is St. Joseph's most famous basketball alum, but McCamey was at the time mentioned as the potential next great St. Joseph's product. The class of 2007 was compared to the Chicago area class of 1979 that included Thomas, Terry Cummings, and Darrell Walker as well as the class of 1998 that included Quentin Richardson, Corey Maggette, Frank Williams, Bobby Simmons, Michael Wright. McCamey was considered the second best area prospect after Rose. As a junior, he and Turner attended 2005 Midnight Madness with the Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team. At the beginning of his junior season, Chicago Tribune named him to its annual top Chicago metropolitan area basketball players list, and it ranked St. Joseph number three in the area. The team went to the state sectional final before its season ended with a 75–72 sectional final loss to Proviso East High School. After his junior season, he was considered one of the top 25 prospects in the country in his class according to one scout, and he was given special mention by the Chicago Tribune and honorable mention by the Associated Press for all-state honors.During his senior season, his team was listed second to Rose's Simeon Career Academy in the preseason Tribune Chicago area high school basketball team rankings. That season, he was named to the second-team Associated Press 2006–07 Class AA all-state team, a day before Rose's Simeon eliminated Turner's St. Joseph in the Illinois Class AA supersectional. McCamey and Turner finished sixth and third to Rose in the Illinois Mr. Basketball voting,  and the Chicago Tribune chose both of them as first team All-state selections along with Rose. He was also a first team selection by Chicago Sun-Times, Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette and Illinois Basketball Coaches Association. McCamey was ranked as the #10, #11 and #10 point guard in the nation as a high school senior by ESPN, Rivals.com, and Scout.com respectively. College career

Freshman season
When McCamey posted 31 points on February 7, 2008 against Indiana, it was the season high for the 2007-08 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team and the most by an Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball freshman in fourteen years. During the 2008 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament he made six three point shots in six attempts against Purdue, which set a Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament single-game record and tied the Illinois school single-game record for three point field goal percentage (most made with no misses).Sophomore season
He was chosen as a third team 2008–09 All-Big Ten Conference player by both the Big Ten coaches and the Big Ten media. McCamey was also a National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division I District 7 All‐District second team choice. Since the Big Ten Conference was its own district, this is equivalent to being named second team All-Big Ten by the NABC. He led the 2008–09 Illinois Fighting Illini team in scoring average and was second in assists. On February 12, 2009, he scored the game-winning bank shot with 2.9 seconds remaining against Northwestern. Although he only ranked fourth in the conference in assists, he had the highest assist average in conference games. Junior season

McCamey was named co-Big Ten Conference Player of the Week for February 8, 2010.On February 20, he recorded 16 assists, which is the fourth highest single-game total in Big Ten history. This total set an Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball single-game record. McCamey led the Big Ten in assists (7.06). He was also tenth in scoring and eighth in steals. His 254 assists in 36 games resulting in a 7.06 assist per game average eclipsed Deron Williams' 264 in 39 games (6.77 average) posted during the 2004–05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Thus, McCamey took over the Fighting Illini single-season assist per game record. His total of 254 was the fourth highest in Big Ten history and only 20 shy of Mateen Cleaves' Big Ten single-season record of 274.Williams' 264 is the Fighting Illini record. <mask>'s total of 525 after his junior season left him 291 short of Cleaves' career record of 816. Bruce Douglas holds the Fighting Illini record with a total of 765. At the end of the regular season, he was a first-team All-Big Ten selection by both the coaches and the media. McCamey was selected by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association to the ten-man All-District V team covering college basketball players in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. McCamey was selected to the 2010 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament team. He was recognized as an All-District first-team selection by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, making him eligible for the State Farm Division I All‐America teams.<mask> had entered his name for the 2010 NBA Draft, but did not hire an agent and withdrew his name prior to the May 8, 2010 deadline. Senior season
He was a preseason first team all-conference selection by the Big Ten media for the 2010–11 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season. He was a preseason top 50 candidate for the Wooden Award. McCamey scored 30 points for the first time since his freshman season on December 8, 2010 against the Oakland Golden Grizzlies. On January 3, 2011, he was named co-Big Ten Player of the Week. On January 15, 2011 against Wisconsin, he made a career-high 17 free throws. In December he was named to the 67-man Bob Cousy Award watchlist, and he was named as one of 20 finalists in January.<mask> was selected to the Naismith Award Midseason Top 30 List. Following the 2010–11 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, he was a third team All-Big Ten selection by the coaches and the media. McCamey was selected by the United States Basketball Writers Association to its 2010–11 Men's All-District Team. He was among the final ten candidates for the Bob Cousy Award. As a senior, his assist average fell from 7.1 to 6.1 per game, but his three-point shot and free throw percentages rose from his prior years. He shot 45.1% versus 34.1% in three point shots the prior year, which had been a career best. Both his junior and senior seasons he took 164 attempts, but he made 74 as a senior versus just 56 as a junior.His free throw percentage also recovered a bit in his senior season moving to 72.4% from 70.7% but still below his sophomore effort of 76.4%. He finished second in the Big Ten in assists to Darius Morris, but also finished third in three point shooting percentage. Professional career

Europe
On July 14, 2011, McCamey signed with Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi of the Turkish Basketball League. On December 8, 2011, he parted ways with Mersin after appearing in just seven games. On December 16, 2011, he signed with Hapoel Jerusalem. In January 2012, he left Hapoel after appearing in just four games. National Basketball Association
In July 2012, McCamey joined the Chicago Bulls for the 2012 NBA Summer League.On September 25, 2012, he signed with the Houston Rockets. However, he was later waived by the Rockets on October 12, 2012. In November 2012, he was acquired by the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player of the Rockets. He played in games for the Vipers until December 21. On December 25, 2012, he was waived by the Vipers. Two days later, he was acquired by the Erie BayHawks and debuted with the team on December 28. On March 12, 2013, he was waived by the BayHawks.Later that month, he was acquired by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. In July 2013, McCamey joined the Minnesota Timberwolves for the 2013 NBA Summer League. Australia
On August 27, 2013, McCamey signed a one-year deal with Cairns Taipans. In 28 games for the Taipans, he averaged 11.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game. Japan
In August 2014, McCamey signed with the Oita Heat Devils of the Japanese bj league. In 50 games for the Heat Devils, he averaged 12.9 points, 3.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.1 steals per game. Return to D-League
On October 31, 2015, McCamey was selected by the Austin Spurs in the second round of the 2015 NBA Development League Draft.He made the opening night roster and averaged 9.4 points in 55 games during the 2015–16 season. On October 29, 2016, McCamey was reacquired by the Spurs. Italy
On June 17, 2017, McCamey signed with Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna of the Serie A2 Basket. Return to Austin
On December 15, 2018, the Austin Spurs announced that they had re-signed McCamey. Personal
McCamey is the son of <mask> <mask>, Sr. and Sabrina Watson. He has three brothers and one sister. He was a member of the Jessie White Tumbling Team as a youngster.References

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Brigadier <mask>  (7 April 1892 – 4 March 1974) was born in Tipperary and was an Irish born recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Early life and military career
<mask> was born into a military family; his father, Francis F. F<mask>, having served with the British Army in the 70th Regiment and commanded the 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment between 1895 and 1899. <mask>'s father had married Edith Maria Bryden at Kingston in 1887. <mask> was educated at Rossall School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned in the East Surrey Regiment, 2 March 1912 and was appointed lieutenant on 29 April 1914, shortly before the outbreak of the First World War. World War I
At the outbreak of war, the 1st Battalion the East Surreys were deployed as part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) into northern Belgium. Roupell commanded a platoon in the BEF's first major action; the Battle of Mons in August 1914.Roupell kept a diary throughout the war which has since been a useful, and sometimes humorous, source of insight and observation on the events that he witnessed and participated in. In the trenches at Mons he recounted how he had to hit his men on the backside with his sword in order to gain their attention and remind them to fire low as they had been taught! Soon after, following the retreat from Mons in September, Roupell led his platoon in the first Battle of the Aisne. Once again, he came under heavy fire, this time while crossing the Aisne on a raft. The Surreys' advance was pushed back with heavy casualties. Early the following year, during the continued fighting around Ypres, Roupell was 23 years old, when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. His citation reads:

For most conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on 20 April 1915, when he was commanding a company of his battalion in a front trench on "Hill 60," which was subjected to a most severe bombardment throughout the day.Though wounded in several places, he remained at his post and led his company in repelling a strong German assault. During a lull in the bombardment he had his wounds hurriedly dressed, and then insisted in returning to his trench, which was again being subjected to severe bombardment. Towards evening, his company being dangerously weakened, he went back to his battalion headquarters, represented the situation to his commanding officer, and brought up reinforcements, passing backwards and forwards over ground swept by heavy fire. With these reinforcements he held his position throughout the night, and until his battalion was relieved next morning. This young officer was one of the few survivors of his company, and showed a magnificent example of courage, devotion and tenacity, which undoubtedly inspired his men to hold out till the end. He was decorated with his VC by King <mask> on 12 July 1915. In addition to his Victoria Cross he was awarded the Russian Order of St George (4th Class) and the French Croix de Guerre, and was Mentioned in Despatches.He was retrospectively appointed temporary Captain 29 December 1914, to 20 April 1915, inclusive and again later the same year. Roupell was aboard  when it was captured and sunk in the channel in October 1916. <mask> was promoted to acting brigade major on 29 December 1917. On 9 May 1918 he was seconded to the general staff at the rank of temporary major. Inter-war
Following the end of hostilities in Europe, Captain <mask>, still acting major, was promoted to acting lieutenant colonel in charge of Battalion between December 1918 and March 1919. His appointment to the general staff was confirmed on 1 July 1919. During this time he was attached to the allied force under Edmund Ironside and sent to support Tsarist Russians as part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War.On a visit to a Tsarist unit, they mutinied and Roupell and others were taken prisoner near Arkhangelsk, sent to Moscow and finally repatriated in 1920. Early in 1921, Roupell married Doris P. Sant in Paddington. Daughter Phoebe and son Peter were born in 1922 and 1925 respectively. Roupell's inter-war military career continued with appointments as staff captain (1921), brigade major (1926) and promotion to substantive major (1928). During the inter-war period, Roupell served in Gibraltar, the Regimental Depot, India and the Sudan and he attended the Staff College, Camberley. As major (GSO2), Roupell spent two years from 1929 at the Royal Military College of Canada
and in 1934 a year with the British troops in China. Following his return, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel (1935).World War II
At the outbreak of the Second World War, in September 1939, Roupell was promoted to colonel and, promoted to acting brigadier placed in command of 36th Infantry Brigade from 7 October 1939. Roupell's 36th Brigade were deployed as part of the 12th (Eastern) Infantry Division in April 1940 and became part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), taking part in the Battle of France. The German thrust near the Somme river towards Abbeville eventually cut off the BEF, northern French and Belgian forces from the rest of France. <mask>'s brigade headquarters near Doullens was attacked by enemy troops and on being told of the threat Roupell is reported to have exclaimed: "Never mind the Germans. I'm just going to finish my cup of tea." When the brigade headquarters was overrun on 20 May 1940, Roupell gave the order for the survivors to split up into small groups and endeavour to re-contact Allied troops. Roupell, with a captain and French interpreter, avoided capture, hiding by day and walking at night for over a month.They arrived at a farm near Rouen where the two officers remained for almost two years, working as labourers. With the help of the French Resistance they were moved through unoccupied France into non-belligerent Spain, finally boarding ship in Gibraltar and returning to the United Kingdom. Following his return he was appointed commanding officer of the 114th Infantry Brigade, part of the 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division, on 18 March 1943, a command he held until 2 November that year. He was appointed as garrison commander at Chatham, where he remained until retirement. Post-War
In 1946 <mask> was formally retired from the army on retirement pay and granted the honorary rank of brigadier. and, at the age of 58, excused from the reserve list of officers in 1950. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey in 1953.In 1954 he was appointed Colonel of the East Surreys, succeeding Arthur Dowler, and was to be the last Colonel of The East Surrey Regiment, relinquishing office in 1959 when amalgamation with The Queen's Royal Regiment took place to form the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1956. <mask> died in Shalford, Surrey, on 4 March 1974 (aged 82). His body was cremated at Guildford Crematorium. References

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  (First published 1981. Republished 1988 and 1997.) External links
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Brig Roupell service record at OrdersofBattle.com
 Ieper: The Second Battle of Ypres April 1915 Account of events at Hill 60
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<mask> (born April 26, 1970) is an American ethnographer and Professor of Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She is primarily known for her ethnographic work on post-Communist Bulgaria as well as being a contributor to the field of postsocialist gender studies. Contrary to the prevailing opinion of most feminist scholars in the 1990s who believed that women would be disproportionately harmed by the collapse of Communist states, <mask> argued that many East European women would actually fare better than men in newly competitive labor markets because of the cultural capital that they had acquired before 1989. She was critical of the role of Western feminist nongovernmental organizations doing work among East European women in the 1990s. She examined the shifting gender relations of Muslim minorities after Communist rule, and the intersections of Islamic beliefs and practices with the ideological remains of Marxism–Leninism. Career
<mask>, the American Council of Learned Societies, the International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX), and the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research. She was a resident fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, and the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS). In 2012, she was elected president of the Society for Humanistic Anthropology. Work

Red nostalgia, victims of Communism, and neoliberalism
In 2004, <mask> published one of the first articles considering the gendered aspects of the growing Communist nostalgia in Eastern Europe. Already beginning in the late 1990s, various scholars were examining the phenomenon of Ostalgie in former East Germany and what had been called Yugo-nostalgia in the successor states of the former Communist Yugoslavia. This earlier work on the emergence of Communist nostalgia focused on its consumer aspects and considered the phenomenon a necessary phase that post-Communist populations needed to pass through in order to fully break with their Communist pasts. In contrast, her concept of "red nostalgia" considered how individual men and women experienced the loss of the real material benefits of the socialist past.Rather than just a wistful glance back at a lost youth, red nostalgia formed the basis of an emerging critique of the political and economic upheavals that characterized the postsocialist era. Ghodsee has explored the politics of public memory about Communist states, World War II, and the Holocaust in Bulgaria. According Ghodsee, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation is a conservative anti-communist organization which seeks to equate communism with murder such as by erecting billboards in Times Square which declare "100 years, 100 million killed" and "Communism kills." Ghodsee posits that the foundation, along with counterpart conservative organizations in Eastern Europe, seeks to institutionalize the "Victims of Communism" narrative as a double genocide theory, or the moral equivalence between the Nazi Holocaust (race murder) and the victims of Communism (class murder). Ghodsee argues the 100 million estimate favored by the foundation is dubious, as their source for this is the controversial introduction to The Black Book of Communism by Stéphane Courtois. She also says that this effort by anti-communist conservative organizations has intensified, in particular the recent push at the beginning of the global financial crisis for commemoration of the latter in Europe, and can be seen as the response by economic and political elites to fears of a leftist resurgence in the face of devastated economies and extreme inequalities in both the East and West as the result of the excesses of neoliberal capitalism. Ghodsee argues that that any discussion of the achievements under Communist states, including literacy, education, women's rights, and social security is usually silenced, and any discourse on the subject of communism is focused almost exclusively on Stalin's crimes and the double genocide theory.In her 2017 book Red Hangover: Legacies of Twentieth-Century Communism, Ghodsee posits that the triumphalist attitudes of Western powers at the end of the Cold War, and the fixation with linking all leftist and socialist political ideals with the horrors of Stalinism, allowed neoliberalism to fill the void, which undermined democratic institutions and reforms, leaving a trail of economic misery, unemployment, hopelessness and rising inequality throughout the former Eastern Bloc and much of the West in the following decades that has fueled the rise of extremist right-wing nationalism in both the former and the latter. She says that the time has come "to rethink the democratic project and finally do the work necessary to either rescue it from the death grip of neoliberalism, or replace it with a new political ideal that leads us forward to a new stage of human history." Literary ethnography
Ghodsee's later work combines traditional ethnography with a literary sensibility, employing the stylistic conventions of creative nonfiction to produce academic texts that are meant to be accessible to a wider audience. Inspired by the work of Clifford Geertz and the conventions of "thick description", she is a proponent of "literary ethnography." This genre uses narrative tension, dialogue and lyrical prose in the presentation of ethnographic data. Furthermore, Ghodsee argues that literary ethnographies are often "documentary ethnographies", i.e. ethnographies whose primary purpose is to explore the inner working of a particular culture without necessarily subsuming these observations to a specific theoretical agenda.Ghodsee's third book, Lost in Transition: Ethnographies of Everyday Life After Communism, combines personal ethnographic essays with ethnographic fiction to paint a human portrait of the political and economic transition from Communist rule. While some reviewers have found the book "compelling and highly readable", and "an enchanting, deeply intimate and experimental ethnographic narrative", others have faulted the book for telling a story "at the expense of theory." That the book was judged "remarkably free of academic jargon and neologisms" produced very "mixed feelings" within the scholarly community, with one critic stating that "the somewhat unconventional technique of incorporating fiction alongside her [Ghodsee's] ethnographic vignettes feels a bit forced." Outside of academia, however, one reviewer claimed that Lost in Transition "is very easy to read and is, in fact, impossible to put down, largely because it is so well-written." Awards
Ghodsee's 2010 book, Muslim Lives in Eastern Europe: Gender, Ethnicity and the Transformation of Islam in Postsocialist Bulgaria was awarded the 2010 Barbara Heldt Prize for the best book, by a woman in Slavic/Eurasian/East European Studies, the 2011 Harvard University/Davis Center Book Prize from the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, the 2011 John D. Bell Book Prize from the Bulgarian Studies Association and the 2011 William A. Douglass Prize in Europeanist Anthropology from the Society for the Anthropology of Europe of the American Anthropological Association. Ghodsee won the 2011 Ethnographic Fiction Prize from the Society for Humanistic Anthropology for the short story "Tito Trivia," included in her book, Lost in Transition: Ethnographies of Everyday Life After Communism. Together with co-author, Charles Dorn, Ghodsee was awarded the 2012 Best Article Prize from the History of Education Society (HES) for the article in the journal Diplomatic History: “The Cold War Politicization of Literacy: UNESCO, Communism, and the World Bank.” In 2012, she won a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for her work in anthropology and cultural studies.Scholarly feminist review
<mask>'s scholarly work on gender and everyday life during and after socialism has drawn criticism from Western feminists. In a 2014 essay in the European Journal of Women's Studies, philosopher Nanette Funk included Ghodsee among a handful of "Revisionist Feminist Scholars" who uncritically tout the achievements of communist-era women's organizations, ignoring the oppressive nature of authoritarian regimes in Eastern Europe. Funk argued that the "Feminist Revisionists" are too eager in their "desire to find women’s agency in an anti-capitalist Marxist past" and that this "leads to distortions" and "making overly bold claims" about the possibilities for feminist activism under Communist states. In response, <mask> asserts that her scholarship seeks to expand the idea of feminism beyond the attainment of "personal self-actualization", asserting that "if the goal of feminism is to improve women's lives, along with eliminating discrimination and promoting equality with men, then there is ample room to reconsider what Krassimira Daskalova calls the 'women-friendly' policies of state socialist women's organizations". She notes that "the goal of much recent scholarship on state socialist women's organizations is to show how the communist ideology could lead to real improvements in women's literacy, education, professional training, as well as access to health care, the extension of paid maternity leave, and a reduction of their economic dependence on men (facts that even Funk does not deny)". Personal life

Ghodsee identifies herself as being of "Puerto Rican-Persian heritage". Her father was Persian, and her mother Puerto Rican.<mask> grew up in San Diego. While attending university she met and married a Bulgarian law student. She is the mother of one teenage daughter. Books
 <mask><mask>, Second World, Second Sex: Socialist Women's Activism and Global Solidarity during the Cold War, Durham, Duke University Press, 2019. <mask><mask>, Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism and other arguments for economic independence, Nation Books, 2018. <mask>, Red Hangover: Legacies of Twentieth-Century Communism, Durham, Duke University Press, 2017. <mask>, From Notes to Narrative: Writing Ethnographies that Everyone Can Read.Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016. <mask>, The Left Side of History: World War II and the Unfulfilled Promise of Communism in Eastern Europe, Durham, Duke University Press, 2015. <mask>, Lost in Transition: Ethnographies of Everyday Life After Communism, Durham: Duke University Press, 2011. <mask>, Muslim Lives in Eastern Europe: Gender, Ethnicity and the Transformation of Islam in Postsocialist Bulgaria. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009. <mask>, ' The Red Riviera: Gender, Tourism and Postsocialism on the Black Sea, Durham: Duke University Press, 2005. Rachel Connelly and <mask>,  Professor Mommy: Finding Work/Family Balance in Academia, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011.Significant journal articles

 "Pressuring the Politburo: The Committee of the Bulgarian Women's Movement and State Socialist Feminism," Slavic Review, Volume 73, Number 2, Fall 2014. "Rethinking State Socialist Mass Women's Organizations: The Committee of the Bulgarian Women's Movement and the United Nations Decade for Women, 1975-1985", Journal of Women's History, Volume 24, Number 4, Winter 2012. "Subtle Censorships: Notes on Studying Bulgarian Women's Lives Under Communism," Journal of Women's History: Beyond the Page, Fall 2012
 "Feminism-by-Design:  Emerging Capitalisms, Cultural Feminism and Women's Nongovernmental Organizations in Post-Socialist Eastern Europe," Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society,  Spring 2004 (Vol. 29, No. 3)
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 "Socialist Secularism: Gender, Religion and Modernity in Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, 1946-1989" with Pam Ballinger, Aspasia: The International Yearbook of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern European Women's and Gender History, Vol. 5: 6-27

"Minarets after Marx: Islam, Communist Nostalgia, and the Common Good in Postsocialist Bulgaria." East European Politics & Societies, November 2010 24: 520-542
"Left Wing, Right Wing, Everything: Xenophobia, Neo-totalitarianism and Populist Politics in Contemporary Bulgaria", Problems of Post-Communism, (Vol.55, No. 3 May–June 2008)
 "Religious Freedoms versus Gender Equality: Faith-Based Organizations, Muslim Minorities and Islamic Headscarves in Modern Bulgaria," Social Politics, (Vol. 14, No. 4, 2007)
 "Red Nostalgia? Communism, Women's Emancipation, and Economic Transformation in Bulgaria," L'Homme: Zeitschrift für Feministische Geschichtswissenschaft (Journal for Feminist History), Spring 2004 (Vol. 15, No. 1/2004)."And if the Shoe Doesn't Fit? (Wear it Anyway? ): Economic Transformation and Western Paradigm of 'Women in Development' in Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe", Women's Studies Quarterly, Fall & Winter 2003 (Vol. 31, No. 3 & 4)
 Revisiting 1989: The Specter Still Haunts, Dissent Magazine, Spring 2012
 "Коса ("Hair" in Bulgarian) разказ от Кристен Ghodsee
 "Tito Trivia" Anthropology and Humanism, Vol. 37, No. 1, June 2012: 105–108."What Has Socialism Ever Done For Women?" (with Julia Mead) Catalyst. Vol. 2, No. 2, Summer 2018. (Audio) <mask> discusses nostalgia for communism in Bulgaria with Lisa Mullins on BBC/PRI's The World
 (Audio) <mask> on Nostalgia for Communism on Northeast Public Radio
 (Audio) <mask> discusses headscarves in Bulgaria with Lisa Mullins on BBC/PRI's The World
 (Audio) "Sixth Fire Suicide in Bulgaria," Interview on Voice of Russia (UK Edition), March 21, 2013. (Video) <mask> discusses The Red Riviera with George Liston Seay on Dialogue
 (Video) <mask> discusses communist mass women's organizations on ILO TV
 (Print) Кристeн Годси: "Българските жени са приспособими, упорити и готови да поемат и най-големите предизвикателства"
 (Audio) New Podcast Features Dr. <mask> - American Anthropological Association, January 24, 2014
 (Print) Bulgaria: Manufacturing Mass Distraction and Conspiracy Theories (Interview with <mask>)
 (Print) The Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) interview, September 2014
 (Print) No Scrubs Jacobin, November 29, 2018
 (Print) Want Better Sex?Consider Moving to a Socialist Country. Truthdig, December 21, 2018

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<mask> (born November 28, 1939) is a former city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, representing Ward 15 in the western part of Eglinton-Lawrence. Among the most prominent and longest-serving councillors in the city, he is also known for an outspokenness which caused controversy at times. Moscoe is a member of the New Democratic Party. On August 31, 2010, after 31 years as an elected municipal politician, Moscoe announced his retirement from city council. Early life and career
Moscoe's father, Alexander, was born to a Jewish family in Łódź, Poland, moved to Canada as a child before the First World War. His uncle, <mask>, was the first licensed taxi driver in Toronto (cab license #1). Moscoe was a junior high school art teacher with the North York Board of Education before entering political life, and was president of the North York Elementary Teachers' Federation and a governor of the Ontario Teachers' Federation.He campaigned for a seat on the North York Hydro Commission in 1974, and ran for the Ontario legislature in 1975 and 1977 as the Ontario New Democratic Party candidate in Wilson Heights. Moscoe initially supported extension of the Spadina Expressway to reduce traffic in his riding, but opposed further extension once the freeway was partially completed and renamed as Allen Road. Moscoe is also a successful businessman as a designer and producer of election signs. In the late 1980s, he personally designed a brand of plastic sleeves to prevent rainwater damage during campaigns. He claimed 78 candidates as customers in the 1988 municipal election, and a further eighteen in the 1988 federal election. Moscoe later said that he supplied every sign used by the New Democrats in the 1999 provincial election. He is an active member of the Canadian Jewish Congress, and has served on its community relations committee.Moscoe graduated from Lakeshore Teachers College and completed BA degrees at Wilfrid Laurier University and York University, and a Master of Education at the University of Toronto. North York Council

Ward Alderman
<mask> was first elected to the North York city council in 1978, defeating incumbent alderman Murray Markin in the city's fourth ward. He soon emerged as a prominent voice on the council's left, and became a frequent critic of Mayor Mel Lastman. Moscoe criticized Lastman's ties to regional developers, arguing that the mayor often used reformist rhetoric to hide a pro-establishment bias. Moscoe once described his rivalry with Lastman by saying, "It's a fundamental difference of opinion. He's the wheeler-dealer, free-enterpriser, step-up-and-see-the-dancing-girls type of politician, while I'm a strong social democrat." This comment notwithstanding, Moscoe quickly developed his own reputation for political theatrics against Lastman.He once purchased one of Lastman's toupees at a charity auction, and used it to dust his chair and desk at the start of council meetings.<ref>Michael Valpy, "<mask>e: Unguided missile", 'The Globe and Mail, April 13, 1999, A15.</ref>

Moscoe asked the Law Society of Upper Canada to intervene in his 1982 re-election campaign, alleging that rival candidate <mask> was running with the deliberate intent of confusing voters. He informed the media that the ten nominees who signed <mask>'s papers also signed those of Eleanor Rosen, a more serious challenger associated with the Progressive Conservatives. A Supreme Court of Ontario judge ruled that both Moscoes were legitimate candidates. Moscoe was re-elected, although by a reduced margin. In 1984, Moscoe was a leading supporter of reform legislation to limit campaign contributions to $500 per year and require candidates to declare expenses, contributions and contributors within ninety days of an election. Largely through his efforts, North York became the first municipality in the Toronto area to pass such legislation. Moscoe later supported tax credits for municipal political donations, similar to those used at the provincial and federal levels.Also in 1984, he spoke out against the strict enforcement of an anti-scalping by-law outside Exhibition Stadium during home games by the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team. He argued that some constituents who were not scalpers were given fines for selling extra tickets outside the stadium at face value. To protest the law, he painted a yellow line on the pavement 400 metres from the stadium and declared the area past the line a "free trade zone" for fans to exchange tickets. Moscoe campaigned for the Ontario legislature a third time in 1985, and finished third against Liberal Monte Kwinter in a provincial swing to the Liberal Party. He was subsequently elected to a seat on the North York Board of Control in the municipal election later in the year, focusing his campaign on issues such as housing and affordable day care. City Controller
Moscoe was the only left-leaning member on the city's Board of Control between 1985 and 1988, and was frequently at odds with its other members. He nonetheless rose to a position of administrative leadership, overseeing finances, policy initiatives and a variety of technical matters.On policy, Moscoe promoted the creation of a municipal housing corporation in North York to promote rent-geared-to-income housing. He argued that the city's housing situation was in crisis, and that government inaction would result in a rise in homelessness in later years. He also promoted employment equity, and supported the extension of anti-smoking regulations in the workplace. Moscoe was fighting a personal battle to quit smoking at the time. In 1986, Moscoe took part in a demonstration organized by members of Toronto's Jewish community against the South African government's policy of apartheid. He was quoted as saying, "The world stood by while Hitler brought in his Nuremberg korrekt laws. It's important we not make the same mistake again."He also described the South African government as "fascist, no matter how you slice it." Some members of the North York council, including Mel Lastman, attempted to remove Moscoe from the city's planning advisory committee in 1986. Moscoe described the effort as "a thinly veiled direct personal attack on myself", while another councillor later acknowledged that it was intended as punishment for Moscoe's outspokenness against Lastman. He survived the motion by eleven votes to six. Despite his rivalry with Lastman, <mask> was the prime mover in a motion dedicating North York's 1.8-hectare Mel Lastman Square in 1986. Shortly before the dedication, he said that Lastman was "responsible for the development of the downtown and the centrepiece of the downtown is the civic square". Some speculated that <mask>, who had his own ambitions to serve as Mayor of North York, was attempting to hasten Lastman's retirement.Moscoe was the only North York councillor to oppose a ban on Now Magazine from parts of city hall in 1988. He awarded the magazine with a prize for journalistic excellence in March 1988, while serving a week-long term as acting mayor in Lastman's absence. Metro Councillor

Part-time
<mask>'s election to the North York Board of Control in 1985 gave him an automatic seat on the Metropolitan Toronto council, which was then a part-time body made up of representatives from six municipal councils. He supported several reforms to the council's operations, including direct election and increased powers of governance. Particularly notable was his call for the Metro Police Commission and Toronto Transit Commission to be governed entirely by elected officials, rather than by mixed bodies of elected officials and appointees. Moscoe rose to greater prominence in 1988 as a leading critic of proposed Sunday shopping reforms introduced by the provincial government of David Peterson. Moscoe argued that the Peterson government was abdicating its responsibility by permitting municipalities to legislate change on the issue, and described efforts to expand Sunday shopping as "an attack on labor unions, small business and the family".He served as chairman of a task force on Sunday shopping, and oversaw a series of public meetings on the issue in 1990. Full-time

First term
Metro Toronto introduced the direct election of councillors in 1988. Moscoe chose to run for a seat on the new council, and was declared elected when his only opponent withdrew one day after nominations closed. He described his acclamation as bittersweet, in that he had already ordered 25,000 campaign pamphlets. After the election, he supported Dennis Flynn's unsuccessful bid to be re-elected as Metro chairman. Flynn lost to Alan Tonks, whom Moscoe later criticized as "Mr. Indecision" and "Mr. Subcommittee". Moscoe's efforts to reform the Toronto Transit Commission came to fruition in late 1988, when council voted to replace all of the TTC's citizen members with elected officials.Moscoe argued that the change was necessary in light of the Metro councillors's increased responsibilities, adding that the "citizen members" were in fact high-level patronage appointees. One of Moscoe's leading allies in achieving this reform was Chris Stockwell, later a Progressive Conservative cabinet minister in Ontario. He criticized Mel Lastman's plans to provide public funding for the North York Performing Arts Centre in 1991, arguing that it was an unnecessary expense and that private entrepreneur Garth Drabinsky would be the primary beneficiary. (Drabinsky was later charged with accounting fraud after Livent went bankrupt.) Moscoe also criticized the municipal election reforms passed by David Peterson's government in the same period, arguing that large land developers would be able to avoid donation limits without difficulty. Second and third terms
Moscoe was re-elected in the 1991 municipal election, defeating two minor challengers. A Toronto Star survey from the election lists him as the hardest-working member of council, but adds "his effectiveness has been hurt by his penchant for mischief-making, which often casts him in the role of the buffoon".He was appointed to the Toronto Transit Commission after the election. Moscoe became involved with municipal gaming issues in the mid-1990s, and supported the provincial government of Bob Rae in its plans for casino expansion. He served on Toronto's casino committee for the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), and favoured the introduction of horse race betting in 1994. Moscoe later called for a permanent casino to be established on Exhibition grounds. He was a leading opponent of the federal government's decision to sell the Toronto Pearson International Airport in 1993, arguing that the airport should be owned by Toronto-area taxpayers. He described the sale as a "sell-out" orchestrated by members of the governing Progressive Conservative Party, and argued that the deal would be remembered as "the greatest orgy of patronage ever in this country." After the Liberal Party of Canada won the 1993 federal election, Moscoe encouraged new Prime Minister Jean Chrétien to cancel the deal and turn the airport over to a non-profit local authority.Chrétien subsequently cancelled the deal. Moscoe has long been a supporter of gay and lesbian issues. He was one of three TTC members to support the group "Toronto Area Gays and Lesbians" (TAGL) in a 1993 controversy over TTC advertising: TAGL had purchased advertising space, only to have their contract revoked when other commission members complained that the content was too controversial. Moscoe also spoke out against Metro's decision to reject funding for two gay and lesbian cultural groups in the same year, urging councillors "not to succumb to a radical, right-wing fringe" in withholding revenue. In December 1995, Moscoe co-sponsored a successful motion calling for Metro Toronto to block a contract with Shell Canada, on the grounds that its parent company was complicit with human rights violations in Nigeria. In 1996, he opposed a plan to fingerprint welfare recipients. Toronto councillor

1997-2003
The provincial government of Mike Harris eliminated the Metropolitan Toronto council in 1997, and amalgamated its six former municipalities to create the new City of Toronto.Moscoe supported amalgamation in principle, but was skeptical about the future of social service and education funding under the Harris government's plan. He was elected to the new city council in the 1997 election, while his old nemesis Mel Lastman was elected as the first mayor of the new city. Moscoe soon resumed his role as Lastman's chief critic, but nevertheless won Lastman's support to become chair of the Toronto Transit Commission in January 1998. His term lasted until the 2000 municipal election. Moscoe was re-elected in 2000 over Tony Rizzo, a former NDP Member of Provincial Parliament who had later crossed over to the Liberal Party. He was reappointed as a TTC commissioner, but relinquished the chairmanship to Brian Ashton. He was subsequently reappointed to a second term as TTC chair in March 2003 after Betty Disero's resignation, and was reconfirmed in the position after the 2003 election.Moscoe broke with other left-leaning councillors to vote in favour of a proposed island airport bridge in 2002, even though he actually opposed the bridge in principle. He later explained that his vote was part of a compromise arrangement with Bombardier and developer Robert Deluce to have a large piece of land surrounding the Downsview subway stop set aside for residential development. The city later reached a separate deal with Bombardier, and Moscoe voted against the bridge when the issue was reconsidered in late 2003. Moscoe is a prominent ally of David Miller, who was elected as Lastman's successor in the 2003 municipal election. Moscoe's own campaign for re-election in 2003 was complicated by a heart virus, which resulted in a rare condition known constrictive pericarditis. He organized most of his re-election campaign from a hospital bed, and did not publicize his illness until later in the year. 2003-2006
Moscoe was strongly critical of a 2004 decision by the provincial government of Dalton McGuinty to negotiate future infrastructural arrangements with the Association of Municipalities of Ontario rather than with individual communities.He argued that the plan was detrimental to Toronto's interests, and suggested that the city might consider leaving the AMO in protest. He was quoted as saying, "We are not going to let the village of East Garafraxa determine how public transit funding is distributed in Toronto". This dispute notwithstanding, Moscoe supported of the provincial government's plans to grant increased governmental powers to Toronto. Also in 2004, Moscoe brought forward a successful motion to rename a street in his ward as "Tommy Douglas Gardens". In late 2005, Moscoe

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